San Francisco mayoral debate gets heated as rival tells London Breed to apologize for crime Things got heated in San Francisco‘s mayoral debate Thursday night when Mayor London Breed touted that crime was down, and her political opponents responded by demanding she owe “an apology” to ... 09/20/2024 - 6:59 am | View Link
Scandals make headlines, but do SF voters care? Although she has faced no charges herself, Breed’s opponents have seized on the web of corruption uncovered at City Hall during her tenure that has resulted in numerous high-profile leaders being ... 09/19/2024 - 8:22 am | View Link
S.F. Mayor Breed wants to double goal for homeless shelter as she pushes to get people off the streets Mayor London Breed has directed city officials to double San Francisco’s shelter expansion goal, the latest big pronouncement about how she’s tackling the homeless crisis as she faces a tough ... 09/19/2024 - 12:29 am | View Link
How Will the Candidates for Mayor Support the Arts in San Francisco? Produced by Arts for a Better Bay Area, the forum’s panel included Mayor London Breed ... Mayor Breed concluded by addressing the current state of the Dream Keeper Initiative, launched in 2020 to ... 09/18/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Gay man takes over at key SF dept. as allegations rock mayor's race San Francisco Mayor London Breed named a gay man as acting executive director of the city’s human rights commission late last week as allegations of potential wrongdoing in her administration sent ... 09/17/2024 - 7:50 am | View Link
“Speaker Mike Johnson signaled that former President Donald Trump could soften on his calls to shut down the federal government if a measure requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is not attached to a short-term spending bill,” CBS News reports.
“There’s a real possibility that Kamala Harris wins the presidency and Democrats lose the Senate in November – in which case she’ll almost surely run into trouble stocking a Cabinet and the courts,” Semafor reports.
“Republicans are already vowing to block progressive nominees Harris might choose, push her Supreme Court picks to the right and potentially stop some of her lifetime judicial appointments, if they win back the Senate and she defeats Donald Trump – a split presidential-year election outcome that hasn’t happened for decades.”
“Many in the GOP are in a fighting mood after seeing President Joe Biden push his nominees through over the past several years, thanks to a slim Senate Democratic majority.”
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“Nebraska appears unlikely to adopt a winner-take-all model of awarding Electoral College votes, despite renewed pressure from prominent Republicans, according to a key state senator,” the Omaha World Herald reports.
“That pressure included a visit to the state by U. S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and a letter supporting the change signed by all five members of Nebraska’s congressional delegation Wednesday.”
“State Sen.
Kamala Harris retook the lead over Donald Trump in Nate Silver’s forecast model for the first time in more than three weeks, 51% to 49%, but the race is essentially a tossup.