Exclusive | Pentagon Used Anthropicβs Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid
The use of the model through a contract with Palantir highlights the growing role of AI in the Pentagon.
AI is useful for 2 things, imperialism & labor exploitation:
βAnthropicβs artificial-intelligence tool Claude was used in the U.S. militaryβs operation to capture former Venezuelan President Maduro, highlighting how AI models are gaining traction in the Pentagonβ
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Billionaires Attack Rent Control
GrowSF, a group funded by billionaires yet claiming to speak for the working class, released an attack ad on Monday targeting the four Supervisors who voted against the Mayor's Family Zoning Plan. As written, this plan threatens to demolish existing rent-controlled units, while failing to invest in the deeply affordable housing we need.
SF Standard headline: Moderate political group attacks supervisors who voted against Lurieβs upzoning plan
Tireless organizing by tenants, supported by DSA SF and Supervisor Jackie Fielder, succeeded in exempting many rent controlled units - but the Mayor's plan still leaves up to 20,000 units vulnerable to demolition, placing a target on the backs of working families.
Headline: Board of Supervisors Strikes Down Rent-Control Amendment
We commend DSA SF member Supervisor Jackie Fielder and her colleagues - Supervisors Chan, Chen, and Walton - for voting against this proposal, and we urge the Board to put forward a plan that centers housing for working families, not profits for real estate developers.
DSA SF and our allies will continue to fight against the displacement of tenants, and for real solutions to the affordability crisis like social housing, which San Franciscans voted for in 2020βs Prop I and which Mayor Lurie and his wealthy backers continue to ignore.
San Franciscans deserve housing security, not displacement. The Mayorβs Family Zoning Plan still leaves more than 20,000 rent-controlled homes vulnerable to demolition. Thank you to Supervisors Fielder, Chan, Chen, and Walton for standing with tenants and working families.
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π¦βπ₯ An Abundance of Moderates https://workerco.org/sf-dispatch-10-10-25/
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β€οΈβπ₯ Fire Melts Ice https://workerco.org/sf-dispatch-10-9-25/
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π UESF Shares Strike Ready Petition https://workerco.org/sf-dispatch-10-8-25/
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β΅οΈFrom The West Bank To The People's Bank https://workerco.org/sf-dispatch-10-7-25/
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π SF Dispatch | π 10.6.25 https://workerco.org/sf-dispatch-10-6-25/
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π Workplace democracy is hard, says Rainbow staff β but it's worth it. - @coyotemedia.org https://www.coyotemedia.org/bay-area-co-ops-a-bunch-of-weirdos-run-a-grocery-store/
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π¨ Keep SFPD accountable, urge the SF BOS to REJECT Matt Dorsey's proposal. TY for fighting the good fight @eff.org, @aclu-norcal.bsky.social, @jackiefielder.bsky.social, @deanpreston.bsky.social
SFPD should avoid breaking the laws that govern police surveillance in the city.
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π¨ Keep SFPD accountable, urge the SF BOS to REJECT Matt Dorsey's proposal. TY for fighting the good fight @eff.org, @aclu-norcal.bsky.social, @jackiefielder.bsky.social, @deanpreston.bsky.social
SFPD should avoid breaking the laws that govern police surveillance in the city.
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And despite all this, tomorrow will bring a new round of Ezra Kleins who instead of saying the leftists were right all along how can we support the resistance, will say the key is to move to the right to be more like the fascists.
Fortunately the people seem to have more sense than the pols/pundits
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These Tenants Are Going on Strike Against βRent Debtβ
A new kind of tenants union is ramping up the pressure on corporate landlords.
βIn some cases, weβre seeing fees that we donβt think should be charged at all, like pest control fees,β says Kuehnhoff. ββLandlords have a duty to provide a pest-free environment already, so they shouldnβt be adding that to the rent.β
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If we get through this, someone should write a casebook based on all the lawsuits filed against the Trump administration, divided up into different areas of law: 1st A, APA, Civil Rights Act, INA, 10th A, NLRA, Just Cause, etc. Would be fascinating.
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"Weβre going to be in what might be a very long fight. We need to start on the right foot" - RDU https://www.kqed.org/news/12057798/california-gives-uber-lyft-drivers-collective-bargaining-rights
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π The Right To Strike https://workerco.org/sf-dispatch-10-4-25/
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Rideshare Drivers United, an organization with more than 20,000 California gig driver members, said the conditions could unduly benefit the Service Employees International Union
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As SEIU is organizing drivers around AB1340, they need to stop lying about Rideshare Drivers United, stop shitting on other workers groups, and recognize the enemy is UberLyft and not other unions.
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More in today's SF Dispatch - a daily newsletter round-up to save you some time catching up on the latest headlines from billionaire funded to independent news https://workerco.org/sf-dispatch-10-3-25/
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The tiny opening in the City Charter https://newsletters.48hills.org/can-the-supes-block-nancy-tung-appointment-to-the-airport-commission-as-ice-is-running-wild/
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"This city is run by people endorsed and supported by a small number of billionaires who have an agenda that is, by definition, violent economic repression" https://48hills.org/2025/10/booing-the-mayor-isnt-political-violence/
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Booing the mayor isnβt political violence - @48hills.bsky.social
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Contradictions galore in todayβs SF Dispatch
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π SFPD RV at 16th & Mission Evicted https://missionlocal.org/2025/09/sfpd-nixes-24-7-bus-at-16th-and-mission-offers-varying-rationales/
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She Was in Constant Pain. They Told Her It Was Normal.
In prison, we have to fight for a diagnosis before we can fight the disease.
An incarcerated writer spent over a year in excruciating pain before medical professionals finally took her seriously. Then she was diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer.
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π° In today's SF Dispatch
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