Dean Preston

Iran's FM condemns US attack on Qeshm's freshwater desalination plant, warns of grave consequences US President Donald Trump announced that Iran promised not to attack its neighbours anymore

Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
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There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

Video shows Mayor Lurie’s security shoved man to ground before fight Video shows moments before SFPD officer slammed to ground by man in Tenderloin brawl, calling into question the officer's narrative.

Video contradicts claims by Lurie and police

Lying shamelessly is a defining feature for so many executives in today's tech industry. They learn from top dogs that this is the way to get ahead. Until we figure out how to publicly shame liars and hold them accountable, their lies will only grow.

S.F. mayor, board president propose 3 ballot measures to expand executive branch power The three measures emerged from charter reform efforts that involved getting input from a 31-person working group

Seriously, imagine thinking in this historical moment that the way to increase accountability is to increase executive power

S.F. mayor, board president propose 3 ballot measures to expand executive branch power The three measures emerged from charter reform efforts that involved getting input from a 31-person working group

San Francisco already has a strong mayor system, but that’s not enough for those who want full control vested in billionaires.

Just in time for No Kings Day, Lurie and Mandelman argue “Giving more power to the mayor would create more “accountability.”

How close are Lurie and SFPD to ICE? - 48 hills Disturbing comments by (former) head of homeland security and SFPOA suggest more cooperation than the Sanctuary City ordinance allows

“The Mayor’s Office has no comment on Noem’s statement”

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

or did

Ousted DHS chief Noem praises Lurie, says he works ‘very well’ with feds “[Lurie] probably doesn’t want me to talk about it a lot,” said Kristi Noem at a big city police conference in Tennessee on Thursday. “He has been cooperative, we have great conversations and we talk ...

Noem says Lurie works "very well" with feds

District 4 forum: S.F. candidates confronted with most controversial positions Facing some 120 Sunset residents, supervisorial hopefuls were asked about missing tax returns, upzoning, police staffing and more.

“Johnson asked if Wong will work to move the 1234 Great Highway [Prop I funded, 199-unit] affordable housing project forward….

Wong, in his fourth month as the Sunset supervisor, punted. I’m still developing my policy perspective on this,” he said.”

Unacceptable.

This is the Republican Party now.

SFMTA approves slashing 365 units from Potrero Yard housing project Despite opposition, the SFMTA board greenlit a reduced plan at the Muni bus yard in the Mission District. It's down to just 100 units.

MTA killed 365 units of affordable housing citing funding constraints. Prop I tax revenue could have been used to fund these homes but Lurie refuses to spend that $ on housing. And now he & the YIMBY supervisors are trying to abolish the tax to enrich billionaires instead of building social housing.

Brooke Jenkins: Stop making billionaires ‘the enemy’ The District Attorney was anything but moderate in her support of the city’s wealthiest

“Jenkins made clear she’s firmly pro-billionaire, labor unions be damned.”

Exposing him as a liar doesn’t work. Everyone knows he is a liar. Trump wants everyone to know he is lying and breaking the law. He basks in the reality that he can lie every minute of every day and get away with it. To him, that’s the ultimate power. The power to lie and break the law with impunity

The same week he is calling for $100 million worth of cuts to city jobs, the Mayor and the D5 Supe introduced a $100 million tax break for billionaires

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It could take a century for SF to YIMBY its way to housing affordability, new study says Local YIMBYs are (unsurprisingly) not convinced.

“A new study by urban planning and public policy researchers from UC Berkeley, UCLA, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Toronto suggests that reforming entitlement and zoning laws will do little to address housing affordability.”

Troubling allegations were raised about Stephen Sherrill's appointment. Do voters care? How the D2 supervisor got his job may not matter as much to constituents in the Marina, Pacific Heights and Cow Hollow as how he's doing

“Sherrill says he got his job because he was qualified”

“Sherrill was largely unknown in the community, and had no legislative experience. He was a protégé of Bloomberg in New York City and held a Bloomberg-funded position in San Francisco City Hall. He was, furthermore, a former Republican”

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

BREAKING: Today Bernie Sanders is proposing new legislation to raise $4.4 trillion in taxes from America’s billionaires — a move that would virtually cut their massive fortunes in half.

A chunk of the money raised would go toward sending a $3K stimulus check to every person earning under $150K.

FAQ on Refusing Illegal Orders - Military Law Task Force This FAQ (drafted by members of the MLTF) can also be found in printable PDF format here: Illegal Orders FAQ – 11NOV2025  DoD Instruction 1325.06 permits a servicemember to possess a single copy of th...

The U.S. war on Iran is clearly unconstitutional. Members of the military have the right, and in some cases have the duty, to refuse illegal orders.

What in the hell??????????????????????????

The “Third Way” working harder to stop @aoc.bsky.social than they do to stop Trump.

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Trump has no power to “decree” that voters must present ID or to end mail-in balloting. But that doesn’t mean he can’t at least try both.

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Political Dark Money is Coming for SF...Again Billionaires and powerful forces are about to drop a shit ton of dark money into this year’s election...Again.

“If you thought the San Francisco moderates would be happy now that they’ve taken over the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor’s office, you’d be wrong.”

@bunnythedoc.bsky.social follows the money in this new BAS piece

Exclusive: Read the draft executive emergency order for Trump to take control of elections Lawyers and legal experts explicitly said that such an order is blatantly unconstitutional.

🚨BREAKING: Democracy Docket has obtained a draft of the executive order being circulated with the White House that would allow Trump to take unprecedented control over voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Good to ban it, but why assume what happened was legal?

If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

from strongly worded letter to weakly worded statement