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Zuckerberg Stands By Facebook Board Member Peter Thiel And Claims Support For Trump Counts As 'Diversity'

As the backlash against prominent Donald Trump supporter and Facebook board member Peter Thiel continues to grow, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come out in support of the controversial Libertarian — suggesting that not

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Cher Hosting Big Gay Fundraiser For Clinton At Oasis This Sunday, With Cher Impersonator Chad Michaels

Oasis co-owner Heklina announced Tuesday that her SoMa club would be hosting a Hillary Clinton fundraiser hosted by none other than Cher on Sunday. And this is no typical drag scene benefit for

Stain Of Peter Thiel's Trump Advocacy Marks Y Combinator As Silicon Valley Backlash Grows

Peter Thiel has always ranked high on the Silicon Valley eccentric scale, as most already know. The PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member's support for building floating libertarian cities and interest in the

Video: Mission Smokers Reveal Thoughts On Proposed Cigarette Tax Increase

With so many local and state measures on this November's ballot, it's perhaps easy for some to get lost in the mix. Proposition 56 may be just such a measure — and while not

Silicon Valley Donates Nearly $8 Million To Clinton Campaign Out Of Fear Of Trump

Facing the unfathomable possibility of a President Donald Trump, Silicon Valley donors have spent nearly $8 million helping Hillary Clinton to get elected this year still far shy of the $21 million reportedly

Peter Thiel Decides To Throw Away $1.25 Million On Trump Campaign

Perhaps because it's the equivalent of what he pays his dog-walker, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel decided to write a last-minute $1.25 million check to Donald Trump's losing presidential campaign, instead of

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The Quote Marquee At Turk & Larkin Continues Trolling Trump

Just to take a quick break from today's avalanche of atrocious press about Trump, and the candidate's continued, baffling idiocy and grossness, here's a look at how the famed sign outside Kahn &

Bernie Sanders Lands In SF Saturday, Will Stump For Jane Kim And Prop 61

While he doesn't really need to convince anyone in San Francisco not to vote for Donald Trump that contrarian libertarian IT guy at your office notwithstanding Bernie Sanders will be back in town

Hillary Clinton In SF This Morning To Raise Money, Snarl Traffic

With less than a month before a presidential election will indicate if more voting Americans are sane decent human beings or bigoted monsters, the (in some cases, admittedly begrudging) choice of the sane

All These California Republican Lawmakers Still Support Trump, Which, Wow

As we count down the final 27 days until this other-worldly nightmare of an election is hopefully, sweet Jesus, over and done with and not hampered by some crazy recount or something more

Venture Capitalists Funding Anti-Homeless Encampment Measure

With so many local propositions on this November's ballot, it's perhaps understandably hard for any single one to stand out. That, of course, is where money comes in. Mission Local reports that a

Record Company Dings Drag Queens Supporting Scott Wiener For Use Of Katy Perry Song

Did the use of Katy Perry's "Firework" in a video plug for Scott Wiener just explode in the Supervisor's face? As the politician campaigns against Jane Kim for a state senate seat in

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Video: Watch Bono Bash Donald Trump During Last Night's Dreamforce Concert

U2 was the headliner for Dreamforce's big central concert event Wednesday night at the Cow Palace, and Bono took the opportunity to have a conversation of sorts with a video projection of Donald

Zeitgeist Ejects Men Wearing Trump T-Shirts For Sexist Comments, Attitude Problems

Getting kicked out of Zeitgeist is super easy — especially if you do it on purpose. The ever-popular, punk-leaning Mission District bar and beer garden is, after all, well-known for its gruff, no-nonsense service

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Photo Du Jour: Jane Kim Does Drag

Juanita MORE!, Polly Tickle (a.k.a. Jane Kim), and Glamamore. Photo via Shot In the City At the Powerblouse party at Powerhouse (link semi-NSFW) on Saturday night in which drag mothers Juanita

Startup VotePlz Is Registering #Millennials By Printing Their Forms And Sending Them Stamps

Goshdarn Millennials! The inscrutable age cohort that's broadly defined as people between 16 and 35 who likely struggle with internet addiction could easily rival the Boomers as a voting force according to an

'Dirty' Politics: How The City's Janitors Could Swing The Board Of Supes' Balance of Power

Nobody likes a boring election. (Plenty of people don’t like allegedly exciting elections, either, so there’s that.) People like to know their vote matter and that, in turn, they matter, even

Day Around The Bay: Trump Blaming Google For Bias

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. 100-year-old Iris Canada has just gotten the 11th stay

Pelosi Chews Out Gary Johnson Voters, Blames Them For Tight Polls

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi came out swinging yesterday for liberal and libertarian voters who, upset with the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, are going to use their precious votes to

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Where To Watch The Presidential Debate Tonight In SF

The first of three scheduled debates between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump happens tonight, starting at 6 p.m. Pacific Time, and if you're too nervous or excitable to sit at

Meet The Satirical 'Pro-Soda' Mascot Promising Lies And Diabetes For All

Mayors @LibbySchaaf @mayoredlee announce Oakland and SF #sodatax campaigns #measurehh #propv pic.twitter.com/in8Oy3yCg7— Daniel Montes (@dc_montes) September 2, 2016 With sugary beverage taxes (back) on the ballot in San Francisco

Today's The Last Day To Decline SF's Printed, 300-Page Voter Info Pamphlet

The alphabet-busting roster of San Francisco ballot propositions voters will decide on November 8 have made for a massive information pamphlet, the booklet every registered voter will receive by mail in advance of

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Flying Lotus Makes Misogynistic Joke About Hillary Clinton At Oakland Show, Outrage Ensues

So @flyinglotus starts talking about he don't like @realDonaldTrump then says this about @HillaryClinton 😳 pic.twitter.com/aeOoRIPiVo— Mariecar Mendoza (@SFMarMendoza) September 17, 2016 Flying Lotus, a.k.a. LA-based producer/musician Steven

Candidate For D11 Supervisor Proposes Abolishing The SFPD

San Francisco politics are at best unusual, and at worst totally bonkers in a way virtually no other US city could understand. We are reminded of this again today following a Chronicle editorial

Ha! New NRA Ad Mistakes SF Skyline For NY

We probably shouldn't credit National Rifle Association members living in Maine as being overly familiar with our nation's metropolises. And, case in point, the NY Daily News spotted the ad above paid for