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Bay Area Law Enforcement Preps for Possible Election Week Unrest

Compounding fears that Trump may not lose this election are fears that he and his most ardent supporters may try to sow chaos in the days and weeks following Election Day in an effort to delegitimize the vote-counting process. But here in the Bay Area?

SF Politics

Mad Mud is Flying as Six Supervisor Seats Are Up for Grabs in November Election

Some odd (and vaguely racist) political ads are shaking up the races, as all six odd-numbered supervisor districts are on the November ballot.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Flour & Water Pizzeria Wants to Make Sure You Vote

Flour & Water Pizzeria had a simple message spelled out in cheese this week.

Business & Tech

Twitter Suspends Trump Campaign Account for Three Hours, as Trump-Twitter Battle Escalates

Trump is threatening a “big lawsuit” after his campaign account was given a three-hour timeout on Twitter, and Senate Republicans have subpoena'd Jack Dorsey because they think this is the equivalent of Pearl Harbor.

Business & Tech

Facebook Says It Is Restricting the Spread of an Inflammatory, Dubious Story About Hunter Biden

Facebook claims it is restricting access to a New York Post story published Wednesday that suggests, via emails purportedly "obtained" by Rudy Giuliani and Steve Bannon, some new untoward business involving Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian oil company he sat on the board of, Burisma.

SF Politics

Proud Boys Rally Possibly Planned For Dolores Park (But Don't Assume These Jokers Are That Organized)

A flyer went up on Twitter last week about a "free speech rally" for Proud Boys in San Francisco's Dolores Park on October 17 — but this event has all the hallmarks of the weird, sometimes fictional, antifa-antagonizing rallies that were planned around the Bay in 2017.

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Oakland's Own Kamala Harris Takes National Stage Against Our Bizarre and Bigoted Vice President

It's Kamala's time to shine tonight in Salt Lake City at the only vice-presidential debate, and it's not hard to guess that Mike Pence is going to be very uncomfortable.

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Uber and Lyft’s Prop 22 Only Up By 3 Points in Poll, Despite $186 Million War Chest

An all-time California record of campaign cash has not yet sealed the deal for Lyft and Uber in their campaign to ensure their drivers are not classified as employees.

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Of Course Trump Is Using His COVID Infection to Tell the Country 'Don't Be Afraid of COVID.' You Can Bet He's Afraid.

True to form, President Trump used Twitter and his recent, clearly very serious case of COVID-19 to once again politicize the pandemic and tell his followers "Don't be afraid of COVID."

Bay Area Sports

49ers Devote Levi’s Stadium To Serve As Polling Place For Nov 3rd Election

The San Francisco 49ers announced Tuesday a multilateral partnership to use Levi’s Stadium as a temporary voting center for the November 3rd election.

Business & Tech

Biden Campaign Calls Out Facebook For Allowing 'Claptrap' From Trump About Mail-In Ballots to Continue Being Posted

Once again the Trump campaign, and Donald Trump Jr. in particular, are spreading misinformation about Democrats trying to flood the election with bogus or duplicate ballots, via a campaign ad, and the Biden campaign is calling Facebook out for allowing this to be amplified.

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SF Woman From DNC Whose Trump-Supporting Father Died From COVID Invited to Debate By Biden

Tuesday night's debate in Cleveland between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will feature a special guest invited by the Biden campaign: Kristin Urquiza, the SF woman who spoke out about her father's death at the Democratic Convention.

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Bill Graham Civic Auditorium To Become Voting Center With Outdoor Booths, Ballot Drop Boxes

The city's Department of Elections is making plans for socially distanced voting booths, and how to process a surfeit of absentee and mail-in ballots. And if you still haven't registered on Election Day, you can still do it outside Bill Graham and vote!

SF Politics

There Is an Election Scenario In Which the House Will Choose the President, and One In Which Pelosi Becomes President

A LOT has been written in recent weeks about nightmare scenarios with this sitting president as we approach this nightmare election in a year rife with nightmares. But there are a few positive details enshrined in the Constitution for crises like this that might provide some comfort.

Business & Tech

Celebrities Are Taking a Day Off of Instagram and Facebook to Protest Hate Speech and Yeah That Should Work

Kim Kardashian West, Jennifer Lawrence, and Sacha Baron Cohen are among the celebrities leading a charge to boycott Facebook and Instagram for a day. But is a one-day boycott really sending a message that a monthslong boycott by high-paying advertisers hasn't?

Business & Tech

As Trump Reverses and Recommends Mailing In Ballots and Voting Twice, Twitter Slaps Label On Tweet

The President continued his unhinged lunacy on Thursday, changing course in his rhetorical war on mail-in voting by recommending that voters — presumably only those who vote for him — to mail in ballots and then show up in person at polling places as well.

Business & Tech

Facebook Says It Will 'Restrict' Political Ads In the Last Week Before Election, Fact-Check When Trump Tries to Declare Victory Early

Admitting that the platform could play a role in destroying democracy as we know it, Facebook says it will limit or restrict new political ads in the week leading up to the election in November.

SF Politics

Fresno-Based Salon Owner Behind Leak Of Maskless Pelosi Photo At SF Hair Salon

A Fresno-based hair stylist and salon owner says she was "outraged" when one of her freelance stylists told her she would be accepting a blowout appointment with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the Union Street salon she owns. And that's why she released surveillance footage of Pelosi to Fox News.

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Recalling Trump's Bizarre Behavior In 2016, Pelosi Says Biden Should Boycott Debates

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave some unprompted remarks during her weekly Thursday news conference suggesting that Joe Biden should skip all the scheduled debates with President Trump, saying that any event where Trump is included will be "an exercise in skulduggery."

Arts & Entertainment

Yes, The 2020 Election Will Have Drag Queens at Polling Places — And You Can Be One of Them

For this fiercely contested election, the California secretary of state has officially partnered with Drag Out the Vote to ‘work’ the polls and lay the foundation for a big turnout.

Business & Tech

Facebook Mulls 'Kill Switch' For Political Ads To Prevent Trump From Contesting Election Results

Facebook is doing some disaster planning for the days and weeks after the election, given that all signs point to Donald Trump attempting to hold on to power by questioning the results of the election — should he, god willing, lose.

SF Politics

New Attack Ad By Anti-Trump Republicans Confirms Trump Wanted To Cut Fire Assistance In CA For Political Reasons

Remember when President Trump was spouting a lot of malarkey in November 2018 about how California needed to do better with "forest management" and that's why he wanted to cut off FEMA assistance after the devastating Camp Fire?

SF Politics

Kamala In the News: Kushner Denies Birther Comments, Angela Davis 'Isn't Excited,' and Kamala's Favorite Burrito

Kamala Harris apparently has good taste in wine, and Jared Kushner would like us all to un-hear what President Trump said Thursday about some new birther theory being floated in conservative media about Harris.

SF Politics

Kamala Harris Calls Out Trump's Talent For Running Things Into The Ground In First Public Appearance As VP Candidate

Senator Kamala Harris appeared with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for a pair of speeches Wednesday afternoon in Delaware, introducing Harris as the VP on this year's ticket. And neither minced words in characterizing President Trump as an incompetent fool.

SF Politics

Former SF District Attorney Turned Senator Kamala Harris Picked As Biden's Running Mate

Biden has announced Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, putting a Bay Area native daughter in the national spotlight once again. And she is the first Black woman ever to join a major-party ticket — in addition to being the first person of Indian descent to join such a ticket in our country.

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