SF Politics

Biden Leads Trump By 39 Points In CA, As Trump Loses Support From His Base

A new public opinion poll from UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) found that former Vice President Joe Biden's lead over President Trump in California has eclipsed Hillary Clinton's lead over Trump around this time four years ago by 9 percentage points.

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Trump Will Burn Down The Internet If It Keeps Calling Him a Liar (But Not Really)

In a fresh dustup, President Trump has publicly threatened to punish Twitter and "strongly regulate" or entirely "close down" all social media after Twitter tried to fact-check something he posted about mail-in ballots leading to rigged elections.

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Local Experts Debate Whether We're In a Depression as Biden Preps FDR-Sized Recovery Programs

Regardless of whether the current economic crisis is technically just a bad recession or if we are edging into depression territory is probably a matter of semantics.

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The Castro Voted For Warren, Much Of SF Went For Bernie

Preliminary results are in from Tuesday's primary election in San Francisco, and while Bernie Sanders won a plurality with 39,571 votes (32.72%), Elizabeth Warren did quite well here with about as many votes as Joe Biden.

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What You Need To Know About Prop D, the Retail Vacancy Tax

There are several local ballot propositions you'll be voting on today if you still do things the old fashioned way and go to an actual polling place, and perhaps none of them is more significant than Prop D.

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The Chronicle Is Endorsing... Amy Klobuchar?

Welp, the San Francisco Chronicle's Editorial Board has issued its endorsement in the Democratic primary, and its choice is a devout centrist from Minnesota.

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Obama Primary Challenge Story Emerges Just As Sanders Takes Strong Lead in CA Poll

Two weeks out from Super Tuesday and the California primary, Senator Bernie Sanders has reportedly pulled out with a big lead in a new poll of Democratic voters in the state.

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Bernie Sanders Holds Rally at a Packed Craneway Pavilion in Richmond

Senator Bernie Sanders is in the Bay Area today, and a rally for his supporters kicked off at noon at Richmond's Craneway Pavilion.

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Sanders and Buttigieg To Campaign In Northern California This Weekend

In another sign that California will actually play a decisive role in this year's primary season — for a change! — 2020 Democratic frontrunners Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are both heading here to do some campaigning this weekend ahead of Super Tuesday on March 3.

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New Bernie Sanders Ad Specifically Comes After PG&E

A new three-minute ad from the Bernie Sanders campaign is squarely aimed at Democratic voters in California, and makes the case that only Sanders will have what it takes to fight corporate interests like PG&E that value profits over human life.

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Breed Wants Ballot Measure to Streamline Housing in Wake of SB-50 Defeat

The mayor introduces a ballot measure effort to eliminate red tape for affordable housing developments, but the definition of “affordable” is a bit mind-boggling.

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Watch a Homophobic Iowa Voter Find Out That Her Candidate Is Gay

A video has come in from one of the caucus precincts in Iowa last night where a woman covered in Pete Buttigieg stickers finds out for the first time — astonishingly! — that her chosen candidate is indeed a homosexual.

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If You Are Registered Independent You Won't Be Getting a Presidential Primary Mail-In Ballot

For Bay Area residents who are registered independent, libertarian, or "no party preference," you won't be able to vote by mail in the Democratic primary on March 3 unless you specifically request to receive a Democratic ballot

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Mayor London Breed Endorses Bloomberg Because She Thinks He Can Beat Trump

In a move that is sure to thrill almost no one in San Francisco, Mayor London Breed has thrown her endorsement weight — such as it is — behind former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg in the upcoming Democratic presidential primary.

Business & Tech

Facebook Bans Some Deepfakes, But Not Those Made for 'Satire'

In a seemingly cynical and tactical move ahead of another congressional hearing, Facebook announced today that it is officially banning intentionally manipulated video aimed at misinforming the public, a.k.a. deepfakes.

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The Wine Cave Fundraiser Warren Dinged Buttigieg About Was In Napa

One of the key takeaway tension moments getting talked about from Thursday night's Democratic candidate debate was one in which Senator Elizabeth Warren called out Mayor Pete Buttigieg for attending a recent fundraiser hosted by billionaires, with "$900 bottles of wine" in a wine cave.

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Pro-Trump Trans Woman Emerges As Challenger for Scott Wiener

A gun-loving Republican trans woman originally from Mississippi has declared herself a candidate for Scott Wiener's state senate seat, which comes up for election next year.

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Kamala Harris Ends Presidential Run

The shining moment now over and the financial and political realities setting in, California Senator Kamala Harris is calling off her campaign for the presidency as of today.

Business & Tech

Twitter Gets Pushback On Its 'Minefield' Of a Political Ad Policy

Twitter fleshed out its rather convoluted new policy for political ads on Friday, and it was met with immediate criticism, skepticism, and outright bafflement from both sides of the political spectrum.

SF News

Michael Bloomberg Is Prepping a Possible Presidential Bid, Filing Paperwork For At Least One Primary

Former New York City mayor and self-made billionaire Michael Bloomberg is reportedly inching toward declaring his candidacy for the 2020 presidential campaign, and is making moves that include filing paperwork calling himself a candidate in the Democratic race in the Alabama primary.

Business & Tech

Bernie Bashes Apple’s $2.5 Billion Housing Pledge, Calls It Corporate ‘Hypocrisy’

The Democratic candidate slams Apple for being “corporate tax evaders” who “helped create California’s housing crisis.”

SF News

Mike Pence Is Stopping Through The Bay Area and Monterey Next Week

Our extra-special right-wing vice-president Mike Pence is making a couple of Republican fundraising stops in California next week, and dropping by the San Francisco Bay Area for a quick, not-easily-protested speaking engagement.

Business & Tech

Zuckerberg Hosts Off-the-Record Dinner Party With Critics To Discuss Facebook's Political Ad Policy

He invited civil rights leaders and other staunch critics of the policy for an intimate dinner at his Palo Alto home Monday evening, because he wants to look like he cares.

Business & Tech

Kamala Harris: Twitter Should Suspend Trump's Account Over Whistleblower Threats

Senator Kamala Harris has upped the ante in her campaign rhetoric targeting the president, calling on Monday night to have Twitter suspend Trump's account over comments he made regarding the Ukraine scandal whistleblower.

SF News

Trump Fundraiser Went Down At Portola Valley Home Of Sun Microsystems Cofounder Scott McNealy

The 32,000-sf compound owned by Sun Microsystems cofounder Scott McNealy and his wife, which hit the market last year for $96.8 million, was the setting for President Trump's fundraising luncheon in Portola Valley this afternoon. And yes, the big Baby Trump balloon followed him there.