president trump - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports

Steve Kerr, Pelosi, Other Notables Pile On Trump’s Bible Photo-Op

After tear gas was fired at clergy to create the Proverb-ial photo with a Bible, Trump critics are doing Numbers on his hamfisted attempt to create the illusion of Christianity.

Thomas Keller, Tim Cook, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg Named to President Trump's 'Opening the Country' Council

As President Trump persists in treating this pandemic as a PR and political crisis more than a health crisis, he announced on Tuesday that he's establishing a "council" of around 200 business leaders from around the country to help "advise" the White House as the U.S. attempts to "reopen."

Palo Alto Woman Who Berated MAGA Hat Wearer Goes Missing, Likely Gone Off Grid

A Bay Area woman who was caught in a right-wing media firestorm after she publicly berated an elderly man for wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat in a Palo Alto Starbucks has apparently voluntarily disappeared.

Berkeley Student And Trump Supporter Sues University For $23M Over Attacks By Liberal Protesters

A UC Berkeley student who says she was violently attacked by protesters on campus the night of a planned speech by Milo Yiannopoulos in February is now suing the university along with a

Chelsea Manning Will Remain On Active Duty When She's Released From Prison

Private Chelsea Elizabeth Manning will be released from Leavenworth Prison in Kansas on Wednesday, May 17. When she's finally free, the transgender soldier and leaker of national security secrets will remain an active

Ninth Circuit Hears Travel Ban Arguments Again Today

For the second time in three months, lawyers for the Trump Administration are presenting arguments in support of the president's executive order temporarily banning travel and/or immigration from a half dozen Muslim-majority

Local Politicos React To Trump's Firing Of James Comey

Yesterday President Trump took the dramatic step of firing FBI Director James Comey, a move that many in particular the editorial board of the New York Times are declaring a turning point in

[Update] President Trump Expected To Sign Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion Executive Order This Week

Three months after a draft executive order was leaked that many saw as a thinly veiled attack on LGBTQ equality, sources close to the White House say that President Trump is aiming to

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Effort To Withhold Funds From Sanctuary Cities

A federal judge in San Francisco has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against an executive order signed by President Trump in January threatening to withhold federal funding from cities that do not provide

California Senate Passes 'Sanctuary State' Bill

On Monday the California state Senate made good on its bluster in defiance of the Trump administration and passed SB54, a bill that would prohibit local police and sheriff’s deputies throughout the

Scott Wiener Calls Trump 'Manchurian Candidate' From State Senate Floor

State Senator Scott Wiener demonstrated his ability to provide popular liberal soundbites in 2015, when the then Castro Supervisor told a Fox News TV crew, cameras rolling, that they were a "fringe propaganda

Federal Judge In Hawaii Blocks President Trump's Revised Order On Travel And Immigration

Just a few hours before President Trump's revised executive order on travel from six Muslim-majority nations was to take effect, a federal judge in Hawaii has granted a temporary restraining order to block

Ninth Circuit Declines To Delay Trump Travel Ban Appeal

The Trump Administration had until this week to file an opening brief in their official appeal of the case brought by the states of Washington and Minnesota in his temporary ban on immigration

Border Patrol Agents Stop And Check IDs Of Domestic SFO-JFK Passengers Before Letting Them Off Plane

As Gothamist reported on Thursday, a New York-bound Delta Airlines flight from San Francisco was greeted upon reaching the gate on Wednesday by Customs and Border Patrol agents who insisted on checking passengers'

Pelosi, Newsom Respond To Trump Directive Reversing School Policy On Bathroom Use For Trans Students

In an effort to pander to religious conservatives who desperately want to make America straight and cisgender again, President Trump's administration issued a directive late Wednesday, as they had been expected to do,

President Trump Will Issue A NEW Executive Order On Immigration

In a new court filing with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Department of Justice says that President Trump will be reissuing an executive order on immigration. Reuters reports, "Given the upcoming

Bracing For Cuts, Jane Kim Drafting Legislation To Ensure Local Birth Control Access

"We are committed to join you to be a wall against hate and we will legislate Trump the hell out of San Francisco!" Jane Kim addressed the crowd at the Women's March in

Apple, Facebook, Google, And Other Tech Firms File Court Brief Against Immigration Ban

Nearly one hundred companies, including some of the largest tech firms in the world, filed an amicus brief in opposition of President Trump's executive order that bans foreigners from seven Muslim majority nations.

ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Trump On Behalf Of Three Middle Eastern Students

The ACLU of Northern California filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of three students at California universities who have been living here legally with F-1 student visas who are now barred from traveling

Uber CEO To Step Down From Trump Advisory Council

Hold the protests! Uber's good now! That, at least, could be the message the company hopes to convey with news that Travis Kalanick, CEO of the massive Silicon Valley ride-hailing business, is stepping

Protesters Pack SFO To Decry Detentions Under Trump's Immigration Ban

Protesting an immigration ban ordered by President Donald Trump, signs at SFO announce "We Want You Here" and "Give Us Your Huddled Masses." Demonstrators gathered at the airport this afternoon as similar actions

Local Trump Supporters Rightfully Fear Their Inauguration Parties Might Get Protested

You've heard a lot about marches and peaceful protests happening around the Bay Area this weekend, marking the inauguration of (hack, gag, here I go typing it for the first time) President Trump,