Activism
Leaked Memo Reveals Trump Cabinet Halloween Costumes
An alleged ‘leaked memo’ from the White House reveals that there will be a Halloween party at the White House this year and Trump is producing it personally with Stephen Miller and Kellyanne Conway as hosts. For security purposes the secret service required all guests to submit their desired costumes
SF Law Office Gets Barrage of Hate for Anti-Trump Sign
If you couldn’t tell, Pier 5 Law Offices is awesome. They are a a group of really progressive sole practitioner lawyers who have been fighting the good fight for over 40 years. In fact they’ve successfully defended more marijuana cases than any other group of lawyers. As you can tell
Protest Launching at Twitter HQ to Kick Trump Off Platform
Tomorrow, Friday the 13th, Resistance SF is kicking off the protest to get Twitter to 86 the Molester-in-Chief from the platform. The Orange Menace’s twitter feed has been full of harassment and hatred for years and given that Rose McGowan just got booted for tweeting about sexual predator Harvey Weinstein,
This Hacker is Fighting Big Pharma with Open Source Medicine
As our insurance systems seem to swing farther and farther from any kind of sane healthcare reality, it’s old and depressing news that people on the low-end of the income spectrum have little to no recourse. If our government is going to stick it to the majority, maybe the answer
Ai Weiwei Talks Global Refugee Crisis & New Film in San Francisco
Arguably the most famous artist in the world, Ai has been tireless in promoting his new documentary, Human Flow. Publicity might not be his favorite thing, but he feels so strongly about the forced migration of 65 million refugees around the world, that he is doing what he can to get out the word out.
If You’re Not Kneeling, You Just Don’t Get It
You might not like the tone BLM takes, or the image of NFL players kneeling before a game, but if you think that makes these things fundamentally wrong, it’s time for a U.S. history lesson.
Late-Night Hosts Address the Terrorism in Las Vegas, Politicians Send ‘Thoughts & Prayers’
Another home grown, American terrorist, used high powered firearms to murder an incredible amount of innocent people. The death toll as of this morning is 59 people, with some 520 injured and in the hospitals of Las Vegas, making it ‘the worst mass shooting in American History’. Obviously after Sandy Hook
Experts and Laymen are asked about Universal Basic Income
A new podcast is asking people ‘what would you do if you were given a basic income’, ie if you didn’t HAVE to work?  The project by upstreampodcast explores that question by asking people they find all over the bay area, including economic experts and basic income recipients. In upstream’s words: