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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. " @sunsetdp.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Anyone attending No Kings Day in San Francisco. The protest starts at 11:30 Dolores Park and marches to the Civic center. BlueSky people can group at Dolores & 18th. You can register online - SF No Kings Day or just show up.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 04/06/2025

1/2 Misogynist Trump just rescinded Biden’s emergency abortion protections under EMTALA. This is a death sentence. More women will die in ERs because hospitals are no longer required to provide life-saving abortions. Trump made it easier to turn patients away. tinyurl.com/ER-Abortion

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Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions

The Trump administration has announced that it is revoking guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medi...

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Gift link to a must-read from my colleagues. "I think people should know that research that they probably would support is being canceled," said Eden Tanner, who lost a grant to work on a new glioblastoma treatment. "I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial."

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Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)

Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Lies and misinformation threaten CA’s future. When will lawmakers stand up for the truthtellers? The LA fires showed how essential local journalism is to public safety. And yet newsrooms are in jeopardy of dissolving without political support www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/edit...

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Lies and misinformation threaten California’s future. When will lawmakers stand up for the truthtellers?

The L.A. fires showed how essential local journalism remains to public safety. And yet newsrooms are in jeopardy of dissolving without political support.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

"Gov. Gavin Newsom’s more than 90-minute meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office Wednesday once again displayed the governor’s willingness to cede his leadership of the resistance — at least for now." www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Newsom bows to 'hierarchy of needs' in detente with Trump

A former leader of the anti-Trump resistance, Newsom said he had a productive meeting at the White House with the president on disaster aid for fire-ravaged Los Angeles.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I keep waiting for tough questions from the press in these photo ops...not hearing them challenge him, call him out on many false statements -- or demand answers on unprecedented moves by Elon Musk. Do your job, people.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Musk, the world’s richest man, is sweeping through the federal government as a singular force, creating major upheaval as he looks to put an ideological stamp on the bureaucracy and rid the system of those who he and the president deride as “the deep state.” Gifted. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

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Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies

The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Where is Oakland laying off nearly 100 city workers in ‘hard but necessary’ cuts? The two depts we residents can least afford it: public works and police. www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/01/31/o...

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Oakland to lay off nearly 100 city workers in ‘hard but necessary’ cuts

When the dust settles, roughly 100 people will be affected, either through layoffs or position bumps.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

"Donald Trump does not hide his disdain for California and its perceived progressive values. Now UC Berkeley analysts say he may be planning an offensive against the state that extends from public health and climate to immigration, energy and education." news.berkeley.edu/2025/01/10/t...

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Trump may be planning a sharp, extended conflict with California, experts say - Berkeley News

Donald Trump does not hide his disdain for California and its perceived progressive values. Now UC Berkeley analysts say he may be planning an offensive against the state that extends from public heal...

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

"A mass purge of field agents, the front line investigators in @FBI cases, signals "an even greater escalation of what has become a startling pattern of retribution — & would contradict pledges to avoid such action" by Trump’s nominees to lead FBI & DOJ, per washingtonpost.com

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

"As of May 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was approximately 3,000 controllers short of its staffing targets, despite a surge in hiring efforts," per CNN. So who now will be monitoring the skies for the flying public?? www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-...

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Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs

Federal employees were told they could use their paid time off to explore “dream destinations” before quitting.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

OMG if you live near or use @FlySFO, or any major Bay Area airport, this is alarming to say the least

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Beginning Feb. 1, San Carlos Airport will have no air traffic controllers?? What could go wrong regarding serious potential dangers for busy flight paths at nearby @FlySFO..

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Rima Regas @rimaregas.com · 30/01/2025

Southern California’s largest water supplier fires general manager The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California replaced Adel Hagekhalil with Deven Upadhyay after an investigation into claims of harassment.

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Southern California’s largest water supplier fires general manager

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California replaced Adel Hagekhalil with Deven Upadhyay after an investigation into claims of harassment.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The Tech Arsenal That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Border — enforcement agencies have spent billions assembling surveillance tools to track and find people. These could be critical in President Trump’s immigration agenda. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/t...

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The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Border enforcement agencies have spent billions assembling surveillance tools to track and find people. These could be critical in President Trump’s immigration agenda.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Question of the Week: Where do I sign?

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Trump Justice Department has issued a freeze on the civil rights division, largely shutting it down for the time-being, halting all ongoing civil rights cases. (this would include environmental justice investigations). “It’s beyond unusual—it’s unprecedented." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Justice Department issues freeze for civil rights division

The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Sold out. Feb. 8, Masonic Auditorium SF. Damn.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Ross Ulbricht of SF, founder of Silk Road -- "the most sophisticated & extensive criminal marketplace on the internet -- was arrested at the Glen Park branch of the SF Public Library. @GilDuran76 months ago wrote why a Trump pardon would be a terrible idea: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

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Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

WTF? Hotel booking sites caught overcharging travelers from Bay Area: On kayak.com, Bay Area user offered a room at Renaissance NY Times Square Hotel at $378/night...The same room "offered at $293 from Kansas City & Phoenix IP addresses." www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...

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Hotel booking sites caught overcharging travelers from Bay Area

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Rima Regas @rimaregas.com · 17/01/2025

#BreakingNews Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated, and that the agency will begin “extraordinary measures” to stave off the threat of a national default. #DebtCeiling #Congress

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Yellen: Debt limit will be hit day after Trump’s inauguration

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated and that the agency will begin “extraordinary measures” to stave off th…

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

The former Oakland Mayor “was released on a $50,000 bond. The judge..barred her from traveling outside the region, and Ms. Thao surrendered her passport.” nytimes.com/2025/01/17/us/… via @NYTimes

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

CAGOP on Trump allies’ calls for fire aid conditions: The debate :puts CAGOP lawmakers in a potentially perilous position, stuck btwn suffering constituents & the president-elect’s desires. And it presents another test of congressional GOP loyalty to Trump." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Calif. Republicans weigh in on Trump allies’ calls for fire aid conditions

The unusual debate puts California’s Republican lawmakers in a potentially perilous position, stuck between suffering constituents and the president-elect’s desires. And it presents another test of co...

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Back for more? Looks like Republican Caitlyn Jenner, who had a disastrous run for CA governor in 2021, is hinting she's still got a future in politics, via POLITICO CA Playbook

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

"Former Rep. @BarbaraLee_CA is stacking up endorsements ahead of an April special election to pick Oakland’s next mayor"....via POLITICO CA Playbook

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The legal fight over the LA fires is already here. Homeowners have already sued So California Edison Co. over the Eaton fire, which began at the base of 1 of the utility’s transmission towers and has destroyed or damaged 7,000 homes. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art... via @sfchronicle

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The legal fight over the L.A. fires is already here. What previous lawsuits can tell us

There are sobering examples in recent history of the legal and financial consequences for California public utilities found to be responsible for deadly fires.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

California won’t pursue a ban on new diesel truck sales by 2036 — and force fleet owners to take them off the road by 2042 — after Biden’s EPA failed to act on necessary waivers from federal air quality rules. LATimes.com www.latimes.com/environment/...

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California drops zero-emission truck rules after inaction by Biden's EPA

California abandons clean truck and locomotive regulations after Biden's EPA doesn't grant waivers needed to depart from federal rules.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Elon Musk turns his firehose on the California Coastal Commission... questioning whether California officials can block rebuilding in the wake of LA’s wildfires. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

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Elon Musk turns his firehose on the California Coastal Commission

The two are questioning whether California officials can block rebuilding in the wake of LA's wildfires.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Republicans blame DEI for the LA fires. This fire captain disagrees: Lauren Andrade, president of Equity on Fire, predicts efforts to diversify fire departments will face an uphill climb in this political climate. POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

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Republicans blame DEI for the LA fires. This fire captain disagrees.

Lauren Andrade, president of Equity on Fire, predicts efforts to diversify fire departments will face an uphill climb in this political climate.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Stanford AI expert's credibility shattered by "fake, AI-created sources" - Hancock, whose work has received some $20 mil in grant support from Stanford & others, charged $600 an hour to prepare testimony the judge tossed, according to court filings. www.mercurynews.com/2025/01/15/s...

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Stanford AI expert’s credibility shattered by fake, AI-created sources: judge

Hancock, a prolific, high-profile researcher whose work has received some $20 million in grant support over the past two decades, charged $600 an hour to prepare the testimony the judge tossed.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Neighbors feel ‘scammed’ by Koi Nation casino approval "The project has drawn intense scrutiny, and for the most part condemnation, from a broad spectrum of Sonoma County residents and elected officials since the tribe purchased the land in 2021." Press Democrat www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news...

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‘Everything was a sham’: Neighbors react to federal approval of Koi Nation casino near Windsor

The project has drawn intense scrutiny, and for the most part condemnation, from a broad spectrum of Sonoma County residents and elected officials since the tribe purchased the land in 2021.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Among the false claims: "that pressure in fire hydrants dropped because of Newsom’s water policies. As anyone who has ever turned on the garden hose, washing machine and shower at the same time can tell you, pressure drops when you have too much demand." www.latimes.com/politics/new...

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As fires rage, so do rumors and agendas

In the Trump-Musk post-truth world, conspiracies are traveling faster than the flames when it comes to the L.A. fires.

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Carla Marinucci @cmarinucci.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Outrageous: @ManuRaju of @CNN reporting that @SpeakerJohnson says there "should probably be conditions" on CA wildfire aide. That's a clear departure from major disasters in other states, which have quickly gotten bipartisan aide. But this time, a crisis in a blue state is a "big question."

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Allen Wilson 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇮🇪 @allenjwilson.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Fmr Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell says LADWP Chief should serve jail time. How does he feel about Trump’s actions on January 6th, documents case and hush money case? 🤔

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