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Housing, Homelessness, and the 2020 Elections in San Diego - Part 2

Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Triggers the Gig Economy's Stockholm Syndrome

Housing, Homelessness, and the 2020 Elections in San Diego - Part 1

Are We Seeing a Crack Among Conservatives?

Taking a Break: Have a Happy, Merry, Jolly, Joyous...Whatever

Impeachment Today: Nancy Pelosi to Senate--Not So Fast

Impeachment Today: Trump Has a Temper Tantrum as Vote Looms

A Twitterverse Glimpse at #Impeachment Eve Demonstrations From Sea to Shining Sea

Impeachment Today: “No Witnesses Allowed” Says Moscow Mitch

Holiday Greetings & Updates: One Year Ago the SD Free Press Folded

Impeachment Today: Will a Senate Trial Happen?

Impeachment Today: San Diego Rally Kicks Off Nationwide Activism As House Vote Nears

Impeachment Today: Judiciary Committee Approves Articles, 23-17

The Foundation of the Homeless Crisis: An Economic Black Hole

Impeachment Today: Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting for the Senate

Trump Cult Triggered As Time Magazine Names Greta Thunberg Person of the Year

Impeachment Today: Local Rally Set for Sunday As Dems Announce Charges Against Trump

SDG&E Refused to Cooperate in Duncan Hunter Ethics Inquiry

Impeachment Today: Drama, Confusion, & Inanity Kick Off Judiciary Hearings

Afghanistan War 'Pentagon Papers' Reveal Vast Coverup

Impeachment Today: Sorry, Republicans, People Do Care

Impeachment Today: Be Careful What You Wish For

Yet Another Study Documents Police Bias in San Diego

What You Need to Know About the House Impeachment Report

Impeachment Today: A Tsunami of Bullshit Defending the Indefensible

Duncan Hunter Pleads Guilty to Just One of 63 Criminal Charges

Impeachment Today: House Vote Would Prevent Future Pardon

County Sheriff Bill Gore’s Role in Gun Scandal: Business As Usual?

Trump’s Turkey Day Conspiracy

Three Big Stories You Should Read Over the Holiday Weekend

War Crimes Era of 'Don’t Ask Don’t Tell' Ends, Thanks to Fox News

Impeachment Today: The Outcome of the Senate Trial is Not a Done Deal. Here’s Why.

Impeachment Today: Republicans -- Nothing to See Here, Move Along

Democratic Primary Presidential Debate #5 - Better Than Expected

Impeachment Today: White House, Russians Twisted 'Truths'

Impeachment Today: Everybody Was in on the Quid Pro Quo

Impeachment Today: Tuesday Not So Good for Trump Defenders

Fast Facts About Democratic Presidential Debate Number 5

Impeachment Today: Bumbling Idiots, Racists, and War Criminals

Impeachment Today: Eight More Witnesses Set To Testify This Week

Emails Lead to Papa Doug Manchester's Fall From GOP Grace

Impeachment Saturday Extra: Even More Damning Evidence

Impeachment Today: Opening Statement by Marie L. Yovanovitch

Impeachment Today: Trump’s Witness Intimidation Was an Impeachable Offense in Real Time

Impeachment Today: A Revelation and Plenty of Flibberty Gibberty

Impeachment Today: Testimony Puts Trump on Extortion Phone Call

Impeachment Today: Here We Go. Opening Statements

Impeachment Today: What We’re About to See on TV

Impeachment Today: Forecasting the GOP’s ‘Perfect’ Storm

Harassment Campaign Aims At Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez

Impeachment Today: Did the Very Best People Set Up Trump?

Impeachment Today: White House Breaks Out the Firehoses as Evidence Mounts

Impeachment Today: It’s Out the Whistleblower Wednesday

Police Oversight Board Gets Unanimous Council Push

Impeachment Today: Like the Sopranos, Only Cheesier

Supervisor Gaspar Plays the Victim Card After Voter Suppression Scheme Fails

America’s Ultra Wealthy Have Something to Say: Eeeeek!

Impeachment Today: A Crime Is Not A Crime If Trump Did It, Says GOP

Impeachment Today: The Day After Donald Trump the Real Work Begins

Impeachment Today: House Votes to Move Forward on Open Hearings

Impeachment Today: GOP Adopts Disruption Defense as More Damning Evidence is Revealed

Voter Suppression, San Diego Style

Impeachment Today: Trumplicans Desperate as Dems Ready for Broadcast Open Hearings

Impeachment Today: Congressional Hearings at a Crossroads

Donald, the Cowardly Lion Roars; DC Crowd Chants “Lock Him Up”

Impeachment Day 32: Atty Gen Barr Seeks to Calm the Mad King

Impeachment Day 31- Duncan Hunter Missing as Coalition of the Stupid Stages Pizza Party at Hearing

Impeachment Day 30: Quid Pro Quo + Smoking Gun = GOP Shutdown

Impeachment Day 29: Trump Senses Danger, Doubles Down

Impeachment Day 28: G7 Bedbug Summit, Kurds Cancelled

Mayoral Candidate Barbara Bry’s Horrible Homeless Crusade

Impeachment Day 25: Graft, Genocide Shouldn't Be Normalized

How to Make a Compelling Case About Impeachment

Impeachment Day 24- Reality TV Meets Reality After One Thousand Days in Office

Impeachment Day 23: Trump’s Troops Hunker Down, Fear Betrayal

Democratic Debate Number 4: I’ll Never Get Those Three Hours Back

Impeachment Day 22 - Women's Testimony Turns Up the Heat

Impeachment Day 21: Desperate Times for Trump and His Fan Club

“May the Best Liar Win” - Ending Facebook's 2020 Election Scheme

Impeachment Day 18: Friday Wasn’t Kind to President Donald Trump

Likely 2020 San Diego, Statewide Ballot Measures Are Taking Shape

Impeachment Day 17- Giuliani’s Guys Rooting Out Corruption Are… Corrupt

Impeachment Day 16 - Will Trump's Cohn Game Work With Congress?

Impeachment Day 15- As Public Opinion Shifts Against President, Trump Remains Defiant

I changed my contact email address

Impeachment Day 14: Trump's "Great and Unmatched Wisdom"

Impeachment Day 13: A Second Whistleblower Emerges

Impeachment Day 12: Drip, Drip, Drip Will Lead to Flip, Flip, Flip

Impeachment Day 11: It’s Cool to Collude, Or Maybe It’s Fake News

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Gives a Master Class on Trolling

Impeachment Day 10: Trump's Ukraine and China Fixations

Surveys Say: Not Good News for Duncan Hunter, Kamala Harris, & Donald Trump

Impeachment Day 9 - Congress Raises the Stakes, Wants to See Trump's 'Best People'

Impeachment Day 8- Trump’s World Wide Quest for Personal Salvation

Impeachment Day 7: A Scared President Plays the Fear Card

Impeachment Day 6: Months of Grass Roots Activism Moved Democrats at a Critical Time

Impeachment Day 5: NRA to Defend Trump - Gun Safety Legislation Now A No Go

Impeachment Day 4: Battle Lines Are Drawn, Birds of a Feather

A Writer in Exile-AwkwardSD

Darrell Issa’s In; Duncan Hunter Doomed in D50 Contest

Impeachment Day 3: White House Dirt Kept on Standalone Computer

Impeachment Day Two: Nice Country You’ve Got There, It'd Be a Shame If Somebody...

Impeachment Becomes a Reality as UkraineGate Unfolds

SDPD and County Sheriff Ongoing Scandals: Not Just Rotten Apples

FBI Background Report May Disqualify Darrell Issa for Trump Trade Post

San Diego Students Supporting the Global Climate Strike

Trump to California: Suck a Tailpipe

Proposed 2020 Measure Addresses SDPD's Oversight Problem

2020 Primary Preview: San Diego’s Top Lawyer and Five Council Seats

Trump Lunch Fundraiser Set for 9/18 at the US Grant Hotel

The Democratic Debate in Texas vs. A Trump Tantrum in Baltimore

Sore Losers Ready Two 2020 Ballot Measures for California

San Diego City Council Member Gomez’ Big Announcement: Whatever Could It Be?

The Spiritual Unscience Underlying the Anti-Vaxxer Movement

The 2020 Primaries: Is it Time for Todd Gloria to Do a Victory Lap?

Resolution Condemning Bigotry at State GOP Convention: “As Popular as a Stink Bomb in an Elevator”

Donald Takes A Sharpie to Dorian While Dems Discuss Climate Danger

San Diego Airbnb’s Dial-a-Cop Homeless Removal Solution

Youth Activist Greta Thunberg: Scorned by Misogynists and Climate Change Denialists

Sacramento Gig Wars: Defining the Future of Making a Living

Darrell Issa Smells Blood in the Water as Duncan Hunter’s Legal Fund Taps Out

Climate Change Debate Too Hot for the DNC to Handle

Planned Parenthood Says ‘No’ to Fake History and Bad Science

These Are Dangerous Times for Writers and Reporters in the U.S.

As the Amazon Rainforest Burns, Brazil's Captain Chainsaw Spins Racist Tropes

California’s AB5: Will Gig Economy Workers Get a Fair Shake?

Indefinite Detention, NRA Boot Licking, Antisemitism, and a Trumpian Temper Tantrum

It’s ‘Guns, Baby, Guns’ for Carl DeMaio’s Congressional Campaign

Racism Unhealed and Revealed: NY Times 1619 Project Leads the Way

Greenland Will Greet Us As Liberators and Other Insanity

Bike Lanes on 30th Street Are a Good Start for San Diego

Trumpland 2019: There Is No Bottom to How Low It Can Will Go

We’re Drowning in Plastic, and the California Legislature Aims to Do Something About It

#CloseTheCamps- San Diego Jewish Activists Join Nationwide Vigils and Protests

Walmart’s Meat Counter Could be Just As Deadly As a Mass Shooter

Mississippi ICE Raids: No Children of Corporate Execs Were Affected

Trump’s Blame Game on Mass Shootings Continues Unabated

Carpetbagger DeMaio Claims He Can Save California from Socialism

San Diego: County Gun Group Menaces City Council Candidate -- El Paso: 21 Year Old White Kid Kills Because He Hates Mexicans

Democratic Debate Night Two: Optics vs Content

Dem Debate Night One: Did Republicans Write the Script for CNN?

‘Tis But a Scratch: A Bit of Personal News

July's Democratic Presidential Debates: One Last Chance for Half the Field of Candidates

Issa to Host La Jolla Fundraiser for Senator ‘Moscow Mitch’ McConnell

I Took Some Time Off to Smell the Flowers. Now It's Back to Business.

Fighting Disinformation: A Key Skill

The 2020 Candidates on Gun Reform

The 2020 Candidates on Economic Inequality

The 2020 Candidates on Voting Rights

The 2020 Candidates on Civil Rights

The 2020 Candidates on Climate Change

The 2020 Candidates on Healthcare

Pardon the Interruption

Deflating Carl DeMaio’s Rat Invasion Scheme

A Twitter Enhanced Version of the House Resolution Condemning Trump's Racist Comments

Today’s News: Sponsored by the Letter R, as in Republican, Racism, Rape, and Rapacity

Trump Wins By Losing on Census Citizenship Question

How Will Trump Defy the Supreme Court Census Ruling? (UPDATED)

A Not-Really-Radical Radical Idea About Housing

Billionaire Tom Steyer: Can He Buy Enough Clicks to Win the Democratic Nomination?

Jeffrey Epstein’s Indictment: Perversion Enabled by Privilege

Going Through The Looking Glass in Washington DC on July 4th

Unfolding American Horror Stories, Just in Time for July 4

The Blind Spot Joe Biden, Chuck Todd, David Brooks, & Max Boot Have in Common

Dem Debates Night Two: Bernie Was Bernie, Biden Stumbled, Harris Rose to the Occasion

Democratic Presidential Primary Debate: A Report on Night One

Debate Night #2: All the Details

Debate Night #1: All the Details

Robert Mueller’s July 17 Congressional Appearance: Broadcast Coverage Is What Counts

Feds: Duncan Hunter Did Something So Bad Disclosing It Would Taint the Jury Pool

Seven Rules for Rating the Democratic Presidential Debates

Never Again is Now. Protest the #TrumpCamps on July 12 - Plus Other Actions You Can Take

A Mindblowing 2040 Price Tag for Sea Level Rise in San Diego

Ignore the Whiners Bleating About “Dems in Disarray” or “Electability”

Taking on 21st Century Indentured Servitude - Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez’ AB 5

Concentration Camps Are Not Death Camps, But They ARE a Crime Against Humanity

FBI Dives Into the 8chan Swamp the Poway Shooter Crawled Out of

San Diego’s Land Barons Are Not Capable of Solving the Housing Affordability Crisis

Indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter Threw His Wife Under the Bus. Now She’s Driving It.

Read the $%#@@$ Mueller Report - It's Your Patriotic Duty

Are San Diego Lawmakers Indebted to the Payday Loan Lobby?

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate Joe Biden

The Emperor’s New Tariffs Exposed by Reality at the US-Mexico Border

San Diego’s Housing Crisis - It’s About the Tyranny of ME and MINE

UPDATE The Big Deal About Abortion: Senator Warren Gets It Right / Biden Backtracks

Democrats Need to Get Past Middle Ground, Win With Big Ideas in 2020

State Legislation Protecting Workers, Environment Makes It Past 'Job Killer' Smears

Highs and Lows from the 2019 CA Democratic State Convention

Anybody Think Mexico Can Meet Trump’s Demand to Stop Cartels?

President Loco And His Band of Meanies Go Down the Rabbit Hole

Sen. Bernie Sanders Strategic Appearance at Dems ‘Blue Wave Rolling’ California Convention

UPDATED: Congressman Duncan Hunter Reveals His All-American Sadism

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders

Don't Get Too Distracted By Trump - State and Local Government Actions You Should Know About

Impeachment on the Horizon as Trump Tantrum Highlights Infrastructure Week

Abortion Bans Condemned at San Diego Courthouse Rally and Protests in All 50 States

Duncan Hunter (& Dad) to Crawl Out From Under Their Rocks for Border Issues Town Hall

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate Beto O'Rourke

‘Build, Baby, Build’ Won’t Solve California’s Housing Crisis

It’s Springtime for War Crimes in Trumpland

Trump’s No Obstruction Claim Disputed by Voicemail Recording

Cory Briggs Bails on Mayor’s Race; Democrats Could Expand Majority on City Council in 2020

San Diego’s Disenfranchised Win One, Lose Another at City Council

A Sneak Peek at San Diego County Supervisor 2020 Contests

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate John Hickenlooper

Carl DeMaio’s Latest Scheme: Greenhouse Gases Don’t Matter

Five Elements of Trump’s 2020 Reelection Game Plan

Sex Education for California, Heartbeat Bills for the Heartland

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate Governor Jay Inslee

Contempt for Congress, Trump's Taxes, & Pictures with the Pool Boy, Oh My!

Will the Road to Impeachment Be Blocked by Executive Privilege and Timid Democrats?

Rep. Duncan Hunter Just Can't Stop Doing Stupid Things

New and Improved Fake Republican Census Aims to Pick Your Pocket

My Presidential Candidate Is Better Than Yours [Maybe]

San Diego's Reactionary County Supervisors: Suck a Tailpipe and Too Bad About Those Body Bags

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Should San Diego’s DA Be in Charge of Prosecuting the Poway Shooter?

Thoughts and Prayers for the NRA Circular Firing Squad

Congressman Peters' Condemnation of Poway Shooting Is ‘Political’ -- San Diego GOP Chair

As Trump Seeks 2020 Allies, the NRA’s Downward Spiral Continues

Supporters Organize Twisted Benefit for Accused War Criminal at University Heights Lounge

Beiser’s Back! (And He’s Still Running for City Council)

Oil Industry Fights to Keep Drilling Near California Schools and Homes

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate Senator Cory Booker

Earth Day 2019: The Joke’s on Us

The Day After Mueller: Let’s Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time

The Mueller Report, Collusion Confusion and Trump’s Delusions

San Diego’s Latest Round of Jail Deaths Make a Case for No Longer Electing the County Sheriff

Presidential Pre-Primary Pissing Matches We Don’t Need to Have

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg

Labor, Progressives, & Politicos Make a Bunch of Good Trouble at PLA Summit 2019

A Green No Deal: Congressman Peters' Recycled Climate Playbook

Anti-Vaxxers Are Dangerous for Children AND Democracy

San Diego School Board Trustee Kevin Beiser Could Stay, Despite Calls for Resignation

Congressman Duncan Hunter Revives Hate Campaign for 2020

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate Elizabeth Warren

Next Up at the Border: More Concentration Camps for Kids

Trump’s Visit to the Border Wall in Calexico Provokes a Twitterstorm

Baby Steps Toward Progressive Progress in San Diego with the County Board of Supervisors

No Collusion? Trump Might Be Right; It Could Be Worse!

The Convention Center Expansion Zombie Ballot Measure Rises Again

Redevelopment Reconsidered, As Civic San Diego Fades

Getting to Know Presidential Candidate Julian Castro

Closing the U.S.-Mexico Border Won’t Make America Great Again, But Might Get Trump Re-elected

Rep. Adam Schiff Delivers a 21st Century “Have You No Sense of Decency?” Moment

Bill Banning Del Mar Gun Shows Moves Forward; More of the NRA’s Depravity Revealed

Amid the Russiagate Hubris, a Gift for Democrats in 2020

Can We Not Screw San Diego’s Public Employees Again?

Witch Hunt 'Exonerates' President As GOP Moves to Try Hillary Clinton for Collusion

Grifters Gonna Grift: Carl DeMaio’s Shocking Poll Results

It’s Time to Make Elections Fair, and San Diego Can Lead the Way with Democracy Dollars

Democratic Party Central Committee Calls on SDUSD Trustee Kevin Beiser to Step Down

Senator Bernie Sanders is Coming to San Diego on Friday: Here’s What You Need to Know

As San Diego Mourns the NZ Mosque Deaths, White Supremacist Enablers Continue Their Lies

The Stochastic Terrorist in Chief and the Massacre in New Zealand

‘Climate Kids’ Set Out to Change the World, Led by Swedish Teen Activist

Crashing Boeing 737 Airliners: A Small Price to Pay for Making America Great Again

Congressional March Madness: Make the 2020 Federal Budget a Little Less Crappy

Plastic Straws and Socialism As 2020’s Straw Man

Moving to the Left, Smartly, in 2019

Border Intelligence Operation Aimed at Journalists and Activists Part of a Bigger Spying Scheme

Plague Enthusiasts Oppose Move to Prevent Another Hepatitis A Outbreak

Rep. Juan Vargas Attack on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar for Anti-Semitism Proves Her Point

Congressional Corruption Probes Put the Fear in Trump

Report on Deadly Sacramento Police Shooting: "Just Another Day of Being Black"

There Will Be Trash Talking About Repealing the People’s Ordinance in 2020

Michael Cohen’s Congressional Confession Reveals the Void in America’s Soul

Michael Cohen's Opening Statement to the House of Representatives, February 27, 2019

A Road to Nowhere for San Diego Republicans

San Diego’s Housing Crisis: Looking Beyond ‘Build, Baby Build’

Cory Briggs’ Mayoral Candidacy: Tilting Windmills at the YIMBY Menace?

Trump’s New Climate Czar Compared Carbon Suppression to Jews Under Hitler

The War on Elections: Not Just for Republicans and Russians Anymore

Sen. Bernie Sanders Goes All In - Will California Be His Waterloo?

Why the Green New Deal Triggers Conservative Scorn

San Diego Rally Against Trump's Non-Emergency Set for Presidents Day at Noon

President Hannity Declares National Emergency, Trump Trumpets More Made Up Excuses

Hillcrest Hate Crime Also a Timely Reminder About Gun Violence

2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates Challenged by Misogyny, Misinformation, and Sardonic Nihilism

A Green New Deal Builds Local Support as the Right Goes Bonkers

From San Diego to El Paso, Political Theater at the Border Continues

A Look Down the National Enquirer-Trump-Saudi Rathole and the Bezos Extortion Attempt

Some of San Diego’s Lines in the Sand Are Getting Washed Away by 2018’s Blue Wave

The Green New Deal Resolution Complete Text

Trumped Up SOTU Includes San Diego Falsehood

Trump: Clueless About The State of the Nation

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Makes A Move for Statewide Office in 2022

San Diego’s Gun Violence Prevention Program is Working. Next, We Need to Address Toxic Masculinity

Not Waiting For a Green New Deal in San Diego

San Diego Democrats Elect New Leadership, Decry ‘Swiftboating’ Attempt

Democratic Ambitions for 2020 Include Flipping Duncan Hunter’s 50th District

Why I Am Not Running for President (And You Shouldn’t Either)

Things Are Bad in Trumptown

77th District Assemblyman Brian Maienschein Defects From Vichy Republicans

Trump Folds as Pelosi Holds: So Much Winning!

Coast Guard Families Line Up for Food in San Diego; Trump’s Vortex of Stupidity Gets 7% Support in Poll

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