Politics

01 Oct 2020

South Park Hits Too Close to Home in “Pandemic Special”

TW: Mentions of Sexual Assault Spoiler Warning: Duh, this is a review for a show I watched. What am I supposed to do? Not talk about the show and talk about crumpets?  Since 1997 South Park has tried to be the edgiest cartoon on the block. And for what it’s

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01 Oct 2020

October Film Festival-palooza!

Who knew this October would offer seven different film festivals?  But that’s exactly what’s happened thanks to a mix of regular scheduling and COVID-19 forced re-scheduling.  For the viewer wanting to see or try new movies, the options these festivals offer range from short films to some highly buzzed-about movies.

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28 Sep 2020

Poll Workers in Belarus Report Ballot Tampering, is This a Warning for U.S.?

Frankly, the voting rights for American citizens are under attack, and it’s happening directly from our elected leaders.

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25 Sep 2020

Why The EARN IT Act is Terrible for Sex Workers and the Internet as a Whole

Welcome to Brain-Throbs & Blow Jobs, a column highlighting the great minds and perspectives of Bay Area sex workers through interviews and photo portraits by Maxine Holloway. The internet makes sex work safer. Before the internet, it was challenging to work without third-party management or a brothel. Online platforms can allow

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24 Sep 2020

Upcoming Bay Area Protests For Breonna and More

Despite the upcoming heat and hazy conditions predicted in the Bay Area this weekend, expect the people to come out and voice their opinions in protest.  This week there have already been many protests across the nation against the Kentucky Verdict.  Although many of these protests do not have the

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24 Sep 2020

The Battle in the Senate for RBG’s Replacement is Very Scary

It typically takes months to put a new Supreme Court judge in, but with the election coming in just 40 days from today, the Republicans are going to stuff it through. If RBG’s vote turns into an ‘anti Roe v wade vote’, the court will be 5-4 against.  We could see an end to abortion rights as we know them, not to mention many other rights the legendary Ginsburg fought for over the decades.  

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21 Sep 2020

SF Dispensary CEO’s Alleged ‘F*ck Black Lives Matter’ Tirade Gets Shop Graffitied As Racist

Mission District cannabis dispensary MediThrive found itself in hot water this weekend — and also coated with a giant graffiti tag calling them “RACIST” — after a viral pro-Trump and “fuck BLM” (Black Lives Matter) private social media post allegedly posted by the dispensary’s founder and CEO Misha Breyburg was

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18 Sep 2020

Why Would Any Jew Be a Republican?

As a Jew, a loud obnoxious one at that, I’m also repeatedly flabbergasted that other Jews are Republicans. I’m not talking about the people who believe in small government and lower taxes – while I don’t agree with them, we can have a dialogue about our ideological differences. It’s the entire rest of the party that is so vile.

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