When my father
looked at me
he saw the arms
he lost as a child
I never swam fast
or hit hard enough
to knock myself out of a match
I couldn’t win [Read more…]
Feeding Kids in San Diego – 1 In 6 Children In San Diego County Are At Risk Of Hunger | Video Worth Watching
The Times of San Diego reports that the local non-profit Feeding San Diego (a member of the national Feeding America organization) released a study revealing thet nearly 380,000 people in San Diego county (11.7% of the total population) are food insecure. That includes 127,280 children under the age of eighteen, or roughly one out of six children in San Diego County. The study uses data from a number of sources, including the Department of Agriculture and the Census Bureau. [Read more…]
San Diego DA Candidate Summer Stephan’s Bad Day
Wednesday, May 2, wasn’t a good day in appointed interim District Attorney Summer Stephan’s quest to win her first election in the June Primary.
In Justice Today, a leading publication in the field of criminal justice reform called out Stephan’s claims about human trafficking, suggesting she’s used inflated numbers to bolster her political and professional profile.
And Genevieve Jones-Wright, Stephan’s opponent in the upcoming June primary, has asked the State Attorney General’s office to investigate ten alleged violations of state law prohibiting employees–in this case, local law enforcement–from participating in political activities of any kind while in uniform. [Read more…]
San Diego City Council | Progressive Voter Guide 2018 Have You Made a Plan to Vote?
Today: Information on races in San Diego City Council Districts 2, 4, 6 & 8, but only two endorsements.
The San Diego Free Press and OB Rag are pleased to present part two of our 2018 Primary Election Progressive Voter Guide. As usual, we tried not to let perfect be the enemy of good in our decision making. This year we’re breaking it into parts to make it more digestible.
Upcoming: Friday-Statewide Offices & Legislative Seats, Monday-Federal Offices, plus Ballot Measures, >b>Tuesday: Voter Guide Crib Sheet (All Contests) [Read more…]
May Day in Puerto Rico: Police Attack Anti-Austerity Protesters with Pepper Spray & Tear Gas | Video Worth Watching
Disaster capitalism hits Puerto Rico. PROMESA, the board appointed by Congress to oversee Puerto Rico’s economy, is calling for, among other things, the privatization of the school system and a 10% cut to pensions. On May Day citizens turned out to protest. From the streets of San Juan we have a report filed by Democracy Now! correspondent Juan Carlos Dávila. [Read more…]
Progressive Voter Guide for County of San Diego Elected Offices, June 2018 – When We Vote, We Win
Today: Judicial Offices, Assessor/Recorder/Clerk, Sheriff, District Attorney, Board of Supervisors, Community College Board, SD Unified School Board, & SD County Board of Education.
The San Diego Free Press and OB Rag are pleased to present our 2018 Primary Election Progressive Voter Guide. As usual, we tried not to let perfect be the enemy of good in our decision making. This year we’re breaking it into parts to make it more digestible.
Upcoming: Thursday-City of San Diego, Friday-Statewide Offices & Legislative Seats, Monday-Federal Offices, plus Ballot Measures, Tuesday:Cheat Sheet Voter Guide (All Contests) [Read more…]
How Russian Trolls Weaponized Your Social Media Feed | Video Worth Watching
Vox’s Danush Parvaneh pulls together recent reporting on how Russian trolls weaponized social media and interviews Darrell West of the Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution to present a picture of the dynamics of the disinformation campaign. [Read more…]
Trump’s Lies About the Border Migrant Caravan Won’t Stop Asylum Seekers
The border crossing between San Ysidro and Tijuana is the latest flashpoint in the Trump administration’s efforts to demonize migrants and refugees.
Not everybody buying this bluster, thankfully. People on both sides of the border have been working to meet the needs of the migrants, and volunteers are delivering blankets, water, food and other necessities on a regular basis. Baby wipes, diapers, blankets, and tents are still needed.
The President, who apparently learned about a convoy working its way through Mexico from an item broadcast on Fox and Friends, has consistently mischaracterized the group as an organized attempt to enter the country illegally. [Read more…]
Migrants Seeking Asylum Arrive At U.S.-Mexico Border | Video Worth Watching
MSNBC reports that: Over 100 Central American migrants are seeking asylum from violence, hoping to cross into the United States following a grueling journey. The Trump administration has ordered homeland security officials to prevent their entry. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports from the scene in Tijuana, Mexico. [Read more…]
Campaign Cash Reports Reveal Status of City & County Primary Races
Today we’ll walk through the latest financial reports for San Diego City and County races. Republicans have rounded up large amounts of cash, hoping to protect their incumbents on the City Council. Democrats are hoping to pick up some spots in County contests.
Things are about to get nasty with the emergence of two Independent Expenditure outfits representative of a split in organized labor which itself is illustrative of divisions in what some call the “professional left.”
Reports filed with the San Diego City Clerk and the County Registrar of Voters reveal how candidates are faring with campaign contributions. Today’s report includes the grand total of monies raised for 2017 and 2018 through April 21. [Read more…]
Last Days in Ocean Beach: Living on the Border Between Dread and Wonder
Last Days in Ocean Beach is an effort to capture the mood of deep unease and uncertainty that permeates our era and informs the thinking of many writers, artists, and intellectuals, even if they are not quite saying it out loud. It was written before the election of Donald Trump, but it is clear that his election only underlines the chasm between the cartoon reality driving much of our social, cultural, and political discourse and the unrelentingly grim truth that we are killing the world whether many of us want to admit it or not.
As Bill McKibben put it, “physics doesn’t care about political realities,” like who won the election. There may be a hegemonic political reality that refuses to recognize where we are, but the reality of physics and scientifically documented mass extinction proceed nonetheless. Someday soon, we will be unable to deny it. At present, however, many of us, particularly in a place like San Diego where, as the banal tourist slogan puts it, “Happy Happens,” are satisfied to keep having a beach party at the end of the world. Thus, the strange disconnect between the perpetual marketing of our local “paradise” and the looming threats that may eventually destroy it could not be greater than they are here in San Diego. [Read more…]
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