Amy Goodman and Juan González of Democracy Now! talk with Marielena Hincapié of the National Immigration Law Center about a new proposal by the Trump administration to deny Green Cards to immigrants who participate to even a minor degree in a wide range of public assistance programs. This is the same issue that was recently covered in our recent repost from Common Dreams. [Read more…]
Written Testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford | United States Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Feinstein, Members of the Committee. My name is Christine Blasey Ford. I am a Professor of Psychology at Palo Alto University and a Research Psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
I was an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina and earned my degree in Experimental Psychology in 1988. I received a Master’s degree in 1991 in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. In 1996, I received a PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Southern California. I earned a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2009.
I have been married to Russell Ford since 2002 and we have two children.
I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified. I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett Kavanaugh and I were in high school. I have described the events publicly before. I summarized them in my letter to Ranking Member Feinstein, and again in my letter to Chairman Grassley. I understand and appreciate the importance of your hearing from me directly about what happened to me and the impact it has had on my life and on my family [Read more…]
California 2018 Propositions 5 thru 8: Taxes, Tantrums, Time Changes, and Catheter Cash
Grannies, potholes, sunshine, and healthcare. We sure do get to vote on a lot of interesting things in California.
Prop 5 changes the way property taxes are calculated for certain classes of (mostly wealthy) people. Prop 6 amounts to a Republican temper tantrum. Prop 7 wants to settle some timely questions. And Prop 8 is a more-complicated-than-it-seems battle of the Titans.
Yesterday I looked at Propositions 1 through 4, and on Thursday I’ll finish off the state ballot props, examining 10 thru 12. Some of the details/wording in this article is borrowed from a ’first look’ column I posted in late August; I’ve had the opportunity to do some more study and am sharing my findings. [Read more…]
San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) Targeted by Destroy Public Education Movement
Schools in wealthy white communities are no longer immune to the destroy public education (DPE) movement. A review of San Dieguito Union High School District (SDUHSD) in San Diego County makes the point.
SDUHSD serves an area within the 1845 Mexican land grant to Juan Osuna known as Rancho San Dieguito. Osuna’s 1822 adobe home still stands on a knoll in the Rancho Santa Fe section. The school district includes the beach communities of Del Mar, Solana Beach, Encinitas, and Carlsbad. Away from the beach, it covers the communities of Rancho Santa Fe and Camel Valley. [Read more…]
Kavanaugh! – A Randy Rainbow Song Parody | Video Worth Watching
Because, as Randy says, “When they go low, we go Lerner and Loewe”. (NSFW – language; What can I say? Randy can be a bit crude.) [Read more…]
California’s 2018 Ballot Propositions | An Overview of Props 1 thru 4
Today I’m writing about the first four of California’s 2018 Ballot Propositions for the general election.
What the first four ballot offerings have in common are requests to use taxpayer money for things proponents would like us to believe are for the common good.
Prop 1 would authorize borrowing for housing. Prop 2 would ask voters for permission to use a previously authorized tax revenue stream to include building housing for mentally ill people. Prop 3 wants voters to authorize bonds for water-related infrastructure. Prop 4 wants voters to authorize bonds for updates and construction of children’s hospital facilities.
On Wednesday I’ll delve into Props 5-8, and Thursday will conclude this series with 10-12. Some of the details/wording in this article is borrowed from a ’first look’ column I posted in late August; I’ve had the opportunity to do some more study and am sharing my findings. [Read more…]
Don’t Blame Scooters. Blame the Streets. | Video Worth Watching
From the Vox YouTube website:
Vox teamed up with the University of California to explain one of the hottest trends of 2018: dockless electric scooters. Even in cities with exceptional public transportation coverage, gaps persist. This is a decades old problem, often referred to as ‘the last mile/first mile.’ Cities traditionally address the last mile problem by expanding bus routes. But as cities continue to populate while transportation dept budgets dwindle, the patience of commuters is running dry. So scooters, electric skateboards, and pedal assist bikes have become an increasingly popular option for city residents. These innovations, while quite popular, also draw the ire of the oft-beleaguered sidewalk pedestrian. The past century of development prioritized car transportation, often at the expense of wide sidewalks that were once bustling with life. So the planners of today are taking a page out of history to prepare for a brave new world of alternative transportation.
San Diego County’s 2018 Ballot Measures: A Question of Intent, Two Steps Back, One Step Forward
As presently constituted, San Diego County’s Board of Supervisors is a dying breed.
Decades of a status quo determined by mostly white, Republican, and male overlords are coming to an end. Term limits, a less homogenous population, and the decline of the Grand Old Party’s base in California mean a change is coming.
This is the lens through which Measures A thru D–to be voted on by all San Diego County voters–must be viewed through.
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After the Education Wars: Someone Needs to Save Us from Our Billionaire Saviors
After failing to prop-up Antonio Villaraigosa’s flagging gubernatorial campaign last June, Michael Bloomberg apparently spent the summer pondering whether it would be wiser for him to personally save the United States rather than waste his time trying to rescue California by proxy. Last week the New York Times reported that Bloomberg was mulling a run for the Presidency as a Democrat because that represented the most viable path to victory. As the Times story observed, while Bloomberg has engaged in some good work on guns and the environment, many of his other positions might not be very likely to win over the liberal base of the Democratic Party.
Interestingly, the New York Times piece listed Bloomberg’s more conservative views on criminal justice reform, #MeToo, and bank regulation, but was strangely silent on education, one of the central fronts where Bloomberg has spent millions of dollars promoting largely terrible ideas and candidates that have done far more harm than good to American public education. [Read more…]
New Immigration Policy: Green Cards Available for the Highest (White) Bidder
“This proposal says work and family don’t matter—only money matters. And at a time when one-fourth of children in America have at least one immigrant parent, it’s a direct attack on children.”
By Julia Conley / Common Dreams
Angering immigrant rights and economic equality advocates alike, the Trump administration has made official its proposal to deny permanent residency, or green cards, to immigrants who have used public assistance programs including nutritional or housing aid.
[Read more…]
South Carolina Prisoners Were Left In Cells as Florence Descended. Why Weren’t They Evacuated? | Video Worth Watching
From the Democracy Now! YouTube website:
South Carolina officials are coming under fire for refusing to relocate prisoners in mandatory evacuation zones even as Hurricane Florence barreled down on the state. Prisoners were instead put to work behind bars making sandbags to prepare for the storm’s arrival. We speak with Kymberly Smith, a community organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation. She has been protesting South Carolina’s choice to not evacuate prisoners during Hurricane Florence.
Looking Back at the Week: September 16-22
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week contains articles, commentaries, columns, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and locally and nationally sourced writers on Tommy Hough, Martinez vs Moreno, Fletcher vs Dumanis, Gomez vs Desmond, Soccer City vs SDSU West, CA recycling crisis, the homicide of Earl McNeil and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s feisty, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site. [Read more…]
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