Deep Dive Explainers
The Trump Tariffs are already causing damage, with shipments in American ports beginning to dry up. This will cause higher costs and scarcer goods, with ripple effects comparable to the early-pandemic supply chain shocks of 2020. Let’s dig a little bit into how we can get through what’s coming at a day-to-day level.
Trump May Invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act
On his first day in office last January, wannabe king Trump declared a national emergency on our southern border granting him broad powers to repel a non-existent "invasion." (In actual fact, the number of illegal border crossings is at an historic low.) Trump's declaration also gave the departments of Defense and Homeland Security 90 days to produce a report recommending that he invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.
That report has now come due. Trump could invoke the Insurrection Act at any moment.
Tell Your Attorney General to Fight! If you have a Democratic Attorney General, tell them we need them to fight against ICE overreach. Period.
The Roxie is working to raise $7 million to buy the building they occupy and make various improvements and investments in future operations, and they currently (as of yesterday) have about $1.5 million left to go.
For the first time since Social Security was established in 1935 by Roosevelt's New Deal coalition, it is facing a real and immediate threat from Trump/Musk and the shadow brotherhood of billionaires and mega-corporations behind them.
Congress reconvenes from their recess next Monday. Nineteen working days later – at midnight, March 14 – the federal government runs out of money. Without new funding, major domestic services and programs will shut down (military & police will continue).
There’s an election RIGHT NOW! You should already have your ballot—here’s how to vote.
How many sworn officers should SFPD have? Currently, the Board decides, but the City doesn’t have the money to hire more. A proposition in February 2024 would change the process—but there are some wrinkles.