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"The tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule. This is an abuse that took place for many, many years. And I'm not even blaming the other countries that did this. I blame our leadership for allowing it to happen." https://x.com/i/status/1894122123343577590

The department of Justice building in DC is being evacuated due to a unknown threat. https://twitter.com/i/status/1884332429844119823

For the first time in history, a Nativity scene was displayed on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, marking what organizers say is a milestone for religious freedom and the First Amendment. The display, accompanied by prayer, Christmas carols and a reading of the Christmas story, was made possible by a landmark federal court decision that granted Rev. Patrick Mahoney and his supporters the right to peacefully celebrate the Christmas season on Capitol grounds. Held on the southeastern steps of the Capitol, the display was the culmination of a legal battle that began over a decade ago when Mahoney,...

A few months after the temporary stewards of San Francisco’s struggling downtown mall attempted to rename the place, the San Francisco Centre is again the San Francisco Centre this week, they announced. It’s been just over a year since the mall’s previous owners, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Brookfield Properties, defaulted on a $558 million loan and chose to abandon the 800,000 square foot property. Now, it’s headed to a public auction on the steps of the Memorial Court on Van Ness Avenue on Nov. 14.

A combination of high interest rates, lower office utilization and the retreat of major institutional investors from San Francisco’s commercial real estate market have conspired to create a once-in-a-lifetime situation. While most eyes see a crisis, a particular set of bargain hunters instead see an opportunity they cannot pass up. In the last two years, office buyers have been snapping up recently renovated buildings that, in some cases, are going for a quarter of the price sellers paid pre-pandemic.

From furniture installers to plant whisperers, businesses are reeling from record-high office vacancy rates.Bay Area carpet and flooring company Conklin Bros. has existed in one form or another for nearly a century and a half, starting with a mule-drawn wagon and weathering the 1906 earthquake and a constant cycle of economic booms and busts. An employee for the past 35 years, JoAnn Edson, can’t remember business ever being as slow as it is now. “We’re struggling,” she said. “We’re just trying to stay open and stay afloat.” Before Covid, Conklin Bros. bustled with flooring orders for local offices, hotels and...

(Screenshot: Channel 12) US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew insisted Sunday evening that “fundamentally, nothing has changed in the basic relationship” between Israel and the US — despite the decision last week by US President Joe Biden’s administration to delay a shipment of high-payload bombs to Israel, and Biden’s declaration that he would not supply offensive weapons to Israel for a major IDF offensive affecting population centers in southern Gaza’s Rafah. Noting that military aid from Washington to Jerusalem has increased since war erupted in Gaza after Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, Lew stressed in a Channel 12 interview that only...

A Trident nuclear missile misfired and crashed into the ocean near the submarine that launched it during a test last month, it has been reported.It is the second misfire in a row, after a failed launch in 2016.The missile’s first stage boosters did not ignite during a test launch by HMS Vanguard on January 30, and it fell into the ocean and sank, the Sun reported.Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key were both on board the submarine during the test, according to the newspaper.

"We must firmly resist this racist, anti-communist witch hunt and remain committed to building an international peace movement," said Code Pink and ANSWER Coalition. On Monday, anti-war organizations across the United States issued an open letter to reject a trend that targets China and to call on people to reject what they call the "new McCarthyism." "From The New York Times to Fox News, there's a resurgence of the Red Scare that once shattered many lives and threatened movements for change and social justice," said the letter titled "McCarthyism is back: Together we can stop it." It warned the new...

The White House announced the release of a research plan on solar radiation modification (SRM) on Friday that suggests the “possible deployment” of solar geoengineering techniques to mitigate the effects of climate change. The report was published by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to provide a research plan for “solar and other rapid climate interventions” in response to a congressional mandate in the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022. The use of SRM techniques that would block or filter sunlight is being explored as a “potential complement to other tools available...

The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech was 100 percent effective in adolescents aged 12 to 15 in a phase 3 study, the companies announced. "The initial results we have seen in the adolescent studies suggest that children are particularly well protected by vaccination, which is very encouraging given the trends we have seen in recent weeks regarding the spread of the B.1.1.7 UK variant," BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said.

On Saturday, the first phase of Washington D.C.'s vaccine mandate for most indoor establishments went into effect, as patrons were required to show that they had received at least one vaccine, along with their ID to prove they are the vaccinated person. Saturday coverage from Antonio Olivo with The Washington Post noted that "District vaccine mandate garners mixed reactions and awkward searches for proof of doses." Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), who has vocally stood against vaccine and mask mandates, is refusing to partake and has met with other members of Congress to discuss alternatives, which has thus far included patronizing...

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that former President Donald Trump needed to be prosecuted for not trying to stop the violence during the January 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol. McCaskill said, “We can go through, and we can put the images at a specific time. And we can then fill in the text messages, the phone calls that were flooding the White House saying, get him to call them off. Now, what was he watching on TV at those moments? He was watching windows being broken. He was watching police officers being stabbed with...

President Trump has called for a protest in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2020. Perhaps this post can serve as a signup sheet for those Freepers who will be visiting D.C. in anger on that date.

Come join us, Fellow Patriots, for this this walking protest in Palo Alto, California. Begins in front of Fleming Steakhouse in Stanford Shopping Center @11am We will walk together to City Hall, downtown, and back!!! Ends around 2pm

The parking lot at Stoneridge Mall was packed Saturday morning with trucks decorated with American flags, Trump flagsThe caravan of supporters of President Donald Trump started slowly filing out of the mall at about 11:30 a.m. to drive to Livermore.Organizers estimate that about 2,000 to 3,000 vehicles showed up from around the Bay Area, including Suzy West and her parents, who live in Brentwood."We want him to have four more years," she said.West said that her parents immigrated from El Salvador."When they came to this country, they wanted to become American citizens," she told KCBS Radio. "From the moment they...

More than 2,000 cars joined the second Trump Truck Rally, which led a caravan of conservatives to parade through Tri-Valley. A fleet of president Donald Trump's supporters paraded through Pleasanton and Livermore for the second time Saturday for the another "Tri-Valley Trump Truck Rally." Hundreds of trucks packed the Stoneridge Shopping Center Saturday morning, honking and revving engines in anticipation for the rally to start. Dripping in patriotic paraphernalia and MAGA flags, the conservative caravan was out in full force to show their support for the president, law enforcement and the military. "Huge Trump truck rally in Pleasanton, California. Thousands...

This is a Three'fer.First Video is provided by a buddy who put this together.https://youtu.be/waYvbiN9dAEWe were briefly covered by our local news NBCBAYAREA.com (Pleasanton Trump Supporters Rally Behind the Wheel)https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/supporters-of-president-trump-rally-behind-the-wheel/2385854/AndCovered by East Coast Raleigh, NC CBS17 News(shows when we just getting into parking lot and then as we began the Truck/Car Rally) RAW VIDEO: Trump supporters hold truck rally in Calif. https://youtu.be/6dnpTZEqJRMAt the end of the rally we ended up in Livermore at a park that couldn't hold all the vehicles and there was no way to get a height advantage to give you the scope but, it was freaking amazing!I'm...

I have spoken with several friends who are democrats over the past 3 days and even they have had enough. To a person they believe this is 1984 and it's wrong. If there is a single topic that unites all of us it's this. The whole thing is bunk The givernment is setting themselves up for something they won't be able to control once that fuse is lit or that fateful day they meet us "On The Green"

The only non-San Francisco location of La Boulangerie de San Francisco has shut its doors, Berkeleyside reports. Bussaba, an Inner Sunset Thai restaurant known for locally sourced ingredients, a modern take on regional classics.“We have fought hard to remain open and viable throughout the last several months,” the restaurant writes, “but despite all our efforts and creativity, we now know it can not be sustained indefinitely. It has been a good 10 years, but now it is time to move on.” House Rules, a Russian Hill bar known for its cozy fireplace and solid burger, has closed after five years.Upscale seafood spot Farallon closed its Union Square doors...