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Harris and President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated Wednesday against a heavily militarized backdrop, with tens of thousands of National Guard troops stationed around the city amid what federal prosecutors characterize as an ongoing insurrection. It’s expected that an hour after Harris is inaugurated, the Senate will convene an impeachment trial to decide whether to convict President Trump of inciting that insurrection, even as Biden and Harris look to turn the page. … [Read more...] about Kamala Harris’ inauguration offers counterpoint to insurrection

The poster read “No Slums In The Sunset.” It informed residents that a “7-story, 100-unit high-rise slum” — in fact, targeted at families making up to $100,000 a year — was planned for the neighborhood. The incendiary fliers predicted that within two years the property in question would “become the best place in San Francisco to buy heroin.” … [Read more...] about Bay Briefing: ‘Kamala is a tipping point’

As the federal debt has grown -- and many states have struggled -- one part of American society has laughed all the way to the bank. The wealthy funders of both parties -- Wall Street financiers, big oilmen, Silicon Valley gurus, real estate developers, private-prison owners, etc. -- couldn't believe their good fortunes in receiving repeated tax breaks and even the deregulation of their polluting activities. The rich got richer year after year, while working class Whites and African Americans, social conservatives and social liberals, evangelicals and atheists, waged the pitched battle for the nation's soul. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s Ronald Reagan problem

Not everyone believed them, including Trump supporter Ray Qualls, 79, as he sat under a white tarp adorned with American flags at the Brentwood Farmers Market. He sat behind a table with stacks of brochures advertising, “How to be a good Christian” and asking, “Are you going to heaven?” … [Read more...] about Bay Area street celebrations mark Biden’s victory: ‘Our long national nightmare is over’

The largest element of the proposal is, by far, approximately $1 trillion in direct payments and other measures meant to support struggling individuals and families. It would add $1,400 in immediate payments to the $600 checks signed into law by President Trump last month, and would increase and lengthen the duration of unemployment benefits. Other elements of the plan would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, protect renters from eviction, and provide increased food aid to the needy.    … [Read more...] about $1.9 Trillion Economic Relief Plan Tops Biden’s 100-Day Agenda