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    December 10, 2008

    SF Businesses, Pelosi PAC Gave $30K to Scandal-Plagued Illinois Gov.

    By Peter Jamison In politics, shame is contagious. Small wonder, then, that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- who yesterday was arrested on federal corruption charges alleging that, among other indiscretions, he sought to auction off the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama to th ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2009

    What’s in David Chiu’s political baggage?

    By Peter Jamison In politics, shame is contagious. Small wonder, then, that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- who yesterday was arrested on federal corruption charges alleging that, among other indiscretions, he sought to auction off the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama to th ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2008

    Double Bogey

    Muni's bogus tax shelter and theGuardian's bogus lawsuit.

  • News

    May 23, 2007

    Sealed With a Dis

    A powerful Bay Area trial lawyer with political connections tries to keep details of his messy divorce from going public

  • News

    April 27, 2005

    The Politics of Cynicism

    SEIU lobbies for nursing home chains. Clint Reilly vs. Jack Davis, redux. Kerry raises money for Reilly's wife. Fabulous. Absolutely Fabulous.

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    Medea Benjamin for President*

    The new reality TV show American Candidate is as rigged as a Florida election. A recount won't help. We need a boycott.

  • News

    September 24, 2003

    The Past and Future Fraud

    Yes, punch-card voting machines are error-prone. The touch-screen systems planned to replace them may be just as bad.

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    The World According to Bechtel

    There are well-connected companies. Then there's Bechtel.

  • News

    May 31, 2000

    South to the Future

    Fox to Air Presidential Pageant 2000

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    See George Educate

    A Texas journalist gives George W. Bush his due

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    This Bud's for John

    John McCain's family

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    An Endowed Chair

    Sen. John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped his presidential bid. Donations from special interests haven't hurt, either.

  • Calendar

    August 6, 1997

    The Grid

    Sen. John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped his presidential bid. Donations from special interests haven't hurt, either.

  • News

    May 28, 1997

    Falling for the Gap

    San Francisco gave away the store to help The Gap Inc. and its politically connected chairman build an upscale headquarters with a bay view. But more than $18 million in subsidies apparently won't bring the city anything it couldn't have had free.

  • Calendar

    September 11, 1996

    Unspun

    San Francisco gave away the store to help The Gap Inc. and its politically connected chairman build an upscale headquarters with a bay view. But more than $18 million in subsidies apparently won't bring the city anything it couldn't have had free.

  • News

    May 10, 1995

    Dialing for AIDS Dollars

    National group soaks donors for telemarketing scheme as Republicans seize Capitol Hill

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: Toxic Babies Are Not an Option!

    Sometimes ... and I want to make it very clear that this is not drug-induced ... I don't think San Francisco is a real city at all. I think that maybe we're a Lego city, populated by Weebles. It makes as much sense as anything Sophie Maxwell's said lately. Why would I think this? Well, h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Facebook Fights Disclosure of Political Ad Funders

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg​Facebook, that oxygen-like Internet omnipresence that you were probably fooling around on a few minutes before reading this post, doesn't want you to know who's paying for the political ads displayed on its pages.That's the upshot of a letter, obtained and published by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Who's Behind the "Don't Run Ed" Facebook Ads?

    ​Mayor Ed Lee has not yet declared his candidacy and already the counter-campaigns have begun. Jim Stearns, political consultant for State Senator Leland Yee's mayoral campaign, made a YouTube video called "Promise" which highlights Lee's previous remarks, saying he would not be running for mayor ... More >>

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