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Jonah Owen Lamb

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · Aug 12

“He can’t stand trial, and you can’t lock him up forever for a crime he has not been convicted of.” sfstandard.com/2025/08/12/a...

An alleged killer is living near Golden Gate Park in a facility where patients go missing

Michael Jacobs’ story illustrates how even a ‘homicidal’ defendant can end up living right next door.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12h

BREAKING: Hamas will release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis will withdraw from majority of Gaza.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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KQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · 19h

Masking Bill Fuels California Legal Battle Over Federal Immigration Agents

California’s new law banning federal immigration agents from wearing masks heightens tensions with the Trump administration over ICE accountability, enforcement authority and public oversight.

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 19h

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is considering selling federal student loan debt.

Talks have focused on selling high-performing portions of the government’s portfolio of student debt, which is owed by about 45 million Americans.

Trump administration considers sale of federal student loan debt

The discussions have taken place among senior Education Department and Treasury Department officials.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3d

Terrified Curtis Yarvin—the “philosopher behind JD Vance”—plans to flee the USA.

The Dork Enlightenment guru says the Trump administration is failing to go full authoritarian.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

From Yarvin's Substack: The second Trump revolution, like the first, is failing. It is failing because it deserves to fail. It is failing because it spends all its time patting itself on the back. It is failing because its true mission, which neither it nor (still less) its supporters understand, is still as far beyond its reach as algebra is beyond a cat. Because the vengeance meted out after its failure will dwarf the vengeance after 2020—because the successes of the second revolution are so much greater than the first—I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country. Everyone else in a similar position should have a 2029 plan as well. And it is not even clear that it will wait until 2029: losing the Congress will instantly put the administration on the defensive.

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · 1d

New story about the case and deputy: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 1d

Some legal and military scholars say we are watching an unprecedented erosion of constitutional limits and checks designed to prevent the deployment of the US military against its own citizens.

‘Extremely dangerous’: Trump’s latest push to send troops to blue states is unprecedented in modern military history - The Boston Globe

Some legal and military scholars say we are watching an unprecedented erosion of constitutional limits and checks designed to prevent the deployment of the US military against its own citizens.

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly a decade ago, the SF sheriff fired a deputy caught up in the “Shrimp Boy” case. But the current SF sheriff had no qualms recommending his rehiring. www.sfexaminer.com/news/sheriff...

Sheriff’s deputy caught up in ‘Shrimp Boy’ case no longer with department

A San Francisco Sheriff’s deputy investigated for his connections to a defendant in the Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow trial is…

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Darwin BondGraham @darwinbondgraham.bsky.social · 2d

Contest!

How many inaccuracies can you spot in the AI-generated image of Oakland City Hall that was sent to media in a press release from the mayor's office today?

Send us your list and you could win some Oaklandside merch.

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An AI image of Oakland City Hall is missing some stuff…can you spot it?

A press release announcing Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s State of the City speech included a curious picture of a civic landmark.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

The Education Department this week informed borrowers who’ve been repaying their loans for 25 years that they are eligible for loan forgiveness.

The long-standing repayment plan had been suspended since July.

Trump administration resumes student loan forgiveness

The Education Department this week informed borrowers who’ve been repaying their loans for 25 years that they are eligible for loan forgiveness

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 4d

DHS says an operation last week in which agents raided a Chicago apartment building, rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors and detained numerous residents, resulted in the arrest of two suspected gang members.
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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · 4d

SFPD fired her for sleeping with an informant. Why is she still allowed to be a cop? sfstandard.com/2025/10/04/s...

SFPD fired her for sleeping with an informant. Why is she still allowed to be a cop?

Hundreds of drug cases were thrown out because of her actions, but the state says the misconduct doesn’t merit losing her badge.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 5d

NEW from me:

Several CBS News staffers and insiders told me that the network "is not a good place now" amid the imminent arrival of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief, who one source likened to Michael Scott of The Office based on her lack of qualifications.

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CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom

EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 7d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 5d

Prop. E was supposed to rein-in mayoral power, instead, it’s now recommending the opposite.

People who campaigned for Prop. E, which created the task force, now say that it has gone off the rails.

But that, most say, is perfectly legal.

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Prop. E was supposed to rein-in mayoral power, instead, it’s recommending the opposite.

People who campaigned for Proposition E, which created the task force, now say that it has gone off the rails.

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · 5d

Have we entered a world where nothing online can be trusted?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Users of Sora, a new app from OpenAI, have deployed artificial intelligence to create strikingly realistic videos of events that never took place. The app, and other tools like it, could become increasingly fertile breeding grounds for disinformation and abuse, experts said.

OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real

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Slate @slate.com · 5d

The right wants to stop Netflix and chill. slate.trib.al/UsMp3D4

Netflix Has Survived Boycotts Before. But It Hasn’t Seen One Like This.

We’ve seen this movie already—and it always flops.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics produces the most reliable gauge of U.S. employment. But when the bureau withheld the data on Friday because of the federal government shutdown, policymakers entered uncharted territory.

Jobs Report Withheld by Shutdown Leaves Economists Guessing

Policymakers have entered uncharted territory without employment data that the government withheld because of its shutdown.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 6d

What's new is old . . . (-1916-)
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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 5d

Boots on the ground are in demand.

Over the years, SFPD has imagined a map of 52 foot beats, each covering a discrete part of the city.

But as of September, SFPD was staffing less than a third of them — just 16 of 52.

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S.F. residents want cops on the street. SFPD only staffs 1/3 of its foot beats.

Boots on the ground are in demand. But as of September, SFPD was staffing less than a third of its foot beats — just 16 of 52.

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Jonah Owen Lamb @jonahowenlamb.bsky.social · 5d

Who is San Francisco is most likely to be the victim of violent crime (which is declining across the board)? The answer is not what you'd expect. sfstandard.com/2025/10/03/l...

Latinos in SF face double peril: Targeted by ICE, tormented by crime

New SFPD data shows the disparities among the city’s population and recenters sanctuary city laws.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 6d

The House Oversight committee is looking into where the money for Trump’s gaudy “monstrosity” is coming from.

Trump’s Tacky $200 Million Ballroom Is Under Investigation

The House Oversight committee is looking into where the money for Trump’s gaudy “monstrosity” is coming from.

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Politico @politico.com · 6d

Hours before the government shutdown, the FDA signed off on a second generic option for the abortion pill mifepristone.

The agency's decision has drawn conservative criticism.

FDA approved new generic abortion pill before shutdown

The agency's decision has drawn conservative criticism.

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Axios @axios.com · 9d

The Trump administration must pause mass layoffs at the agency that oversees Voice of America, ruled a federal judge ordered tonight. Read the blistering order in full here.

Read: Judge pauses Trump administration's VOA cuts in scathing order

Actions of Trump officials in the case that names Kari Lake as a defendant "readily support contempt proceedings," the judge said.

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