Rep. Eric Swalwell‘s shot across the bow of gun owners last week has attracted return fire from the National Rifle Association. In an opinion piece for USA Today, Swalwell proposed a comprehensive assault weapons ban that ultimately criminalizes possession of… Read More ›
Rep. Barbara Lee has been critical of Trump’s comments toward North Korea in the past. CONGRESS“I’ll say it again,” said East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee on Tuesday. “President Trump is unhinged.” The reason for Lee’s criticism followed many others who… Read More ›
15TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTEast Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell has fashioned himself as one of the leaders of the so-called “resistance” to President Donald Trump. For the better part of this year, Swalwell has skewered Trump both in social media and repeatedly… Read More ›
Rep. Ro Khanna’s tweet last month has garnered nearly 65,000 retweets, but also received criticism from FCC Chair Ajit Pai. 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTRep. Ro Khanna has had it in for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai almost from Day One…. Read More ›
OAKLANDOakland Mayor Libby Schaaf won’t stand for President Donald Trump attacking her city, and for good measure, its native son, Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch. At Sunday’s game in Mexico City, Lynch chose to sit during the National Anthem,… Read More ›
20TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTGoing back to his days on the Hayward City Council, a departing colleague once noted with a smile that Bill Quirk’s surname matched his personality. Assemblymember Bill Quirk, in fact, fully embraces his quirkiness and it showed again… Read More ›
ALAMEDA COUNTYAlameda County Sgt. Ray Kelly said his retweet of white supremacist Richard Spencer Monday night was a mistake, according to multiple news reports. “It’s 2017, the person in charge of your official Twitter account should be expected to know… Read More ›
Rep. Barbara Lee during a town hall last April at Laney College in Oakland. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTEast Bay Rep. Barbara Lee is under fire from the right after labeling President Donald Trump‘s new chief of staff John Kelly an “extremist”… Read More ›
Rep. Eric Swalwell and Trump associate Roger Stone won’t be sharing a glass of Livermore wine anytime soon. 15TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTIt’s not the first time Roger Stone has trash talked with Rep. Eric Swalwell, but on Friday the flamboyant associate… Read More ›
HAYWARD CITY COUNCILThis morning, just hours before Hayward city council’s scheduled discussion of whether or not to become a sanctuary city, the city’s official Twitter account posted an image of a taco and the phrase “Let’s Taco About It” —… Read More ›
Rep. Ro Khanna’s attempt to lead a progressive revolution is attracting some skeptics. 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTLast week, Rep. Ro Khanna joined, with some fanfare, a new progressive group that seeks to challenge so-called “establishment Democrats.” But Khanna, a freshman elected… Read More ›
Rep. Eric Swalwell, right, asked whether President Trump is “with us or with Russia?” 15TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTDuring the early stages of the Trump presidency, House Democrats led by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have used East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell as a… Read More ›
Rep. Eric Swalwell, right, posing with law enforcement while wearing a DEA cap. 15TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTDon’t call East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell a Republican or you will pay for it. After Swalwell tweeted a comment referring to his Republicans parents,… Read More ›
PRESIDENT | Donald Trump’s effective use of Twitter throughout the campaign and the presidential transition dominated headlines. On the day of Trump’s inauguration as the nation’s 45th president, many East Bay elected officials used the same social media site to… Read More ›
JANUARY>>>During a frigid Alameda City Council meeting that lasted until 4 a.m., struggling renters win an extension for a moratorium on rent increases that will lead the way to an ordinance approved in March. “If the NRA wants guns to… Read More ›
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | If there’s a portion of the South Bay’s 17th Congressional District that Rep. Mike Honda could pick up a few precious points this November, it’s in Fremont. So, why not start with Fremont’s large Indian… Read More ›
CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Just hours after Thursday night’s killing of five Dallas public safety officers, Rep. Eric Swalwell falsely suggested in a tweet that Black Lives Matters was the culprit. Swalwell has long been the darling of the… Read More ›
Rep. Mike Honda CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Earlier this week, Rep. Mike Honda called on ESPN to fire baseball analyst Curt Schilling for his comments on North Carolina’s new transgender law. After the network relieved Schilling of his duties… Read More ›
State Sen. Steve Glazer is again taking the right side of the tracks. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Day Four of East Bay State Sen. Steve Glazer’s Twitter rant against BART workers resumed Monday. Following the malfunction of dozens… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks will block you from her Twitter feed and the reasons might never be clear. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | Oakland Councilmember Desley Brooks is on Twitter, but she is hardly the most profound user of the social… Read More ›
CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Was it too soon? Last week, the 15th Congressional District’s social media maven, Rep. Eric Swalwell, tweeted photos of his visit to Hayward’s bus manufacturer Gillig. The company also builds buses for AC Transit. However,… Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | The chambers of the Oakland City Council can be a very rough place. Public bickering between council members and full-throated soliloquies by angry residents are commonplace. At times, the difference between debating an ordinance and lobbing… Read More ›
PHOTO/C-SPAN CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | It’s been a hard week in Congress. House Republicans and Democrats are dueling over funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and there’s uproar over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking before Congress… Read More ›
Rep. Mike Honda has been touting his progressive credential in recent weeks. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Support and recognition for the transgender community in America is slowly building. Olympian and reality TV star Bruce Jenner’s reported transformation as a woman… Read More ›
OAKLAND | What the heck was going on here? Last Thursday, Mayor Libby Schaaf attended the launch party for SPUR, the urban planning think tank’s new office in Oakland, and then things got strange. Soon, Schaaf was rising to the… Read More ›
Talking tough: Councilmember Dan Kalb OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | Councilmember Dan Kalb is one of the most wonky and unassuming members of the Oakland City Council. Apparently, assertions by Republican Sen. Rand Paul that childhood vaccinations cause mental disorders really… Read More ›
ASSEMBLY | 18TH DISTRICT | The shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri is a subject most politicians would rather avoid. Assemblymember Rob Bonta thought differently. The largest part of his district is Oakland, a city… Read More ›
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Former South Bay Rep. Ernie Konnyu is pissed. This week, Rep. Mike Honda’s campaign attempted to link Konnyu, a divisive Republican representative who served the area in the 1980s, to Ro Khanna in a negative… Read More ›
The large field of Oakland mayoral candidates before the start of the #Oakmtg-sponsored forum Aug. 21 at City Hall. PHOTO/Steven Tavares OAKLAND | MAYOR | There were few fireworks during a two and a half hour Oakland mayoral candidates forum… Read More ›
Ohhhh yeaaahh! CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | A South Bay conservative leader’s endorsement of Rep. Mike Honda may have been the impetus for a lengthy war of words between the communication directors of Honda’s campaign team and his counterpart on… Read More ›
