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Author: cmarinucci@sfchronicle.com (Carla Marinucci)

SCOTUS’ Clarence Thomas (finally) speaks: “Elites” and media “approved” first black president (VIDEO)

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the high court’s only African American jurist, hardly ever speaks in public. But he made news recently with comments that he always knew that America’s first black president would be “approved by the elites” — oh, and the media. Thomas made the statements recently in an interview at Duquesne Law  

GOP slams Obama Bay Area trip as a jaunt to “billionaire’s row” (VIDEO)

Republicans are slamming President Obama’s first post-election trip to the Bay Area — a fundraising swing around the political ATM that includes San Francisco — as a jaunt to “billionaire’s row.” The Republican response to Obama’s trip comes as the President Wednesday begins a two day trip to the Bay Area, including San Francisco and  

Billionaire Dem hits Keystone hard — in time for Obama’s visit to SF home (VIDEO)

Americans have seen rapid, dramatic shifts in political opinion on the issues of same sex marriage and immigration reform in recent months. But could climate change represent the next big political swing among Republicans and Democrats in the Beltway — and around the country? That’s what Democratic activist and billionaire Tom Steyer is betting —  

SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor in SF: on affirmative action, “terror” on the job — and witchcraft

Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, on a book tour, wowed a full house in San Francisco Monday — speaking frankly about her “terror” in handling her first case there, defending affirmative action, and talking about forces that guided her journey from the South Bronx to the highest court in the land. Sotomayor was greeted […]

Obama makes inaugural history with call for gay rights, mention of Stonewall

Between the president’s inaugural address call for equal rights for gay Americans, his mention of Stonewall, and the high profile presentation by poet Richard Blanco, a gay Latino, the second swearing in of Barack Obama marks a watershed moment for the LGBT community. The president’s mention of gay rights — same sex marriage the obvious […]

CA Rep. Garamendi: Time to “stop talking” and move quickly on gun proposals

California Democratic Rep. John Garamendi — who represents a key Northern California swing district near Sacramento — said today that Congress should “stop talking and take action” on President Obama’s gun proposals. In the 113th Congress, “we have the debt ceiling and sequestration and God knows what else. We have a lot of things to […]

Seriously? Arnold ranks being governor BEHIND Conan and Terminator? (VIDEO)

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, fresh from his appearance at the Golden Globes, hits “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” for the first time tonight. It’s part of a big publicity push for his new flick, “The Last Stand” — a flurry of appearances which included a rather interesting Reddit.com star moment in “Ask Me Anything.” In […]

Gov. Jerry Brown, former AG, slams Oakland, praises Obama on gun violence

California Gov. Jerry Brown, the former state Attorney General, had some praise for President Obama — and some tough words for Oakland leaders today — on the issue of gun violence. Brown made the statements to Chronicle education writer Nanette Asimov while attending a University of California Regents meeting in San Francisco. The California governor, […]