at the border, power outages said to be coming. and of course the russian invasion of ukraine which just added $40 billion to america s tab. we could debate whether any one of these items is truly the fault of the president. but the reality is they are all unfolding on his watch. and here come the midterms. typically the party in the white house sees the loss of two dozen of its congressional seats. this year democrats seem headed for much worse. there just aren t enough ultra maga doug mastrianos that could allow focus next november to be taken off this national funk. a few an moreent tkweurgzs to be sure, but too few to stop the tidal wave in the forecast. americans are really feeling the pinch with inflation at a 40-year high. until recently, there had pwhrpb some consolation for the 58 million americans in the stock market because it was still doing well. but that s no longer the case. this week the s&p and dow had historic down days. friday the s&p 500 briefly fell into
during 2021 according to a review of court data. the office has hit them with the lesser accessory after the fact charge. the explanation for this, immigration policy. because most drug dealers arrested in san francisco are undocumented. the standard says, quote, prosecutors examine criminal defense attorneys point out drug dealing convictions are grounds for deportation. and a substantial number of drug dealers in the city are honduran nationals who could face deadly consequences if deported. the accessory charge still gives them and their families a path toward eventual citizenship. honest to god, it s like i m reading from the onion. california state law does require prosecutors to take immigration status as a consideration when asking for conviction. but pwaou dean has expanded this process aggressively. the san francisco district attorney s office said in a statement to cnn that the premise of the standard s story
and focus on rehabilitation. carl white. carl white, 20 years ago, if you said that to me, i would have scoffed and said how ridiculous. all of a sudden we re going to open up drug addiction to all of society where at least right now where it s relegated to a small few. i m no longer scoffing. i think we should absolutely give serious consideration to exactly that. and i think that shellenberger is also onto something when he said casting this as a homeless issue really doesn t address what s driving it. with a philadelphia city councilman, i ll give him a shotout, allen dom is his name, i was in the kenning ton city, the it is not a homeless issue. it is so damn sad. to think as the crow flies a quarter mile away, a half a mile away, you have new millennials eating at shishi restaurants. how the hell did we let it happen in the united states?
people don t get the help they need. we have dealt with addiction for at least 150 years, when people after the civil war became addicted to morphine. when friends and family are no longer able to make an intervention with their loved ones suffering from addiction, people often break laws, they become the responsibility of societies. some amount of coercion is required for some people to get into recovery. that s what europe has discovered, what japan has discovered. we have just gone too far in one direction in california, which is this hands-off approach, and it s really destroyed obviously thousands of people are dying. michael it has destroyed the fabric of the city. . michael, quickly, should immigration status be something that holds back via state law or by decision from a prosecutor, how you treat a drug dealer? take 30 seconds and address what i referenced in your introduction. . absolutely not. we have the sanctuary law which
whether to rerecall the man who is arguably the best known progressive prosecutor. san francisco district attorney chess sa pwaou dean is defending that he has been too soft on crime as crimes continue to plague the city. the recall is set for june 7th. it s being watched all across the country. pwaou dean is the highest profile of this new breed of prosecutor. the effort has a new chance of succeeding. a new poll by emc research shows 7 in 10 city residents would vote for his recall. now an interesting new analysis of court documents by the san francisco standard could worsen an already tough situation or to the beleaguered d.a. the lead of their report reads as follows, despite a surging fentanyl crisis that killed nearly 500 people last year in san francisco, the office of district attorney chess sa pwaou dean did not secure a single conviction for dealing the deadly opioid or aces filed