The Emperor's New Roads

The City by the Bay puts its best foot forward for Xi Jinping and company. From the San Francisco Chronicle:

San Francisco officials have been working to clear some of the city’s hot spots for homeless tent camps ahead of world leaders, dignitaries, corporate executives and international journalists descending on the city for this month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

A high-ranking official in the city’s Public Works department listed seven intersections in the Tenderloin and South of Market to target in an email to other city officials on Sept. 25.

“With APEC coming, I am concerned about historical encampments that are close to priority areas,” wrote Christopher McDaniels, superintendent of Street Environmental Services, in an email obtained by the Chronicle through a public records request.

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>>19895182

notably bittersweet

>>19895192

>Obviously deranged.

the epoch is obviously deranged.

How 'Elections' Are Done Now

FBI seizes Eric Adams’ phones amid corruption investigation

The FBI seized multiple electronic devices from Mayor Eric Adams on Monday in what appears to be a striking development in the federal investigation of the mayor’s 2021 campaign fundraising team.

Adams’ campaign attorney Boyd Johnson said that on Monday night the FBI approached the mayor after an event and requested that he hand over devices including two cell phones and an iPad. Johnson stressed that Adams has not been accused of any wrongdoing and took steps to comply with the FBI…

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-policy/fbi-seizes-mayor-eric-adams-phones-amid-corruption-investigation

>>19895215

pretty scorched earth assassination

>>19895273