Politics Archives - Sonoma Independent

Why Mamdani’s Trump-like Affordability Lies Will Hurt, Not Help, New York’s Poor Nobody can make NYC affordable. Zohran’s policies will instead drain city finances, force a reduction in services, and ruin the world’s best low-cost housing system

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - November 2, 2025

Donald Trump rode voter economic illiteracy to the White House last year, through empty promises…

Dems Need a Plan B: Draft Popular Michigan Governor Whitmer to Run in the Primary Whitmer outperforms Biden in bellwether state poll & race would provide democracy-saving insurance policy should Biden falter

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - November 22, 2023

Whitmer outperforms Biden in bellwether state poll & race would provide democracy-saving insurance policy should…

Supervisors to Consider Historic Affordable Housing Vote to Protect RV’s & Tiny Homes on April 5 Urgency ordinance that would curb 200 annual Permit Sonoma evictions would avoid costly federal lawsuit over housing rights

Posted by Tim Ryan - April 1, 2022

Sonoma County has a historic opportunity to protect thousands of people living in alternative housing…

Uplifting Schwarzenegger Video Speaks from the Heart to the Heartland Compares Capitol riot to Nazi violence & wishes Biden success in uniting America

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - January 10, 2021

Far from preaching to the choir, the historic videos message carries a compelling question to…

Vote YES on Measure P to Support Sonoma County Police Reform Yes on P remedies deadly unaccountability with funding for adequate oversight and independent investigatory power

Posted by John Mutz - October 2, 2020

Yes on Sonoma County's Measure P remedies deadly unaccountability with funding for adequate oversight and…

“Vote in Person” Was Biden’s Most Important Debate Message The only way to stop Trump’s plan to steal this election is for Biden voters to cancel plans to mail in ballots and show up in person to vote on polling place machines

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - September 30, 2020

The only way to stop Trump’s plan to steal this election is for Biden voters…

Future of Democracy Video Debate Platform Debuts in Georgia and Indiana for Pandemic Era Elections Easy to access and share minute long videos of every candidate answering every debate question may be best solution ever for getting money out of politics

Posted by Tim Ryan - May 29, 2020

The coronavirus struck during the beginning of the primary election season and political debates were…

Decision to Cancel New York Primary Outrages Sanders’ Supporters Governor Cuomo’s Power Play Disenfranchises State’s Many Progressive Voters and May Hurt Biden in November

Posted by Tim Ryan - May 1, 2020

The New York State Board of Elections has taken the unprecedented step of cancelling the…

A Profound and Historic Question for Elizabeth Warren: Which Side Are You On?

Posted by Norman Solomon - March 6, 2020

The night before Super Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren spoke to several thousand people in a quadrangle…

Endorsement: Why Boomers Owe it to Our Young to Vote for Bernie Sanders

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - February 25, 2020

A widespread sense of collective cynicism has blanketed America’s oldest and wealthiest generation. It is…

It’s Corporate Media, ‘Moderate’ Democrats, and the Oligarchy vs. Bernie Sanders and a Movement

Posted by Norman Solomon - December 23, 2019

For the United States, oligarchy is the elephant—and donkey—in the room. Only one candidate for…

Michael Moore: We Owe it to Young People to Nominate Sanders

Posted by Tim Ryan - December 11, 2019

In a new interview with Democracy Now, Michael Moore urged voters his age to follow…

For Corporate Media, It’s ‘Anybody but Sanders or Warren’

Posted by Norman Solomon - December 6, 2019

Anyone who’s been paying attention should get the picture by now. Overall, in subtle and…

Occupy Sebastopol Lives on in Unique “Peacetown” Seating Circle

Posted by Tim Ryan - November 27, 2019

Occupy Sebastopol, which operated from the small town square in a city of fewer than…

Abraham Entin’s “Living on the Fringe” A Magical Mystery Tour through the 1960’s and 70’s

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - July 25, 2019

Sonoma County Abraham Entin’s “Living on the Fringe,” is a wonderful coming of the new…

Remember Andy Lopez = Vote John Mutz for Sheriff! / Commentary Historic Opportunity to Transform Policy of Shoot First and Ask Questions Later

Posted by Progressive Sebastopol - May 17, 2018

By Progressive Sebastopol, a group of parents and citizens committed to the public interest and…

Five 2016 Election Results that Prove Sonoma County is ALREADY Great! Historic Local Victories for Women, Library, Hospital & Organic Ag as Voters Reject the New Normal

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - November 12, 2016

During these bewildering post-election days, a number of friends have told me that they are…

Will the New Monsanto Doctrine Hijack Democracy in Epic Hawaii GMO Ruling? Federal and State agencies created to protect people's health and environmental safety have been reinvented as legal shields to protect the world's most toxic agrochemical companies from people

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - June 14, 2016

The ominous Monsanto Doctrine is the right of agrochemical corporations to spray unlimited toxic pesticides…

Will Sanders Campaign Fund the Grassroots to Win Big in the West and Ensure Fair Elections? Bernie’s key to winning more than 60% of the vote in California may be to shift millions from planned media buys to funding grassroots efforts

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - May 10, 2016

A growing number of Sanders supporters believe that Bernie’s key to winning Western States with…

People-Powered Media Fuels Bernie’s Revolution to Restore Democracy A new generation of web-savvy Americans has awoken to the political empowerment that comes from being their own media filter

Posted by Jonathan Greenberg - April 14, 2016

A people-powered media revolution is fueling Bernie Sander’s political “second American Revolution.” In a society…