Your Heart In San Francisco: The Truth, The Lies And The Mayor's Race; Why The Facts So Far Re: Ryan Routh And An "Apparent Assassination Attempt" Don't Add Up

On this new episode of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore on San Francisco, the mayor's race there and the bad rap that the city gets. Plus: Why the news around Ryan Routh and the so-called "apparent assassination attempt" just do not add up so far. None of this is conspiracy theory -- it is critical thinking. Recorded on September 23, 2024.  Murder in the U.S. dropped 11.6 percent in 2023 from 2022 - the largest single-year decline in 20 years (Sept 24, 2024) - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/violent-crime-dropped-america-last-year-new-fbi-data-shows-rcna172217 San Francisco and crime reduction (September 2024): https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/san-francisco-homicides-decline-19771624.php San Francisco Board Of Supervisors reverse course on the use of killer robots in San Francisco (December 6, 2022) https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63883235 AP story on Ryan Wesley Routh (Sept 23, 2024): https://apnews.com/article/trump-assassination-attempt-florida-fbi-justice-department-1295144a65f46059ce39b4ccd7288fbc PENNSYLVANIA Fact-checking election information in Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/vote/elections/fact-checking-pa-related-election-claims.html VIRGINIA: Early voting information - https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/early-voting-office-locations/ Apply for an absentee ballot in Virginia: https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/early-absentee/ NEW YORK: Correcting the record on New York early voting - here's the info: https://elections.ny.gov/request-ballot KENTUCKY: Voter information and contact info - https://elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Voting-In-Person-and-By-Mail.aspx WISCONSIN: Voter information and contact info: https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Voter-Deadlines ILLINOIS: Voter information and contact info - https://www.elections.il.gov/InformationForVoters.aspx?MID=I0cuvBFuZRw%3d SOUTH DAKOTA: Contact information and election details - https://sdsos.gov/contact-us/default.aspx ****Important USA Today story on Pennsylvania voting: https://tinyurl.com/y4eskz84 PENNSYLVANIA - The election offices for 67 counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/vote/contact-us/contact-your-election-officials.html Apply for a mail-in or absentee ballot in Pennsylvania: https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/OnlineAbsenteeApplication/#/OnlineMailInBegin MISSISSIPPI early voting (by absentee ballot by mail or in person) information: https://www.sos.ms.gov/absentee-voting-information#ar05 MINNESOTA early voting in person information for 2024 general election: https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/other-ways-to-vote/vote-early-in-person/ MINNESOTA early voting by mail information for the 2024 general election: https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/other-ways-to-vote/vote-early-by-mail/ Get involved: https://go.kamalaharris.com and https://democrats.org/events Election Protection: https://866ourvote.org What the Biden-Harris administration has done for Black people in three years (updated as of February 6, 2024): https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/02/06/fact-sheet-the-biden-%E2%81%A0harris-administration-advances-equity-and-opportunity-for-black-americans-and-communities-across-the-country-2/ Help out the VP Harris campaign and Democrats across the US now. Everyone can do something: https://democrats.org/events