wealth and power reporter @sfstandard. previously @thedailybeast @Independent. words in @thecut @guardian. email: eshugerman@sfstandard.com
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Apr 20
🚨 @EmilyDreyfuss and I are giving SF the gossip column it deserves! send us your best celeb sightings, blind items, and anything your group chat can't stop talking about
From drunk barfing at the de Young gala to Willie Brown’s “secret” drink recipe, we’re spilling all the SF tea in The Waggle.
📝: @eshugerman @Sam_Mondros, and @EmilyDreyfuss sfstandard.com/2026/04/18/sf…
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Jun 13
Silicon Valley billionaires created an encrypted chat to defeat CA’s proposed billionaire tax.
One idea: buy—and then destroy—the company collecting signatures for the ballot measure.
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Jun 13
Really good @eshugerman piece
Have heard some of these anecdotes along the way. All true!
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Jun 13
also some new details on the (failed) effort to unseat ro khanna
Jun 13
Big story out today with the names of a dozen tech tycoons in a secret Signal chat plotting California’s political future much more!! sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/bi…
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Big story out today with the names of a dozen tech tycoons in a secret Signal chat plotting California’s political future much more!! sfstandard.com/2026/06/13/bi…
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Jun 11
damn for a second there I thought they’d acquired the online news association
Jun 11
really looking forward to working together!
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New: Remember that SF hype video with Steph Curry and the coyote from yesterday? A newly unearthed document shows the nonprofit behind it — Believe in SF — plans to spend ~$30M on Lurie’s agenda through 2027. Its donors are secret.
sfstandard.com/2026/06/11/ma…
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Hey tech reporter friends, I'm hiring for a position on my team at the SF Standard. Reach out if you are curious. Worst case scenario, I buy you a coffee or a little treat. hkelly@sfstandard.com or hkelly.11 on Signal. the-san-francisco-standard.b…
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SF rejects a business tax hike in a showdown between progressives and a moderate billionaire-backed coalition led by Mayor Lurie.
Many saw this as a litmus test for California’s proposed billionaire tax. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Jun 3
Altman's actually made a bunch of political donations this cycle — totalling about $38k.
Small amounts, and all donations were made last year, but an important detail.
.@sama says that he would like to see money out of politics.
He said he does NOT plan to make any political donations this cycle.
But he added: If OpenAI’s competitors are “trying to use money to gang up on us, we have to be able to fight back.”
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.@sama says that he would like to see money out of politics.
He said he does NOT plan to make any political donations this cycle.
But he added: If OpenAI’s competitors are “trying to use money to gang up on us, we have to be able to fight back.”
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“Politics isn’t the same as investing in a startup,” one longtime political adviser said. “Stop trying to think that because you made a good call on investing in a SaaS company, you know what you’re doing in terms of electing a governor.”
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i’m just saying
Jun 3
happy pride to ppl who are not straight. this includes bad bitches with scoliosis
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At the Matt Mahan election watch party, where he seems to be conceding before results even start coming in.
“While our campaign for governor ends tonight, our mission has only just begun,” he says.
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Confused about how to vote in California's primaries tomorrow? There's still time to listen to our special edition of Pacific Standard Time all about the money going into every major race open.spotify.com/episode/3qQ…
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May 28
Good news, The SF Standard is literally doing this! Read The Waggle, folks!
May 28
we need more sf party journalism. like, someone should be covering the series A parties, cave raves, sf met gala, etc
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May 26
One of SF's crown jewels, the CA Academy of Sciences, has faced one crisis after another in recent years: mass layoffs, growing deficits, dodgy decision-making. The @sfstandard's @Sam_Mondros investigated the many missteps that have humbled the academy. sfstandard.com/2026/05/26/ca…
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May 23
my favorite waggle item this week sfstandard.com/2026/05/23/re…
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May 26
Tech billionaires are throwing themselves into CA politics so aggressively it's surprising even their allies. @hannahcwiley and I break down the flood of spending ahead of next week's primaries: sfstandard.com/2026/05/25/si…
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May 26
If you're interested in learning more (and seeing us live!), there's still time to get tickets to our event tomorrow: eventbrite.com/e/show-me-the…
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