David A. Weir

Aug 23, 2024 | davidweir.substack.com | David A. Weir

I first encountered Kamala Harris over 20 years ago when she launched her initial political campaign for D.A. in San Francisco. Her opponent in that race, Terence (Kayo) Hallinan, was the incumbent from a storied left-wing Bay Area family. He was a colorful, no-holds-barred character out of the Old West, whose nickname stemmed from his former boxing career and a propensity to still get into fights even in the courtroom. He also was a friend of mine.

Dec 16, 2023 | davidweir.substack.com | David A. Weir |Kate Coleman

In the mid-1970s, when we were reporters at Rolling Stone, Lowell Bergman and I decided to take am in-depth look into the FBI’s COINTELPRO campaign to disrupt progressive organizations. We focused first on the Black Panther Party. In a 1967 memorandum, FBI Director J.