Welcome to the Doomloop Dispatch, the show about the worst things happening in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this episode,, hosts D. Scot Miller and Kevin L. Jones discuss the FBI raid on Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, which happened that morning. We get into what little facts we know, the news coverage, the possible right wing motivations behind it and all the other stuff going in Oakland that's related.

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Sources:

Sheng Thao recall going forward

https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/oakland-mayor-face-recall-november-vote-19521185.php

Who’s funding the recall?

https://oaklandside.org/2024/05/01/whos-funding-the-recall-campaign-against-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao/

Libby Schaaf corruption

https://oaklandside.org/2024/06/12/former-oakland-mayor-libby-schaaf-orton-ethics-penalty/

Libby Schaaf recall attempt

https://ballotpedia.org/Libby_Schaaf_recall,_Oakland,_California_(2017)#:~:text=7%20Footnotes-,Recall%20supporters,in%20its%20notice%20of%20intent.

Sheng Thao raid

https://oaklandside.org/2024/06/20/fbi-raids-home-of-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao/

Vietnam trip:

https://www.ajot.com/insights/full/ai-oakland-mayor-thao-champions-increased-u.s-trade-with-vietnam

https://oaklandside.org/2023/07/28/mayor-sheng-thao-travel-vietnam-trade-port/

AlCo Prosecutors using homophobic language with jurors

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/18/california-prosecutors-homophobic-slurs-jurors

Oaklandside story

https://oaklandside.org/2024/06/18/alameda-county-prosecutors-accused-using-slurs-lgbtq-murder-death-penalty-trials/#:~:text=New%20evidence%20is%20emerging%20that,%2C%202024%2C%2012%3A29%20p.m.