@adamlashinsky

@sfstandard and @washingtonpost columnist. Also: @esquire, @theinformation, @AirMailWeekly. Writing a biography of William Safire for @simonschuster

 San Francisco
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Opinion: Lashinsky: Lurie’s Muni bailout is a flawed deal. I’m voting for it anyway sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Lashinsky: Lurie’s Muni bailout is a flawed deal. I’m voting for it anyway

Fare enforcement is weak, labor costs keep rising, and the city could find money elsewhere. Proposition H is still worth voting for.

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A tale of two tech companies — and the future of civilization wapo.st/4yGBic8

Opinion | A tale of Google and Anthropic — and the future of civilization

The ways Anthropic mirrors the Google of the past show how Silicon Valley and society have evolved.

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Opinion: Lashinsky: Manny Yekutiel’s exit is likely for the best. That doesn’t make it any less sad sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Lashinsky: Manny Yekutiel’s exit is likely for the best. That doesn’t make it any less sad

Why I take no pleasure in the downfall of an effervescent aspiring politician.

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Opinion: Dear Chobani billionaire, bring back our beer or we boycott your yogurt sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Dear Chobani billionaire, bring back Anchor Brewing finally or we boycott your yogurt

Anchor Brewery owner Hamdi Ulukaya has been squatting on SF’s favorite beermaker for years. Maybe a yogurt walkout will get his attention.

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Opinion: Scott Wiener was right about AI all along sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Scott Wiener was right about AI all along

The state senator’s early warnings about artificial intelligence look prophetic now — and it’s just one reason he should be headed to Washington.

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Opinion: What transparency? Lurie’s sunny disposition masks his office’s opaque behavior sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Daniel Lurie’s dark side: The mayor’s sunny disposition masks his office’s shadowy...

Our chipper and ubiquitous mayor has his own definition of accountability.

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Elon Musk took out his chainsaw. Government took out its checkbook. wapo.st/4uYdoXH

Opinion | Elon Musk took out his chainsaw. Government took out its checkbook.

The SpaceX IPO lays bare Musk’s greatest contradiction.

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Opinion: Daniel Lurie for governor? Election wins open the door to the discussion sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Daniel Lurie for governor? Election wins open the door to the discussion

After going undefeated Tuesday, the mayor has an unequivocal mandate — and the makings of a new political machine.

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Opinion: Lashinsky: Why I’m throwing away my governor vote, and more last-minute election decisions sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Lashinsky: Why I’m voting for Matt Mahan, Scott Wiener, and against Prop D

The Standard’s political columnist returns (briefly) from book-leave to share his personal voting guide.

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California’s GOP ghost has a pulse wapo.st/4tuB30q

Opinion | Republicans are finding cracks in a Democratic fortress

The race for California governor could turn surprisingly red.

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Hardly anyone checks this little box on their tax return. Why keep it? wapo.st/4t8yOR6

Opinion | Hardly anyone checks this little box on their tax return. Why keep it?

The presidential campaign fund is broken, gutted and pointless.

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Anthropic is fighting a battle the country needs wapo.st/4b4drbJ

Opinion | Anthropic takes on Hegseth and Trump

The president and his team have gone too far — again — in trying to bend a private business to their will.

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Democrats have an early front-runner wapo.st/3NW7q9e
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The pragmatist and the socialist: How Lurie’s State of the City speech one-upped Mamdani sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: How Daniel Lurie’s State of the City speech one-upped Zohran Mamdani

Two mayors, two speeches, two modes of leadership: Assessing what Daniel Lurie got right — and what topics he avoided — in his big 2026 address.

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Jamie Dimon slips on a new cap for the Trump era wapo.st/4bmy1FX

Opinion | Jamie Dimon slips on a new cap for the Trump era

JPMorgan Chase’s Strategic and Resiliency Initiative is do-gooder capital to suit the latest trends.

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Lurie mostly thrived in Year 1. The next year could be dicier sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Daniel Lurie mostly thrived in Year 1. The next year could be shakier

Few predicted his popularity or the speed with which he has altered the city’s narrative. But his accomplishments could be fleeting.

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Opinion: Will Mayor Daniel Lurie stay popular? Will voters kick out incumbents? Will OpenAI dive bomb? Adam Lashinsky peers into his crystal ball. 📝: @adamlashinsky sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/…

Opinion: Adam Lashinsky’s San Francisco predictions for 2026

Will Daniel Lurie stay popular? Will voters kick out incumbents? Will OpenAI dive bomb? Adam Lashinsky peers into his crystal ball.

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Lashinsky: My answers to 11 questions that will define the city in 2026 sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Adam Lashinsky’s San Francisco predictions for 2026

Will Daniel Lurie stay popular? Will voters kick out incumbents? Will OpenAI dive bomb? Adam Lashinsky peers into his crystal ball.

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Daniel Lurie wants to take a scalpel to SF’s city charter. A hatchet would work better sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/… via @sfstandard

Opinion: Daniel Lurie needs to clean up San Francisco city charter

The sludge-filled city constitution needs a generational cleaning. We’ll see if the mayor’s willing to do the dirty work.

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Labor broke a tax agreement. Business is retaliating. It's a SNAFU moment in SF politics. sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/…

Opinion: A sordid spat is speeding to the ballot, and SF voters are caught in the crossfire

 Labor broke a tax agreement. Now business is retaliating. It’s a SNAFU moment in SF politics.

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