My fellow Americans on Twitter. It is with great honor that I announce to you today that a cornerstone of 21st Century American democracy, the peaceful transfer of the @POTUS Twitter account, has been achieved.

President Donald Trump, who for years has proven a prolific tweeter on a wide variety of subjects including the goodness of Vladimir Putin, the citizenship of Barack Obama, the badness of Saturday Night Live, and all manner of other pressing issues, has said that he plans to maintain his current Twitter account, the elegant @realDonaldTrump. There, Trump has amassed about 20 million followers, a number that in typical Trumpian hyperbole he has vastly overestimated.

As the new President has stated many positions on many subjects to which he shows no allegiance, we'll have to wait and see what he does with the two accounts. In speaking to the UK's Sunday Times, Trump explained that "the tweeting, I thought I’d do less of it, but I’m covered so dishonestly by the press — so dishonestly — that I can put out Twitter.... I can go bing bing bing . . . and they put it on and as soon as I tweet it out — this morning on television, Fox — ‘Donald Trump, we have breaking news’."

Now Trump can go "bing bing bing" with his little bing bing bingers from whichever account he chooses. It is, however, Twitter's policy to ban accounts used for the same purpose, leaving Trump a tough choice: Which one will he use to tweet about the lying, dishonest cast of the Broadway musical Hamilton?

In related news, a search for the Twitter account of the first lady gave me some initial hope:

But that was quickly dashed. Michelle Obama now has the account @FLOTUS44, and @FLOTUS is held by the unironic anti-cyber bullying advocate Melania Trump, Mr. Trump's third wife and the first immigrant to become First Lady of the United States.

via Twitter

In a similar fashion, Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, has a new official Twitter account, in addition to his existing personal account. That's @POTUS44.

via Twitter

One more holdover from the Obama years remains on the new @POTUS account held by Trump, however: As Slate points out, the background picture for the account is from Obama's inauguration. Follow or unfollow accordingly, folks. The good news is you're not automatically enrolled, so to speak:

And feel free to log off. That's even easier.

Previously: Trump Won't Use @POTUS Twitter Handle, Will Use Current Account To Keep Whining About SNL For Four Years

Thanks, Obama: Among the final acts of a presidency in which conservation was a "cornerstone," the commander-in-chief has designated more than 6,000 acres of coastal areas to join the California Coastal National Monument, the White House announced. The monument, runs along the coast of the Golden State and extends 12 miles out to sea, the LA Times explains

As that newspaper wrote previously, Obama's move on the matter was requested by California politicians like Senator Barbara Boxer, and it wasn't clear how he'd act. But now, as the Chronicle and others observe, Obama has done right by them, and likely by history, having opted in the aggregate to protect more than 550 million acres of public land, twice the acreage protected by Teddy Roosevelt.

The California Coastal National Monument was originally designated by Bill Clinton and first expanded by Obama in 2014, when he added Point-Arena-Stornetta in Mendocino County to the monument. As the Bureau of Land management writes, the new sites include Trinidad Head off the coast of Humboldt County with its historic lighthouse, Waluplh-Lighthouse Ranch, just south of Trinidad Head, the Lost Coast Headlands, Cotoni-Coast Dairies in Santa Cruz County, the largest area designated among the bunch and which includes ancient archaeological sites, meadows, and coast redwoods, and Piedras Blancas in San Luis Obispo County, which has its own historic lighthouse and views of elephant seals among white coastal rocks.

Speaking of those, per the Bureau of Land Management, "While millions of people view the Monument from beaches, bluffs, and watercraft, a closer look reveals activity as it provides untrammeled nesting habitat for an estimated 200,000 breeding seabirds and thousands of loafing and breeding marine mammals, including harbor seals, and California and Steller’s sea lions."

As with much of Obama's legacy on conservation, the president's move relies on the 1906 Antiquities Act, which allows presidents to protect lands for scientific, cultural, or scenic reasons. Republicans such as Utah Representative Rob Bishop have been angered by the president's prolific monument designations, and Bishop has threatened to reverse Obama's decisions. The Antiquities Act doesn't have a provision for reversal and no president has revoked previous monument designations, but Congress does have the power to do so.

Alongside the California Coastal Monument additions, President Obama designated a much larger 42,000 acres —to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon and partially California, a monument also first designated by Bill Clinton. Meanwhile, he named several historical sites to be national monuments: BuzzFeed reports that those include the former headquarters for Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights campaign, the AG Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama which becomes The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument.

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In a move that should surprise no one, President Barack Obama has endorsed California Attorney General Kamala Harris in her campaign to become the state's next US senator.

In a statement sent to media Tuesday, Obama said “I am proud to endorse Kamala Harris for United States Senate because I’ve seen her work."

“Kamala is a lifelong courtroom prosecutor with only one client: the people of the State of California. That’s the approach she’ll take to the United States Senate."

Tuesday's words were far more circumspect than those Obama used a few years ago, when he praised her appearance at a Silicon Valley fundraising event.

"She's brilliant and she's dedicated, she's tough... She also happens to be, by far, the best-looking attorney general," Obama said during a Atherton lunch in April, 2013.

Later that day, the president called Harris to apologize for the remark.

“You know, they are old friends and good friends,” then-White House press secretary Jay Carney, told the New York Times. "he did not want in any way to diminish the attorney general’s professional accomplishments and her capabilities.”

“Kamala’s experience has taught her that if you’re going to give everybody a fair shot, you’ve got to take on the special interests that too often stand in the way of progress,” Obama said in today's statement.

Vice-President Joe Biden also gave his nod to Harris, saying via press release Tuesday that “Today’s Senate needs people like her - leaders who will always fight to make a difference and who never forget where they come from.”

Harris served two terms as San Francisco's District Attorney before being elected as CA AG in 2010. In January of last year she announced her campaign to run for the US Senate seat presently occupied by Barbara Boxer, who has represented California in the Senate since 1992 and will be retiring. From her announcement on, Harris was seen as the frontrunner for the seat, roundly beating her opponent, Orange County Democratic congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, in both polling and fundraising.

If elected, Harris will make history: As the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, she would be the first Indian woman and second black woman elected to the Senate. In a brief email sent Tuesday morning, Harris responded to the endorsements, saying that she was was honored to receive the support of two “incredible leaders for our nation.”

President Barack Obama has a Very Silicon Valley Friday planned, with both a Stanford entrepreneurship summit and a Mark Zuckerberg confab on his agenda. But though he doesn't have any SF events planned, POTUS will still make ripples in San Francisco as soon as tonight, as his plans to stay in a SoMa hotel will close streets and snarl traffic.

According to the White House, Obama is scheduled to arrive at Santa Clara County's Moffett Field at 6 this evening. His motorcade will then head up the freeway to SF, disrupting traffic as it travels.

The president will be staying (as he usually does) at the Intercontinental Hotel at 888 Howard Street, ABC 7 reports. Barricades have already been erected in front of the hotel, and as of this afternoon Fifth Street will be closed between Mission and Folsom and Howard will be closed between Fourth to Fifth streets.

Expect further traffic challenges Friday, when Obama will head to Palo Alto to attend Stanford's Global Entrepreneurship Summit. While he's down there, the president will also meet with Zuck to "do a Facebook Live chat and also a Google Portal conversation," ABC 7 reports.

By mid-day Friday, however, San Francisco's presidential traffic troubles will be over, with the streets closed for his visit expected to reopen by around noon. Until then, though, drivers are warned that South of Market traffic will be even worse than usual, especially for those on Mission or Sixth Streets. According to officials, drivers should expect significant delays, and if possible they should avoid the area entirely.

Quickly putting to rest any notion that she would be President Obama's nominee to replace deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, California's Attorney General and current candidate for Senate Kamala Harris publicly stated that she does not want the job.

“I’m not going to be on the Supreme Court," CBS5 reports Harris as saying at San Jose campaign event. "Take my name off the list.”

Harris was one of the names being floated in the press as a potential nominee — a group that includes at least two other Californians: Jacqueline Nguyen and Paul Watford, both of the Ninth Circuit Court.

"Both of them have stellar records," ABC7 Political Analyst Carla Marinucci noted, "and both of them would be interesting additions to the court, not only because of the ethnic mix, but because of their background and their history."

Harris is seeking to fill the soon-to-be empty seat of Senator Barbara Boxer, who is retiring, and would likely have been a long-shot candidate for the Court as she has no judicial experience. Whoever is eventually nominated by the President will face strong opposition from Republicans in the Senate, who are gearing up to oppose the President's nominee — regardless of whether or not that person is from California.

Previously: San Francisco, Donald Trump, And Twitter React To The Death Of Justice Antonin Scalia

President Obama had some words of advice this morning for the 2020 campaign's current frontrunner.

The President was at San Francisco's Warfield Theater on Saturday morning for a DNC fundraiser where the rapper also performed, making it one of the few times in Kanye's career that he wasn't at the top of the bill. Tickets cost between $250 and $10,000, according to SFGate.

"Kanye is thinking about running... for Speaker of the House," Obama joked with the crowd. "In case Kanye is serious about this whole POTUS thing—or as he calls it 'peezy'—I do have advice for him."

"First of all you gotta spend a lot of time dealing with some strange characters who behave like they're on a reality TV show," said Obama. "So you gotta be cool with that." He seems cool with that.

"Saying that you have a 'beautiful dark twisted fantasy,'" he continued, with a reference to West's 2010 album. "That's what's known as 'off-message' in politics."

"And number three: do you really think this country is going to elect a black guy from the south side of Chicago with a funny name to be president of the United States?" he concluded. "That is crazy!"

In exchange for the advice, West gifted the Prez wit two pairs of Yeezy Boosts:

And the two left their mark, presumably backstage, signing their names with "#44" and #46." Obama is the 44th President of the United States. You can do the math on the other one.

Also in attendance at the event were the reigning NBA Champion Golden State Warriors and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf:

Obama left later that morning and flew to Los Angeles, where he'll attending three private fundraisers, including a Jamie Foxx concert.

Oh, what a difference a few months makes! Just a few months ago, fans of President Barack Obama ponied up over $32K to bask in his glow. Fast forward to today, and fundraisers are beating the bushes for practically anyone who'll spend $10,000 for a small gathering with POTUS later this month.

When Obama was last in the Bay Area, in October 2014, attendance at a "round table" discussion at the San Francisco home of Democratic donor/Zynga founder Mark Pincus ran participants about $32,400, the AP reported at the time.

Now Obama is planning on returning, to, as the Chron reports, attend a White House cybersecurity summit at Stanford University. But he'll also be here to raise some money for the Democratic Party, according to an email obtained by SFist from a fundraiser for the party.

"I am absolutely elated to invite you to an intimate dinner with President Barack Obama in San Francisco on February 13, 2015 at the home of Sandy and Jeanne Robertson," the email, which was sent Saturday, begins.

According to the Opus Capital website, "Sanford Robertson pioneered the creation of the West Coast technology banking industry in the late 1960s, and has remained one of the industry’s most renowned participants." He is "a principal with Francisco Partners, a $2.5 billion technology buyout fund." Sounds like a fun guy!

"This 60 person experience will include dinner, a photo with President Obama, Remarks and Q&A with the President," the email continues.

According to the PDF attached to the email, participants can pay $10,000 for the "intimate" dinner, a photo with POTUS, and participation in a "Q&A." People who are really into it can pony up $32,400 to get listed as a co-chair (which includes your name on the invitation) and to bring a plus-one, as well as the food and photo.

In the fundraiser's words, as of this weekend, "many" seats were still available, and anyone and everyone is encouraged to dig deep (but, clearly, not as deep us they used to have to) for a night rubbing shoulders with the man ostensibly still in charge.

As if downtown's Salesforce convention street shutdowns weren't set to make downtown San Francisco traffic a total hairball this afternoon, now the President's coming to town to muck it up even more. THANKS OBAMA.

As we previously reported, POTUS will be gracing SF with his presence for a Democratic National Committee fundraiser. As we previously did not report, however, the fundraiser's been moved from City Hall (a DNC insider tells SFist, for "security reasons," which sure is comforting) to the W Hotel at Third and Howard, right in the center of a Salesforced street closure. Since Obama's motorcade closes every street through which it passes, that is going to make for one fun night in SoMa!

According to the White House, Obama's supposed to land at SFO at 3:30, and will be at the W event by 7:05. The Chron reports that he'll spend the night in SF, hit another DNC fundraiser Saturday morning, and will be on his way.

Outside the W event, which will also feature a performance by Maxwell (I was wondering what happened to that guy!), expect an "Emergency Protest Demonstration" at which groups like World Can’t Wait, Code Pink, and ANSWER Coalition "will demonstrate to denounce U.S. air strikes and other war moves, aggression, and military action in Syria, Iraq, and the entire region," they say via press release.

They also promise that "a replica of a war-fighting drone will fly over the protest," which certainly sounds fun.

The activists say they'll start gathering outside the W at around 3, creating yet another traffic wrinkle for anyone trying to make it though SoMa this afternoon.

But don't worry, as the cops say that they are ON IT! As San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Officer Gordon Shyy tells the Chron, “We’ve got a lot of experience with this, since (Obama) comes here quite often..We’ll be allowing them to have their free speech rights, but also making sure that people abide by traffic laws and other regulations."

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Barack Obama is in town. Maybe you've heard? He's here for a fundraising efforts, which, alas, aren't as lustrous and bountiful compared to years prior. Adding to his woes? The President was heckled by an immigration activist during a speech today while speaking to a crowd at the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center.

The Washington Times has more:

Immigration-rights protesters interrupted President Obama’s speech Monday demanding he use executive powers to immediately halt all deportations, but he rebuked them, telling them he doesn’t have that power.

“You have a power to stop deportation,” one man, standing directly behind Mr. Obama, shouted near the end of the president’s immigration speech in San Francisco, who then began to lead chants of “Stop deportation!”

“Actually, I don’t, and that’s why we are here,” Mr. Obama replied.

When security moved to escort the protester out of the room, Mr. Obama told them to hold off.

According to NBC Bay Area, the heckler was identified as Ju Hong, a noted 24-year-old activist, who was featured in 2012's Ju Hong, UC Berkeley Undocumented Student."

Care of NBC Bay Area, watch Hong (sort of seen in the upper left) heckle Obama below:

Previously: President Obama Denied Audience With Nation's Most Popular 5-Year-Old

How about that. Today's transformation of San Francisco into Gotham City for five-year-old Miles—now known as Batkid—promoted a lot of attention, earnestness, and tears. (Some of them right here at the SFist office.) Now President Barack Obama is getting in on the heart-tugging story with a Vine message for Miles.

That's sweet. Very much so. But Obama should get his website working rather than trying to glom onto the heartwarming story of the week.

Previously: Batkid Saves Gotham City, Wins San Francisco's Heart