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It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
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Some conversations work best outside. Join the Waterfront Walk and Talk to hear Waterfront updates, ask questions, and connect with neighbors while spending time along the Bay on Thursday, February 5, from 12:00–1:15 pm.
Waterfront Walk and Talk - February | City of Berkeley
Join us at the Berkeley Waterfront on Thursday, February 5, for Walk and Talk with our Waterfront Manager, Ali. We’ll “sit & chat” for a bit, then move to a “walk & talk” through the southern Waterfront area.Bring comfortable walking shoes if you plan to walk, a water bottle, and coffee if you’d like. You’re also welcome to purchase a drink at Roaming Bean Coffee.Additional Waterfront Walk and Talks will be on:
berkeleyca.gov
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Some conversations work best outside. Join the Waterfront Walk and Talk to hear Waterfront updates, ask questions, and connect with neighbors while spending time along the Bay on Thursday, February 5, from 12:00–1:15 pm.
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Berkeley artists: If you’ve got a project and need a boost, apply for a chance at a $5K grant.
Deadline: March 4 at 11:59pm: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
Writers, choreographers, tradition-keepers, solo musicians...this one's for YOU.
Deadline: March 4 at 11:59pm: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
Writers, choreographers, tradition-keepers, solo musicians...this one's for YOU.
Artists and festival organizers can apply for arts grants | City of Berkeley
Webinars start on Jan. 7: Learn more about applying, guidelines, and eligibility. Grant deadlines are March 4 and March 11. Artists and festival organizers can apply for one-time grants to support their work and strengthen the arts culture of Berkeley.These grants fund individual artists to create new work and festival organizers to put on events.Applicants for each category can attend separately designed webinars, starting January 7, to learn about guidelines, eligibility, and how to apply.
berkeleyca.gov
January 30, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Berkeley artists: If you’ve got a project and need a boost, apply for a chance at a $5K grant.
Deadline: March 4 at 11:59pm: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
Writers, choreographers, tradition-keepers, solo musicians...this one's for YOU.
Deadline: March 4 at 11:59pm: berkeleyca.gov/commu...
Writers, choreographers, tradition-keepers, solo musicians...this one's for YOU.
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Unfortunately Berkeley's Hopkins cycletrack debate is back, and not in a good way. Please take 2 minutes to sign this petition from @walkbikeberk.bsky.social & let electeds know that no project should move forward on Hopkins without a full review & community process
actionnetwork.org/letters/5f6e...
actionnetwork.org/letters/5f6e...
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Unfortunately Berkeley's Hopkins cycletrack debate is back, and not in a good way. Please take 2 minutes to sign this petition from @walkbikeberk.bsky.social & let electeds know that no project should move forward on Hopkins without a full review & community process
actionnetwork.org/letters/5f6e...
actionnetwork.org/letters/5f6e...
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Propaganda is not new, but we must call it out. This is state censored/sponsored media, not news. This particular story glorifies the horrific murder of a woman who posed no threat to a blood thirsty “officer.”
Bovino on the officer who killed Renee Good: "Hats off to that ICE agent"
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Propaganda is not new, but we must call it out. This is state censored/sponsored media, not news. This particular story glorifies the horrific murder of a woman who posed no threat to a blood thirsty “officer.”
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“And it was not Hitler who arrested me, not Goering, not Goebbels. The grocer, the janitor, the tailor, the shoemaker, the baker, they suddenly got a uniform, a swastika armband, and there they were, the master race...” -Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM
“And it was not Hitler who arrested me, not Goering, not Goebbels. The grocer, the janitor, the tailor, the shoemaker, the baker, they suddenly got a uniform, a swastika armband, and there they were, the master race...” -Karl Stojka, Auschwitz survivor
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Cool no rush
The Senate will hold a vote next week on another bipartisan resolution blocking the use of military force against Venezuela without the express authorization of Congress, Sen. Tim Kaine announced
U.S. Senate Will Vote To Block Military Action Against Venezuela Next Week
www.huffpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Cool no rush
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ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
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FOLKS NEED TO REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
January 3, 2026 at 4:33 AM
FOLKS NEED TO REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.
That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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She and Marjorie Taylor Greene are both absolutely correct.
January 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
She and Marjorie Taylor Greene are both absolutely correct.
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A leaked DoJ memo calls for prosecutors to charge people who film ICE with “domestic terrorism”
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
Justice Department says filming immigration raids is 'domestic terrorism'
A leaked Justice Department memo directs federal prosecutors to press “domestic terrorism” charges against individuals who record immigration operations.
reason.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A leaked DoJ memo calls for prosecutors to charge people who film ICE with “domestic terrorism”
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
They don’t want their atrocities documented.
They don’t want a historical record.
They don’t want the world to know.
That’s why we have to keep filming. Keep speaking out.
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I've been saying lately that it's not just a win if you can get good things to happen, it's also a win if the worst that might happen gets derailed or delayed. So, whatever happens going forward, I'll take this moment as a win. No batshit declaration of war tonight is one more day without it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I've been saying lately that it's not just a win if you can get good things to happen, it's also a win if the worst that might happen gets derailed or delayed. So, whatever happens going forward, I'll take this moment as a win. No batshit declaration of war tonight is one more day without it.
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We're back! Baristas on ULP strike have once again brought the picket line to Starbucks's biggest regional distribution center in York, PA.
We're making sure that Starbucks hears us: we need finalized contracts, an end to union-busting, and resolution to all outstanding unfair labor practices.
We're making sure that Starbucks hears us: we need finalized contracts, an end to union-busting, and resolution to all outstanding unfair labor practices.
December 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We're back! Baristas on ULP strike have once again brought the picket line to Starbucks's biggest regional distribution center in York, PA.
We're making sure that Starbucks hears us: we need finalized contracts, an end to union-busting, and resolution to all outstanding unfair labor practices.
We're making sure that Starbucks hears us: we need finalized contracts, an end to union-busting, and resolution to all outstanding unfair labor practices.
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Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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the doomerism about the court presumes and concedes a premise about judicial supremacy that simply does not need to be conceded.
it's a co-equal branch. it's subject to checks and balances like any other.
the fact that our current congress is built on cowardice doesn't change the legal options.
it's a co-equal branch. it's subject to checks and balances like any other.
the fact that our current congress is built on cowardice doesn't change the legal options.
December 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
the doomerism about the court presumes and concedes a premise about judicial supremacy that simply does not need to be conceded.
it's a co-equal branch. it's subject to checks and balances like any other.
the fact that our current congress is built on cowardice doesn't change the legal options.
it's a co-equal branch. it's subject to checks and balances like any other.
the fact that our current congress is built on cowardice doesn't change the legal options.
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Unclear if this is legal. Civil Code 1950 prohibits separate leasing of beds within a room; when it occurs, all tenants of the building are relieved of rent obligation.
“One who hires part of a room for a dwelling is entitled to the whole of the room, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary.”
“One who hires part of a room for a dwelling is entitled to the whole of the room, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary.”
$700 for a bed? San Francisco startup plots ‘sleeping pod’ expansion
Brownstone firm buys building with plan for 400 pods in city where median apartment rent tops $3,000 a month
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Unclear if this is legal. Civil Code 1950 prohibits separate leasing of beds within a room; when it occurs, all tenants of the building are relieved of rent obligation.
“One who hires part of a room for a dwelling is entitled to the whole of the room, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary.”
“One who hires part of a room for a dwelling is entitled to the whole of the room, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary.”
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Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
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Donating to @propublica.org supports a newsroom full of investigative journalists intent on bringing about real change through reporting on abuses of power in the public interest. They've done incredible work this year. And if you donate on #GivingNewsDay your donation is matched dollar for dollar.
Donate to ProPublica
Donate today to support ProPublica's singular mission: to produce deep-dive, well-researched, nonpartisan journalism that spurs real-world change.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Donating to @propublica.org supports a newsroom full of investigative journalists intent on bringing about real change through reporting on abuses of power in the public interest. They've done incredible work this year. And if you donate on #GivingNewsDay your donation is matched dollar for dollar.
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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This is fucking horrible and also it seems exhausting. I find it draining to hate like 5 people and this mf is out here doing it to millions
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This is fucking horrible and also it seems exhausting. I find it draining to hate like 5 people and this mf is out here doing it to millions
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“An infant in Kentucky who was unvaccinated against pertussis, or whooping cough, has died, marking the third death from the deadly bacteria in the state this year. Before 2025, Kentucky had last recorded an infant whooping cough death in 2018.”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
Third infant in Kentucky dies of whooping cough as national cases stay high for second year in a row
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“An infant in Kentucky who was unvaccinated against pertussis, or whooping cough, has died, marking the third death from the deadly bacteria in the state this year. Before 2025, Kentucky had last recorded an infant whooping cough death in 2018.”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/th...
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The Berkeley Rent Board is seeking feedback from tenants, landlords, and property managers about their experience with the Rent Registry.
Please respond to the 2025 Berkeley Tenant & Landlord Rent Registry Survey by December 14 to help shape Rent Board services.
Please respond to the 2025 Berkeley Tenant & Landlord Rent Registry Survey by December 14 to help shape Rent Board services.
We want to hear from you! Help improve Rent Board services by taking the our 5-minute 2025 Rent Registry Survey: bit.ly/RentBoardSurv...
Survey closes December 14. Send this post to another Berkeley landlord, property manager, or tenant!
#Landlord #Tenant #PropertyManager
Survey closes December 14. Send this post to another Berkeley landlord, property manager, or tenant!
#Landlord #Tenant #PropertyManager
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Berkeley Rent Board is seeking feedback from tenants, landlords, and property managers about their experience with the Rent Registry.
Please respond to the 2025 Berkeley Tenant & Landlord Rent Registry Survey by December 14 to help shape Rent Board services.
Please respond to the 2025 Berkeley Tenant & Landlord Rent Registry Survey by December 14 to help shape Rent Board services.
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Big Oil is providing substantial financial and strategic support to Republican AGs in an effort to block my climate impact disclosure law. They're even going so far as to weaponize the First Amendment. They can try to stop us, but we will win this fight to tackle climate change.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Big Oil is providing substantial financial and strategic support to Republican AGs in an effort to block my climate impact disclosure law. They're even going so far as to weaponize the First Amendment. They can try to stop us, but we will win this fight to tackle climate change.