Merryl Goldberg
@merrylgoldberg.bsky.social
Arts Integration expert, author, saxophonist, social justice and inclusion advocate…and sometimes a goofball.
My adult daughter who has special needs, just got a text and voicemail that her SNAP benefits for November will probably be delayed. The cruelty of this administration is beyond belief.
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My adult daughter who has special needs, just got a text and voicemail that her SNAP benefits for November will probably be delayed. The cruelty of this administration is beyond belief.
Me too. And I rent my tax dollars changing signs at the DoD, and especially hate that my tax dollars are funding ICE and outright cruelty.
I really resent my tax dollars being spent on this
September 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Me too. And I rent my tax dollars changing signs at the DoD, and especially hate that my tax dollars are funding ICE and outright cruelty.
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A couple detained by Border Patrol in San Diego County said they believed agents did not have reasonable suspicion to stop them and alleged they were racially profiled, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
bit.ly/45bNCF7
bit.ly/45bNCF7
August 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A couple detained by Border Patrol in San Diego County said they believed agents did not have reasonable suspicion to stop them and alleged they were racially profiled, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
bit.ly/45bNCF7
bit.ly/45bNCF7
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In 2009, Kim Perlak was teaching music at three different colleges while also working a number of other jobs. She felt totally alone. A woman in the registrar's office changed that.
How a woman in the registrar's office made a music teacher feel less alone
In 2009, Kim Perlak was teaching music at three different colleges while also working a number of other jobs. She felt totally alone. A woman in the registrar's office changed that.
n.pr
July 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In 2009, Kim Perlak was teaching music at three different colleges while also working a number of other jobs. She felt totally alone. A woman in the registrar's office changed that.
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This is chilling to watch and utterly unacceptable in the United States of America.
As a former Senator, I’m calling on all current members to speak out on behalf of Sen. Padilla and defend him and the Senate against these outrageous attacks.
As a former Senator, I’m calling on all current members to speak out on behalf of Sen. Padilla and defend him and the Senate against these outrageous attacks.
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is chilling to watch and utterly unacceptable in the United States of America.
As a former Senator, I’m calling on all current members to speak out on behalf of Sen. Padilla and defend him and the Senate against these outrageous attacks.
As a former Senator, I’m calling on all current members to speak out on behalf of Sen. Padilla and defend him and the Senate against these outrageous attacks.
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Statement from Buona Forchetta about the ICE raid last night. 💔
May 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Statement from Buona Forchetta about the ICE raid last night. 💔
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BREAKING: ICE RAID reported at Buona Forchetta tonight about a mile up the road in San Diego. Smoke bombs were used to disperse the crowd. FUCK ICE. WTF?!
May 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
BREAKING: ICE RAID reported at Buona Forchetta tonight about a mile up the road in San Diego. Smoke bombs were used to disperse the crowd. FUCK ICE. WTF?!
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In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
Agents zip-tie kids in new immigration crackdown in Texas
At least three children were taken into custody and zip-tied at the San Antonio Immigration Court.
www.mysanantonio.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In San Antonio today, plainclothes ICE officers (not masked this time) arrested, handcuffed, and zip-tied a family of five (yes, ALL of them, including the little children) coming out of their immigration court hearing — which ICE had just had dismissed.
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/a...
Our students and faculty at California State University are the best and will not remain silent!
news.csusm.edu/arts-communi...
news.csusm.edu/arts-communi...
Arts Community Ensures That CSTEM Feels the Love
It’s a tough time to be a scientist.The National Science Foundation has made drastic cuts to research funding, with hundreds of grants terminated and the proposed budget slashed by more than half. The...
news.csusm.edu
May 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our students and faculty at California State University are the best and will not remain silent!
news.csusm.edu/arts-communi...
news.csusm.edu/arts-communi...
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They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They’re going to keep pushing until something stops them.
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Last night I wrote about Abrego Garcia’s case. Today, SCOTUS confirmed it’s true. Even though their stay is just temporary, he remains in cruel & unusual conditions in a foreign prison with no recourse. It could happen to any of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
April 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Last night I wrote about Abrego Garcia’s case. Today, SCOTUS confirmed it’s true. Even though their stay is just temporary, he remains in cruel & unusual conditions in a foreign prison with no recourse. It could happen to any of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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No food or supplies have entered Gaza in over three weeks, the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees says, making it the longest stretch without aid entering the enclave.
Gaza enters longest stretch without aid as Israel continues airstrikes
“This is Abdullah, 14 years old, and this is Najwa, just two years old,” one man said in anguish as he introduced his dead relatives. “The world celebrates the birthdays of its children, and we celebrate their deaths.”
nbcnews.to
March 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
No food or supplies have entered Gaza in over three weeks, the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees says, making it the longest stretch without aid entering the enclave.
Horrifying - please repost
An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody on Tuesday outside an off-campus apartment building, the university’s president said. The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated. nyti.ms/4hRzPq1
March 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Horrifying - please repost
If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you.
With no court to verify anything the Trump regime alleges, you could be arrested and sent to a prison in El Salvador for having views the regime dislikes
open.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Free Mahmoud Khalil. It's important to protect speech, even, perhaps especially, when we don't agree what's being said. If we don't support other people's First Amendment rights, then who will protect ours? We have to all be in this together.
March 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Free Mahmoud Khalil. It's important to protect speech, even, perhaps especially, when we don't agree what's being said. If we don't support other people's First Amendment rights, then who will protect ours? We have to all be in this together.
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BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who might be leaking info about immigration operataions.
DHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakers
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan have blamed lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks about planned operations.
nbcnews.to
March 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who might be leaking info about immigration operataions.
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People—don’t fall for it
The smackdown on Columbia is NOT about what happened with those protestors (which I abhor)
Trump is using it as an excuse to start his campaign against universities, teachers, students, and ideas
The smackdown on Columbia is NOT about what happened with those protestors (which I abhor)
Trump is using it as an excuse to start his campaign against universities, teachers, students, and ideas
March 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
People—don’t fall for it
The smackdown on Columbia is NOT about what happened with those protestors (which I abhor)
Trump is using it as an excuse to start his campaign against universities, teachers, students, and ideas
The smackdown on Columbia is NOT about what happened with those protestors (which I abhor)
Trump is using it as an excuse to start his campaign against universities, teachers, students, and ideas
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Folks are frustrated with Dems in Congress right now.
Here’s my solution - get the hell out of DC and hold some hearings.
I love town halls, but we need to focus on people right now. Have folks come testify about how these cuts are affecting them.
Get local media there.
Make it real.
Here’s my solution - get the hell out of DC and hold some hearings.
I love town halls, but we need to focus on people right now. Have folks come testify about how these cuts are affecting them.
Get local media there.
Make it real.
March 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Folks are frustrated with Dems in Congress right now.
Here’s my solution - get the hell out of DC and hold some hearings.
I love town halls, but we need to focus on people right now. Have folks come testify about how these cuts are affecting them.
Get local media there.
Make it real.
Here’s my solution - get the hell out of DC and hold some hearings.
I love town halls, but we need to focus on people right now. Have folks come testify about how these cuts are affecting them.
Get local media there.
Make it real.
Pride and joy can never be silenced.
February 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Pride and joy can never be silenced.
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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
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1/So, the guy who is supposedly fighting waste & corruption in government just got a $400 mil contract with that same government he’s supposedly overseeing for his trucks that get, let’s just say less than stellar reviews
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks (Gift Article)
The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
1/So, the guy who is supposedly fighting waste & corruption in government just got a $400 mil contract with that same government he’s supposedly overseeing for his trucks that get, let’s just say less than stellar reviews
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...