Roberts has expressed concern about the growing attacks on the judiciary, yet he faces immense pressure from Trump and his supporters to disregard judicial authority. Trump has demonstrated disdain ...

Trump on executive orders and decrees has sparked significant controversy, particularly in relation to his collaboration with Elon Musk, the world’s richest man. Despite Republicans controlling all ...

Sunday, February 23, 2025: Online CA Democratic Party delegate voting ends at 6 pm, In person voting from 10 am – 2 pm at 1630 Bancroft Way. Monday, February 24, 2025: At 2:30 pm the Agenda Committee ...

The Supreme Court has given local governments the green light to do anything to homeless people, and this includes incarceration. Some people can survive incarceration, and some can't. It is never ...

The public has been sold the false premise that government should be run like a business. Government is not a business. Government with all its complexities providing the services and protections we ...

The Senate has two bills. The first focuses on funds for Defense and Homeland Security. The second – scheduled for later in the year – features Trump’s tax cuts. It appears that, in March, the House ...

Here’s an interesting four-part take on Berkeley politics which ran on San Francisco’s 48hills.org site. The author, Zelda Bronstein, is a Berkeley resident, a former Berkeley planning commissioner ...

The word on the street is “watch what they do, not what they say”. Except when it’s “believe them when they tell you what they’re going to do”. Or try Dorothy Parker’s phone greeting: “what fresh hell ...

Gabbard and Patel are disturbing choices because they are another indication that Trump is determined to weaken US intelligence agencies. Trump has also authorized the firing of top intelligence staff ...

Tuesday, February 18, 2025: At 3 pm is the 3x3 Committee meeting in the hibrid format on housing. From 4 – 5:30 pm is the Alcatraz/Adeline Restroom meeting on zoom.

Our city council and commissioners are elected and appointed to represent the interests of the residents of Berkeley, but in recent years the council majority seems instead to represent the interests ...