MonicaGoldberg
@monicagoldberg.bsky.social
Jewish wife and mother of three, government lawyer, runner, gardener, anti-racist. UC Berkeley & Harvard Law School alum. Big fan of the rule of law & multicultural democracy. Personal account.
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The windchill here is -4 degrees and I’m waiting for the bus. As I blink through the ice shards blowing into my eyeballs at 30 mph, I think about how glad I am they took the bus shelter down.
At least the unhoused will have cause to reflect on how little they contributed to the economy.
At least the unhoused will have cause to reflect on how little they contributed to the economy.
December 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The windchill here is -4 degrees and I’m waiting for the bus. As I blink through the ice shards blowing into my eyeballs at 30 mph, I think about how glad I am they took the bus shelter down.
At least the unhoused will have cause to reflect on how little they contributed to the economy.
At least the unhoused will have cause to reflect on how little they contributed to the economy.
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You know who else shot a bunch of people and then went back and shot them again
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
You know who else shot a bunch of people and then went back and shot them again
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once again, "the supreme court will act as a bunch of partisan republican hacks" is the single most accurate heuristic for predicting its behavior, putting any coherent legal theory to shame
because fuck you, that's why
because fuck you, that's why
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
once again, "the supreme court will act as a bunch of partisan republican hacks" is the single most accurate heuristic for predicting its behavior, putting any coherent legal theory to shame
because fuck you, that's why
because fuck you, that's why
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
Not only did my husband bring home flowers, he put the flower food into the water when he got home. That’s good home training 😍 #Newlywedlife
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not only did my husband bring home flowers, he put the flower food into the water when he got home. That’s good home training 😍 #Newlywedlife
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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Jeff Jacoby's been a shanda my whole life - the Republican, conservative, racist, NIMBY Jewish Globe columnist. And yet somehow, ICE went too far for him.
I can't believe it - the conservatives lost Jeff Jacoby
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December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Jeff Jacoby's been a shanda my whole life - the Republican, conservative, racist, NIMBY Jewish Globe columnist. And yet somehow, ICE went too far for him.
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NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NYT: Is the President tired?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
Ms. Leavitt: Would a weary President be able to deliver a racist rant like that one?
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Judge Howell's decision begins by clarifying a piece of constant misinformation coming out of the Trump admin: "[V]iewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong."
![Consequently, viewing all immigrants
potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong. Second, immigration
policy is indisputably important and “can affect trade, investment, tourism, and diplomatic
relations for the entire Nation, as well as the perceptions and expectations of aliens in this country
who seek the full protection of its laws.” Arizona, 567 U.S. at 395 (citing
Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, 342 U.S. 580, 588-589 (1952)). Treating all immigrants potentially
subject to removal as if they were criminals highlights the Supreme Court’s wise caution that
“[p]erceived mistreatment of aliens in the United States may lead to harmful reciprocal treatment
of American citizens abroad.” Id.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreide72g5jbeaiorowmo2bvwqusjnrzzzybgfdbpn4hem3ad3xzcnoi@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Judge Howell's decision begins by clarifying a piece of constant misinformation coming out of the Trump admin: "[V]iewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong."
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The vengeful corpse of Joan Didion just rose from eternal slumber to slap this writer in the face.
December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The vengeful corpse of Joan Didion just rose from eternal slumber to slap this writer in the face.
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People trying to sell you houses at high prices don't want you to know about their climate risks (or other inconvenient numbers). Buyer beware.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Erasing a Home’s Risks on Zillow Doesn’t Make Them Go Away
We live in a golden age of magical thinking, and I’m not just talking about the trillions of dollars being burned on artificial intelligence. When it comes to our rapidly heating planet and its effect...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
People trying to sell you houses at high prices don't want you to know about their climate risks (or other inconvenient numbers). Buyer beware.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Shoutout to my fellow 12-steppers and others in recovery as we enter the dark heart of the Holiday Triangle and its advent calendar of triggers.
You're not alone, you're worth the trouble, one day at a time.
You're not alone, you're worth the trouble, one day at a time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Shoutout to my fellow 12-steppers and others in recovery as we enter the dark heart of the Holiday Triangle and its advent calendar of triggers.
You're not alone, you're worth the trouble, one day at a time.
You're not alone, you're worth the trouble, one day at a time.
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‼️DONATIONS NEEDED‼️
Help our friend and her son stay housed!! Preventing eviction is the number one way to end homelessness.
Donate if able!
C*shapp: $costarica245
Payp*l: Isaac2490
Thank you all! Love & solidarity!
Help our friend and her son stay housed!! Preventing eviction is the number one way to end homelessness.
Donate if able!
C*shapp: $costarica245
Payp*l: Isaac2490
Thank you all! Love & solidarity!
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
‼️DONATIONS NEEDED‼️
Help our friend and her son stay housed!! Preventing eviction is the number one way to end homelessness.
Donate if able!
C*shapp: $costarica245
Payp*l: Isaac2490
Thank you all! Love & solidarity!
Help our friend and her son stay housed!! Preventing eviction is the number one way to end homelessness.
Donate if able!
C*shapp: $costarica245
Payp*l: Isaac2490
Thank you all! Love & solidarity!
I was in touch this weekend with a friend — Harvard grad — who is on the verge of homelessness. 😥
Homelessness in the U.S. is far more pervasive than the official figures suggest: roughly four million people are without housing right now.
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
Many are part of the low-wage labor force, powering the very economy that has abandoned them.
I spoke with PBS News about this devastating reality (Part 1):
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I was in touch this weekend with a friend — Harvard grad — who is on the verge of homelessness. 😥
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In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
‘The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts? - The Boston Globe
In Massachusetts, 74 percent of working-age SNAP recipients have jobs.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of food stamps are employed, half of them full-time. Nearly 2,500 work for Amazon and another 2,300 work for Walmart. Uber, DoorDash and Tempus Unlimited each have more than 1,400 workers who rely on SNAP www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Reminder that the Trump regime still hasn't told us if border czar Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he took in an undercover bribery sting that was shut down by Trump's DOJ. They haven't even told us if Homan paid taxes on the $50,000 in taxpayer money he shouldn't have taken in the first place.
Goldman, Judiciary Democrats Press Trump-Vance Transition Team on $50,000 Homan Bribery Scandal
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) joined Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Congressman Eric Swalwell (CA-14), and his House Judiciary colleagues in sending an oversight letter to S...
goldman.house.gov
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reminder that the Trump regime still hasn't told us if border czar Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he took in an undercover bribery sting that was shut down by Trump's DOJ. They haven't even told us if Homan paid taxes on the $50,000 in taxpayer money he shouldn't have taken in the first place.
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The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
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This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is all true but
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law
2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up
The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.
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I have had eviction notices on the door. I have lived in the winter without heat. I have lived without water flowing from the faucet.
We can acknowledge parallel struggles that exist among different classes of people but what we not gone do is act like if you’re not rich you’re poor. No.
We can acknowledge parallel struggles that exist among different classes of people but what we not gone do is act like if you’re not rich you’re poor. No.
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I have had eviction notices on the door. I have lived in the winter without heat. I have lived without water flowing from the faucet.
We can acknowledge parallel struggles that exist among different classes of people but what we not gone do is act like if you’re not rich you’re poor. No.
We can acknowledge parallel struggles that exist among different classes of people but what we not gone do is act like if you’re not rich you’re poor. No.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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November 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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This is the kind of “criminal” Republicans want to remove from our country.
Hard working nurses who will be tortured and potentially killed once forced back into the arms of their persecutors.
Hard working nurses who will be tortured and potentially killed once forced back into the arms of their persecutors.
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is the kind of “criminal” Republicans want to remove from our country.
Hard working nurses who will be tortured and potentially killed once forced back into the arms of their persecutors.
Hard working nurses who will be tortured and potentially killed once forced back into the arms of their persecutors.