(((Soli Alpert🌹)))
@solialpert.bsky.social
Berkeley Rent Board Chair. Coordinating Committee, Wellstone Dems. Delegate to CADSA. Member Rep, CA Working Families Party. Frmr SEIU 1021 Steward. he/him
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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I think if senate mods want to break, they will break, but it's really important they do it without cover from the caucus or leadership
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I think if senate mods want to break, they will break, but it's really important they do it without cover from the caucus or leadership
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Yes on Prop 50! Drop your ballot off in a drop box today! Ballots dropped in mail boxes today aren't guaranteed to be counted.
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Yes on Prop 50! Drop your ballot off in a drop box today! Ballots dropped in mail boxes today aren't guaranteed to be counted.
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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oh just straight up gutter racism!
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
oh just straight up gutter racism!
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The latest update from Mayor Ishii on ICE in the Bay Area.
Organizations mentioned:
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
eastbaysanctuary.org
Faith in Action East Bay
fiaeastbay.org
Bay Resistance
www.bayresistance.org
Organizations mentioned:
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
eastbaysanctuary.org
Faith in Action East Bay
fiaeastbay.org
Bay Resistance
www.bayresistance.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The latest update from Mayor Ishii on ICE in the Bay Area.
Organizations mentioned:
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
eastbaysanctuary.org
Faith in Action East Bay
fiaeastbay.org
Bay Resistance
www.bayresistance.org
Organizations mentioned:
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
eastbaysanctuary.org
Faith in Action East Bay
fiaeastbay.org
Bay Resistance
www.bayresistance.org
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In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
Loving @alfredtwu.com's sign at No Kings Oakland!
October 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Loving @alfredtwu.com's sign at No Kings Oakland!
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After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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Tenant Associations can now bring Individual Rent Adjustment Petitions for property-wide defects on behalf of all tenants. Tenant employees and owner occupied units no longer count towards the required threshold to establish a Tenant Association. Read full article here: rentboard.berkeleyca...
September 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tenant Associations can now bring Individual Rent Adjustment Petitions for property-wide defects on behalf of all tenants. Tenant employees and owner occupied units no longer count towards the required threshold to establish a Tenant Association. Read full article here: rentboard.berkeleyca...
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we’re also at a point where California’s Democratic state legislators are passing bills to put the 77% of Democratic voters nationally who accept that Israel is committing genocide squarely in the crosshairs of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
September 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
we’re also at a point where California’s Democratic state legislators are passing bills to put the 77% of Democratic voters nationally who accept that Israel is committing genocide squarely in the crosshairs of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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Over the last year, the red states of Georgia & Oklahoma passed reforms to help domestic violence survivors who are in prison for harming their abusers.
California was close to doing the same: state House passed a bill overwhelmingly this summer. But then it died in the Senate, for the third year.
California was close to doing the same: state House passed a bill overwhelmingly this summer. But then it died in the Senate, for the third year.
For Third Year, California Kills Bill to Help Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors - Bolts
Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across the political spectrum that have adopted such reforms.
boltsmag.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Over the last year, the red states of Georgia & Oklahoma passed reforms to help domestic violence survivors who are in prison for harming their abusers.
California was close to doing the same: state House passed a bill overwhelmingly this summer. But then it died in the Senate, for the third year.
California was close to doing the same: state House passed a bill overwhelmingly this summer. But then it died in the Senate, for the third year.
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The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.
This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.
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Opinion: Flock can't be trusted not to share Berkeley's surveillance camera data with Trump and ICE www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/05/o...
Opinion: Flock can't be trusted not to share Berkeley's surveillance camera data with Trump and ICE
Contracting with Flock is incredibly risky for the safety and security of Berkeley’s residents and completely goes against its commitments as a sanctuary city.
www.berkeleyside.org
September 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Opinion: Flock can't be trusted not to share Berkeley's surveillance camera data with Trump and ICE www.berkeleyside.org/2025/09/05/o...
Follow @berkeleyrentboard.bsky.social for official updates from the Berkeley Rent Board!
August 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Follow @berkeleyrentboard.bsky.social for official updates from the Berkeley Rent Board!
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It is legitimately insane that the NYT has now published FOUR separate articles taking seriously this half-baked proposal that is opposed by literally every single person who has thought about it for more than a second
How Cuomo Wants to Limit Who Gets to Live in Rent-Stabilized Units
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It is legitimately insane that the NYT has now published FOUR separate articles taking seriously this half-baked proposal that is opposed by literally every single person who has thought about it for more than a second
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August 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When I eat chocolate pudding at Saul's I am compelled to do a little shoulder dance, it makes me so happy.
August 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
When I eat chocolate pudding at Saul's I am compelled to do a little shoulder dance, it makes me so happy.
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Here are when the 17 Dems who voted against the Sanders resolution are up for reelection:
2026:
Booker
Coons
Hickenlooper
Peters
Warner
2028:
Blumenthal
Cortez Mastro
Fetterman
Hassan
Padilla
Schumer
Wyden
Bennet
2030:
Cantwell
Gillibrand
Rosen
Schiff
2026:
Booker
Coons
Hickenlooper
Peters
Warner
2028:
Blumenthal
Cortez Mastro
Fetterman
Hassan
Padilla
Schumer
Wyden
Bennet
2030:
Cantwell
Gillibrand
Rosen
Schiff
July 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Here are when the 17 Dems who voted against the Sanders resolution are up for reelection:
2026:
Booker
Coons
Hickenlooper
Peters
Warner
2028:
Blumenthal
Cortez Mastro
Fetterman
Hassan
Padilla
Schumer
Wyden
Bennet
2030:
Cantwell
Gillibrand
Rosen
Schiff
2026:
Booker
Coons
Hickenlooper
Peters
Warner
2028:
Blumenthal
Cortez Mastro
Fetterman
Hassan
Padilla
Schumer
Wyden
Bennet
2030:
Cantwell
Gillibrand
Rosen
Schiff