Brenda Berkman

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

A Compact for Control (opinion) No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.

A Compact for Control:
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
@yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social @uchicagolaw.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social

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Trump budget chief Russ Vought testified PEPFAR sent millions of dollars to Russia to advise doctors on how to perform abortions & “gender analysis," but the global AIDS relief program has not operated in Russia since 2012. Lying to Congress is a crime. Hold him accountable! app.sosha.ai/s/5XOk5Aja

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON IN US · John Lewis Actions On July 17th, national organizations are coming together for an action in remembrance of John Lewis: Good Trouble Lives On. The New York City Good Trouble team is planning a principled and peaceful ...

I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON IN US” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...

The Senate version of the budget reconciliation bill calls for even deeper cuts to Medicaid than were outlined in the bill passed by the House. The GOP hopes to pass the bill by July 4. Call your senators TODAY and tell them to vote NO on the budget bill. Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

My friends in states represented by GOP Senators, NOW is the time to call your Senators urging them to oppose this bill. Don't support tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the poorest Americans.

US Senate Republicans aim to push ahead on Trump's sweeping tax-cut, spending bill U.S. Senate Republicans will seek to push President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill forward on Saturday with a procedural vote that could kick off a marathon weekend session.

US Senate Republicans aim to push ahead on Trump's sweeping tax-cut, spending bill reut.rs/4kiblI3

Jan 6 prosecutors were fired because they upheld rule of law, securing convictions in court with beyond-a-reasonable-doubt proof of crimes against America, and that’s not the job anymore.

Musk is an immigrant.
Melania is an immigrant.
Trump’s first wife—an immigrant.
All his kids except Tiffany are 1st generation kids.
Bezos’s wife—an immigrant.
Zuckerberg’s in-laws—immigrants.
JD Vance’s in-law immigrants.
Remind the public every day!

When you know you’re cutting health care for the poor, and transferring TRILLIONS from the bottom to the top, this is what you do:

the dose makes the poison or the cure.
interview w/ dentist Katrina Co, DMD as part of our fluoride campaign w/ @defendpublichealth.bsky.social

Make America Toothless Again?
Interview w/ dentist Katrina Co as part of our fluoride campaign w/ @defendpublichealth.bsky.social 👇

EMAIL YOUR REPS: Don't Ban Books in the United States Proposed censorship measures in several states could deny your right to read some books in our Nation's libraries and lead to librarians facing criminal charges for the books on the shelves.

STOP BOOK BANS!!

We made it easy to send an email to your representative to fight against book bans in your state!

action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Stop Medicaid Cuts | Defend Public Health House Republicans have unveiled their updated plans to strip away Medicaid funding. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office assessed that these proposed Medicaid cuts would leave at least 8.6 mill...

Join us in our campaign to stop Medicaid cuts!

a cartoon character from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat says this is fine Alt: Louise from bob 's burgers wearing a pink bunny hat and staring into the distance. Her left eye is twitching with stress. The caption says "this is fine"

Please check in with your fed friends. It's kinda stressful here

You’re fired
You’re rehired
You’re refired
You’re staying but your team is fired
Your team is staying but your funding’s cut
You’re moving across the country, maybe
Restraining order 🛑
Restraining order against the restraining order 🔙

NIH grant terminations under Trump have totaled at least $1.8 billion, analysis finds Researchers calculated that $1.8 billion in National Institutes of Health grants were terminated in just over one month

Anyone giving cover to what the administration is doing, giving a pass to the high level bureaucrats and political appointees responsible for this destruction is complicit as are those sitting on the sidelines in this fight as well. It's all hands on deck time. www.statnews.com/2025/05/08/t...

The Trump Atrocity Happening in Plain Sight on the Media’s Watch The president’s demolition of the lifesaving Bush-era HIV/AIDS program will kill tens of thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Why does nobody care?

The Trump administration has already sentenced tens of thousands of #Africans to death by cutting the #PEPFAR program. But the mainstream U.S. media is largely ignoring the crisis. My article @newrepublic.com. @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @timlongman.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1947...

Opinion | West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate

What are we teaching or failing to teach our future military leaders? Disturbing and unacceptable news from West Point. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

May 5, 2025 On his social media feed yesterday evening, President Donald J.

May 5, 2025
DJT corrupt and nuts. Who thinks these are good ideas/actions? open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Key reports addressing violence against Indigenous women are gone from federal sites The removals came ahead of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Day of Awareness.

The Department of Justice website removed at least two key reports about violence against Indigenous people ahead of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s Day of Awareness.

ALL Americans must protest this attack on veterans' health research. How is this "government efficiency"? doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.1270

The National Institutes of Health is responsible for developing the cures and treatments that save lives and prevent disease. (art by @toddalcott.bsky.social). Right now it is under siege and needs our help. 3/

How are federal cuts going to impact your health care? As a doctor, I’m not going to sugarcoat it Federal funding by way of Medicare and Medicaid provides the lion’s share of salary and benefits for physicians in training.

Interesting OpEd in the SF Chronicle. A clinician explains how cuts to NIH funding will affect your patient care. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Opinion: A crisis in vaccine confidence has led to a surge in illness Consumer confidence isn't the only crisis facing America right now. Influenza and measles are running rampant.

Excellent piece on the impact of vaccine refusal by @donnagaffney.bsky.social and Teri Mills. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/19/o...

Screenshot of a poster that reads ADVOCACY ALERT CDC HIV Prevention Funding is at Risk! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of HIV Prevention is facing severe funding cuts within the next 48-72 hours. These cuts threaten essential programs that provide HIV prevention, treatment, and education to our community-putting countless lives at risk. Call your U.S. Senators and Representatives and urge them to say NO to CDC HIV funding cuts! & U.S. Capitol Switchboard Senate: 202-224-3121 House: 202-225-3121

They won’t stop until they’ve destroyed the entire US Public Health infrastructure. Please call your representatives.

Nothing to see here—just a sitting U.S. president pumping his shitcoin, after countless Americans have already lost billions investing in it.

The most corrupt president in history, by far

Nearly 1,000 people attend Lexington rally to protest Trump cuts. Rep. Barr is a no-show Rep. Andy Barr’s office said they did not coordinate the town hall and hinted that it was staged by paid liberal activists. Those who attended said they are not paid activists.

Damn, 1000 people for an empty chair with no show andy barr www.kentucky.com/news/politic...

Big turnout for other "empty chair" town hall, this time for the two AWOL Ohio senators in Columbus www.facebook.com/christinapao...