Matt Bertenthal

I wish Vampire Weekend / Ezra was on here so I could tell him that Mayer quoted Classical in the opener of Dead and Co tonight.

The way that I was raised, being Jewish meant believing that every human life was sacred; to save a single human life meant saving all of humanity. That no law or ritual was more important than saving a single human life.

It's unfathomable that any Jew can accept what Israel is doing in Gaza.

Most Jews are zionists.

Educate yourself. Until then, I'm blocking you.

Vandalizing a business owned by someone who has nothing to do with the actions of the Israeli government is antisemitic.

Writing ‘Die Zionist’, ‘Zionists out of Frisco’, and ‘Death to Israel is a promise’ is antisemetic.

Really? Because angry lefties have certainly done worse to Jewish businesses in SF simply for being half-Israeli and believing in a 2 state solution.

‘You wanted’

There wasn’t even a primary!

Under Kamala there would at least be a chance of reigning in Bibi.

You’re making a nihilist argument, not a serious one

The Castro has been pretty hopping lately

Go WGA!

Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

“Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

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they're calling it the greatest thread of all time

What the actual fuck is this article talking about? He has clearly said what is happening is bad

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The next democratic nominee for president should run on abolishing ICE. Problem solved.

I think they just said on the stream that it's a marijuana farm, which makes it even more evil.

No way we would spend $20-50 per ride for him to take a Waymo

I am raising 3 kids in SF, my oldest is 8 and entering third grade. I love Waymo, but sometime over the next year we are going to have him walking and taking transit by himself. There has and will be lots of training about watching out for cars, especially at tricky intersections in our neighborhood

If the Democratic leadership had the gumption they would be drawing up articles of impeachment for Vance and Trump right now.

Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.

ICE just ran over protestors in downtown SF as they kidnapped someone and then sped away. Horrific and despicable.

notice how strategically he says "we" and build that into your politics yesterday

Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"

I canceled my digital renewal because I can't read the content that I pay for 75% of the time. I'll go get back issues from the library if I want to read something.

Hakeem Jeffries responding to Trump anti-Mamdani post

Axios story on Schumer condemning “disgusting” anti-Mamdani attacks.

I’ve seen approximately 900x more posts from being people furiously asking “why aren’t Jeffries and Schumer defending Mamdani?” than I’ve seen posts sharing the fact that both have defended Mamdani, and it’s maddening.

Here's an hour-long seminar I did just a few weeks ago on concentration camps and the current political moment with @andreapitzer.bsky.social – author of a book about concentration camps – and @chenoweth.bsky.social -- the scholar of nonviolence and civil resistance.

Wish it weren't relevant. Alas.

i think the basic idea is that every elite believes that donald trump is the legitimate president of the united states and has the right to do whatever he wants with the presidency of the united states, which is his personal property

I am excited by AI and this is 100% true

Another great day to remind Californians that we have a moral obligation to build homes instead of the bullshit we’ve been on the last 50 years of constantly arguing and doing nothing because we’ve failed to find the perfect, no trade-off action

I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.

What? I’m not afraid of Mamdani, but many Jews have concerns. Those concerns are valid and not driven by Islamophobia or other prejudice.

The KKK had a protest on Penn Plaza outside my cousin’s bat mitzvah.

None of this excuses Islamophobia and not paying attention to Mamdani’s strong recent positions on protecting Jewish NYers.

But a lot of people don’t and can’t understand how this stuff can fuck with your brain.

You underestimate the power of trauma that Jews have. I don’t descend from holocaust survivors, but my great great grandfather’s bakery employees were hung in a town square in Odessa.

The facia of my synagogue was shot up by a schizophrenic.