Staci Berger ❌👑
@staciberger.bsky.social
Pres & CEO @hcdnnj.bsky.social; Proud Mom, Progressive Dem & Good Troublemaker w @pwaydems.bsky.social; Pway 3-9 MCDO Rep; Posts are mine, shares (or whatever we are calling them here) are not endorsements.
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Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media
Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.
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A friend sent me this blog post (she is not the author) about cavassing in elections, the joys, the heartache, and the challenges. It's really wonderful. @seedthevote.bsky.social suegranzellateacher.substack.com/p/discomfort...
Discomfort, be damned!
Democracy, one door at a time
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Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
We discuss how ordinary people can reclaim their power, fight for freedom, and reimagine democracy, inspired by a new book, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times, with Skye Perryman, Democracy Fwd, @democracyforward.org.
We cover the push for healthy school meals for all, highlighting a congressional briefing and the urgent need for robust policies as millions face SNAP cuts with Alexis Bylander, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), @fracposts.bsky.social.
ICYMI: Those Trump TV ads were paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Democrats disclose. A senior legal counsel for ethics at the Campaign Legal Center tells @statesnewsroom.com DC they appear to violate the Hatch Act. @jonshorman.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call ...
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NOPE: Remember we told you the Trump administration decided to cancel $810 million in funding w/out Congress' approval? Government watchdog GAO says they can't do that. @jennifershutt.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/cong...
Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Offic...
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Women, Trump hates you. Stop voting for your abuser. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
Justice Dept. Unlawfully Withheld Grants to Combat Domestic Violence, Judge Rules
Judge Melissa R. DuBose said the department had placed arbitrary conditions on grants created by the Violence Against Women Act.
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Memo: Administration Plans to Cancel Nearly $1B in Spending; Urge Leaders to Join Olmstead Statement; Court Vacates PRWORA Notices from HUD; and More: https://mailchi.mp/nlihc/memo_092826
“Eviction isn’t just a housing issue; it’s an education issue, it’s an economic mobility issue, it’s a neighborhood stability issue.” saportareport.com/atlanta-take...
Princeton University says Atlanta has the most eviction filings in the country - SaportaReport
Read Princeton University says Atlanta has the most eviction filings in the country by Gabi Hart for SaportaReport here.
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🤷🏼 That was fast — “Federal Judge Timothy Kelly has ordered Trump to temporarily reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House… revocation of reporters’ press badges was done without ‘constitutionally adequate due process.’”
Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico | CNN Politics
Federal Judge Timothy Kelly has ordered the Trump administration to immediately reinstate CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House after they were banned from the premises by President Don...
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Next week, on 9/30 @ 11:30 am ET, #NLIHC President & CEO, Renee M. Willis will close out #2026HousingMatters. Don’t miss her inspiring closing remarks or this conference—learn more: tr.ee/eALwaz
Happy 100th, John Coltrane 🎷 Did you know his masterpiece “A Love Supreme” was recorded in a single session at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ? Trane's thank-you to God, made right here in Jersey.
The doctor and the hospital who signed his release needs to lose his license to practice medicine and be sued for malpractice.
The reason not to triangulate against trans people isn't that it's bad politics (although I believe it is) or unnecessary (although I believe it is). It's because YOU MUST NOT ABANDON THE VULNERABLE TO DEPRAVED PEOPLE WHO WILL DO THEM HARM. If we will, what's the point of anything else we do?
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol makes 1,700x more than the average barista. That same CEO claims a $9 coffee is affordable and commutes to work in a private jet. Meanwhile, many baristas struggle to afford getting to work. We're joining sbworkersunited.org in a Starbucks boycott.
Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”
Nature is healing: A poacher hunting rhinos was ambushed by a herd of elephants and trampled to death.
Poacher sneaking up on rhinos ambushed and trampled to death by elephants
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Anti-trans bigotry is electoral disaster for Democrats. They will lose if they follow the consultant class off this cliff
Spectacular Republican losses prove MAGA's transphobic playbook doesn't win elections
<p>Across the country, voters chose inclusion, empathy, and competence over cruelty and division.</p>
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Earlier this year, Kanye West “performed at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and Raymond James Stadium without issue, despite his affinities for Adolf Hitler, the Nazi regime, and his long history of antisemitic remarks.” newrepublic.com/post/215395/...
NFL Owners Band Together to Boot Macklemore From Ed Sheeran’s Tour
The musician was pulled after he called for a “Free Palestine.”
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This is a big deal and it deserves a lot more attention. A federal whistleblower is sounding the alarm about a nationwide DHS operation called the “Unlawful Voter Initiative.” According to the disclosure, hundreds of employees at U.S. Citizenship and
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards. The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
it’s so in our faces: these camps are not places people are meant to survive
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸@elizabethweill.bsky.social · 3w agoOne woman I met outside Delaney Hall told me men inside the jail -- including her husband -- are denied medical care and have resorted to drinking their own urine to try to address infections. truthout.org/articles/thi...
A must read--an infuriating read--from @Timodc. "Eissa is in an ICE processing center...The Kafkaesque nightmare we are putting this family through is hard to wrap your arms around. They are stranded there with no way out, no charges, no trial, no jury." www.thebulwark.com/p/marco-rubi...
Marco Rubio Is Punishing a Teenage Boy for His Grandmother’s Sins
America gave Rubio’s family a second chance. He gave this family a cage.
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Abortion is healthcare. Deaths from ectopic pregnancy increased in states with abortion bans than others. An untreated ectopic pregnancy causes bleeding, fallopian tube rupture, death. www.propublica.org/article/ecto... #pinks
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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