Lawyer/Mediator/Arbitrator. Berkeley Law. Councilmember for District 8, Berkeley. Democrat. Pro-housing. Pro-public safety in all aspects.
Berkeley, CA
Joined October 2013
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Mark Humbert retweeted
The next time someone tells you how Palestinians have never had viable options for peace, show them this statement from former US President @BillClinton:
“And the only time Yasser Arafat didn't tell me the truth was when he promised me he was gonna accept the peace deal that we had worked out, which would have given the Palestinians a state on 96% of the West Bank and 4% of Israel, and they got to choose where the 4% of Israel was. So they would have the effect of the same land of all the West Bank. They would have a capital in East Jerusalem.
I can hardly talk about this…. And they would have equal access all day every day to the security towers that Israel maintained all through the West Bank up to the Golan Heights.
All this was offered, including, I will say it again, a capital in East Jerusalem and 2 of the 4 quadrants of the old city of Jerusalem, confirmed by the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, and his cabinet. And they said no.
And I think part of it is that Hamas did not care about a homeland for the Palestinians. They wanted to kill Israelis and make Israel uninhabitable.
Well, I got news for them, they (the Jews) were there first before there their faith (Islam) existed. They were there. In the time of King David, in the southern most tribes, Hadjardia and Samaria.”
Via @Osint613
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.@AaronPeskin’s comments in today’s New York Times profile on Mayor Breed are offensive. According to Peskin, people who grow up in difficult circumstances aren’t qualified to lead because of the world they were raised in. That world view doesn’t sound very progressive to me.
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As a reminder,
The US has had 46 presidents. Among them, there have been 91 criminal felony charges indicted. Those charges are distributed among the presidents as in the following list:
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THIS IS HUGE. Paris City Hall has announced that starting on Monday, Paris will limit (not ban) car traffic in the city centre, as cities like Ghent have done. They’re creating a limited traffic zone (ZTL) about 2 sq miles in size, to clean the air & create more space for people.
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RETWEET this. Every day. Until Election Day.
Anyone anywhere in America who tells you Donald Trump will be better for the economy needs this tweeted at them IMMEDIATELY.
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ICYMI: An audience member attempted to assault @RashiKesarwani last night, furious over modest neighborhood changes. Anti-housing anger has reached an absurd level—why the irrational resistance to these common sense housing solutions?
Mark Humbert retweeted
ICYMI: An audience member attempted to assault @RashiKesarwani last night, furious over modest neighborhood changes. Anti-housing anger has reached an absurd level—why the irrational resistance to these common sense housing solutions?
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It’s one thing for some leftist group to call you a fascist. Quite another when it’s a fellow Republican. And absolutely astonishing when it’s your own chief of staff.
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Congratulations Berkeley and a HUGE congratulations to @RashiKesarwani steadfast leadership.
California Secretary of Transportation @ToksOmishakin announced today that BART has been awarded $25 million from the Cycle 7 Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) for the North Berkeley Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Mobility Enhancements Project!
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🚨 Another Op Ed Alert 🚨 “We join the Berkeley Democratic Club in recommending that every Berkeley voter vote no on EE. Instead, voters should vote yes on FF,” write @JennyTheAuditor and @loridroste Read the Op Ed 👉 berkeleyside.org/2024/10/21/…
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I am honored to be the only candidate in this race endorsed by Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte. In the state senate, I will fight tirelessly to defend reproductive freedom.
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This is one of the hardest but also one of the most important warnings from the history of Auschwitz coming for us today.
Perpetrators were in fact people who accepted and followed an ideology that made them believe that they were better than others, an ideology that rationalized and promoted hatred & evil. This became part of their everyday lives and their environment.
They were not monsters. They were people: fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, sons and daughters. They had their family joys and problems, their favorite desserts or songs, hobbies or fears. They were people like us. But they also perpetrated horrible things, monstrous things on behalf of the ideology they believed in. Dehumanization of all "others" was a tool that helped them achieve their goal.
The perpetrators thought of themselves as moral people. And this is the scary part of this history. We cannot dehumanize them, as their story and choices are our human warning.
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Today I couldn’t help but be emotional as I visited the homes of my ancestors at Mesa Verde National Park. I’m grateful to those who work to ensure that these sacred spaces are cared for and respected for future generations to experience.
