Bill Berkowitz

1 week ago | dissidentvoice.org | Bill Berkowitz

Even veteran political observers are unclear about  how far Donald Trump and his Submissives will go to exorcise America’s history, and deny the public’s right-to-know.  The administration has already removed or altered historical and scientific information from federal websites. It also has launched plans to stop collecting significant environment-related data.

1 week ago | berkeleyside.org | Bill Berkowitz |Zac Farber

Arnold Passman, known to friends as Arnie, died on Tuesday, April 8, at the Vale Medical Center in San Pablo. He was 88. He would’ve preferred to announce the news himself … but his time ran out. Born in Chicago on May 22, 1936, Arnie was a word maven, a poet, a prolific punster and a writer. His book The Deejays: How the Tribal Chieftains of Radio Got to Where They’re At, published in 1971, examined the influence of radio disc jockeys on popular culture.

2 weeks ago | dissidentvoice.org | Bill Berkowitz

Japanese Americans gather at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942 shortly before being shipped off to one of the 10 internment camps set up by the U.S. government in World War II. Is there a Trump Internment Camp in your future? In addition to scooping immigrants up off the streets and disappearing them, will the Trump administration start arresting and incarcerating its domestic political opponents? Will Trump Inc.

2 weeks ago | smirkingchimp.com | Bill Berkowitz

Is there a Trump Internment Camp in your future? In addition to scooping immigrants up off the streets and disappearing them, will the Trump administration start arresting and incarcerating its domestic political opponents? Will Trump Inc. partner up with Geo Group, the nation’s largest private prison company, that gave a million dollars to a super PAC supporting Trump’s campaign? Imagine the manosphere humming with snatch-and-grab job opportunities for the now-pardoned January 6 insurrectionists?

2 weeks ago | smirkingchimp.com | Bill Berkowitz

In a video titled "Passover Season: God's Divine Appointment With You!" posted on March 23, 2025, Paula White-Cain, Donald Trump’s spiritual advisor, encouraged viewers to donate to her ministry, suggesting that such offerings could unlock "seven supernatural blessings" based on Exodus 23.