Erkki Forster

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'Don't throw things away:' JCCCNC seeks to expand archive of pre-WWII items | Nichi Bei News

On July 27-28, the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California will host a "community colle…

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Great-granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama discusses new book on activist at J-Sei's Children's Day ev...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. J-Sei held its Children's Day book event on May 5, featuring a conversation with Kai Naima…

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Berkeley students aren't as progressive as we're made out to be

Yet, the more time I spend here, the more I realize that most UC Berkeley students aren't nearly as progressi…

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The Greens are looking strong in the polls; can they win in the German Election? | Public Policy ...

For the past two decades, the German Green party has been lingering in the background of the German political…

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Social Security Cuts Leave Millions Facing 40-Mile Drives

Retirees will no longer be able to apply for benefits by phone starting next week.

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Social Security Cuts Leave Millions Facing 40-Mile Drives

Retirees will no longer be able to apply for benefits by phone starting next week.

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Trump Goon Throws a Fit Over Fox News’ ‘Muzzling’ Original

Sep 09, 2026 |

By Erkki Forster

| The Daily Beast

Top Trump aide Peter Navarro is railing at Fox News after his correspondence with host Maria Bartiromo helped get her the boot, accusing the network of “suppressing MAGA news.” “The muzzling of Maria Bartiromo by Fox News Media Chief Executive Suzanne Scott should be a wake-up call to every Fox viewer who believes the network is pro-Trump and pro-MAGA,” Navarro, President Donald Trump’s senior trade adviser, declared in an op-ed published in The Washington Times on Tuesday.

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White House Melts Down When Confronted Over Trump’s 9/11 Lie Original

Sep 08, 2026 |

By Erkki Forster

| The Daily Beast

One of Donald Trump’s mouthpieces lashed out after being confronted over the president’s dubious account of his role in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The 80-year-old president added another chapter to his long-running 9/11 mythology Tuesday as he spoke at a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

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White House Melts Down When Confronted Over Trump’s 9/11 Lie

Sep 08, 2026 |

By Erkki Forster

| Flipboard

2 hours ago At the president’s urging, the GOP is staging a midterm convention centered on him. Two nights before Thanksgiving last year, President Donald Trump called House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) to say, “Mike, we’ve got to do a midterm convention,” the speaker recounted at a campaign event last …