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Nancy Pelosi’s next challenge: Building a nonpartisan democracy institute at UC Berkeley
LA Times ^ | 6/29/26 | Jaweed Kaleem

Posted on 06/29/2026 5:28:37 AM PDT by Libloather

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who has served nearly 40 years in Congress to become one of its most influential power brokers, on Monday announced who she will take on when she leaves office in January: UC Berkeley students.

The Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy, to be launched with tens of millions of dollars in gifts from Pelosi and other donors, will seek to bring leading scholars to campus, cultivate students’ ambitions for public service, and position itself as a Bay Area counterweight to major university political institutes that frequently attract former members of Congress and White House staff.

Pelosi (D-San Francisco) joins a long tradition of political figures anchored to universities. Harvard’s Institute of Politics, founded in 1966 in memory of President Kennedy, is among the best-known. USC’s Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics carries the name of California’s longtime Assembly speaker. Stanford’s Hoover Institution has housed former secretaries of State and national security advisors for decades.

At a university famous for its role in left-wing activism during the 1960s free speech movement and anti-Vietnam War protests, Pelosi vows to promote a nonpartisan academic endeavor.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: berkeley; california; demagogicparty; democracy; institute; mafiaprincess; nancypelosi; pelosi

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Stock tip class. Don't forget, Nancy lost her behind in the market last year.
1 posted on 06/29/2026 5:28:37 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Selling ocean front property in Nebraska or the Dakotas would be a more believable activity.


2 posted on 06/29/2026 5:35:15 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Libloather

It’s a Nonpartisan Bolshevik Center for Continuous Struggle Against the Capitalist Running Dogs of the Middle Class.


3 posted on 06/29/2026 5:35:26 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: Libloather

4 posted on 06/29/2026 5:38:58 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Libloather

That’s a “have to see it to believe it” situation, for sure. My guess is that Pelosi’s idea of what is non-partisan bears little resemblance to what actually is non-partisan.


5 posted on 06/29/2026 5:39:46 AM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: Libloather

Wouldn’t Nanzi need to be Democratic and coherent? Is she telling Bezerkely they need to build the Institute to see what’s in the Institute?


6 posted on 06/29/2026 5:39:55 AM PDT by liberalh8ter ( This tagline has taken the month off to attend the inauguration.)
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To: Libloather
"Nancy Pelosi’s next challenge: Building a nonpartisan democracy institute at UC Berkeley.

(snort) That's absolutely hilarious..!

7 posted on 06/29/2026 5:40:10 AM PDT by unread (One of the largest cities in America has fallen to the communist... Think about that...)
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To: Libloather

“Nancy lost her behind in the market last year.”

Per Google AI:
“Nancy Pelosi performed very well in the stock market in 2025, with her investment portfolio generating an estimated 18% return and growing by roughly $21.5 million.”

In any event Nancy and her husband are worth over $240M. Money is not her problem.


8 posted on 06/29/2026 6:09:13 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: unread
(snort) That's absolutely hilarious..!

Ain't it the truth!!! Does the LA Times actually expect me to believe that?

9 posted on 06/29/2026 6:10:25 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Deposits are Free ,LOL


10 posted on 06/29/2026 6:15:33 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: libertylover
Does the LA Times actually expect me to believe that?

Even Soviet era Pravda wouldn't try to sell some of the whoppers the US press peddles. .

11 posted on 06/29/2026 6:34:22 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Libloather

“Nancy Pelosi’s next challenge: Building a nonpartisan democracy institute at UC Berkeley”

And then her next effort will to prove the Easter Bunny and Sana Clause really exist ... as long as she makes $$$ doing that.


12 posted on 06/29/2026 6:36:46 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Libloather

UC Berkeley the place that owned and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party ?


13 posted on 06/29/2026 6:40:05 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: Libloather

If funding is a problem, the Chinese will be only too happy to lend a hand.


14 posted on 06/29/2026 6:41:07 AM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Libloather

Evil rotten skank should be in jail


15 posted on 06/29/2026 6:50:54 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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The younger democrats are going to have a revolution in the party and the elders will be thrown under the bus.


16 posted on 06/29/2026 7:42:36 AM PDT by DownInFlames (p)
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To: Libloather

Is this a joke? April fools day has long passed.


17 posted on 06/29/2026 8:35:45 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Libloather

18 posted on 06/29/2026 10:06:00 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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