J.M. Berger
@jmberger.com
I wrote the book on extremism. It's called "Extremism."
https://www.jmberger.com/
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J.M. Berger
@jmberger.com
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I'm a scholar of extremism and a writer of fiction.
Recent nonfiction:
Extremism (2018, MIT Press) amzn.to/4pMXU6t
The Social Construction of Extremism (2024, dissertation) www.jmberger.com/social-const...
Fiction:
Optimal (2020) amzn.to/4pMXU6t
The Pope's Hitman (Crooked Lane Books, 2026)
Recent nonfiction:
Extremism (2018, MIT Press) amzn.to/4pMXU6t
The Social Construction of Extremism (2024, dissertation) www.jmberger.com/social-const...
Fiction:
Optimal (2020) amzn.to/4pMXU6t
The Pope's Hitman (Crooked Lane Books, 2026)
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MAGA propagandists: it's on the factory floor where real men work and speak to each other in politically incorrect ways.
Factory worker speaks to MAGA leader in politically incorrect way.
MAGA leader is offended and demands the worker be suspended.
Factory worker speaks to MAGA leader in politically incorrect way.
MAGA leader is offended and demands the worker be suspended.
UPDATE: TJ Sabula, the worker who shouted "pedophile protector" at Trump, has been suspended - WaPo
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 AM
MAGA propagandists: it's on the factory floor where real men work and speak to each other in politically incorrect ways.
Factory worker speaks to MAGA leader in politically incorrect way.
MAGA leader is offended and demands the worker be suspended.
Factory worker speaks to MAGA leader in politically incorrect way.
MAGA leader is offended and demands the worker be suspended.
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In the future all social and political issues will be decided by dueling GoFundMes, in the ultimate expression of American values.
January 14, 2026 at 3:33 AM
In the future all social and political issues will be decided by dueling GoFundMes, in the ultimate expression of American values.
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Incredible that the Democrats now have their own Joe the Plumber only instead of a plumber it’s an autoworker and instead of taxes on small businesses his issue is “the president seems to be covering up for a ring of pedophiles.”
“I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” said TJ Sabula, the UAW worker who heckled President Trump and who Trump flipped off and cursed at. “And today I think I did that.”
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Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward a line worker shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
wapo.st
January 14, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Incredible that the Democrats now have their own Joe the Plumber only instead of a plumber it’s an autoworker and instead of taxes on small businesses his issue is “the president seems to be covering up for a ring of pedophiles.”
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Why?
UPDATE: TJ Sabula, the worker who shouted "pedophile protector" at Trump, has been suspended - WaPo
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Why?
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This is one of those where reporters should not only be asking anyone announcing the suspension for clarification, but leading with the lack of clarification FIRST before doing an “after apparently shouting” etc. Make someone connect the dots out loud.
Why?
UPDATE: TJ Sabula, the worker who shouted "pedophile protector" at Trump, has been suspended - WaPo
January 14, 2026 at 3:15 AM
This is one of those where reporters should not only be asking anyone announcing the suspension for clarification, but leading with the lack of clarification FIRST before doing an “after apparently shouting” etc. Make someone connect the dots out loud.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
There you have it; the Trump admin allows ICE lawyer James Rodden to stay on the job. His personal social media account praised Hitler, supported white nationalism, and said that America started going downhill the day that Lincoln was elected.
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I started worrying about this exact thing last March when I heard reports of different anti-Asian policies and I hate that my hunch was right
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I started worrying about this exact thing last March when I heard reports of different anti-Asian policies and I hate that my hunch was right
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BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only: he refused to prove his citizenship.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only: he refused to prove his citizenship.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
I wrote about this two years ago, and as bleak as that piece was, it was still way more optimistic than reality has turned out to be www.linkedin.com/pulse/absent...
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I wrote about this two years ago, and as bleak as that piece was, it was still way more optimistic than reality has turned out to be www.linkedin.com/pulse/absent...
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Yeah it's called being an American, bitch. Smugness towards authority is our founding trait.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Yeah it's called being an American, bitch. Smugness towards authority is our founding trait.
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“In our continuing fight to make America great again, it is vital we maintain Republican control of the government so we can ensure the extrajudicial killing of all U.S. citizens at the hands of ICE officers,” said Republican National Committee chair Joe Gruters
GOP Adds ‘ICE Kills Everyone’ Pillar To 2026 Platform
WASHINGTON—Adopting a new set of national policy positions ahead of this year’s midterms, top GOP leaders released an updated party platform Tuesday to introduce their official “ICE kills everyone” ag...
theonion.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
“In our continuing fight to make America great again, it is vital we maintain Republican control of the government so we can ensure the extrajudicial killing of all U.S. citizens at the hands of ICE officers,” said Republican National Committee chair Joe Gruters
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This should be the loud and clear position of the Democrats.
Goldman: Until DHS reins in this rogue and authoritarian ICE secret police force, there should be no more funding provided to DHS.
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
This should be the loud and clear position of the Democrats.
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I'm just sitting here, trying to figure out how to threat model for armed, masked thugs who may kidnap you off the street, then steal, and possibly sell your phone.
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I'm just sitting here, trying to figure out how to threat model for armed, masked thugs who may kidnap you off the street, then steal, and possibly sell your phone.
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As many people have already said, this is loathsome and has become normalized in the press. But also--he's shook
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM
As many people have already said, this is loathsome and has become normalized in the press. But also--he's shook
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This trajectory is a step backward in public policymaking, we should be advancing toward giving people what they need & not a dystopian surveillance state.
January 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
This trajectory is a step backward in public policymaking, we should be advancing toward giving people what they need & not a dystopian surveillance state.
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There is basically no anti-trans law that John Roberts cannot explain away as something else
John Roberts Wouldn’t Recognize an Anti-Trans Law If It Slapped Him in the Face
The chief justice who doesn’t think banning healthcare for trans kids discriminates against trans people is ready to look the other way again.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:40 AM
There is basically no anti-trans law that John Roberts cannot explain away as something else
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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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No amount of training can fix this
ICE AGENT: “I love my job. I can’t believe they pay me to do this. I’d do it for free. I only went to high school and I make $200,000.”
January 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
No amount of training can fix this
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Believe it or not there are THREE bylines on this story
this fucking headline and the lede is that she *served on a fucking school board*
January 14, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Believe it or not there are THREE bylines on this story
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Trump publicly humiliates his allies, and they grin & yessir him because it gives them the sliver of power & wealth they want, to be a petty tyrant. Pathetic.
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Trump publicly humiliates his allies, and they grin & yessir him because it gives them the sliver of power & wealth they want, to be a petty tyrant. Pathetic.
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here at cbs news, we are undertaking a mission to tell the kind of stories that for too long have gone untold, like how cops are badass and white people have never done anything wrong
January 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
here at cbs news, we are undertaking a mission to tell the kind of stories that for too long have gone untold, like how cops are badass and white people have never done anything wrong
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Educators were fired for posting about Charlie Kirk's death.
Rep. Lieu: “Greg Bovino last night made a post that essentially called protesters, ‘cannon fodder.’ He needs to delete that post, or he needs to resign…If Greg Bovino and the administration doesn't turn down the rhetoric, it's going to cause more people to get killed.”
January 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Educators were fired for posting about Charlie Kirk's death.
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Don't bother arguing about whether ICE is a police force or a military force. It's neither. It behaves as a disorganized, violent mob, cursing, shouting contradictory orders, and attacking unarmed citizens on a whim. It is deployed to create fear and chaos, not to enforce laws or establish order.
January 13, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Don't bother arguing about whether ICE is a police force or a military force. It's neither. It behaves as a disorganized, violent mob, cursing, shouting contradictory orders, and attacking unarmed citizens on a whim. It is deployed to create fear and chaos, not to enforce laws or establish order.