Christine Berger
@drchristine.bsky.social
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Wow.
The right side of Trump's face was drooping during a 9/11 commemoration today (Getty)
September 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Wow.
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I haven't seen them this excited to unleash state-sanctioned violence since the days after 9/11
Jesse Watters goes full bloodlust in response to Charlie Kirk's death: "Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us. And what are we going to do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? ... This is a turning point. And we know which direction we are going."
September 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I haven't seen them this excited to unleash state-sanctioned violence since the days after 9/11
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We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.
September 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.
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The core sadness and patheticness of Donald Trump would be really fascinating if he wasn’t destroying democracy worldwide to feed his ego.
August 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The core sadness and patheticness of Donald Trump would be really fascinating if he wasn’t destroying democracy worldwide to feed his ego.
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Q for those w experience in politics or diplomacy:
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
August 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Q for those w experience in politics or diplomacy:
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
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Just to hammer this in:
I don't know of an example in US history of comparable *in-person humiliation* for a US president. And of course for the country.
Trump will soon realize how visibly he was "owned." In view of the whole world.
I don't know of an example in US history of comparable *in-person humiliation* for a US president. And of course for the country.
Trump will soon realize how visibly he was "owned." In view of the whole world.
Q for those w experience in politics or diplomacy:
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
August 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Just to hammer this in:
I don't know of an example in US history of comparable *in-person humiliation* for a US president. And of course for the country.
Trump will soon realize how visibly he was "owned." In view of the whole world.
I don't know of an example in US history of comparable *in-person humiliation* for a US president. And of course for the country.
Trump will soon realize how visibly he was "owned." In view of the whole world.
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US army rolling the red carpet to murderer’s plane. I will never forget this image.
August 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
US army rolling the red carpet to murderer’s plane. I will never forget this image.
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There was quite a disruption to the Dirksen Senate cafeteria today. Israel is purposely starving all the people left in Gaza, especially the babies barring formula. There’s the three minutes that this app allows.
July 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
There was quite a disruption to the Dirksen Senate cafeteria today. Israel is purposely starving all the people left in Gaza, especially the babies barring formula. There’s the three minutes that this app allows.
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“Israel’s four-month blockade has left Gazans so bereft of basics like fuel that some of the bodies of victims Sunday were piled onto donkey carts … . According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 79 people were killed.”
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July 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Israel’s four-month blockade has left Gazans so bereft of basics like fuel that some of the bodies of victims Sunday were piled onto donkey carts … . According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 79 people were killed.”
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The best thing right now is to keep living your values and take care of yourself and others. The more caretaking we do now, the better for us all. Fascism is for losers. It's a short lived, violent disruption. Their time is up. 🥰
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
July 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The best thing right now is to keep living your values and take care of yourself and others. The more caretaking we do now, the better for us all. Fascism is for losers. It's a short lived, violent disruption. Their time is up. 🥰
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law professors have been unable to understand why people are actually concerned about this case. it’s not about nationwide injunctions per se, it’s about a court that waited until the issue hurt the GOP, and then intervened on behalf of one of the most egregious constitutional violations we’ve seen
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called yesterday's decision about nationwide injunctions "an existential threat to the rule of law."
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Supreme Court Put Nationwide Injunctions to the Torch
That isn’t the disaster for birthright citizenship that some fear.
www.theatlantic.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
law professors have been unable to understand why people are actually concerned about this case. it’s not about nationwide injunctions per se, it’s about a court that waited until the issue hurt the GOP, and then intervened on behalf of one of the most egregious constitutional violations we’ve seen
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I love Brad Lander and hope he refuses to listen to the “consultants” who forced Tim Walz to tone this kind of talk down
but what do you really think brad lander hellgatenyc.com/brad-lander-...
June 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I love Brad Lander and hope he refuses to listen to the “consultants” who forced Tim Walz to tone this kind of talk down
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The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics
June 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics
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Correct.
He’s a mentally ill idiot and nobody in MSM is saying anything about it and instead they’re behaving as if all this is normal. This is not normal, we are all in danger.
June 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Correct.
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Waiting for news outlets and reporters to acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, reporting Trump's social media posts on foreign policy without confirmation is deeply irresponsible and an embarrassing failure of journalism.
June 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Waiting for news outlets and reporters to acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, reporting Trump's social media posts on foreign policy without confirmation is deeply irresponsible and an embarrassing failure of journalism.
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Your country needs you to fight back—now more than ever.
And you can do it by telling 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 story here: ofthebrave.org
Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
And you can do it by telling 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 story here: ofthebrave.org
Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
June 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Your country needs you to fight back—now more than ever.
And you can do it by telling 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 story here: ofthebrave.org
Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
And you can do it by telling 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 story here: ofthebrave.org
Follow us at @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.
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Anyone who thinks you can make a deal with Trump that he will stick to is fully delusional. We have 50 years of evidence on this.
June 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Anyone who thinks you can make a deal with Trump that he will stick to is fully delusional. We have 50 years of evidence on this.
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Trump's State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce says America is "the greatest country on earth next to Israel"
June 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump's State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce says America is "the greatest country on earth next to Israel"
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This is why, when it comes to politics, cultural studies and political psychology are basically the whole ballgame. We have a huge number of people who are socially and emotionally incapable of being comfortable in a free and open society and we can't solve that by capitulating to their comforts.
I don't really know how you don't look at the rise of illiberal reactionaries as *the* defining political trend of the Western World right now. People are reacting to the confusion and chaos of modernity by going into hysterics and trying to burn it down. So far, they're succeeding.
i understand why biden thought MAGA was a temporary fever that the GOP could get over but i genuinely think that hypothesis has been falsified and we are now stuck with a world where there's a bunch of people raised to support illiberal rightist forces
June 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is why, when it comes to politics, cultural studies and political psychology are basically the whole ballgame. We have a huge number of people who are socially and emotionally incapable of being comfortable in a free and open society and we can't solve that by capitulating to their comforts.
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“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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June 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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In ruling that she will order his release soon, Judge Holmes expressed doubt that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13.
He has no criminal history, and the claim is "contradicted" by the government's evidence, she wrote.
Full story. www.allrisenews.com/p/abrego-rel...
He has no criminal history, and the claim is "contradicted" by the government's evidence, she wrote.
Full story. www.allrisenews.com/p/abrego-rel...
June 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
In ruling that she will order his release soon, Judge Holmes expressed doubt that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13.
He has no criminal history, and the claim is "contradicted" by the government's evidence, she wrote.
Full story. www.allrisenews.com/p/abrego-rel...
He has no criminal history, and the claim is "contradicted" by the government's evidence, she wrote.
Full story. www.allrisenews.com/p/abrego-rel...
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A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
June 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
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Trump is now bombing Iran. Here are multiple clips of Trump campaigning against endless wars, Middle East conflicts, and boasting that he will stop World War III.
June 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Trump is now bombing Iran. Here are multiple clips of Trump campaigning against endless wars, Middle East conflicts, and boasting that he will stop World War III.
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event