TomB.
@tbern.bsky.social
Dad. Designer. Traveler. Foodie. Guitars. Vintage.etc…
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one of the ways that Joe Manchin was very damaging to the Dem party as a whole was the way he'd go on television all the time to talk about how the rest of his party sucked
nobody should ever make the mistake of thinking MTG is on their side but "Republican on TV saying Republicans suck" is helpful
nobody should ever make the mistake of thinking MTG is on their side but "Republican on TV saying Republicans suck" is helpful
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I think the midterms are gonna be very hard for Republicans. I'm one of the people that's willing to admit the truth and say I don't see Republicans winning the midterms right now, so that doesn't bode well for Mike Johnson."
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
one of the ways that Joe Manchin was very damaging to the Dem party as a whole was the way he'd go on television all the time to talk about how the rest of his party sucked
nobody should ever make the mistake of thinking MTG is on their side but "Republican on TV saying Republicans suck" is helpful
nobody should ever make the mistake of thinking MTG is on their side but "Republican on TV saying Republicans suck" is helpful
Colossal Armadas dispatched to subdue smaller countries are famously successful…
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Colossal Armadas dispatched to subdue smaller countries are famously successful…
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He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
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This
"No mainstream reporter has the stomach to say, 'By the way, this administration lies all the time and we should assume this is a lie too' after every unsupported statement." They should, because it's true.
Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This
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Don't get it twisted. Those close-up Vanity Fair photos aren't mean. They're art. Hate corrodes the container it's carried in. Exposing evil and invoking a response is art.
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Don't get it twisted. Those close-up Vanity Fair photos aren't mean. They're art. Hate corrodes the container it's carried in. Exposing evil and invoking a response is art.
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CRIMINAL IN CHIEF: DONALD TRUMP
34 felony convictions. Cozying up to convicted sex traffickers. Cashing in on crypto grifts. Inviting foreign influence into American politics.
This is the standard Trump sets.
See more at: gov.ca.gov/2025/12/14/trumpcriminals/
34 felony convictions. Cozying up to convicted sex traffickers. Cashing in on crypto grifts. Inviting foreign influence into American politics.
This is the standard Trump sets.
See more at: gov.ca.gov/2025/12/14/trumpcriminals/
December 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
CRIMINAL IN CHIEF: DONALD TRUMP
34 felony convictions. Cozying up to convicted sex traffickers. Cashing in on crypto grifts. Inviting foreign influence into American politics.
This is the standard Trump sets.
See more at: gov.ca.gov/2025/12/14/trumpcriminals/
34 felony convictions. Cozying up to convicted sex traffickers. Cashing in on crypto grifts. Inviting foreign influence into American politics.
This is the standard Trump sets.
See more at: gov.ca.gov/2025/12/14/trumpcriminals/
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[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[email protected] : Were you satisfied with the answers you’ve gotten so far in this classified briefing on Venezuela?
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
AOC: Oh, hell no. It was a joke. This was not a serious intelligence briefing. This was the communication of an opinion.
Tasty and Highly Quotable read:
Delighted to have @lizcookkc.bsky.social writing for us and she is in her damn wheelhouse defector.com/two-nights-p...
Two Nights Playing With Fire At Patrick Mahomes And Travis Kelce's Steakhouse | Defector
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As celebrity restaurant mascots, athletes offer a tidy sense of vertical integration: Why not supply the very calories they need to expend on the field? I’m surprised there are so f...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Tasty and Highly Quotable read:
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Gov. Shapiro on Vance's visit to PA: “This guy shows up and lies to the good people of Pennsylvania and tries to convince them to unsee something they saw with their own eyes — rising prices at the grocery store and elsewhere…I know they'll reject JD's BS.”
December 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Gov. Shapiro on Vance's visit to PA: “This guy shows up and lies to the good people of Pennsylvania and tries to convince them to unsee something they saw with their own eyes — rising prices at the grocery store and elsewhere…I know they'll reject JD's BS.”
Where’s Rock Hudson when we need him…?
Note that per WaPo, Hegseth considered but opted against an ArcticCom.
Putin orders building of North Pole ice base
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Where’s Rock Hudson when we need him…?
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Latest Jobs Report Suggests Tariffs Harming Blue Collar Work, Counter to White House Narrative talkingpointsmemo.com/news/latest-...
Latest Jobs Report Suggests Tariffs Harming Blue Collar Work, Counter to White House Narrative
Tuesday morning gave us the latest set of data indicating that President...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Latest Jobs Report Suggests Tariffs Harming Blue Collar Work, Counter to White House Narrative talkingpointsmemo.com/news/latest-...
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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‘Trump’s Totally My Bitch!’ and Other Wild Quotes From Susie Wiles talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
‘Trump’s Totally My Bitch!’ and Other Wild Quotes From Susie Wiles
Our bespoke piñata of the day is the Susie Wiles piece in...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
‘Trump’s Totally My Bitch!’ and Other Wild Quotes From Susie Wiles talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
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👇🏻👇🏻
“That is nothing but whitewashed Sunday morning Vaseline over wholesale misogyny.”
@profgalloway.com's fail of the week is Face the Nation treating settled medical science around mifepristone like it’s up for debate.
@profgalloway.com's fail of the week is Face the Nation treating settled medical science around mifepristone like it’s up for debate.
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
👇🏻👇🏻
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Nothing says America First like jeopardizing national security so we can deport more cooks and landscapers
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nothing says America First like jeopardizing national security so we can deport more cooks and landscapers
Co-sign:
We should strive to break them.
We all saw what they did and what they’re doing.
We all saw what they did and what they’re doing.
New in PN: The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump
"A comprehensive anti-corruption, pro-consumer movement would inevitably target the industry and its indifference to the harms it creates. It could be incredibly potent, and tech barons would have no one to blame but themselves."
"A comprehensive anti-corruption, pro-consumer movement would inevitably target the industry and its indifference to the harms it creates. It could be incredibly potent, and tech barons would have no one to blame but themselves."
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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WILL ALL TEXAS DEMOCRATS PLEASE STAND UP AND STATE WITH ONE VOICE THAT EVERY PROBLEM FACING TEXANS IS 100% THE FAULT OF A GOP THAT HAS HAD UNBROKEN RULE FOR 30 YEARS!!!???
Well, well, if it ain't the repercussions of bad decisions by the Texas GOP. Our grid is at risk of collapse this winter because of....drum roll please.....AI data centers. #fixthedamngrid
www.audacy.com/krld/news/st...
www.audacy.com/krld/news/st...
ERCOT warns Texas grid faces elevated winter risk amid population growth and data center demand
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says the state’s power grid faces elevated risk this winter as rapid population growth and expanding electricity demand from new tech data centers put added p...
www.audacy.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
WILL ALL TEXAS DEMOCRATS PLEASE STAND UP AND STATE WITH ONE VOICE THAT EVERY PROBLEM FACING TEXANS IS 100% THE FAULT OF A GOP THAT HAS HAD UNBROKEN RULE FOR 30 YEARS!!!???
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Kelly notes it should send a shiver down the spine of any patriotic American that Trump and Hegseth would so corruptly abuse their power to come after him or anyone else this way. Kelly will not back down. Will you? Or will you also stand up for democracy? #EnoughIsEnough
youtu.be/NyF9dZQu5K8?...
youtu.be/NyF9dZQu5K8?...
We learned the Pentagon is escalating its review of me into "an official command investigation"
YouTube video by Senator Mark Kelly
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Kelly notes it should send a shiver down the spine of any patriotic American that Trump and Hegseth would so corruptly abuse their power to come after him or anyone else this way. Kelly will not back down. Will you? Or will you also stand up for democracy? #EnoughIsEnough
youtu.be/NyF9dZQu5K8?...
youtu.be/NyF9dZQu5K8?...
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A+++++ economy my A++
Look at broader measures of unemployment—including people who want a job but aren't in the labor force or who are working part-time but want a full-time job—and the labor market is in the worst place since the pandemic
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A+++++ economy my A++
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The White House is not private property. It does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the people.
I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom.
I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom.
Raskin to introduce bill to require review of White House renovation plans
Rep. Jamie Raskin wants to see White House construction like President Trump's ballroom project subjected to the same scrutiny as other federal projects.
www.cbsnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The White House is not private property. It does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the people.
I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom.
I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom.
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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Any excuse to put more eyeballs on one of the best things on the internet.
A 22 minute recut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture set to Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack.
10/10 watch at least once a year.
A 22 minute recut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture set to Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack.
10/10 watch at least once a year.
Star Trek: Legacy
A 22 minute Recut of 'Star Trek-The Motion Picture' set to Daft Punk's modern original score for 'Tron: Legacy'. I always thought the two…
vimeo.com
April 17, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Any excuse to put more eyeballs on one of the best things on the internet.
A 22 minute recut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture set to Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack.
10/10 watch at least once a year.
A 22 minute recut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture set to Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack.
10/10 watch at least once a year.
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Yesterday, I told you that my law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. By the end of today, it is up to 69 cases in 37 states.
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Yesterday, I told you that my law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. By the end of today, it is up to 69 cases in 37 states.
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel?
Today, I want to share some additional thoughts with you on this...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Are the Broligarchs Ready to Be on the Downward Turn of the Wheel? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/are-t...
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom: