Jesse Berney
@jesseberney.com
Writer. 20+ years in politics, advocacy, and labor. Masters in counseling, waiting for my licensure to become a therapist. He/him. DC.
It is going to take more than the next century to undo all the fuckery these people are weaving into the fabric of our society.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
imagine having $10 million to spare and this is how you spend your time
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 2d agoClay Travis Offers to Pay WNBA Champions $10 Million If They Can Beat a Boys’ High School Basketball Team
Is Trumpism an ideological project? What are its goals, values, or beliefs? I'd argue it's entirely a political project with virtually no ideology.
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d agoSomething I think that underlies a lot of debates within the Democratic party and center-left right now is whether or not you think Trumpism has been successful as a political and ideological project. (Not, obviously, whether it's been good or not).
can someone who is good at diplomacy tell me if this is the right way to do it
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d agoAfter Trump gets the stock market bump and oil futures dip to kick off the day, he then does his usual Lucy pulling the football act.
this is actually the wife-beatingest reply possible. this is the platonic ideal of how a guy who beat his wife would respond to a question about beating his wife.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d agoRep. Max Miller: "These are incredibly serious criminal accusations. If these accusations were true, I would be in jail — I would be. My former wife would not have been offering to cook me dinner and inviting me to playgrounds. Think about that."
This is great, let's punish the one cop in the lapd with a conscience
Officer Charged With Violating Privacy for Recording Colleagues’ Racism (Gift Article)
The charges stem from recordings that Daniel Flores made over the course of 2024, when he was working in a Los Angeles police unit that recruited new officers.
nytimes.com
the worst thing (in the entire world) is when it feels like you have a fever but you don't have a fever like your body is just pranking you
Going out wearing an "I BELIEVE DOUG BURGHUM" shirt so people know where I stand on the important issues of the day.
maybe the pool actually reflects our values as a society send skeet
👏WHY 👏 ARE 👏 THESE 👏 CHILDREN 👏 IN 👏 COURT 👏 AT 👏 ALL 👏
Rep. Jerry Nadler@nadler.house.gov · 5d agoChildren should never have to face a courtroom alone. The Trump administration must immediately restore the federal contract to provide representation for unaccompanied migrant children. Anything less is cruelty against vulnerable children in America.
The thing about the mega AI data centers that no one is talking about is that one day they will be obselete, whether because of technological or sociological shifts. Then there will be these huge, useless structures, literally square miles in area, left to decay and create blight.
The funniest thing about this skeet is that either of my children would ever participate in an athletic competition.
Jesse Berney@jesseberney.com · 6d agoThen explain this apple with razor blades and the mmr vaccine I found in the bathroom left by a trans woman who tied my daughter for fifth at her swim meet
Impeach Trump (for not using the opportunity to say "attorneys general")
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 6d agoTrump says he may withdraw Todd Blanche for AG if John Cornyn & Thom Tillis don’t come around, at least until they’re out of office. Their key demand has been to rewrite the IRS settlement so as to kill Trump’s weaponization fund. Not clear the president is willing to do that.
$100,000/$50/365 ≈ 5.5 hot dogs a day for a six-figure salary, I'm just saying
The Deceitful Grin of Civility@andrewfleer.com · last wk.Would you rather, for the rest of your life: 1) Get $50 for every hot dog you eat (meat and bun) 2) Get $2 for every pushup you do
Which means someone should be starting a project framing M4L as a villain that all Dems can run against and use in ads. That's how the GOP wins LONG-TERM battles. And you don't even have to lie like they do! Moms for Liberty is a genuinely evil organization!
JLRay@jlray.bsky.social · last wk.The latest from YouGov (n ~ 1.1k). Various favorabilities: Planned Parenthood +33 ACLU +22 BLM +11 DSA -9 Proud Boys -34 Fully 61 percent of Americans DK/NA on Moms for Liberty, one of the most influential rightwing local politics groups in America d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Po...
God I love science so much
Ethan Siegel@startswithabang.bsky.social · last wk.The 20 biggest cosmic discoveries of the last 20 decades 200 years ago, we didn't even know what the stars were, much less what the Universe was. These 20 big steps, one per decade, help illustrate exactly how we got here. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #cosmology
No one in the history of the world has ever been arrested for clapping in favor of entrenched wealth and power.
Adam Smith@asmith83.bsky.social · last wk.A teacher in Kansas was arrested for clapping in support of data center opponents during a city commission meeting. www.wafb.com/2026/07/27/t...
I liked the movie more than Wilson did (entirely because she's smarter than I am), but a lot of interesting thoughts here.
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Watermelon Candies I Have Eating Today, Ranked: 3. Sour Watermelon Icebreaker 2. Watermelon Jolly Rancher 1. Watermelon Salt Water Taffy The top two were really close, was a tough call.
Jesus imagine being involved in any way with the publication of this story. Imagine thinking this is news.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.AP Exclusive: In a Ukrainian bomb shelter, Laura Loomer explains her shift on Russia’s war and wants to admit that she fell for some falsehoods of her own.
But a dozen racists calling for immigrants to be ground into hamburger gets wall-to-wall coverage.
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · last wk.150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.
I know war isn't funny but this is honestly so funny. What is this, the fourth time through this exact cycle? Attack ▶️ announce fake deal ▶️ threaten ▶️ back off threats ▶️ and on and on again
Trump Holds Off on Major War Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns
Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East.
nytimes.com
No. Absolutely not. Literally never. I don't care if critics universally acclaim it as the greatest movie ever made. Nope nope nope.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w agoFirst poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”
Arrest Hunter Biden immediately
Donald Trump Jr.’s Investment Firm Posts Staggering Returns of 200% (Gift Article)
The fledgling firm, run by the president’s oldest son and his partner Omeed Malik, has made investments in A.I. and defense technology that have tripled in value in just months.
nytimes.com
a st. john's college degree may not have been good for much but discourse time on the odyssey is OUR TIME
another funny thing about elon musk wanting a version of the odyssey that stays true to homer's vision is that homer wasn't real