Reposted by BirgerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I'd like to encourage every single historian of Nazi Germany to submit an application to this job. 151141205
Reposted by Birgervictoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is just a fucking carjacking. How the hell was he supposed to know it was a state sponsored carjacking. what the fuck are we doing here. 3658761491
Reposted by Birgerjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026holy shit!! artists!!! you guys!! pinlite.app someone made a pinterest facade site that just strips away all the dumb bullshit and gives you only the images this is AMAAZINNNGGGG. Not to mention the web 1.0 grey and blue link vibe lol 3459482129
Reposted by Birgermtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 09/10/2026ya i mean i do genuinely think that one of hegseth's goals is to drive people appalled by barbarity out of the military, because the long term plan is to make the military shoot at us, and the same guys who object to this won't do that either. 341720425
Reposted by BirgerAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'm the anti-Flock camera candidate. Mike 'Mass Surveillance' Rogers wants to surveil you without your consent. He wants 10% of what Google has on you. 4843101203
Reposted by BirgerThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/10/2026An Arizona congressional candidate said she was sexually assaulted while fixing campaign signs in her district in August. “I never imagined I would have to tell this story,” she said.washingtonpost.comArizona House candidate says she was raped while out fixing campaign signsBernadette Greene-Placentia was fixing campaign signs in Sun City, Arizona, in August when two men attacked her from behind, she said. 13211
Reposted by BirgerEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comEU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressureThe Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat. 491133549
Reposted by BirgerGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon 811206714619
Reposted by BirgerBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"With this merger, the entire media space is concentrated in the hands of a few oligarchs, all of whom you’ve seen whispering sweet nothings into Trump’s ear. Ellison has CBS and CNN, Musk has X, Zuckerberg has his Meta empire, and Bezos let democracy die in broad daylight when he gutted WaPo."plus.briantylercohen.comThe Rightwing Media Machine Just Got Way More DangerousThe right has been consolidating the media for three decades, and the left keeps sleeping through it. 40720279
Reposted by Birgermtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026he is pulling every lever he can reach to make the unpleasant "b-roll of gas stations with $5.50/gal on their sign" stimulus leave his field of view and will keep pulling until he finds one that works, even if one lever contradicts the previous lever 1217516
Reposted by BirgerNiall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Trump is considering a fresh round of strikes on Iran before the midterms, according to a new report. I talked about it on MS NOW today with Ali Vitali — 3132
Reposted by BirgerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/10/2026You cannot convince me that frat brothers organically walked into separate police interviews using the same word, “consensual,” and that it wasn’t coordinated. Especially after a witness told police there was allegedly a fraternity meeting to get everyone “on the same page”. 14132941233
Reposted by BirgerErica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence 5556891753
Reposted by BirgerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026And they voted for him anyway 😕 705102223910
Reposted by BirgerNoah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I was told Zohran Mamdani would instantly turn New York into a crime-ridden hellscape. Yet murders are down almost 20%, year over year. 203 people have been slain, about 22.5 per month. In 1990, that average was *251 per month.* NYC has never been this safe. 26915170
Reposted by BirgerDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 7939081133
Reposted by BirgerThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 06/10/2026BREAKING: The U.S. stock market hits an all-time high as expectations rise for companies to keep making more money.bit.lyUS stocks rise to a record on expectations for companies to make even fatter profitsThe U.S. stock market hit an all-time high as expectations rise for companies to keep making more money. 9412132
Reposted by BirgerCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Nothing to worry about all good 1262733620
Reposted by BirgerMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comElection deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machinesThe problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution. 57252613221
Reposted by Birgerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/10/2026interesting that conservatives were militantly “we must reward hustle” when the target was affirmative action at elite universities and now, when faced with the success of south asians and other groups, it is “i think we are too meritocratic” 19370371104
Reposted by BirgerJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Remember that time Biden said, “To hell with it; someone please nuke Texas.”? Yeah. Neither does anyone else. Only. Donald. Trump. Wants. To. Kill. Millions. Of. US. Citizens. He should be in prison. PRISON. 871849552
Reposted by BirgerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.” 432189295701
Reposted by BirgerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026New in PN: “Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire "Leading this project of ruthless mapping will be 'three of our nation’s best minds:' Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich. In other words — at the risk of being unkind — a weirdo, a beardo, and a fatty."publicnotice.co“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satireElon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey walk into a bar ... and are given the keys to the DoD. 1241906538
Reposted by BirgerAnu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026An “octogenarian crank and two billionaires” given the keys to defense strategy sounds like an Onion headline, but @paulwaldman.bsky.social shows the grift is very real. Read the receipts and support real reporting: Subscribe to @atrupar.com ‘s Public Notice! 🗞️👇🏼 527261
Reposted by BirgerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?" 23556861299
Reposted by BirgerJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Sorry about your dead kid. Hey, you want to see my fancy party room? Look at that gold! Lotta gold. I got a new helicopter, too! Do you feel better now about sacrificing your child on my altar? Worth it, right? Look at that gold." 1252618706
Reposted by BirgerMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Mike Johnson is not a trustworthy negotiating partner. He lies as part of his religion. 22351811274
Reposted by BirgerMarty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests. Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade. Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."cbsnews.comThe Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justiceJustice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet. 5372275659
Reposted by BirgerMolly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This week marks 10 years since I had an abortion. It wasn’t traumatic or heart wrenching—I just didn’t want to become a parent while 24 and living in a shoebox in Brooklyn. I will never be able to convey the rage I feel at the men who have spent the last decade making women less free and less equal. 853564
Reposted by BirgerMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard. 582242582
Reposted by BirgerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/10/2026 Are you kidding me ‼️ Just now at the White House, Trump was asked about the Cornell rape case. He didn’t address the allegations. He attacked Letitia James, calling her “corrupt” and claiming anyone she investigates “won’t get a fair shake.” Trump’s sympathy clearly isn’t with the survivor. 2311374440
Reposted by BirgerMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dave Brubeck’s 1960’s Connecticut home was as cool as his music. 1292924351
Reposted by BirgerJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Nothing to lose." Read that again. It's the most dangerous phrase in business, in negotiation, and in war. Per US officials…Trump is reportedly weighing boots on the ground in Iran after the midterms. When a man stops counting the cost….we damn sure better be. 47887323
Reposted by BirgerJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hard working men and women are struggling to put gas in their cars, and the orange lard ass is worried about how Richard f*cking NIXON was treated. Vote Blue. Be responsible for 5 others doing the same. 15746931341
Reposted by BirgerMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here's your reminder that border czar Tom Homan, who is terrorizing hard-working immigrants, took $50,000 in an FBI bribery sting. The Trump regime killed the probe, and there’s no indication that Homan paid the money back to the taxpayers – or even paid taxes on the "income."ms.nowTom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025. 30544260
Reposted by BirgerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 329111004314
Reposted by BirgerMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 02/10/2026With everything else going on it can be easy to forget how much we're making Cuba suffer right now.nytimes.comCoast Guard Says It Stopped Ships Carrying Fuel to Cuba (Gift Article)The Coast Guard has intercepted two small boats it says was carrying illegal fuel to Cuba as the United States enforces an fuel blockade aimed at Cuba’s Communist government. 917574
Reposted by BirgerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor) 41997503551
Birger @birgerseidel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not necessarily, no. Not exclusively. Assume you are naturalized but feel violent criminal Hispanics reflect badly on you, then securing the border and deporting violent criminals would perhaps promises you that your social standing would improve over time as a result +violent crime rates would sink 020
Reposted by BirgerRep. Robert Garcia @robertgarcia.house.gov · 02/10/2026This corruption must be investigated. 900160276253
Reposted by BirgerKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026UPDATE: Despite being ordered by Judge Sullivan to produce a certified list of the contents of the Administrative Record by Oct. 1st, Todd Blanche once again has decided he doesn't want to comply. I explain why Blanche would want to avoid producing this court-ordered info: youtu.be/junhrisxRlg?...youtu.be🚨AG Blanche IGNORES JUDGE'S ORDERS And TRIES To DELAY MY Epstein LAWSUIT!!YouTube video by Katie Phang 66669582764
Reposted by BirgerMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers. 528073
Reposted by BirgerRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hispanics working in the USA 👏🏽 48977682272
Reposted by BirgerMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When white nationalist are a part of your voting base 24362461243
Reposted by BirgerAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug. 36656642248
Reposted by BirgerMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election. 65893863984
Reposted by BirgerMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump and Hegseth have killed 230+ people on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific with no proof they did anything wrong, no congressional approval, no nothing. Just 2 unhinged fascists ordering our military to commit murder. Vote against all Republicans for the sake of all that is decent. 23778256