Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 4hI keep seeing this same report, worded the same way every time, that republicans in Congress are “pushing back,” but I have yet to see anything about what that means, other than just a few reps saying they don’t like it. Which is meaningless, and does nothing to stop it. 010
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 6hWhen Dems take the House, dragging Elon in front of Congress needs to be one of the numerous top priorities. 031
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 7hProbably the same dudes who think they could win a point off of Serena Williams. Men are dumb.wired.comMen Can’t Stop Faking How Much They Know About AIMore than half of the men surveyed in a new Harvard study claimed to recognize AI leaders who were, in fact, totally fictional. 000
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 16hNo matter what happens the night of November 3rd, no matter if the blue tsunami materializes or not, I am going to make sure to have a bottle of champagne on ice; because even if all that happens is Susan Collins loses her precious Senate seat, I will pop the cork. That’s how much I loathe Collins. 010
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Does… does she understand what her job actually is, or…? 000
Reposted by Chris BerezJody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 12/10/2026Shoutout to the sales rep in Oregon who sold the slot, didn’t say a word, and kept it moving. 794784625
Reposted by Chris BerezChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Reyes: Know what I find most frustrating about this? [Silence.] Gov't: No, your honor. Noting that the court was told repeatedly that nothing was happening and that there was no urgency, Reyes calls the Trump admin's behavior "completely beyond the pale" and their claims "preposterous." 226631
Reposted by Chris BerezAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026This is a significant worsening of our current state of constitutional collapse. I know it feels like there are so many, and there are, but in terms of crossing the Rubicon moments this one's up there. 242357380
Reposted by Chris BerezAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It matters that she's a member of Congress. This is an extreme escalation. He is attacking a member of the one body with the constitutional power to hold him accountable and check his crimes. And he's doing so trying to gin up a fake basis to strip her of her eligibility to be in Congress. 72517465
Reposted by Chris BerezAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Doing a pre-dawn house raid is obviously being done as thuggish intimidation and as a literally violent assault on her and her family. Overaggressive raids happen in other contexts but in this case it's going out of their way to do politically targeted state terrorism. 42221319
Reposted by Chris BerezAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...theatlantic.comTrump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal ClearThe president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. 1332212992
Reposted by Chris BerezDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The Omar story today and the Talarcio story yesterday are the same story of rat-fucking your opponents before an election. Except now the government does it, out in the open. 5046401020
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Trump weaponized the DOJ against a 21-year-old college student for producing a video report. And a judge signed off on this. 100
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 12/10/2026wired.comFeds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s ProducerInvestigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate. 100
Reposted by Chris BerezLynne @lynne-sails.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"The Yale Budget Lab projects that staffing cuts will reduce IRS revenues by $600 billion over ten years." 26727
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 12/10/2026You know how they say that when you die, your life flashes before your eyes? If you’re a lawyer standing in front of the bench, and the judge yells, “I am thoroughly unamused right now!” does your legal career flash before your eyes? 010
Reposted by Chris BerezDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 12/10/2026i see jacobin is publishing reactionary shit again ... much revolution; so wow. 5832
Reposted by Chris BerezAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12/10/2026An important bit of immigration law which is relevant here; there is already a waiver process — Section 212(k) of the INA — by which immigrants who obtain status through fraud that they didn't know about can avoid consequences like losing a green card. So this is *even weaker* than it already seems. 622816864
Reposted by Chris BerezAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There will be a lot of equivocating about all the times search warrants have been executed on members of Congress for corruption investigations and the like, and it can't be stressed enough in how many ways HSI raiding Ilhan Omar is extremely not like that. 3547011544
Reposted by Chris BerezAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Trump does not accept Congress is the legitimately elected and constitutionally empowered legislative body in this country. He is waging a yearslong, escalating campaign of rebellion, violence, and state terrorism against its authority and will stop at nothing short of its total disempowerment. 16424104
Reposted by Chris BerezBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Conservatives have been screaming bloody murder that Jack Smith lawfully collected call data on Trump allies in 2023 and 2024. But executing a search warrant on Omar’s house a few weeks before the election is totally cool. 21859195
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Friend, get hip Would I climb aboard this ship If I didn’t have odds the Earth was highly spherical? 000
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Nothing can “fall apart” if it never existed to begin with. It was obvious when Trump posted that this morning that he was making it up out of thin air like always. 000
Reposted by Chris BerezDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This is what competitive authoritarianism looks like - we still have elections, but under conditions that are not equal and not fair. 4640210
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 11/10/2026This is the kind of headline/article so specifically geared towards me it’s like it was engineered in a lab. 000
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It really can’t be overstated: journalists threw themselves a big party celebrating the First Amendment, with Donald Trump as the guest of honor.nytimes.comJustice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool CoverageMajor TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump. 000
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ukraine needs to continue its successful drone attacks on Russian refineries, and strikes in Russian cities as much as possible. Trump will respond by cutting off intelligence sharing, and when that happens, our allies in the Five Eyes need to retaliate by cutting us out. 000
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Yeah, all of them love Putin as much as Trump does. Its sickening. 010
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 09/10/2026American taxpayers are now funding Putin’s campaign to wipe Ukraine from the face of the earth and erase its existence from living memory. 100
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Oh you have got to be kidding mecnbc.comTrump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets 100
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Man, the recent slate of book adaptations have been getting absolutely savaged. The Dog Stars, Verity, Other Mommy (based on Incidents Around the House)… Really hope Whalefall bucks this trend. 000
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 08/10/2026All he ever does is play games. Issuing the same threat over and over that everyone on the planet knows by now he’s not going to ever carry out is the definition of “playing games.” 020
Reposted by Chris BerezAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026they did the thing 254162533723
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 08/10/2026@dawnsummers.bsky.social Have you read NIGHT OBJECTS by Eli Raphael? 000
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I know there’s a new outrage every 5 minutes with this administration—it’s a deluge of corruption and evil. But even so, this story is truly stunning. This isn’t a scandal, it’s a catastrophe. I mean, my god, it’s bad enough the way Jared’s awful father is behaving in France, this boggles the mind.wsj.comExclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex AccountText messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece. 011
Reposted by Chris BerezAndrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Yankees lost and the world is a marginally better place than it was an hour ago. 173
Reposted by Chris BerezAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is not the kind of thing you worry about if you're leaving office and accept the other party might win an election in a couple of years. 71566157
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Absolutely fucking not are you kidding me????wapo.stTrump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf course into the new Camp DavidThe plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course. 000
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You guys I’m starting to think Scott Bessent may not have any idea what he is doing. I dunno, gut feeling. 010
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Heckuva job, Bessent! Maybe you can try buying back bonds a third time. Working like a charm! 100
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Gonna be difficult for Dems to do anything on day one when Mike Johnson refuses to seat them. 000
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 06/10/2026static.klipy.comKirsten Dunst Says Buh ByeALT: Kirsten Dunst Says Buh Bye 000
Reposted by Chris BerezPaul Tremblay @paultremblay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hey ebookers, you can get DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP for 2.99. That price abides. bookriot.com/category/dea...bookriot.comFind Daily Book Deals At Book RiotWe hand-pick the best book deals, every day, from every genre. If you're looking for cheap books, check back here every day, or sign up for our newsletter! 01710
Chris Berez @chrisberez.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Pneumonic plague out of Russia? Huh. Something about that sounds vaguely familiar… 060