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Max Berger

@maxberger.bsky.social
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Co-Founder Momentum Training Institute, IfNotNow, More Perfect Union. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc. Tottenham until they kill me.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 2h
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2h
We don’t spend enough time talking about just how WEIRD all these people are. This is just an incredibly weird and insecure thing to say. Imagine any other SecDef ever being this weird and insecure?!
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 2h
I think there should be sporting sanctions against Man City for their cheating. But, the fans, the players and the vast majority of staff did nothing wrong. The ruling family of Abu Dhabi should be punish and should be forced to relinquish ownership of the club. To me, that’s the central issue.
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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 22h
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 19h
Know their names: Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Diego Sarabia, Gillio Lopes, Winston Lee, Johnathan Newell and Matthew Ingalls #Cornell7 But also, everyone in the group chat, the administrators, university, and DA. SHAME.
Cornell 7Disgusting chat
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 21h
Everyone tryna be @pablo.show these days
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I totally get why UK reporters can’t be this direct given the libel laws there. But, the Man City situation should be described as “the ruling family of an absolute monarchy cheated to buy Premier League titles.” The club’s fans, the vast majority of staff and players did nothing wrong.
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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William Lawrence @wewill2026.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s happening again: Elon Musk is spending thousands to elect his data center champion Tom Barrett.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a kind of a thing that happens when you put a fourth-tier podcaster in charge of the FBI.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What if we lived in a society?
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Going to work now feels like doing homework after the teacher quit and told the class that education is fake. Everyone just coasting on inertia and hoping there's still a point to all this
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026
"it certainly sounds like the US government through the DFC is being used leverage a deal for business pals of the Trump family." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...
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US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies
This has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell....
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
its part of the reason younger dems like aoc and maxwell frost and others are so much more hard edged vs the gop than establishment dems. when aoc was 14, bush invaded iraq. for her entire life she's seen gop going buck wild and then try to tear down a dem president. they know its war
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The aesthetics of American fascism are so incredibly ass. Leni Riefenstahl is rolling in her grave!
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.
Line chart titled "Revenue per audit," subtitled "In-person audits, 2010-2014." It plots average revenue and average cost per audit by taxpayer income percentile, poorer to richer, from the 0–5th percentile to the top 0.1%. Source: Boning et al. 2023, "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution."

Across the bottom half of the income distribution, revenue and cost track closely, both around $3,000–$6,000 per audit. Above the median, revenue pulls ahead of cost: about $10,000 vs. $5,000 near the 90th percentile, and about $17,000 vs. $8,000 at the 95th–99th. At the top, revenue jumps to about $31,000 for the 99–99.9th percentile and about $90,000 for the top 0.1%.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
BLANCHE: AI has a lot of benefits. The fact that AI is able to understand what you want, where you want to shop -- you don't know it, but you actually benefit from that CAMPOS DUFFY: I don't want that! BLANCHE: I know you think you don't, but it's not all bad CD: I don't want my govt spying on me
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ve floated, “GET YOUR HAND OUT MY POCKET, FOOL” for this purpose. So far no takers.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of my most galaxy-brained takes is that politicians and political groups should talk more about workers’ share of national income. It's one of the clearest, simplest ways to describe how billionaires and corporate elites captured so much of the economy--and something policy can change.
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U.S. workers' share of national income falls to a new low
Labor's bargaining position has worsened markedly in the last half-decade.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You've heard about Erica Chenoweth's groundbreaking research on nonviolent people's movements—how just 3.5% of the population engaging in sustained protest can topple an authoritarian regime. Join us at 3pm ET to talk with Erica about No Kings 10/17, and what we need to prepare for after that.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026
Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/09/2026
With just under one month to go until the next No Kings, there are already more than 1,000 events on the map. That means October 17 will be the largest early vote activation in American history. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 23/09/2026
There is a plus side to this: A large WPA-style jobs program hiring people to undo all this shit.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So many of these dudes belong in jail.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BREAKING: Kalshi is asking the CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, which would let users gamble with borrowed funds. www.cnbc.com/2026/09/22/k...
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Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, letting users buy with borrowed funds
It's the latest move by the company as it and other event contract exchanges seek to gain greater participation by institutional traders.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I met AOC when she was a bartender and I worked at Justice Democrats. It was clear from the start that she was a generational talent. In 2016 and 2020, the left wasn’t ready to staff a presidential. By 2028, she and we will be ready. It’s time for AOC 2028.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
The outright refusal to treat white supremacy as an ideology which motivates action and treat it as generally objectionable is what allows this strategy to be viable for Elon Musk.
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Molly Redden @mtredden.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Exclusive: In late 2024, FBI agents were looking at Sen. Susan Collins’ role in a massive illegal bribery scheme alleged by a former federal contractor. Then Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, leaving no one to carry on the investigation – it’s dead. 🧵
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21/09/2026
Trump will try to sabotage the midterms. We know it’s coming and we know the only thing that stops it is mass, organized, nonviolent, insistent people power. We can’t wait until election sabotage happens to build the force that responds. Let’s get to work. 👇
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Join Our Midterm Election Protection Program
In 2026 we are building our strongest election protection program ever, in all 50 states. We’re going to bring Indivisible’s grassroots organizing force out to ensure that whatever tricks they try to ...
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AI is unpopular. The public overwhelmingly supports aggressive AI regulation; it overwhelmingly opposes further investment in AI infrastructure. Naturally, Dems are telling frontline members to ̶d̶o̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶u̶l̶a̶r̶i̶s̶m̶ curl into the fetal position to appease the mean tech men. There is another way.
offmessage.net
A.I. Risk And The End Of The Neoliberal Style In Politics
You can’t make pragmatic compromises with predatory counterparties.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Look, it’s bad that Trump’s war in Iran has pushed gas prices up to historic highs, but it’s a small price to pay for not releasing the Epstein Files.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So in addition to being a former clerk to SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch, Mike Davis’ lobbying clients include Hewlett Packard and Walmart. Have the CEOs of those companies been asked to “disavow” and “sever their relationships” with Mike Davis?? He is a grotesque racist.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tottenham till I die (I’m gonna kms)
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 17/09/2026
When will the people who argued in April 2025 that Democrats should stay silent on immigration own up to being frankly just disastrously wrong about the politics of mass deportations? Their punditry basically bordered on enablement
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
gizmodo.com
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
ESPN needs to make a top 10 Dad plays of the year category
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The next reconstruction: - Expand the House to 700 Seats - Use MMP to create a multi-party system with PR - Use RCV for US Senate elections - End the filibuster + add DC - Limit the power of the Supreme Court - Expand the court to 13 Justices - Term limits and ethics rules for the court
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Trump administration launched the war in Iran to distract from their refusal to release the Epstein Files. Now, they're sending Congress home so they can't impeach the Secretary of Defense for fucking up the war in Iran. This regime is a trash-fire ouroboros.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's time to Freeze AI.
irreplaceable.org
National Walkout to Freeze AI — Irreplaceable
Join the national walkout and demand a freeze on AI development. Sign the demand, walk out, and get on the mass call.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Arrest him?
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Exclusive: FBI Builds Out National NSPM-7 Center to Track Dissent, Docs Show
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Exclusive: FBI Builds Out National NSPM-7 Center to Track Dissent, Docs Show
The FBI has tapped employees from across federal law enforcement to crack...
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It would be so sick if we had a “government” or “laws” instead of being ruled by a horde of fascist pedophile criminals.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/09/2026
Millions of us will be gathering on October 17 for No Kings: Vote Early not just to send a message, but to wield our power. Let’s turn out in historic numbers for the early vote and make our democracy undeniable. Join us!
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No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PSA: No Kings is a coalition, not an org, and it does not do fundraising appeals for itself. Partner orgs raise money for costs we're incurring to put it on. But if you get a text from "NO KINGS" or a PAC you've never heard of before asking for $ that is a scam and you should block/shame away.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026
this guy is one of the architects of a war that might rank as one of the worst strategic missteps in american military history and here is on CBS getting a softball interview about his feelings
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