Chris Berez
@chrisberez.bsky.social
Liverpool, Freiburg, Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics, Lynx, tennis. I love comics and cats. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱
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Also depressing that a lot of the replies are trying to explain to Extremely Online Lefties that demands that do something actually do something, which they refuse to believe because it fits their world view better if nothing does anything.
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Also depressing that a lot of the replies are trying to explain to Extremely Online Lefties that demands that do something actually do something, which they refuse to believe because it fits their world view better if nothing does anything.
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in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 AM
in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits
Pink Floyd “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict”
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Pink Floyd “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict”
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that stage of society when school children share the bond of having endured the camps together
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 2:12 AM
that stage of society when school children share the bond of having endured the camps together
This dude is an even bigger scumbag and coward than this. He didn’t just attack the group. No, first he singled out the girl in the group and attacked her. These are the dudes who think they’re alphas.
Texas man arrested after he started fight with high schoolers who walked out of class to protest ICE www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
February 5, 2026 at 12:54 AM
This dude is an even bigger scumbag and coward than this. He didn’t just attack the group. No, first he singled out the girl in the group and attacked her. These are the dudes who think they’re alphas.
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Dunno if you saw the video but this 40-something F-150 skinhead got his shit catastrophically rocked by a bunch of teenagers
Texas man arrested after he started fight with high schoolers who walked out of class to protest ICE www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
February 5, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Dunno if you saw the video but this 40-something F-150 skinhead got his shit catastrophically rocked by a bunch of teenagers
To be clear, I’m not into horses. I don’t know much about horses. To my knowledge, I’ve never in any way expressed or maybe even hinted at an interest in horses. So why is Windows asking me about horses? I didn’t even know what a Konik is. I had to Google that.
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
To be clear, I’m not into horses. I don’t know much about horses. To my knowledge, I’ve never in any way expressed or maybe even hinted at an interest in horses. So why is Windows asking me about horses? I didn’t even know what a Konik is. I had to Google that.
HOW WAS THIS ALL JUST HAPPENING AND NO ONE DID ANYTHING
HOW?????
HOW?????
Among the emails was a 2009 missive in which Mr. Ross responded supportively when Mr. Epstein told him he was contemplating funding an art exhibition, tentatively titled “Statutory,” that would showcase underage models dressed to look older than they were.
Former Whitney Chief Resigns From Art School After Epstein Email Release
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
HOW WAS THIS ALL JUST HAPPENING AND NO ONE DID ANYTHING
HOW?????
HOW?????
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FACT CHECK:
✅Arrests of people with no criminal record surged by 2,450%
✅Only 5-7% have violent criminal convictions
✅74% have NO criminal convictions
✅Number of children held by DHS jumps 6x
www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
✅Arrests of people with no criminal record surged by 2,450%
✅Only 5-7% have violent criminal convictions
✅74% have NO criminal convictions
✅Number of children held by DHS jumps 6x
www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
February 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
FACT CHECK:
✅Arrests of people with no criminal record surged by 2,450%
✅Only 5-7% have violent criminal convictions
✅74% have NO criminal convictions
✅Number of children held by DHS jumps 6x
www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
✅Arrests of people with no criminal record surged by 2,450%
✅Only 5-7% have violent criminal convictions
✅74% have NO criminal convictions
✅Number of children held by DHS jumps 6x
www.cato.org/blog/5-ice-d...
Wow this is stunning. It also answers a question I was wondering and that others on here were asking, which is why doesn’t she resign. Apparently she’s tried to quit and DOJ won’t let her because they don’t have/can’t find a replacement.
And this is utterly insane:
And this is utterly insane:
February 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Wow this is stunning. It also answers a question I was wondering and that others on here were asking, which is why doesn’t she resign. Apparently she’s tried to quit and DOJ won’t let her because they don’t have/can’t find a replacement.
And this is utterly insane:
And this is utterly insane:
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You know who *else* disrupts churches, intimidates clergy and obstructs families trying to worship? [@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social]
ICE Was Terrorizing Worshipers Long Before Don Lemon Entered a Church
Let’s take a stroll through the last year.
www.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
You know who *else* disrupts churches, intimidates clergy and obstructs families trying to worship? [@adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social]
Wow. Was genuinely steeling myself for SCOTUS to find a way to strike down CA after having upheld TX. I guess my cynicism was unwarranted this time.
Looking forward to the inevitable Trump meltdown even though he’s the one who started this.
Looking forward to the inevitable Trump meltdown even though he’s the one who started this.
Supreme Court lets California use congressional map that favors Dems
In a move that will make it harder for the GOP to keep control of Congress, the Supreme Court said the state can use a congressional map that favors Democrats.
www.usatoday.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Wow. Was genuinely steeling myself for SCOTUS to find a way to strike down CA after having upheld TX. I guess my cynicism was unwarranted this time.
Looking forward to the inevitable Trump meltdown even though he’s the one who started this.
Looking forward to the inevitable Trump meltdown even though he’s the one who started this.
No details on whether she picked them up from a truck stop egg salad sandwich.
This is also not her coming out as a Trill, which is disappointing.
This is also not her coming out as a Trill, which is disappointing.
'The Crown' star Claire Foy says she had internal parasites for 'at least five years'
'The Crown' star Claire Foy says she had internal parasites for 'at least five years'
Claire Foy says she had parasites for years, quit caffeine and changed her diet to avoid antibiotics while managing an autoimmune condition.
www.wcvb.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:32 PM
No details on whether she picked them up from a truck stop egg salad sandwich.
This is also not her coming out as a Trill, which is disappointing.
This is also not her coming out as a Trill, which is disappointing.
The “hateful rhetoric” has been entirely from the right. But ok, I get that what he means here specifically is any and all criticism of/protest against DHS/ICE. Fine. So what he’s saying very plainly is, “Criticizing us is to blame for us executing you. You were warned.”
Homan: "I said back in March of this year [sic] that if the hateful rhetoric didn't stop I was afraid there would be bloodshed. And there has been."
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The “hateful rhetoric” has been entirely from the right. But ok, I get that what he means here specifically is any and all criticism of/protest against DHS/ICE. Fine. So what he’s saying very plainly is, “Criticizing us is to blame for us executing you. You were warned.”
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
Speaking to WaPo employees, editor Matt Murray says cuts are about “positioning ourselves to become more essential to people's lives, and what is becoming a more crowded, competitive and complicated media landscape, and after some years when, candidly, the Post has had struggles to do that."
February 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
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ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational
What Bezos has done to the Post is a travesty. I was reading the paper daily from when I was 11 or 12. One of the most important newspapers in this nation’s history. And I read the book section was one of the first sections I opened to every Sunday. There’s no getting over this loss.
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
What Bezos has done to the Post is a travesty. I was reading the paper daily from when I was 11 or 12. One of the most important newspapers in this nation’s history. And I read the book section was one of the first sections I opened to every Sunday. There’s no getting over this loss.
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you may think this is bad but tbf the Bezos empire had to carve out a lot of money for the Melania movie bribe so you know, pros and cons
I’m not a fancy big city businessman but it’s called The Washington Post and to nuke local dc coverage, coverage of official Washington’s actions at home and abroad, roll back coverage of insignificant things that nobody cares about like *checks notes* sports(?!?!?)seems like a bad business decision
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
you may think this is bad but tbf the Bezos empire had to carve out a lot of money for the Melania movie bribe so you know, pros and cons
What really irritates me is the strictly performative nature of this. It isn’t principled. Trump doesn’t know a single fact about Columbus, and I doubt Stephen Miller does either, other than what he can glean from scanning Wikipedia. But this will “own the libs,” so we get to burn time and resources
Trump’s latest White House remake? Adding a Columbus statue to the grounds
Trump’s latest White House remake? Adding a Columbus statue to the grounds
Trump’s latest White House remake? Adding a Columbus statue to the grounds
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
What really irritates me is the strictly performative nature of this. It isn’t principled. Trump doesn’t know a single fact about Columbus, and I doubt Stephen Miller does either, other than what he can glean from scanning Wikipedia. But this will “own the libs,” so we get to burn time and resources
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NEW: The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
NEW: The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
They voted for this. They voted for these policies. And more to the point, they voted for this AGAIN after it was disastrous for them his first term. But because they got a massive bailout they erased the actual economic reality from their minds. No one gets to act surprised about ANY OF THIS!
February 4, 2026 at 1:31 PM
They voted for this. They voted for these policies. And more to the point, they voted for this AGAIN after it was disastrous for them his first term. But because they got a massive bailout they erased the actual economic reality from their minds. No one gets to act surprised about ANY OF THIS!
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This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
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i cant even begin to tell you how goddam sick i am of society wasting our time and resources on humoring morons
NFLPA monitoring electromagnetic field situation at Super Bowl stadium due to player concerns reut.rs/3ZgbxiY
NFLPA monitoring electromagnetic field situation at Super Bowl stadium due to player concerns
NFL Players Association officials said on Tuesday that after players expressed concern they had started monitoring an issue related to electromagnetic interference (EMF) at Levi's Stadium, where the Super Bowl is set for Sunday.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:12 AM
i cant even begin to tell you how goddam sick i am of society wasting our time and resources on humoring morons