Chris Berez
@chrisberez.bsky.social
Liverpool, Freiburg, Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics, Lynx, tennis. I love comics and cats. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱
It for real sucks so hard outside right now
February 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
It for real sucks so hard outside right now
Absolutely mortifying behavior from the petulant Toddler-in-Chief.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Absolutely mortifying behavior from the petulant Toddler-in-Chief.
I want to see actual evidence of that claim. China has not made *any* of the soybean purchases Trump has claimed they promised to make. The followup question should be: Well, if China has made all of the promised soybean purchases, why are farmers still demanding a bailout?
BARTIROMO: Do you have any estimate of when we're going to see that China trade deal in writing?
BESSENT: No. But I can tell you the Chinese have lived up to their end of the bargain. They have completed their soybean purchases. President Trump is the only world leader that Xi respects.
BESSENT: No. But I can tell you the Chinese have lived up to their end of the bargain. They have completed their soybean purchases. President Trump is the only world leader that Xi respects.
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I want to see actual evidence of that claim. China has not made *any* of the soybean purchases Trump has claimed they promised to make. The followup question should be: Well, if China has made all of the promised soybean purchases, why are farmers still demanding a bailout?
Reposted by Chris Berez
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
He was hired to murder the Post, and he did that. No reason to hang out at the scene of the crime, I guess.
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis abruptly resigns amid criticism of staff cuts
Departure comes days after newspaper laid off nearly one-third of staff, including more than 300 journalists
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
He was hired to murder the Post, and he did that. No reason to hang out at the scene of the crime, I guess.
Reposted by Chris Berez
They looked for “Don T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of “don’t”
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
They looked for “Don T” in the Epstein files and redacted all instances, which means they also redacted a lot of “don’t”
Reposted by Chris Berez
Out today— DOJ Meltdown: “The system sucks. This job sucks.” A cautionary tale for all of us.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
DOJ Meltdown:
Podcast Episode · Lawyers Behaving Badly · 02/06/2026 · 2h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Out today— DOJ Meltdown: “The system sucks. This job sucks.” A cautionary tale for all of us.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Reposted by Chris Berez
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
Reposted by Chris Berez
This is not true. All of the evidence from videos and eyewitnesses show the booing started when Vance appeared on the jumbotron. An accurate headline would say this:
"VANCE BOOED AT MILAN CORTINA OPENING CEREMONY"
"VANCE BOOED AT MILAN CORTINA OPENING CEREMONY"
In an unmistakable sign of Europe’s rapidly dimming view on America, the U.S. delegation entered the Milan Cortina Opening Ceremony to a chorus of boos and disapproving whistles from the international crowd of more than 65,000. on.wsj.com/3ZUmCq1
February 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This is not true. All of the evidence from videos and eyewitnesses show the booing started when Vance appeared on the jumbotron. An accurate headline would say this:
"VANCE BOOED AT MILAN CORTINA OPENING CEREMONY"
"VANCE BOOED AT MILAN CORTINA OPENING CEREMONY"
Oh look, two of the worst human beings on Earth hanging out.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance sat with influencer and boxer Jake Paul as they watched the U.S. women’s hockey team play Finland at the Winter Olympics on Saturday.
JD Vance and Jake Paul watch U.S. women's hockey team together at the Winter Olympics
U.S. Vice President JD Vance sat with influencer and boxer Jake Paul as they watched the U.S. women’s hockey team play Finland at the Winter Olympics.
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Oh look, two of the worst human beings on Earth hanging out.
Reposted by Chris Berez
Daniel Plainview: I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!
Miss Piggy, aghast: You what?!
Daniel: I DRINK IT UP!
Miss Piggy, swinging: HHIIYYAAA!
Miss Piggy, aghast: You what?!
Daniel: I DRINK IT UP!
Miss Piggy, swinging: HHIIYYAAA!
February 7, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Daniel Plainview: I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!
Miss Piggy, aghast: You what?!
Daniel: I DRINK IT UP!
Miss Piggy, swinging: HHIIYYAAA!
Miss Piggy, aghast: You what?!
Daniel: I DRINK IT UP!
Miss Piggy, swinging: HHIIYYAAA!
Reposted by Chris Berez
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
This is the kind of thing that makes wish I believed in Hell
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 AM
This is the kind of thing that makes wish I believed in Hell
Reposted by Chris Berez
AWFUL news tonight. This blesses the “mandatory” detention in the 5th Circuit without bond (and little chance at habeas) of every undocumented immigrant who originally entered across the border, no matter how many decades in the past.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
BREAKING: A 5th Circuit panel has backed ICE's mass detention policy, a decision that clears the way for the administration to lock up people who are in immigration proceedings
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
It's a 2-1 ruling
Majority: Jones (Reagan), Duncan (Trump)
Minority: Douglas (Obama)
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 AM
AWFUL news tonight. This blesses the “mandatory” detention in the 5th Circuit without bond (and little chance at habeas) of every undocumented immigrant who originally entered across the border, no matter how many decades in the past.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
It will fuel ICE’s push to transfer people to Texas immediately.
Reposted by Chris Berez
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
Reposted by Chris Berez
So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
So, first of all, of course it was Trump.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
But even if they were telling the truth, "We give staffers who post videos of the Obamas as apes access to the agenda-setting, decree-sending, market-moving account of the president of the United States" is not the exculpatory statement they think it is.
Reposted by Chris Berez
A new classic from yesterday
February 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
A new classic from yesterday
Reposted by Chris Berez
Every once in a while something will jump out as exceptionally offensive enough to be a minor story, but somehow it's not generally treated as a newsworthy story unto itself that the most powerful man in the world spends all day every day posting a constant stream of consciousness of deranged slop.
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Every once in a while something will jump out as exceptionally offensive enough to be a minor story, but somehow it's not generally treated as a newsworthy story unto itself that the most powerful man in the world spends all day every day posting a constant stream of consciousness of deranged slop.
Reposted by Chris Berez
NEW: Statement from NAACP president
"Donald Trump’s racist video is disgusting and utterly despicable. Trump is obviously desperate to distract us from the Epstein files and his rapidly failing economy. You know who isn’t in the Epstein files? Barack Obama"
"Donald Trump’s racist video is disgusting and utterly despicable. Trump is obviously desperate to distract us from the Epstein files and his rapidly failing economy. You know who isn’t in the Epstein files? Barack Obama"
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
NEW: Statement from NAACP president
"Donald Trump’s racist video is disgusting and utterly despicable. Trump is obviously desperate to distract us from the Epstein files and his rapidly failing economy. You know who isn’t in the Epstein files? Barack Obama"
"Donald Trump’s racist video is disgusting and utterly despicable. Trump is obviously desperate to distract us from the Epstein files and his rapidly failing economy. You know who isn’t in the Epstein files? Barack Obama"
Reposted by Chris Berez
Here’s how Karoline Leavitt is gaslighting us about the video Trump posted featuring the Obamas as monkeys:
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Here’s how Karoline Leavitt is gaslighting us about the video Trump posted featuring the Obamas as monkeys:
Reposted by Chris Berez
I like how close this comes to admitting out loud that there’s an acceptable, normal background level of racism from the president he supports.
Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had this to say:
February 6, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I like how close this comes to admitting out loud that there’s an acceptable, normal background level of racism from the president he supports.
Hollywood made a movie about this woman.
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Hollywood made a movie about this woman.
Scott will be on CNN all day defending/waiving away Trump comparing the first black president and his wife to apes during the first week of Black History month. You can take that to the bank.
CNN’s Abby Phillip Hits Scott Jennings With Devastating Receipt Over Trump and ‘Erasing’ History
CNN’s Abby Phillip Hits Scott Jennings With Devastating Receipt Over Trump and ‘Erasing’ History
Abby Phillip dropped a devastating receipt on CNN's Scott Jennings when Jennings warned that someday there would be an effort to "erase" Trump from history.
The post CNN’s Abby Phillip Hits Scott Jennings With Devastating Receipt Over Trump and ‘Erasing’ History first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
February 6, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Scott will be on CNN all day defending/waiving away Trump comparing the first black president and his wife to apes during the first week of Black History month. You can take that to the bank.
Unreal and, unfortunately, utterly unsurprising.
What the hell is the New York Times doing?
In its article on Trump posting a video that included a clip of the Obamas as apes, NYT tries to help him come up with an excuse: "It was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware that the clip had been included in the video before he shared it."
WTF.
In its article on Trump posting a video that included a clip of the Obamas as apes, NYT tries to help him come up with an excuse: "It was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware that the clip had been included in the video before he shared it."
WTF.
February 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Unreal and, unfortunately, utterly unsurprising.
So far nothing on CNN, MS NOW, NewsNation. Not even a blip buried far down on their front pages. I wouldn’t even know about it if not for the Times of London. I feel like I’m crazy. Is American news media just ignoring this stuff now?
February 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
So far nothing on CNN, MS NOW, NewsNation. Not even a blip buried far down on their front pages. I wouldn’t even know about it if not for the Times of London. I feel like I’m crazy. Is American news media just ignoring this stuff now?