Jake Berg
@jacobsberg.bsky.social
Libraries. Beer. DC. You always go to the show.
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Jake Berg
@jacobsberg.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Beer and Music, Music and Beer, 2024
The third to last and second to last sentences I wrote on this site were, "Next year is an election year, it's going to be bad. Here's hopin...
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Good morning, here's the music I listened to and the beers I drank in 2024.
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Final updated shutdown specials with it likely ending Wednesday or Thursday.
Almost 15,000 hits for me, I did this to compile for selfish reasons like I do all lists
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Almost 15,000 hits for me, I did this to compile for selfish reasons like I do all lists
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Government Shutdown Specials in DC – 2025
Updated November 11, 2025 Beginning October 1st, appropriations for most of the Federal government lapsed and a large chunk of Federal employees are furloughed while the rest are working. Almost al…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Final updated shutdown specials with it likely ending Wednesday or Thursday.
Almost 15,000 hits for me, I did this to compile for selfish reasons like I do all lists
barredindc.com/2025/10/01/d...
Almost 15,000 hits for me, I did this to compile for selfish reasons like I do all lists
barredindc.com/2025/10/01/d...
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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I guess you can quantify the massive disconnect between party leaders and the party base they loathe
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I guess you can quantify the massive disconnect between party leaders and the party base they loathe
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The fact that not a single member of the Senate Dem caucus has called for Schumer to be replaced shows you how deep the rot is. This includes Sanders and Warren.
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The fact that not a single member of the Senate Dem caucus has called for Schumer to be replaced shows you how deep the rot is. This includes Sanders and Warren.
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I feel like "this man keeps fighting for y'all not to have food" could win some folks a LOT of campaigns, and yet.....
BREAKING: Trump admin once again asked the Supreme Court to freeze full SNAP payments.
As Americans are struggling, this self-serving President is spending his time and resources trying to prevent people from getting food to feed their children.
As Americans are struggling, this self-serving President is spending his time and resources trying to prevent people from getting food to feed their children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I feel like "this man keeps fighting for y'all not to have food" could win some folks a LOT of campaigns, and yet.....
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Just imagining the media on Earth 2 on a day when President Harris's aides are fighting to withhold food stamps and raise healthcare prices for tens of millions of Americans while she hosts a former affiliate of al-Qaeda and ISIS in the Oval Office
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just imagining the media on Earth 2 on a day when President Harris's aides are fighting to withhold food stamps and raise healthcare prices for tens of millions of Americans while she hosts a former affiliate of al-Qaeda and ISIS in the Oval Office
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every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Pirro: "Mr President, there is in this room a group of people who love you, who believe in you, and who are so proud to be in this Oval Office and to be part of this amazing day because you have changed the course of America."
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
every single week they're throwing this guy a special oval office love-in that appears to be the presidential equivalent of letting your dog scarf an entire big mac and fries before that last trip to the vet
Picking tomatoes before they’re ready… 😢
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Picking tomatoes before they’re ready… 😢
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Called my reps and called them craven and said they were betraying the American people.
That was fun. (It was not. It was depressing just like it always is).
Stop assuming your Dem senators are the good guys and don't need a call.
Call anyway. It takes like 3 min.
That was fun. (It was not. It was depressing just like it always is).
Stop assuming your Dem senators are the good guys and don't need a call.
Call anyway. It takes like 3 min.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Called my reps and called them craven and said they were betraying the American people.
That was fun. (It was not. It was depressing just like it always is).
Stop assuming your Dem senators are the good guys and don't need a call.
Call anyway. It takes like 3 min.
That was fun. (It was not. It was depressing just like it always is).
Stop assuming your Dem senators are the good guys and don't need a call.
Call anyway. It takes like 3 min.
Give em a follow!
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November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Give em a follow!
Perhaps my 3rd or 4th favorite New Order album of the decade, yet I still voted for it over NIN. What does it mean? I don’t know.
The Best Album of 1989 Round 4 Match #116
#5 Nine Inch Nails, PRETTY HATE MACHINE
vs.
#12 New Order, TECHNIQUE
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#5 Nine Inch Nails, PRETTY HATE MACHINE
vs.
#12 New Order, TECHNIQUE
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The Best Album of 1989 Round 4 Match #116: Nine Inch Nails vs. New Order
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Monday, November 10th, 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 5 (Top 8) of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, ...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Perhaps my 3rd or 4th favorite New Order album of the decade, yet I still voted for it over NIN. What does it mean? I don’t know.
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I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative.
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative.
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
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Hearing from more people after this went out.
"We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."
"We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hearing from more people after this went out.
"We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."
"We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
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It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It was harder getting endorsements for Zohran Mamdani from Democrats than them caving to Republicans to mutually strip us of healthcare
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When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When you've lost *checks notes again* Chris Cillizza
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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It's not even this. The Democrats know that there is no football.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It's not even this. The Democrats know that there is no football.
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It shows Schumer no longer has the caucus.
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It shows Schumer no longer has the caucus.
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The second that east coast dem leaders have to personally face airline delays they’re ready to throw peoples healthcare under the bus
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The second that east coast dem leaders have to personally face airline delays they’re ready to throw peoples healthcare under the bus
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.