Jesse Berney
@jesseberney.com
Writer. 20+ years in politics, advocacy, and labor. Masters candidate in counseling and clinical intern therapist. He/him. DC.
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Jesse Berney
@jesseberney.com
· Nov 6
I know it's cringe as fuck, but small acts of kindness are going to be so important for the foreseeable future.
Being kind and doing kind things can be your lifeline. It can keep you sane.
Being kind and doing kind things can be your lifeline. It can keep you sane.
We talk about all the people in the WH, DOJ, DOD, and DHS who need to be prosecuted when this is all over, but we need to put some of these HHS monsters in prison too.
The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...
Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application
The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.
www.statnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
We talk about all the people in the WH, DOJ, DOD, and DHS who need to be prosecuted when this is all over, but we need to put some of these HHS monsters in prison too.
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I think it was @ryanlcooper.com who said if there ever was a time for speedy creative law following but norm breaking and writing things like on a napkin or w/e and bringing it to be voted on with the cameras on, that was the time. People (moronically) thought trump had done their work for them
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I think it was @ryanlcooper.com who said if there ever was a time for speedy creative law following but norm breaking and writing things like on a napkin or w/e and bringing it to be voted on with the cameras on, that was the time. People (moronically) thought trump had done their work for them
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I spent the morning at the DOJ looking at the unredacted Epstein files. Here are my initial thoughts and what I’ve found, so far.
Rep. Stansbury: I viewed the unredacted Esptein files earlier today
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I spent the morning at the DOJ looking at the unredacted Epstein files. Here are my initial thoughts and what I’ve found, so far.
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Somewhere in a once-opulent mansion in Beverly Hills, now not quite dilapidated, but far from its former glory, hydroxychloroquine sits up on a satin bench before an enormous make-up mirror, wrapped in a marabou-trimmed silk robe, staring, wondering, where did it all go wrong
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Somewhere in a once-opulent mansion in Beverly Hills, now not quite dilapidated, but far from its former glory, hydroxychloroquine sits up on a satin bench before an enormous make-up mirror, wrapped in a marabou-trimmed silk robe, staring, wondering, where did it all go wrong
The real loser in all this is hydroxychloroquine, remember when it was the cure-all of the moment?
So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The real loser in all this is hydroxychloroquine, remember when it was the cure-all of the moment?
What the hell
F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:06 PM
What the hell
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MINNESOTA IS NOT OK. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE TALKING ABOUT MINNESOTA… THEY ARE LITERALLY FEEDING FAMILIES THROUGH UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STYLE ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND APPARENTLY HELICOPTERS AND DRONES FLY OVERHEAD CONSTANTLY EVEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 AM
MINNESOTA IS NOT OK. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE TALKING ABOUT MINNESOTA… THEY ARE LITERALLY FEEDING FAMILIES THROUGH UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STYLE ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND APPARENTLY HELICOPTERS AND DRONES FLY OVERHEAD CONSTANTLY EVEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
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snoot down butt up
that’s the way i like my pups
that’s the way i like my pups
This is Ladybird. She's politely requesting butt pats. Will accept them for as long as you're willing to provide them. Could be days. Weeks even. 13/10 (TT: christina.stamper5)
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
snoot down butt up
that’s the way i like my pups
that’s the way i like my pups
Imagine if people put money into Karen's resistance school they way they did Bari Weiss's school for racists.
Friends!
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
Tuesday, Feb. 10th, at 6:00 pm EST, @resistanceschool.bsky.social will host our very first virtual public salon!
We will discuss the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and why the system erases white martyrs in the fight for civil rights.
Register here: buy.stripe.com/28EfZi7VN6RA...
February 11, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Imagine if people put money into Karen's resistance school they way they did Bari Weiss's school for racists.
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everyone with an IQ above paste could have predicted this would happen: anyway; these Meta glasses are ontologically evil and anyone who wears them is a creeping blood-worm who should be chased from society with stones and sharp sticks
Social media is awash with videos of men filming themselves approaching women in public spaces and attempting to flirt. In many cases, the videos are filmed and uploaded without the women’s consent. https://cnn.it/4qtIsvB
February 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
everyone with an IQ above paste could have predicted this would happen: anyway; these Meta glasses are ontologically evil and anyone who wears them is a creeping blood-worm who should be chased from society with stones and sharp sticks
evil
The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said, in another setback for the technology that’s been a target of some Trump administration health officials. https://cnn.it/4kt8iyn
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 AM
evil
Obviously it's satisfying to see someone who works for ICE humiliated, but let's not forget that the crimes that ICE is committing every day is not incidental to their jobs but them doing their jobs as ordered.
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
February 10, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Obviously it's satisfying to see someone who works for ICE humiliated, but let's not forget that the crimes that ICE is committing every day is not incidental to their jobs but them doing their jobs as ordered.
"FUCK ICE" -the US bobsled team
Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
"FUCK ICE" -the US bobsled team
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Was talking to one of the guys doing some work on my house and he's paying $500 a month for his son's student loan interest so that when he graduates from college, he doesn't have to deal with the compounded interest and I just ... want better for students and their families than this.
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Was talking to one of the guys doing some work on my house and he's paying $500 a month for his son's student loan interest so that when he graduates from college, he doesn't have to deal with the compounded interest and I just ... want better for students and their families than this.
honestly it was worse than 9/11
I don't see how we recover as a country from a man singing in spanish on our teevees
I don't see how we recover as a country from a man singing in spanish on our teevees
Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) says House Rs are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show & talking with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Alford says he didn't watch the whole thing & also doesn't know Spanish but suspects it might have been "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction"
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
honestly it was worse than 9/11
I don't see how we recover as a country from a man singing in spanish on our teevees
I don't see how we recover as a country from a man singing in spanish on our teevees
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I honestly don't know what the Democrats are promising to do if they win in November (either in the House or Senate).
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I honestly don't know what the Democrats are promising to do if they win in November (either in the House or Senate).
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SUSPECTED POLITICAL MESSAGE
I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 AM
SUSPECTED POLITICAL MESSAGE
guys look at what we missed last night
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
guys look at what we missed last night
Honestly if Lego doesn't come out with a Bad Bunny Superbowl LX Halftime Show set, they are throwing money away.
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Honestly if Lego doesn't come out with a Bad Bunny Superbowl LX Halftime Show set, they are throwing money away.
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Hi I’m convicted rapist Mike Tyson here to remind you that fat people are gross
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Hi I’m convicted rapist Mike Tyson here to remind you that fat people are gross
SUSPECTED POLITICAL MESSAGE
I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 AM
SUSPECTED POLITICAL MESSAGE
SUSPECTED POLITICAL MESSAGE
I'M DYING
I'M DYING
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
SUSPECTED POLITICAL MESSAGE
I'M DYING
I'M DYING
the real winner of tonight's super bowl is friendship
February 9, 2026 at 3:07 AM
the real winner of tonight's super bowl is friendship
Party tip, read this out loud to everyone you're watching the super bowl with, it was super fun
February 9, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Party tip, read this out loud to everyone you're watching the super bowl with, it was super fun
WAIT THAT WAS ACTUALLY LIAM RAMOS?!?!?
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
WAIT THAT WAS ACTUALLY LIAM RAMOS?!?!?