Lauren Berns
@laurenbrns.bsky.social
Anti-fascist, all day long.
Race isn't real, but racism is pervasive; act accordingly.
#WeAreOne #TheNewHumanity
Race isn't real, but racism is pervasive; act accordingly.
#WeAreOne #TheNewHumanity
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Lauren Berns
@laurenbrns.bsky.social
· Mar 8
"Written constitutions ... have no real binding force, if they are not the expression of a Constitution written in the citizen's mind." -Ernst Cassirer (paraphrasing Plato) in "The Myth of the State." (1/2)
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“These rich, powerful old men are like 11-year-old boys talking about the crush that they have, and they're asking Jeffrey Epstein for advice about this.”
Tim Miller and Alex Wagner discuss how the Epstein emails reveal how sex, power, and insecurity warped the elite.
Tim Miller and Alex Wagner discuss how the Epstein emails reveal how sex, power, and insecurity warped the elite.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“These rich, powerful old men are like 11-year-old boys talking about the crush that they have, and they're asking Jeffrey Epstein for advice about this.”
Tim Miller and Alex Wagner discuss how the Epstein emails reveal how sex, power, and insecurity warped the elite.
Tim Miller and Alex Wagner discuss how the Epstein emails reveal how sex, power, and insecurity warped the elite.
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I want to uplift the women who were girls who were raped by Epstein & Maxwell & Trump & ex-Prince Andrew & abandoned by everyone who's been scrambling lately to say that they didn't know of course they didn't know but they did know & some of them knew because they'd done it too.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I want to uplift the women who were girls who were raped by Epstein & Maxwell & Trump & ex-Prince Andrew & abandoned by everyone who's been scrambling lately to say that they didn't know of course they didn't know but they did know & some of them knew because they'd done it too.
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POLLS ARE OPEN! 🗳️
Early voting has started for the TN-7 special congressional election in Tennessee! 😍
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November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
POLLS ARE OPEN! 🗳️
Early voting has started for the TN-7 special congressional election in Tennessee! 😍
Check to see if you live in TN-7👇🏻
iwillvote.com?utm_so...
Check early voting locations👇🏻
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Early voting has started for the TN-7 special congressional election in Tennessee! 😍
Check to see if you live in TN-7👇🏻
iwillvote.com?utm_so...
Check early voting locations👇🏻
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I know SCOTUS literally already said that it was open season on any kind of Brown folk but this is another in "the irony of the error proves the stupidity of the whole entire concept".
Native American nearly deported after Polk County jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Jail staff in Des Moines told Leticia Jacobo she would be turned over to immigration agents — even though Jacobo is Native American.
www.desmoinesregister.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I know SCOTUS literally already said that it was open season on any kind of Brown folk but this is another in "the irony of the error proves the stupidity of the whole entire concept".
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everyone keeps dancing around it but JD Vance keeps trotting out the “immigrants are taking our housing“ because it’s a nativist blood libel he’s engineering alongside eg “they eat our pets” but, more specifically, it is to legitimize the dispossession, en masse, of an entire sub-population.
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
everyone keeps dancing around it but JD Vance keeps trotting out the “immigrants are taking our housing“ because it’s a nativist blood libel he’s engineering alongside eg “they eat our pets” but, more specifically, it is to legitimize the dispossession, en masse, of an entire sub-population.
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For there to be justice – in this case, the faint hope of impeaching and removing a president credibly implicated in child-sex trafficking – *elites must betray elites*. Powerful men (and they are men, let’s be real here) must find in themselves an incentive to be traitors to their class.
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
For there to be justice – in this case, the faint hope of impeaching and removing a president credibly implicated in child-sex trafficking – *elites must betray elites*. Powerful men (and they are men, let’s be real here) must find in themselves an incentive to be traitors to their class.
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CNBC says that rich New Yorkers started "looking for therapy" when they heard that Lina Khan will be co-chairing Zohran's transition team.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
CNBC says that rich New Yorkers started "looking for therapy" when they heard that Lina Khan will be co-chairing Zohran's transition team.
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Releasing the Epstein files could have a chilling effect on future presidents' ability to hide their history of raping children on a private island owned by a convicted sex offender.
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Releasing the Epstein files could have a chilling effect on future presidents' ability to hide their history of raping children on a private island owned by a convicted sex offender.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Accountability NOW across the board, bc justice matters.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Accountability NOW across the board, bc justice matters.
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JFC...
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
JFC...
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For fucks sake. He raped kids. We all know it. Have known it for years. The office, the entire government, has no dignity. We need to remove them all and start fresh with people who can rebuild trust. www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
New Epstein emails appear to reveal more Trump ties
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released several emails from the estate of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that refer to President Trump.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For fucks sake. He raped kids. We all know it. Have known it for years. The office, the entire government, has no dignity. We need to remove them all and start fresh with people who can rebuild trust. www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
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Good thing no products use aluminum. 🤡
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Good thing no products use aluminum. 🤡
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BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Amendment which strikes section which “allows senators who were legally subpoenaed during the January 6 criminal conspiracy investigation to get millions of dollars deposited into their bank accounts at taxpayer expense” voted down by Republicans
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Hey, @schumer.senate.gov!
Americans gave you a clear assignment last Tuesday, and you didn’t understand it.
Now, we are giving you another one: Step down and allow a Democrat with a spine to unite your caucus for the good of all Americans.
Remember what you told Biden? Now, tell it to yourself.
Americans gave you a clear assignment last Tuesday, and you didn’t understand it.
Now, we are giving you another one: Step down and allow a Democrat with a spine to unite your caucus for the good of all Americans.
Remember what you told Biden? Now, tell it to yourself.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Hey, @schumer.senate.gov!
Americans gave you a clear assignment last Tuesday, and you didn’t understand it.
Now, we are giving you another one: Step down and allow a Democrat with a spine to unite your caucus for the good of all Americans.
Remember what you told Biden? Now, tell it to yourself.
Americans gave you a clear assignment last Tuesday, and you didn’t understand it.
Now, we are giving you another one: Step down and allow a Democrat with a spine to unite your caucus for the good of all Americans.
Remember what you told Biden? Now, tell it to yourself.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
This British economist is one of the best explainers of the many problems in contemporary political views of how the economy works.
Why the 1970s stagflation myth still misleads our politics youtu.be/OcrGuICZUWc?... In this video, I unpack what really caused stagflation — and why repeating those mistakes today risks another lost decade for Britain.
Why the 1970s stagflation myth still misleads our politics
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This British economist is one of the best explainers of the many problems in contemporary political views of how the economy works.
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These are not legitimate police or federal government agents - they are paid bounty hunters- NO commitment to justice- only to the fee they're paid per deportation.
They're THUGS.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
Inside ICE’s Plans For A Bounty Hunter Army www.levernews.com/inside-ices-...
They're THUGS.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
Inside ICE’s Plans For A Bounty Hunter Army www.levernews.com/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Plans For A Bounty Hunter Army
Military contractors called for — and are now getting — contracts to help carry out Trump’s mass deportations, with a bounty for every immigrant they track down.
www.levernews.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
These are not legitimate police or federal government agents - they are paid bounty hunters- NO commitment to justice- only to the fee they're paid per deportation.
They're THUGS.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
Inside ICE’s Plans For A Bounty Hunter Army www.levernews.com/inside-ices-...
They're THUGS.
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #DV1 #Pinks
Inside ICE’s Plans For A Bounty Hunter Army www.levernews.com/inside-ices-...
Wow.
Quite long article, thoroughly explaining how we are failing generations of children because disproven teaching strategies that make money are harder to kill than zombies.
Quite long article, thoroughly explaining how we are failing generations of children because disproven teaching strategies that make money are harder to kill than zombies.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Wow.
Quite long article, thoroughly explaining how we are failing generations of children because disproven teaching strategies that make money are harder to kill than zombies.
Quite long article, thoroughly explaining how we are failing generations of children because disproven teaching strategies that make money are harder to kill than zombies.
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It’s interesting to meet with college students and they have NO IDEA what life was like before the ACA. They were horrified that you could be denied b/c of a pre-existing condition.
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It’s interesting to meet with college students and they have NO IDEA what life was like before the ACA. They were horrified that you could be denied b/c of a pre-existing condition.
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