Josh Berkstresser
@theberk.bsky.social
Earned a Masters in History but decided to make money in cooperate learning/learning design. Opinions are my own.
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Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.
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I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
January 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.
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It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It's time to abolish Trump’s ICE.
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Well well well. He had a permit to carry after all.
Murder
Murder
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Well well well. He had a permit to carry after all.
Murder
Murder
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I know the idea of “better” policing is as old a demand as civil rights movements in this country, the impulse to call for it at this moment is so terribly cruel that it can only be understood as aligned with the terrorists.
January 24, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I know the idea of “better” policing is as old a demand as civil rights movements in this country, the impulse to call for it at this moment is so terribly cruel that it can only be understood as aligned with the terrorists.
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Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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Men with permits to carry handguns are this week's annoying lesbian wine moms
by Bret Stephens and Ross Douthat
by Bret Stephens and Ross Douthat
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Men with permits to carry handguns are this week's annoying lesbian wine moms
by Bret Stephens and Ross Douthat
by Bret Stephens and Ross Douthat
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The whole idea of “illegal” immigrants is astounding to me: you mean people want to come live here and infuse the community with vibrancy and culture while also adding to our tax base and providing needed labor and new consumers for local businesses???
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The whole idea of “illegal” immigrants is astounding to me: you mean people want to come live here and infuse the community with vibrancy and culture while also adding to our tax base and providing needed labor and new consumers for local businesses???
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Louvre worthy
January 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Louvre worthy
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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A huge part of being a human being is surrendering to an experience.
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
A huge part of being a human being is surrendering to an experience.
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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I WANT LEADERS AS ANGRY AS WE ARE
January 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I WANT LEADERS AS ANGRY AS WE ARE
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Historian here 2026 and we are back there.
January 7, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Historian here 2026 and we are back there.
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Our Founders would have had it well before now, gang.
They rioted over tea for crying out loud.
We are well past tea.
They rioted over tea for crying out loud.
We are well past tea.
January 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Our Founders would have had it well before now, gang.
They rioted over tea for crying out loud.
We are well past tea.
They rioted over tea for crying out loud.
We are well past tea.
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Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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I'm not going to quote tweet, but I promise you that people do not "need" to see the video. I don't want to tell people what to post now that I know we have the tools for disabling videos. However, you don't need to see someone dehumanized to care for them if you already believe in their humanity.
January 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I'm not going to quote tweet, but I promise you that people do not "need" to see the video. I don't want to tell people what to post now that I know we have the tools for disabling videos. However, you don't need to see someone dehumanized to care for them if you already believe in their humanity.
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Good day to remember you can turn auto playing videos off.
Watching violence is not good or healthy. You aren’t bearing witness in a way that materially impacts events. You are cooking your brain in trauma.
You can be aware and invested in changing the world without giving yourself PTSD.
Watching violence is not good or healthy. You aren’t bearing witness in a way that materially impacts events. You are cooking your brain in trauma.
You can be aware and invested in changing the world without giving yourself PTSD.
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Good day to remember you can turn auto playing videos off.
Watching violence is not good or healthy. You aren’t bearing witness in a way that materially impacts events. You are cooking your brain in trauma.
You can be aware and invested in changing the world without giving yourself PTSD.
Watching violence is not good or healthy. You aren’t bearing witness in a way that materially impacts events. You are cooking your brain in trauma.
You can be aware and invested in changing the world without giving yourself PTSD.
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January 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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One of the best SNL Holiday skits of all time makes this exact argument. It is pure gold.
Holiday Hot Take Number 16:
Commercials that have a person gifting a car to their spouse are fucking insane. Making a financial decision that large unilaterally and expecting your spouse to be grateful is at most a special kind of 1950s-70s nostalgic hell and at least grounds for divorce.
Commercials that have a person gifting a car to their spouse are fucking insane. Making a financial decision that large unilaterally and expecting your spouse to be grateful is at most a special kind of 1950s-70s nostalgic hell and at least grounds for divorce.
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One of the best SNL Holiday skits of all time makes this exact argument. It is pure gold.
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Again, even though the Japanese government leading up to 1945 committed terrible atrocities, none of us think that Japanese internment was caused by the Japanese government. It was caused by American racism.
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Again, even though the Japanese government leading up to 1945 committed terrible atrocities, none of us think that Japanese internment was caused by the Japanese government. It was caused by American racism.