Elena Berger
@zumothecat.bsky.social
Books, movies, music, cats, science, politics, word games, tennis. Bit of a daydreamer, ADHDer, digital content strategist, believer in people power and seeker of justice.
This whole article is just hilarious! But that might be because I’m playing the Benny Hill theme song on Spotify.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This whole article is just hilarious! But that might be because I’m playing the Benny Hill theme song on Spotify.
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Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon ‘sinks’ are weakening
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
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The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.
Yup.
I’d bet money that Bove will end up on the Supreme Court within two years. And despite photographic evidence, he’s young. 44.
July 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Yup.
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Despite overwhelming evidence against #EmilBove's fitness for judicial appointment, & demands from Sen Judiciary Committee Democrats to let the whistleblower testify, the GOP majority moves to full Senate nomination of Trump's former criminal defense lawyer. Watch GOPers avert #SenBooker's rebuke.
July 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Despite overwhelming evidence against #EmilBove's fitness for judicial appointment, & demands from Sen Judiciary Committee Democrats to let the whistleblower testify, the GOP majority moves to full Senate nomination of Trump's former criminal defense lawyer. Watch GOPers avert #SenBooker's rebuke.
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“My name is George Retes. I’m a 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran, a U.S. citizen, and I work as a security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California.
On July 10th, I was wrongfully detained by ICE agents while simply trying to report to work.
On July 10th, I was wrongfully detained by ICE agents while simply trying to report to work.
July 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“My name is George Retes. I’m a 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran, a U.S. citizen, and I work as a security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California.
On July 10th, I was wrongfully detained by ICE agents while simply trying to report to work.
On July 10th, I was wrongfully detained by ICE agents while simply trying to report to work.
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I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it
July 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.
And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.
Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ! Keep that filibuster going! Make them see the pain they're causing.
People will die because of the all-out Republican assault on healthcare in America.
The House Floor is now a crime scene.
The House Floor is now a crime scene.
July 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ! Keep that filibuster going! Make them see the pain they're causing.
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BREAKING: PLEASE SHARE
Christian Stephen, a member of the US military was placed on a 72 hold in a psych facility for posting this video stating that he wants to uphold our Constitution.
Christian Stephen, a member of the US military was placed on a 72 hold in a psych facility for posting this video stating that he wants to uphold our Constitution.
June 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
BREAKING: PLEASE SHARE
Christian Stephen, a member of the US military was placed on a 72 hold in a psych facility for posting this video stating that he wants to uphold our Constitution.
Christian Stephen, a member of the US military was placed on a 72 hold in a psych facility for posting this video stating that he wants to uphold our Constitution.
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“I have no doubt that, if judges must allow the Executive to act unlawfully in some circumstances, as the Court concludes today, executive lawlessness will flourish..."
@pemalevy.bsky.social unpacks KBJ's dire warning to the nation following today's Supreme Court rulings:
@pemalevy.bsky.social unpacks KBJ's dire warning to the nation following today's Supreme Court rulings:
“Disaster looms”: Justice Jackson’s warning for the country
The Supreme Court allows presidents to do what judges have ruled illegal.
www.motherjones.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“I have no doubt that, if judges must allow the Executive to act unlawfully in some circumstances, as the Court concludes today, executive lawlessness will flourish..."
@pemalevy.bsky.social unpacks KBJ's dire warning to the nation following today's Supreme Court rulings:
@pemalevy.bsky.social unpacks KBJ's dire warning to the nation following today's Supreme Court rulings:
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This is your daily reminder that Republicans are planning to cut Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP to hand tax breaks to their billionaire donors. Don’t get distracted. Help me spread the word.
June 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is your daily reminder that Republicans are planning to cut Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP to hand tax breaks to their billionaire donors. Don’t get distracted. Help me spread the word.
It's true. Not a word. I confess I'm a little bit stunned, though I'm sure that's naive of me.
Absolutely no mention of yesterday's protests on the front page of the NY Times' website.
June 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's true. Not a word. I confess I'm a little bit stunned, though I'm sure that's naive of me.
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(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).
Over 250 Photos From Around the Nation and the World From the Historic “No Kings Day” Protests
Almost no one showed up to Donald Trump’s surprisingly timid, depressing, and generally lackluster birthday party in Washington, but protests against him were bursting at the seams across the globe.
sethabramson.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).
Art.
🏆 to whoever came up with and coordinated the No Kings protest at Ocean Beach, San Francisco.
Don’t miss it…absolute fire.
Don’t miss it…absolute fire.
June 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Art.
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Why isn't Trump's clear and open call for federal law enforcement to arrest a Democratic governor based on zero lawbreaking of any kind leading every single news site right now?
June 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Why isn't Trump's clear and open call for federal law enforcement to arrest a Democratic governor based on zero lawbreaking of any kind leading every single news site right now?
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I’m grateful to every person out protesting in LA for showing the world how dangerous the ICE Gestapo has become.
They’re kidnapping and disappearing people who are doing nothing wrong.
They’re terrorizing communities.
They’re withholding medical care from disabled people
The world is watching
They’re kidnapping and disappearing people who are doing nothing wrong.
They’re terrorizing communities.
They’re withholding medical care from disabled people
The world is watching
June 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I’m grateful to every person out protesting in LA for showing the world how dangerous the ICE Gestapo has become.
They’re kidnapping and disappearing people who are doing nothing wrong.
They’re terrorizing communities.
They’re withholding medical care from disabled people
The world is watching
They’re kidnapping and disappearing people who are doing nothing wrong.
They’re terrorizing communities.
They’re withholding medical care from disabled people
The world is watching
This is a huge loss for the world. I am glad Victoria’s pain is over though.
For those of you who knew Victoria Brownworth on Twitter, she passed away from cancer yesterday.
She was a fearless journalist who reported on AIDS in the 80s (when Reagan was ignoring it), lifted up the LGBTQ community, & rooted out corruption.
Her wife, Maddy Gold, died of cancer in 2022.
She was a fearless journalist who reported on AIDS in the 80s (when Reagan was ignoring it), lifted up the LGBTQ community, & rooted out corruption.
Her wife, Maddy Gold, died of cancer in 2022.
May 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is a huge loss for the world. I am glad Victoria’s pain is over though.
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🚨 ICE agents in masks and no uniforms abducting people from a Phoenix immigration court - no ID, no explanation, no due process.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
May 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
🚨 ICE agents in masks and no uniforms abducting people from a Phoenix immigration court - no ID, no explanation, no due process.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
What do you call it when the richest people in the world are killing us to take the rest of our money that they haven't yet managed to take through regular capitalism? Is there a word for it? Like one of those amazing compound German words that amounts to peasant-harm-grifting?
🔥🔥🔥 Rep. Horsford torches the MAGA House Republicans' spending bill and names it the "Screw America Bill."
The GOP is cutting health care for 14 million people.
And, they are taking food assistance away from millions of kids, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities!
The GOP is cutting health care for 14 million people.
And, they are taking food assistance away from millions of kids, seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities!
May 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What do you call it when the richest people in the world are killing us to take the rest of our money that they haven't yet managed to take through regular capitalism? Is there a word for it? Like one of those amazing compound German words that amounts to peasant-harm-grifting?
Devastating... love to his family.
Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer
Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer
The cancer has metastasized to the bone, according to the former president's personal office.
www.nbcnews.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Devastating... love to his family.
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How the rich get richer at your expense:
💰 Estate tax cut
💰 Expanded business deduction loopholes
💰 New capital gains loopholes
🤑 ...adding trillions to the debt we'll get to pay for.
New analysis of the Republican Tax bill from @colin-seeberger.bsky.social at @americanprogress.bsky.social
💰 Estate tax cut
💰 Expanded business deduction loopholes
💰 New capital gains loopholes
🤑 ...adding trillions to the debt we'll get to pay for.
New analysis of the Republican Tax bill from @colin-seeberger.bsky.social at @americanprogress.bsky.social
House Republicans’ Tax Bill Is Full of New Loopholes for the Ultrawealthy
A new House Republican proposal would give wasteful tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans, while gutting programs that help others meet their basic needs.
www.americanprogress.org
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
How the rich get richer at your expense:
💰 Estate tax cut
💰 Expanded business deduction loopholes
💰 New capital gains loopholes
🤑 ...adding trillions to the debt we'll get to pay for.
New analysis of the Republican Tax bill from @colin-seeberger.bsky.social at @americanprogress.bsky.social
💰 Estate tax cut
💰 Expanded business deduction loopholes
💰 New capital gains loopholes
🤑 ...adding trillions to the debt we'll get to pay for.
New analysis of the Republican Tax bill from @colin-seeberger.bsky.social at @americanprogress.bsky.social
The DC Local Funds Act would restore DC's power to spend local funds, and everyone from the mayor to the president agrees it needs to pass.
This is OUR MONEY. And time is running out.
Send a letter to Speaker Johnson to demand a vote on this!
freedcproject.org/house
This is OUR MONEY. And time is running out.
Send a letter to Speaker Johnson to demand a vote on this!
freedcproject.org/house
DC wants our money, Mike — Free DC
Speaker Johnson is not welcome in our communities while he’s holding our local funding hostage.
freedcproject.org
April 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The DC Local Funds Act would restore DC's power to spend local funds, and everyone from the mayor to the president agrees it needs to pass.
This is OUR MONEY. And time is running out.
Send a letter to Speaker Johnson to demand a vote on this!
freedcproject.org/house
This is OUR MONEY. And time is running out.
Send a letter to Speaker Johnson to demand a vote on this!
freedcproject.org/house
On this #WorldBookDay I renew my plea to America to READ A FUCKING BOOK.
Any fucking book. But if you need a prompt, start here:
How Democracies Die (Levitsky, Steven, Ziblatt, Daniel)
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Snyder)
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Ben-Ghiat)
Any fucking book. But if you need a prompt, start here:
How Democracies Die (Levitsky, Steven, Ziblatt, Daniel)
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Snyder)
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Ben-Ghiat)
April 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
On this #WorldBookDay I renew my plea to America to READ A FUCKING BOOK.
Any fucking book. But if you need a prompt, start here:
How Democracies Die (Levitsky, Steven, Ziblatt, Daniel)
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Snyder)
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Ben-Ghiat)
Any fucking book. But if you need a prompt, start here:
How Democracies Die (Levitsky, Steven, Ziblatt, Daniel)
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Snyder)
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present (Ben-Ghiat)
#DCEmancipationDay has a different feeling this year, as white supremacy and extreme capitalism are making a renewed push to rewrite history and kill off any threats to their dominance. This city is ready to fight back.
#DCEmancipationDay celebrates the courage and struggle of individuals who have fought for freedom, and how this work is still needed now.
As part of this year's celebration, join us for a "DC Emancipation Day Speak Out" on Wednesday April 16. Register: bit.ly/emancipation...
As part of this year's celebration, join us for a "DC Emancipation Day Speak Out" on Wednesday April 16. Register: bit.ly/emancipation...
April 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#DCEmancipationDay has a different feeling this year, as white supremacy and extreme capitalism are making a renewed push to rewrite history and kill off any threats to their dominance. This city is ready to fight back.