Bergstrom Press and Books
@bergstrombookstore.bsky.social
A foreign-language bookstore in Kensington Maryland with a focus on Central Europe: Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, German, and other languages. Jayhawk. Hockey fan. St. Pauli FC
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“Witkoff has declined multiple offers from the CIA for a briefing on Russia.”
Steve Witkoff’s unlikely diplomatic ascent was bolstered by two fans: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Witkoff’s Other Backer in His Unlikely Diplomatic Ascent: Putin
The Kremlin release of an American prisoner and a Saudi backchannel bolstered the rise of Trump’s longtime friend.
on.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Witkoff has declined multiple offers from the CIA for a briefing on Russia.”
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A fancy holiday gift for the Jane Austen fan in your life. www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/...
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A fancy holiday gift for the Jane Austen fan in your life. www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com/pages/books/...
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Yes, and the next time you all freak about my "be careful with words" pedantry, this is the dire result of 20 years of calling everything "terrorism," something I objected to long ago for the same reasons that I carp about fascism, etc.
Honest question: does this scare the hell out of you? I know you are busy but I’m hoping you might respond. @radiofreetom.bsky.social
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
theintercept.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Yes, and the next time you all freak about my "be careful with words" pedantry, this is the dire result of 20 years of calling everything "terrorism," something I objected to long ago for the same reasons that I carp about fascism, etc.
Thank you to everyone who made it to our literary lagniappe last night, complete with readings, song, and a great discussion about the art of translation! Indie press and indie bookstores for the win!
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thank you to everyone who made it to our literary lagniappe last night, complete with readings, song, and a great discussion about the art of translation! Indie press and indie bookstores for the win!
RIP Joe Ely
I met her in old Mexico
She was laughin', sad, and young
In a smoky room no one could see
Her favorite poets all agree
Spanish is a lovin' tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
I met her in old Mexico
She was laughin', sad, and young
In a smoky room no one could see
Her favorite poets all agree
Spanish is a lovin' tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
RIP Joe Ely
I met her in old Mexico
She was laughin', sad, and young
In a smoky room no one could see
Her favorite poets all agree
Spanish is a lovin' tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
I met her in old Mexico
She was laughin', sad, and young
In a smoky room no one could see
Her favorite poets all agree
Spanish is a lovin' tongue
But she never spoke Spanish to me
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Gen Hayden worked closely with Rob Reiner on pro-democracy and anti-Russian influence campaigns in the past decade. We send our condolences to the Reiner family and offer our prayers the repose of Rob and wife Michele.
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Gen Hayden worked closely with Rob Reiner on pro-democracy and anti-Russian influence campaigns in the past decade. We send our condolences to the Reiner family and offer our prayers the repose of Rob and wife Michele.
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This lawless abuse needs to stop. That includes Congress demanding the end to masked agents. Every Republican is complicit.
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This lawless abuse needs to stop. That includes Congress demanding the end to masked agents. Every Republican is complicit.
Brrr, that's a cold wind - but it's nice and cozy in the bookstore! Open today until 4pm - swing on by!
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December 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Brrr, that's a cold wind - but it's nice and cozy in the bookstore! Open today until 4pm - swing on by!
bergstrompressbooks.com/en/205-child...
bergstrompressbooks.com/en/205-child...
Love poetry? Shopping for the poetry lover in your life? Look at this random selection from the bookstore (or our online shop)! #poetry #BooksMakeGreatGifts #shopindie
December 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Love poetry? Shopping for the poetry lover in your life? Look at this random selection from the bookstore (or our online shop)! #poetry #BooksMakeGreatGifts #shopindie
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
Question for fellow small businesses - especially indie bookstores - since Meta, etc., seem hell bent on helping to destroy everything - where are you trying to reach out to new customers, readers, etc. Thoughts @americanbookseller.bsky.social ?
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Question for fellow small businesses - especially indie bookstores - since Meta, etc., seem hell bent on helping to destroy everything - where are you trying to reach out to new customers, readers, etc. Thoughts @americanbookseller.bsky.social ?
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Absolutely delighted to be reading with @olgaz.bsky.social and everyone else on this terrific list next Tuesday night, 12/16! Travel with us to Central/Eastern/South Europe right here in DC! Thanks to @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social and Kensington Row Bookshop for hosting!
I'm heading to DC to meet @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social in person!! If you're in the area, you will not want to miss this Central/Eastern/South Europe focused event next week! With @katherineeyoung.bsky.social Turkoslavia's Ena Selimović, Roman Kostovski of Plamen Press and Greg Bernstein?!
![A flyer with the background of a wintry landscapes in shades of blue and pine trees. On the foreground, the text reads:
Bergstrom Press and Books presents:
A Literary Lagniappe
A Reading and Open Mic by friends of Bergstrom Books
with Olga Zilberbourg, Katherine E Young, Ena Selimović, Roman Kostovski, & Greg Bernstein
[ three book covers: LIKE WATER AND OTHER STORIES, PEOPLE AND TREES, UNDERGROUND BARBIE]
Join us on December 16th at 6 pm for a reading and discussion about writing, and translation with a focus on Central/East Europe and beyond!
Location: Kensington Row Bookshop
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December 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Absolutely delighted to be reading with @olgaz.bsky.social and everyone else on this terrific list next Tuesday night, 12/16! Travel with us to Central/Eastern/South Europe right here in DC! Thanks to @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social and Kensington Row Bookshop for hosting!
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I'm heading to DC to meet @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social in person!! If you're in the area, you will not want to miss this Central/Eastern/South Europe focused event next week! With @katherineeyoung.bsky.social Turkoslavia's Ena Selimović, Roman Kostovski of Plamen Press and Greg Bernstein?!
December 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm heading to DC to meet @bergstrombookstore.bsky.social in person!! If you're in the area, you will not want to miss this Central/Eastern/South Europe focused event next week! With @katherineeyoung.bsky.social Turkoslavia's Ena Selimović, Roman Kostovski of Plamen Press and Greg Bernstein?!
Sie wollen ein Buch verschenken? Hier finden Sie für jeden das beste! Und ab heute - sparen Sie 15% Mit Code: WJFJ8RW1
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December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sie wollen ein Buch verschenken? Hier finden Sie für jeden das beste! Und ab heute - sparen Sie 15% Mit Code: WJFJ8RW1
bergstrompressbooks.com/en/110-german
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NVIDIA, whose stock is now a "load-bearing entity in the US stock market," "is dependent not on its customers, but on its customers’ credit ratings and financial backers." And it gets worse from there!
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
NVIDIA Isn't Enron - So What Is It?
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December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NVIDIA, whose stock is now a "load-bearing entity in the US stock market," "is dependent not on its customers, but on its customers’ credit ratings and financial backers." And it gets worse from there!
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
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The three examples chosen to illustrate "Japanese Atrocities" on this history.navy.mil page are ALL incidents of the murder of sailors after their ships were sunk:
www.history.navy.mil/research/lib...
Happy Pearl Harbor Day.
www.history.navy.mil/research/lib...
Happy Pearl Harbor Day.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The three examples chosen to illustrate "Japanese Atrocities" on this history.navy.mil page are ALL incidents of the murder of sailors after their ships were sunk:
www.history.navy.mil/research/lib...
Happy Pearl Harbor Day.
www.history.navy.mil/research/lib...
Happy Pearl Harbor Day.
Looking for some gift book ideas? How about Blinding? The author writes that “we exist between the past and future like the veriform body of a butterfly, in between two wings.” www.the-tls.com/literature/f...
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Looking for some gift book ideas? How about Blinding? The author writes that “we exist between the past and future like the veriform body of a butterfly, in between two wings.” www.the-tls.com/literature/f...
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New York: Want to take action? Join read-ins in Albany & NYC on 12/8 to demand Governor Hochul sign the Freedom to Read Act! @penamerica.bsky.social @americanbookseller.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social
Registration for Albany: https://bit.ly/4rDo4Kb
#libraryadvocate #freedomtoread
Registration for Albany: https://bit.ly/4rDo4Kb
#libraryadvocate #freedomtoread
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
New York: Want to take action? Join read-ins in Albany & NYC on 12/8 to demand Governor Hochul sign the Freedom to Read Act! @penamerica.bsky.social @americanbookseller.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social
Registration for Albany: https://bit.ly/4rDo4Kb
#libraryadvocate #freedomtoread
Registration for Albany: https://bit.ly/4rDo4Kb
#libraryadvocate #freedomtoread
In the DMV and looking for something fun to do tonight? The bookstores and antique shops of Kensington are holding our annual holiday open house! Shops open to 9PM! Hope to see you in the bookstore!
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
In the DMV and looking for something fun to do tonight? The bookstores and antique shops of Kensington are holding our annual holiday open house! Shops open to 9PM! Hope to see you in the bookstore!
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📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📚🎁 Reminders for everyone looking for specific books to purchase online as gifts:
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
1. If you haven't called your local independently-owned book shop, try there first. (If you don't have one, try Bookshop.org)
2. Don't put it off - shipping time for Media Mail can be 12 days. Priority is 5 📦
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People who have seen video of the U.S. military’s first boat strike in September in the Caribbean Sea said two survivors climbed atop the overturned hull and waved to something overhead. The new detail further complicates the military’s explanations for its actions during the strike.
Video of Boat Strike Shows Survivors Waving Before Fatal Follow-Up Attack
The new detail further complicates the military’s explanations for its actions during the Sept. 2 strike in the Caribbean Sea.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
People who have seen video of the U.S. military’s first boat strike in September in the Caribbean Sea said two survivors climbed atop the overturned hull and waved to something overhead. The new detail further complicates the military’s explanations for its actions during the strike.
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„Ukraine-Verhandlungen: Frieden zu welchem Preis?“ 11KM: der tagesschau-Podcast.
11KM: der tagesschau-Podcast
Geschichten zum Weitererzählen und Recherchen, die bewegen. Elena Kuch und David Krause sprechen abwechselnd mit den besten Journalist:innen der ARD, liefern euch neue Perspektiven und tauchen mit euc...
www.tagesschau.de
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
„Ukraine-Verhandlungen: Frieden zu welchem Preis?“ 11KM: der tagesschau-Podcast.
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The Trump Administration finds new ways to pull the rug out from under Americans every day.
And now they're putting babies in danger.
Illinois just enacted a law to provide our own science-based recommendations to protect access to vaccines so families get the care they need.
And now they're putting babies in danger.
Illinois just enacted a law to provide our own science-based recommendations to protect access to vaccines so families get the care they need.
US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
apnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Trump Administration finds new ways to pull the rug out from under Americans every day.
And now they're putting babies in danger.
Illinois just enacted a law to provide our own science-based recommendations to protect access to vaccines so families get the care they need.
And now they're putting babies in danger.
Illinois just enacted a law to provide our own science-based recommendations to protect access to vaccines so families get the care they need.
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Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Union Pacific Railroad.
They all shoveled money to Trump's ballroom — and could win big from friendly treatment from the admin on active antitrust deals and lawsuits.
Is this bribery in plain sight? I'm pressing for answers.
They all shoveled money to Trump's ballroom — and could win big from friendly treatment from the admin on active antitrust deals and lawsuits.
Is this bribery in plain sight? I'm pressing for answers.
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Union Pacific Railroad.
They all shoveled money to Trump's ballroom — and could win big from friendly treatment from the admin on active antitrust deals and lawsuits.
Is this bribery in plain sight? I'm pressing for answers.
They all shoveled money to Trump's ballroom — and could win big from friendly treatment from the admin on active antitrust deals and lawsuits.
Is this bribery in plain sight? I'm pressing for answers.
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.