Eric Berntsen
@floodymcfloodface.bsky.social
Democratic socialist and floodplain evangelist based in Idaho & Montana | he/him | Former All-State (New Jersey), All-Ivy & All-East (UPenn) miler | lover of pit bulls, river otters, old houses, fly fishing, heavy metal🤘and Kalamata olives 🏳️🌈
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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And he just stands there...
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
And he just stands there...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
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ICYMI — @gallego.senate.gov : "The only reason Adelita Grijalva is not being sworn in right now is because he wants to protect whatever is in those files. Arizona does not have a congresswoman right now, during flooding, because Speaker Johnson is covering for pedophiles."
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
ICYMI — @gallego.senate.gov : "The only reason Adelita Grijalva is not being sworn in right now is because he wants to protect whatever is in those files. Arizona does not have a congresswoman right now, during flooding, because Speaker Johnson is covering for pedophiles."
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"Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment" via The #DailyPenn: www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment" via The #DailyPenn: www.thedp.com/article/2025...
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Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...
theonion.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
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🗣️BERNIE TO ZOHRAN: “The importance of your election & governance is from a moral perspective you’re going to be a sharp contrast to Trump… we believe in compassion and love. YOU’RE NOT THE RADICAL.”
Amen. 🙏🏽
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJLB3ab/
Amen. 🙏🏽
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJLB3ab/
September 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🗣️BERNIE TO ZOHRAN: “The importance of your election & governance is from a moral perspective you’re going to be a sharp contrast to Trump… we believe in compassion and love. YOU’RE NOT THE RADICAL.”
Amen. 🙏🏽
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJLB3ab/
Amen. 🙏🏽
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJLB3ab/
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Dangerously, President Trump and HHS Sec. Kennedy are wreaking havoc on our already broken and dysfunctional healthcare system.
You don’t make America healthy again by throwing 15 million people off of their health care and undermining science.
Secretary Kennedy must resign.
You don’t make America healthy again by throwing 15 million people off of their health care and undermining science.
Secretary Kennedy must resign.
RFK Jr. Must Resign | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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September 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Dangerously, President Trump and HHS Sec. Kennedy are wreaking havoc on our already broken and dysfunctional healthcare system.
You don’t make America healthy again by throwing 15 million people off of their health care and undermining science.
Secretary Kennedy must resign.
You don’t make America healthy again by throwing 15 million people off of their health care and undermining science.
Secretary Kennedy must resign.
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Most Presidents, including Donald Trump, couldn’t pass the Presidential Fitness Test. Zach Helfand traces the assessment’s origin and dubious impact.
Can President Trump Run a Mile?
By reviving the Presidential Fitness Test, Trump is joining his predecessors in setting forth a competition that he would likely fail at.
www.newyorker.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Most Presidents, including Donald Trump, couldn’t pass the Presidential Fitness Test. Zach Helfand traces the assessment’s origin and dubious impact.
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U.S. Government Stages Fake Coup To Wipe Out National Debt
U.S. Government Stages Fake Coup To Wipe Out National Debt
YouTube video by The Onion
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July 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
U.S. Government Stages Fake Coup To Wipe Out National Debt
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By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich.
There is no more "center" anymore. https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=J8mHha-bFmgPQIbe
There is no more "center" anymore. https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=J8mHha-bFmgPQIbe
The Failures of “Centrism”
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening ine
youtu.be
July 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
By moving to the so-called “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich.
There is no more "center" anymore. https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=J8mHha-bFmgPQIbe
There is no more "center" anymore. https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=J8mHha-bFmgPQIbe
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The Trump admin when they're asked about the Epstein Files
July 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The Trump admin when they're asked about the Epstein Files
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A cluster of crisis & cruelty. This is infuriating, but we’re glad it’s getting coverage.
"Unless people do take the initiative [and get the pets out], those animals will starve to death in those backyards or those homes," said Yvette Berke, outreach manager for Cats at the Studios.
"Unless people do take the initiative [and get the pets out], those animals will starve to death in those backyards or those homes," said Yvette Berke, outreach manager for Cats at the Studios.
ICE raids are leaving some L.A. cats and dogs homeless
Chuco, a pit bull, was dropped at a shelter after his owner was deported last month. Many other dogs and cats in L.A. are facing similar circumstances as their caretakers vanish or flee.
www.aol.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A cluster of crisis & cruelty. This is infuriating, but we’re glad it’s getting coverage.
"Unless people do take the initiative [and get the pets out], those animals will starve to death in those backyards or those homes," said Yvette Berke, outreach manager for Cats at the Studios.
"Unless people do take the initiative [and get the pets out], those animals will starve to death in those backyards or those homes," said Yvette Berke, outreach manager for Cats at the Studios.
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• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics
www.rollingstone.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
• Mamdani is not in the country illegally
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
• He does not have any connection to 9/11 or jihadist terrorism
• Mamdani hasn’t actually said or done anything antisemitic
• He did not call to ‘globalize the intifada’
• He’s not a communist
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We've got events coming online from LA to London, Spokane to Atlanta and all sorts of locations in between! Let's get those actions on the map for the June 28th Global Day of Celebration! #MuskMustFall #TeslaTakedown actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
#MuskMustFall Global Day of Celebration
Elon Musk is done at DOGE, but we're just getting started. On June 28—Elon's birthday—let's celebrate everything we've achieved and a recommit to the long fight still ahead. Our birthday gift to the B...
actionnetwork.org
June 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We've got events coming online from LA to London, Spokane to Atlanta and all sorts of locations in between! Let's get those actions on the map for the June 28th Global Day of Celebration! #MuskMustFall #TeslaTakedown actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
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It’s official: Over 1,000 events are planned for No Kings Day on June 14.
While Trump wastes nearly $100 million on his birthday parade in DC, we will be taking to the streets everywhere else to show the world what democracy really looks like.
Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
While Trump wastes nearly $100 million on his birthday parade in DC, we will be taking to the streets everywhere else to show the world what democracy really looks like.
Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It’s official: Over 1,000 events are planned for No Kings Day on June 14.
While Trump wastes nearly $100 million on his birthday parade in DC, we will be taking to the streets everywhere else to show the world what democracy really looks like.
Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
While Trump wastes nearly $100 million on his birthday parade in DC, we will be taking to the streets everywhere else to show the world what democracy really looks like.
Find your local event: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Good news: Donald Trump, who never lies, just announced he alone has reduced drug prices by 85%.
Quick.
Go to your pharmacy. Demand an 85% reduction on your drug prices. Tell them Trump sent you.
If that doesn’t work, tell him to support the bill I'm introducing that'll do it.
Quick.
Go to your pharmacy. Demand an 85% reduction on your drug prices. Tell them Trump sent you.
If that doesn’t work, tell him to support the bill I'm introducing that'll do it.
May 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Good news: Donald Trump, who never lies, just announced he alone has reduced drug prices by 85%.
Quick.
Go to your pharmacy. Demand an 85% reduction on your drug prices. Tell them Trump sent you.
If that doesn’t work, tell him to support the bill I'm introducing that'll do it.
Quick.
Go to your pharmacy. Demand an 85% reduction on your drug prices. Tell them Trump sent you.
If that doesn’t work, tell him to support the bill I'm introducing that'll do it.
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This is not a budget. It’s a legislative weapon. A giveaway to the industries bleeding the American West dry—oil and gas, hardrock mining, industrial logging—all jammed into one massive omnibus package, fast-tracked to the House floor with as little public scrutiny as possible.
One Big Beautiful Betrayal
A 1,116-page assault on public lands, environmental protections, and democratic process—fast-tracked while the country slept.
westernwatersheds.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is not a budget. It’s a legislative weapon. A giveaway to the industries bleeding the American West dry—oil and gas, hardrock mining, industrial logging—all jammed into one massive omnibus package, fast-tracked to the House floor with as little public scrutiny as possible.
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We need an army of Raúl Grijalvas to stem the flood of ‘bullshit’ emanating out of the White House.
Trump’s unprecedented attack on America - High Country News
We need an army of Raúl Grijalvas to stem the flood of ‘bullshit’ emanating out of the White House.
buff.ly
April 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We need an army of Raúl Grijalvas to stem the flood of ‘bullshit’ emanating out of the White House.
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Helpful stuff from our friends at the @cldc03.bsky.social with concrete suggestions from protest-minded movement attorneys on how to protect yourself and your siblings at a protest. Share with your friends and allies! #teslatakedown cldc.org/tesla-takedo...
Tesla Takedown & Hands Off Days of Action | Civil Liberties Defense Center
Friends and allies of CLDC! There are two important national days of protest coming up in the next two weeks: Tesla Takedown: Global Day of Action - March 29, 2025 Tesla Takedown Day aims at stopping ...
cldc.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Helpful stuff from our friends at the @cldc03.bsky.social with concrete suggestions from protest-minded movement attorneys on how to protect yourself and your siblings at a protest. Share with your friends and allies! #teslatakedown cldc.org/tesla-takedo...
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Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters:
a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.
American voters:
American voters: