Kim Bernstein
@kbernstein.bsky.social
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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Rather than ensuring their constituents can obtain the same “good insurance” that House Republicans have, they are refusing to extend healthcare tax credits and relaxing rules for so-called “junk plans.”
Shameful.
Shameful.
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Rather than ensuring their constituents can obtain the same “good insurance” that House Republicans have, they are refusing to extend healthcare tax credits and relaxing rules for so-called “junk plans.”
Shameful.
Shameful.
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VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN IN EVERY MAJOR CITY with Oakland ↓25% and San Francisco ↓21% leading the way.
According to new data from the state’s eight largest cities:
— Homicides ↓ 18%
— Robberies ↓ 18%
— Aggravated Assaults ↓ 9%
According to new data from the state’s eight largest cities:
— Homicides ↓ 18%
— Robberies ↓ 18%
— Aggravated Assaults ↓ 9%
December 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN IN EVERY MAJOR CITY with Oakland ↓25% and San Francisco ↓21% leading the way.
According to new data from the state’s eight largest cities:
— Homicides ↓ 18%
— Robberies ↓ 18%
— Aggravated Assaults ↓ 9%
According to new data from the state’s eight largest cities:
— Homicides ↓ 18%
— Robberies ↓ 18%
— Aggravated Assaults ↓ 9%
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Walz: "'I don't know, do you really think limiting them to less than 100 bullets is going to do anything?' Yes! Yes it is. Yes it is going to save lives ... it's time to start reporting that that is all bullshit. It does do something. It does make a difference."
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Walz: "'I don't know, do you really think limiting them to less than 100 bullets is going to do anything?' Yes! Yes it is. Yes it is going to save lives ... it's time to start reporting that that is all bullshit. It does do something. It does make a difference."
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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lolz
"Residents packed a city council meeting to watch the data center go down in flames in a 7-0 vote. [Lobbyist Kyrsten] Sinema was nowhere to be found."
"Residents packed a city council meeting to watch the data center go down in flames in a 7-0 vote. [Lobbyist Kyrsten] Sinema was nowhere to be found."
Thumbs down: Chandler kills Sinema-backed data center in 7-0 vote
Sinema lobbied hard for the data center, but her involvement created exactly the opposition she tried to sweeping away.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
lolz
"Residents packed a city council meeting to watch the data center go down in flames in a 7-0 vote. [Lobbyist Kyrsten] Sinema was nowhere to be found."
"Residents packed a city council meeting to watch the data center go down in flames in a 7-0 vote. [Lobbyist Kyrsten] Sinema was nowhere to be found."
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Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
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By now the broad story of USAID’s ruin has been widely told: The decree handed down by President Donald Trump; Elon Musk and Russell Vought to scuttle the agency and undo decades of humanitarian work in the name of austerity. 1/x
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
By now the broad story of USAID’s ruin has been widely told: The decree handed down by President Donald Trump; Elon Musk and Russell Vought to scuttle the agency and undo decades of humanitarian work in the name of austerity. 1/x
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NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Damn this video of a observer/protester climbing a ladder to hand blanket to the construction worker who was surrounded by ICE.
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Damn this video of a observer/protester climbing a ladder to hand blanket to the construction worker who was surrounded by ICE.
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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Unclear if Sortor, praised by everyone from Bondi to Trump to Harmeet Dhillon as their new model of a brave reporter, can’t Google. More about him—
open.substack.com/pub/jacqueli...
open.substack.com/pub/jacqueli...
MAGA influencer invited to White House as a favorite Trump "journalist" has an active warrant for his arrest
A woman said he stole her dog, then assaulted her after she rebuffed his sexual advances. Now Nick Sortor is facing arrest in Kentucky for violating his probation.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Unclear if Sortor, praised by everyone from Bondi to Trump to Harmeet Dhillon as their new model of a brave reporter, can’t Google. More about him—
open.substack.com/pub/jacqueli...
open.substack.com/pub/jacqueli...
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NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process.
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say 'fraudulent' UC antisemitism probes led them to quit
The Times spoke to nine former Department of Justice civil rights attorneys tasked with investigating antisemitism complaints at the University of California. They all resigned during their invetigati...
www.latimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process.
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
www.ribc.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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3 American soldiers die tragically in Syria.
Trump: “There will be very serious retaliation.”
2 people die tragically in a shooting on an American campus.
Trump: "God bless the victims and the families of the victims!"
Homegrown terrorism gets a shrug.
(*actual quotes)
Trump: “There will be very serious retaliation.”
2 people die tragically in a shooting on an American campus.
Trump: "God bless the victims and the families of the victims!"
Homegrown terrorism gets a shrug.
(*actual quotes)
December 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
3 American soldiers die tragically in Syria.
Trump: “There will be very serious retaliation.”
2 people die tragically in a shooting on an American campus.
Trump: "God bless the victims and the families of the victims!"
Homegrown terrorism gets a shrug.
(*actual quotes)
Trump: “There will be very serious retaliation.”
2 people die tragically in a shooting on an American campus.
Trump: "God bless the victims and the families of the victims!"
Homegrown terrorism gets a shrug.
(*actual quotes)
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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There are some people who support our work by making a $5 donation, some who support us w/$50 or $1K, and last year we even received a surprise $10k donation. Some support our work by amplifying our campaign or by passing it along to friends. All of these actions help us reach our goal. Thank you! 🙏🏽
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December 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
There are some people who support our work by making a $5 donation, some who support us w/$50 or $1K, and last year we even received a surprise $10k donation. Some support our work by amplifying our campaign or by passing it along to friends. All of these actions help us reach our goal. Thank you! 🙏🏽
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For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I interviewed my good friend @cherylrofer.bsky.social about her +30 year career at Los Alamos — topics discussed include gender, lasers, and much more — doomsdaymachines.net/p/working-at...
Working at Cold War Los Alamos
A conversation with the chemist Cheryl Rofer about her over thirty year career at Los Alamos
doomsdaymachines.net
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I interviewed my good friend @cherylrofer.bsky.social about her +30 year career at Los Alamos — topics discussed include gender, lasers, and much more — doomsdaymachines.net/p/working-at...
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Three Shirts McGee’s entire MAGA schtick was about draining the swamp, exposing the deep state cabal blah blah…
Here he is palling around with Jeffrey Epstein.
They are the monsters they were warning us about.
Here he is palling around with Jeffrey Epstein.
They are the monsters they were warning us about.
December 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Three Shirts McGee’s entire MAGA schtick was about draining the swamp, exposing the deep state cabal blah blah…
Here he is palling around with Jeffrey Epstein.
They are the monsters they were warning us about.
Here he is palling around with Jeffrey Epstein.
They are the monsters they were warning us about.
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Lawless, criminal behavior
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Lawless, criminal behavior
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The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
Fort Bliss Declarations - December 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...