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Derek Beres

@derekberes.bsky.social

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🎙Co-host: Conspirituality ✍️ Writer (bylines: NY Times, The Guardian, Time, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone)

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · Sep 9

How does someone become an anti-vaxxer or come to believe that chemotherapy is more dangerous than cancer?

I’ve spent all year working with Alexander Stockton and The NY Times trying to answer that question. Here’s our findings.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...

Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories

www.nytimes.com

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 2h

So men are doing well.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 3h

Navigating his first autumn.

Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 7h

I’m a Mets fan so no more skin in this game, but living in the PNW with Seattle being the only place I can go to games, it was nice seeing the Mariners win last night. What an epic game.

Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 21h

Hi Sunny.

Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 21h

I’d be ROFL if I didn’t know he’s doing this to invoke the Insurrection Act.

Just to be super clear from a Portlander: none of this is true.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll be in Florida in November having some debates…

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 1d

The resistance is spawning.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 1d

Get ready, Portland. Someone’s about to have a major temper tantrum.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 1d

We are so unprepared. Kennedy is going to bungle this so badly.

Glad I got my vaccine already, at least.

gulfnews.com/world/asia/j...

Japan reports spike in flu cases, surpassing 'epidemic' threshold, 135 schools shut

4,030 cases detected in the week starting September 22, up 957 from the prior week

gulfnews.com

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 1d

Turning Point USA is hosting an "All-American Halftime Show" for the snowflakes who don't want to be indoctrinated by Bad Bunny. They're also crowdsourcing musical acts, and...

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 2d

New autism cause just dropped!

🙏 @justinbaragona.bsky.social for making me spit by coffee out my mouth

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 2d

Hoping this letter from my underground bunker in Portland finds your eyes.

derekberes.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...

Dispatch from war-ravaged Portland

Typing quietly from my underground bunker

derekberes.substack.com

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 2d

There's now a 24-hour webcam directly across the street from ICE in Portland so we can see in real-time how "war-ravaged" our city is.

katu.com/news/local/2...

24 hours outside ICE: What is really going on in Portland

Starting Thursday, Oct. 9 at midnight, we will begin a 24-hour livestream outside of the Portland ICE Facility. Our aim is to show the public everything we see.

katu.com

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 3d

It's weird, right? I grew up in Jersey, so I'm used to cold winters. The temp will be 45 here and it feels colder than winters back home. The combination of incessant rain and the wind really is something.

Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 3d

Hey Texas National Guard: hope you packed your rain booties for the kickoff of Portland’s Big Dark Wet!

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 3d

Methinks Jillian has no clue what “contraindicated” means. Would also love to see what “science” she’s referring to.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 3d

Chaos ERUPTS in Portland today!!!

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 3d

Nice mention of my recent interview with @theguardian.com on Philip DeFranco’s news show today.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 4d

To my fellow Portland dog owners: keep your puppies locked up tight today.

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Police order crowd away from Portland ICE office as Kristi Noem set to visit city

The secretary of Homeland Security is visiting Portland on Tuesday.

www.oregonlive.com

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 4d

No notes

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 4d

Harvest Supermoon at the dog park this morning.

Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 4d

Adam Smith warned against too much consolidation in markets. He knew a free market couldn't function when a handful of businesses own everything.

Hundreds of businesses and orgs sent Trump a letter asking him to better enforce antitrust laws. I doubt he will.

static.notus.org/d6/41/c014ac...

static.notus.org

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Kennedy Debunked (dot org) @kennedydebunkedorg.bsky.social · 4d

Two amazing Conspirituality episodes dropped last week that everyone really needs to listen to. First, @this-is-mallory.bsky.social covers MAHA’s new BS stories about pregnant women ODing on Tylenol. Then, @derekberes.bsky.social dissects RFK new tax-funded garbage anti-vax vid. Bonkers times.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 4d

Back from a hard day in war-ravaged Portland.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty sure I’m going to wake up to him standing on my chest.

I’ve seen him in our hood a few times, first time he made his way into our little cul-du-sac.