Jesse Berney
@jesseberney.com
Writer. 20+ years in politics, advocacy, and labor. Masters candidate in counseling and clinical intern therapist. He/him. DC.
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Jesse Berney
@jesseberney.com
· Nov 6
I know it's cringe as fuck, but small acts of kindness are going to be so important for the foreseeable future.
Being kind and doing kind things can be your lifeline. It can keep you sane.
Being kind and doing kind things can be your lifeline. It can keep you sane.
Check out this mario-lookin motherfucker in the new season of culinary class wars
January 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Check out this mario-lookin motherfucker in the new season of culinary class wars
Well if they want to be in this country they should have come the right way (colonialism) instead of illegally crossing a land bridge during the last ice age.
After killing Renee Good, ICE fascists in Minneapolis have now arrested and detained 4 members of Oglala Sioux Tribe.
ICE HAS ARRESTED AND DETAINED INDIGENOUS AMERICANS.
These ICE fascists are not here to keep us safe, but to advance white supremacy. Defund and abolish ICE permanently.
ICE HAS ARRESTED AND DETAINED INDIGENOUS AMERICANS.
These ICE fascists are not here to keep us safe, but to advance white supremacy. Defund and abolish ICE permanently.
January 11, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Well if they want to be in this country they should have come the right way (colonialism) instead of illegally crossing a land bridge during the last ice age.
oh so you're RACIST racist
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
oh so you're RACIST racist
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"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery.
It comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
Hi I'm 50 years old, and tonight I am learning to solve a Rubik's cube.
January 9, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Hi I'm 50 years old, and tonight I am learning to solve a Rubik's cube.
Well this is the most terrifying thing I have ever read.
January 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Well this is the most terrifying thing I have ever read.
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Now is a good time to put your pronouns in your bio. Even if you're the absolute paragon of your assigned gender like I am [flexes manly biceps], the point is to normalize it so it's easier for queer people to do it.
Which is exactly why they want to make it weird and scary and punishable by death.
Which is exactly why they want to make it weird and scary and punishable by death.
January 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Now is a good time to put your pronouns in your bio. Even if you're the absolute paragon of your assigned gender like I am [flexes manly biceps], the point is to normalize it so it's easier for queer people to do it.
Which is exactly why they want to make it weird and scary and punishable by death.
Which is exactly why they want to make it weird and scary and punishable by death.
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i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
The news was really awful today, and I want to take a moment to offer a counterpoint.
I'm working on a freelance job for the National Association of Social Workers, and today I talked to a social worker from rural parts of New York State.
Only she isn't just a social worker.
I'm working on a freelance job for the National Association of Social Workers, and today I talked to a social worker from rural parts of New York State.
Only she isn't just a social worker.
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The news was really awful today, and I want to take a moment to offer a counterpoint.
I'm working on a freelance job for the National Association of Social Workers, and today I talked to a social worker from rural parts of New York State.
Only she isn't just a social worker.
I'm working on a freelance job for the National Association of Social Workers, and today I talked to a social worker from rural parts of New York State.
Only she isn't just a social worker.
so was anyone else hoping their news-related mental health would be better in 2026
January 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
so was anyone else hoping their news-related mental health would be better in 2026
when this person fails to face any consequences...
when they keep their job...
when they are lauded and feted and buried in donations by the right...
when the president calls this person a hero...
it will send a message to every federal law enforcement agent that they can murder with impunity.
when they keep their job...
when they are lauded and feted and buried in donations by the right...
when the president calls this person a hero...
it will send a message to every federal law enforcement agent that they can murder with impunity.
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
when this person fails to face any consequences...
when they keep their job...
when they are lauded and feted and buried in donations by the right...
when the president calls this person a hero...
it will send a message to every federal law enforcement agent that they can murder with impunity.
when they keep their job...
when they are lauded and feted and buried in donations by the right...
when the president calls this person a hero...
it will send a message to every federal law enforcement agent that they can murder with impunity.
Worth a read even if you know all the facts just to see it laid out. Of course, the boldness of the lies is the point; they want you to know they know that they are lying and do not care.
Literally yesterday's news, but I do think it's worth looking more closely at the White House's Jan. 6 revisionism — both the clumsiness of the revisions and their intent in doing so. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Opinion | I read the White House "history" of Jan. 6. Here are the untruths.
Philip Bump: The site is an effort to get people to look for wrongdoers everywhere except where the wrong was done: by Donald Trump himself.
www.ms.now
January 7, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Worth a read even if you know all the facts just to see it laid out. Of course, the boldness of the lies is the point; they want you to know they know that they are lying and do not care.
If there's one thing we learned in the 2000s, it's that it's famously easy to impose democracy with military force.
Rick Scott: "This is the start of changing Venezuela, then we're gonna fix Cuba, Nicaragua will get fixed, next year we'll get a new president in Colombia. Democracy is coming back to this hemisphere."
January 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
If there's one thing we learned in the 2000s, it's that it's famously easy to impose democracy with military force.
ok this is genuinely funny
January 7, 2026 at 1:16 AM
ok this is genuinely funny
the person operating the camera here is very rude
he didn't even offer to cut the tattoo off
he didn't even offer to cut the tattoo off
An off-duty ICE agent was just confronted in Minneapolis after people noticed a Nazi SS lightning bolt tattoo on his neck.
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
January 6, 2026 at 5:54 PM
the person operating the camera here is very rude
he didn't even offer to cut the tattoo off
he didn't even offer to cut the tattoo off
my parents died because greenland forced them to eat fentanyl popsicles
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 PM
my parents died because greenland forced them to eat fentanyl popsicles
When being king isn't enough, you gotta go for emperor.
Trump just now on AF1: "Don't ask me who's in charge, because I'll give you an answer and it'll be very controversial."
Reporter: What does that mean?
Trump: "It means we're in charge."
Reporter: What does that mean?
Trump: "It means we're in charge."
January 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
When being king isn't enough, you gotta go for emperor.
DAVID DASTMALCHIAN IS M BISON IN THE NEW STREET FIGHTER MOVIE, WHAT?!?!?
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
DAVID DASTMALCHIAN IS M BISON IN THE NEW STREET FIGHTER MOVIE, WHAT?!?!?
VENEZUALAN HENNY YOUNGMAN: take my president...please
January 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
VENEZUALAN HENNY YOUNGMAN: take my president...please
If you ever thought the military was going to defy illegal orders, well
“There is always a chance that we’ll be tasked to do this type of mission again.” - Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
If you ever thought the military was going to defy illegal orders, well
hmmm you say you don't want immigrants coming to our country and yet you are bringing Nicolas Maduro into our country, seems pretty hypocritical if you ask me
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
hmmm you say you don't want immigrants coming to our country and yet you are bringing Nicolas Maduro into our country, seems pretty hypocritical if you ask me
Listen, we gave him six MRIs and thirteen cognitive tests today and they all turned out PERFECT.
Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Listen, we gave him six MRIs and thirteen cognitive tests today and they all turned out PERFECT.
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Hormones are the most widely available medication in the western world. Most women over 50 are on HRT. Many older men take supplemental testosterone. These are widely accessible medications. You can't stop trans people from accessing them.
December 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Hormones are the most widely available medication in the western world. Most women over 50 are on HRT. Many older men take supplemental testosterone. These are widely accessible medications. You can't stop trans people from accessing them.
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It's like they thought that trans youth would disappear and accept not being able to access care. That's never how this worked. This is why I have such a problem with the Dutch protocol framing by the media. Trans youth were getting street hormones for decades before it was made available in clinics
December 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It's like they thought that trans youth would disappear and accept not being able to access care. That's never how this worked. This is why I have such a problem with the Dutch protocol framing by the media. Trans youth were getting street hormones for decades before it was made available in clinics
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What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?