Lauren Berns
@laurenbrns.bsky.social
Anti-fascist, all day long.
Race isn't real, but racism is pervasive; act accordingly.
#WeAreOne #TheNewHumanity
Race isn't real, but racism is pervasive; act accordingly.
#WeAreOne #TheNewHumanity
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Lauren Berns
@laurenbrns.bsky.social
· Mar 8
"Written constitutions ... have no real binding force, if they are not the expression of a Constitution written in the citizen's mind." -Ernst Cassirer (paraphrasing Plato) in "The Myth of the State." (1/2)
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Nancy Pelosi was a groundbreaking Speaker, but she was too focused on getting Democrats to respect the will of their voters.
by Chuck Schumer
by Chuck Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Nancy Pelosi was a groundbreaking Speaker, but she was too focused on getting Democrats to respect the will of their voters.
by Chuck Schumer
by Chuck Schumer
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Call for Schumer to resign
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Call for Schumer to resign
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To those whining about my siding with Trump on the shutdown fight, I don’t answer to you. I answer to the 2028 Republican primary voters in Iowa.
by John Fetterman
by John Fetterman
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
To those whining about my siding with Trump on the shutdown fight, I don’t answer to you. I answer to the 2028 Republican primary voters in Iowa.
by John Fetterman
by John Fetterman
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US HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON SAID HE WON'T COMMIT TO A VOTE ON ACA SUBSIDIES, I'M TOLD – SEMOFAR REPORTER ON X
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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It’s not left v. center or progressive v. liberal or anything like that. It’s fight v. don’t fight.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It’s not left v. center or progressive v. liberal or anything like that. It’s fight v. don’t fight.
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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If anything this understates it, because the Trump administration is now telling states to claw back benefits already provided, which is administratively a nightmare and also illegal. 🧵
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If anything this understates it, because the Trump administration is now telling states to claw back benefits already provided, which is administratively a nightmare and also illegal. 🧵
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*deadpan*
This is particularly enraging because 1) @standupforscience.bsky.social is doing a LOT against RFK Jr/MAHA and we are just getting started and 2) because I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HIS WRITERS AND PRODUCER.
@thedailyshow.com hit me up!
This is particularly enraging because 1) @standupforscience.bsky.social is doing a LOT against RFK Jr/MAHA and we are just getting started and 2) because I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HIS WRITERS AND PRODUCER.
@thedailyshow.com hit me up!
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
*deadpan*
This is particularly enraging because 1) @standupforscience.bsky.social is doing a LOT against RFK Jr/MAHA and we are just getting started and 2) because I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HIS WRITERS AND PRODUCER.
@thedailyshow.com hit me up!
This is particularly enraging because 1) @standupforscience.bsky.social is doing a LOT against RFK Jr/MAHA and we are just getting started and 2) because I HAVE SPOKEN WITH HIS WRITERS AND PRODUCER.
@thedailyshow.com hit me up!
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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I’m one of those radical left scary liberals that Republicans are always warning about! 😂😂😊😊😊✅
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I’m one of those radical left scary liberals that Republicans are always warning about! 😂😂😊😊😊✅
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A few weeks ago I zoomed with a group of high school students and their adult mentor to discuss taking social action. I am thrilled to report that this group of 10 students raised $10,000 in two weeks to support their local food pantry. They sent me a photo and it has them all jumping and I tear up.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A few weeks ago I zoomed with a group of high school students and their adult mentor to discuss taking social action. I am thrilled to report that this group of 10 students raised $10,000 in two weeks to support their local food pantry. They sent me a photo and it has them all jumping and I tear up.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.
Denmark, destined to be the world's most powerful nation.
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Denmark, destined to be the world's most powerful nation.
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The real moochers aren’t the needy on SNAP.
They’re the billionaires feasting on tax breaks and subsidies.
They’re the billionaires feasting on tax breaks and subsidies.
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The real moochers aren’t the needy on SNAP.
They’re the billionaires feasting on tax breaks and subsidies.
They’re the billionaires feasting on tax breaks and subsidies.
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There is, of course, a proper way to celebrate here in Wisconsin:
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
There is, of course, a proper way to celebrate here in Wisconsin:
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KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
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