Michael Bersin
@michaelbersin.bsky.social
Show Me Progress. http://blog.showmeprogress.com
Since 2007 as part of the Fifty State Blog Project.
Since 2007 as part of the Fifty State Blog Project.
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The fixation on Somali-Americans is just another strategic activation of gutter racism, precisely like the attack on Haitians in Springfield last summer.
It's Charlottesville/Unite the Right-level hate, and any decent Americans left should condemn it.
It's Charlottesville/Unite the Right-level hate, and any decent Americans left should condemn it.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The fixation on Somali-Americans is just another strategic activation of gutter racism, precisely like the attack on Haitians in Springfield last summer.
It's Charlottesville/Unite the Right-level hate, and any decent Americans left should condemn it.
It's Charlottesville/Unite the Right-level hate, and any decent Americans left should condemn it.
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Maniacally evil. I can assure you those countries weren't Scandinavian.
One Haitian woman “showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled,” her attorney said.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Maniacally evil. I can assure you those countries weren't Scandinavian.
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I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have more respect for the Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at George W Bush than any of the cowards in the current White House press pool.
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The next Democratic administration should expand the court.
There’s no other way to redeem SCOTUS at this point.
There’s no other way to redeem SCOTUS at this point.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The next Democratic administration should expand the court.
There’s no other way to redeem SCOTUS at this point.
There’s no other way to redeem SCOTUS at this point.
Somewhere in America a woman just earned her PhD.
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Somewhere in America a woman just earned her PhD.
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Tr*mp started his career in the public eye by pretending to fire people from fake jobs. Now he’s worked his way up to being in charge of an administration that has murdered* at least 86 people. What do you think is next?
*It’s not a war crime, since we’re not at war. It’s just murder.
*It’s not a war crime, since we’re not at war. It’s just murder.
December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Tr*mp started his career in the public eye by pretending to fire people from fake jobs. Now he’s worked his way up to being in charge of an administration that has murdered* at least 86 people. What do you think is next?
*It’s not a war crime, since we’re not at war. It’s just murder.
*It’s not a war crime, since we’re not at war. It’s just murder.
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Loving war crimes is not a sustainable policy in a democracy
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Loving war crimes is not a sustainable policy in a democracy
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Single issue voter here. And this is the issue.
“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Single issue voter here. And this is the issue.
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Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
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The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
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Holy shit
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Holy shit
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Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
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Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Remember Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Iraq veteran who burned up a Mormon Church in September? Remember Nigel Edge, the Iraq veteran sniper who shot up a bar from his boat in Cape Fear, also in September?
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
Keep track of how differently we speak of them than Rahmanullah Lakanwal.