Berta
@berta3.bsky.social
Blue city, red state.
My ancestors were immigrants and refugees.
My ancestors were immigrants and refugees.
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At least 170 American citizens have been attacked, beaten, handcuffed, detained, tear gassed, dragged around and shot by ICE
Now the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have provided us with the opportunity to hold them-and the Trump administration-accountable for their thuggery
Now the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have provided us with the opportunity to hold them-and the Trump administration-accountable for their thuggery
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
At least 170 American citizens have been attacked, beaten, handcuffed, detained, tear gassed, dragged around and shot by ICE
Now the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have provided us with the opportunity to hold them-and the Trump administration-accountable for their thuggery
Now the @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have provided us with the opportunity to hold them-and the Trump administration-accountable for their thuggery
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Thanksgiving is an opportunity for connection, not conflict
Be a guardrail against extremism & Ask, respond, or help redirect escalating conversations with questions instead of giving speeches, example
“How do you think we protect our freedoms?”
“What worries you most about where we’re headed?”
Be a guardrail against extremism & Ask, respond, or help redirect escalating conversations with questions instead of giving speeches, example
“How do you think we protect our freedoms?”
“What worries you most about where we’re headed?”
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thanksgiving is an opportunity for connection, not conflict
Be a guardrail against extremism & Ask, respond, or help redirect escalating conversations with questions instead of giving speeches, example
“How do you think we protect our freedoms?”
“What worries you most about where we’re headed?”
Be a guardrail against extremism & Ask, respond, or help redirect escalating conversations with questions instead of giving speeches, example
“How do you think we protect our freedoms?”
“What worries you most about where we’re headed?”
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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A mosaic emblema from a floor of the Villa of Cicero at Pompeii; shows itinerant, masked musicians in a street procession, it is signed by Dioskourides of Samos. Two mosaics have been found at Pompeii signed by this artist, who likely lived from the 2nd to early 1st century BC
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A mosaic emblema from a floor of the Villa of Cicero at Pompeii; shows itinerant, masked musicians in a street procession, it is signed by Dioskourides of Samos. Two mosaics have been found at Pompeii signed by this artist, who likely lived from the 2nd to early 1st century BC
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Morning has broken on Lake Huron 🌅
September 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Morning has broken on Lake Huron 🌅
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Truth. 😢
September 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Truth. 😢
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It’s Time to Stand Up for America. Again!
On October 18, communities across the nation will rise up to make clear to President Trump that in this country, we don't have kings or wannabe dictators. America belongs to us. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. tinyurl.com/3nx96vcx
On October 18, communities across the nation will rise up to make clear to President Trump that in this country, we don't have kings or wannabe dictators. America belongs to us. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. tinyurl.com/3nx96vcx
No Kings, No Dictators: Take Back America on October 18
Join the movement to take our country back from Trump's authoritarian grip
tinyurl.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s Time to Stand Up for America. Again!
On October 18, communities across the nation will rise up to make clear to President Trump that in this country, we don't have kings or wannabe dictators. America belongs to us. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. tinyurl.com/3nx96vcx
On October 18, communities across the nation will rise up to make clear to President Trump that in this country, we don't have kings or wannabe dictators. America belongs to us. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. tinyurl.com/3nx96vcx
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We thought No Kings Day in June would be a good protest. We did not know it would break records, with 2,169 protests in every state and 27 countries.
We need your help to make October 18 even bigger: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
We need your help to make October 18 even bigger: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We thought No Kings Day in June would be a good protest. We did not know it would break records, with 2,169 protests in every state and 27 countries.
We need your help to make October 18 even bigger: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
We need your help to make October 18 even bigger: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people —does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us”
-Trump’s former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (2020)
-Trump’s former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (2020)
September 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people —does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us”
-Trump’s former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (2020)
-Trump’s former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (2020)
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Fascism didn’t end after ww2, it just bought a shiny, new, star-spangled face and learned to act “polite” while ushering in their new age
The internet stochastism and total ownership of the media is the penultimate success of the fascist
The internet stochastism and total ownership of the media is the penultimate success of the fascist
September 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fascism didn’t end after ww2, it just bought a shiny, new, star-spangled face and learned to act “polite” while ushering in their new age
The internet stochastism and total ownership of the media is the penultimate success of the fascist
The internet stochastism and total ownership of the media is the penultimate success of the fascist
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As more info comes in this needs to be said: if it wasn’t some left wing radical that did it, and it appears it wasn’t, there need to be massive pushback because they are STILL pretending it’s some culture war and it is only in their own minds
Dangerous times
Dangerous times
September 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
As more info comes in this needs to be said: if it wasn’t some left wing radical that did it, and it appears it wasn’t, there need to be massive pushback because they are STILL pretending it’s some culture war and it is only in their own minds
Dangerous times
Dangerous times
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“Dems cannot pretend this is a normal Republican administration. They cannot ignore masked agents in the streets, armed troops in the cities, billions of dollars of money going into the Trump family’s pockets… If Dems cannot make an issue out of all that, then they are screwed and so are we.”
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Dems cannot pretend this is a normal Republican administration. They cannot ignore masked agents in the streets, armed troops in the cities, billions of dollars of money going into the Trump family’s pockets… If Dems cannot make an issue out of all that, then they are screwed and so are we.”
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Piece by Ezra Klein.
“Dems cannot pretend this is a normal Republican administration. They cannot ignore masked agents in the streets, armed troops in the cities, billions of dollars of money going into the Trump family’s pockets… If Dems cannot make an issue out of all that, then they are screwed and so are we.”
🎁🔗
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Piece by Ezra Klein.
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More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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Somehow. They know
September 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Somehow. They know
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That means he’s going to accelerate what he’s been doing for decades. The Senate ushered that in, knowing full well his history.
I’ve written so much about him I’ve organized a section of my newsletter under “RFK Jr”
Find them all here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🔗 news.immunologic.org/t/rfk-jr
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I’ve written so much about him I’ve organized a section of my newsletter under “RFK Jr”
Find them all here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🔗 news.immunologic.org/t/rfk-jr
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August 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
That means he’s going to accelerate what he’s been doing for decades. The Senate ushered that in, knowing full well his history.
I’ve written so much about him I’ve organized a section of my newsletter under “RFK Jr”
Find them all here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🔗 news.immunologic.org/t/rfk-jr
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I’ve written so much about him I’ve organized a section of my newsletter under “RFK Jr”
Find them all here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🔗 news.immunologic.org/t/rfk-jr
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Bill Cassidy, a physician, cast the deciding vote confirming RFK Jr.
Never let anyone forget that.
Never let anyone forget that.
August 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Bill Cassidy, a physician, cast the deciding vote confirming RFK Jr.
Never let anyone forget that.
Never let anyone forget that.
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Journalists ignored his well-documented history & wrote flattering articles about him.
He’s doing the same shit he has for 40 YEARS. Did you actually think he’d stop being an anti-science profiteer?
Of course not.
Now he’s got the power and authority of the Federal government behind him.
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He’s doing the same shit he has for 40 YEARS. Did you actually think he’d stop being an anti-science profiteer?
Of course not.
Now he’s got the power and authority of the Federal government behind him.
2/
August 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Journalists ignored his well-documented history & wrote flattering articles about him.
He’s doing the same shit he has for 40 YEARS. Did you actually think he’d stop being an anti-science profiteer?
Of course not.
Now he’s got the power and authority of the Federal government behind him.
2/
He’s doing the same shit he has for 40 YEARS. Did you actually think he’d stop being an anti-science profiteer?
Of course not.
Now he’s got the power and authority of the Federal government behind him.
2/
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What’s wild to me:
NOW, media outlets & medical organizations are “stunned” by the damage RFK Jr. is doing to CDC, other health agencies, & public health.
Me & my colleagues have been screaming about him for years. Years.
Even more so in the last year.
We were called hyperbolic.
1/
NOW, media outlets & medical organizations are “stunned” by the damage RFK Jr. is doing to CDC, other health agencies, & public health.
Me & my colleagues have been screaming about him for years. Years.
Even more so in the last year.
We were called hyperbolic.
1/
August 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What’s wild to me:
NOW, media outlets & medical organizations are “stunned” by the damage RFK Jr. is doing to CDC, other health agencies, & public health.
Me & my colleagues have been screaming about him for years. Years.
Even more so in the last year.
We were called hyperbolic.
1/
NOW, media outlets & medical organizations are “stunned” by the damage RFK Jr. is doing to CDC, other health agencies, & public health.
Me & my colleagues have been screaming about him for years. Years.
Even more so in the last year.
We were called hyperbolic.
1/
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Are they actually sleeping on the job now? Spotted near a police station in the southeast.
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
August 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Donald Trump incited a violent coup to overthrow the 2020 election and hold onto power. It will never be ok that he was not held accountable, including banning him from ever again holding public office.
August 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Donald Trump incited a violent coup to overthrow the 2020 election and hold onto power. It will never be ok that he was not held accountable, including banning him from ever again holding public office.
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This gentleman is a hero
But the story has an ominous post script
I believe he then went on a national news program where he said that after the incident, almost all the kids stopped coming to practice
Terrorizing children
That's what ICE does
But the story has an ominous post script
I believe he then went on a national news program where he said that after the incident, almost all the kids stopped coming to practice
Terrorizing children
That's what ICE does
Heroes without capes 💪
“There's only one way to get into the cage,
so my whole thing was I can control that
I was in front of the entrance and
that's when I just said, you know,
I may die here,
but they will not take one of these kids”
www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
“There's only one way to get into the cage,
so my whole thing was I can control that
I was in front of the entrance and
that's when I just said, you know,
I may die here,
but they will not take one of these kids”
www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...
NYC youth baseball coach confronts ICE: ‘I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids'
A New York City baseball coach said he confronted immigration agents who questioned minors at a park: "I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids."
www.wcpo.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This gentleman is a hero
But the story has an ominous post script
I believe he then went on a national news program where he said that after the incident, almost all the kids stopped coming to practice
Terrorizing children
That's what ICE does
But the story has an ominous post script
I believe he then went on a national news program where he said that after the incident, almost all the kids stopped coming to practice
Terrorizing children
That's what ICE does
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The Oklahoma Teacher Qualification Test from PragerU is finally up on their website (but you have to at least provide them fake contact info first):
"Educators who pass the test will receive an official PragerU Teacher Certificate..."
www.prageru.com/teacher-qual...
"Educators who pass the test will receive an official PragerU Teacher Certificate..."
www.prageru.com/teacher-qual...
August 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Oklahoma Teacher Qualification Test from PragerU is finally up on their website (but you have to at least provide them fake contact info first):
"Educators who pass the test will receive an official PragerU Teacher Certificate..."
www.prageru.com/teacher-qual...
"Educators who pass the test will receive an official PragerU Teacher Certificate..."
www.prageru.com/teacher-qual...
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Watch this. Apparently, police followed Rep Collier into the bathroom and threatened her with a FELONY for being on a press call with Senator Corey Booker and Governor Newsom.
Authoritarianism in plain sight.
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was forced by police to hang up on a press call after being threatened with a felony arrest—for daring to speak.
She can’t be in the bathroom, can’t be on the floor, can’t even talk to the press without GOP cops breathing down her neck.
Texas Rep. Nicole Collier was forced by police to hang up on a press call after being threatened with a felony arrest—for daring to speak.
She can’t be in the bathroom, can’t be on the floor, can’t even talk to the press without GOP cops breathing down her neck.
August 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Watch this. Apparently, police followed Rep Collier into the bathroom and threatened her with a FELONY for being on a press call with Senator Corey Booker and Governor Newsom.