Rosie Berman
@rosie-berman.bsky.social
she/her | preserving the human element in war & peace | no kings in America | @fletcherschool.bsky.social '21 | all opinions my own
...and this isn't the silliest I've seen them look this week.
I'm not gonna presume everybody's Christian, but I can guess from the states that they're deployed from that most of them are. They should be at home taking silly Santa hat photos with their families.
I'm not gonna presume everybody's Christian, but I can guess from the states that they're deployed from that most of them are. They should be at home taking silly Santa hat photos with their families.
National Guard wearing Santa hats while patrolling in DC.
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
...and this isn't the silliest I've seen them look this week.
I'm not gonna presume everybody's Christian, but I can guess from the states that they're deployed from that most of them are. They should be at home taking silly Santa hat photos with their families.
I'm not gonna presume everybody's Christian, but I can guess from the states that they're deployed from that most of them are. They should be at home taking silly Santa hat photos with their families.
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Really hard to imagine this opinion coming down the way it did if Illinoisans hadn't rallied to protect their neighbors and Pritzker hadn't publicly and forcefully resisted the administration.
December 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Really hard to imagine this opinion coming down the way it did if Illinoisans hadn't rallied to protect their neighbors and Pritzker hadn't publicly and forcefully resisted the administration.
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Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
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In case people tell you that public criticism of the court doesn’t matter, here’s Brett Kavanaugh trying to walk back what he said in the ICE roving patrol case - when he blessed racial profiling & called the stops prompt.
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In case people tell you that public criticism of the court doesn’t matter, here’s Brett Kavanaugh trying to walk back what he said in the ICE roving patrol case - when he blessed racial profiling & called the stops prompt.
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
This past year, I finally got around to reading Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy. Yes, it's as good as everyone said it was. Unfortunately, it's also quite relevant to U.S. politics. In my blog, I reflect on reading Wolf Hall in 2025 and the perilous gap between actions and consequences
Scaramella Goes to War
A mercurial leader obsessed with his own status, power, and virility makes policy decisions based on petty whims and grudges. Uninterested in the everyday act of ruling, he outsources governance to…
firecrackerinthedark.wordpress.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This past year, I finally got around to reading Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy. Yes, it's as good as everyone said it was. Unfortunately, it's also quite relevant to U.S. politics. In my blog, I reflect on reading Wolf Hall in 2025 and the perilous gap between actions and consequences
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Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
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again, the crisis of masculinity people care about shoring up masculinity, not about the health and well being of men. these two things are antithetical. and nothing shows that more clearly than gun violence.
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
again, the crisis of masculinity people care about shoring up masculinity, not about the health and well being of men. these two things are antithetical. and nothing shows that more clearly than gun violence.
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DC Cir. will allow the continued deployment of National Guard troops in D.C. while the litigation continues.
Decision rests on idea that D.C. has no sovereignty (or federalism interest) of its own bc it is not a state.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Decision rests on idea that D.C. has no sovereignty (or federalism interest) of its own bc it is not a state.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![The District of Columbia, in contrast, is a federal district, not a sovereign State. From its inception, the District has been a creation of Congress. See U.S. CONST. Art. I, § 8, cl. 17 (vesting Congress with the power “[t]o exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District * * * as may * * * become the Seat of Government of the United States”). And not just a federal district, but also the Nation’s Capital—a jurisdiction in which Congress has distinctive power to provide for the defense of the operations and property of the federal government.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreiduu334jmbcannco2umj5xadaxgbhvpktvqbjjkdzdnwxnunung7y@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
DC Cir. will allow the continued deployment of National Guard troops in D.C. while the litigation continues.
Decision rests on idea that D.C. has no sovereignty (or federalism interest) of its own bc it is not a state.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Decision rests on idea that D.C. has no sovereignty (or federalism interest) of its own bc it is not a state.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Susie Wiles seems to be acting as the Thomas Cromwell to Trump's Henry VIII
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Susie Wiles seems to be acting as the Thomas Cromwell to Trump's Henry VIII
I'd say this isn't great...
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I'd say this isn't great...
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Trump implying that one of his supporters murdered Rob Reiner for criticizing him is really something
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Trump implying that one of his supporters murdered Rob Reiner for criticizing him is really something
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A majority of Indiana Senate Republicans stood together to reject Trump’s mob-boss politics.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A majority of Indiana Senate Republicans stood together to reject Trump’s mob-boss politics.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
There is more power in standing up to a corrupt, unpopular administration rather than playing its game.
Law firms, universities, foundations, and media companies should take note.
Some wholesome content for your Friday morning
The West End branch of @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social has a rotating gingerbread replica of itself ❤️🎄
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Some wholesome content for your Friday morning
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I’ve been notified of two more deaths in ICE custody in the last 24 hours — meaning that 25 people have now died in detention since Trump returned to office.
That’s the most in more than two decades. The cruelty and inhumanity of this administration must end.
That’s the most in more than two decades. The cruelty and inhumanity of this administration must end.
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’ve been notified of two more deaths in ICE custody in the last 24 hours — meaning that 25 people have now died in detention since Trump returned to office.
That’s the most in more than two decades. The cruelty and inhumanity of this administration must end.
That’s the most in more than two decades. The cruelty and inhumanity of this administration must end.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
"He's making a list, checking it twice!
Gonna find out if you're naughty or nice,
Kash Patel is coming to town!"
Gonna find out if you're naughty or nice,
Kash Patel is coming to town!"
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"He's making a list, checking it twice!
Gonna find out if you're naughty or nice,
Kash Patel is coming to town!"
Gonna find out if you're naughty or nice,
Kash Patel is coming to town!"
If you're defending human rights, you're a human rights defender. In this excellent article for Democracy Without Exception, Sarah Gardiner writes about how U.S.-based human rights defenders can learn from (and build solidarity with) HRDs facing similar challenges around the world
Defending the Defenders
Sarah Gardiner on how to protect U.S.-based human rights defenders
democracywithoutexception.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If you're defending human rights, you're a human rights defender. In this excellent article for Democracy Without Exception, Sarah Gardiner writes about how U.S.-based human rights defenders can learn from (and build solidarity with) HRDs facing similar challenges around the world
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Damn I can't believe Senator Tom Cotton (R-Shoot Protesters In The Streets) thinks that extrajudicial murder by the state is fine
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Damn I can't believe Senator Tom Cotton (R-Shoot Protesters In The Streets) thinks that extrajudicial murder by the state is fine
At the end of the day, we're all just people. We're all part of communities with each other. Of course people don't like it when masked goons come to town and abduct their neighbors
"Real" America Is Turning Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime
In Appalachia and the Southeast, everyday Americans are standing up to ICE arresting their immigrant neighbors.
theintercept.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
At the end of the day, we're all just people. We're all part of communities with each other. Of course people don't like it when masked goons come to town and abduct their neighbors
Fantastic new piece from @elizabethrb.bsky.social in @inkstickmedia.com today:
"Although its [the Trump administration's] claims of warfare and “terrorists” and double-tap strikes are more brazen and preposterous than those of its predecessors, they are built on the same foundation."
"Although its [the Trump administration's] claims of warfare and “terrorists” and double-tap strikes are more brazen and preposterous than those of its predecessors, they are built on the same foundation."
The War on Terror Set the Stage for Deadly Caribbean Boat Strikes
The recent deadly strikes on alleged drug-running boats in the Caribbean happened thanks to the war on terror's legacy.
inkstickmedia.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fantastic new piece from @elizabethrb.bsky.social in @inkstickmedia.com today:
"Although its [the Trump administration's] claims of warfare and “terrorists” and double-tap strikes are more brazen and preposterous than those of its predecessors, they are built on the same foundation."
"Although its [the Trump administration's] claims of warfare and “terrorists” and double-tap strikes are more brazen and preposterous than those of its predecessors, they are built on the same foundation."
Turns out, dispatching cars full of goons to straight up abduct people is, in fact, illegal.
May this ruling lead to tangible change for our immigrant neighbors. No one should have to live in terror
May this ruling lead to tangible change for our immigrant neighbors. No one should have to live in terror
Federal judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in D.C.
Lawyers say federal agents unlawfully operated under an ‘arrest first, ask questions later’ policy.
51st.news
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Turns out, dispatching cars full of goons to straight up abduct people is, in fact, illegal.
May this ruling lead to tangible change for our immigrant neighbors. No one should have to live in terror
May this ruling lead to tangible change for our immigrant neighbors. No one should have to live in terror
I don't even know what to say...
Why is Donald Trump’s name now on the @usip.org building? Who put there? And when?
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I don't even know what to say...
Imagine being this Canadian publisher and having to say that no, this beloved children's character would NOT commit war crimes (or straight-up murder, for that matter)
Franklin the Turtle publisher slams Hegseth for ‘violent’ boat strike post
“Beloved Canadian icon” says it wants no part of the Trump team's war on drug traffickers.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Imagine being this Canadian publisher and having to say that no, this beloved children's character would NOT commit war crimes (or straight-up murder, for that matter)
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🚨 On Sunday, November 23, U.S. Border Patrol illegally entered the No More Deaths’ humanitarian aid station and arrested three people who were receiving aid, without a warrant.
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🚨 On Sunday, November 23, U.S. Border Patrol illegally entered the No More Deaths’ humanitarian aid station and arrested three people who were receiving aid, without a warrant.