Chris Bernardo

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. -Dwight Eisenhower

[Chris Bernardo @HisAirnessFan45]

"A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy."
(James Madison)

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico's "neoliberal period" is over, announcing a slew of new public works.

Continuing AMLO's Fourth Transformation, Mexico is building passenger rail, highways, airports, 200K+ affordable homes, and more

[austerity is theft @wideofthepost]

Totally worthless party.

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

Mainstream Dem leaders prove once again that they have contempt for their own voters and would rather sell the country out to fascism than upset AIPAC.

[Melat Kiros for Congress, CO-1 @MelatKirosCO]

Israel killed six journalists in a strike near the al-Shifa Hospital today, bringing the total to 186.

71% of Dem voters want an arms embargo and all this party can offer are hollow, meaningless platitudes because they don’t actually represent us. It’s time to clean house.

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

I can't find words to express how upsetting it is that most mainstream Western reporters are silent about this.

[Lee Hepner @LeeHepner]

The top 10% of earners now account for 50% of consumer spending. Instead of expanding markets by increasing output and lowering prices, firms are raising prices to maintain revenue projections.

In an unequal society, essential goods become luxuries.

[Branko Marcetic @BMarchetich]

Fantastic interview where a US senator is, for once, confronted with basic facts about Israeli policy in Gaza and her own responsibility for the horrors there. Is it too much to ask for all interviewers to do this?

[Branko Marcetic @BMarchetich]

This is fundamentally why the Democratic establishment can't really capitalise on the Mamdani phenomenon: their entire existence relies on rejecting his actual policies, which is the core of what made him successful.

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

Carsten Charles Sabathia: Hall of Famer 🔥

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I have questions after watching this video: Why would releasing the Epstein files cause political pain to congressmen, does avoiding political pain take priority over justice, and how exactly is the Speaker being prosecuted by a vote on the Epstein files?

[Sam Haselby @samhaselby]

If you'd like to know why Americans no longer respect liberal elites and experts, watch Anthony Blinken tell Christian Amanpour that the slaughter of Palestinians could have ended if not for the campus protestors.

[Saagar Enjeti @esaagar]

Ron Wyden, who has worked the Epstein case for 3 years, says that the government is sitting on secret bank filings showing some 1.5 billion in suspicious wire transfers by Epstein involving some of the most powerful people in the world

How about we release those?

[Emmy Potter @emmylanepotter]

It's pretty wild to me that THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES has never gotten Emmy noms for any of its cast or for Comedy Series when it is, joke for joke, one of the funniest actual comedies of the last decade.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

Obama’s entire schtick is tied up in the same big donor-approved premise of Abundance: that class conflict is a vestige of the past and politicians can work to improve the lives of the working/middle class without needing to meaningfully confront capital and the super rich

[Kalshi Film @Kalshi_Film]

No cinematographer comes close to Roger Deakins.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

“If you support what Israel is doing to Gaza right now, my advice to you guys is that you never have a leg to stand on if you claim to be pro-life for the rest of your life.” — Dave Smith, to a mostly pro-Israel audience at the TPUSA Student Action Summit.

The libertarian comedian was booed by the crowd as host Charlie Kirk stepped in, saying: “Let’s not boo our speakers.”

Smith responded: “Oh it’s OK to support a policy that is killing babies? All of a sudden killing babies is now negotiable. Alright, fine.”

Turning Point USA is a right-wing youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk. It’s known for its Christian nationalist leanings, close ties to the MAGA movement, and strong support for Israel. It hosts events like the Student Action Summit to rally young conservatives around issues like free markets, faith, and American exceptionalism.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Let me be totally clear: I will not vote to send one American soldier to Iran. Not one.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

All these years I thought the New York Times only knew how to write headlines that go like, “At a Gaza hospital, explosions appear.” Turns out they do know how to write in normal English!

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

Dick Cheney didn’t care what US intelligence said about Iraq WMDs either, so he had it fabricated to go to war.

Trump is too lazy to bother to fabricate: