Roger Berkeley

Political Strategist litigating in the court of public opinion. Opinions my own and sometimes published by @lawliberty and others.

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

READ: “Ireland shows what happens when elites, bureaucracies, and ideology override national identity.”

In my St. Patrick’s Day piece for ⁦@realDailyWire⁩, I warn that Americans can look to Ireland to see what lies ahead if the Left regains power.

https://t.co/O6gJ8RcLFQ

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

@Mark_J_Henry @CSOIreland I’m guessing this doesn’t take into account the ~1% of the population that emigrates every year. I’m sure they’re very satisfied…

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

@declanganley Not to mention the ~60,000 people who were not asked about their satisfaction levels as they emigrated last year…

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

Spoken like someone who has not had to sleep in a hot box in London all week…

[UnknownUser @upsydwnworld]

@GBNEWS Dont think its hot enough year round to justify aircon use in the UK

[John McGuirk @john_mcguirk]

Consider the implication of this question: as an 18 year old, if you refuse to see patriarchy in the world, you may be marked down. Not having the correct political views may meaningfully harm your career and future.

[Matt Mehan @MTMehan]

The opt out is great. But what to replace the garbage with…? Let me see…if only there was a wonderful new classic for all ages…

[Izengabe @Izengabe_]

There is no way this Talarico mailer could be real. It's as if Tobias Fünke ran for Senate in Texas.

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

I don’t know what was behind Makary’s resignation, but if I can piggyback on this essay, when I found out I had cancer, my coworker @GeorgiaMaeHowe urged me to reach out to Marty Makary to see if he might offer some advice.

We had interviewed him on Morning Wire, so I had his contact information. But I thought, my goodness, the man has just taken over the FDA! I can’t imagine how busy he is—I can’t bother him with my garden variety cancer diagnosis!

But, I also had some decisions to make. And it can be hard to know what treatment path to choose as an ordinary person with no medical expertise. So I bit the bullet and called him, a little nervous that he might find me presumptuous.

Not only did he give no hint that it was an imposition that I called him, he stayed on the phone with me for about 45 minutes, walking me through all the variables. Then he asked me who I was considering for my surgical oncologist. I mentioned a couple of names and he said, “Let me look into them and get back to you.”

This was far more than I was expecting from someone in his position with the kinds of demands he has on his time. But he called back a few days later and had vetted my surgical options and highly recommended one in particular. He had made calls to other oncologists he knew in Charlotte to ensure that it wasn’t just someone well trained surgically who looked good on paper, but also someone who had a great reputation for being ethical.

(and let me just say, I took Makary’s advice on which surgeon to choose, and it turned out to be a massive blessing because that guy wasn’t only an amazing physician, he also turned out to be a strong Christian, who goes to Kevin DeYoung’s church, so he was really encouraging spiritually through the process as well!)

Then Makary encouraged me to call him anytime if I needed further advice. Which I did, and on those occasions, he once again stayed on the phone with me for a long time, providing counsel and walking me through my options.

So all that to say, I’ve personally experienced Marty Makary’s character and I have to agree with this assessment. He’s a good man.

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

@stellaomalley3 Congrats Doc!!

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

What could possibly go wrong…

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I'm Hunter Biden. You've never actually heard from me.

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

Dr. Joseph is a wonderful antidote to homesickness for all us emigrés forced abroad to find a living wage…

[Irishman @IrishmanIRL]

Anti-racism training for Bertie

Nigerian immigrant Dr. Ebun Joseph has said former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern should attend an anti-racism training course to show that he has moved past this incident.

The 'Special Rapporteur on Racial Equality and Racism at the Department of Justice' told the Irish Daily Mail: It was upsetting and scary to hear. It's like comments from the 1970s
He is saying that people who look like me are not welcome in this country.

[Justin Davis @JustinDavisNRA]

"So you spent $83 million on a redistricting referendum?"

"Yes Dave."

"And isn't the DNC millions in debt?"

"Yes Dave."

"And you didn't think to make sure it would pass the Virginia Supreme Court?"

"No Dave."

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

Incredible news.

[Alliance Defending Freedom @ADFLegal]

VICTORY - Shipment of mail-order abortion drugs is paused!

The Fifth Circuit has granted our motion to stay in Louisiana v. FDA. This means shipment of mail-order abortion drugs is paused nationwide while we continue our appeal.

Thank you to @AGLizMurrill for her tireless work on this case.

WATCH the story of Rosalie Markezich, a co-plaintiff in the case, whose boyfriend pressured her to take these drugs.

[Dr. Eoin Lenihan @EoinLenihan]

Ireland is so rich 40% of working people under the age of 35 live in their childhood bedroom without hope of buying or renting their own home.

Ireland is so rich that each month it sets new homelessness records with 17,500 people being homeless in March.

Ireland is so rich that 3 out of 5 Irish people under the age of 25 want to emigrate and 81% said they'd have a better quality of life elsewhere.

Ireland is so rich that Irish people - not high-earning non-Irish FDI tech multinational (Indian) workers, and not no-earning false asylum claimants - will at best be able to move into a garden shed out the back of their parent's home.

Ireland is so rich that when it snows elderly people across the nation - particularly in the west - are left without heat and electricity because of archaic infrastructure outside of the capital.

Ireland is so rich that hauliers and farmers recently braved being pepper-sprayed by police to try and bring notice to the fact that they are living paycheque to paycheque.

Ireland is so rich that groceries cost the second-highest in the Eurozone - 12% above the EU average. It has the highest electricity costs in Europe (excluding inflationary government subsidies). Ireland is so rich it routinely tops the most expensive lists for hotels, dining, internet, phones, postage etc.

Ireland is so rich...on paper.
👇👇👇

[Spencer A. Klavan @SpencerKlavan]

Every time Trump survives an assassination attempt he enters a kind of zen fugue state where he transcends his usual belligerence and radiates unearthly serenity. "I wasn't worried," he said after this last one. "I understand life. We live in a crazy world." In this photo he looks like the speaker of Yeats's "Lake Isle of Innisfree," gazing dreamily into the respite that awaits him when at last his labor on this earth is done.

"Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade."

This usually lasts about a week before he goes back to thundering obscenities at his enemies and wishing hellfire upon them at the merest provocation.

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

@mvaneerde @ADFLegal @Jeremy_Tedesco @cameron_arcand If the propaganda amounts to defamatory statements (like comparing a First Amendment law firm with the KKK), that is decidedly not protected by the First Amendment.

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

@puddingmomentum @jasonomahony lol

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

There is a way past the absurd and deeply divisive “war” between the President and the Pope, which has been enthusiastically ginned up by the press. And it is indicated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2309 to be precise. After laying out the various criteria for determining a just war—proportionality, last resort, declaration by a competent authority, reasonable hope of success, etc.—the Catechism points out that “the evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential judgment of those who have responsibility for the common good.” The assumption is that the just war principles function, to use the technical term, as heuristic devices, designed to guide the practical decision-making of those civil authorities who have to adjudicate matters of war and peace.

The role of the Church, therefore, is to call for peace and to urge that any conflict be strictly circumscribed by the moral constraints of the just war criteria. But it is not the role of the Church to evaluate whether a particular war is just or unjust. That appraisal belongs to the civil authorities, who, one presumes, have requisite knowledge of conditions on the ground. So, is the war in question truly the last resort? Is there really a balance between the good to be attained and the destruction caused by the war? Are combatants and non-combatants being properly distinguished in the waging of the conflict? Do the belligerents have right intention? Is there a reasonable hope of success? The posing of those questions—indeed the insistence upon their moral relevance—belongs rightly to the Church, but the answering of them belongs to the civil authorities.

The Pope has said, on numerous occasions, that he is not a politician and that his role is not the determination of any nation's foreign policy. But he has just as clearly said that he will continue to speak for peace and for moral constraint. In making both of these claims, he is operating perfectly within the framework of paragraph 2309 of the Catechism. If we understand that the Pope and the President have qualitatively different roles to play in the determination of moral action in regard to war, we can, I hope, extricate ourselves from the completely unhelpful narrative of “Pope vs. President.”

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

@SimonHarrisMBD You’d be surprised…

[Roger Berkeley @roger_berkeley]

@brianrknight I think I’ve seen a few @TheBabylonBee sketches about 2A through the lens of a pink-haired liberal. I assume this is the sort of stuff you’re looking for?