Jason Berkenfeld

Donor advisor focused on helping Democrats win, @arianagrande enthusiast, former @thumbtack and @bainandcompany

[𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎 @MeliMels99]

I usually don’t give a rats ass about what this woman says but DAMN the Internet is forever

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Tim Cook saw the video of Alex Pretti getting murdered by Trump’s goons then put on a tuxedo and went to the White House to toast Melania. Revolting.

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

Today is the day for Governors of blue states, who actually fund the federal government, to get together and come up with a plan to withhold all funds from the federal government and to deprive red states who take the money from the ability to do do.

[swiss bae 🇨🇩 @thekonyjen]

so the US only has Israel as an ally? 😭😭😭😂😂😂😭😂😂😭😂😭😂😭😂😂😭😭😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😭😭 just two dumb bitches telling each other “exactlyyyyyy”

[danisha carter @danishacarterr]

girl, we get it @MrsErikaKirk

[JASH JAY @TheJASHJAY]

Not including even a featured verse from that artist in my DJ sets ever again. That’s insane. lol

[emily 🫥 @dykeslayage]

still thinking about that tweet that said cowardly lion was giving gays for trump 😭😭😭

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since I retired – which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents.

In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia. I did all of this in service to this country that I love and has given me so much.

Secretary Hegseth’s tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President’s posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death.

If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.

[DME 🇳🇦 @dme_363]

Bill Clinton during the 2016 US presidential debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

[Vix 🎸 @skinnyforlunch]

this 22 year old pop star with only 2 albums has taken more risks and has more of a backbone than most established singers with decade long careers

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

Never forget.

@TeamPelosi

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

Democrats spent months handwringing after Harris lost over how they were going to mobilize young people, reach young men, and seem relevant again. The reality is that they don’t like the answer to that question

[Modern Rome in Freefall 🇵🇸 @ljmontello]

Every Democrat who endorsed Cuomo should hang their head in shame & never offer their opinion on politics ever again.

[Peter Beinart @PeterBeinart]

One might think that after Amnesty, B'Tselem, the UN and the International Association of Genocide Scholars have accused Israel of genocide, rabbis would feel some need to answer their arguments. Instead, they simply waive them away.

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

The Washington Post review - evisceration - of @K_JeanPierre’s new book is art.

[Jason Berkenfeld @berkenfeld]

Putting aside the politics of the shutdown, etc.

It is wild that a single billionaire can put $100 into 1,320,000 people’s pockets without batting an eye.

Elon Musk could do this EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR 10 STRAIGHT YEARS and STILL have $20 billion leftover.

Tax the rich.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The U.S. military accepted a private donation of $130 million to help pay troops during the shutdown. The move is highly unusual and a potential violation of federal law. https://t.co/4pA8N3Rycb

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

I promise you I will not be attending any DSCC fundraising events in a wine cave in California.

[Adam Carlson @admcrlsn]

Hakeem Jeffries voted to honor Charlie Kirk before he endorsed Zohran Mamdani

[Jason Berkenfeld @berkenfeld]

The utter cowardice of corporate “leaders” in this moment is the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen.

@RobertIger

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

In the hours leading up to the decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel, two sources familiar with the matter say, senior executives at ABC, its owner Disney, and affiliates convened emergency meetings to figure out how to minimize the damage. Multiple execs felt that Kimmel had not actually said anything over the line, the two sources say, but the threat of Trump administration retaliation loomed.

Details: https://t.co/K0skxF5hGo

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: MAGA world flies into panic mode as the grandmother of Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin Tyler Robinson reveals that his entire family is hardcore MAGA.

The Republican narrative has collapsed in record time...

“My son, his dad, is a Republican for Trump. Most of my family members are Republican. I don’t know any single one who’s a Democrat," the suspect's grandmother Debbie Robinson told The Daily Mail.

“I’m just so confused. [Tyler] is the shyest person. He has never, ever spoke politics to me at all," she added.

The Daily Beast reported that both of Robinson's parents are registered Republicans who hold hunting licenses. They appear to be run-of-the-mill conservative gun nuts.

In the immediate aftermath of Kirk's assassinations, Republicans rushed to blame Democrats. Donald Trump pointed a finger at the "radical left" and MAGA influencers, including Donald Trump Jr., gleefully embraced the false narrative that the shooter was transgender.

We now know that the alleged shooter was a 22-year-old white Mormon man from Utah. It seems increasingly likely that he was a far-right supporter of the white nationalist Nick Fuentes. The engravings on the bullets found appear to be references to memes popular within Fuentes's "groyper" movement. Groypers despised Charlie Kirk because he wasn't right-wing enough for their taste and they believe that he sold out the "America First" movement.

One bullet was engraved with the phrase “Hey fascist! Catch!" but it does not appear to be a left-wing "antifa" message as Republicans originally claimed. Instead, it seems to be a reference to a satirical slogan in the popular video game Helldivers 2. Video games are a crucial cornerstone of the bizarre groyper worldview, along with misogyny and racism.

In the coming days we will no doubt learn more about this twisted shooter and his hateful beliefs but we cannot allow Republicans to slink away without taking responsibility for their lies. Yesterday, they were promising now civil war. Now that it appears the shooter was one of their own, they want to move on.

We must hold them accountable. The shooter is not transgender, is not a Democrat, and is not an immigrant. He's an unstable homegrown white man with access to firearms. America's gun violence problem is a Republican problem.

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