beth4158 🙄
@beth4158.bsky.social
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Horrified but not deterred.
Deleted Threads and Instagram accounts (and quit Facebook in 2018).
Deleted X recently after logging out years ago.
Deleted LinkedIn, too.
Bluesky is my lone home!
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beth4158 🙄
@beth4158.bsky.social
· Jul 15
If I share posts that contain links to Substack, I'm sharing for what's written in the post, not suggesting to you read the Substack.
I am anti-Substack.
If you're a Substacker and you're reading this, please migrate to Beehiv or Ghost or another platform that doesn't allow Nazis.
I am anti-Substack.
If you're a Substacker and you're reading this, please migrate to Beehiv or Ghost or another platform that doesn't allow Nazis.
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"License plate readers and personal data from car registrations are only supposed to be accessed for an active criminal investigation...
“Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
www.mprnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"License plate readers and personal data from car registrations are only supposed to be accessed for an active criminal investigation...
“Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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NYT: Karoline Leavitt warned Tony Dokoupil and the CBS News team to air their Donald Trump interview in full, or "we'll sue your ass off."
January 18, 2026 at 12:33 AM
NYT: Karoline Leavitt warned Tony Dokoupil and the CBS News team to air their Donald Trump interview in full, or "we'll sue your ass off."
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No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
January 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.
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A new CNN poll finds 58% of respondents call Trump's first term a failure.
55%: Trump's policies have hurt the economy
64%: Trump hasn't done enough to reduce costs of everyday goods
42% approve of his handling of immigration
39% approve of his handling of foreign affairs
55%: Trump's policies have hurt the economy
64%: Trump hasn't done enough to reduce costs of everyday goods
42% approve of his handling of immigration
39% approve of his handling of foreign affairs
January 18, 2026 at 12:36 AM
A new CNN poll finds 58% of respondents call Trump's first term a failure.
55%: Trump's policies have hurt the economy
64%: Trump hasn't done enough to reduce costs of everyday goods
42% approve of his handling of immigration
39% approve of his handling of foreign affairs
55%: Trump's policies have hurt the economy
64%: Trump hasn't done enough to reduce costs of everyday goods
42% approve of his handling of immigration
39% approve of his handling of foreign affairs
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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
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A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
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People seem to think my issue is with reflective vests. It is not. My issue is with civilian officers enforcing laws in a constitutional republic dressed as members of the military.
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
People seem to think my issue is with reflective vests. It is not. My issue is with civilian officers enforcing laws in a constitutional republic dressed as members of the military.
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I am once again begging Congress for the sake of our Republic to pass a law forbidding law enforcement from wearing military uniforms.
January 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I am once again begging Congress for the sake of our Republic to pass a law forbidding law enforcement from wearing military uniforms.
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
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The fact that CBS didn’t report this incident tells you everything.
NYT publishes audio of Karoline Leavitt threatening CBS over its Trump interview: “He said, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The fact that CBS didn’t report this incident tells you everything.
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This made me laugh out loud.
January 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This made me laugh out loud.
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"ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval w ppl loudly expressing their disapproval. The noise has the added benefit of drawing large crowds of bystanders who can quickly outnumber the ICE agents, who then have to decide if they want to escalate a situation or perhaps abandon" it.
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
January 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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case in point bsky.app/profile/nedz...
January 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
case in point bsky.app/profile/nedz...
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ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
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I think the White House calls this FAFO
January 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I think the White House calls this FAFO
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"There comes a point where we have to start questioning whether or not he’s actually aware of what’s happening around him & the harm he’s doing. It’s similar to historical figures like Nero or Caligula. Their madness took over & they started doing wildly destructive things. Trump is in that place."
Simon Rosenberg on Trump’s no good, very bad year
"It’s grotesque. He’s become a grotesque figure."
www.publicnotice.co
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"There comes a point where we have to start questioning whether or not he’s actually aware of what’s happening around him & the harm he’s doing. It’s similar to historical figures like Nero or Caligula. Their madness took over & they started doing wildly destructive things. Trump is in that place."
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Dems should be making hay of this!
June 2024: "Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack‘s [(R)] son James Phillip Womack was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine."
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
January 17, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Dems should be making hay of this!
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June 2024: "Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack‘s [(R)] son James Phillip Womack was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine."
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
June 2024: "Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack‘s [(R)] son James Phillip Womack was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine."
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
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It really is worth stressing that this "important scholarship" is neither important nor scholarship.
Three generations of law professors making history up is enough.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
It really is worth stressing that this "important scholarship" is neither important nor scholarship.
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2/ let's not forget this. this is all on SCOTUS. these tariffs are comically, absurdly illegal on their face. but even if SCOTUS strikes them down in the coming days they've allowed to be in effect for more than a year, reorder the US and global economies. a one year dictator mulligan isnt democracy
January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
2/ let's not forget this. this is all on SCOTUS. these tariffs are comically, absurdly illegal on their face. but even if SCOTUS strikes them down in the coming days they've allowed to be in effect for more than a year, reorder the US and global economies. a one year dictator mulligan isnt democracy
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lol "complete and total purchase" ... tumble down degenerate
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
lol "complete and total purchase" ... tumble down degenerate
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Hilarious that the paid, professional protestors who fly all over the country to instigate shit are actually right wing lol. Oopsie daisy!
January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Hilarious that the paid, professional protestors who fly all over the country to instigate shit are actually right wing lol. Oopsie daisy!
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That message really needs to come through more strongly (this is essentially the job of Trump’s advisors and of Congress right now), as the consequences could be spectacularly bad for everyone. bsky.app/profile/jame...
The US security implications of a collapse of the US/European alliance – even a partial one – are hard to list briefly. It would *hugely* curtail the USA’s military and intelligence capabilities.
It would hurt Europe more, sure. But it would be catastrophic for the US too.
It would hurt Europe more, sure. But it would be catastrophic for the US too.
January 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
That message really needs to come through more strongly (this is essentially the job of Trump’s advisors and of Congress right now), as the consequences could be spectacularly bad for everyone. bsky.app/profile/jame...
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The US security implications of a collapse of the US/European alliance – even a partial one – are hard to list briefly. It would *hugely* curtail the USA’s military and intelligence capabilities.
It would hurt Europe more, sure. But it would be catastrophic for the US too.
It would hurt Europe more, sure. But it would be catastrophic for the US too.
January 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The US security implications of a collapse of the US/European alliance – even a partial one – are hard to list briefly. It would *hugely* curtail the USA’s military and intelligence capabilities.
It would hurt Europe more, sure. But it would be catastrophic for the US too.
It would hurt Europe more, sure. But it would be catastrophic for the US too.