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beth4158 💙

@beth4158.bsky.social

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Writer. Editor. Singer. Baker. And other things that end in -r. Horrified but not deterred. Deleted Threads and Instagram accounts (and quit Facebook in 2018). My X account still exists, but I don't log in. 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.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1h

Lest you think I'm exaggerating, this is just a sample.

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
#Antifa

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1h

it’s a standoff now.

the vast majority of protesters have cleared out now. a small contingent of folks is playing music in the street.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

totally necessary for swat officers with rifles to be doing crowd control right?

two illinois state police swat officers stand in a street. one holds a pepper ball gun and the other holds a rifle.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 2h

Loss in court for Trump Admin:

Appeals court blocks the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area amid ongoing protest

www.cbsnews.com/news/nationa...

Appeals court temporarily blocks deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago

The Defense Department announced earlier this week that about 200 National Guard soldiers from Texas and another 300 from Illinois were federalized and sent to the Chicago area.

www.cbsnews.com

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5h

Update: Eight people are confirmed dead and at least 10 others injured in three separate shootings in Mississippi on the night of Friday, Oct. 10.

buff.ly/WNzhMnW

Six Dead, At Least 12 Injured in Three Mississippi Shootings

Six people are confirmed dead and at least 12 others injured in three separate shootings in Mississippi on the night of Friday, Oct. 10.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2h

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.

Unserious people cause real-world harm.

🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2h

Up to this point, Governor Pritzker has said all the right things. If they're not backed up with action — specifically, control of your own law enforcement organization — then they were wasted breath.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2h

Illinois State Police issue a final warning to disperse from in front of the Broadview ICE facility, a full 20 minutes before the protest curfew time.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 7h

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 10h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 7h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

Troopers have already pushed people back at least a block. Another arrest warning and they are also threatening chemical agents.

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beth4158 💙 @beth4158.bsky.social · 2h

I'm happy for those people, but my god, what a fucking evil clown show, this administration.

Fuck you, MAGA. Fuck you forever.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2h

More than 23 million Americans are currently enrolled in Obamacare plans, and nearly all of them will face higher health care costs next year if extra federal funding for subsidies expires, as scheduled, on Dec. 31.

Obamacare Enrollment by State: Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas

Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.

nyti.ms

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🎃 Phillip Anderson is UNDEAD 🧛🏻‍♀️ @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 2h

There has to be a reckoning for this, for all of it. No more “look forward, not back” nonsense. Not this time. Those who ordered this evil shit, and those who carried those orders out *must* be held to account.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3h

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 2h

If you grow up the son of an accused war profiteer, patriotism isn’t exactly in your blood.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2h

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h

This is like a thank-you from Pauly Shore, after Rob Schneider consoled him by saying the Academy Awards had lost credibility for not giving either of them a Best Actor Oscar nomination.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

More violent arrests for seemingly no reason. Seeing at least two, sorry don't have exact total.

The crowd here has kept moving backward/everyone is following orders. This is absurd.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

One man on the megaphone pleading with police to stop advancing on protesters.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2h

Ha ha ha they're like authoritarians www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 2h

It's incredible the extent to which Congress just utterly refuses to defend itself. You'd think for entirely self-interested reasons you would stridently oppose having the power of the purse arbitrarily ripped from you, ya know?

Why would you allow yourself to become the Roman Senate circa 27 BC.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

This is what it looks like when your community stands up.

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