Beth Cooper
@bethjcooper.bsky.social
Gen X Museum Professional navigating life with a tween who is possibly the coolest person I know.
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This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. This was the formative event of my generation & our entire politics in 🇺🇸. The structural break after which we were no longer a full democracy, when 5 Wizards In Robes decided they were a super-legislature & counting all the actual votes didn’t matter. The rest has been 25 years of commentary.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
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DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
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So we know that Trump intervened to make Ghislaine Maxwell's life easier.
And that he intervened to make Andrew Tate's life easier.
I wonder how many sex traffickers Donald has gone out of his way to help that we don't know about.
And that he intervened to make Andrew Tate's life easier.
I wonder how many sex traffickers Donald has gone out of his way to help that we don't know about.
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So we know that Trump intervened to make Ghislaine Maxwell's life easier.
And that he intervened to make Andrew Tate's life easier.
I wonder how many sex traffickers Donald has gone out of his way to help that we don't know about.
And that he intervened to make Andrew Tate's life easier.
I wonder how many sex traffickers Donald has gone out of his way to help that we don't know about.
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It's wrong to think the Epstein files are a separate issue from affordability.
The argument is easy: Trump is raising prices on ordinairy people, while taking bribes right out in the open to make himself richer.
HIs connection to a wealthy pedophilia ring illustrates his greed and depravity.
The argument is easy: Trump is raising prices on ordinairy people, while taking bribes right out in the open to make himself richer.
HIs connection to a wealthy pedophilia ring illustrates his greed and depravity.
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It's wrong to think the Epstein files are a separate issue from affordability.
The argument is easy: Trump is raising prices on ordinairy people, while taking bribes right out in the open to make himself richer.
HIs connection to a wealthy pedophilia ring illustrates his greed and depravity.
The argument is easy: Trump is raising prices on ordinairy people, while taking bribes right out in the open to make himself richer.
HIs connection to a wealthy pedophilia ring illustrates his greed and depravity.
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It is *obscene* that that beast wearing the skin of a man called Elon Musk was just awarded a trillion dollar pay-package after he personally signed the death warrant of hundreds of thousands of innocents earlier this year.
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It is *obscene* that that beast wearing the skin of a man called Elon Musk was just awarded a trillion dollar pay-package after he personally signed the death warrant of hundreds of thousands of innocents earlier this year.
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New Jersey, it is the honor of my life to earn your trust to become this great state’s 57th Governor.
I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve.
I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
New Jersey, it is the honor of my life to earn your trust to become this great state’s 57th Governor.
I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve.
I promise to listen, lead with courage, and never forget who I serve.
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Democrats didn't campaign on LGBTQ rights. Trans people weren't even permitted to speak at the DNC. This is the most persistent lie about the 2024 campaign, and it keeps being pushed by grown adults who should know better.
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Democrats didn't campaign on LGBTQ rights. Trans people weren't even permitted to speak at the DNC. This is the most persistent lie about the 2024 campaign, and it keeps being pushed by grown adults who should know better.
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
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The Hudson Tunnel Project that Trump is going after for political revenge is of national importance.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social and I are tired of the mob boss politics. Republican, Democrat, or somewhere in-between, you don’t deserve to be treated this way by the President. Full convo on YouTube.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social and I are tired of the mob boss politics. Republican, Democrat, or somewhere in-between, you don’t deserve to be treated this way by the President. Full convo on YouTube.
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Hudson Tunnel Project that Trump is going after for political revenge is of national importance.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social and I are tired of the mob boss politics. Republican, Democrat, or somewhere in-between, you don’t deserve to be treated this way by the President. Full convo on YouTube.
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social and I are tired of the mob boss politics. Republican, Democrat, or somewhere in-between, you don’t deserve to be treated this way by the President. Full convo on YouTube.
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Donald Trump is far too selfish a person to go to the trouble of building an enormous ballroom that won't be finished until his last, legal term is up if he weren't planning to use it in his next, illegal term.
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Donald Trump is far too selfish a person to go to the trouble of building an enormous ballroom that won't be finished until his last, legal term is up if he weren't planning to use it in his next, illegal term.
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Why would they do this now—when the news that Bessent is giving $40 billion to Argentina to ostensibly help bail out a pal—and DT is sharing details of his opulent ballroom? You can’t help but get the impression they aren’t worried about winning over voters ever again.
🚨The rule is likely to be the largest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance.
🚨The rule would particularly hurt older workers.
🚨The rule will likely cause disproportionate harm to people living in the South and Appalachia.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
🚨The rule would particularly hurt older workers.
🚨The rule will likely cause disproportionate harm to people living in the South and Appalachia.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Trump Administration Plans Deep Cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance, Particularly for Older Workers
Despite repeatedly promising not to cut Social Security, the Trump Administration is reportedly preparing a proposed rule that could reduce the share of applicants who qualify for Social Security...
www.cbpp.org
October 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Why would they do this now—when the news that Bessent is giving $40 billion to Argentina to ostensibly help bail out a pal—and DT is sharing details of his opulent ballroom? You can’t help but get the impression they aren’t worried about winning over voters ever again.
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“Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.“
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.“
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Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”
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TPUSA scheduled an “alternative” Super Bowl for MAGA snowflakes afraid of hearing Spanish lyrics.
It will invariably suck.
Good time to revisit this recent article about how the right is bad at culture.
Being small-minded is bad for creativity.
www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...
It will invariably suck.
Good time to revisit this recent article about how the right is bad at culture.
Being small-minded is bad for creativity.
www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...
MAGA can't expand its base — and Christian music tells us why
The songs from Charlie Kirk's memorial exposed a serious problem
www.salon.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
TPUSA scheduled an “alternative” Super Bowl for MAGA snowflakes afraid of hearing Spanish lyrics.
It will invariably suck.
Good time to revisit this recent article about how the right is bad at culture.
Being small-minded is bad for creativity.
www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...
It will invariably suck.
Good time to revisit this recent article about how the right is bad at culture.
Being small-minded is bad for creativity.
www.salon.com/2025/10/01/m...
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Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
October 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.
Legacy media failed the country.
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I wish I could find the post, but someone on here recently pointed out that the elite pundit addiction to Twitter is distorting their worldview even further.
They really think America is far more right-wing than it is, which requires ignoring actual data.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-right-...
They really think America is far more right-wing than it is, which requires ignoring actual data.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-right-...
The Right-Wing Infosphere: You're Soaking In It
Their machine is so effective that even liberals don't realize it's warping their views.
paulwaldman.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I wish I could find the post, but someone on here recently pointed out that the elite pundit addiction to Twitter is distorting their worldview even further.
They really think America is far more right-wing than it is, which requires ignoring actual data.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-right-...
They really think America is far more right-wing than it is, which requires ignoring actual data.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-right-...
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basically everything about this is wrong and horrifying but I'm stuck on the absolute fucking chutzpah you'd need to lecture professional military personnel like this after you personally texted wildly classified war plans to the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic
Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."
September 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
basically everything about this is wrong and horrifying but I'm stuck on the absolute fucking chutzpah you'd need to lecture professional military personnel like this after you personally texted wildly classified war plans to the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news
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🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow