Brian Beutler
@brianbeutler.bsky.social
Off Message, Politix.fm;
Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
Formerly: Crooked Media, TNR, TPM; www.offmessage.net/subscribe
Reposted by Brian Beutler
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Reposted by Brian Beutler
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
His work here is done!
(The work: destroying the Washington post on behalf of Jeff Bezos on behalf of Donald Trump.)
(The work: destroying the Washington post on behalf of Jeff Bezos on behalf of Donald Trump.)
Will Lewis has just told staff at the Washington Post he is stepping down
February 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
His work here is done!
(The work: destroying the Washington post on behalf of Jeff Bezos on behalf of Donald Trump.)
(The work: destroying the Washington post on behalf of Jeff Bezos on behalf of Donald Trump.)
Reposted by Brian Beutler
Punish the villains
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Punish the villains
Becoming more and more convinced that Bezos entered a quid pro quo agreement with Trump, where the quo is “destroy the Washington Post.”
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
February 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Becoming more and more convinced that Bezos entered a quid pro quo agreement with Trump, where the quo is “destroy the Washington Post.”
Reposted by Brian Beutler
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
Reposted by Brian Beutler
February 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Reposted by Brian Beutler
If I was a Democratic politician I would consider that the thousands of brave patriots in this city are America’s most visible and hardened cohort of anti-Trump resisters, and if you tell them you’re going to stand with ICE, they will never care about anything else you ever do again
Minneapolis has real Boston 1775 vibes lately. No surprise that John Adams—a moderate farmer and lawyer, yet the principal agitator for independence—was radicalized against the English crown by its Eye of Sauron-like brutality against his city.
If you see what ICE is doing to my city and you’re still protecting it, you are the enemy and we will not forgive or forget you.
February 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
If I was a Democratic politician I would consider that the thousands of brave patriots in this city are America’s most visible and hardened cohort of anti-Trump resisters, and if you tell them you’re going to stand with ICE, they will never care about anything else you ever do again
Reposted by Brian Beutler
If you see what ICE is doing to my city and you’re still protecting it, you are the enemy and we will not forgive or forget you.
February 7, 2026 at 12:36 AM
If you see what ICE is doing to my city and you’re still protecting it, you are the enemy and we will not forgive or forget you.
Reposted by Brian Beutler
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
Reposted by Brian Beutler
The best way to protect immigrants and welfare and our collective freedom is to make a bigger show of punishing those who threaten them. Including—no, especially—the insider threats. www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Immigration, Fascism, And The Politics Of The American Creed
We have to protect what's best about America from ALL threats, not just the easiest scapegoats.
www.offmessage.net
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The best way to protect immigrants and welfare and our collective freedom is to make a bigger show of punishing those who threaten them. Including—no, especially—the insider threats. www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
The best way to protect immigrants and welfare and our collective freedom is to make a bigger show of punishing those who threaten them. Including—no, especially—the insider threats. www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Immigration, Fascism, And The Politics Of The American Creed
We have to protect what's best about America from ALL threats, not just the easiest scapegoats.
www.offmessage.net
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The best way to protect immigrants and welfare and our collective freedom is to make a bigger show of punishing those who threaten them. Including—no, especially—the insider threats. www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Reposted by Brian Beutler
Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz: “I have left X. That network is a place of hate.
“We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”
“We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”
February 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz: “I have left X. That network is a place of hate.
“We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”
“We are not vassals of Elon Musk or Trump.”
Reposted by Brian Beutler
Lots of excellent advice in this piece. As someone who also wrote about the Nick Shirley role in kicking off the Minnesota occupation, I especially like this:
"all it took was one pipsqueak YouTuber to invert the factual record in the public’s imagination."
"all it took was one pipsqueak YouTuber to invert the factual record in the public’s imagination."
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Lots of excellent advice in this piece. As someone who also wrote about the Nick Shirley role in kicking off the Minnesota occupation, I especially like this:
"all it took was one pipsqueak YouTuber to invert the factual record in the public’s imagination."
"all it took was one pipsqueak YouTuber to invert the factual record in the public’s imagination."
Reposted by Brian Beutler
The way forward for Dems is to abandon the "turn-the-page/turn-the-cheek ethos" and replace it with "proud accountability for enemies of democracy," says @brianbeutler.bsky.social.
Post-Trump era must be about accountability, not hollow reconciliation.
www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Post-Trump era must be about accountability, not hollow reconciliation.
www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Immigration, Fascism, And The Politics Of The American Creed
We have to protect what's best about America from ALL threats, not just the easiest scapegoats.
www.offmessage.net
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The way forward for Dems is to abandon the "turn-the-page/turn-the-cheek ethos" and replace it with "proud accountability for enemies of democracy," says @brianbeutler.bsky.social.
Post-Trump era must be about accountability, not hollow reconciliation.
www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Post-Trump era must be about accountability, not hollow reconciliation.
www.offmessage.net/p/immigratio...
Have they tried this move yet?
February 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Have they tried this move yet?
Reposted by Brian Beutler
Love how the presumption here is that the President doesn't know what he's sharing and that's fine and normal.
Sorry, no, if the President doesn't know what he's sending out then that is indisputable proof of gross incompetence, cognitive unfitness, or both.
Sorry, no, if the President doesn't know what he's sending out then that is indisputable proof of gross incompetence, cognitive unfitness, or both.
The New York Times has finally covered the Trump video of Obama as an ape — and they are still providing cover for him. Fuck the Times.
February 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Love how the presumption here is that the President doesn't know what he's sharing and that's fine and normal.
Sorry, no, if the President doesn't know what he's sending out then that is indisputable proof of gross incompetence, cognitive unfitness, or both.
Sorry, no, if the President doesn't know what he's sending out then that is indisputable proof of gross incompetence, cognitive unfitness, or both.
Reposted by Brian Beutler
On The Daily Blast, @gregsargent.bsky.social talks to @brianbeutler.bsky.social about the backlash against Trump on immigration, and why they must abandon the idea that Trump’s 2024 win showed a big cultural shift against immigrants. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Daily Blast: Trump Blurts Out Hint of Weakness on ICE as Camps Anger MAGA Country
Podcast Episode · The DSR Network · 02/05/2026 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
On The Daily Blast, @gregsargent.bsky.social talks to @brianbeutler.bsky.social about the backlash against Trump on immigration, and why they must abandon the idea that Trump’s 2024 win showed a big cultural shift against immigrants. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Reposted by Brian Beutler
Definite "zort" sound at 35s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
February 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Definite "zort" sound at 35s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6k...
Reposted by Brian Beutler
I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.
Reposted by Brian Beutler
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
Reposted by Brian Beutler
over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
February 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
over the next 3 years, be ready for seeing a lot of coverage of Republican lawmakers, business leaders, university leaders who did absolutely nothing to stall Trump (on the contrary) — about how *actually* they were wringing their hands all along. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Reposted by Brian Beutler
Crucial from @brianbeutler.bsky.social: Anyone selling warehouses to ICE for camps should prepare for video leaking of "people inside being tortured." They'll have to answer for atrocities "in their communities."
On the pod we went big on Trump's new vulnerabilities:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
On the pod we went big on Trump's new vulnerabilities:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Trump Reveals Hint of Panic on ICE as Prison Camps Anger MAGA Country
As Trump’s planned ICE detention camps face resistance in unlikely places, a sharp observer of Democrats explains how this moment is handing them a major opportunity to seize control of this debate.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Crucial from @brianbeutler.bsky.social: Anyone selling warehouses to ICE for camps should prepare for video leaking of "people inside being tortured." They'll have to answer for atrocities "in their communities."
On the pod we went big on Trump's new vulnerabilities:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
On the pod we went big on Trump's new vulnerabilities:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Reposted by Brian Beutler
Dems need to abandon the idea, fed to them by certain commentators, that Trump's 2024 win represented a durable cultural shift against immigration. It's blinding them to the possibilities of this moment.
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
February 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Dems need to abandon the idea, fed to them by certain commentators, that Trump's 2024 win represented a durable cultural shift against immigration. It's blinding them to the possibilities of this moment.
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Reposted by Brian Beutler
I would add: if a person who is here legally is held for more than half an hour (or whatever is a reasonable amount of time to check), that person shall receive $1000 per extra minute, with the first $10k to come from the detaining officer’s salary and the rest to come from the ICE budget.
in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I would add: if a person who is here legally is held for more than half an hour (or whatever is a reasonable amount of time to check), that person shall receive $1000 per extra minute, with the first $10k to come from the detaining officer’s salary and the rest to come from the ICE budget.