Beth Caskie
@caskiebeth.bsky.social
California Democrat from Virginia. Union Rep.
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The #BraveOfUS show up for our families and perfect strangers. The #BraveOfUS make a way out of none at all. The #BraveOfUS speak truth and take on power. Thank you Charlotte.
Hours after Border Patrol swept through Charlotte, protesters filled uptown with courage, not fear. They marched peacefully, stood united, and refused to be intimidated.
Charlotte showed up.
And it showed strength.💪
Charlotte showed up.
And it showed strength.💪
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The #BraveOfUS show up for our families and perfect strangers. The #BraveOfUS make a way out of none at all. The #BraveOfUS speak truth and take on power. Thank you Charlotte.
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I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
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I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Trump administration robs students of educational opportunity with announcement to dismantle Department of Education www.nea.org/about-nea/me...
Trump administration robs students of educational opportunity with announcement to dismantle Department of Education | NEA
Pringle: Our students deserve better.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Trump administration robs students of educational opportunity with announcement to dismantle Department of Education www.nea.org/about-nea/me...
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During the election season I started doing short videos to try and reach the normies to push back against attacks on Katie Wilson. Seemed to have worked, so I kept at it. This one from yesterday on rail to West Seattle and Ballard has done huge numbers so far.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
During the election season I started doing short videos to try and reach the normies to push back against attacks on Katie Wilson. Seemed to have worked, so I kept at it. This one from yesterday on rail to West Seattle and Ballard has done huge numbers so far.
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If you ever wondered what you would do in 1930s Germany, you have your answer. This is a spiritual emergency and we have to summon all our courage. We know what happens inside #Broadview is torture. For me it’s simple - I wouldn’t stay silent if they locked Jesus up there, and I won’t be silent now
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you ever wondered what you would do in 1930s Germany, you have your answer. This is a spiritual emergency and we have to summon all our courage. We know what happens inside #Broadview is torture. For me it’s simple - I wouldn’t stay silent if they locked Jesus up there, and I won’t be silent now
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November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Attempting to organize a union ...forced me to spend ...time genuinely listening to the positions of people who disagreed with me and pissed me off — not for the purpose of crushing them, but for ...understanding them.” Organizing unions.. “can force you to become a better person.”
Digital Media’s Union Wave Helped Shape a Generation’s Thinking About Unions
When Maya Schenwar and her colleagues at Truthout began to talk about...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“Attempting to organize a union ...forced me to spend ...time genuinely listening to the positions of people who disagreed with me and pissed me off — not for the purpose of crushing them, but for ...understanding them.” Organizing unions.. “can force you to become a better person.”
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
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In retrospect, maybe when he said "grab 'em by the pussy," he meant "grab 'em by the pussy." But who could have known, really?
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In retrospect, maybe when he said "grab 'em by the pussy," he meant "grab 'em by the pussy." But who could have known, really?
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The year is 2010/2016/2025/2030. Republicans are about to unveil their alternative to Obamacare.
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The year is 2010/2016/2025/2030. Republicans are about to unveil their alternative to Obamacare.
Must read: how 'page 12, and section 120 of the continuing resolution' shows that if we mean it, we can exercise power. We have to get these useless cave caucus Senators out.
The Most Frustrating Thing About the Shutdown Cave - The American Prospect
Senate Democrats actually know how to use their power to counter Donald Trump and ensure that legislative funding gets spent—but this continuing resolution makes it clear they chose not to.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Must read: how 'page 12, and section 120 of the continuing resolution' shows that if we mean it, we can exercise power. We have to get these useless cave caucus Senators out.
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When CA launched Prop 50, it was polling at 38%. And so, we did it anyway. Winning campaigns requires that your GOALS define your actions, recognizing opinion - including who agrees to vote - is malleable. In other words, be a thermostat, not a thermometer.
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Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight, Part I
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Tuesday Showed the Power of Magnetism.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When CA launched Prop 50, it was polling at 38%. And so, we did it anyway. Winning campaigns requires that your GOALS define your actions, recognizing opinion - including who agrees to vote - is malleable. In other words, be a thermostat, not a thermometer.
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
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"Democratic voters need to keep demanding more, keep up the pressure and keep purging the Senate caucus of senators who are not up to the new reality." @joshtpm.bsky.social
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With a Day to Think About It
I wrote last night’s post fresh off the news that at least...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"Democratic voters need to keep demanding more, keep up the pressure and keep purging the Senate caucus of senators who are not up to the new reality." @joshtpm.bsky.social
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Josh Marshall at TPM: "We’re in a battle for at least the rest of this decade that will require a very different kind of Democratic Party — not one that is more right or left but one that is both comfortable using power and knows how to do it." So, steps taken, more to go.
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Josh Marshall at TPM: "We’re in a battle for at least the rest of this decade that will require a very different kind of Democratic Party — not one that is more right or left but one that is both comfortable using power and knows how to do it." So, steps taken, more to go.
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Hey Dick, even if Thune keeps his word that doesn't get you anywhere
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hey Dick, even if Thune keeps his word that doesn't get you anywhere
"...what California did on redistricting, and how other Democrats are following suit, shows that preemptive surrender is not some law of the party universe."
California Democrats Win Redistricting Measure, Prove That Resistance Works - The American Prospect
The win, combined with several mid-cycle surprises, has weakened Trump’s shield against accountability for his unpopular reign, although the Supreme Court really holds the key to whether we’ll have so...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"...what California did on redistricting, and how other Democrats are following suit, shows that preemptive surrender is not some law of the party universe."
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Over on Xitter, Pam Bondi is OUTRAGED that before indicting Donald Trump for almost getting Mike Pence killed, Jack Smith first checked the murder weapon.
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Over on Xitter, Pam Bondi is OUTRAGED that before indicting Donald Trump for almost getting Mike Pence killed, Jack Smith first checked the murder weapon.
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Today Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn goes on trial for throwing a Subway sandwich.
Happy National Sandwich Day to all that celebrate.
November 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today Sandwich Guy Sean Dunn goes on trial for throwing a Subway sandwich.