Jenna Beacom
@jfbeacom.bsky.social
Sensitivity/ authenticity reader, writer in various ways, v deaf. Repped by Marcy Posner at Folio Literary Management
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Whoa. Dems just flipped a Texas state senate seat in a district that Trump carried by 17 points. Not only that, but the win was decisive, making this an enormous swing. Plus, Republicans went all in to try to save the seat, to no avail.
February 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Whoa. Dems just flipped a Texas state senate seat in a district that Trump carried by 17 points. Not only that, but the win was decisive, making this an enormous swing. Plus, Republicans went all in to try to save the seat, to no avail.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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Hi guys - I know this is controversial among rapid responders, but I think it’s important: if you knew Alex Pretti, please consider talking to (real) reporters like Sam here. They are not trying to harm us or his reputation but they can push back against right-wing lies if we tell them the truth.
We’d like to know more about what led Pretti to Nicollet Avenue on Saturday. If you knew Alex, met or saw him in the Twin Cities over the last few weeks, or interacted with him online, please send me a message on Signal at 771-200-7508. We can keep anyone anonymous who wishes.
January 27, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Hi guys - I know this is controversial among rapid responders, but I think it’s important: if you knew Alex Pretti, please consider talking to (real) reporters like Sam here. They are not trying to harm us or his reputation but they can push back against right-wing lies if we tell them the truth.
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
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For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
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Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
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Blood in the water.
U.S. Sen. John Curtis: Republican of Utah
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo: Republican of Idaho
U.S. Sen. John Curtis: Republican of Utah
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo: Republican of Idaho
January 27, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Blood in the water.
U.S. Sen. John Curtis: Republican of Utah
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo: Republican of Idaho
U.S. Sen. John Curtis: Republican of Utah
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo: Republican of Idaho
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
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We need everyone we can get in this fight against a fascist takeover.
If your first instinct to someone being politically mobilized by all this is to give them a sneering "well, what took you so long?" you don't actually care about our winning this; you just want to be able to say you were right.
If your first instinct to someone being politically mobilized by all this is to give them a sneering "well, what took you so long?" you don't actually care about our winning this; you just want to be able to say you were right.
January 26, 2026 at 5:15 PM
We need everyone we can get in this fight against a fascist takeover.
If your first instinct to someone being politically mobilized by all this is to give them a sneering "well, what took you so long?" you don't actually care about our winning this; you just want to be able to say you were right.
If your first instinct to someone being politically mobilized by all this is to give them a sneering "well, what took you so long?" you don't actually care about our winning this; you just want to be able to say you were right.
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BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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But that only works as long as those rule-bound systems *exist*, as long as people engage in & expect rule-bound behavior. That is to say: Trump can only succeed because of a system other people built. He can only get ahead acting shamelessly because others have shame.
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
But that only works as long as those rule-bound systems *exist*, as long as people engage in & expect rule-bound behavior. That is to say: Trump can only succeed because of a system other people built. He can only get ahead acting shamelessly because others have shame.
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One thing that doesn't get articulated enough about reactionaries like Trump is that they are fundamentally parasitic. Yes, you can get ahead, temporarily, by acting without shame in a rule-bound system, because other people expect rule-bound behavior. You can "stun" the system into passivity.
January 26, 2026 at 6:42 PM
One thing that doesn't get articulated enough about reactionaries like Trump is that they are fundamentally parasitic. Yes, you can get ahead, temporarily, by acting without shame in a rule-bound system, because other people expect rule-bound behavior. You can "stun" the system into passivity.
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You don't have to know anything about what the Supreme Court says to understand that the federal government has no legal warrant extort through violence what it is not legally entitled to under constitution and law.
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
You don't have to know anything about what the Supreme Court says to understand that the federal government has no legal warrant extort through violence what it is not legally entitled to under constitution and law.
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Tired and cranky but gonna do it any way!!
January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Tired and cranky but gonna do it any way!!
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My favorite part the CEO’s asking the murderers to work with the murdered to bring down the murders
Minnesota CEOs issue joint letter urging de-escalation after shooting
Minnesota CEOs issue joint letter urging de-escalation after shooting
More than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies including Target, Best Buy and UnitedHealth signed an open letter on Sunday calling for state, local and federal officials to work together.
myfox8.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
My favorite part the CEO’s asking the murderers to work with the murdered to bring down the murders
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The key to the far right’s recent ascendence is the realization that if they simply go on traditional or social media and describe things that are completely false but they’d prefer to be true, many people will treat this fictitious reality as, at least, a competing theory that must be dignified.
It is fucking crazy that he’s talking about an incident on video like this. None of this is real!
January 25, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The key to the far right’s recent ascendence is the realization that if they simply go on traditional or social media and describe things that are completely false but they’d prefer to be true, many people will treat this fictitious reality as, at least, a competing theory that must be dignified.
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This is absolutely true. There’s a massive infrastructure here, tens of thousands of quiet heroes. A thousand Alex Prettis patrolling every day, sometimes without incident, all knowing that at any moment something horrible could happen. Countless neighbors feeding their neighbors
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This is absolutely true. There’s a massive infrastructure here, tens of thousands of quiet heroes. A thousand Alex Prettis patrolling every day, sometimes without incident, all knowing that at any moment something horrible could happen. Countless neighbors feeding their neighbors
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“A federal judge in Minnesota has blocked the Trump administration from ‘destroying or altering evidence’ related to today's fatal shooting of Pretti.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Judge orders Trump administration officials to preserve evidence from shooting
A federal judge in Minnesota has blocked the Trump administration from
www.nbcnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:24 AM
“A federal judge in Minnesota has blocked the Trump administration from ‘destroying or altering evidence’ related to today's fatal shooting of Pretti.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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They're not paupers in the street, Brian, it's a government contract.
Companies decide not to pursue gov't contracts because they don't fit the company's strategy.... all the time.
The right to refuse to house gov't forces is also written into the Constitution.
So, yes. I very much do want that.
Companies decide not to pursue gov't contracts because they don't fit the company's strategy.... all the time.
The right to refuse to house gov't forces is also written into the Constitution.
So, yes. I very much do want that.
January 25, 2026 at 3:39 AM
They're not paupers in the street, Brian, it's a government contract.
Companies decide not to pursue gov't contracts because they don't fit the company's strategy.... all the time.
The right to refuse to house gov't forces is also written into the Constitution.
So, yes. I very much do want that.
Companies decide not to pursue gov't contracts because they don't fit the company's strategy.... all the time.
The right to refuse to house gov't forces is also written into the Constitution.
So, yes. I very much do want that.
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
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"As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death."
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S.
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM
"As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death."
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WTF is she talking about? Our country opposed the creation of a national police force into the 20th century, largely for the reasons we are seeing now. Congress didn’t even give the FBI arrest powers or the ability to carry firearms until 1934 (it was created in 1908)
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 12:19 AM
WTF is she talking about? Our country opposed the creation of a national police force into the 20th century, largely for the reasons we are seeing now. Congress didn’t even give the FBI arrest powers or the ability to carry firearms until 1934 (it was created in 1908)
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It's tempting to say all of MAGA is alike, and getting off watching these snuff videos. And yes, many of them are.
But I know these people. They're family. There's a reason Trump lies, instead of saying "neener neener we will kill whoever we want."
They need the delusion. Make it hard for them.
But I know these people. They're family. There's a reason Trump lies, instead of saying "neener neener we will kill whoever we want."
They need the delusion. Make it hard for them.
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It's tempting to say all of MAGA is alike, and getting off watching these snuff videos. And yes, many of them are.
But I know these people. They're family. There's a reason Trump lies, instead of saying "neener neener we will kill whoever we want."
They need the delusion. Make it hard for them.
But I know these people. They're family. There's a reason Trump lies, instead of saying "neener neener we will kill whoever we want."
They need the delusion. Make it hard for them.