Pamela Beck
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🎵 Better Things – Lyrics
(Written by Ray Davies of The Kinks)
"Here's wishing you the bluest sky
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If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Reposted by Pamela Beck
Yup.
From a late 18th/early 19th century dictionary.
“TRUMPERY, n. falsehood; empty talk” or in New England: “useless matter; things worn out and cast [a]side.”
From a late 18th/early 19th century dictionary.
“TRUMPERY, n. falsehood; empty talk” or in New England: “useless matter; things worn out and cast [a]side.”
December 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yup.
From a late 18th/early 19th century dictionary.
“TRUMPERY, n. falsehood; empty talk” or in New England: “useless matter; things worn out and cast [a]side.”
From a late 18th/early 19th century dictionary.
“TRUMPERY, n. falsehood; empty talk” or in New England: “useless matter; things worn out and cast [a]side.”
Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators - TPM – Talking Points Memo
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Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators
I got a fascinating array of responses to my Tuesday post about...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators - TPM – Talking Points Memo
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Opinion | The 77-Year-Old Book That Helps Explain the MAGA New Right
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
@rhodesben.bsky.social:
This approach made Democrats hypocrites when defending a “rules-based order,” racial equality and democracy.
NYT: This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
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This approach made Democrats hypocrites when defending a “rules-based order,” racial equality and democracy.
NYT: This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Gift 🎁 link ⤵️
bit.ly/4rJJftQ
Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
@rhodesben.bsky.social:
This approach made Democrats hypocrites when defending a “rules-based order,” racial equality and democracy.
NYT: This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Gift 🎁 link ⤵️
bit.ly/4rJJftQ
This approach made Democrats hypocrites when defending a “rules-based order,” racial equality and democracy.
NYT: This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Gift 🎁 link ⤵️
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Arendt wasn’t celebrating a perfect America; rather, she was lauding a people who approached political life with an adult sensibility & a reserve of self-control.
Arendt, and any judicious observer, could not make the same assessment of America today."
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Arendt, and any judicious observer, could not make the same assessment of America today."
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December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Arendt wasn’t celebrating a perfect America; rather, she was lauding a people who approached political life with an adult sensibility & a reserve of self-control.
Arendt, and any judicious observer, could not make the same assessment of America today."
🎁 link ⤵️
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Arendt, and any judicious observer, could not make the same assessment of America today."
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
“At one level we’ve been losing the #climate disinformation war all along,” Mr. Whitehouse said. “We are where we are because we were completely ineffectual in fending off a decades-long disinformation bombardment.”
Gift 🎁 link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“At one level we’ve been losing the #climate disinformation war all along,” Mr. Whitehouse said. “We are where we are because we were completely ineffectual in fending off a decades-long disinformation bombardment.”
Gift 🎁 link ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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Sen. Mark Kelly: “I’m not backing down. I’m not shutting up. If somebody in my situation was to do that, what is the message that sends to not only service members but government employees?How about to just U.S. citizens about what our First Amendment rights are?”
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
‘An Example MUST BE SET’
The pursuit of Mark Kelly in the military-justice system sends a clear message to service members and veterans.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly: “I’m not backing down. I’m not shutting up. If somebody in my situation was to do that, what is the message that sends to not only service members but government employees?How about to just U.S. citizens about what our First Amendment rights are?”
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Excerpt: Thomas, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Georgia, explains. “When the North had enough killing, peace and independence would follow. Thus, in a way, the Confederates hoped to employ a strategy of annihilation to work a passive sort of exhaustion upon their enemy.” 🎁 ⤵️
This seems like an especially astute analysis———Trump Is Mired in a War of Attrition www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o... gift link. By @jamellebouie.net
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Excerpt: Thomas, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Georgia, explains. “When the North had enough killing, peace and independence would follow. Thus, in a way, the Confederates hoped to employ a strategy of annihilation to work a passive sort of exhaustion upon their enemy.” 🎁 ⤵️
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A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
The night America’s doomed ruling class gorged on lamb, blood, and oil
For America’s deeply corrupt billionaires, time heals all wounds — even from a murderous Saudi prince’s bone saw.
www.inquirer.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A depraved and decadent Trump WH dinner for MBS was a stunning low for an American ruling class that's stopped pretending to carry a moral compass
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
It was really a celebration of death - of democracy, of an overheating planet, and ultimately themselves. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ceos...
"Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate summit reached a deal that didn’t include a road map to curtail use of fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change." 🎁 ⤵️
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U.N. climate talks fizzle out 10 years after Paris accord
Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate summit reached a deal that didn’t include a road map to curtail use of fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Nearly 200 countries at the U.N. climate summit reached a deal that didn’t include a road map to curtail use of fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change." 🎁 ⤵️
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"Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
Petrostates, such as Saudi Arabia, Russia--and the U.S. under Republican rule--are a threat to us and the planet, and must be treated as such.
#ScienceUnderSiege
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ScienceUnderSiege
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage only a voluntary agreement to begin discussions on a roadmap to an eventual phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
A Trump Overhaul of the Energy Dept. Breaks Up Clean Energy Offices 🎁 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
A Trump Overhaul of the Energy Dept. Breaks Up Clean Energy Offices
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A Trump Overhaul of the Energy Dept. Breaks Up Clean Energy Offices 🎁 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics. 🎁 ⤵️
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How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics. 🎁 ⤵️
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No, Mr. President, We Cannot ‘Leave It at That’ 🎁 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | No, Mr. President, We Cannot ‘Leave It at That’
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November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
No, Mr. President, We Cannot ‘Leave It at That’ 🎁 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
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#Exxon Mobil’s chief executive, Darren Woods, recently told The Times: “Ever-changing policy, particularly as administrations change, is not good for business. It’s not good for the economy and ultimately, it’s not good for people.” 🎁 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
There's a new and very dangerous development in Trumpland. They're now so devoted to coal, oil, and gas that they want to punish any country that tries to “inhibit, prohibit, strangle, divest from” U.S. fossil fuels. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | The Real Reason Trump Is Fawning Over Saudi Arabia’s Ruler
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November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#Exxon Mobil’s chief executive, Darren Woods, recently told The Times: “Ever-changing policy, particularly as administrations change, is not good for business. It’s not good for the economy and ultimately, it’s not good for people.” 🎁 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
"The final statement, roundly criticized by diplomats as insufficient, was a victory for oil producers like Saudi Arabia & Russia. It included plenty of warnings...but few provisions for how the world might address dangerously rising global temperatures head-on."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
Climate Talks End With Dire Warnings, but Little Action to Slow Warming
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"The final statement, roundly criticized by diplomats as insufficient, was a victory for oil producers like Saudi Arabia & Russia. It included plenty of warnings...but few provisions for how the world might address dangerously rising global temperatures head-on."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
“This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States,” said Pat Parenteau, a professor emeritus and senior fellow for #climate policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. 🎁 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“This was the week from hell for environmental policy in the United States,” said Pat Parenteau, a professor emeritus and senior fellow for #climate policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School. 🎁 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
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“One implication of the increased growth rate of GHG forcing in the last 15 years is that the goal to keep global warming under 2°C is now implausible.” open.substack.com/pub/jimehans...
Warning! This “Colorful Chart” is Censored by IPCC
James Hansen, Pushker Kharecha and Dylan Morgan
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November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“One implication of the increased growth rate of GHG forcing in the last 15 years is that the goal to keep global warming under 2°C is now implausible.” open.substack.com/pub/jimehans...
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As I argue in The Language of Climate Politics: we are stuck not because climate politics are polarized, but because they’re UNIFIED (across the right and center-left) on the lie that we can keep using oil and gas but still deal with climate change anyway.
Here’s a good example of that discourse.
Here’s a good example of that discourse.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the fight against climate change was not against the fuels that cause it — only the pollution they emit.
Von der Leyen says EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions
The comment could undermine European countries’ push at COP30 to move away from coal, oil and gas.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
As I argue in The Language of Climate Politics: we are stuck not because climate politics are polarized, but because they’re UNIFIED (across the right and center-left) on the lie that we can keep using oil and gas but still deal with climate change anyway.
Here’s a good example of that discourse.
Here’s a good example of that discourse.
"Sadly, the denial and delay playing out domestically was also on full display at the 30th round of international #climate negotiations taking place in Belém... As a climate scientist listening in, I couldn’t help but think of Jack Nicholson thundering 'You can’t handle the truth!'"
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22143/...
what have we learnt from the “COP of truth”? Despite three decades of well-intentioned climate summits, our political leaders are still allowing the fossil fuel industry to destroy our planet. The hardest truth of all is that we are doing this to ourselves
what have we learnt from the “COP of truth”? Despite three decades of well-intentioned climate summits, our political leaders are still allowing the fossil fuel industry to destroy our planet. The hardest truth of all is that we are doing this to ourselves
Can we handle the truth on climate?
As the latest round of United Nations climate talks were under way at COP30 in Brazil, the Liberal Party finally caved in to the pressure of climate change deniers in the National Party, reminding us ...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"Sadly, the denial and delay playing out domestically was also on full display at the 30th round of international #climate negotiations taking place in Belém... As a climate scientist listening in, I couldn’t help but think of Jack Nicholson thundering 'You can’t handle the truth!'"
NYT: #Kennedy Says He Told #CDC to Change Website’s Language on #Autism and #Vaccines 🎁 ⤵️
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November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
NYT: #Kennedy Says He Told #CDC to Change Website’s Language on #Autism and #Vaccines 🎁 ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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Today, after the Coast Guard lifted a ban on swastikas and nooses as symbols of hate, and after President Trump called for the execution of members of Congress, it is time for every American to decide. Who will you be?
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Today, after the Coast Guard lifted a ban on swastikas and nooses as symbols of hate, and after President Trump called for the execution of members of Congress, it is time for every American to decide. Who will you be?
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Here is Burt Lancaster as Nazi era judge Ernst Janning in Judgment at Nuremberg.
Reposted by Pamela Beck
Eighty years ago today, the Nuremberg Trials began. 🗃 www.yadvashem.org/exhibitions/...
War Crimes Trials: The Nuremberg Trials
After the Holocaust, hundreds of Nazi war criminals were put on trial. The trials lasted for several years, and were significant in bringing the criminals to justice.Before World War II was even over, the Allies declared their intention to bring those responsible for the crimes to trial, and to that end they established an international military tribunal after the war
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November 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Eighty years ago today, the Nuremberg Trials began. 🗃 www.yadvashem.org/exhibitions/...