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In Fort Worth, TX, Beto O’Rourke asks all of us, “What if?”
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If Alex’s parents haven’t given up, if those people in Minneapolis haven’t given up, then how can anybody else?

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Alex Pretti and the way forward
Anger can be power
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January 26, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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I've followed @betoorourke.bsky.social for a while. This post is poignant. "If you’ve seen the footage of Pretti’s murder, if you’ve read anything about the man that he was, you know that Bovino, Miller and Noem are lying." open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...
Alex Pretti and the way forward
Anger can be power
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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FLASHBACK
2019

“When we faced this moment of truth, how did we act?
Did we look the other way?
Did we turn a blind eye?
Did we say, ‘Thank God that’s not me or my family’?
Or did we stand up to be counted…?”
-Beto O’Rourke
January 24, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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So it's legal for Republicans to show up to a Beto O'Roarke rally with loaded Ar-15's and surround a peaceful rally but it's illegal for a Democrat to show up armed at an anti Ice rally and in fact gives reason to shoot to kill him! Makes perfect sense.
January 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
FLASHBACK
2019

“When we faced this moment of truth, how did we act?
Did we look the other way?
Did we turn a blind eye?
Did we say, ‘Thank God that’s not me or my family’?
Or did we stand up to be counted…?”
-Beto O’Rourke
January 24, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 3:18 AM
FLASHBACK
2022

“…We’re Americans. We’re human beings. We are on the same team…” -Beto O’Rourke
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Beto O’Rourke discusses the crossover between punk rock and politics with Texas Take host Jeremy Wallace
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 PM
January 23, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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Dear Europe,

We understand your fear and frustration at what looks like our acceptance or complacence, even our complicity, in our own undoing and the undoing of the world.

But there is cause for hope and the opportunity to act.

betoorourke.substack.com/p/dear-europe
Dear Europe
Hold strong against this madness
betoorourke.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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@betoorourke.bsky.social tells Europeans Trump is dragging the US toward authoritarianism, but millions of Americans are organizing, protesting, voting to stop him. He urges Europe: don’t give up on the US—and don’t appease Trump or Putin; hold firm for democracy.

open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...
Dear Europe
Hold strong against this madness
open.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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“The Gestapo transformation of immigration enforcement. The murder of Renee Good. The idea that at home or abroad might makes right, and no longer will we care about the law, or what is decent or what is good. It’s brutality. Barbarism. Is that who we are?

Or are we this?…”

-Beto O’Rourke
January 21, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Robbery in progress
He only steals it if we let him.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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Obsessing over polls won't change things. Action will. It's the antidote to despair, the key to victory, and what Trump fears the most.

So at Powered by People, we're going to keep pushing at all times, on all fronts, wherever we are, with whatever we have, until we win. Join us: PoweredxPeople.org
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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#USDemocracy #MomSky

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From Beto O'Rourke's Substack (open.substack.com/pub/betoorou...):
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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Beto Orourke's substack.

Robbery in progress!

betoorourke.substack.com/p/he-only-wi...
Robbery in progress
He only steals it if we let him.
betoorourke.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Thank you Beto O’Rourke! You are right- action is the antidote to despair!!!
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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👀 Excellent Substack article - of specific actions we can all take - by Beto O’Rourke. Please read. #Resist
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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@betoorourke.bsky.social on the other hand, when referring to today’s #WhiteNationalists says “We should not delude ourselves that there are people whose #racism and whose violence will be successfully confronted by our acceptance and our empathy.”

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WHITE NATIONALISM “What’s our plan? What are we going to do? Because it’s really, REALLY dangerous for anybody that falls outside of that demographic. And I…just…I…it scares me…so.” -Woman in Nebraska
Beto O’Rourke disagrees with his hero Abraham Lincoln when he said when referring to the Confederacy ”Let us not judge lest we be judged.”
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January 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Hey Longhorns! We are excited to announce our first general meeting of the semester, on Wednesday, 1/14, at 6 PM, in Jester Auditorium (JES A121A), with Guest Speaker @betoorourke.bsky.social!
January 9, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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FOLKS NEED TO REALIZE HOW HUGE THIS IS

For the first time in modern Texas history, Dems have candidates running in every state and federal race on the 2026 ballot.

That includes all congressional seats, every state House and state Senate race, plus statewide judicial and State Board of Education.
January 3, 2026 at 4:33 AM