Ahsante Bean - Bean Thinking
@ahsanteb.bsky.social
Imagining a democratic society with liberty and justice for all 🇺🇸✊🏾✊🏻✊🏽
Creator of Bean Thinking 🎥: https://YouTube.com/@ABeanThinking
Creator of Bean Thinking 🎥: https://YouTube.com/@ABeanThinking
Equality isn't about charity to marginalized groups. It's about guarding power to protect your freedom. Here's the selfish case for equality:
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The Selfish Case For Equality
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July 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Equality isn't about charity to marginalized groups. It's about guarding power to protect your freedom. Here's the selfish case for equality:
(🎥New Video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF1...
(🎥New Video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozF1...
In all of the excitement about Zohran Mamdani charting a new way forward for the democratic party, not many people are focusing on the system that made his victory possible.
🎥 My latest video: 🔑 The Key System That Unlocked Zohran Mamdani's Win www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2De...
🎥 My latest video: 🔑 The Key System That Unlocked Zohran Mamdani's Win www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2De...
The Key System That Unlocked Zohran Mamdani's Win
YouTube video by Bean Thinking
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July 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In all of the excitement about Zohran Mamdani charting a new way forward for the democratic party, not many people are focusing on the system that made his victory possible.
🎥 My latest video: 🔑 The Key System That Unlocked Zohran Mamdani's Win www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2De...
🎥 My latest video: 🔑 The Key System That Unlocked Zohran Mamdani's Win www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2De...
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If you're scared that books might change someone's thinking, you're not scared of books, you're scared of thinking. #booksky
a cartoon of winnie the pooh with his eyes closed and a red shirt
ALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh with his eyes closed and a red shirt
media.tenor.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you're scared that books might change someone's thinking, you're not scared of books, you're scared of thinking. #booksky
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anyone who writes about or talks about the ongoing impact of racism in the united states is accused of a "victim mentality," but this here is the actual victim mentality
This from @jdcivicscience.bsky.social nails why small town, red America is not turning on Trump.
April 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
anyone who writes about or talks about the ongoing impact of racism in the united states is accused of a "victim mentality," but this here is the actual victim mentality
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We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.
![[text from the Declaration of Independence]
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qvyj3hxm4opuuddzrhcbiio6/bafkreiahlp7acp6y2hakkfu5h66vg2ifckdo6b7fqaebenki3qoxswp73e@jpeg)
April 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We are speedrunning the Declaration of Independence, folks.
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The WaPo's @pbump.com asked six historians to predict what the U.S. will look like in 2035. Spoiler alert: not good. "The most likely scenario is a kind of careening between pretty dysfunctional democracy and an unconsolidated authoritarianism."
Opinion | What America could look like a decade from now
Political scientists and historians weigh in on authoritarianism’s impact on the United States.
wapo.st
March 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The WaPo's @pbump.com asked six historians to predict what the U.S. will look like in 2035. Spoiler alert: not good. "The most likely scenario is a kind of careening between pretty dysfunctional democracy and an unconsolidated authoritarianism."
Don’t be bamboozled by the branding: Democrats are the Conservative Party. Republicans are a destructive Far-Right party. In that fight, conservatism is the loosing strategy.
🎥 My latest video analysis - Why Democrats Are Failing Us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFp6...
🎥 My latest video analysis - Why Democrats Are Failing Us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFp6...
Why Democrats Are Failing Us
YouTube video by Bean Thinking
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March 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Don’t be bamboozled by the branding: Democrats are the Conservative Party. Republicans are a destructive Far-Right party. In that fight, conservatism is the loosing strategy.
🎥 My latest video analysis - Why Democrats Are Failing Us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFp6...
🎥 My latest video analysis - Why Democrats Are Failing Us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFp6...
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A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
“For his part, Musk claims that he purchased Trump outright by spending nearly $300 million on his 2024 campaign.”
What a great headline 😂😂😂
www.borowitzreport.com/p/putin-agre...
What a great headline 😂😂😂
www.borowitzreport.com/p/putin-agre...
Putin Agrees to Negotiate with Musk over Ownership of Trump
The negotiations are proving contentious.
www.borowitzreport.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“For his part, Musk claims that he purchased Trump outright by spending nearly $300 million on his 2024 campaign.”
What a great headline 😂😂😂
www.borowitzreport.com/p/putin-agre...
What a great headline 😂😂😂
www.borowitzreport.com/p/putin-agre...
If you’re looking for ways to organize and get involved, here are some ideas!
Big thanks to @ahsanteb.bsky.social for putting this together.
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Pro-Democracy Groups — Ahsante the Artist
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February 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you’re looking for ways to organize and get involved, here are some ideas!
Glad you appreciate it!
Your videos are beacons of hope in scary times. They are inspiring and encouraging. Thanks for doing this!! 💫
February 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Glad you appreciate it!
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Looking for a way to get involved? Ahsante put together a list of organizations. Check it out!
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Pro-Democracy Groups — Ahsante the Artist
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February 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Looking for a way to get involved? Ahsante put together a list of organizations. Check it out!
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🚨 The Time to Fight is NOW!
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The Time To Fight Is NOW
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February 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🚨 The Time to Fight is NOW!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWb8...
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“Our own experiences as civil rights movement veterans leave us without illusions about the capacity of tyranny to take root. Today we see a national government taking shape that is reminiscent of the white supremacist Citizens Councils in Mississippi and throughout the South.”
I don’t think SNCC Legacy Project is on here yet but here is their statement on the 65th anniversary of the civil rights sit-in movement. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth
Statement On The 65th Anniversary Of The Sit-In Movement
On this day, 65 years ago, February 1, 1960, the sit-in movement began, which led to the greatest civil rights movement in our country’s history.
sncclegacyproject.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Our own experiences as civil rights movement veterans leave us without illusions about the capacity of tyranny to take root. Today we see a national government taking shape that is reminiscent of the white supremacist Citizens Councils in Mississippi and throughout the South.”
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BREAKING NEWS: 4:07
Anti-deportation protesters are blocking traffic on 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
They want to stop Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants
Anti-deportation protesters are blocking traffic on 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
They want to stop Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants
February 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
BREAKING NEWS: 4:07
Anti-deportation protesters are blocking traffic on 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
They want to stop Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants
Anti-deportation protesters are blocking traffic on 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.
They want to stop Trump’s deportations of illegal migrants
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the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin
January 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin
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only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard
The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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I don't know who made this, but it's a handy list for us to keep track.
January 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I don't know who made this, but it's a handy list for us to keep track.
When you elect a criminal, you get lawlessness 🙄
January 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
When you elect a criminal, you get lawlessness 🙄
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I’m not a movie critic, but here’s a must-watch on PBS
It tells the story of an 1890s #fusionvoting alliance between recently enfranchised Black voters & poor White farmers
Together, they passed reforms, & built progress—until the Klan violently overthrew them
This history needs to be remembered
It tells the story of an 1890s #fusionvoting alliance between recently enfranchised Black voters & poor White farmers
Together, they passed reforms, & built progress—until the Klan violently overthrew them
This history needs to be remembered
January 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I’m not a movie critic, but here’s a must-watch on PBS
It tells the story of an 1890s #fusionvoting alliance between recently enfranchised Black voters & poor White farmers
Together, they passed reforms, & built progress—until the Klan violently overthrew them
This history needs to be remembered
It tells the story of an 1890s #fusionvoting alliance between recently enfranchised Black voters & poor White farmers
Together, they passed reforms, & built progress—until the Klan violently overthrew them
This history needs to be remembered
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Trump's freezing of all civil rights cases at the DOJ is not part of an anti-DEI agenda, but an anti-civil rights agenda. DOJ was *founded* to protect Black rights during Reconstruction. That this difference is unclear speaks to the success of conservative propagandists and the failures of liberals.
January 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Trump's freezing of all civil rights cases at the DOJ is not part of an anti-DEI agenda, but an anti-civil rights agenda. DOJ was *founded* to protect Black rights during Reconstruction. That this difference is unclear speaks to the success of conservative propagandists and the failures of liberals.
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The past several days have proven without a shadow of a doubt that Project 2025 is real and underway.
And those who warned America about it were right.
And those who warned America about it were right.
January 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The past several days have proven without a shadow of a doubt that Project 2025 is real and underway.
And those who warned America about it were right.
And those who warned America about it were right.
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This thread will be stories of how people hold the line--continue to behave responsibly and ethically.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey pushed back Thursday on Trump administration plans to review a newly negotiated police-reform agreement with the city: “Regardless of the Trump administration’s announcement, we will be moving forward with the terms outlined in the consent decree.” buff.ly/3Eb8PE8
Trump threatens Minneapolis police agreement; Frey pushes back
President Trump’s new civil rights division head issued a memo that puts the implementation of the Minneapolis consent decree in question.
buff.ly
January 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This thread will be stories of how people hold the line--continue to behave responsibly and ethically.