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@beccma.bsky.social
Here for another chapter.
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One of my fav: Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
CRs : The Chelsea Girls | Malcolm X
https://www.project2025.observer/
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One of my fav: Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
CRs : The Chelsea Girls | Malcolm X
https://www.project2025.observer/
bcounter.nat.vg
vqv.app/index.html
https://clearsky.app/
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@beccma.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
So many new platforms, but worth the effort
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On a vote of 57 to 41, the Indiana state House today adopted a new congressional map that would likely give all of the state's seats to the GOP, including by cracking Indianapolis into four different districts. The Senate will consider the plan next week:
Redistricting bill passes in Indiana House, setting up high-stakes Senate fight
Indiana state House Republicans passed a new state congressional map Friday, advancing the legislation to the state Senate.
www.wrtv.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
On a vote of 57 to 41, the Indiana state House today adopted a new congressional map that would likely give all of the state's seats to the GOP, including by cracking Indianapolis into four different districts. The Senate will consider the plan next week:
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The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Bid To Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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When Roberts said in Shelby County that the country had ended race discrimination in elections what he really meant was he was ending protections against race discrimination in elections
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When Roberts said in Shelby County that the country had ended race discrimination in elections what he really meant was he was ending protections against race discrimination in elections
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HELL YEA
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
HELL YEA
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“I might be a Nazi-friendly talk-show host possessed by the ghost of John Barleycorn, but I still have a sense of humor. What’s not funny, though, is some pimply journalist trying to defame me by reporting my words verbatim.”
"Can we all calm down for a minute? It appears my command to take no prisoners, exterminate all traces of life, and torch any semblance of international law has been misinterpreted. You shouldn’t rush to conclusions until you have all the facts."
My Order to Kill Everyone and Everything Was Taken Out of Context
“[Secretary of War] Hegseth ordered a lethal attack but not the killing of survivors, officials say… Amid talk of war crimes, the details and preci...
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“I might be a Nazi-friendly talk-show host possessed by the ghost of John Barleycorn, but I still have a sense of humor. What’s not funny, though, is some pimply journalist trying to defame me by reporting my words verbatim.”
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NEW: Two Chicago police officers were investigated for sexual misconduct — then promoted. It wasn’t an oversight.
Despite a decadeslong reform effort, the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows for disciplinary records to be ignored.
Despite a decadeslong reform effort, the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows for disciplinary records to be ignored.
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Two Chicago police officers were investigated for sexual misconduct — then promoted. It wasn’t an oversight.
Despite a decadeslong reform effort, the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows for disciplinary records to be ignored.
Despite a decadeslong reform effort, the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows for disciplinary records to be ignored.
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In fairness, Hegseth needed to murder those civilians quickly bc he had to go speak at the CPAC Prayer Breakfast
& didn’t want to leave the pious waiting.
& didn’t want to leave the pious waiting.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In fairness, Hegseth needed to murder those civilians quickly bc he had to go speak at the CPAC Prayer Breakfast
& didn’t want to leave the pious waiting.
& didn’t want to leave the pious waiting.
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Expiring ACA tax credits will hit small businesses especially hard. Meanwhile, 74% of small business owners are worried that their business won’t survive due to Trump’s tariffs.
Trump is crushing small businesses while doling out tax breaks to his big corporate donors.
Priorities.
Trump is crushing small businesses while doling out tax breaks to his big corporate donors.
Priorities.
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Expiring ACA tax credits will hit small businesses especially hard. Meanwhile, 74% of small business owners are worried that their business won’t survive due to Trump’s tariffs.
Trump is crushing small businesses while doling out tax breaks to his big corporate donors.
Priorities.
Trump is crushing small businesses while doling out tax breaks to his big corporate donors.
Priorities.
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He’s the one who is no good. He’s the one who has his War Dept killing fisherman off the Venezuelan coast. He’s the one we don’t want. 
He’s a vile bigot.
He’s a vile bigot.
Trump: "People that shouldn't be in our country, and that includes Somalians and plenty of others. We don't want those people. Many of them are no good. All they do is go around killing each other, then they come into our country and tell us how to run our country. We don't want them."
December 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
He’s the one who is no good. He’s the one who has his War Dept killing fisherman off the Venezuelan coast. He’s the one we don’t want. 
He’s a vile bigot.
He’s a vile bigot.
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But wasn't this a hypothetical posed by Trump's attorney to #Scotus? What if the President ordered a seal team to murder someone? And SCOTUS said that would be fine!
Hegseth and the admiral in charge of Seal Team Six sure do look like they committed a specific war crime here www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
But wasn't this a hypothetical posed by Trump's attorney to #Scotus? What if the President ordered a seal team to murder someone? And SCOTUS said that would be fine!
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When he loses the whitemanosphere, shit gets real.
He’s losing the manosphere
Trump Approval Among Men:
Disapprove: 51% (+12)
Approve: 46% (-7)
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
(% Change With Feb 2025)
Disapprove: 51% (+12)
Approve: 46% (-7)
YouGov / Nov 24, 2025
(% Change With Feb 2025)
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
When he loses the whitemanosphere, shit gets real.
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HAPPENING NOW IN FRANKLIN: Republican #TN7 nominee Matt Van Epps has moved his event from Puckett’s to the gated mansion estate of a right wing billionaire. Police are outside and told us it’s a closed door event.
Seems to say a lot about who Matt plans to represent.
Seems to say a lot about who Matt plans to represent.
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
HAPPENING NOW IN FRANKLIN: Republican #TN7 nominee Matt Van Epps has moved his event from Puckett’s to the gated mansion estate of a right wing billionaire. Police are outside and told us it’s a closed door event.
Seems to say a lot about who Matt plans to represent.
Seems to say a lot about who Matt plans to represent.
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I’ve been working against school vouchers for a decade. I’ve also been watching what has happened in other states.
Missouri is following the Arizona voucher plan.
Arizona blew a $1 billion hole in their state budget last year because tax money was diverted to private religious schools. 
Missouri is following the Arizona voucher plan.
Arizona blew a $1 billion hole in their state budget last year because tax money was diverted to private religious schools. 
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I’ve been working against school vouchers for a decade. I’ve also been watching what has happened in other states.
Missouri is following the Arizona voucher plan.
Arizona blew a $1 billion hole in their state budget last year because tax money was diverted to private religious schools. 
Missouri is following the Arizona voucher plan.
Arizona blew a $1 billion hole in their state budget last year because tax money was diverted to private religious schools. 
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One by one, each of the nine prisoners appeared virtually before a special panel of the Louisiana parole board.
“Today you’ve been paroled,” the chair said at the end of every hearing, “to go straight into an ICE facility for deportation.”
With @veritenews.org
“Today you’ve been paroled,” the chair said at the end of every hearing, “to go straight into an ICE facility for deportation.”
With @veritenews.org
Louisiana Made It Nearly Impossible to Get Parole. Now It’s Releasing Prisoners to Deport Them.
Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those already in prison. Then he set all of that aside for one group: undocumented imm...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One by one, each of the nine prisoners appeared virtually before a special panel of the Louisiana parole board.
“Today you’ve been paroled,” the chair said at the end of every hearing, “to go straight into an ICE facility for deportation.”
With @veritenews.org
“Today you’ve been paroled,” the chair said at the end of every hearing, “to go straight into an ICE facility for deportation.”
With @veritenews.org
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I GUESS IT WILL TAKE A SEANCE
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I GUESS IT WILL TAKE A SEANCE
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Charlie Kirk is 'honored' with flags at half-staff, but not Sarah Beckstrom, the West Virginia National Guard member?
Trump plays Kabuki theater while sacrificing US military members.
Trump plays Kabuki theater while sacrificing US military members.
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Charlie Kirk is 'honored' with flags at half-staff, but not Sarah Beckstrom, the West Virginia National Guard member?
Trump plays Kabuki theater while sacrificing US military members.
Trump plays Kabuki theater while sacrificing US military members.
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The investigators asked Clint Massie how many more girls in the church might come forward with stories about him touching or kissing them.
“I mean, there could be hundreds,” he said.
“I mean, there could be hundreds,” he said.
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The investigators asked Clint Massie how many more girls in the church might come forward with stories about him touching or kissing them.
“I mean, there could be hundreds,” he said.
“I mean, there could be hundreds,” he said.
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The Capitulation Conference is growing faster than the Big 10
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Capitulation Conference is growing faster than the Big 10
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We are blowing up foreign boats and extrajudicially killing people in the name of stopping drugs, but Trump is happy to pardon a corrupt ex-president charged with drug trafficking.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. n.pr/4pGmc1n
Trump plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
n.pr
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We are blowing up foreign boats and extrajudicially killing people in the name of stopping drugs, but Trump is happy to pardon a corrupt ex-president charged with drug trafficking.
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 this just came up on my phone from this day in 2017. I want you to read this look at this POS he’s always been there.
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 this just came up on my phone from this day in 2017. I want you to read this look at this POS he’s always been there.
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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If you’re wondering why there’s a lull in the Epstein files discussion, it’s because the law that just passed gave Pamela Jo 30 days to release the files. So we’re all waiting to see how she tries to sabotage it. The discussion will pick back up in earnest on December 20th.
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you’re wondering why there’s a lull in the Epstein files discussion, it’s because the law that just passed gave Pamela Jo 30 days to release the files. So we’re all waiting to see how she tries to sabotage it. The discussion will pick back up in earnest on December 20th.
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The number of immigrants in detention without criminal records has surged by over 2,000% since Trump reentered the White House.
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The number of immigrants in detention without criminal records has surged by over 2,000% since Trump reentered the White House.
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
Nearly half of all detainees have no criminal charges or conviction.
Trump was always lying about going after the “worst of the worst.”
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the mother of her nephew!!!
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
the mother of her nephew!!!
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next town over from Everett where ICE abducted a 13-year-old kid recently.
I’m not saying ICE wouldn’t come to Revere, MA just because…
Actually that is what I’m saying.
Actually that is what I’m saying.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
next town over from Everett where ICE abducted a 13-year-old kid recently.