Beckstle
@beckstle.bsky.social
Writer of TV & movie reviews, pop cultural & history analysis. Anti-MAGA, pro democracy, cat owner, and queer. Current Guilty pleasures: RuPaul's Drag Race (in most of its forms) & rewatching the X-Files.
If it walks like a dictator, talks like a dictator, sics a masked military force against the country's people like a dictator, guess what? 🤨
So there would be an absence of restraint just like his absence of morality.
January 11, 2026 at 10:25 AM
If it walks like a dictator, talks like a dictator, sics a masked military force against the country's people like a dictator, guess what? 🤨
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Best bet for Europe is to continue threatening the Silicon Valley tycoons and broligarchs with economic boycotts.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Best bet for Europe is to continue threatening the Silicon Valley tycoons and broligarchs with economic boycotts.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
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Yes.
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Yes.
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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And it's what white America has been saying about Black victims of cop violence since the dawn of ever. If more people who look like me had listened to and actually given an iota of a fuck about them, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
January 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
And it's what white America has been saying about Black victims of cop violence since the dawn of ever. If more people who look like me had listened to and actually given an iota of a fuck about them, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
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I agree. The way I tried to get this concept across to people before last November was to think of it as “harm reduction.” Like when you give an addict methadone to try to ease them off of heroin. It’s not great to be taking methadone, but you’re trying to ramp off of something worse.
January 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I agree. The way I tried to get this concept across to people before last November was to think of it as “harm reduction.” Like when you give an addict methadone to try to ease them off of heroin. It’s not great to be taking methadone, but you’re trying to ramp off of something worse.
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The literal definition of a dictatorship.
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The literal definition of a dictatorship.
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White people defending ICE and thus the State see their goal of a white Christofascist nation within their grasp so will ignore murder.
They are evil.
They are evil.
January 10, 2026 at 5:09 AM
White people defending ICE and thus the State see their goal of a white Christofascist nation within their grasp so will ignore murder.
They are evil.
They are evil.
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ICE THUGS arrested a pastor & kept asking him "Are you afraid?" numerous occasions. The pastor said NO. Eventually the THUGS let him go stating that "You're WHITE, you're no fun to us!!"
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
Minneapolis pastor: ICE 'pointed a gun at me' and 'put me in the back of an SUV'
YouTube video by MS NOW
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January 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
ICE THUGS arrested a pastor & kept asking him "Are you afraid?" numerous occasions. The pastor said NO. Eventually the THUGS let him go stating that "You're WHITE, you're no fun to us!!"
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
This is how sick & deranged these THUGS are, thanks to this REGIME‼️
youtu.be/lcSOyVrc5HM?...
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BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
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Does anyone remember how many senate hearings actually produced anything positive?
I don't.
I don't.
January 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Does anyone remember how many senate hearings actually produced anything positive?
I don't.
I don't.
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Has anyone else noticed that the EPSTEIN FILES are still being held back. Less than 1% have been released. Another blatant refusal to accept oversight from our pitifully weak congress. 🗽
January 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Has anyone else noticed that the EPSTEIN FILES are still being held back. Less than 1% have been released. Another blatant refusal to accept oversight from our pitifully weak congress. 🗽
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Pinning your hopes on police orgs breaking with ICE is not sound thinking.
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Whether It Is ICE or Local Police, the U.S. Has Normalised Anti-Democratic Law Enforcement Practices
The Grotesque Excesses of ICE Sit Within the Broader Context of Police Brutality
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January 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Pinning your hopes on police orgs breaking with ICE is not sound thinking.
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/whether-it...
sherrilyn.substack.com/p/whether-it...
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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The UK has declined a US request to help invade Greenland. UK officials have instead met with their counterparts from Germany and France to begin preparations for deploying a defensive force in Greenland. The goal is to protect Greenland from invasion or attacks.
January 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The UK has declined a US request to help invade Greenland. UK officials have instead met with their counterparts from Germany and France to begin preparations for deploying a defensive force in Greenland. The goal is to protect Greenland from invasion or attacks.
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There is no way such a brutal beating is necessary.
They are out of control and must be stopped!
They are out of control and must be stopped!
January 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM
There is no way such a brutal beating is necessary.
They are out of control and must be stopped!
They are out of control and must be stopped!
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You mean the woman who you voted to not give power… you expect her to stop this with her “powers” you rejected?
What is the logic this woman has??
What is the logic this woman has??
January 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
You mean the woman who you voted to not give power… you expect her to stop this with her “powers” you rejected?
What is the logic this woman has??
What is the logic this woman has??
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Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
January 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."
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Child-Rapist Donald Trump has the lowest approval ratings of any President Ever. We must continue to Protest Peacefully. When 3.5% of the population stands against Dictatorship, the attempt at Authoritarianism Fails. We must continue to Film everything. We spotlight the Lies with Truth. We must win.
January 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Child-Rapist Donald Trump has the lowest approval ratings of any President Ever. We must continue to Protest Peacefully. When 3.5% of the population stands against Dictatorship, the attempt at Authoritarianism Fails. We must continue to Film everything. We spotlight the Lies with Truth. We must win.
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Thousands of people across Mexico are holding massive demonstrations to declare their intent to protect their sovereignty and fight any invaders, this is in response to the growing US threat.
January 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Thousands of people across Mexico are holding massive demonstrations to declare their intent to protect their sovereignty and fight any invaders, this is in response to the growing US threat.
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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The public deserves full transparency about every ICE agent, including their identities, backgrounds, and training. Recent events suggest these agents lack even the basic professional standards expected of law-enforcement officers. Who are these amateurs terrorizing our streets?
Frey: "An individual from a car that was in the middle of a street was detained. ICE left the car in the middle of the street. The car wasn't even in park, so you got it just rolling down the street w/nobody in it. It could've hit anybody, including my own family. This is not about safety"
January 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The public deserves full transparency about every ICE agent, including their identities, backgrounds, and training. Recent events suggest these agents lack even the basic professional standards expected of law-enforcement officers. Who are these amateurs terrorizing our streets?
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The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.