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Betsy West

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Producer: This Is Not a Drill EP: Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything Dir:Once Upon a Time in Ukraine Dir(w/@filmmakerjulie): RBG, JULIA, My Name is Pauli Murray Prof Emerita @ColumbiaJourn

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Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · 2h

Justin Pearson, ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat, to Run for Congress www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Justin Pearson, ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat, to Run for Congress

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 14d

Jimmy Kimmel just now on Donald Trump: “He tried his best to cancel me. Instead he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”

Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · 14d

I think I’ll sleep better tonight night.

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 19d

Bye Hulu
Bye Disney.
Bye whatever else was in that package.

survey we don't want to see you go. But if you must tell us the main reason why. I've written in and checked off: "You capitulate to fascists."

Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · 20d

ABC bends the knee. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments

www.nytimes.com

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 25d

"This is not the intervention that we need, and this is not what our communities deserve." Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson expresses his opposition to Donald Trump's plan to send the National Guard to Memphis. @justinjpearson.bsky.social

Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · 25d

Today’s Letter from an American reads like a horror novel. Too bad it’s not fiction.

September 12, 2025

Since a gunman murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, both social media circles and the political sphere have been alight with accusatio...

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Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · Aug 29

Who doesn't love badass people outsmarting the oil and gas industry? THIS IS NOT A DRILL premiering at the #TellurideFilmFestival this weekend. Oren Jacoby directing, me producing.

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · Aug 28

Producer: @betsywest.bsky.social.

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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · Aug 29

"CRITICS See Big Risks"?! WTF? There aren't 2 sides to this story. Trump destroys CDC, EPA, FEMA -- agencies that protect American health and well being. You don't need a Trump "critic" to tell you that. Would it be "Hitler Rises to Power; Critics See Big Risks"?! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...

Trump Targets Agencies Long Seen as Above Politics. Critics See Big Risks.

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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Bozo Fascist is a nonstop, worldwide source of destruction and evil. For example: he's trying to bully other countries out pursuing the much-needed transition from fossil fuels to solar and wind power. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...

Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals

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Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · Aug 27

And the new generation of leaders like @justinJPearson.bsky.social addressing the inequities in our country that helped lead to this terrifying predicament in the first place.

Tennessee legislator Justin J Pearson

Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · Aug 27

Lawyers like [email protected] fighting unconstitutional power grabs on all fronts.

Mark Elias Voting Rights poster

Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · Aug 27

Protestors like @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social and [email protected] making their opposition known on street corners, highway overpasses, detention center parking lots and thoughtful journals.

Julie Cohen protesting on a New Jersey street corner

Paul Barrett protesting in from of a New Jersey detention center.

Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · Aug 27

Brave public officials like Lisa Cook refusing to bow down.

Fed Board Chair Lisa Cook

Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · Aug 27

Let’s celebrate and support governors like JB Pritzker standing up to our would-be tyrant.

Illiinois Governor JB Pritzker

Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · Aug 27

As we head into the back quarter of 2025, I’ve made a mid-year resolution borrowed from my politically involved daughter: NO HAND WRINGING. Instead…

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 27

Schools
Theaters
Concerts
Malls
Churches
Synagogues
Mosques
Parks
Nightclubs
Offices
Festivals
Stores
Military Bases
Bars
Post Offices
Yoga Studios
Super Bowl parades

Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Aug 25

Do not come, Donald Trump.

You are neither wanted nor needed here in Illinois.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · Aug 11

The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · Aug 11

Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Campbell Robertson Chris Cameron www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Here’s the latest.

www.nytimes.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 12

So assuming this story is correct -- and the WSJ reporter is excellent -- Trump's chief negotiator on Ukraine is meeting with Putin about how to end the war while also scouting sites for a possible Trump hotel in Moscow.

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · Aug 6

Bearcarcass McBrainworm may end up killing us all. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-va...

RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Funding For Vaccine Development

The mRNA vaccines are credited with slowing the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 6

“Even though this book is billed as a memoir, it’s ultimately a call to action.”

I appreciate this thoughtful review of my new book, Coming Up Short. I hope it inspires some of you to give it a read.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/books/review/coming-up-short-robert-reich.html

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Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · Aug 1

At the Jones Beach Outlaw Music Festival, Lucinda Williams dedicates her song “You Can’t Rule Me” to the so-called King of America. Wonder who she means?

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 24

Recently ICE agents appeared on a Little League field in Manhattan. Coach Youman Wilder told a group of kids who were being interrogated to get behind him and said to the officers, “You don’t have more rights than they do.”

ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field

Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....

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