Doc Bean
@glennbean.bsky.social
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
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What they aren’t showing on Fox News
June 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What they aren’t showing on Fox News
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BEGGING LIBERALS TO READ THIS
Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
June 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
BEGGING LIBERALS TO READ THIS
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Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.
June 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.
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you know how people in Los Angeles have a right to object to an invading military force?
i invite you to consider what other communities around the world might also have the right to object to the same thing
i invite you to consider what other communities around the world might also have the right to object to the same thing
June 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
you know how people in Los Angeles have a right to object to an invading military force?
i invite you to consider what other communities around the world might also have the right to object to the same thing
i invite you to consider what other communities around the world might also have the right to object to the same thing
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I was made by and will always be for East L.A. and over the last few days have watched from afar as barrios like mine have faced an invasion perpetrated by racist militarized thugs, sent by the pinche gringo in the White House.
I am full of grief and also have one message:
CHINGA LA MIGRA
I am full of grief and also have one message:
CHINGA LA MIGRA
June 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I was made by and will always be for East L.A. and over the last few days have watched from afar as barrios like mine have faced an invasion perpetrated by racist militarized thugs, sent by the pinche gringo in the White House.
I am full of grief and also have one message:
CHINGA LA MIGRA
I am full of grief and also have one message:
CHINGA LA MIGRA
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American antisemitism isn’t people defending Palestinian lives.
It’s people in my mentions defending doing business with a man who literally did the Nazi salute — TWICE — at the inauguration of a white supremacist he bought the White House for.
You guys. You’re the problem.
It’s people in my mentions defending doing business with a man who literally did the Nazi salute — TWICE — at the inauguration of a white supremacist he bought the White House for.
You guys. You’re the problem.
June 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
American antisemitism isn’t people defending Palestinian lives.
It’s people in my mentions defending doing business with a man who literally did the Nazi salute — TWICE — at the inauguration of a white supremacist he bought the White House for.
You guys. You’re the problem.
It’s people in my mentions defending doing business with a man who literally did the Nazi salute — TWICE — at the inauguration of a white supremacist he bought the White House for.
You guys. You’re the problem.
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Heavily-armed DHS paramilitary forces in military vehicles fired dozens of stun grenades at a crowd of onlookers today in Los Angeles.
June 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Heavily-armed DHS paramilitary forces in military vehicles fired dozens of stun grenades at a crowd of onlookers today in Los Angeles.
June 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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I don’t care if it’s Rep. Pelosi.
I don’t care if it’s Rep. Johnson.
I don’t care if it’s a Democrat or a Republican.
BAN CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING. PERIOD.
I don’t care if it’s Rep. Johnson.
I don’t care if it’s a Democrat or a Republican.
BAN CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING. PERIOD.
April 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I don’t care if it’s Rep. Pelosi.
I don’t care if it’s Rep. Johnson.
I don’t care if it’s a Democrat or a Republican.
BAN CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING. PERIOD.
I don’t care if it’s Rep. Johnson.
I don’t care if it’s a Democrat or a Republican.
BAN CONGRESSIONAL STOCK TRADING. PERIOD.
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If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.
April 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you're in congress and you aren't publicly in favor of banning the trading of individual stocks by people in congress, get your head out of your fucking ass.
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
March 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
Finally someone brings up the Espionage Act.
I need you all to read it and understand that this - and so many other things done by this admin - are actually extremely illegal per The Espionage Act.
I need you all to read it and understand that this - and so many other things done by this admin - are actually extremely illegal per The Espionage Act.
NBC News: The Espionage Act contains a provision making it crime to disclose national defense secrets "through gross negligence."
The law does not require info be classified, because it was written before the classification system existed. The law refers simply to "national defense information."
The law does not require info be classified, because it was written before the classification system existed. The law refers simply to "national defense information."
Negligently disclosing national defense information is illegal — and it doesn't have to be classified
The Espionage Act, the law that often has been used in criminal cases involving leaks or mishandling of classified information, contains a provision making it
www.nbcnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Finally someone brings up the Espionage Act.
I need you all to read it and understand that this - and so many other things done by this admin - are actually extremely illegal per The Espionage Act.
I need you all to read it and understand that this - and so many other things done by this admin - are actually extremely illegal per The Espionage Act.
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A federal judge ruled Monday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has no right under federal law to access sensitive personal information of federal agencies.
Judge Says DOGE Has No Right To Sensitive Personal Data Held By Federal Agencies
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A federal judge ruled Monday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has no right under federal law to access sensitive personal information of federal agencies.
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Was invited to CA to review an academic program. Came back to Ohio to learn we are now 2 steps away from banning tenure, banning collective bargaining & strikes for academics, and mandating that universities cannot hold intellectual positions on topics the legislature deems controversial. 🧪
March 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Was invited to CA to review an academic program. Came back to Ohio to learn we are now 2 steps away from banning tenure, banning collective bargaining & strikes for academics, and mandating that universities cannot hold intellectual positions on topics the legislature deems controversial. 🧪
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Hey fellow LA area folks I got the date wrong here is where Chuck Schumer will be in Santa Monica on the 23rd, next Sunday, not this Sunday: Herb Alpert Educational Village 3131 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404
March 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hey fellow LA area folks I got the date wrong here is where Chuck Schumer will be in Santa Monica on the 23rd, next Sunday, not this Sunday: Herb Alpert Educational Village 3131 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404
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Walz: There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA.
March 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Walz: There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA.
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I know people are concerned about Feds going without paychecks for a while, but this is not our first shutdown, and we have ways to keep our bills paid during a shutdown so we will be ok. But we will not be ok if this CR passes! Please call your senators and ask for no on cloture!! #ShitShowShutDown
A shutdown is necessary to preserve and protect our democracy. We can not sustain this oligarch's slash & burn strategy.
They have taken food away from children, stripped jobs from families & have taken direct aim at your social security. We must draw a hard line and hold it.
#ShitShowShutDown
They have taken food away from children, stripped jobs from families & have taken direct aim at your social security. We must draw a hard line and hold it.
#ShitShowShutDown
Dear Senators,
Do not hand over our democracy because you are afraid of owning the shutdown. We will remember if you sell us out. We will support you if you support us.
Do not hand over our democracy because you are afraid of owning the shutdown. We will remember if you sell us out. We will support you if you support us.
March 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I know people are concerned about Feds going without paychecks for a while, but this is not our first shutdown, and we have ways to keep our bills paid during a shutdown so we will be ok. But we will not be ok if this CR passes! Please call your senators and ask for no on cloture!! #ShitShowShutDown
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Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
March 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Research from 2022 that every Democrat apologist should chew on:
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“We do not find any evidence that accommodative strategies reduce radical right support. If anything, our results suggest that they lead to more voters defecting to the radical right.“
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.
If he was even half as concerned about China as he claims to be, he would be dumping money into scientific research instead
"But what Trump is doing is not reform, it is subversion. And it could not come at a worse time."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science
Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This Administration threatens that progress.
www.newyorker.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If he was even half as concerned about China as he claims to be, he would be dumping money into scientific research instead