Rebecca Sommerhauser
@beckbeckaboo.bsky.social
Liberal, No Shame. Writer, reader, lover of art and music. I have lived too long to respond to trolls: that’s why I’m here. Political junkie age 5. I pay attention and have opinions. 🚫DMs
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Newsom: They did not expect California. They did not expect all of you. They thought we were going to write an op-ed, have a candlelight vigil, maybe do a rally. They poked the bear and the bear is poking back
November 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Newsom: They did not expect California. They did not expect all of you. They thought we were going to write an op-ed, have a candlelight vigil, maybe do a rally. They poked the bear and the bear is poking back
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"When the rich rob the poor, the rich call it 'business'. When the poor fight back, the rich call it 'violence'."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
September 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"When the rich rob the poor, the rich call it 'business'. When the poor fight back, the rich call it 'violence'."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Why does no one ever mention Russell Vought? He was the mastermind and collector of essays behind Project 2025. The whole thing is structured so that we can’t survive unless we resist.
tRump and Vance are systematically dismantling our democracy, with the help of the repubs in congress and SCOTUS. It is a sad day for our country. I don't think we will survive this.
September 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Why does no one ever mention Russell Vought? He was the mastermind and collector of essays behind Project 2025. The whole thing is structured so that we can’t survive unless we resist.
Important words from …(checking notes)….George Conway. They will be asked to do legal work going forward. Trust that.
So I'm wondering today how all the lawyers at firms that caved to Trump—and also Sullivan & Cromwell, which is representing him on his criminal appeal—are feeling about how things are going?
Are your salaries and draws worth it?
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Are your salaries and draws worth it?
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September 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Important words from …(checking notes)….George Conway. They will be asked to do legal work going forward. Trust that.
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Bill Kristol. Noted former Republican shill.
He is right because he has been inside and seen it. The right would not try so hard to distance itself from him and those like him, he he were not speaking truth.
He is right because he has been inside and seen it. The right would not try so hard to distance itself from him and those like him, he he were not speaking truth.
“Today’s conservatives are certainly radical—they are hostile to the rule of law, subsidiarity, and institutions—but what they want isn’t so much change as domination…This isn’t a program that’s concerned with changing policies; it’s a fetish for domination.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
“Conservatism” Is Now Just a Domination Fetish
From states rights, a rules-based system, and limited government to a boot stamping on a human face—forever.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Bill Kristol. Noted former Republican shill.
He is right because he has been inside and seen it. The right would not try so hard to distance itself from him and those like him, he he were not speaking truth.
He is right because he has been inside and seen it. The right would not try so hard to distance itself from him and those like him, he he were not speaking truth.
And just like then, most people are not paying attention.
If they're turning on their friends & neighbors over online discourse, the next lines won't be as hard to cross.
September 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
And just like then, most people are not paying attention.
Sympathies and strength to Charlie Kirk’s family.
Gun violence is not
The solution…ever.
Having said that, this is a guy who said that gun violence is okay as long as we have the 2nd amendment for gun violence. Words do mean things, (as Limbaugh used to say)
Gun violence is not
The solution…ever.
Having said that, this is a guy who said that gun violence is okay as long as we have the 2nd amendment for gun violence. Words do mean things, (as Limbaugh used to say)
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Sympathies and strength to Charlie Kirk’s family.
Gun violence is not
The solution…ever.
Having said that, this is a guy who said that gun violence is okay as long as we have the 2nd amendment for gun violence. Words do mean things, (as Limbaugh used to say)
Gun violence is not
The solution…ever.
Having said that, this is a guy who said that gun violence is okay as long as we have the 2nd amendment for gun violence. Words do mean things, (as Limbaugh used to say)
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Wake up.
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Wake up.
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Isn’t Ellison’s son the one who just bought Paramount? Wonder how his wealth rose so quickly while Musk’s fell. The Ellisons should be aware that whatever Trump touches fails, and that authoritarians always extract a price.
this is not a sentence anyone should be able to write
Elon Musk's title of world's richest man is under threat after Oracle's Larry Ellison added $70 billion to his fortune in one day
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Isn’t Ellison’s son the one who just bought Paramount? Wonder how his wealth rose so quickly while Musk’s fell. The Ellisons should be aware that whatever Trump touches fails, and that authoritarians always extract a price.
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"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
—from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
—from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
September 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
—from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
—from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
A polite question: why do random assassins and protestors seem to be able to get within spitting distance of Orangina? Do his Secret
Service hate him? Does he think his inept cabinet will
Protect him. What’s the reality?
Service hate him? Does he think his inept cabinet will
Protect him. What’s the reality?
September 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
A polite question: why do random assassins and protestors seem to be able to get within spitting distance of Orangina? Do his Secret
Service hate him? Does he think his inept cabinet will
Protect him. What’s the reality?
Service hate him? Does he think his inept cabinet will
Protect him. What’s the reality?
It’s amazingly dissociative. What percentage of the country really wants to go to war with Chicago? My guess is < 15%. And most of them are hard right radicals.
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
September 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It’s amazingly dissociative. What percentage of the country really wants to go to war with Chicago? My guess is < 15%. And most of them are hard right radicals.
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“My grandma cooks a lot. Even to this day, can’t nobody beat her fried chicken … She still won’t tell me (the spice mix) even though I’m her granddaughter,” Heard said with a laugh. “That’s our joke: I tell her that I hope this recipe is written down in the book somewhere.”
Fallah the Foodie Wants to Be Mississippi’s Gordon Ramsey
Social-media influencer Fallah the Foodie of Jackson, Miss., hopes that her reviews will provide Mississippi restaurants with exposure and boosts in sales.
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September 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“My grandma cooks a lot. Even to this day, can’t nobody beat her fried chicken … She still won’t tell me (the spice mix) even though I’m her granddaughter,” Heard said with a laugh. “That’s our joke: I tell her that I hope this recipe is written down in the book somewhere.”
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Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
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Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
September 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.
Guaranteed it was not what Rudy’s security staff reported in a letter.
can’t sleep need to know what actually happened on that highway in new hampshire
September 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Guaranteed it was not what Rudy’s security staff reported in a letter.
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It goes without saying, but still, just a reminder for folks:
If someone entirely incompetent and clueless and openly antagonistic is put in charge of something, they are not being put there to RUN that thing, they are being put there to DESTROY that thing.
If someone entirely incompetent and clueless and openly antagonistic is put in charge of something, they are not being put there to RUN that thing, they are being put there to DESTROY that thing.
May 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It goes without saying, but still, just a reminder for folks:
If someone entirely incompetent and clueless and openly antagonistic is put in charge of something, they are not being put there to RUN that thing, they are being put there to DESTROY that thing.
If someone entirely incompetent and clueless and openly antagonistic is put in charge of something, they are not being put there to RUN that thing, they are being put there to DESTROY that thing.
Because Venezuela has oil. Greenland has metals needed
for computers, as does Ukraine.
for computers, as does Ukraine.
Why is the Draft Dodger-in-Chief trying to drag us into a war with Venezuela?
The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships.
But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔
The claim is that drug cartels are so out of control they’ve been designated an international terrorist organization, so we need to send warships.
But we’re denying Venezuelan’s asylum claims who fled for their lives. 🤔
September 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Because Venezuela has oil. Greenland has metals needed
for computers, as does Ukraine.
for computers, as does Ukraine.
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Teachers don’t need self care they need time to set up their classrooms
New Post: Beware Self-Care
Why does "self-care" advice for teachers ring so hollow? Because it misses the point entirely.
What if instead of telling teachers to care for themselves, we created schools where we all care for each other?
Why does "self-care" advice for teachers ring so hollow? Because it misses the point entirely.
What if instead of telling teachers to care for themselves, we created schools where we all care for each other?
Beware Self-Care
I know that sounds like a strange title for a blog entry, but go with me for a minute here. I worry a little bit about how many educational organizations are preaching that educators have to engage in self-care, and the reason that I worry about that is because it feels to me that there is some organizational abdication of the need to take care of our educators when that is the message.
practicaltheory.org
August 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Teachers don’t need self care they need time to set up their classrooms
Start with OKC bombing. Tim McVeigh never snitched. He told us we would be surprised if we knew.
Since then we have had repeated assaults on innocent people doing everyday activities. Way too many children.
Same answer: mental illness. Hate is a mental illness. Hate is an easy pressure point.
Since then we have had repeated assaults on innocent people doing everyday activities. Way too many children.
Same answer: mental illness. Hate is a mental illness. Hate is an easy pressure point.
August 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Start with OKC bombing. Tim McVeigh never snitched. He told us we would be surprised if we knew.
Since then we have had repeated assaults on innocent people doing everyday activities. Way too many children.
Same answer: mental illness. Hate is a mental illness. Hate is an easy pressure point.
Since then we have had repeated assaults on innocent people doing everyday activities. Way too many children.
Same answer: mental illness. Hate is a mental illness. Hate is an easy pressure point.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying.”
Thoughts and prayers won’t stop gunmen with assault weapons or keep our kids safe. Banning assault weapons will.
Thoughts and prayers won’t stop gunmen with assault weapons or keep our kids safe. Banning assault weapons will.
August 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying.”
Thoughts and prayers won’t stop gunmen with assault weapons or keep our kids safe. Banning assault weapons will.
Thoughts and prayers won’t stop gunmen with assault weapons or keep our kids safe. Banning assault weapons will.