Beth Wagner
@bethawagner.bsky.social
Reader, writer, amateur photographer, lover of life and all its twists and turns.
Thank you, Senator Jon Ossoff, for coining the most succinct name yet for those running our federal government/White House: The Epstein Class.
February 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Thank you, Senator Jon Ossoff, for coining the most succinct name yet for those running our federal government/White House: The Epstein Class.
No compassion, no empathy.
No surprise.
No surprise.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
No compassion, no empathy.
No surprise.
No surprise.
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Let it unleash a thousand memes.
I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."
I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Let it unleash a thousand memes.
I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."
I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."
THIS!
Well done, Sen. Booker!
Well done, Sen. Booker!
Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record (Gift Article)
The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
THIS!
Well done, Sen. Booker!
Well done, Sen. Booker!
Word.
So Speaker Johnson threw a tantrum today & canceled votes for the rest of the week because he couldn’t wrangle enough support to block new parents from voting in Congress. I guess when you don’t get your way, you just shut it down and send everyone home? The American people didn’t elect us to pout.
April 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Word.
DOGE = Department of Gutting Everything
March 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
DOGE = Department of Gutting Everything
Yes!
To anyone living in a state that doesn't respect you for who you love or who you are: Illinois has a place for you.
You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.
You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.
March 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yes!
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The IRS could collect $500 billion LESS in tax revenue this year due to DOGE cuts to the agency. A big chunk of that will come from the rich underpaying their taxes. Meanwhile, only $7.7 billion of DOGE "savings" can actually be verified.
So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...
So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...
The IRS could collect $500 billion less in tax revenue, report says, and the US may run out of cash in a few months without a debt-ceiling hike
An expected 10% revenue decline is due to changes in taxpayer behavior and President Donald Trump's cuts to the IRS, according to The Washington Post.
fortune.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The IRS could collect $500 billion LESS in tax revenue this year due to DOGE cuts to the agency. A big chunk of that will come from the rich underpaying their taxes. Meanwhile, only $7.7 billion of DOGE "savings" can actually be verified.
So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...
So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...
To friends and family living abroad: I share Reich’s concerns. Please reconsider travel plans to the US … at least until we pull ourselves out of this mess. Until more caring, rational, ethical, and constitutionally legal heads prevail, sit tight. We need some time to save ourselves.
March 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
To friends and family living abroad: I share Reich’s concerns. Please reconsider travel plans to the US … at least until we pull ourselves out of this mess. Until more caring, rational, ethical, and constitutionally legal heads prevail, sit tight. We need some time to save ourselves.
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Elon Musk's organizations have now spent more than $13 million in an effort to buy the decisive Wisconsin Supreme Court seat.
His America PAC spent $7,332,790 and his Building Americas Future non-profit (which doesn't discloses donors) spent $5,819,380 so far.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
His America PAC spent $7,332,790 and his Building Americas Future non-profit (which doesn't discloses donors) spent $5,819,380 so far.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Buying Time 2025 - Wisconsin
This page features Wisconsin Supreme Court election spending data and television advertisements from the 2025 election cycle.
www.brennancenter.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Elon Musk's organizations have now spent more than $13 million in an effort to buy the decisive Wisconsin Supreme Court seat.
His America PAC spent $7,332,790 and his Building Americas Future non-profit (which doesn't discloses donors) spent $5,819,380 so far.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
His America PAC spent $7,332,790 and his Building Americas Future non-profit (which doesn't discloses donors) spent $5,819,380 so far.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
This was a great - and eye-opening - listen. Worth an hour of your time.
“Young people have gone from being the most progressive generation since the baby boomers, and maybe even in some ways more so, to becoming potentially the most conservative generation that we’ve experienced maybe in 50 to 60 years,” David Shor said on the latest episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
Opinion | Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
The Democratic pollster David Shor walks through what voter data reveals about the 2024 election — and how the American electorate is shifting.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This was a great - and eye-opening - listen. Worth an hour of your time.
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If you thought Trump and his sycophants have forgotten about elections, you are wrong. The GOP voter suppression and election subversion war machine is already preparing for the next election.
March 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If you thought Trump and his sycophants have forgotten about elections, you are wrong. The GOP voter suppression and election subversion war machine is already preparing for the next election.
Quote of the day: Scott Galloway, co-host of the podcast Raging Moderates, describing the tRump administration while chatting on today's The Bulwark podcast: "... giant weapon of mass distraction."
Love it!
Love it!
March 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Quote of the day: Scott Galloway, co-host of the podcast Raging Moderates, describing the tRump administration while chatting on today's The Bulwark podcast: "... giant weapon of mass distraction."
Love it!
Love it!
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We can hear the opposition building. Every day, hundreds of Contrarian readers reach out to ask what they can do to stop Trump & turn the tide against autocracy. We're here to help. Here are 15 ways you can fight for democracy:
15 Ways You Can Fight for Democracy
Every day, hundreds of family members, friends, and Contrarian readers reach out to ask what they can do to stop Trump and turn the tide against autocracy. We can help
contrarian.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We can hear the opposition building. Every day, hundreds of Contrarian readers reach out to ask what they can do to stop Trump & turn the tide against autocracy. We're here to help. Here are 15 ways you can fight for democracy:
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BREAKING: A federal judge rules the dismantling of USAID likely violated the Constitution and blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from further cuts.
Judge rules DOGE's USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development likely violated the Constitution and blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts to the agency.
bit.ly
March 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge rules the dismantling of USAID likely violated the Constitution and blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from further cuts.
A cautionary tale from someone who's been there.
"...Rappler CEO (and Nobel Peace Prize winner) Maria Ressa joins Jon. They discuss the decline of democracy in the U.S. and the Philippines, the misuse of digital platforms, global shifts, ways to protect American democracy..."
"...Rappler CEO (and Nobel Peace Prize winner) Maria Ressa joins Jon. They discuss the decline of democracy in the U.S. and the Philippines, the misuse of digital platforms, global shifts, ways to protect American democracy..."
Jon Stewart & Maria Ressa On the US’s Authoritarian Slide | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
www.youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A cautionary tale from someone who's been there.
"...Rappler CEO (and Nobel Peace Prize winner) Maria Ressa joins Jon. They discuss the decline of democracy in the U.S. and the Philippines, the misuse of digital platforms, global shifts, ways to protect American democracy..."
"...Rappler CEO (and Nobel Peace Prize winner) Maria Ressa joins Jon. They discuss the decline of democracy in the U.S. and the Philippines, the misuse of digital platforms, global shifts, ways to protect American democracy..."
Just because you say it, that doesn't make it true.
Excerpt: Leavitt added, “By deciding which outlets make up the limited press pool on a day-to-day basis, the White House will be restoring power back to the American people.”
Excerpt: Leavitt added, “By deciding which outlets make up the limited press pool on a day-to-day basis, the White House will be restoring power back to the American people.”
Trump’s White House continues chipping away at press freedoms - Poynter
The White House, not the press, will decide who gets to cover key presidential moments — a shift that alarms journalists and press freedom advocates
www.poynter.org
February 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Just because you say it, that doesn't make it true.
Excerpt: Leavitt added, “By deciding which outlets make up the limited press pool on a day-to-day basis, the White House will be restoring power back to the American people.”
Excerpt: Leavitt added, “By deciding which outlets make up the limited press pool on a day-to-day basis, the White House will be restoring power back to the American people.”
Bravo!
For Trump, 3 court losses in 90 minutes | CNN Politics
Three different federal judges delivered legal setbacks and slap downs to President Donald Trump in the span of an hour and a half on Tuesday in a series of cases challenging controversial moves taken...
www.cnn.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bravo!