Beth Rimmels (She/Her)
@bethrimmels.bsky.social
Contributing writer to EN World. Content Marketing Manager. Game designer. Award-winning writer. Former LI Voice film critic. Cozy mystery author. I have a lot of opinions
Find my articles at https://www.enworld.org/ewr-porta/authors/brimmels.691968
Find my articles at https://www.enworld.org/ewr-porta/authors/brimmels.691968
Trump Quietly Grants Defense Guarantee To Autocracy That Gave Him A Luxury Jet www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Quietly Grants Defense Guarantee To Autocracy That Gave Him A Luxury Jet
Maybe Ukraine should have just given him a gold-plated 747.
www.huffpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Trump Quietly Grants Defense Guarantee To Autocracy That Gave Him A Luxury Jet www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The absurdity is competing with the outrageousness. Criminality outpaces both.
Why National Guard troops are now picking up trash in D.C. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Why National Guard troops are now picking up trash in D.C. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Why National Guard troops are now picking up trash in D.C.
Why has the Trump administration assigned troops to garbage duty in the nation’s capital? The closer one looks at the answer, the worse it appears.
www.msnbc.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The absurdity is competing with the outrageousness. Criminality outpaces both.
Why National Guard troops are now picking up trash in D.C. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Why National Guard troops are now picking up trash in D.C. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Image of Superman fighting Nazis with the caption over it "Superman didn't become woke. You became a piece of shit"
August 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Image of Superman fighting Nazis with the caption over it "Superman didn't become woke. You became a piece of shit"
Cruelty-based stupidity, they name is... you know
And they're wasting OUR MONEY for this ridiculousness
With black paint on border barriers, Trump and Noem are repeating a familiar mistake www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
And they're wasting OUR MONEY for this ridiculousness
With black paint on border barriers, Trump and Noem are repeating a familiar mistake www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
With black paint on border barriers, Trump and Noem are repeating a familiar mistake
The last time the president ordered officials to apply black paint to border barriers, it was an expensive failure. Naturally, he’s trying it again.
www.msnbc.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Cruelty-based stupidity, they name is... you know
And they're wasting OUR MONEY for this ridiculousness
With black paint on border barriers, Trump and Noem are repeating a familiar mistake www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
And they're wasting OUR MONEY for this ridiculousness
With black paint on border barriers, Trump and Noem are repeating a familiar mistake www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
They also chanted “TAX THE RICH” when he said we couldn’t afford Medicare for all
'Vote him out!': Town hall erupts in anger at GOP congressman - ABC News apple.news/AOWLQgaFuQn6...
'Vote him out!': Town hall erupts in anger at GOP congressman - ABC News apple.news/AOWLQgaFuQn6...
'Vote him out!': Town hall erupts in anger at GOP congressman — ABC News
There were about 750 members in the audience, the congressman said.
apple.news
August 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
They also chanted “TAX THE RICH” when he said we couldn’t afford Medicare for all
'Vote him out!': Town hall erupts in anger at GOP congressman - ABC News apple.news/AOWLQgaFuQn6...
'Vote him out!': Town hall erupts in anger at GOP congressman - ABC News apple.news/AOWLQgaFuQn6...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren touts investigations into Trump administration's federal cuts - ABC News apple.news/AaR7eLiYRSei...
I still daydream of a world with a President Warren.
I still daydream of a world with a President Warren.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren touts investigations into Trump administration's federal cuts — ABC News
Warren is leading investigations into cuts at two major federal agencies.
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August 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren touts investigations into Trump administration's federal cuts - ABC News apple.news/AaR7eLiYRSei...
I still daydream of a world with a President Warren.
I still daydream of a world with a President Warren.
Legionnaires' disease cases rise in U.S. What to know about the disease in Louisiana - The Times apple.news/A_7gXjDuzQE-...
Legionnaires' disease cases rise in U.S. What to know about the disease in Louisiana — The Times
Cases of Legionnaires' disease are on the rise in New York City, with three death reported. Have there been cases of the disease in Louisiana?
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August 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Legionnaires' disease cases rise in U.S. What to know about the disease in Louisiana - The Times apple.news/A_7gXjDuzQE-...
I really, really hope this ends up backfiring on the GOP if it can’t be stopped.
GOP Texas map has Austin residents sharing district with rural Texans 300 miles away - ABC News apple.news/AaY3Pj_4wR92...
GOP Texas map has Austin residents sharing district with rural Texans 300 miles away - ABC News apple.news/AaY3Pj_4wR92...
GOP Texas map has Austin residents sharing district with rural Texans 300 miles away — ABC News
It would
apple.news
August 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I really, really hope this ends up backfiring on the GOP if it can’t be stopped.
GOP Texas map has Austin residents sharing district with rural Texans 300 miles away - ABC News apple.news/AaY3Pj_4wR92...
GOP Texas map has Austin residents sharing district with rural Texans 300 miles away - ABC News apple.news/AaY3Pj_4wR92...
Yet again, misinformation is going to cause death and unnecessary damage.
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map - ProPublica apple.news/Am_vDlfEtSTK...
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map - ProPublica apple.news/Am_vDlfEtSTK...
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map — ProPublica
After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. But anger from homeowners escalated quickly.
apple.news
August 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yet again, misinformation is going to cause death and unnecessary damage.
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map - ProPublica apple.news/Am_vDlfEtSTK...
How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map - ProPublica apple.news/Am_vDlfEtSTK...
We were developing vaccines for cancer and HIV and they canceled that extremely promising research because they hate people and don’t care if we die
mRNA vaccines are, without exaggeration, one of the greatest inventions in human history.
We basically hacked our immune systems. “Here’s the secret code for this new virus, prep to fight exactly that.” A promising avenue for addressing some cancers too.
And the US is throwing it away. For what?
We basically hacked our immune systems. “Here’s the secret code for this new virus, prep to fight exactly that.” A promising avenue for addressing some cancers too.
And the US is throwing it away. For what?
August 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We were developing vaccines for cancer and HIV and they canceled that extremely promising research because they hate people and don’t care if we die
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ANOTHER W:
The new @dndbeyond.com show I've quietly been working on with @theyard.bsky.social is LIVE!
These guys are some of the coolest guys I've been blessed to work with, and this show is really SOMETHING. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH8N...
The new @dndbeyond.com show I've quietly been working on with @theyard.bsky.social is LIVE!
These guys are some of the coolest guys I've been blessed to work with, and this show is really SOMETHING. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH8N...
We Played Dungeons & Dragons! | Yard D&D
YouTube video by The Yard
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August 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
ANOTHER W:
The new @dndbeyond.com show I've quietly been working on with @theyard.bsky.social is LIVE!
These guys are some of the coolest guys I've been blessed to work with, and this show is really SOMETHING. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH8N...
The new @dndbeyond.com show I've quietly been working on with @theyard.bsky.social is LIVE!
These guys are some of the coolest guys I've been blessed to work with, and this show is really SOMETHING. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH8N...
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My dear friend @neil-ramsay.com needs help saving his beloved cat. Please take a look and signal boost if you can 🙏
If anyone knows any big cat-friendly charities or philanthropists, we could desperately use some help right now. After taking in the ferals for rehab, we're stretched very thin. And then this huge bill for our older girl...
We're very much at a breaking point.
We're very much at a breaking point.
Donate to Help Give Sansa a Chance to Live, organized by Neil Ramsay
Hi. I'm Neil. We've a very sick cat, our beloved tortoiseshell named Sansa, that's in dir… Neil Ramsay needs your support for Help Give Sansa a Chance to Live
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August 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My dear friend @neil-ramsay.com needs help saving his beloved cat. Please take a look and signal boost if you can 🙏
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I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE SECRET THING WAS:
I made my triumphant return to @dndbeyond.bsky.social for a special @paizo.com x Dungeons & Dragons collab for the ABOMINATION VAULTS 5E adventure being added to D&D Beyond!
Thank you Paizo for making this happen!
I made my triumphant return to @dndbeyond.bsky.social for a special @paizo.com x Dungeons & Dragons collab for the ABOMINATION VAULTS 5E adventure being added to D&D Beyond!
Thank you Paizo for making this happen!
August 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE SECRET THING WAS:
I made my triumphant return to @dndbeyond.bsky.social for a special @paizo.com x Dungeons & Dragons collab for the ABOMINATION VAULTS 5E adventure being added to D&D Beyond!
Thank you Paizo for making this happen!
I made my triumphant return to @dndbeyond.bsky.social for a special @paizo.com x Dungeons & Dragons collab for the ABOMINATION VAULTS 5E adventure being added to D&D Beyond!
Thank you Paizo for making this happen!
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Workers at the Chicago History Museum won their union election with @afscme31.bsky.social in April. Since then, management launched a relentless retaliation campaign, including illegal layoffs.
The #BetterInAUnion bus tour joined the workers today to stand up to management’s union-busting!
The #BetterInAUnion bus tour joined the workers today to stand up to management’s union-busting!
August 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Workers at the Chicago History Museum won their union election with @afscme31.bsky.social in April. Since then, management launched a relentless retaliation campaign, including illegal layoffs.
The #BetterInAUnion bus tour joined the workers today to stand up to management’s union-busting!
The #BetterInAUnion bus tour joined the workers today to stand up to management’s union-busting!
I thought everyone already knew Leno was a bootlicker. If you didn’t, here is your sign, to borrow a line from another comedian
August 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I thought everyone already knew Leno was a bootlicker. If you didn’t, here is your sign, to borrow a line from another comedian
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Well its different here. Our government doesn’t care about flowers, or animals. Or parks or clean air, - or us for that matter. Unless we happen to be billionaires
August 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Well its different here. Our government doesn’t care about flowers, or animals. Or parks or clean air, - or us for that matter. Unless we happen to be billionaires
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More than two weeks ago I called for Democratic governors to redistrict 30 Republicans out of their seats.
I stand by that.
I stand by that.
Democrats in Congress are warming to a strategy of maximum retaliation in response to Republicans' efforts to draw more favorable congressional maps ahead of the 2026 elections.
"It's existential now": House Democrats prepare to go scorched earth on redistricting
"Hakeem is clearly upset and angry and frustrated by this," one House Democrat told Axios.
www.axios.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
More than two weeks ago I called for Democratic governors to redistrict 30 Republicans out of their seats.
I stand by that.
I stand by that.
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Trump’s anti-DOJ.
NEW: Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement. He’s now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice.
Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
www.npr.org
August 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Trump’s anti-DOJ.
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This was me 8 days ago.
Republicans hate me because I fight hard and I refuse to be held back by norms and rules that the GOP ignore. If Republicans try to gerrymander another 5 seats in Texas, Democrats should gerrymander 30 more seats in states they control.
August 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This was me 8 days ago.
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ebooks are books! Libraries must be free to own, not just rent them.
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August 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
BRIET is a project of the @flaminghydra.com cooperative. We are very proud to be working with the Internet Archive on protecting digital ownership rights for libraries.
ebooks are books! Libraries must be free to own, not just rent them.
ebooks are books! Libraries must be free to own, not just rent them.
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It's so crazy we live in a world where female athletes are striking for better wages and dodging sex toys being thrown at them, while trans athletes are being accused of evil scheming so they can play women's sports, which pays well and is highly dignified. It's almost like someone's full of shit
August 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It's so crazy we live in a world where female athletes are striking for better wages and dodging sex toys being thrown at them, while trans athletes are being accused of evil scheming so they can play women's sports, which pays well and is highly dignified. It's almost like someone's full of shit
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If you can't read the Washington Post article about the pizza restaurant owner offering to feed people, I found the Reddit thread it's from.
www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
From the MadeMeSmile community on Reddit: A pizza shop owner found a homeless man eating from the garbage. His response was this:
Explore this post and more from the MadeMeSmile community
www.reddit.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If you can't read the Washington Post article about the pizza restaurant owner offering to feed people, I found the Reddit thread it's from.
www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.
August 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Jordy Meiselas: ICE didn't just lower the age requirement—they removed the age requirement. Now, at any age—you can go and join. They've riled up their base and have given them one lane to occupy: take out your anger, become an ICE agent, and chase down migrants. They are preying on people's hate.
Israel says it will retake Gaza City, escalating war with Hamas - @nbcnews.com apple.news/AcvqW7DHvQMe... #Gaza
Israel says it will retake Gaza City, escalating war with Hamas — NBC News
The plan announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office stops short of the full occupation of the Gaza Strip that he had discussed earlier.
apple.news
August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Israel says it will retake Gaza City, escalating war with Hamas - @nbcnews.com apple.news/AcvqW7DHvQMe... #Gaza
Satellite images show Israel preparing for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, sources say - NBC News apple.news/AN_25DG_WTr6... #Gaza
Satellite images show Israel preparing for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, sources say — NBC News
The buildup comes during a tense time for the U.S. and Israel after Trump and Netanyahu’s last private phone conversation devolved into shouting over humanitarian aid.
apple.news
August 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Satellite images show Israel preparing for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, sources say - NBC News apple.news/AN_25DG_WTr6... #Gaza