Beverly Mann
@beverlymann19.bsky.social
Economic-progressive Dem posting on politics, law, pet-rescue efforts. Was prolific on Twitter/X. Native Upper Midwesterner living in north central FL. Anti-lawn movement fan. #Berner since '15. Have cats. Views my own, but you may borrow them.
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I’m sorry I also wish the world was simple and all our policies automatically made us popular. It really, really does not seem like this is the case. We can self-delude and continue to nobly get our clocks cleaned by fascists, or we can try to understand what is happening so we can fight back
Had Dems had an actual primary season, or even a mini one in the month leading to the Convention - and nominated an articulate structural-economic progressive instead of @hillaryclinton.bsky.social-the-sequal who equated donations from billionaires with likelihood of winning, we'd have won.
Really.
Really.
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Keyword: “relevant.” Translation: nothing to see here.
No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs.
🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.
No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs.
🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.
February 16, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Keyword: “relevant.” Translation: nothing to see here.
No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs.
🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.
No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs.
🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.
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There was big energy in Albany last week for getting NY State to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries if they'll be 18 by the election. It did my old heart good to see 17-year-olds there in force to promote it.
February 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
There was big energy in Albany last week for getting NY State to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries if they'll be 18 by the election. It did my old heart good to see 17-year-olds there in force to promote it.
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3/ only if those terms meant constant, performative didactic language instruction. 'Course @sanders.senate.gov in '15/'16 & '19/'20, and @aoc.bsky.social in '18, campaigned mostly on structural-economic progressivism, not on culture wars, and won primaries w/ working class and (Bernie) rural votes.
February 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
3/ only if those terms meant constant, performative didactic language instruction. 'Course @sanders.senate.gov in '15/'16 & '19/'20, and @aoc.bsky.social in '18, campaigned mostly on structural-economic progressivism, not on culture wars, and won primaries w/ working class and (Bernie) rural votes.
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2/ The intensity of the woke-language juggernaut was *instead of* any meaningful structural-economic proposals, or even mention of any. So the right was able to compress the terms "progressive" or "liberal" into identity politics per se. Progressive? Viscerally bad if you're working class, but ..
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February 16, 2026 at 12:27 AM
2/ The intensity of the woke-language juggernaut was *instead of* any meaningful structural-economic proposals, or even mention of any. So the right was able to compress the terms "progressive" or "liberal" into identity politics per se. Progressive? Viscerally bad if you're working class, but ..
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1/ Geeez, I hope it is. @kamalaharris.com is a prime example of the success of Wall St, Silicon Valley and other billionaires in controlling the party by funneling huge payments to the party's Consultant/Pollster Industrial Complex via huge donations to centrist Dems' campaigns. It tanked the party.
February 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
1/ Geeez, I hope it is. @kamalaharris.com is a prime example of the success of Wall St, Silicon Valley and other billionaires in controlling the party by funneling huge payments to the party's Consultant/Pollster Industrial Complex via huge donations to centrist Dems' campaigns. It tanked the party.
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You need to know about the SAVE Act, which recently passed in the House.
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
February 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
You need to know about the SAVE Act, which recently passed in the House.
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
I just happened upon this from last summer.
FYI, both Naomi Klein and I are Jewish.
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
FYI, both Naomi Klein and I are Jewish.
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
Israel's Tech Boom & the Economy of Genocide
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur, joins Naomi to discuss calls for her removal and her latest report documenting the 'corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’
zeteo.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I just happened upon this from last summer.
FYI, both Naomi Klein and I are Jewish.
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
FYI, both Naomi Klein and I are Jewish.
zeteo.com/p/israels-te...
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Even the groups he mentioned are mongrels. We are all the sum of the world but with various concentrations of particular peoples.
I'm 100% Irish, which means I'm Celtic, Anglo, Norman, Norse, plus a multitude of others.
And that's just ethnicity. For culture it's even more diverse
Musk is a dolt
I'm 100% Irish, which means I'm Celtic, Anglo, Norman, Norse, plus a multitude of others.
And that's just ethnicity. For culture it's even more diverse
Musk is a dolt
February 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Even the groups he mentioned are mongrels. We are all the sum of the world but with various concentrations of particular peoples.
I'm 100% Irish, which means I'm Celtic, Anglo, Norman, Norse, plus a multitude of others.
And that's just ethnicity. For culture it's even more diverse
Musk is a dolt
I'm 100% Irish, which means I'm Celtic, Anglo, Norman, Norse, plus a multitude of others.
And that's just ethnicity. For culture it's even more diverse
Musk is a dolt
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Elon's racist little post made me mad enough to write about it at CAMPAIGN TRAILS.
Diversity Is Our Strength
This morning, Elon Musk – the world's richest man and a key ally to the president of the United States – posted the content below to the white nationalist chat room and CSAM emporium he owns
There's ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
February 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Elon's racist little post made me mad enough to write about it at CAMPAIGN TRAILS.
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Kevin M. Kruse: “There's a lot here that's laughably dumb… ‘Scotts’ is a nice screwup, but the idea that the Irish were somehow a welcome part of the American origin story is hysterical… I want to dig into the suggestion that a diverse nation is somehow inherently a weak nation…”
Elon's racist little post made me mad enough to write about it at CAMPAIGN TRAILS.
Diversity Is Our Strength
This morning, Elon Musk – the world's richest man and a key ally to the president of the United States – posted the content below to the white nationalist chat room and CSAM emporium he owns
There's ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
February 15, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Kevin M. Kruse: “There's a lot here that's laughably dumb… ‘Scotts’ is a nice screwup, but the idea that the Irish were somehow a welcome part of the American origin story is hysterical… I want to dig into the suggestion that a diverse nation is somehow inherently a weak nation…”
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Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases
Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.
www.thebanner.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
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Sad news. Marvin F Stewart, Tuxedo Cat Extraordinaire, went to sleep for the last time on Thursday 12th February. A gentle soul, he will be always loved and never forgotten.
🌈 😿😿😿
🌈 😿😿😿
February 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Sad news. Marvin F Stewart, Tuxedo Cat Extraordinaire, went to sleep for the last time on Thursday 12th February. A gentle soul, he will be always loved and never forgotten.
🌈 😿😿😿
🌈 😿😿😿
Had Dems had an actual primary season, or even a mini one in the month leading to the Convention - and nominated an articulate structural-economic progressive instead of @hillaryclinton.bsky.social-the-sequal who equated donations from billionaires with likelihood of winning, we'd have won.
Really.
Really.
I’m sorry I also wish the world was simple and all our policies automatically made us popular. It really, really does not seem like this is the case. We can self-delude and continue to nobly get our clocks cleaned by fascists, or we can try to understand what is happening so we can fight back
February 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Had Dems had an actual primary season, or even a mini one in the month leading to the Convention - and nominated an articulate structural-economic progressive instead of @hillaryclinton.bsky.social-the-sequal who equated donations from billionaires with likelihood of winning, we'd have won.
Really.
Really.
Had Dems had an actual primary season, or even a mini one in the month leading to the Convention - and nominated an articulate structural-economic progressive instead of @hillaryclinton.bsky.social-the-sequal who equated donations from billionaires with likelihood of winning, we'd have won.
Really.
Really.
Biden's inability to communicate was a big problem. There was nobody making the case for Biden's economic approach.
February 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Had Dems had an actual primary season, or even a mini one in the month leading to the Convention - and nominated an articulate structural-economic progressive instead of @hillaryclinton.bsky.social-the-sequal who equated donations from billionaires with likelihood of winning, we'd have won.
Really.
Really.
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Biden's inability to communicate was a big problem. There was nobody making the case for Biden's economic approach.
February 15, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Biden's inability to communicate was a big problem. There was nobody making the case for Biden's economic approach.
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One of our Favorites @catsofyore.bsky.social is back! Please head over to their page and give them a big welcome back and a follow if you haven’t already!
This is a great day for the community! ❤️😸❤️
This is a great day for the community! ❤️😸❤️
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
One of our Favorites @catsofyore.bsky.social is back! Please head over to their page and give them a big welcome back and a follow if you haven’t already!
This is a great day for the community! ❤️😸❤️
This is a great day for the community! ❤️😸❤️
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Reminder that I have a starter pack of cat accounts run by real people who post original content with meaningful ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
February 14, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Reminder that I have a starter pack of cat accounts run by real people who post original content with meaningful ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN
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The treason sowing arrow of Atlas Network dark money—also behind the Trump regime’s brand of neo fascism—is behind political strife in my new hood up the British Columbia coast, in Powell River.
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-big-mo...
#atlasnetwork #cdnpoli #bcpoli #powellriver #vancouver
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-big-mo...
#atlasnetwork #cdnpoli #bcpoli #powellriver #vancouver
The big money behind Powell River’s controversial name change
how American investors and Alberta oil interests are fueling division in small-town British Columbia
www.bchistoryboy.ca
February 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The treason sowing arrow of Atlas Network dark money—also behind the Trump regime’s brand of neo fascism—is behind political strife in my new hood up the British Columbia coast, in Powell River.
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-big-mo...
#atlasnetwork #cdnpoli #bcpoli #powellriver #vancouver
www.bchistoryboy.ca/p/the-big-mo...
#atlasnetwork #cdnpoli #bcpoli #powellriver #vancouver
THIS:
Prohibit the use of funds to ship detainees out of state. Cut off funding for any facility detaining anyone without bond unless they have committed a violent crime, are a flight risk, and/or pose a threat to public safety.
This must be the beginning, not the end, of refashioning ICE, Border Control, and DHS. What meaningful reforms can they get passed in the short run to save lives, reduce terror inflicted on mostly Hispanic and Black communities, and protect constitutional rights? open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
February 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
THIS: