Dan Beerens
@danbeerens.bsky.social
Retired consultant, author, ed. leader, current @InsChr board chair.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
They revel in destruction.
June 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
They revel in destruction.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
'A Letter to Americans Still on the Sidelines, on the Eve of 'No Kings Day'
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
#NoKingsDay
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
#NoKingsDay
June 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
'A Letter to Americans Still on the Sidelines, on the Eve of 'No Kings Day'
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
#NoKingsDay
FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...
#NoKingsDay
Reposted by Dan Beerens
I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Holland, Michigan to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/ywfT9Kea
Join me on June 14
app.sosha.ai
June 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Holland, Michigan to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/ywfT9Kea
Reposted by Dan Beerens
Lawmakers have defended the bill as simply purging Medicaid of illegal immigrants and ensuring that those who can work are not relying on Medicaid in order to avoid doing so. It’s a wildly inaccurate portrayal of what these reforms will actually do.
GOP ‘Moderates’ Lied Their Way Through Cutting Medicaid
The “big, beautiful bill” is a hot mess.
www.thebulwark.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Lawmakers have defended the bill as simply purging Medicaid of illegal immigrants and ensuring that those who can work are not relying on Medicaid in order to avoid doing so. It’s a wildly inaccurate portrayal of what these reforms will actually do.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
Trump is shutting down America’s truth-telling platforms while Russian disinformation floods our feeds. This isn’t just a policy shift — it’s a dangerous (and intentional) surrender.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/silencing-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/silencing-...
Silencing America’s Voice
How Trump is Tearing Down Our Defenses Against Disinformation
adamkinzinger.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump is shutting down America’s truth-telling platforms while Russian disinformation floods our feeds. This isn’t just a policy shift — it’s a dangerous (and intentional) surrender.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/silencing-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/silencing-...
Reposted by Dan Beerens
More than a hundred libraries on federally recognized tribal lands across the country were notified by the Trump administration that their congressionally appropriated grant had been terminated midcycle.
Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold. 📚
Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold. 📚
Tribal communities risk losing local libraries and the history they hold amid DOGE cuts
Federally recognized tribes say the Trump administration cut the grant money they use to sustain the local libraries that serve as anchors in their most rural communities.
www.nbcnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
More than a hundred libraries on federally recognized tribal lands across the country were notified by the Trump administration that their congressionally appropriated grant had been terminated midcycle.
Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold. 📚
Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold. 📚
Reposted by Dan Beerens
Wow!
Each $1 spent on Universal Pre-Kindergarten generates between $3-$20 dollars in aggregate earnings.
That's enough to offset the costs of Universal Pre-Kindergarten through higher tax revenues.
Each $1 spent on Universal Pre-Kindergarten generates between $3-$20 dollars in aggregate earnings.
That's enough to offset the costs of Universal Pre-Kindergarten through higher tax revenues.
May 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Wow!
Each $1 spent on Universal Pre-Kindergarten generates between $3-$20 dollars in aggregate earnings.
That's enough to offset the costs of Universal Pre-Kindergarten through higher tax revenues.
Each $1 spent on Universal Pre-Kindergarten generates between $3-$20 dollars in aggregate earnings.
That's enough to offset the costs of Universal Pre-Kindergarten through higher tax revenues.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
So let me get this straight, we finally get an American pope, and some of the America first crowd is mad because he cares about the poor and immigrants. Am i missing something here?
May 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So let me get this straight, we finally get an American pope, and some of the America first crowd is mad because he cares about the poor and immigrants. Am i missing something here?
Reposted by Dan Beerens
REPORTER: You just announced a new nominee for US Surgeon General who never finished her residency, and is not a practicing physician. So can you explain why you picked her to be America's top doctor?
TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic ... I don't know her
TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic ... I don't know her
May 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
REPORTER: You just announced a new nominee for US Surgeon General who never finished her residency, and is not a practicing physician. So can you explain why you picked her to be America's top doctor?
TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic ... I don't know her
TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic ... I don't know her
Reposted by Dan Beerens
NEW: Data reveals Musk has delivered 0.25% of promised federal spending cuts
Musk initially promised $2 TRILLION in annual spending cuts.
He's on track to deliver $5 billion. And that's being generous.
Here are the receipts
Musk initially promised $2 TRILLION in annual spending cuts.
He's on track to deliver $5 billion. And that's being generous.
Here are the receipts
Data reveals Musk has delivered 0.25% of promised federal spending cuts
"Well, I think we can do at least $2 trillion."
www.muskwatch.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
NEW: Data reveals Musk has delivered 0.25% of promised federal spending cuts
Musk initially promised $2 TRILLION in annual spending cuts.
He's on track to deliver $5 billion. And that's being generous.
Here are the receipts
Musk initially promised $2 TRILLION in annual spending cuts.
He's on track to deliver $5 billion. And that's being generous.
Here are the receipts
Reposted by Dan Beerens
Started at 10%, ended at 10%.
Trump’s “deal” means nothing. All his tariffs have done is caused supply chain disruption and sowed distrust in our relations with allies… and now the 10% tariff remains in place, still costing Americans.
Trump’s “deal” means nothing. All his tariffs have done is caused supply chain disruption and sowed distrust in our relations with allies… and now the 10% tariff remains in place, still costing Americans.
REPORTER: The 10% baseline tariff remaining in place. Is that a template for these future deals?
TRUMP: No. That's a low number. They made a good deal. Some will be much higher because they have massive trade surpluses
TRUMP: No. That's a low number. They made a good deal. Some will be much higher because they have massive trade surpluses
May 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Started at 10%, ended at 10%.
Trump’s “deal” means nothing. All his tariffs have done is caused supply chain disruption and sowed distrust in our relations with allies… and now the 10% tariff remains in place, still costing Americans.
Trump’s “deal” means nothing. All his tariffs have done is caused supply chain disruption and sowed distrust in our relations with allies… and now the 10% tariff remains in place, still costing Americans.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
The only strategy known to work against a fascist power grab is widespread and diverse pro-democracy organizing. We win by showing up for each other and with each other.
May 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The only strategy known to work against a fascist power grab is widespread and diverse pro-democracy organizing. We win by showing up for each other and with each other.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
This is what drunk on power looks like. It’s why we don’t have kings. (Also, he’ll lose in court if he follows through).
Donald Trump announces that they’re taking away Harvard’s tax exempt status.
The likelihood of Harvard actually losing its 501(c)(3) status is equal to that of Donald actually weighing 224 pounds…
The likelihood of Harvard actually losing its 501(c)(3) status is equal to that of Donald actually weighing 224 pounds…
May 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is what drunk on power looks like. It’s why we don’t have kings. (Also, he’ll lose in court if he follows through).
Reposted by Dan Beerens
7 in 10 adults believe climate change is happening. Nearly all Democrats believe climate change is happening compared with half of Republicans.
(AP-NORC)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250302
(AP-NORC)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250302
March 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
7 in 10 adults believe climate change is happening. Nearly all Democrats believe climate change is happening compared with half of Republicans.
(AP-NORC)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250302
(AP-NORC)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250302
Reposted by Dan Beerens
A clear sign of where things stand.
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A clear sign of where things stand.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
Universities need to stick together and push back against authoritarianism
April 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Universities need to stick together and push back against authoritarianism
Reposted by Dan Beerens
Good for Harvard
April 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Good for Harvard
Reposted by Dan Beerens
Reminder: as the Dow is tanking faster than 2008, and four dead servicemen arrive at Dover, Trump is golfing: with the saudis
April 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reminder: as the Dow is tanking faster than 2008, and four dead servicemen arrive at Dover, Trump is golfing: with the saudis
Reposted by Dan Beerens
Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
March 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Good morning.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Listen, you have to just decide.
They are not taking the Black Smithsonian.
Resolve it in your spirit.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
If only America would protect school children the way it protects Teslas.
March 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If only America would protect school children the way it protects Teslas.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
So, if you’re not a good ally, we can takeover your territory? Sounds like the German approach ahead of the start of WW II.
JD Vance, "Denmark is not being a good ally"
"If we need to take Greenland that is what President Trump will do because he doesn't care about what Europeans scream at us"
"If we need to take Greenland that is what President Trump will do because he doesn't care about what Europeans scream at us"
March 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So, if you’re not a good ally, we can takeover your territory? Sounds like the German approach ahead of the start of WW II.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
...on a new memo from the Trump administration about sanctioning attorneys and law firms who bring “frivolous” lawsuits against the U.S., and more. @msnbc.com
Is anyone else sick of BS like the U.S. AG telling someone to "tread lightly" when they're talking about a Constitutional right? 2/2
Is anyone else sick of BS like the U.S. AG telling someone to "tread lightly" when they're talking about a Constitutional right? 2/2
March 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
...on a new memo from the Trump administration about sanctioning attorneys and law firms who bring “frivolous” lawsuits against the U.S., and more. @msnbc.com
Is anyone else sick of BS like the U.S. AG telling someone to "tread lightly" when they're talking about a Constitutional right? 2/2
Is anyone else sick of BS like the U.S. AG telling someone to "tread lightly" when they're talking about a Constitutional right? 2/2
Reposted by Dan Beerens
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Reposted by Dan Beerens
We need 10 pairs of Dynamic Dem Duos on the road 24/7.
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We need 10 pairs of Dynamic Dem Duos on the road 24/7.