Eric Beckman
@erbeckman.bsky.social
Anti-racist History Educator | Online Tutor | Soccer fan: MN United FC, Liverpool FC
No Kings, No jesters
Lessons and reflections at ebeckman.org
No Kings, No jesters
Lessons and reflections at ebeckman.org
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Eric Beckman
@erbeckman.bsky.social
· Aug 26
The identity of the Dem nominee in 2028 will not be a significant variable in determining who holds presidential power in 2029. #uspol
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100% this. 👆 And it was by design. A body to give more power to less populous states, with many having large populations of enslaved people. Of course, those anti-democratic and unjust structures continue today (even if Senators are now popularly elected). nymag.com/intelligence...
The Senate Is America’s Most Structurally Racist Institution
Why is massive overrepresentation for white America still acceptable in 2020?
nymag.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
100% this. 👆 And it was by design. A body to give more power to less populous states, with many having large populations of enslaved people. Of course, those anti-democratic and unjust structures continue today (even if Senators are now popularly elected). nymag.com/intelligence...
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Negotiating 101: Be willing to walk away.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Negotiating 101: Be willing to walk away.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
It increasingly seems like the Democratic defectors came to a resolution just because they felt like they should come up with something after having worked at it for a while.
In terms of classic blunders, this is land war in Asia-level.
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Silent generation autocrat who lives off parents money finances Trump campaign:
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Silent generation autocrat who lives off parents money finances Trump campaign:
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Just finished reading final student reflections after my AfAmStudies students finished reading “Wake” by @wakerevolt.bsky.social
This book hits so hard; both the stories of women-led revolts and the story of the persistence of Dr Hall inspired my students.
Y’all should read this book. #APAFAM 🗺️
This book hits so hard; both the stories of women-led revolts and the story of the persistence of Dr Hall inspired my students.
Y’all should read this book. #APAFAM 🗺️
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Just finished reading final student reflections after my AfAmStudies students finished reading “Wake” by @wakerevolt.bsky.social
This book hits so hard; both the stories of women-led revolts and the story of the persistence of Dr Hall inspired my students.
Y’all should read this book. #APAFAM 🗺️
This book hits so hard; both the stories of women-led revolts and the story of the persistence of Dr Hall inspired my students.
Y’all should read this book. #APAFAM 🗺️
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can't understand our times without deep history
I feel silly publicizing a book in these times BUT my book describes how constitutional structures allowed the accumulation of generational wealth + rights for settlers and white people. These are the same advantages MAGA is trying to preserve today. Pre-order page:
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
can't understand our times without deep history
Keep up the pressure, Senators may have another chance to stand up
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Keep up the pressure, Senators may have another chance to stand up
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This is a recurring pattern with police reforms. In place after place, decade after decade this happens but pointing this out is considered unreasonable and beyond the pale.
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is a recurring pattern with police reforms. In place after place, decade after decade this happens but pointing this out is considered unreasonable and beyond the pale.
More of this ridicule as praxis please
Jeffries: “Nobody who's serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously…I'm not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz, who is woefully unqualified to be in whatever position he holds in the administration. He's a joke. These people are all jokes.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
More of this ridicule as praxis please
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MAXIMUM ALPHA |||
-incapable of a single pull up
-haven't bought your own groceries in the last quarter century
-incapable of a single pull up
-haven't bought your own groceries in the last quarter century
Definitely the two fattest, baldest, most physically laughable fucking nerds on the planet know alpha
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
MAXIMUM ALPHA |||
-incapable of a single pull up
-haven't bought your own groceries in the last quarter century
-incapable of a single pull up
-haven't bought your own groceries in the last quarter century
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There’s no one I trust less than Donald Trump and Mike Johnson.
Any deal that relies on Republicans to keep their word is a bad one.
Democrats can’t give up on affordable health care for an empty promise. Minnesotans can’t afford for Democrats to cave.
Any deal that relies on Republicans to keep their word is a bad one.
Democrats can’t give up on affordable health care for an empty promise. Minnesotans can’t afford for Democrats to cave.
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
There’s no one I trust less than Donald Trump and Mike Johnson.
Any deal that relies on Republicans to keep their word is a bad one.
Democrats can’t give up on affordable health care for an empty promise. Minnesotans can’t afford for Democrats to cave.
Any deal that relies on Republicans to keep their word is a bad one.
Democrats can’t give up on affordable health care for an empty promise. Minnesotans can’t afford for Democrats to cave.
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I forgot you simply can’t talk about US politics without people getting weird about race very quickly.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I forgot you simply can’t talk about US politics without people getting weird about race very quickly.
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I'm reminded once again that a weak, incompetent opposition party is a hallmark of competitive authoritarianism.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I'm reminded once again that a weak, incompetent opposition party is a hallmark of competitive authoritarianism.
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This is why we need to change the rules so we can have a multiparty system.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is why we need to change the rules so we can have a multiparty system.
Reading lots of ill informed takes that ignore the insights 👇
Doubt itll ever sink in w most of the ppl on this site but I'm seeing a tremendous amount of rage at Rs getting a "political win" & like...are ppl just not having attention? Ds were trying to prevent a thing that, if Rs had agreed, would have been politically beneficial *to Rs*. They rejected that.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Reading lots of ill informed takes that ignore the insights 👇
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I recognize this is, to some extent, cope/bargaining, but
this is the the first of several votes necessary to end the shutdown, right? so even the present unfathomable fecklessness doesn't mean it's over over, and there are multiple potential blockage points ahead to reject a no-concessions 'deal'?
this is the the first of several votes necessary to end the shutdown, right? so even the present unfathomable fecklessness doesn't mean it's over over, and there are multiple potential blockage points ahead to reject a no-concessions 'deal'?
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I recognize this is, to some extent, cope/bargaining, but
this is the the first of several votes necessary to end the shutdown, right? so even the present unfathomable fecklessness doesn't mean it's over over, and there are multiple potential blockage points ahead to reject a no-concessions 'deal'?
this is the the first of several votes necessary to end the shutdown, right? so even the present unfathomable fecklessness doesn't mean it's over over, and there are multiple potential blockage points ahead to reject a no-concessions 'deal'?
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Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
An important point, even if your Senator is not on list:
Shaheen (D-NH), Ossoff (D-GA), Peters (D-MI), Kelly (D-AZ), Hassan (D-NH), Welch (D-VT), Baldwin (D-WI), and Slotkin (D-MI).
Retirees and bad instincts (Plus GA and AZ)
Shaheen (D-NH), Ossoff (D-GA), Peters (D-MI), Kelly (D-AZ), Hassan (D-NH), Welch (D-VT), Baldwin (D-WI), and Slotkin (D-MI).
Retirees and bad instincts (Plus GA and AZ)
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
An important point, even if your Senator is not on list:
Shaheen (D-NH), Ossoff (D-GA), Peters (D-MI), Kelly (D-AZ), Hassan (D-NH), Welch (D-VT), Baldwin (D-WI), and Slotkin (D-MI).
Retirees and bad instincts (Plus GA and AZ)
Shaheen (D-NH), Ossoff (D-GA), Peters (D-MI), Kelly (D-AZ), Hassan (D-NH), Welch (D-VT), Baldwin (D-WI), and Slotkin (D-MI).
Retirees and bad instincts (Plus GA and AZ)
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Call senator Welch- he’s one of the “gang of 8” for some unfathomable reason (our other VT delegation need to have some words with him!)
DC office : 202-224-4242
DC office : 202-224-4242
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Call senator Welch- he’s one of the “gang of 8” for some unfathomable reason (our other VT delegation need to have some words with him!)
DC office : 202-224-4242
DC office : 202-224-4242
One problem with blurring punditry and politics is that there is no downside to being wrong. This is obviously a poor prediction, but nobody will care when it doesn't come true
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
One problem with blurring punditry and politics is that there is no downside to being wrong. This is obviously a poor prediction, but nobody will care when it doesn't come true
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Grandpa is getting drowsy in the recliner
Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Grandpa is getting drowsy in the recliner
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what mtsw says, and also I don't think you even have to consider it charisma. He's been promoted by mainstream media as a savvy businessman and fun character for like three decades. hardly any other politician has anything like that kind of massive generational publicity machine. 1
The key factor that everyone seems to always forget is that Trump was the host of what was once the highest rated show on network TV - a purportedly non-fiction show that portrayed him as a hyper-savvy and hyper-successful businessman.
Trump has gotten huge numbers of infrequent voters to the polls, twice. He's deeply unpopular but has mobilized a large, unprecedented coalition of Americans motivated by some combination of ignorance, avarice, and cruelty. It is hard to describe what he has as something other than charisma
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
what mtsw says, and also I don't think you even have to consider it charisma. He's been promoted by mainstream media as a savvy businessman and fun character for like three decades. hardly any other politician has anything like that kind of massive generational publicity machine. 1
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It’s deeply pathetic that Republican members of Congress have completely abdicated their constitutional responsibilities. What a bunch of cucks!
The Senate has defeated an effort by Democrats to force a war powers vote on the U.S. military buildup re: Venezuela. Sen. Rand Paul R-KY & Sen. Lisa Murkowski R-AK were the only two GOP Senators to break ranks.
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It’s deeply pathetic that Republican members of Congress have completely abdicated their constitutional responsibilities. What a bunch of cucks!
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Let's not forget that women ruined their own faces via the dreaded "bicycle face"!
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Let's not forget that women ruined their own faces via the dreaded "bicycle face"!
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
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Representatives of Germany's Nazi Party, now known as the Alternative für Deutschland or AfD, are now routinely in Washington for interaction with their counterparts in the GOP, seeking pointers on how to further develop their movement into a governing party... and to raise funds.
Was die AfD von der Maga-Bewegung lernen will
Regelmäßig reisen AfD-Abgeordnete in die USA und suchen die Nähe zu Donald Trumps Umfeld. Jetzt ist ein Berater Trumps zu Gast. Warum?
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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