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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Our community remains united in love for our neighbors, and the knowledge that everyone has a place in this movement.
As the actions of DHS and ICE continue unabated here, we are grateful for the solidarity being expressed in cities and small towns around the world.
As the actions of DHS and ICE continue unabated here, we are grateful for the solidarity being expressed in cities and small towns around the world.
February 1, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Our community remains united in love for our neighbors, and the knowledge that everyone has a place in this movement.
As the actions of DHS and ICE continue unabated here, we are grateful for the solidarity being expressed in cities and small towns around the world.
As the actions of DHS and ICE continue unabated here, we are grateful for the solidarity being expressed in cities and small towns around the world.
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You rarely see a bike ride interview done like this.
youtu.be/FZnGd8QBboc?...
youtu.be/FZnGd8QBboc?...
February 1, 2026 at 2:24 AM
You rarely see a bike ride interview done like this.
youtu.be/FZnGd8QBboc?...
youtu.be/FZnGd8QBboc?...
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Today
I rode a bicycle
With 2-3 thousand Minnesotans
To rember Alex Pretti
To show neighbors we care
To show the nation we will defy tyrrany and violence
To end The Occupation.
I rode a bicycle
With 2-3 thousand Minnesotans
To rember Alex Pretti
To show neighbors we care
To show the nation we will defy tyrrany and violence
To end The Occupation.
January 31, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Today
I rode a bicycle
With 2-3 thousand Minnesotans
To rember Alex Pretti
To show neighbors we care
To show the nation we will defy tyrrany and violence
To end The Occupation.
I rode a bicycle
With 2-3 thousand Minnesotans
To rember Alex Pretti
To show neighbors we care
To show the nation we will defy tyrrany and violence
To end The Occupation.
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Reminder that this is an absolutely urgent need in the Minneapolis area and rent is due TOMORROW. Families in hiding aren’t working and can’t pay rent.
Ashley Fairbanks is a locally trusted person and this fundraiser is real.
Ashley Fairbanks is a locally trusted person and this fundraiser is real.
if you feel like passing around a link today and helping fundraise for rent that will actually get paid today (and in the next few days for families who have a grace period) you can send here.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
we will be going hard all day. i won’t be posting about it because I don’t want to flood your feeds.
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Reminder that this is an absolutely urgent need in the Minneapolis area and rent is due TOMORROW. Families in hiding aren’t working and can’t pay rent.
Ashley Fairbanks is a locally trusted person and this fundraiser is real.
Ashley Fairbanks is a locally trusted person and this fundraiser is real.
If even 10 Republicans in Congress showed this level of courage the recent horrors would abate.
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:10 PM
If even 10 Republicans in Congress showed this level of courage the recent horrors would abate.
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Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.”
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.”
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
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Minneapolis is trying out new forms of resistance. They're doing pop-up blockade block parties. This one is on Cedar and 34th, a main route into the city. They have a stereo, food & a fire. MPD is present but not interfering. Lots of honks of support. ICE agents have been reported detouring around.
January 31, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Minneapolis is trying out new forms of resistance. They're doing pop-up blockade block parties. This one is on Cedar and 34th, a main route into the city. They have a stereo, food & a fire. MPD is present but not interfering. Lots of honks of support. ICE agents have been reported detouring around.
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The fascism is—at its core—simply the eugenic & coercive fantasies of the moneyed class.
Now we're in the vertical integration stage of the elite takeover, where the billionaires creating AI, killer military robots, and total panopticon surveillance are taking over both traditional and new media outlets.
WaPo, Twitter, TikTok, and now CBS (look who Weiss is bringing into CBS now).
WaPo, Twitter, TikTok, and now CBS (look who Weiss is bringing into CBS now).
January 31, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The fascism is—at its core—simply the eugenic & coercive fantasies of the moneyed class.
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Breaking: Nazi cosplayer dislikes Jews.
New:Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Breaking: Nazi cosplayer dislikes Jews.
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Let's show up and support local business, this and every Saturday. This list is not even close to exhaustive so go out and find those in your area that are sharing their culture in Minnesota.
January 31, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Let's show up and support local business, this and every Saturday. This list is not even close to exhaustive so go out and find those in your area that are sharing their culture in Minnesota.
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it's important not to treat allegations as facts.
it's also important to provide context. the context of trump's relationship with epstein is that he has been held liable for sexual assault by a jury. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/epstein-co...
it's also important to provide context. the context of trump's relationship with epstein is that he has been held liable for sexual assault by a jury. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/epstein-co...
Epstein Coverage Largely Ignores Trump’s Assault on E. Jean Carroll
This seems like relevant context
www.everythingishorrible.net
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 AM
it's important not to treat allegations as facts.
it's also important to provide context. the context of trump's relationship with epstein is that he has been held liable for sexual assault by a jury. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/epstein-co...
it's also important to provide context. the context of trump's relationship with epstein is that he has been held liable for sexual assault by a jury. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/epstein-co...
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It’s day 60 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
We are approaching two months under occupation, and our resolve is stronger than ever.
Friends in other cities- start organizing now. Talk to five friends, neighbors, or parents at your kid’s school, and start building your network to resist ICE.
We are approaching two months under occupation, and our resolve is stronger than ever.
Friends in other cities- start organizing now. Talk to five friends, neighbors, or parents at your kid’s school, and start building your network to resist ICE.
January 31, 2026 at 4:41 AM
It’s day 60 of the ICE occupation of MSP.
We are approaching two months under occupation, and our resolve is stronger than ever.
Friends in other cities- start organizing now. Talk to five friends, neighbors, or parents at your kid’s school, and start building your network to resist ICE.
We are approaching two months under occupation, and our resolve is stronger than ever.
Friends in other cities- start organizing now. Talk to five friends, neighbors, or parents at your kid’s school, and start building your network to resist ICE.
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We will honor the life and legacy of Alex Pretti.
More information at www.mobilize.us/afge/event/8...
More information at www.mobilize.us/afge/event/8...
January 31, 2026 at 2:16 AM
We will honor the life and legacy of Alex Pretti.
More information at www.mobilize.us/afge/event/8...
More information at www.mobilize.us/afge/event/8...
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George Washington University, 1970 student protest against the shootings at Kent State and Jackson State.
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 AM
George Washington University, 1970 student protest against the shootings at Kent State and Jackson State.
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The irony here is that a parent could lose custody or even be arrested for leaving their child like this in a car
From just north of me:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
Federal agents arrest man in front of 2-year-old son in Shoreline
The two-year-old son sat alone in the back seat for about 40 minutes, eyewitnesses said.
www.seattletimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 AM
The irony here is that a parent could lose custody or even be arrested for leaving their child like this in a car
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SHORT VERSION: If you’re feeling safe enough, we absolutely need you to show up for DFL precinct caucuses on February 3rd to help elect people at every level of government who will fight this federal occupation of Minnesota. Find your caucus: dfl.org/caucus/
LONG VERSION 👇 1/
LONG VERSION 👇 1/
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
SHORT VERSION: If you’re feeling safe enough, we absolutely need you to show up for DFL precinct caucuses on February 3rd to help elect people at every level of government who will fight this federal occupation of Minnesota. Find your caucus: dfl.org/caucus/
LONG VERSION 👇 1/
LONG VERSION 👇 1/
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LOS ANGELES: SHOW UP today outside the courthouse to stand up for Don Lemon and free speech
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LOS ANGELES: SHOW UP today outside the courthouse to stand up for Don Lemon and free speech
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January 30, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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LOS ANGELES: SHOW UP today outside the courthouse to stand up for Don Lemon and free speech
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LOS ANGELES: SHOW UP today outside the courthouse to stand up for Don Lemon and free speech
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Do not underestimate how much this context adds to these arrests for Minnesotans.
We lost one of our treasured leaders last year because she was tragically murdered and the tactics are being repeated. bsky.app/profile/atru...
We lost one of our treasured leaders last year because she was tragically murdered and the tactics are being repeated. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Do not underestimate how much this context adds to these arrests for Minnesotans.
We lost one of our treasured leaders last year because she was tragically murdered and the tactics are being repeated. bsky.app/profile/atru...
We lost one of our treasured leaders last year because she was tragically murdered and the tactics are being repeated. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The "chain" emoji is real subtle, Jesus Christ
I know it worthy of derision, but it is also the government bragging about arresting journalists. Our freedom is under grave assault.
January 30, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The "chain" emoji is real subtle, Jesus Christ
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January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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My @mprnews.org colleague & I rode along with observers after the Twin Cities surge at the start of December, well before most national publications came to town. It was really necessary to get at what ICE is really doing on the ground & how people are opposing it.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 PM
My @mprnews.org colleague & I rode along with observers after the Twin Cities surge at the start of December, well before most national publications came to town. It was really necessary to get at what ICE is really doing on the ground & how people are opposing it.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Are you going to caucus? Repost if you are, let’s see some numbers.
What Happens at DFL and GOP Precinct Caucuses in Minnesota?
What Happens at DFL and GOP Precinct Caucuses in Minnesota?
The next statewide precinct caucuses take place next Tuesday at 7 p.m. You can use the Secretary of State’s Caucus Finder to input your address and receive your exact caucus location.
lptv.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Are you going to caucus? Repost if you are, let’s see some numbers.
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Can Dems Push MAGA and Its ICE Army Into a Disorganized Retreat? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/can-d...
Can Dems Push MAGA and Its ICE Army Into a Disorganized Retreat?
Big public and political fights often have the dynamics of military confrontations....
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Can Dems Push MAGA and Its ICE Army Into a Disorganized Retreat? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/can-d...