Beth Foraker
@inclusionchick.bsky.social
Interested in
💖 #WomensRights
💜 #Children
📚 #Education
🩵 #Inclusion
💚 #Disabilities
🚲 #Bicycles
🦋 #Accessibility
💙 #Democracy
❤️ #Freedom
💖 #WomensRights
💜 #Children
📚 #Education
🩵 #Inclusion
💚 #Disabilities
🚲 #Bicycles
🦋 #Accessibility
💙 #Democracy
❤️ #Freedom
February 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by Beth Foraker
This story is a Kafkaesque nightmare.
One of several examples: the government does not give you the option to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork, and then shows up to arrest you for failing to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork.
Maddening, and well worth the read.
One of several examples: the government does not give you the option to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork, and then shows up to arrest you for failing to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork.
Maddening, and well worth the read.
Alaska officials gave false info to American Samoans, telling them they can vote. (They can’t, due to having a unique status among anyone born in a US state or territory.)
Now the state is threatening them with years in prison, part of GOP’s voting fraud panic.
Months of reporting in this story:
Now the state is threatening them with years in prison, part of GOP’s voting fraud panic.
Months of reporting in this story:
Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It - Bolts
In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official...
boltsmag.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This story is a Kafkaesque nightmare.
One of several examples: the government does not give you the option to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork, and then shows up to arrest you for failing to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork.
Maddening, and well worth the read.
One of several examples: the government does not give you the option to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork, and then shows up to arrest you for failing to identify yourself correctly in the paperwork.
Maddening, and well worth the read.
I tried to call to ask a question and they told me:
“Everything has been moved to the states, call the California person.”
One person for 8 million students.
725,000 students with #SpecialEducation needs.
Complete garbage.
“Everything has been moved to the states, call the California person.”
One person for 8 million students.
725,000 students with #SpecialEducation needs.
Complete garbage.
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what an Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials.
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I tried to call to ask a question and they told me:
“Everything has been moved to the states, call the California person.”
One person for 8 million students.
725,000 students with #SpecialEducation needs.
Complete garbage.
“Everything has been moved to the states, call the California person.”
One person for 8 million students.
725,000 students with #SpecialEducation needs.
Complete garbage.
it's shameful in so many ways, but it's also humiliating domestically and embarrassing abroad that the globe's leading democratic state for a century is on the brink of failure on the eve of its 250th anniversity, and from the likes of the GOP and Trump and billionaires, a lion eaten alive by rats
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Reposted by Beth Foraker
ICYMI this great piece from over the weekend by Moe Tkacik on how Stephen Miller is running the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the FBI, the remnants of the Department of Education, most of the Pentagon, and whatever's left of DOGE.
prospect.org/2026/01/31/t...
prospect.org/2026/01/31/t...
Impeach President Miller - The American Prospect
The mastermind of the Trump regime’s descent into gangsterism is arguably more dangerous than the Orange One himself.
prospect.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ICYMI this great piece from over the weekend by Moe Tkacik on how Stephen Miller is running the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the FBI, the remnants of the Department of Education, most of the Pentagon, and whatever's left of DOGE.
prospect.org/2026/01/31/t...
prospect.org/2026/01/31/t...
Reposted by Beth Foraker
Timely, important shadow hearing Tuesday 3pm EST on ICE's lawlessness and violence with Senator Blumenthal and @robertgarcia.house.gov.
Please share this link widely all 👇and let's get a big, live audience.
www.youtube.com/live/qsTIJOr...
Please share this link widely all 👇and let's get a big, live audience.
www.youtube.com/live/qsTIJOr...
Examining DHS’ Use of Violence in Immigration Enforcement
YouTube video by Oversight Committee Democrats
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Timely, important shadow hearing Tuesday 3pm EST on ICE's lawlessness and violence with Senator Blumenthal and @robertgarcia.house.gov.
Please share this link widely all 👇and let's get a big, live audience.
www.youtube.com/live/qsTIJOr...
Please share this link widely all 👇and let's get a big, live audience.
www.youtube.com/live/qsTIJOr...
Reposted by Beth Foraker
Each of these 7 items would easily be the biggest scandal for like 45 Presidents.
February 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Each of these 7 items would easily be the biggest scandal for like 45 Presidents.
Reposted by Beth Foraker
National Guard troops will stay in Washington DC through the end of 2026.
Their continued deployment will cost taxpayers over $1 MILLION a day.
If that weren’t enough, Trump wants another HALF A TRILLION for the bloated Pentagon.
But somehow there's no money for healthcare.
Their continued deployment will cost taxpayers over $1 MILLION a day.
If that weren’t enough, Trump wants another HALF A TRILLION for the bloated Pentagon.
But somehow there's no money for healthcare.
February 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
National Guard troops will stay in Washington DC through the end of 2026.
Their continued deployment will cost taxpayers over $1 MILLION a day.
If that weren’t enough, Trump wants another HALF A TRILLION for the bloated Pentagon.
But somehow there's no money for healthcare.
Their continued deployment will cost taxpayers over $1 MILLION a day.
If that weren’t enough, Trump wants another HALF A TRILLION for the bloated Pentagon.
But somehow there's no money for healthcare.
Reposted by Beth Foraker
One year after the Bakersfield raids of January 2025. Kern County is no stranger to struggle. Just like the Delano Grape Strike of the 1960s, our communities will not give up. Together we will continue the fight for justice and dignity. #WeFeedYou #ICEOut
February 2, 2026 at 12:36 AM
One year after the Bakersfield raids of January 2025. Kern County is no stranger to struggle. Just like the Delano Grape Strike of the 1960s, our communities will not give up. Together we will continue the fight for justice and dignity. #WeFeedYou #ICEOut
Open #Corruption.
The level of blatant corruption here is unprecedented in American history.
It’s so extreme we’re not even able to process it.
But every American needs to understand what happened here. Congress must conduct hearings. Media must remain focused on it.
And someday it better get prosecuted.
It’s so extreme we’re not even able to process it.
But every American needs to understand what happened here. Congress must conduct hearings. Media must remain focused on it.
And someday it better get prosecuted.
In the days before the presidential inauguration, an Emirati sheikh paid $187 million to entities controlled by Donald Trump’s family to take a major stake in one of the president’s crypto companies, World Liberty Financial.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 2, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Open #Corruption.
Reposted by Beth Foraker
Great.
Now prosecute them for murder.
Now prosecute them for murder.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Great.
Now prosecute them for murder.
Now prosecute them for murder.
Reposted by Beth Foraker
Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case
President Trump’s lawsuit against the government that he runs presents a mind-bending minefield of conflicts that could end with his appointees approving a federal payout to him.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
there are very few good ways to show up in the Epstein Files and this is one of them
Troublemaker is my middle name.
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Me, too!
Or create an app that blocks AI on every other app!
Or create an app that blocks AI on every other app!
Someone could make a business of taking people's phones and computers and disabling every "Ai" feature and making it so they can't be re-enabled without explicit permission and confirmation. I would pay for that service.
February 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Me, too!
Or create an app that blocks AI on every other app!
Or create an app that blocks AI on every other app!
California seems to be building a massive amount of renewable energy and storage while not building a massive volume of new data centres.
That seems to be having the effect of actual drops in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly as batteries cut deep into gas
That seems to be having the effect of actual drops in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly as batteries cut deep into gas
Solar and Batteries Are Squeezing Out Natural Gas in California
The state's power emissions fell 8% last year, even as they rose almost everywhere else.
www.distilled.earth
February 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Reposted by Beth Foraker
It’s Black History Month 2026. All month we’ll be featuring stories from Reconstruction and about the 14th Amendment that are not widely known. We must know our history.
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
It’s Black History Month 2026. All month we’ll be featuring stories from Reconstruction and about the 14th Amendment that are not widely known. We must know our history.
Reposted by Beth Foraker
“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.”
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
February 1, 2026 at 7:16 PM
“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.”
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔
Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
February 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Did you know that the word Conjeo means Bunny in Spanish??
Liam’s bunny hat has even more meaning. It’s his identity.
The #Cruelty IS the point.
#AbolishICE
Liam’s bunny hat has even more meaning. It’s his identity.
The #Cruelty IS the point.
#AbolishICE
The pure cruelty of putting a five year old through all this for absolutely no benefit to anyone or anything
BREAKING... and Thank God...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
February 1, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Did you know that the word Conjeo means Bunny in Spanish??
Liam’s bunny hat has even more meaning. It’s his identity.
The #Cruelty IS the point.
#AbolishICE
Liam’s bunny hat has even more meaning. It’s his identity.
The #Cruelty IS the point.
#AbolishICE
Reposted by Beth Foraker
That James Hammond was an ardent defender of slavery & molester of his own nieces should illustrate that it's a short distance from attacking minorities in Minnesota to participating in a trafficking operation with Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump doesn't care about anyone but himself!
Trump doesn't care about anyone but himself!
February 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
That James Hammond was an ardent defender of slavery & molester of his own nieces should illustrate that it's a short distance from attacking minorities in Minnesota to participating in a trafficking operation with Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump doesn't care about anyone but himself!
Trump doesn't care about anyone but himself!
Reposted by Beth Foraker
“Every time we choose the good action or response, the decent, the valuable, it builds, incrementally, to renewal, resurrection, the place of newness, freedom, justice.”
- Anne Lamott
- Anne Lamott
February 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“Every time we choose the good action or response, the decent, the valuable, it builds, incrementally, to renewal, resurrection, the place of newness, freedom, justice.”
- Anne Lamott
- Anne Lamott
Reposted by Beth Foraker
We know that 4more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE.
JUST IN: The five-year-old Columbia Heights Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who have been in an ICE detention facility in Texas, are on their way home.
Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have landed back in Minnesota following a judge's order
Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked national fervor, returned home to Minnesota with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, Sunday morning after a judge ordered their release.
www.mprnews.org
February 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
We know that 4more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE.
Senator #AlexPadilla @padilla.senate.gov doesn’t have voice mail on the weekends.
Absolutely gross. 🤮
In a state of 40 million people.
But you can write an email - which I do.
Absolutely gross. 🤮
In a state of 40 million people.
But you can write an email - which I do.
Doing laundry, drinking coffee, leaving angry messages on my congressional representatives voicemails. Getting stuff done on a Sunday.
February 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Senator #AlexPadilla @padilla.senate.gov doesn’t have voice mail on the weekends.
Absolutely gross. 🤮
In a state of 40 million people.
But you can write an email - which I do.
Absolutely gross. 🤮
In a state of 40 million people.
But you can write an email - which I do.