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
Long overdue.
They should hold #ShadowHearings on:
❌ The crushing loss of the Department of #Education
❌ The ruination of the #EPA
❌ The catastrophe within the #NIH and #FDA
All of it.
They should hold #ShadowHearings on:
❌ The crushing loss of the Department of #Education
❌ The ruination of the #EPA
❌ The catastrophe within the #NIH and #FDA
All of it.
You may not have heard, but it’s important. Dems are holding shadow hearings on ICE crimes. Witnesses provided harrowing and explosive accounts yesterday. I provide some highlights from the day, and I urge everyone to watch and amplify them. Link in the replies.
February 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Long overdue.
They should hold #ShadowHearings on:
❌ The crushing loss of the Department of #Education
❌ The ruination of the #EPA
❌ The catastrophe within the #NIH and #FDA
All of it.
They should hold #ShadowHearings on:
❌ The crushing loss of the Department of #Education
❌ The ruination of the #EPA
❌ The catastrophe within the #NIH and #FDA
All of it.
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BNSF wants to build a MASSIVE railyard in Barstow to support a freight shuttle service from the ports to Barstow. This is the perfect opportunity to electrify the route - but their EIR dismisses electrification with the same tired excuses. We set them straight: calelectricrail.org/wp-content/u...
February 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
BNSF wants to build a MASSIVE railyard in Barstow to support a freight shuttle service from the ports to Barstow. This is the perfect opportunity to electrify the route - but their EIR dismisses electrification with the same tired excuses. We set them straight: calelectricrail.org/wp-content/u...
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MetroLink was originally engineered to include electrification for air quality reasons!
In Riverside, Metrolink trains run alongside BNSF's busiest main line, where riders and trackside residents are exposed to pollution from dozens of diesel trains a day. Electrification from Fullerton to SB could improve passenger and freight service and clean up the air for all. #ElectrifyMetrolink
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
MetroLink was originally engineered to include electrification for air quality reasons!
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this whole thing is on Bezos, a perfect example of why billionaires will not save us
for years he supported the Post and then he decided destroying it utterly at the altar of a wannabe dictator better served his personal ambitions, so he did
institutions shouldn’t live or did at one man’s whim
for years he supported the Post and then he decided destroying it utterly at the altar of a wannabe dictator better served his personal ambitions, so he did
institutions shouldn’t live or did at one man’s whim
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
💯
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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Something that's important to note is that the current ICE detention plan really requires a lot of companies to sell them buildings, and this is an easy point of pressure that denies them the space and resources.
Ultimately they'll try to build themselves, and then you go after the contractors
Ultimately they'll try to build themselves, and then you go after the contractors
Please watch and share this. Boycotts, resistance, protests work. In the United States, and Canada too.
Rachel Maddow on Hanover County ICE Detention Center
YouTube video by Rob McCausland
youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Something that's important to note is that the current ICE detention plan really requires a lot of companies to sell them buildings, and this is an easy point of pressure that denies them the space and resources.
Ultimately they'll try to build themselves, and then you go after the contractors
Ultimately they'll try to build themselves, and then you go after the contractors
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Please watch and share this. Boycotts, resistance, protests work. In the United States, and Canada too.
Rachel Maddow on Hanover County ICE Detention Center
YouTube video by Rob McCausland
youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Please watch and share this. Boycotts, resistance, protests work. In the United States, and Canada too.
#Courage is contagious.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
#Courage is contagious.
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Mackenzie Scott will not save the Washington Post. It's done. A billionaire murdered it and billionaires will not save us.
Support local and independent news, friends. Here are some starter packs.
go.bsky.app/FzSc9z
Support local and independent news, friends. Here are some starter packs.
go.bsky.app/FzSc9z
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Mackenzie Scott will not save the Washington Post. It's done. A billionaire murdered it and billionaires will not save us.
Support local and independent news, friends. Here are some starter packs.
go.bsky.app/FzSc9z
Support local and independent news, friends. Here are some starter packs.
go.bsky.app/FzSc9z
#MartinNowak
So GROSS.
How about we (meaning Federal Government) FULLY FUND #HigherEducation so we don’t have actual predators funding it.
So GROSS.
How about we (meaning Federal Government) FULLY FUND #HigherEducation so we don’t have actual predators funding it.
👀 Martin Nowak, Harvard mathematical biologist, was supposed to get $5 million from Jeffrey Epstein's estate
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
Epstein’s Trust Reveals Who Would Inherit His Fortune
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
#MartinNowak
So GROSS.
How about we (meaning Federal Government) FULLY FUND #HigherEducation so we don’t have actual predators funding it.
So GROSS.
How about we (meaning Federal Government) FULLY FUND #HigherEducation so we don’t have actual predators funding it.
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I'd recommend Irish Times
February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I'd recommend Irish Times
Smart Public Policy.
IMPORTANT: In 2023, the Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program began providing 120 youth ages 18-24 experiencing homelessness with $1,000 monthly until 2025.
By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed.
The right thing to do, AND a smart financial investment.
By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed.
The right thing to do, AND a smart financial investment.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Smart Public Policy.
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"a remake of the editorial page that now stands out only for its moral infirmity"
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"a remake of the editorial page that now stands out only for its moral infirmity"
Now is a great time to find your friendly non-US based news outlet! Welcome aboard!
February 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
🚨🚨🚨
This is the pattern. Purchase/Take Over a media source that has informed the public. Then dismantle them to the lowest form:
1. Twitter
2. Meta
3. Washington Post
4. CBS-60 Minutes/News
5. Public Broadcasting
6. Tik Tok
We are up to our necks in state run media.
1. Twitter
2. Meta
3. Washington Post
4. CBS-60 Minutes/News
5. Public Broadcasting
6. Tik Tok
We are up to our necks in state run media.
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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#Billionaires buy important cultural touchstones as if they were ornaments and then break them on purpose to ruin the social cohesiveness and take away common knowledge:
#Musk - #Twitter
#Bezos - #WashingtonPost
It’s really important that we all work to have no more #Billionaires.
#TaxTheRich
#Musk - #Twitter
#Bezos - #WashingtonPost
It’s really important that we all work to have no more #Billionaires.
#TaxTheRich
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
#Billionaires buy important cultural touchstones as if they were ornaments and then break them on purpose to ruin the social cohesiveness and take away common knowledge:
#Musk - #Twitter
#Bezos - #WashingtonPost
It’s really important that we all work to have no more #Billionaires.
#TaxTheRich
#Musk - #Twitter
#Bezos - #WashingtonPost
It’s really important that we all work to have no more #Billionaires.
#TaxTheRich
Wow. Wow. Wow.
I watch our very WEAK #Democratic leadership of @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov and get discouraged.
Then I see ordinary Americans SHOW UP, SPEAK UP and put it on the line and feel energized.
Thank you, #Surprise, #Arizona. 💙
I watch our very WEAK #Democratic leadership of @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov and get discouraged.
Then I see ordinary Americans SHOW UP, SPEAK UP and put it on the line and feel energized.
Thank you, #Surprise, #Arizona. 💙
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Wow. Wow. Wow.
I watch our very WEAK #Democratic leadership of @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov and get discouraged.
Then I see ordinary Americans SHOW UP, SPEAK UP and put it on the line and feel energized.
Thank you, #Surprise, #Arizona. 💙
I watch our very WEAK #Democratic leadership of @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov and get discouraged.
Then I see ordinary Americans SHOW UP, SPEAK UP and put it on the line and feel energized.
Thank you, #Surprise, #Arizona. 💙
So fucking true.
Residents are chiding the council and mayor for saying they had no idea this facility was being bought by DHS. “It was your job to know,” said a speaker who called the council “failures.” Another said they wouldn’t be making these “we can’t do anything” excuses if it was a proposed homeless shelter.
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
So fucking true.
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A Dysart High School student who says she can see the warehouse from her neighborhood: “I get a pit in my stomach when I think about how in a few months I have to go to school knowing humans are screaming for help and not getting the rights they deserve.” It’s 11:15 PM.
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 AM
A Dysart High School student who says she can see the warehouse from her neighborhood: “I get a pit in my stomach when I think about how in a few months I have to go to school knowing humans are screaming for help and not getting the rights they deserve.” It’s 11:15 PM.
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This passed unnoticed: New Pew poll finds 64% oppose mass detention of migrants while their cases are decided.
That directly repudiates MAGA. Trumpism treats the release of migrants awaiting hearings as a mortal blow to the nation. The broader public does not. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
That directly repudiates MAGA. Trumpism treats the release of migrants awaiting hearings as a mortal blow to the nation. The broader public does not. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 PM
This passed unnoticed: New Pew poll finds 64% oppose mass detention of migrants while their cases are decided.
That directly repudiates MAGA. Trumpism treats the release of migrants awaiting hearings as a mortal blow to the nation. The broader public does not. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
That directly repudiates MAGA. Trumpism treats the release of migrants awaiting hearings as a mortal blow to the nation. The broader public does not. 3/
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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More on the ICE facility. 🤬
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
More on the ICE facility. 🤬
Post
Post again.
Call your legislators.
#AliyaRahman is #Autistic +has a #BrainInjury.
She was ON HER WAY TO THE DOCTOR when #ICE
❌ Gave her conflicting messages
❌ Crashed through her window
❌ Cut her seatbelt
❌ Dragged her OUT OF THE CAR
❌ Zip-tied her
❌ Detained her FOR NO REASON
#AbolishICE
Post again.
Call your legislators.
#AliyaRahman is #Autistic +has a #BrainInjury.
She was ON HER WAY TO THE DOCTOR when #ICE
❌ Gave her conflicting messages
❌ Crashed through her window
❌ Cut her seatbelt
❌ Dragged her OUT OF THE CAR
❌ Zip-tied her
❌ Detained her FOR NO REASON
#AbolishICE
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 4, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Post
Post again.
Call your legislators.
#AliyaRahman is #Autistic +has a #BrainInjury.
She was ON HER WAY TO THE DOCTOR when #ICE
❌ Gave her conflicting messages
❌ Crashed through her window
❌ Cut her seatbelt
❌ Dragged her OUT OF THE CAR
❌ Zip-tied her
❌ Detained her FOR NO REASON
#AbolishICE
Post again.
Call your legislators.
#AliyaRahman is #Autistic +has a #BrainInjury.
She was ON HER WAY TO THE DOCTOR when #ICE
❌ Gave her conflicting messages
❌ Crashed through her window
❌ Cut her seatbelt
❌ Dragged her OUT OF THE CAR
❌ Zip-tied her
❌ Detained her FOR NO REASON
#AbolishICE
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I also think "he was literally selling pardons, none of these are legitimate" is a great message.
we should proceed with prosecutions with the presumption that the president cannot pardon crimes he ordered to occur while simultaneously advancing court-packing legislation.
It's so cool how we just accept that federal accountability is dead and the president will just pardon any federal crimes as easily as he pardoned everyone for January 6, and we just live with this fact instead of tearing down the rest of the White House around him.
February 4, 2026 at 5:26 AM
I also think "he was literally selling pardons, none of these are legitimate" is a great message.
I’m with @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social - CLOSE DOWN #Dilley NOW‼️
It can be done.
No child should be there.
#AbolishICE
It can be done.
No child should be there.
#AbolishICE
“One young girl who kept coming up to me, a little girl who was hugging my leg, asking us to help get her out of there.” - Rep. Joaquin Castro
NEW: @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social is calling for Dilley Immigration Center to be “shut down immediately.”
Dilley released Liam Ramos. But hundreds of children who remain in the facility are facing a measles outbreak. The highly contagious disease can be deadly.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/02/h...
Dilley released Liam Ramos. But hundreds of children who remain in the facility are facing a measles outbreak. The highly contagious disease can be deadly.
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/02/h...
February 4, 2026 at 6:26 AM
I’m with @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social - CLOSE DOWN #Dilley NOW‼️
It can be done.
No child should be there.
#AbolishICE
It can be done.
No child should be there.
#AbolishICE