Nik Beeson
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I receive American historian & political analyst Heather Cox Richardson’s mail out every day and it’s usually the first thing I read. Today she quotes from JB Pritzker’s speech inspiring State of the State address.
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February 19, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I receive American historian & political analyst Heather Cox Richardson’s mail out every day and it’s usually the first thing I read. Today she quotes from JB Pritzker’s speech inspiring State of the State address.
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BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days.
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
February 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
BREAKING — WE WON! DC Superior Court Judge Darlene Soltys ordered the DC Metropolitan Police to produce ALL body cam footage of the March 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace within 14 days.
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
Thanks to my @rcfp.org lawyers for their tireless work.
Details on thehandbasket.co later today!
Been following Texan James Talarico for months. Love his message: Christian Nationalism is idolatry; Jesus taught love thy neighbour, feed the hungry, heal the sick; it's not left vs right, it's top vs bottom.
His appearance on Colbert was *banned* by CBS!
Watch it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
His appearance on Colbert was *banned* by CBS!
Watch it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 18, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Been following Texan James Talarico for months. Love his message: Christian Nationalism is idolatry; Jesus taught love thy neighbour, feed the hungry, heal the sick; it's not left vs right, it's top vs bottom.
His appearance on Colbert was *banned* by CBS!
Watch it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
His appearance on Colbert was *banned* by CBS!
Watch it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
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Oh for a world where right wing movements weren't so extreme in their racism (yet still platformed) that I didn't have to agree with Jason Kenney.
"Racism is immoral. It is poison"
Jason Kenney is sounding off at the right-wing website Juno News for platforming a white nationalist
The white nationalist who advocates mass deportations is causing a rift between Alberta's former premier and a right-wing outlet run by his own former spokesperson
Jason Kenney is sounding off at the right-wing website Juno News for platforming a white nationalist
The white nationalist who advocates mass deportations is causing a rift between Alberta's former premier and a right-wing outlet run by his own former spokesperson
Jason Kenney is Sounding Off at the Right-Wing Website Juno News for Platforming a White Nationalist
How a white nationalist is causing a rift between Alberta's former premier and a right-wing alt-media outlet run by his own former spokesperson
pressprogress.ca
February 18, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Oh for a world where right wing movements weren't so extreme in their racism (yet still platformed) that I didn't have to agree with Jason Kenney.
The decline of Western Civilisation?
Rubio, Trump, Epstein, Musk, Noem, Bondi, MAGA, Christian Nationalism, ICE: racism, ignorance, violence, cruelty, kleptocracy, oligarchy/broligarchy, hoarding, addiction, superstition/cultism, pathological lying, moral perversion...
They *are* the decline!
Rubio, Trump, Epstein, Musk, Noem, Bondi, MAGA, Christian Nationalism, ICE: racism, ignorance, violence, cruelty, kleptocracy, oligarchy/broligarchy, hoarding, addiction, superstition/cultism, pathological lying, moral perversion...
They *are* the decline!
February 18, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The decline of Western Civilisation?
Rubio, Trump, Epstein, Musk, Noem, Bondi, MAGA, Christian Nationalism, ICE: racism, ignorance, violence, cruelty, kleptocracy, oligarchy/broligarchy, hoarding, addiction, superstition/cultism, pathological lying, moral perversion...
They *are* the decline!
Rubio, Trump, Epstein, Musk, Noem, Bondi, MAGA, Christian Nationalism, ICE: racism, ignorance, violence, cruelty, kleptocracy, oligarchy/broligarchy, hoarding, addiction, superstition/cultism, pathological lying, moral perversion...
They *are* the decline!
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My message remains the same a year later.
We don’t have kings in America, and I won’t bend the knee to one.
We don’t have kings in America, and I won’t bend the knee to one.
February 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
My message remains the same a year later.
We don’t have kings in America, and I won’t bend the knee to one.
We don’t have kings in America, and I won’t bend the knee to one.
Please follow Heather Cox Richardson.
I wish she would post to BlueSky.
American historian & relentlessly astute political analyst, Heather Cox Richardson has been a throughline for me.
Gracias!
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
I wish she would post to BlueSky.
American historian & relentlessly astute political analyst, Heather Cox Richardson has been a throughline for me.
Gracias!
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
February 11, 2026
On February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth to her second child, a son: Abraham.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Please follow Heather Cox Richardson.
I wish she would post to BlueSky.
American historian & relentlessly astute political analyst, Heather Cox Richardson has been a throughline for me.
Gracias!
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
I wish she would post to BlueSky.
American historian & relentlessly astute political analyst, Heather Cox Richardson has been a throughline for me.
Gracias!
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-1...
Vjaybombs is da bomb.
Brilliant guerrila projection at the superbowl...
@vjaybomb.bsky.social
x.com/s_afreen7/st...
Brilliant guerrila projection at the superbowl...
@vjaybomb.bsky.social
x.com/s_afreen7/st...
Sadaf Afreen صدف on X: "Super Bowl LIX के जश्न के बीच Las Vegas की एक बिल्डिंग पर @vjaybombs द्वारा की गई "Guerrilla Projection" ने सबको चौंका दिया! #EpsteinFiles आप वीडियो देखे, इवेंट को "PEDO BOWL" का नाम देकर Epstein के करीबियों पर निशाना साधा गया! DOJ द्वारा जारी 35 लाख से ज्यादा Epstein फाइलों के https://t.co/ZLHu1U3fjr" / X
Super Bowl LIX के जश्न के बीच Las Vegas की एक बिल्डिंग पर @vjaybombs द्वारा की गई "Guerrilla Projection" ने सबको चौंका दिया! #EpsteinFiles आप वीडियो देखे, इवेंट को "PEDO BOWL" का नाम देकर Epstein के करीबियों पर निशाना साधा गया! DOJ द्वारा जारी 35 लाख से ज्यादा Epstein फाइलों के https://t.co/ZLHu1U3fjr
x.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Vjaybombs is da bomb.
Brilliant guerrila projection at the superbowl...
@vjaybomb.bsky.social
x.com/s_afreen7/st...
Brilliant guerrila projection at the superbowl...
@vjaybomb.bsky.social
x.com/s_afreen7/st...
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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From his prior position: "colleagues warned superiors that the department’s accounts could be seen as promoting white-supremacist rhetoric, Nazi imagery and QAnon conspiracy theories."
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 PM
From his prior position: "colleagues warned superiors that the department’s accounts could be seen as promoting white-supremacist rhetoric, Nazi imagery and QAnon conspiracy theories."
Timothy Snyder rewrites a Gospel, from the POV of the world’s most powerful Christian nationalist…
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Hate thy Neighbor as Thyself
The Gospel of JD
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Timothy Snyder rewrites a Gospel, from the POV of the world’s most powerful Christian nationalist…
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Thanks Carole Cadwaladr.
I’m paralyzed/haunted by Epstein files: the interweaving of a vast global spiderweb of the hyper-powerful to the trafficking of girls… & the moral shock at the lack of accountability even after millions of files exposing the abuse culture.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
I’m paralyzed/haunted by Epstein files: the interweaving of a vast global spiderweb of the hyper-powerful to the trafficking of girls… & the moral shock at the lack of accountability even after millions of files exposing the abuse culture.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world
The most disturbing revelation so far
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Thanks Carole Cadwaladr.
I’m paralyzed/haunted by Epstein files: the interweaving of a vast global spiderweb of the hyper-powerful to the trafficking of girls… & the moral shock at the lack of accountability even after millions of files exposing the abuse culture.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
I’m paralyzed/haunted by Epstein files: the interweaving of a vast global spiderweb of the hyper-powerful to the trafficking of girls… & the moral shock at the lack of accountability even after millions of files exposing the abuse culture.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Interesting analysis of Mark Carney’s strategic geopolitical judo in relation to the US. By diversifying trade partners, and by highlighting US volatility and unreliability, he’s sent a message to the world which has shifted the power dynamic.
open.substack.com/pub/1stfutur...
open.substack.com/pub/1stfutur...
Mark Carney's Invisible Weapon
How Canada’s Mark Carney Is Shaping the Coming Conflict with America
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Interesting analysis of Mark Carney’s strategic geopolitical judo in relation to the US. By diversifying trade partners, and by highlighting US volatility and unreliability, he’s sent a message to the world which has shifted the power dynamic.
open.substack.com/pub/1stfutur...
open.substack.com/pub/1stfutur...
This is an exceptionally well-researched and written presentation on the history and future of #ICE by Garrett Graff ( @vermontgmg.bsky.social ) to the Governor J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Accountability Commission”.
Really freaking disturbing.
Thanks for the great work Garrett!
Really freaking disturbing.
Thanks for the great work Garrett!
I’m an expert, and the misconduct and corruption run far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
I'm an expert, and the misconduct and corruption run far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
www.motherjones.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:31 PM
This is an exceptionally well-researched and written presentation on the history and future of #ICE by Garrett Graff ( @vermontgmg.bsky.social ) to the Governor J.B. Pritzker’s “Illinois Accountability Commission”.
Really freaking disturbing.
Thanks for the great work Garrett!
Really freaking disturbing.
Thanks for the great work Garrett!
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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Heard the Guess Who's 'American Woman' the other day and realised it poignantly summarises how most Canadians feel toward the US right now.
So great.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uf6...
So great.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uf6...
The Guess Who - American Woman (Official Audio)
YouTube video by TheGuessWhoVEVO
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Heard the Guess Who's 'American Woman' the other day and realised it poignantly summarises how most Canadians feel toward the US right now.
So great.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uf6...
So great.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uf6...
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
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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 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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‼️
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W.H.A.T. A. B.U.R.N.!
The city of Minneapolis and its residents were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
The city of Minneapolis and its residents were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
February 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
W.H.A.T. A. B.U.R.N.!
The city of Minneapolis and its residents were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
The city of Minneapolis and its residents were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Bellingcat founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and Cornell University’s @cward1e.bsky.social unpack how disinformation evolved, why trust in institutions is collapsing, and what tools we all need to stay sharp in a world of misinformation. Listen back to last week's Stage Talk: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
"How We Got Here: The Rise, Backlash and Future Of Counter-Disinformation" with Eliot Higgins and Dr Claire Wardle | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In our first Stage Talk of 2026, we were joined by Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins and Cornell University's Dr. Claire Wardle sharing their expertise on the formation of fact checking and verificatio...
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February 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Bellingcat founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and Cornell University’s @cward1e.bsky.social unpack how disinformation evolved, why trust in institutions is collapsing, and what tools we all need to stay sharp in a world of misinformation. Listen back to last week's Stage Talk: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
My first remarks since being arrested last night.