Beth Augustine
@scoutbeth.bsky.social
💙 Recovering optimist. Boy Mom. Local elected official. Producer. Lover of cheese🧀. Secular Humanist ☮️. EV enthusiast. Chicagoan. 🥃 Still gigantically dismayed about…you know.
She/Her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally 🇺🇦🇨🇦 ally.
She/Her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally 🇺🇦🇨🇦 ally.
Agree.
Rep. Casten has it absolutely correct: Trump is *both* weaker *and* more dangerous than ever.
Buckle up, but don't be afraid. Because fear is how he wins.
Buckle up, but don't be afraid. Because fear is how he wins.
Let's be clear. Donald Trump will indict the Fed Chair, kidnap foreign leaders and kill American citizens in MN if it distracts you from asking WTF is in the Epstein files because HIS BASE doesn't like pedophiles. None of this is normal. But everything he does is from weakness right now.
January 12, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Agree.
Well said Sir. Thank you for doing your job and stating the facts.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Well said Sir. Thank you for doing your job and stating the facts.
This is the way.
We can either let the abuses of Donald Trump's administration become our new normal.
Or we can pursue real justice, accountability, and transparency.
Illinois has chosen our path — those who believe in the Constitution and the promise of America should join us in doing so.
Or we can pursue real justice, accountability, and transparency.
Illinois has chosen our path — those who believe in the Constitution and the promise of America should join us in doing so.
January 12, 2026 at 12:58 AM
This is the way.
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Pete Buttigieg is absolutely correct. We must hold Noem accountable for what happens in her department.
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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@governorwalz.mn.gov unleashed.
Walz: "If they have emails showing that I have committed fraud, you should get those! Why aren't they putting them out there? Why aren't they turning them over to prosecutors? Right now they're hiding behind a veil of innuendo. They're protecting the biggest fraudster in the White House."
January 7, 2026 at 1:45 PM
@governorwalz.mn.gov unleashed.
@kylec.bsky.social tells the truth. thank you for your commentary.
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 AM
@kylec.bsky.social tells the truth. thank you for your commentary.
Alas....
If ever there were a time you might want a separate but equal branch of the United States government to run a check on the president, it would be now ….
January 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Alas....
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social frames it so clearly. As always.
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 4, 2026 at 4:28 AM
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social frames it so clearly. As always.
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This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
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A malignant narcissist is incapable of withstanding ridicule, so please share this as widely as possible.
Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
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Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
🙏
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Somebody Needs to Tell Trump Everybody Is Laughing at Him
His worst fear has already come true.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A malignant narcissist is incapable of withstanding ridicule, so please share this as widely as possible.
Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
🙏
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Thanking you all in advance, Mar🐫
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
This👇⬇️💯
Clinton: Don't trust me, release the files.
Trump: Don't release the files, trust me.
Trump: Don't release the files, trust me.
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This👇⬇️💯
Exactly this. 👇📉
The minute Trump enacted his first tariffs and fired thousands of federal workers, it became Trump’s economy, not Biden’s!
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Exactly this. 👇📉
He was an amazing artistic talent and an unflinching beacon of political truth. He used his emotional intelligence to the greatest effect.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
He was an amazing artistic talent and an unflinching beacon of political truth. He used his emotional intelligence to the greatest effect.
Agree...💙
In a world where fewer and fewer people concern themselves with the plight of others, the loss of Rob Reiner, who cared deeply about humanitarian causes, feels that much more devastating. RIP: 1947-1925.
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
[Selfie: July 2022, NYC]
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Agree...💙
Almost impossible to believe.
How can this be allowed? Who will come here now? This is terrible for tourism and business in general. Private data for law abiding people is no longer.
How can this be allowed? Who will come here now? This is terrible for tourism and business in general. Private data for law abiding people is no longer.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Almost impossible to believe.
How can this be allowed? Who will come here now? This is terrible for tourism and business in general. Private data for law abiding people is no longer.
How can this be allowed? Who will come here now? This is terrible for tourism and business in general. Private data for law abiding people is no longer.
Agree.
“He is not unstoppable and you are not without power”
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Remind yourself of this every day.
Especially on the bad days.
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Agree.
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'How on earth could the winner of the Fifa peace prize not be in the business of promoting peace?!’
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
'How on earth could the winner of the Fifa peace prize not be in the business of promoting peace?!’
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
This.
It’s way past time for every WH reporter to speak out to Trump’s face when he’s insulting female reporters. Is your access so critical that you’ll allow your colleagues to be abused?
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This.
More of this.
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
More of this.
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They are too good at this
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
They are too good at this
Ummm…wow.
Mike Johnson’s entire worldview is a time machine back to the 1950s and somehow his wife hit the gas pedal. This is what happens when MAGA convinces itself that misogyny is a family value.
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ummm…wow.
It’s the perfectly logical reaction.
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It’s the perfectly logical reaction.