Paula K (or B)
@thebeanqueen.bsky.social
Midwestern girl, dogs, books, birds.
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Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!
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Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork
ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of
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September 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
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There are so few medications approved for use by pregnant people. It's abhorrent for people who can't get pregnant to attempt to deny minimal pain relief to those who can. Source: dad who gives a shit about his partner.
September 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
There are so few medications approved for use by pregnant people. It's abhorrent for people who can't get pregnant to attempt to deny minimal pain relief to those who can. Source: dad who gives a shit about his partner.
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I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
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"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday
variety.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
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This needs to be studied.
September 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This needs to be studied.
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A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
September 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
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It's not just the authoritarianism — it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's not just the authoritarianism — it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger
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This is one of the many, many reasons we should all condemn the celebration of political violence, as Kirk did here: You often don't get to decide when to dismount the tiger. It eats you first.
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is one of the many, many reasons we should all condemn the celebration of political violence, as Kirk did here: You often don't get to decide when to dismount the tiger. It eats you first.
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There’s a way to be respectful in reporting on Charlie Kirk being shot while also refusing to whitewash who he was and what consequences his political activism has had. Obituaries for public figures are a part of history.
September 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There’s a way to be respectful in reporting on Charlie Kirk being shot while also refusing to whitewash who he was and what consequences his political activism has had. Obituaries for public figures are a part of history.
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We don’t make firefighters buy their own hoses.
We don’t make police officers buy their own handcuffs.
Why do we make teachers pay for basic supplies out of pocket?
We don’t make police officers buy their own handcuffs.
Why do we make teachers pay for basic supplies out of pocket?
September 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We don’t make firefighters buy their own hoses.
We don’t make police officers buy their own handcuffs.
Why do we make teachers pay for basic supplies out of pocket?
We don’t make police officers buy their own handcuffs.
Why do we make teachers pay for basic supplies out of pocket?
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The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
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Every day the news is like “the US government announces that meat can be sold without saying what animal it is & they are also mandating a return to mercury thermometers,” followed by “RFK Jr. has removed the coloring from Twizzlers in a major win for everyday Americans & their health & pocketbooks”
August 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Every day the news is like “the US government announces that meat can be sold without saying what animal it is & they are also mandating a return to mercury thermometers,” followed by “RFK Jr. has removed the coloring from Twizzlers in a major win for everyday Americans & their health & pocketbooks”
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The weather dude on TV last night said it's going to be 99 degrees today. I'm demanding that he be fired and replace with another dude that will forecast a high of 82.
Am I doing this right?
Am I doing this right?
August 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The weather dude on TV last night said it's going to be 99 degrees today. I'm demanding that he be fired and replace with another dude that will forecast a high of 82.
Am I doing this right?
Am I doing this right?
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August 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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‘1984’ is upon us
July 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
‘1984’ is upon us
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www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... “We don’t hear them singing. They’re spending all their energy searching (for krill). There’s just not enough time left over—and that tells us those years are incredibly stressful.”
Blue whales are going eerily silent—and scientists say it’s a warning sign
A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
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July 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... “We don’t hear them singing. They’re spending all their energy searching (for krill). There’s just not enough time left over—and that tells us those years are incredibly stressful.”
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Maybe my favorite Ryne Sandberg statistic: all but one of his career hits came while he was playing for the Cubs, and the one hit that he had while he was playing for the Phillies was at Wrigley Field.
July 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Maybe my favorite Ryne Sandberg statistic: all but one of his career hits came while he was playing for the Cubs, and the one hit that he had while he was playing for the Phillies was at Wrigley Field.
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It meant so much to me as a lesbian who grew up loving the Cubs to see Ryne Sandberg at the Chicago Pride Parade in 2016. It's a rare thing for a player of Ryno's generation to be an ally. He was truly a man of character.
As this essay says, I chose my hero well.
www.outsports.com/2020/4/20/21...
As this essay says, I chose my hero well.
www.outsports.com/2020/4/20/21...
July 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
It meant so much to me as a lesbian who grew up loving the Cubs to see Ryne Sandberg at the Chicago Pride Parade in 2016. It's a rare thing for a player of Ryno's generation to be an ally. He was truly a man of character.
As this essay says, I chose my hero well.
www.outsports.com/2020/4/20/21...
As this essay says, I chose my hero well.
www.outsports.com/2020/4/20/21...