Michael Beadle
@beadlepoet.bsky.social
Writer, author, teaching artist, dad, partner, nature lover, hiker, avid runner, news junkie and bibliophile
"If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize." —Voltaire
Journalist Don Lemon charged with federal civil rights crimes after covering anti-ICE church protest
Journalist Don Lemon has been released from custody after being charged with federal civil rights crimes in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted services at a Minneso...
apnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize." —Voltaire
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Reality was no constraint on the administration’s support for violence committed in its agenda’s name. DHS was prepared to say things that contradicted all available evidence, in order to protect its agents from legal accountability.
The Trump administration is admitting it lied about Alex Pretti
A baby-step back from the brink.
www.vox.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Reality was no constraint on the administration’s support for violence committed in its agenda’s name. DHS was prepared to say things that contradicted all available evidence, in order to protect its agents from legal accountability.
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The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
What's the difference between government police in Iran vs. ICE agents in Minneapolis? Both masked, heavily armored and ready for combat. Both under orders to intimidate and subdue non-violent protesters. Both unaccountable for unrestrained aggression, ignore human rights and kill with deadly force.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM
What's the difference between government police in Iran vs. ICE agents in Minneapolis? Both masked, heavily armored and ready for combat. Both under orders to intimidate and subdue non-violent protesters. Both unaccountable for unrestrained aggression, ignore human rights and kill with deadly force.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The chaos that ICE and the Trump administration have brought to Minneapolis made this tragedy sadly predictable,” writes Jacob Frey, the city’s mayor.
“The chaos that ICE and the Trump administration have brought to Minneapolis made this tragedy sadly predictable,” writes Jacob Frey, the city’s mayor.
Opinion | I’m the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You.
This administration is making cities less safe.
nyti.ms
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The chaos that ICE and the Trump administration have brought to Minneapolis made this tragedy sadly predictable,” writes Jacob Frey, the city’s mayor.
“The chaos that ICE and the Trump administration have brought to Minneapolis made this tragedy sadly predictable,” writes Jacob Frey, the city’s mayor.
The secret police thugs in tactical gear and masks (CBP -- Criminal Belligerence Patrol) have come to yet another city -- Charlotte, NC -- uninvited and unwanted. They are the true terror organization, not immigrants. www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
Update: Border Patrol arrests 81 as 'Charlotte's Web' operation starts
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were seen making arrests along two of Charlotte's main immigrant corridors on Saturday, prompting businesses to close and restaurants to lock their doors. The...
www.wfae.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The secret police thugs in tactical gear and masks (CBP -- Criminal Belligerence Patrol) have come to yet another city -- Charlotte, NC -- uninvited and unwanted. They are the true terror organization, not immigrants. www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Does he really want this? Dozy Don's Fascist Football Castle might be the ideal name for Washington D.C.'s football stadium.
Does he really want this? Dozy Don's Fascist Football Castle might be the ideal name for Washington D.C.'s football stadium.
Sources: Trump wants D.C. stadium named for him
A senior White House source said there have been back-channel communications with a member of the Commanders ownership group, led by Josh Harris, to express Trump's desire to have the $3.7 billion dom...
www.espn.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Does he really want this? Dozy Don's Fascist Football Castle might be the ideal name for Washington D.C.'s football stadium.
Does he really want this? Dozy Don's Fascist Football Castle might be the ideal name for Washington D.C.'s football stadium.
Imagine... humanitarian aid trying to make it to families in Gaza and Israeli Offensive Forces block this peaceful attempt to help those desperately in need of it. bsky.app/profile/nyti...
Israel intercepted most of a flotilla trying to bring humanitarian goods to Gaza and detained activists from around the world who were onboard, the Israeli government said on Thursday. nyti.ms/4h2glQT
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Imagine... humanitarian aid trying to make it to families in Gaza and Israeli Offensive Forces block this peaceful attempt to help those desperately in need of it. bsky.app/profile/nyti...
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Israel intercepted most of a flotilla trying to bring humanitarian goods to Gaza and detained activists from around the world who were onboard, the Israeli government said on Thursday. nyti.ms/4h2glQT
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Israel intercepted most of a flotilla trying to bring humanitarian goods to Gaza and detained activists from around the world who were onboard, the Israeli government said on Thursday. nyti.ms/4h2glQT
ICE is America's SS with middle-of-the-night raids, arrests and detentions of US citizens, and no due process... www.wbez.org/immigration/...
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
www.wbez.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ICE is America's SS with middle-of-the-night raids, arrests and detentions of US citizens, and no due process... www.wbez.org/immigration/...
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Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄
September 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
So... the con man convicted of falsifying documents for his own benefit now accuses a Central Bank Fed Governor of wrongdoing? That's rich coming from a guy who's spent a lifetime scheming and ripping people off to prop up his own business failures.
So... the con man convicted of falsifying documents for his own benefit now accuses a Central Bank Fed Governor of wrongdoing? That's rich coming from a guy who's spent a lifetime scheming and ripping people off to prop up his own business failures.
Lisa Cook said that she would not step down after President Trump announced he was firing her from the central bank’s Board of Governors. He cited allegations that she may have falsified records, but Cook has not been charged with wrongdoing or convicted of a crime. nyti.ms/3JF7wQl
August 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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So... the con man convicted of falsifying documents for his own benefit now accuses a Central Bank Fed Governor of wrongdoing? That's rich coming from a guy who's spent a lifetime scheming and ripping people off to prop up his own business failures.
So... the con man convicted of falsifying documents for his own benefit now accuses a Central Bank Fed Governor of wrongdoing? That's rich coming from a guy who's spent a lifetime scheming and ripping people off to prop up his own business failures.
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025.... The IOF (Israeli Offensive Forces) have systematically targeted journalists, health care workers, schools, hospitals, refugee camps, children and families trying to get food supplies from aid stations. What more proof do we need to declare this as a genocide?
Photos: Scenes of carnage in Gaza City after Israel kills Al Jazeera staff
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif and four colleagues killed in a targeted Israeli attack on a press tent in Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025.... The IOF (Israeli Offensive Forces) have systematically targeted journalists, health care workers, schools, hospitals, refugee camps, children and families trying to get food supplies from aid stations. What more proof do we need to declare this as a genocide?
My new pledge for a better America...
I pledge allegiance to the immigrants and sustainable communities of America, and to this queer republic without trans bans, one multi-racial, inclusive nation dedicated to equity with living wages, free health care, affordable housing and justice for all.
I pledge allegiance to the immigrants and sustainable communities of America, and to this queer republic without trans bans, one multi-racial, inclusive nation dedicated to equity with living wages, free health care, affordable housing and justice for all.
July 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My new pledge for a better America...
I pledge allegiance to the immigrants and sustainable communities of America, and to this queer republic without trans bans, one multi-racial, inclusive nation dedicated to equity with living wages, free health care, affordable housing and justice for all.
I pledge allegiance to the immigrants and sustainable communities of America, and to this queer republic without trans bans, one multi-racial, inclusive nation dedicated to equity with living wages, free health care, affordable housing and justice for all.
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Who is profiting from the genocide in Gaza? Here's the official Report of the Special Rapporteur from the UN's Human Rights Council. www.un.org/unispal/docu...
A/HRC/59/23: From economy of occupation to economy of genocide - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (Advance unedited ...
To learn more about Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and the Question of Palestine, click here to visit the dedicated webpage. Human Rights Council Fifty-ninth session 16 June–11 July...
www.un.org
July 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Who is profiting from the genocide in Gaza? Here's the official Report of the Special Rapporteur from the UN's Human Rights Council. www.un.org/unispal/docu...
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SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “Are we reading the same Book? The Book I know says ‘I was hungry, and you fed me… I was a stranger, and you welcomed me… insomuch as you’ve done it to the least of these, you’ve done it also unto me.’”
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
Enjoy food poems and feast on food puns. My new children's poetry book is out... Foodtopia! with amazing illustrations by Arianne Hemlein. Available at BookBaby and Quail Ridge Books. store.bookbaby.com/book/foodtopia. www.quailridgebooks.com/event/ibd25
April 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Enjoy food poems and feast on food puns. My new children's poetry book is out... Foodtopia! with amazing illustrations by Arianne Hemlein. Available at BookBaby and Quail Ridge Books. store.bookbaby.com/book/foodtopia. www.quailridgebooks.com/event/ibd25