Beckstle
@beckstle.bsky.social
Writer of TV & movie reviews, pop cultural & history analysis. Anti-MAGA, pro democracy, cat owner, and queer. Current Guilty pleasures: RuPaul's Drag Race (in most of its forms) & rewatching the X-Files.
For me, today is a day of giving thanks for what we have and paying it forward. May you and yours have a beautiful Thanksgiving Day:
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
For me, today is a day of giving thanks for what we have and paying it forward. May you and yours have a beautiful Thanksgiving Day:
Furthermore, the article points out why the view that America was founded as a Christian nation is erroneous, regardless of what people believe. This is how the article begins.
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Furthermore, the article points out why the view that America was founded as a Christian nation is erroneous, regardless of what people believe. This is how the article begins.
You should have read the article and not just the headline. The belief that the US was founded as such doesn't change that the same research says only 45 percent of Americans believe that America should be a Christian nation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
You should have read the article and not just the headline. The belief that the US was founded as such doesn't change that the same research says only 45 percent of Americans believe that America should be a Christian nation.
Not all Dems are spineless, but I know the kind you're talking about. This is the latest on a thread that is pretty wild in that the person is bending over backwards to excuse the GOP's role in how we got to Trump. 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Not all Dems are spineless, but I know the kind you're talking about. This is the latest on a thread that is pretty wild in that the person is bending over backwards to excuse the GOP's role in how we got to Trump. 🙄
Across the board the highest percentage you'll find is an even 50-50 split. What is 2/3rds is the belief that religion should be kept out of politics. Furthermore, if 2/3rds of a group believe 2+2=5 the answer is still 4.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Across the board the highest percentage you'll find is an even 50-50 split. What is 2/3rds is the belief that religion should be kept out of politics. Furthermore, if 2/3rds of a group believe 2+2=5 the answer is still 4.
More content describing a judicial coup.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
More content describing a judicial coup.
"Governmental Seizure of the Judiciary: A government or a political faction using legislative or other means to gain control over the judiciary, thereby removing checks and balances and concentrating power in the hands of the ruling majority." AI summary.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Governmental Seizure of the Judiciary: A government or a political faction using legislative or other means to gain control over the judiciary, thereby removing checks and balances and concentrating power in the hands of the ruling majority." AI summary.
My point is that the groups in question had a specific goal: to take over the judiciary, including Supreme Court, in order to enact their will on the country. This is called a judicial coup.
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My point is that the groups in question had a specific goal: to take over the judiciary, including Supreme Court, in order to enact their will on the country. This is called a judicial coup.
If I'm abducted by aliens I'm fucked, but otherwise I'd be alright.😏
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If I'm abducted by aliens I'm fucked, but otherwise I'd be alright.😏
@democrats.senate.gov Do your colleagues realize that, in Dante's Inferno, their actions put them on the same level as Trump? Treachery is treachery - the worst level in hell. Also, Schumer is there too, because he no doubt orchestrated this caving to the GOP, just as the Dems were poised to win.
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
@democrats.senate.gov Do your colleagues realize that, in Dante's Inferno, their actions put them on the same level as Trump? Treachery is treachery - the worst level in hell. Also, Schumer is there too, because he no doubt orchestrated this caving to the GOP, just as the Dems were poised to win.
I may have to subscribe to the Miami Herald. They are pulling no punches. Source: Miami Herald share.google/zTV6yEWwmK2s...
October 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I may have to subscribe to the Miami Herald. They are pulling no punches. Source: Miami Herald share.google/zTV6yEWwmK2s...
For all those who celebrate: ❤️
September 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
For all those who celebrate: ❤️
Here's another reminder of why we're in this mess. It's bad enough that we get misinformation from MAGA. The first thing said in Harris's concession speech is about resisting the Trump regime. Yet...
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Here's another reminder of why we're in this mess. It's bad enough that we get misinformation from MAGA. The first thing said in Harris's concession speech is about resisting the Trump regime. Yet...
When even moderate Democrats get it, you know things have gotten really bad. Laura Kelly is the governor of Kansas. Kansas!
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August 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When even moderate Democrats get it, you know things have gotten really bad. Laura Kelly is the governor of Kansas. Kansas!
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Like I said, if you don't live in Virginia, or at least look at the politics within the state, you won't get it. You can't run a state race like a national one. There are more Republicans registered in the state than Democrats.
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Like I said, if you don't live in Virginia, or at least look at the politics within the state, you won't get it. You can't run a state race like a national one. There are more Republicans registered in the state than Democrats.
Whatever. Biden's plans were still a better starting place than what Trump's plans are now, and we have no leverage to change Trump's position. We would have with Harris. This is not something I expect to agree with you on. Turning my focus back to the fires in the U.S..
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July 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Whatever. Biden's plans were still a better starting place than what Trump's plans are now, and we have no leverage to change Trump's position. We would have with Harris. This is not something I expect to agree with you on. Turning my focus back to the fires in the U.S..
www.npr.org/2025/05/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/15/n...
Just to put this into context, women are also more likely to go to therapy than men.
July 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Just to put this into context, women are also more likely to go to therapy than men.
I look at what the people on the ground in Gaza were saying. They weren't thrilled with either choice, but the majority wanted Harris over Trump. As bad as things were, they saw Trump would be worse. Some of the opposition here had an agenda more about toppling the Dems than justice for Palestine.
July 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I look at what the people on the ground in Gaza were saying. They weren't thrilled with either choice, but the majority wanted Harris over Trump. As bad as things were, they saw Trump would be worse. Some of the opposition here had an agenda more about toppling the Dems than justice for Palestine.
If anyone has thoughts about how to combat this erasing of #ClimateChange data, I'd love to hear them. Just don't say, "wait for the mid-terms and 2028." The damage has already started. It will be way too late then.
##ClimateChangeisReal
##ClimateChangeisReal
July 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If anyone has thoughts about how to combat this erasing of #ClimateChange data, I'd love to hear them. Just don't say, "wait for the mid-terms and 2028." The damage has already started. It will be way too late then.
##ClimateChangeisReal
##ClimateChangeisReal
This article lays out the reality we were facing in 2024. Neither candidate was stellar on Palestine. However, only one of them had complete agreement with Israel about the fate of Gaza and the state of Palestine - Donald Trump. www.972mag.com/harris-trump...
July 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This article lays out the reality we were facing in 2024. Neither candidate was stellar on Palestine. However, only one of them had complete agreement with Israel about the fate of Gaza and the state of Palestine - Donald Trump. www.972mag.com/harris-trump...
I can see dragging Booker for his centrist actions. However, for the record, calling him a Nazi is ridiculous.
June 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I can see dragging Booker for his centrist actions. However, for the record, calling him a Nazi is ridiculous.
Even if you want to say that there are only two sexes (which many scientists disagree with), the variances with the chromosomes and hormones clearly show that the idea of gender & "biological sex" not matching can happen.
June 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Even if you want to say that there are only two sexes (which many scientists disagree with), the variances with the chromosomes and hormones clearly show that the idea of gender & "biological sex" not matching can happen.
There's also "de la Chapelle syndrome." Should they be forced to be girls because the chromosomes are XX?
June 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
There's also "de la Chapelle syndrome." Should they be forced to be girls because the chromosomes are XX?