Betharoux
@betharoux.bsky.social
Just a caregiver, mother, wife, exevangelical atheist. Trying to be the best student of life, and failing daily!
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its crazy how much trump hates these people and how little respect he has for them
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
its crazy how much trump hates these people and how little respect he has for them
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#ProudBlue
I can’t believe we are letting him destroy our country.
Was pride of country
Protecting our vulnerable
Standing up for one another
Doing the right thing
all a lie?
Do we all have a little Conservatism in us?
When we can ignore the lack of empathy and compassion?
Are we the same?
I can’t believe we are letting him destroy our country.
Was pride of country
Protecting our vulnerable
Standing up for one another
Doing the right thing
all a lie?
Do we all have a little Conservatism in us?
When we can ignore the lack of empathy and compassion?
Are we the same?
August 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#ProudBlue
I can’t believe we are letting him destroy our country.
Was pride of country
Protecting our vulnerable
Standing up for one another
Doing the right thing
all a lie?
Do we all have a little Conservatism in us?
When we can ignore the lack of empathy and compassion?
Are we the same?
I can’t believe we are letting him destroy our country.
Was pride of country
Protecting our vulnerable
Standing up for one another
Doing the right thing
all a lie?
Do we all have a little Conservatism in us?
When we can ignore the lack of empathy and compassion?
Are we the same?
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OH HELL NO!!!
UPDATE: Hours after Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in Tennessee, Fox News reports that the Trump administration may deport him to Uganda as early as next week.
August 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
OH HELL NO!!!
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The beauty of our democracy is it's integrity.
Americans must step up to defend against rigged elections.
@barackobama.bsky.social
is giving us a #CupOfJoe full of truth & motivation to be the country that we are meant to be.
Rise up.
Americans must step up to defend against rigged elections.
@barackobama.bsky.social
is giving us a #CupOfJoe full of truth & motivation to be the country that we are meant to be.
Rise up.
August 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The beauty of our democracy is it's integrity.
Americans must step up to defend against rigged elections.
@barackobama.bsky.social
is giving us a #CupOfJoe full of truth & motivation to be the country that we are meant to be.
Rise up.
Americans must step up to defend against rigged elections.
@barackobama.bsky.social
is giving us a #CupOfJoe full of truth & motivation to be the country that we are meant to be.
Rise up.
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A statement from AFM President Tino Gagliardi:
“The American Federation of Musicians will not remain silent as two of our members — Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift — are singled out and personally attacked by the President of the United States. 1/
“The American Federation of Musicians will not remain silent as two of our members — Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift — are singled out and personally attacked by the President of the United States. 1/
May 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A statement from AFM President Tino Gagliardi:
“The American Federation of Musicians will not remain silent as two of our members — Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift — are singled out and personally attacked by the President of the United States. 1/
“The American Federation of Musicians will not remain silent as two of our members — Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift — are singled out and personally attacked by the President of the United States. 1/
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Who wants to be the one to tell Pee-Wee German that the "boys at Normandy" weren't all white, non-immigrants, or American citizens, but they *were* all fighting people like Stephen Miller--people called fascists.
May 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Who wants to be the one to tell Pee-Wee German that the "boys at Normandy" weren't all white, non-immigrants, or American citizens, but they *were* all fighting people like Stephen Miller--people called fascists.
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JUST IN: Feds raid nightclub in Colorado Springs, taking more than 100 undocumented immigrants into custody
April 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
JUST IN: Feds raid nightclub in Colorado Springs, taking more than 100 undocumented immigrants into custody
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Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.
April 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.
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The years of the dehumanization of immigrants by the right wing is what paved the way for Lyons’ rhetoric here.
I think it's very important to note that when you want to run human misery like a business--a business based on rounding up people to ship them to a country they aren't from to work in forced labor camps--you're a slaver.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice director wants to run deportations like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The years of the dehumanization of immigrants by the right wing is what paved the way for Lyons’ rhetoric here.
that’s because NO COUNTRIES have reached out to CF47! No one wants to have ANYTHING to do with Tangerine Palpatine
April 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
that’s because NO COUNTRIES have reached out to CF47! No one wants to have ANYTHING to do with Tangerine Palpatine
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Thank you Ray!
April 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Thank you Ray!
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Niccolò Machiavelli argued that sometimes it is “a very wise thing to simulate madness.”
Wise, that is, for the manipulative ruler.
Trump is simulating madness, but it’s all about increasing his wealth and power.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-only-simulates-madness
Wise, that is, for the manipulative ruler.
Trump is simulating madness, but it’s all about increasing his wealth and power.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-only-simulates-madness
April 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Niccolò Machiavelli argued that sometimes it is “a very wise thing to simulate madness.”
Wise, that is, for the manipulative ruler.
Trump is simulating madness, but it’s all about increasing his wealth and power.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-only-simulates-madness
Wise, that is, for the manipulative ruler.
Trump is simulating madness, but it’s all about increasing his wealth and power.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-only-simulates-madness
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Listen to Nicole tell her daughter’s story and what it would mean to her family if MAGA Republicans cut Medicaid like they have in their budget resolution. Her daughter Sarah shouldn’t have to suffer so billionaires get tax breaks. Call your representatives and tell them Hands Off Our Medicaid.
April 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Listen to Nicole tell her daughter’s story and what it would mean to her family if MAGA Republicans cut Medicaid like they have in their budget resolution. Her daughter Sarah shouldn’t have to suffer so billionaires get tax breaks. Call your representatives and tell them Hands Off Our Medicaid.
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The reason Republicans wrongly believe the Hands Off protestors are paid is because Republican donors ABSOLUTELY pay protestors to show up at school board meetings and pay people to attend Trump events.
April 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The reason Republicans wrongly believe the Hands Off protestors are paid is because Republican donors ABSOLUTELY pay protestors to show up at school board meetings and pay people to attend Trump events.
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Gotta correct the media again on something. The administration is not sending migrants to a mega prison in El Salvador. They’re sending human beings to a concentration camp.
April 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Gotta correct the media again on something. The administration is not sending migrants to a mega prison in El Salvador. They’re sending human beings to a concentration camp.
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Atlanta, ya’ll showed UP today! 🙌 we are so proud.
“Ya’ll means all”
“If they come for one of us, they come for all of us”
“And to the president of the United States: you still have a court date in Fulton County”
#handsoff2025 #Atlanta
“Ya’ll means all”
“If they come for one of us, they come for all of us”
“And to the president of the United States: you still have a court date in Fulton County”
#handsoff2025 #Atlanta
April 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Atlanta, ya’ll showed UP today! 🙌 we are so proud.
“Ya’ll means all”
“If they come for one of us, they come for all of us”
“And to the president of the United States: you still have a court date in Fulton County”
#handsoff2025 #Atlanta
“Ya’ll means all”
“If they come for one of us, they come for all of us”
“And to the president of the United States: you still have a court date in Fulton County”
#handsoff2025 #Atlanta
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bsky.app/profile/pudd...
Not sure it was from a protest, but best sign I’ve seen in a while.
Not sure it was from a protest, but best sign I’ve seen in a while.
April 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
bsky.app/profile/pudd...
Not sure it was from a protest, but best sign I’ve seen in a while.
Not sure it was from a protest, but best sign I’ve seen in a while.
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Fourth time teaching intro to American politics at Stanford and the theme, “In defense of democracy,” feels more urgent than ever.
Today’s lecture: gap btwn ideals & reality, from the founding to now. Douglass, the framers, progress, backlash—what is democracy? Hard but meaningful quarter ahead.
Today’s lecture: gap btwn ideals & reality, from the founding to now. Douglass, the framers, progress, backlash—what is democracy? Hard but meaningful quarter ahead.
April 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Fourth time teaching intro to American politics at Stanford and the theme, “In defense of democracy,” feels more urgent than ever.
Today’s lecture: gap btwn ideals & reality, from the founding to now. Douglass, the framers, progress, backlash—what is democracy? Hard but meaningful quarter ahead.
Today’s lecture: gap btwn ideals & reality, from the founding to now. Douglass, the framers, progress, backlash—what is democracy? Hard but meaningful quarter ahead.
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It disgusts me that
At a time when immigrants in America fear deportation-without due process-every day
And federal workers fear losing their jobs because of DOGE and Elon Musk
That ultra wealthy lawyers caved to Trump because they feared they would earn only $5 million instead of $8 million
At a time when immigrants in America fear deportation-without due process-every day
And federal workers fear losing their jobs because of DOGE and Elon Musk
That ultra wealthy lawyers caved to Trump because they feared they would earn only $5 million instead of $8 million
Someone should really check in with Brad Karp, Jeremy London, Thomas Cerabino, and Scott Edelman each afternoon and ask them if they're proud of themselves for choosing money over country and the legal profession in which they claim to be leaders.
April 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It disgusts me that
At a time when immigrants in America fear deportation-without due process-every day
And federal workers fear losing their jobs because of DOGE and Elon Musk
That ultra wealthy lawyers caved to Trump because they feared they would earn only $5 million instead of $8 million
At a time when immigrants in America fear deportation-without due process-every day
And federal workers fear losing their jobs because of DOGE and Elon Musk
That ultra wealthy lawyers caved to Trump because they feared they would earn only $5 million instead of $8 million