Beth G. OD
@bg2020.bsky.social
I care about people and the health of humanity in this time of peril for democracy and the climate crisis. Liberal progressive Democrat. Member of Indivisible since 2017. Married 50+ years, retired eye doctor (OD), gardener, reader, lover of horses .
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
There's always a money solution. Also this money can be tapped for reparations!
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
There's always a money solution. Also this money can be tapped for reparations!
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NEW: DOGE isn’t dead, despite recent reports.
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
Operatives are still rolling out coding tests, leading software pilots, and more.
w/ @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/what-i...
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
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A federal judge has released footage from nearly four dozen body cameras showing immigration agents’ ‘unprecedented’ use of force during their months-long deportation blitz in the Chicago area.
Bodycam video shows feds’ aggressive tactics in vivid detail: ‘Deploy f---ing gas’
chicago.suntimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A federal judge has released footage from nearly four dozen body cameras showing immigration agents’ ‘unprecedented’ use of force during their months-long deportation blitz in the Chicago area.
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It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
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93 years ago, Stalin instituted a man-made famine in Ukraine to break its resistance to Soviet occupation, killing millions. Now, Putin’s war and weaponization of hunger once again threaten Ukrainians' survival. We honor the victims of Stalin's famine by supporting Ukraine today.
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
93 years ago, Stalin instituted a man-made famine in Ukraine to break its resistance to Soviet occupation, killing millions. Now, Putin’s war and weaponization of hunger once again threaten Ukrainians' survival. We honor the victims of Stalin's famine by supporting Ukraine today.
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Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
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Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nearly every panel I spoke on this year ended with the same question: "What gives you hope?"
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
My friends, that question expired years ago. (If you need receipts, my book Saving Us is literally a 300-page answer.)
The real question is: How are you PRACTICING hope?
Because Greta is right ..
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True
This is a very dangerous moment for the country and the world. A cornered rat will do anything to escape.
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
True
Always follow the money
Trump to welcome Saudi crown prince for first White House visit since Khashoggi killing. He will be honoring MBS with a commemorative gold Khashoggi Magnet Puzzle comprised of 87 small pieces that can be ripped apart and reassembled. The puzzle will be made available to the public in time for Xmas!
Trump pulling out all the stops to welcome Saudi crown prince for first White House visit since Khashoggi killing | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is planning to receive Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House this week with all the trappings of a state visit, sources familiar with the m...
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Always follow the money
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A “presidential” beer pong set. What are we doing here, folks?
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A “presidential” beer pong set. What are we doing here, folks?
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been awhile since I felt a literal chill down my spine but this honestly scared the shit out of me
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
been awhile since I felt a literal chill down my spine but this honestly scared the shit out of me
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Oh look. In addition to being a clown-faced anorexic puppy murderer and human trafficker made of melting moldy wax
Kristi noem is also a thief.
“The best people”
Kristi noem is also a thief.
“The best people”
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Oh look. In addition to being a clown-faced anorexic puppy murderer and human trafficker made of melting moldy wax
Kristi noem is also a thief.
“The best people”
Kristi noem is also a thief.
“The best people”
Connect the dots!
Did Trump spend Thanksgiving with Jeffrey Epstein
*in 2017*
While he was president
When Epstein was already a convicted sex offender
And long after Trump said he had cut ties with him years before
Wow
No wonder he’s fighting so hard to hide these files
It just keeps getting worse
*in 2017*
While he was president
When Epstein was already a convicted sex offender
And long after Trump said he had cut ties with him years before
Wow
No wonder he’s fighting so hard to hide these files
It just keeps getting worse
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Connect the dots!
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Reposting news of a generous billionaire wanting to do good.
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.
More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Reposting news of a generous billionaire wanting to do good.
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Just blatant corruption. They know these numbers are putrid and are making every excuse to cover them up just like they are doing with Epstein. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Kevin Hassett on the October jobs report: "We'll maybe be able to concoct something, but we'll never actually know for sure what the unemployment rate was in October."
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just blatant corruption. They know these numbers are putrid and are making every excuse to cover them up just like they are doing with Epstein. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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I'm watching @crow.house.gov too.
I go where the fight is. From my days as an Army Ranger to my service in Congress. Now, the fight is to defend Colorado and stand up to Donald Trump.
Read more about it in David Ignatius’: “Rising House Democrat Jason Crow is a voice for the angry middle”
Full profile here: wapo.st/48a09tY
Read more about it in David Ignatius’: “Rising House Democrat Jason Crow is a voice for the angry middle”
Full profile here: wapo.st/48a09tY
Opinion | This rising House Democrat is a voice for the angry middle
Why I’m keeping an eye on the politcal trajectory of Jason Crow, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm watching @crow.house.gov too.