Dan Beeton
@danbeeton.bsky.social
International Communications Director for ceprdc.bsky.social (CEPR). Member of NPEU and NPEU Members for a Democratic Union. Opinions mine. he/him
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Parting shot on Larry Summers? newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Is This Finally and Blessedly the End of the Larry Summers Era?
The guy has dispensed bad economic advice for 35 years and had more lives than a cat. Are the Epstein revelations finally the end of the line?
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Parting shot on Larry Summers? newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Check out @deanbaker13.bsky.social’s August interview with now-mayor elect of Seattle Katie Wilson here cepr.net/publications...
Mostly Economics - Episode 17
cepr.net
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Check out @deanbaker13.bsky.social’s August interview with now-mayor elect of Seattle Katie Wilson here cepr.net/publications...
"Recordings allegedly expose a coordinated plot by senior figures of the opposition National Party of #Honduras (PNH), a member of the National Electoral Council (CNE), & elements within the armed forces to manipulate the will of the people & distort the results of the elections"
NEW 🇭🇳 The Progressive International's Observatory expresses grave concern about the integrity of Honduras’s upcoming general elections on 30 November, following the release of disturbing audio recordings by Attorney General Joel Zelaya.
Statement from the Progressive International Observatory
Red Alert: Audio Recordings Reveal Alleged Conspiracy in Honduras Elections
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Recordings allegedly expose a coordinated plot by senior figures of the opposition National Party of #Honduras (PNH), a member of the National Electoral Council (CNE), & elements within the armed forces to manipulate the will of the people & distort the results of the elections"
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American aggression in #LatAm is reaching dangerous new levels. CEPR's regional experts—journalists, lawyers, economists—are monitoring every development. This could spread beyond the hemisphere. Stay informed via our live tracker.
US Escalation in the Caribbean and Latin America - Live Updates
As the Trump administration intervenes more directly in hemispheric affairs, CEPR will be closely following developments throughout Latin America and the Caribbean — and here in Washington.
cepr.net
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
American aggression in #LatAm is reaching dangerous new levels. CEPR's regional experts—journalists, lawyers, economists—are monitoring every development. This could spread beyond the hemisphere. Stay informed via our live tracker.
Important to note, which the article does not, that the CIA supported the quickly overturned 2002 coup against the democratically elected government in Venezuela, which we know from CIA documents web.archive.org/web/20111205...
October 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Important to note, which the article does not, that the CIA supported the quickly overturned 2002 coup against the democratically elected government in Venezuela, which we know from CIA documents web.archive.org/web/20111205...
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Rutgers professor Mark Bray is author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," which explores the history and tactics of anti-fascist movements. He recently fled the U.S. after receiving death threats over his scholarship.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/mark_bray
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/mark_bray
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Rutgers professor Mark Bray is author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," which explores the history and tactics of anti-fascist movements. He recently fled the U.S. after receiving death threats over his scholarship.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/mark_bray
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/mark_bray
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This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
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After two horrific years, it’s welcome news that we may finally see a reprieve from the violence & genocide in Gaza.
This could be the start of healing. But only if there is accountability to ensure real steps are taken toward just and lasting peace.
Here's what you need to know 🧵⬇️
This could be the start of healing. But only if there is accountability to ensure real steps are taken toward just and lasting peace.
Here's what you need to know 🧵⬇️
President Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal to end the two-year war in Gaza.
October 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
After two horrific years, it’s welcome news that we may finally see a reprieve from the violence & genocide in Gaza.
This could be the start of healing. But only if there is accountability to ensure real steps are taken toward just and lasting peace.
Here's what you need to know 🧵⬇️
This could be the start of healing. But only if there is accountability to ensure real steps are taken toward just and lasting peace.
Here's what you need to know 🧵⬇️
"Noboa is exploiting #Ecuador’s security crisis to extend his authority beyond constitutional limits," @ceprdc.bsky.social's Pedro Labayen told FairPlanet.
Noboa is criminalizing opposition to destructive projects & stifling CSOs like Trump admin wants to do in US
www.fairplanet.org/story/ecuado...
Noboa is criminalizing opposition to destructive projects & stifling CSOs like Trump admin wants to do in US
www.fairplanet.org/story/ecuado...
Noboa Tightens Grip with Ecuador’s Transparency Law | FairPlanet
Ecuador’s crackdown on Indigenous leaders and civil society under President Daniel Noboa is exposing concerning surveillance and repression.
www.fairplanet.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Noboa is exploiting #Ecuador’s security crisis to extend his authority beyond constitutional limits," @ceprdc.bsky.social's Pedro Labayen told FairPlanet.
Noboa is criminalizing opposition to destructive projects & stifling CSOs like Trump admin wants to do in US
www.fairplanet.org/story/ecuado...
Noboa is criminalizing opposition to destructive projects & stifling CSOs like Trump admin wants to do in US
www.fairplanet.org/story/ecuado...
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This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.
September 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.
“It’s ironic, but not unexpected, that the supposed ‘anti-war president’ and his administration have become unabashedly bellicose in Latin America.”
The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama. By @undertheshadow.bsky.social -- www.thenation.com/article/worl...
With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America
The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.
www.thenation.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“It’s ironic, but not unexpected, that the supposed ‘anti-war president’ and his administration have become unabashedly bellicose in Latin America.”
Join us Sept 25 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social in DC for what is sure to be a great discussion between Greg Grandin and @ryangrim.bsky.social about Greg's book, "America, América"!
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Greg Grandin’s America, América: A New History of the New World – Book Discussion
cepr.net
September 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Join us Sept 25 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social in DC for what is sure to be a great discussion between Greg Grandin and @ryangrim.bsky.social about Greg's book, "America, América"!
cepr.net/events/greg-...
cepr.net/events/greg-...
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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You've got to remember that even though RFK Jr looks like an idiot and sounds like an idiot, he is, in fact, an idiot.
SEN. CASSIDY (R) : “Do you agree Trump deserves the Nobel Prize for Operation Warp speed?”
RFK JR.: “Absolutely.”
SEN. CASSIDY: “But you just told Senator Bennet the COVID vaccine killed more people than COVID.”
RFK JR.: “….”😬 🤷🏻♂️
RFK JR.: “Absolutely.”
SEN. CASSIDY: “But you just told Senator Bennet the COVID vaccine killed more people than COVID.”
RFK JR.: “….”😬 🤷🏻♂️
September 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
You've got to remember that even though RFK Jr looks like an idiot and sounds like an idiot, he is, in fact, an idiot.
"Those critical of U.S. engagement with #Venezuela have been quick to point out Chevron’s funding of the nonprofit world, but conveniently avoid mentioning funding from one of its biggest competitors, Exxon."
US non-profits 'in the tank' for Exxon, Chevron over Venezuela oil
->Responsible Statecraft | More info from EcoSearch
->Responsible Statecraft | More info from EcoSearch
US non-profits 'in the tank' for Exxon, Chevron over Venezuela oil
On Friday, as three U.S. destroyers headed towards waters off of Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro mobilized 4.5 million militiamen in response, Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted a one-word tweet: “#Guyana.” The post included a screenshot of a statement...
responsiblestatecraft.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Those critical of U.S. engagement with #Venezuela have been quick to point out Chevron’s funding of the nonprofit world, but conveniently avoid mentioning funding from one of its biggest competitors, Exxon."
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Terminating the union contracts of 400,000 workers at the VA, many of whom are veterans themselves, is union-busting, plain and simple.
VA Secretary Doug Collins: taking away your workers’ union contracts isn’t putting veterans first—it’s putting them at risk.
VA Secretary Doug Collins: taking away your workers’ union contracts isn’t putting veterans first—it’s putting them at risk.
August 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Terminating the union contracts of 400,000 workers at the VA, many of whom are veterans themselves, is union-busting, plain and simple.
VA Secretary Doug Collins: taking away your workers’ union contracts isn’t putting veterans first—it’s putting them at risk.
VA Secretary Doug Collins: taking away your workers’ union contracts isn’t putting veterans first—it’s putting them at risk.
Economic #Sanctions like the US is imposing on Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, & Venezuela kill as many people as armed conflict does, a new study shows. Most of these are small kids & the elderly, study coauthor SilvioRendon explains to the Latino Media Collective
latinomediacollective.com/2025/08/04/a...
latinomediacollective.com/2025/08/04/a...
August 1st, 2025: Sanctions Kill
Today on the show, the LMC speaks with Silvio Rendon, an economist for the Center for Economic and Policy Research. on how US sanctions imposed on various countries end up possibly killing more peo…
latinomediacollective.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Economic #Sanctions like the US is imposing on Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, & Venezuela kill as many people as armed conflict does, a new study shows. Most of these are small kids & the elderly, study coauthor SilvioRendon explains to the Latino Media Collective
latinomediacollective.com/2025/08/04/a...
latinomediacollective.com/2025/08/04/a...
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Sometimes we forget that sanctions are, to many effects, an act of war. Blockades aren't new, just the way we do them.
Now, Francisco Rodríguez, Silvio Rendón, and Mark Weisbrot are arguing they cause as many deaths as conventional war.
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Now, Francisco Rodríguez, Silvio Rendón, and Mark Weisbrot are arguing they cause as many deaths as conventional war.
cepr.net/publications...
Effects of International Sanctions on Age-Specific Mortality: A Cross-National Panel Data Analysis
New study finds unilateral economic sanctions significantly increase mortality, causing over 560,000 deaths annually—comparable to war.
cepr.net
July 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sometimes we forget that sanctions are, to many effects, an act of war. Blockades aren't new, just the way we do them.
Now, Francisco Rodríguez, Silvio Rendón, and Mark Weisbrot are arguing they cause as many deaths as conventional war.
cepr.net/publications...
Now, Francisco Rodríguez, Silvio Rendón, and Mark Weisbrot are arguing they cause as many deaths as conventional war.
cepr.net/publications...
Great reporting on why Petro has been frustrated in his efforts to cut off coal and other economic ties to Israel as part of an international push to stop the genocide
"While Colombian President Gustavo Petro has emerged as one of the world’s most fearless champions of the Palestinian cause, his policies have so far fallen short of achieving their aim of ending material support for Israel’s genocide."
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nacla.org/colombia-cha...
Colombia Challenges Israeli Impunity from Above and Below
As President Petro ramps up efforts to halt coal exports to Israel, activists push for decisive action and chart a new path for Global South solidarity.
nacla.org
August 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Great reporting on why Petro has been frustrated in his efforts to cut off coal and other economic ties to Israel as part of an international push to stop the genocide
@ceprdc.bsky.social has launched a dashboard to track the debt distress & climate vulnerability of low- & middle-income countries around the world. Ivana Vasic Lalovic created it in response to concerns over the growing debt & climate crises affecting Global South countries. cepr.net/newsroom/cep...
CEPR Launches Data Dashboard to Track Countries’ Debt Distress and Climate Vulnerability
CEPR has launched a dashboard to track the debt distress and climate vulnerability of low- and middle-income countries around the world.
cepr.net
July 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@ceprdc.bsky.social has launched a dashboard to track the debt distress & climate vulnerability of low- & middle-income countries around the world. Ivana Vasic Lalovic created it in response to concerns over the growing debt & climate crises affecting Global South countries. cepr.net/newsroom/cep...
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🚨 RED ALERT 🚨 Israeli forces imprisoned & beat Chris Smalls, US labor leader, after capturing the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social ship Handala on Saturday.
Every union member, every labor leader who took pictures with Chris, should be speaking out NOW! DEMAND CHRIS BE SAFELY RELEASED & RETURNED HOME
Every union member, every labor leader who took pictures with Chris, should be speaking out NOW! DEMAND CHRIS BE SAFELY RELEASED & RETURNED HOME
July 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🚨 RED ALERT 🚨 Israeli forces imprisoned & beat Chris Smalls, US labor leader, after capturing the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social ship Handala on Saturday.
Every union member, every labor leader who took pictures with Chris, should be speaking out NOW! DEMAND CHRIS BE SAFELY RELEASED & RETURNED HOME
Every union member, every labor leader who took pictures with Chris, should be speaking out NOW! DEMAND CHRIS BE SAFELY RELEASED & RETURNED HOME
"Ecuadorian defenders also expressed deep concern—as we have in Canada—about the inclusion of an investor-state dispute settlement (#ISDS) process that a majority of Ecuadorians rejected in a national referendum last year." #Ecuador nbmediacoop.org/2025/07/28/c...
Canada needs to reset its free trade plans with Ecuador
International relations today are rife with difficult challenges to peace, security, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and a
nbmediacoop.org
July 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Ecuadorian defenders also expressed deep concern—as we have in Canada—about the inclusion of an investor-state dispute settlement (#ISDS) process that a majority of Ecuadorians rejected in a national referendum last year." #Ecuador nbmediacoop.org/2025/07/28/c...
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On Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and espionage. From my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. Written in 2019, published in 2020.
November 22, 2024 at 3:39 PM
On Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and espionage. From my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. Written in 2019, published in 2020.
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🚨 U.S. officials often frame #sanctions as a "peaceful" alternative to war. New @thelancet.com study shows they kill as many people as armed conflict. The "humane" alternative is a lie.
Battle deaths from wars: 106K annually.
Deaths from unilateral sanctions: 564K annually.
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Battle deaths from wars: 106K annually.
Deaths from unilateral sanctions: 564K annually.
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Sanctions, on Rise, Are as Deadly as Armed Conflict, Study Says
Sanctions can cause as many fatalities as armed conflict, with unilateral penalties being associated with more than half a million deaths per year, according to a new analysis.
bloom.bg
July 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🚨 U.S. officials often frame #sanctions as a "peaceful" alternative to war. New @thelancet.com study shows they kill as many people as armed conflict. The "humane" alternative is a lie.
Battle deaths from wars: 106K annually.
Deaths from unilateral sanctions: 564K annually.
bloom.bg/3ICqiYl
Battle deaths from wars: 106K annually.
Deaths from unilateral sanctions: 564K annually.
bloom.bg/3ICqiYl