Bekah Congdon
@libertybeks.bsky.social
I'm on my second life.
Deputy managing editor, @reason.com.
Deputy managing editor, @reason.com.
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The cafe, one of the few businesses to continue operating during the 20-month war, was a gathering spot for residents seeking internet access and a place to charge their phones.
74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike a cafe and fire on people seeking food
The cafe, one of the few businesses to continue operating during the 20-month war, was a gathering spot for residents seeking internet access and a place to charge their phones.
n.pr
July 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The cafe, one of the few businesses to continue operating during the 20-month war, was a gathering spot for residents seeking internet access and a place to charge their phones.
It is imperative that we stop awarding sex predators with elected office.
June 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It is imperative that we stop awarding sex predators with elected office.
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Sayed Naser worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, fled after the Taliban killed his brother, and was awaiting asylum. ICE agents still took him in handcuffs—and the government won’t explain why.
VIDEO: Masked ICE agents arrest Afghan ally following immigration court hearing
In a video that has flooded the internet, Afghan ally Sayed Naser was arrested and put in handcuffs by two masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement
reason.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sayed Naser worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, fled after the Taliban killed his brother, and was awaiting asylum. ICE agents still took him in handcuffs—and the government won’t explain why.
Next Saturday. mobilize.us/s/evJoaQ
NO KINGS in Atlanta · No Kings
📍*The location details have been updated and confirmed.*
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing aut...
mobilize.us
June 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Next Saturday. mobilize.us/s/evJoaQ
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As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.
May 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.
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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
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Former heroin addict turned HGH guy with worms in his brain who plays around with roadkill and only drinks raw milk: Everyone else is stupid and, frankly, their teeth work too good.
RFK Jr: "We found that there's a direct inverse correlation between fluoride exposure and low IQ in children. So the more you get, the stupider you are."
April 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Former heroin addict turned HGH guy with worms in his brain who plays around with roadkill and only drinks raw milk: Everyone else is stupid and, frankly, their teeth work too good.
Kidnapping and human trafficking.
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
April 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Kidnapping and human trafficking.
April 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Absolutely no notes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Absolutely no notes. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Enough is never said about the rampant sexism directed toward men from the far right in this country. Yes, misogyny is constant, but we shouldn't ignore misandry either. 1/8
April 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Enough is never said about the rampant sexism directed toward men from the far right in this country. Yes, misogyny is constant, but we shouldn't ignore misandry either. 1/8
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How is it a “drinking problem” if Judge Jeanine starts chugging wine at 9:17 in the morning but doesn’t go on air until 5pm??
Honestly, I don't even know what to say.
This is literally perfect.
This is literally perfect.
April 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
How is it a “drinking problem” if Judge Jeanine starts chugging wine at 9:17 in the morning but doesn’t go on air until 5pm??
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If I was actively trying to fail an economics course, I still don’t think I’d be creative enough to come up with “tariff rate = |(imports - exports) / exports|”
Things like this are the direct result of the virulent anti-intellectualism of the Trump-era GOP.
Things like this are the direct result of the virulent anti-intellectualism of the Trump-era GOP.
April 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
If I was actively trying to fail an economics course, I still don’t think I’d be creative enough to come up with “tariff rate = |(imports - exports) / exports|”
Things like this are the direct result of the virulent anti-intellectualism of the Trump-era GOP.
Things like this are the direct result of the virulent anti-intellectualism of the Trump-era GOP.
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Worrying new data from the @futurefreespeech.org. reason.com/2025/04/03/s...
Survey: Free speech support is eroding in America
Last month, Vice President J.D. Vance lectured European leaders about their troubling retreat from free speech, calling their actions "shocking to
reason.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Worrying new data from the @futurefreespeech.org. reason.com/2025/04/03/s...
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Some voters got mad about people listing their pronouns, so now we're sending law-abiding, legal immigrants to torture prisons and being hit with the largest middle class tax hike in at least 40 years.
April 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Some voters got mad about people listing their pronouns, so now we're sending law-abiding, legal immigrants to torture prisons and being hit with the largest middle class tax hike in at least 40 years.
Many of us #exvangelicals left our lifelong faith when we were told, under threat of eternal hellfire, that we had to accept that God commanded genocide and that it was good that he did. I promise you that none of your threats are going to make us support genocide now. #freepalestine 🍉
April 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Many of us #exvangelicals left our lifelong faith when we were told, under threat of eternal hellfire, that we had to accept that God commanded genocide and that it was good that he did. I promise you that none of your threats are going to make us support genocide now. #freepalestine 🍉
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“IT’S A WAR ON OUR MIND, IT’S A WAR ON REALITY ITSELF”
March 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM
“IT’S A WAR ON OUR MIND, IT’S A WAR ON REALITY ITSELF”
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A somewhat novel concept for those of us this side of a pond, but apparently using elected office to criminally enrich oneself and one’s political party associates can prove detrimental in France to one’s ability to seek high office again in the future.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is barred from seeking public office for embezzlement
A French court found her and eight other former European lawmakers guilty of embezzling public funds. The verdict is a hammer blow to Le Pen's presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics...
apnews.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A somewhat novel concept for those of us this side of a pond, but apparently using elected office to criminally enrich oneself and one’s political party associates can prove detrimental in France to one’s ability to seek high office again in the future.
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To review: They're (1) invoking one of the fucking Alien and Sedition Acts, (2) stretching the text of even *that* out of shape by redefining "invasion," and (3) enforcing it with all the investigative rigor of Geraldo hunting for Satanic symbols.
NEW: ACLU's filing on Friday also shows the impact of these bad gang tattoo claims. Specifically, remember Andry, the gay make-up artist we sent to rot in a prison in El Salvador?
Here are the tattoos that an ICE officer declared were "Consistent with those of a Tren de Aragua member."
Here are the tattoos that an ICE officer declared were "Consistent with those of a Tren de Aragua member."
March 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
To review: They're (1) invoking one of the fucking Alien and Sedition Acts, (2) stretching the text of even *that* out of shape by redefining "invasion," and (3) enforcing it with all the investigative rigor of Geraldo hunting for Satanic symbols.
