Mary Copeland Beckley
@maryeliz.bsky.social
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
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Pritzker: "An American president should be standing up, calling for calm. That's not what this president ever does. In fact, he wants the temperature to go up. Why? Because what he's looking for is an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act, to bring actual troops into American cities."
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Pritzker: "An American president should be standing up, calling for calm. That's not what this president ever does. In fact, he wants the temperature to go up. Why? Because what he's looking for is an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act, to bring actual troops into American cities."
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The reason the “paid protestor” accusation is so popular is that these are people who cannot imagine doing something because it’s right, to stand up for a principle, talking to other people like that.
Rep. Byron Donalds: "These agitators -- who by the way are paid, folks. America, they are paid to do this kind of mess."
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The reason the “paid protestor” accusation is so popular is that these are people who cannot imagine doing something because it’s right, to stand up for a principle, talking to other people like that.
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❤️ you, Minnesota
📹: IG melodyinminneapolis
📹: IG melodyinminneapolis
January 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
❤️ you, Minnesota
📹: IG melodyinminneapolis
📹: IG melodyinminneapolis
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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Meanwhile the editors at most of our national media are still mandating watered down both sides weasel words instead of describing what is going on plainly.
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Meanwhile the editors at most of our national media are still mandating watered down both sides weasel words instead of describing what is going on plainly.
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Hard to imagine a better illustration of "weaponizing the justice system" than the AG hearing local politicians be like "what ICE is doing sucks, also please don't riot" and immediately declaring it a crime against the regime
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Hard to imagine a better illustration of "weaponizing the justice system" than the AG hearing local politicians be like "what ICE is doing sucks, also please don't riot" and immediately declaring it a crime against the regime
‘If a tortoise in Madagascar walks 1720 steps, how many hats can it wear to equal purple?’
RFK Jr: "One of the things we're doing is Brooke Rollins is requiring that any facility, and store that accepts food stamps will have to double the amount of whole food that is now available to recipients. So that will change the marketplace around the country."
January 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
‘If a tortoise in Madagascar walks 1720 steps, how many hats can it wear to equal purple?’
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at least part of everything this government does is to impress a handful of psychos on twitter
Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
January 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
at least part of everything this government does is to impress a handful of psychos on twitter
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I am watching Sen. Alex Padilla talk on the Senate floor about being assaulted last week, as I watch New York City controller Brad Lander get assaulted at immigration court. In between reports on the two MN Democrats shot, one murdered, last weekend. But both sides, people, both sides.
June 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am watching Sen. Alex Padilla talk on the Senate floor about being assaulted last week, as I watch New York City controller Brad Lander get assaulted at immigration court. In between reports on the two MN Democrats shot, one murdered, last weekend. But both sides, people, both sides.
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what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to accompany a person out of an immigration courtroom.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
I feel like Wolf Blitzer is somehow responsible for this.
April 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I feel like Wolf Blitzer is somehow responsible for this.
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(man douses himself with lighter fluid)
(man shoots off a Roman candle to “fuck up the neighbors” but sets himself on fire)
(man tries to pay out flames, spreads fire to his own garage)
(man accidentally falls into swimming pool)
(man shoots off a Roman candle to “fuck up the neighbors” but sets himself on fire)
(man tries to pay out flames, spreads fire to his own garage)
(man accidentally falls into swimming pool)
April 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
(man douses himself with lighter fluid)
(man shoots off a Roman candle to “fuck up the neighbors” but sets himself on fire)
(man tries to pay out flames, spreads fire to his own garage)
(man accidentally falls into swimming pool)
(man shoots off a Roman candle to “fuck up the neighbors” but sets himself on fire)
(man tries to pay out flames, spreads fire to his own garage)
(man accidentally falls into swimming pool)
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I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
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i just think if you're going to found a website called "the federalist" you should have to have at least a tiny understanding of what the federalist papers (like, say, 78) have to say about things
February 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
i just think if you're going to found a website called "the federalist" you should have to have at least a tiny understanding of what the federalist papers (like, say, 78) have to say about things
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for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care!
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
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Eternal victimization mentality.
Who is "the regime"? GOP has trifecta control of the federal government and a big supreme Court majority. Tech and finance are on your side.
There's no pleasing these people because their demand is to dominate and to be revered for it.
Who is "the regime"? GOP has trifecta control of the federal government and a big supreme Court majority. Tech and finance are on your side.
There's no pleasing these people because their demand is to dominate and to be revered for it.
February 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Eternal victimization mentality.
Who is "the regime"? GOP has trifecta control of the federal government and a big supreme Court majority. Tech and finance are on your side.
There's no pleasing these people because their demand is to dominate and to be revered for it.
Who is "the regime"? GOP has trifecta control of the federal government and a big supreme Court majority. Tech and finance are on your side.
There's no pleasing these people because their demand is to dominate and to be revered for it.
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PSA: “He ran on tanking the economy” isn’t the flex you think it is
February 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
PSA: “He ran on tanking the economy” isn’t the flex you think it is
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A lot of Gen X libs watched too much South Park and have decided that saying “things are bad and everything is pointless” is a worthwhile beginning point and end point of their politics and I simply do not agree
January 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A lot of Gen X libs watched too much South Park and have decided that saying “things are bad and everything is pointless” is a worthwhile beginning point and end point of their politics and I simply do not agree
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we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
January 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
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Here's the thing about the Tuskegee Airmen history - there was nothing in the EO about it. Someone in the Air Force interpreted it that way -- which is far worse.
January 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here's the thing about the Tuskegee Airmen history - there was nothing in the EO about it. Someone in the Air Force interpreted it that way -- which is far worse.
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A “hoax.”
I have experienced a curious mix of feelings while having a significant portion of my life’s work in books and the art of my friends distorted and vandalized by post-literate fascists for the last few years. The feelings right now are uniquely awful.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
I have experienced a curious mix of feelings while having a significant portion of my life’s work in books and the art of my friends distorted and vandalized by post-literate fascists for the last few years. The feelings right now are uniquely awful.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
January 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A “hoax.”
I have experienced a curious mix of feelings while having a significant portion of my life’s work in books and the art of my friends distorted and vandalized by post-literate fascists for the last few years. The feelings right now are uniquely awful.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
I have experienced a curious mix of feelings while having a significant portion of my life’s work in books and the art of my friends distorted and vandalized by post-literate fascists for the last few years. The feelings right now are uniquely awful.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...