Todd Beeton
@toddbeeton.bsky.social
Content Director for The Social Edge / Team Takei
Contributor to The Big Picture Substack
Contributor to The Big Picture Substack
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For me and clearly many others, the SOB test is now the primary lens for judging Democratic candidates. Every election at every level, from now through 2028, is a referendum on an unbearable presidency. My latest, at The Big Picture.
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Democrats: Don’t Fail the ‘SOB Test'
Which Democratic leaders have learned the right lessons about how to compete in a post-Trump political environment?
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November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
For me and clearly many others, the SOB test is now the primary lens for judging Democratic candidates. Every election at every level, from now through 2028, is a referendum on an unbearable presidency. My latest, at The Big Picture.
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It’s almost as if Jake Tapper should write a book about this.
Trump: "Please remember I wrote Osama bin Laden exactly one year ago, one year before he blew up the World Trade Center. And I said, 'You gotta watch Osama bin Laden!' ... I gotta take a little credit."
October 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s almost as if Jake Tapper should write a book about this.
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We believe healthcare is a right for every American.
But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.
Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.
But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.
Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.
October 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We believe healthcare is a right for every American.
But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.
Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.
But starting today, millions of people will be notified that they are being priced out of their insurance thanks to Republican policies.
Enough is enough. The GOP may shut down the government, but we will stand tall for YOU.
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If only he had a way to vote in accordance with his stated beliefs!
Hawley is a YES
But: "This has been an unhappy episode here in Congress, this effort to cut Medicaid... Frankly, my party needs to do some soul searching. If you want to be a working-class party, you’ve got to deliver for working-class people. You cannot take away health care from working people."
But: "This has been an unhappy episode here in Congress, this effort to cut Medicaid... Frankly, my party needs to do some soul searching. If you want to be a working-class party, you’ve got to deliver for working-class people. You cannot take away health care from working people."
Senate Republicans release 940-page bill for Trump's agenda as they race to vote this weekend www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
June 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If only he had a way to vote in accordance with his stated beliefs!
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Honestly, this is my #1 objection to yesterday’s decision. SCOTUS had many, many opportunities to curb universal injunctions against the Biden administration. For four years, it refused. Then, almost as soon as Trump returned to office, it changed the rules to take away universal injunctions. Why?
I’m curious why you think the six justices in the CASA majority allowed multiple universal injunctions against the Biden administration to stand, then abolished universal injunctions within six months of Trump’s return to office
June 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Honestly, this is my #1 objection to yesterday’s decision. SCOTUS had many, many opportunities to curb universal injunctions against the Biden administration. For four years, it refused. Then, almost as soon as Trump returned to office, it changed the rules to take away universal injunctions. Why?
“Turns out Zohran’s coalition was everyone.” Says it all.
June 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“Turns out Zohran’s coalition was everyone.” Says it all.
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The Supreme Court has sided with cruelty. Again. This time, it’s trans kids who pay the price. In this powerful piece, lawyer and democracy expert @importantmeagan.bsky.social pulls back the curtain on the new ruling upholding the TN ban on gender-affirming care, and sounds the alarm on what's next.
The Supreme Court Just Threw Trans Kids Under The Bus—Here's What Their Ruling Means
SCOTUS lands devastating blow against trans youth and their families
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June 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Supreme Court has sided with cruelty. Again. This time, it’s trans kids who pay the price. In this powerful piece, lawyer and democracy expert @importantmeagan.bsky.social pulls back the curtain on the new ruling upholding the TN ban on gender-affirming care, and sounds the alarm on what's next.
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Here, from @toddbeeton.bsky.social at @georgetakei.bsky.social's Big Picture substack, is the best account I've read of how @thirdactorg.bsky.social is turning American elders into a progressive bulwark of the anti-Trump movement. Go Grantifa!
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Senior Voters Are Turning Out In Force To Protest Trump—And Could Be Democrats' Secret Weapon
Think voters get more conservative with age? Think again.
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June 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Here, from @toddbeeton.bsky.social at @georgetakei.bsky.social's Big Picture substack, is the best account I've read of how @thirdactorg.bsky.social is turning American elders into a progressive bulwark of the anti-Trump movement. Go Grantifa!
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At Geneva Democrats’ community town hall, glad to hear rep from @schumer.senate.gov’s office committing that Democrats will oppose Trump’s Big Betrayal Bill and force Republicans to take votes to put them on the record.
June 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
At Geneva Democrats’ community town hall, glad to hear rep from @schumer.senate.gov’s office committing that Democrats will oppose Trump’s Big Betrayal Bill and force Republicans to take votes to put them on the record.
June 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
June 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
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this is horrific, and the eventuality some of us have been warning about for a long time
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
this is horrific, and the eventuality some of us have been warning about for a long time
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It's vital to emphasize that the GOP has been calling for violence against their political opponents for more than a decade now, led by Trump. The violence keeps escalating, and they keep doing it because they're getting results.
June 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
It's vital to emphasize that the GOP has been calling for violence against their political opponents for more than a decade now, led by Trump. The violence keeps escalating, and they keep doing it because they're getting results.
History shows that only a small fraction of our population is needed to quash the movement of a dictator like Trump through nonviolent mobilization. This weekend, we have the chance to deliver those numbers.
If You Think We Can’t Beat Trump, Remember The 3.5% Rule
History shows autocrats are vulnerable to massive nonviolent resistance
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June 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
History shows that only a small fraction of our population is needed to quash the movement of a dictator like Trump through nonviolent mobilization. This weekend, we have the chance to deliver those numbers.
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We're deeply troubled too, because one of our elected officials is openly embracing Christian nationalism.
Rep. Mary Miller doesn’t oppose prayer in Congress, just non-Christian ones.
There shouldn’t be any government-sponsored prayer on the House floor.
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Rep. Mary Miller doesn’t oppose prayer in Congress, just non-Christian ones.
There shouldn’t be any government-sponsored prayer on the House floor.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Mary Miller says she’s ‘deeply troubled’ by Sikh man leading House floor prayer in deleted xenophobic post
The Republican member of Congress initially misidentified the man — who was invited to the House by another member — as Muslim.
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June 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We're deeply troubled too, because one of our elected officials is openly embracing Christian nationalism.
Rep. Mary Miller doesn’t oppose prayer in Congress, just non-Christian ones.
There shouldn’t be any government-sponsored prayer on the House floor.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Rep. Mary Miller doesn’t oppose prayer in Congress, just non-Christian ones.
There shouldn’t be any government-sponsored prayer on the House floor.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
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this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
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May 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
🧢 @trumpfile.org
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
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They don’t read the NYT or watch CNN. They get most of their political news from friends, family, and Facebook. And in 2024, these “opt-out” voters helped put Trump back in office. But now, that same group is starting to turn on him.
Disengaged Voters Are Abandoning Trump In Droves—Can Democrats Win Them Back?
Trump just handed Democrats an opening with one of his key voting blocs
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May 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
They don’t read the NYT or watch CNN. They get most of their political news from friends, family, and Facebook. And in 2024, these “opt-out” voters helped put Trump back in office. But now, that same group is starting to turn on him.
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The Democratic Party primaries for President in 2028 are a long way away, but we are starting to see some lanes emerge: the messengers, the fighters, and the reformers, per @toddbeeton.bsky.social at The Big Picture.
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The Democratic Party's Path Forward Primary
Democrats are offering competing visions for how the party can rebuild—whose will prevail?
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May 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Democratic Party primaries for President in 2028 are a long way away, but we are starting to see some lanes emerge: the messengers, the fighters, and the reformers, per @toddbeeton.bsky.social at The Big Picture.
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My latest for The Big Picture.
While it's too early to think about the race for 2028, there is a primary currently being waged among Democrats' competing visions for how to lead the party out of the wilderness. Which vision will prevail?
The Democratic Party's Path Forward Primary
Democrats are offering competing visions for how the party can rebuild—whose will prevail?
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May 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My latest for The Big Picture.
We put together a little May Day protest in Geneva, NY and the turnout was amazing. This is just half our crowd or so, coming out in the reddest district in New York, NY-24 (Claudia Tenney’s our MIA Rep.) Love people’s passion (and those signs!)
May 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We put together a little May Day protest in Geneva, NY and the turnout was amazing. This is just half our crowd or so, coming out in the reddest district in New York, NY-24 (Claudia Tenney’s our MIA Rep.) Love people’s passion (and those signs!)
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Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
Lt. Gov. @delgadoforny.bsky.social comes to Central NY for a community town hall in Syracuse, passionately urging elected leaders to fight with moral clarity for the people, not simply to hold onto power.
April 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Lt. Gov. @delgadoforny.bsky.social comes to Central NY for a community town hall in Syracuse, passionately urging elected leaders to fight with moral clarity for the people, not simply to hold onto power.
The one news story to sum up the Trump administration’s first 100 days doesn’t exi—
April 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The one news story to sum up the Trump administration’s first 100 days doesn’t exi—