Nik Beeson

YouTube video by TheGuessWhoVEVO The Guess Who - American Woman (Official Audio)

Heard the Guess Who's 'American Woman' the other day and realised it poignantly summarises how most Canadians feel toward the US right now.
So great.

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Ummm... increasingly looking like we're your only friend, and decidedly not enjoying the current relationship...

Heads are going to explode 💥

Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.

All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman

Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.

It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.

ICE MUST GO‼️

Well. Kinda me too.
I’m thinking, from the address, Robson, that this was maybe Vancouver…
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It’s just an unimaginably horrific massacre. I’m in Toronto where there’s a very large Iranian diaspora amongst whom are close friends. Totally heartbreaking.

W.H.A.T. A. B.U.R.N.!

The city of Minneapolis and its residents were formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

"How We Got Here: The Rise, Backlash and Future Of Counter-Disinformation" with Eliot Higgins and Dr Claire Wardle | Podcast Episode on RSS.com In our first Stage Talk of 2026, we were joined by Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins and Cornell University's Dr. Claire Wardle sharing their expertise on the formation of fact checking and verificatio...

Bellingcat founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social and Cornell University’s @cward1e.bsky.social unpack how disinformation evolved, why trust in institutions is collapsing, and what tools we all need to stay sharp in a world of misinformation. Listen back to last week's Stage Talk: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

Disappeared bodies, mass burials and ‘30,000 dead’: what is the truth of Iran’s death toll? Testimony from medics, morgue and graveyard staff reveals huge state effort to conceal systematic killing of protesters

I didn’t know there were estimates this high… a complete massacre…
Thanks for info

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“…HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency) says.. more than 6,000 dead… more than 17,000 under investigation… estimates from doctors.. outside Iran range up to 33,000 or more.”

Just came across a super disturbing white supremacist/nazi profile on UpScrolled.

Check @white_christian

Abhorrent…

My first remarks since being arrested last night.

Angus: Donald Trump is furious that he was made to look like an absolute buffoon in Davos, and that the revenge was coming fast and quick. And what do you do the next day? You start raising the issue of breaking Canada apart.

This is the Donbass playbook.

Ummm… at least 6000 people were killed by the Iran gov in the last couple of weeks. What’s happening in the US is deplorable, but it happens thousands of times more in Iran…

“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.”

H/T for this mentioning this today on another site, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

For anyone interested in digging through the new Epstein Files release our Discord community are going through the files at the moment
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Dear Barack
Show some balls and leadership.
Get off X, and go to Minneapolis.

Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.

"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..."

Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis.
Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫
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Is Trumpism Fascism? Reflections on Leon Trotsky’s “Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It”

Excellent analysis by Dr. Michael John-Hopkins, 'Is Trumpism Fascism?: Reflections on Leon Trotsky’s “Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It” '
He applies Trotsky's post-mortem of Nazism to Trumpism, finding significant similarities and differences.

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#fascism #trumpism

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center

Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcat Bellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.

We just published our full analysis of the ICE killing of Alex Pretti on Bellingcat
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Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

FIX/BAIT A song about bait designers and predatory algorhythms. FIX/BAIT FIX BAIT (Pt.1) Bait designers engineering algorithms, Pied piper bots sleuthing the slots in the brains of children, Leading lambs

A song about bait designers and predatory algorhythms.

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Note on the devastating murder of Renee Good, the deplorable response of the US administration, and the rise of #authoritarianism.

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Nik Beeson (@nikbeeson) An extraordinarily clear, and frankly frightening, elucidation of the journey of US authoritarianism over the last 50 years, and the perilous future of US democracy. Incredible read…

An extraordinarily clear, and frankly frightening, elucidation of the journey of US authoritarianism over the last 50 years, and the perilous future of US democracy.

Incredible read…

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Maduro in Minneapolis Murderous Lies

The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
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