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Erik Beckwith

@erikbeckwith.bsky.social

Software Engineer, Political Activist/Organizer - Political Science BA, MA. Data Science Cert All opinions are my own.

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These people are exhausting.

22.01.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4883    πŸ” 391    πŸ’¬ 471    πŸ“Œ 30

Everyone should know Chicagoans never call the Sears Tower the β€œWillis Tower” and only racists will ever call it the β€œGulf of America”.

22.01.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Former Journalist Who Is Bernie Sanders’s Media Critic (Published 2020) David Sirota’s job is to remind the candidate’s supporters why he dislikes the news media.

It's amazing to read this article 4 years later.

Everything in here we were saying about corporate media back then has now become undeniable and completely obvious to the entire country.

12.12.2024 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Why the ICC Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Isn't Anti-Semitic
YouTube video by Zeteo Why the ICC Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Isn't Anti-Semitic


Israel is already accusing the ICC of antisemitism for issuing an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
But, as I explain here for Zeteo, that's BS because a Holocaust survivor/ex-Israeli diplomat was one of the top legal advisers on this ICC arrest warrant, and he strongly agreed with issuing it.
Watch:

21.11.2024 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2071    πŸ” 494    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 22
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After The Election, Leftist Influencers Are At A Crossroads - Aftermath Joe Rogan – the man and the cultural phenomenon – is not something you can simply grow in a tube. But cries for a liberal Joe Rogan elide a more salient point: There is already a left-leaning content ...

aftermath.site/twitch-youtu...

Incredibly important article about the online political influencer space. LOOK WHO GOT QUOTED.

19.11.2024 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2
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If you thought Y2K was bad, just wait until the Year 275,760 crisis with JavaScript.πŸ˜†

19.11.2024 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If Elon Musk really wants to cut government waste, he can start here The Pentagon is Exhibit A for bloated inefficiency and unexplained expenditures.

Will the TWO heads of the NEW "Department of Government Efficiency" take a critical look at the department that has failed spending audits for the last 6 years?

(Spoiler: It's the Pentagon.)

19.11.2024 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 505    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 15

In 2020, I warned many that Biden's presidency would lead to a return of Trump. I saw the historical trends lining up like they have now. Meek centrism was never the way off the Trump highway, republican light democrats led us off a cliff. Yet centrists are still blaming the left for their failures.

19.11.2024 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ComEd Fired Him. Now, Urban Historian Shermann 'Dilla' Thomas Is Launching A History Show The history program will highlight "the positive aspects of Chicago and its amazing history." It's one of many projects Thomas will focus on after ComEd laid him off following a decade with the compan...

ComEd fired him.
Now, urban historian Shermann "Dilla" Thomas is launching a history show. buff.ly/4fviN0E

19.11.2024 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Brazilian police arrest 5 officers over alleged coup plot and plans to kill President Lula, others Brazilian police have arrested five officers accused over a coup plot that included plans to overthrow the government following the 2022 elections and kill President Luiz InΓ‘cio Lula da Silva.

Brazilian police have arrested 5 officers over a coup plot to overthrow the government and kill President Luiz InΓ‘cio Lula da Silva

19.11.2024 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 785    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 36

Here’s a peep: this sentiment is exactly why democrats have lost their base. She ran as Republican light as she could have and lost, and I did phonebanking for her anyways. I want to hear more than a peep from people like you who put us in this position in the first place, you need a mirror!

19.11.2024 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first task for Musk's Department of Government Efficiency President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head the Department of Government Efficency.

If Elon Musk is serious about "government efficiency," there is only one place to start: THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

About half of the federal discretionary budget β€” the spending that Congress approves each year β€” is spent on defense

And the DoD just failed its audit FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR IN A ROW

19.11.2024 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1941    πŸ” 417    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 39

We're about a decade in to this weird narrative where apparently centrists will always be driven right by us on the left but are somehow magically never driven left by the far-right.

19.11.2024 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3981    πŸ” 714    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 41

Love the feel of a fresh algo.

19.11.2024 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the discourse after every bad election for Democrats

www.levernews.com/handbook-for...

18.11.2024 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

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