Christine Becksted

On Oct 31, 2025 at the Republican Jewish Coalition Lindsey Graham said the following: "...The Republican Party is doing great! We're cutting taxes and killing all the right people."
He needs to go.
Unacceptable.
He's up for re-election 2026 - South Carolina make a stand and don't let back.

Case File Preface: Who Killed Reason? A True Crime Investigation into the Death of Truth

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We need more Jasmines

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Confidence Isn’t Competence: The Dunning–Kruger Effect And Our Cultural Shift You may have read the recent piece I wrote about the 1980s mantra, “fake it till you make it.” It’s a catchy idea: if you act confident enough, even while learning, you can eventually grow into compet...

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Grieving My Mother, My Sister — and My Country “In the flutter of a dragonfly’s wings, there is a whisper of hope.”

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The Hidden Power of Sound How Music Frequencies Can Calm Your Mind

Need some suggestions for background music that will help bring a little tranquility to your space?

Blurring the Lines: A New Blueprint for Schools, Faith, and Community We are overdue for a cultural pivot.

Blurring the Lines: A New Blueprint for Schools, Faith, and Community

We The People Act Now (@wethepeopleactnow) When a party is bullying, threatening, and attacking their colleagues, they need to be removed from office.

This.
It’s time.

Not Old Rules—Broken Foundations Republicans are using every tool—legal or not—to hold power. But they are forgetting to honor the foundations that gave them the freedom of privilege.

If one side just decides to stop honoring the documents that formed the nation, they become the enemies within. Full stop.

Cracks of disillusionment are starting to show. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of all people, is finally realizing the GOP treats women like disposable props. Meanwhile, the Trump Burger owner is reportedly facing deportation. Bet he didn’t see that coming. But hey—thoughts and prayers, right?

Ruination (@tazzmeyer) It is so hard to shift focus out of our own disaster zone, but we have to keep what is happening in Gaza on the radar. This strip of land has always been contentious but are we seriously okay with the...

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Keep that BS meter going!

Quorum break! This is how you do it. Fight fire with fire!

Don't Wait for 2026: Gerrymandering Is Happening in Texas Right Now—And It Could Decide the Midterms While America watches celebrity scandals and courtroom drama, political power is quietly being redrawn behind closed doors.

Take a breath from the Epstein drama and pay attention. Gov Abott and his merry band of derelicts are maneuvering to rig the midterms. This is important.

AOK Tai Verdes · AOK · Song · 2021

When things get redonkulous, press play. You’re welcome. 😝 #goodmusicvibes #AOK

How Lincoln’s Republicans Became MAGA’s Opponents, and Dixiecrats Became MAGA One of the most common political misconceptions in the U.S.

In case you hadn’t noticed, the Republican Party has morphed into a platform that most people don’t recognize. I’m attempting to understand where it went off piste. This part 1. More on my Substack account by the same name.

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Ted Cruz penned the part of the Big Ugly Bill that defunded NOAA but the DOGE shennanigans were what kept a vital seat vacant after retirement earlier this year. This is the position that translated reports coming in to local officials so that they were ready to respond and alert the public.

Canceled grants get the spotlight at a Capitol Hill 'science fair' On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it.

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Absolutely. It's so frustrating. And the righteousness in the defense of what they KNOW is wrong, is just so hard to stomach. Maybe they all have brain worms....it makes zero sense otherwise.

Ruination (a poem)

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Click over to Substack to read the full post. I’m a little upset with our Texas Senator….we deserve better from our representatives.
His eagerness to have a hand in this bill cost many lives. He showed up at the scene he had a hand in creating playing a savior. Shame.
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Just a little orange blep … #blep #orangecat #catitude

Water main break in Texas. Anyone know where the shutoff valve might be? #christinebeckstedimages
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Nothing better than Saturday snuggles. It'll fix what ails ya.
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