Thomas Beckner III

Thomas Beckner III

@drbeckner.bsky.social

Retired Internist/geriatrician Liberal Democrat Secular Humanist

16 Followers 17 Following 4 Posts Joined Nov 2024
11 months ago
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This quote from Fundstrat Market Strategy & Sector Research is, sadly, spot on.

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I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”

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World's Most Common Pain Relief Drug May Induce Risky Behavior, Study Finds One of the most consumed drugs in the US – and the most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – may do a lot more than simply take the edge off your headache.

Results are preliminary but suggest behavioral changes.
(Info relates mainly to a 2022 study)

www.sciencealert.com/worlds-most-...

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Christians Should Hate The Religious Right's Theocracy. Jesus Does. There's nothing more dangerous or terrifying than professed Christians who have no real interest in Jesus.

If you read any of the Gospels (even the ones in the Trump-autographed Bible), you realize pretty quickly that if Jesus' feet were on the planet right now, the Conservative Church in America would be one of the first tables he'd flip over.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...

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The Signal leak is a prime moment for Democrats to get caught trying. Call for resignations or impeachment hearings or both. Be omnipresent in the media demanding and explaining accountability measures. Don’t let this fade away. Treat this the way the GOP treated Hillary’s emails. Make it a thing.

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'Christians Should Hate The Religious Right's Theocracy. Jesus Does.'

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...

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11 months ago
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He's such a pathetic, vile, cowardly POS.

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Talk of firing or resigning is one thing. But if they were regular employees, they would face investigation & prosecution. No reason their principals, people who hold security clearances, shouldn’t. Or is the legacy of the “but her emails” guy going to be nat’l security no longer matters?

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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

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reminder: most americans have no idea any of this stuff is going on. the signal leaks. the destruction of dept of education, social security. they have no idea. they are trying to live life and this information isnt getting to them. take it upon yourself to spread the data.

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I saw the work by Olga Lautman and he findings were disturbing: Steven Witkoff was in Russia when he was added to the signal chat. Russia has infiltrated Signal and used against Ukrainians. Very possible they have the classified signal info:

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The High Cost of Team Trump’s Sloppy OpSec Anyone surprised by the news of this week’s bizarre leak has forgotten the long record of security failures in Trump’s first term.

"Anyone surprised by the news of this week’s bizarre leak has forgotten the long record of security failures in Trump’s first term."

www.thebulwark.com/p/high-cost-...

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Hmmmm... X appears to be throttling blue voices??? Wonder why?

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‘This is not your grandmother’s Easter Egg Roll’: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event | CNN Politics The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s annual Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics ex...

The White House is offering corporate sponsors of the Easter Egg Roll logo placement, mentions on social media, free tickets and access to a private brunch.

This is *not* normal. Access to and promotion by the White House should not be up for sale.

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Everyone who voted for Trump voted to have all our freedom and safety stripped from us.

So from all of us to all of you:

FUCK OFF!!!!

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@ossoff.bsky.social: It's "open season on corruption, where you've got the White House as a Tesla showroom, the Secretary of Commerce pumping up Tesla stock while Elon Musk's money is what is used to keep Republican senators in line."

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REPORTABLE:  NPR’s Tom Bowman has learned that a Pentagon-wide email went out one week ago warning about the vulnerability of using the messaging app Signal.  "A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," the email begins. The app is the same one used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other leading national security officials within the administration to discuss bombing Houthi sites in Yemen – journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently added to the group and privy to the highly sensitive discussions.

News: NPR’s Tom Bowman reports of a Pentagon-wide warning about Signal’s security vulnerability - one week ago 👇🏼

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Since the Trump admin Signal story broke, national security experts have called it the most egregious breach of classified information they’ve ever seen. It demands urgent accountability, resignations, and investigations.

Give it the scale of reporting it deserves.

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.

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Did you know that according to the GAO, each time President Trump goes to Mar-a-Lago, it costs taxpayers $3.4 million?

Raise your hand if you think that's the kind of government waste that could *actually* use scrutiny ✋

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Exclusive | Columbia Is Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants The university faces a Thursday deadline to yield to the administration’s demands.

Columbia could be using its $14.8 billion endowment to endure Trump's dictatorship for 2-4 years, resisting for other, less fortunate schools. But no. It's buckling to fascism.
Columbia Is Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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Thank god. 🇺🇸

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The Political Fight of the Century For the first time in decades, America has a chance to define its next political order. Trump offers fear, retribution, and scarcity. Liberals can stand for abundance.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Imagine a President tearing up a $2.4B contract just so he could hand the money to his top political financial supporter. Cronyism and politics at its worst.

It’s what's happening now at the FAA. Trump wants to hand $2.4 BILLION in taxpayer dollars straight to Elon Musk. I'm fighting to stop it.

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