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Beth Sutton-Ramspeck

@bsutton-ramspeck.bsky.social

Retired English Prof. (Victorian lit) πŸ’™πŸ“š Pissed off Feminist; πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ ally Chair, Black Mountain, NC, Democratic Party precincts cluster Author of Harry Potter and Resistance (https://routledge.pub/Harry-Potter-and-Resistance) fan of black bears #resistance2.0

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Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

Anyone want to bet their next meal on whether the administration will obey?

31.10.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: 20 Jeffrey Epstein victims are urging Mike Johnson to immediately swear-in Adelita Grijalva.

STOP IGNORING THE EPSTEIN VICTIMS!

31.10.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 13309    πŸ” 4387    πŸ’¬ 391    πŸ“Œ 159
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Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. πŸ™„

19.10.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 42390    πŸ” 11121    πŸ’¬ 1288    πŸ“Œ 567
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Attendance estimates for No Kings in little Black Mountain, NC, range from 2000 to 4000.

18.10.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

15.10.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3316    πŸ” 1426    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 137
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Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

09.10.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11940    πŸ” 4517    πŸ’¬ 520    πŸ“Œ 227
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GOV. PRITZKER: β€œThis is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

08.10.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19757    πŸ” 6318    πŸ’¬ 496    πŸ“Œ 328
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Cruelty and chaos

09.10.2025 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There it is

07.10.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 13312    πŸ” 4392    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 158

Note the passive voice. Cuts made by whom, pray tell?

04.10.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Note the passive voice. Cuts made by whom, pray tell?

04.10.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.

01.10.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 18895    πŸ” 4301    πŸ’¬ 262    πŸ“Œ 96

In a consistently Orwellian pattern, the Civic Rights Act is being used to justify disenfranchising and firing people who are not white males.

01.10.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The cruelty is the point.

01.10.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It amuses me that farmer MAGA is just now figuring out that TACO fucking hates them.

The 20 BILLION dollar bailout of Argentina isn’t just stupid and wasteful, it is salvaging and boosting direct competition for US soybeans and beef.

The contracts China had with the USA are now going to

28.09.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 198    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

Yeah, that'll win the Nobel Peace Prize. Also, let's bomb New York City. Bright.

24.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, but I don’t use Bluesky enough to make your app useful for me. No doubt others would feel differently. And perhaps my use of the platform will change and I’ll change my mind

20.09.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Listifications notice:
β€œ@crimson2k24.bsky.social he has added you to the β€œCope Betas, DeMS-13, Pantyfa, U.S.haters, 🚩 troublemakers list” custom feed list”

Listifications notice: β€œ@crimson2k24.bsky.social he has added you to the β€œCope Betas, DeMS-13, Pantyfa, U.S.haters, 🚩 troublemakers list” custom feed list”

Hahaha! I’m honored!
Troublemakers R Us!

20.09.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What an absolute shitshow. Not likely to get better either.

19.09.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Targeted Ohio State professors on the damaging impact of Turning Point's β€˜professor watchlist’ – Matter News TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, who in the days since his assassination has been lauded in conservative circles as a staunch defender of free speech, spent much of his career working to reshape higher edu...

Charlie Kirk was no free speech hero.
His Professor Watchlist and his Schoolboard Watchlist were both intended to silence educators with whom he disagreed. American higher education has thrived on the principle of academic freedom; when academic freedom is under attack, America is under attack.

17.09.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Charlie Kirkβ€’ @charliekirk11 β€’ Mar 4
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President Trump lays down the new rules on campus protests. No more federal funding for schools that allow illegal protests to continue. Foreign students sent home, American students expelled.
And no masks to hide identities of criminals.
This is exactly spot on.
Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump β€’ 1h
All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Charlie Kirkβ€’ @charliekirk11 β€’ Mar 4 0 ... President Trump lays down the new rules on campus protests. No more federal funding for schools that allow illegal protests to continue. Foreign students sent home, American students expelled. And no masks to hide identities of criminals. This is exactly spot on. Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump β€’ 1h All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Charlie Kirk, free speech warrior, wanted to end all federal funding to universities that didn't crack down on Gaza protests.

14.09.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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Every time I look at what Charlie Kirk said, it just gets worse

This is a real tweet:
x.com/charliekirk1...

14.09.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1007    πŸ” 314    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 23
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

06.09.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 36125    πŸ” 11126    πŸ’¬ 2082    πŸ“Œ 1278

Yesterday Republican Senators laid it on thick that Trump deserves the Nobel for Operation Warp Speed, so now Junior seems insufficiently sycophantic--the kiss of career death in Trump's Administration. A clever ploy? The scary part is what incompetent fool will come next.

05.09.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr. claims to be taking on Big Pharma, yet he supported congressional Republicans' OBBBAβ€”legislation that shields the top-selling cancer treatment drugs from Medicare negotiation.

05.09.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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US added just 22,000 jobs in August, continuing slowdown amid Trump tariffs Latest report also contained more bad news – the US lost 13,000 jobs in June, according to latest survey

Trump thought firing the people who crunched the numbers would change the truth, but it didn’t: his tariff chaos is slowing the economy and costing jobs.

Today's report is just the latest sign of Trump’s failing economy β€” and it's only getting worse.

05.09.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 457    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump addresses health rumors after days without public events President Donald Trump is dismissing rumors about his health after speculation on social media because of a lack of public events over the last week.

β€œThe president said he wasn’t aware that people were wondering if he had died, but he had heard there were concerns about his health.
β€˜β€œI knew they were saying, like: β€œIs he OK? How is he feeling? What’s wrong?”’”
β€œConcerned” is one way to characterize the giddy party planning atmosphere online.

02.09.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems to me that Michael Whatley is the drag on Michael Whatley. He is the Mark Robinson of NC Senate politics. But I am perfectly OK with Trump dragging him down further. #NCpol

02.09.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems to me that Whatley is the drag on Whatley.

02.09.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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