Elizabeth Beavers
@elizabethrb.bsky.social
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Trump designates protesters terrorists. How far will it go?
The White House thinks Palestine Action in the UK and other US left-wing orgs are a threat to the homeland. At least that is what they say.
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Protesting is terrorism.
At least, that is the message that the Trump administration has communicated in a series of recent actions, culminating last week in its designation of the U.K.-based Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
My new op-ed 👇
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At least, that is the message that the Trump administration has communicated in a series of recent actions, culminating last week in its designation of the U.K.-based Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
My new op-ed 👇
share.google/oPvglHAVpYvJ...
Thanks to Mother Jones for including my commentary in this great piece asking: what even is "national security"?
Link below 👇
Link below 👇
September 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Thanks to Mother Jones for including my commentary in this great piece asking: what even is "national security"?
Link below 👇
Link below 👇
feeling extremely vindicated in my well-documented longtime refusal to watch Nathan Fielder content bc my cringe-o-meter won't allow it
September 9, 2026 at 3:57 AM
feeling extremely vindicated in my well-documented longtime refusal to watch Nathan Fielder content bc my cringe-o-meter won't allow it
Congressional Dem leadership claims they're exercising message discipline by yelling "affordability" and "groceries" in response to every question but what they're really doing is avoiding moral clarity on the most urgent challenges of our time because that would "divide the caucus."
Thinking about how dissonant Hakeem Jeffries saying "we have 5 working groups on affordability" is with the completely reasonable demand for righteous judgment on those who have wronged us
“Carl Ruby, a Springfield pastor, said he was struggling to make sense of Bel’s untimely death. ‘I know that I’m a pastor and I’m supposed to be forgiving,’ he said. ‘But right now as I sit with a broken family, I’m crying out to God for righteous judgment in those who made this happen.’”
September 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Congressional Dem leadership claims they're exercising message discipline by yelling "affordability" and "groceries" in response to every question but what they're really doing is avoiding moral clarity on the most urgent challenges of our time because that would "divide the caucus."
Protesting is terrorism.
At least, that is the message that the Trump administration has communicated in a series of recent actions, culminating last week in its designation of the U.K.-based Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
My new op-ed 👇
share.google/oPvglHAVpYvJ...
At least, that is the message that the Trump administration has communicated in a series of recent actions, culminating last week in its designation of the U.K.-based Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
My new op-ed 👇
share.google/oPvglHAVpYvJ...
Trump designates protesters terrorists. How far will it go?
The White House thinks Palestine Action in the UK and other US left-wing orgs are a threat to the homeland. At least that is what they say.
share.google
August 31, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Protesting is terrorism.
At least, that is the message that the Trump administration has communicated in a series of recent actions, culminating last week in its designation of the U.K.-based Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
My new op-ed 👇
share.google/oPvglHAVpYvJ...
At least, that is the message that the Trump administration has communicated in a series of recent actions, culminating last week in its designation of the U.K.-based Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
My new op-ed 👇
share.google/oPvglHAVpYvJ...
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BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment when it used security-related justification to revoke the legal status of students who expressed views it didn't like. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 28, 2026 at 11:41 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment when it used security-related justification to revoke the legal status of students who expressed views it didn't like. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Reposted by Elizabeth Beavers
This is an important, targeted strike at the authority the federal government is using to harass non-citizens for speech. Solid First Amendment victory.
VICTORY! Tonight, a federal court ruled in favor of a @thefireorg.bsky.social lawsuit and held the statutes the Trump administration is using for speech-based deportations violate the First Amendment
August 29, 2026 at 12:44 AM
This is an important, targeted strike at the authority the federal government is using to harass non-citizens for speech. Solid First Amendment victory.
Thanks to Responsible Statecraft for including my perspective on voters' turn against the national security state officials that featured so prominently in Trump's first term:
responsiblestatecraft.org/alex-vindman...
responsiblestatecraft.org/alex-vindman...
The rise and fall of 'resistance' hero Alexander Vindman
The Trump impeachment figure lost in a stunning primary upset in Florida — a capstone to the Russia-gate era as Democratic politics take a new turn
responsiblestatecraft.org
August 27, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Thanks to Responsible Statecraft for including my perspective on voters' turn against the national security state officials that featured so prominently in Trump's first term:
responsiblestatecraft.org/alex-vindman...
responsiblestatecraft.org/alex-vindman...
In any rational and functional democracy, this would be obvious.
Unfortunately, I think we live in the reality that the establishment Democratic party shares an ideological project with AIPAC that runs deeper than partisan loyalties.
Unfortunately, I think we live in the reality that the establishment Democratic party shares an ideological project with AIPAC that runs deeper than partisan loyalties.
This should be the end of the Democratic Party’s relationship with AIPAC.
Promising to help elect a far-right Republican in November in a critical state, potentially keeping the Senate in Trump’s hands….
Come on. Democrats need to recognize this organization for what it is.
Promising to help elect a far-right Republican in November in a critical state, potentially keeping the Senate in Trump’s hands….
Come on. Democrats need to recognize this organization for what it is.
August 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
In any rational and functional democracy, this would be obvious.
Unfortunately, I think we live in the reality that the establishment Democratic party shares an ideological project with AIPAC that runs deeper than partisan loyalties.
Unfortunately, I think we live in the reality that the establishment Democratic party shares an ideological project with AIPAC that runs deeper than partisan loyalties.
I'm going to be real with you all, I'm ready to go back to circa early 2010s style trends and I'm ready to do it singlehandedly if none of you are with me.
July 29, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I'm going to be real with you all, I'm ready to go back to circa early 2010s style trends and I'm ready to do it singlehandedly if none of you are with me.
"The road to abolition begins with local obstruction." 👇
There’s a fight that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has been deferring. Now that TPS for Haitians is gone, he can’t defer it any longer.
The road to abolishing ICE begins with local obstruction — not just the noncooperation of so-called sanctuary laws. And not taking it risks discrediting socialism.
The road to abolishing ICE begins with local obstruction — not just the noncooperation of so-called sanctuary laws. And not taking it risks discrediting socialism.
The End of TPS for Haitians Is A Moment of Truth for Zohran Mamdani
Will 'municipal socialism' stand by as ICE snatches, cages and deports tens of thousands of New Yorkers? Or will it resist?
www.forever-wars.com
July 28, 2026 at 1:12 AM
"The road to abolition begins with local obstruction." 👇
hmmmm almost like toothless national security resolutions help Congress give the illusion of resistance to obscure its lack of desire to take any high-leverage actions that would meainingfully alter the status quo of US foreign policy
July 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM
hmmmm almost like toothless national security resolutions help Congress give the illusion of resistance to obscure its lack of desire to take any high-leverage actions that would meainingfully alter the status quo of US foreign policy
I thought the s4 season finale of From on MGM was the series finale but it turns out there is one more season coming out so I have to wait a whole year for all this to be resolved
July 20, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I thought the s4 season finale of From on MGM was the series finale but it turns out there is one more season coming out so I have to wait a whole year for all this to be resolved
me watching Love Island karaoke night
July 7, 2026 at 2:49 PM
me watching Love Island karaoke night
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Great summary from my wonderful colleague @elizabethrb.bsky.social reminding us how the post 9/11 “war” on terror set up the architecture of the Trump regime’s ongoing cruelty:
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The War on Terror Built the Foundation for Trump’s Violence - CIP
Congress declined to meaningfully check the blatant illegalities of the War on Terror, instead handing Trump expansive powers.
internationalpolicy.org
July 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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My latest out today alongside Yumna Rizvi in @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal: tracing the foundations of Trump's violence to the so-called "War on Terror" 👇
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
The War on Terror Built the Foundation for Trump’s Violence - CIP
Congress declined to meaningfully check the blatant illegalities of the War on Terror, instead handing Trump expansive powers.
internationalpolicy.org
July 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
My latest out today alongside Yumna Rizvi in @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal: tracing the foundations of Trump's violence to the so-called "War on Terror" 👇
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
internationalpolicy.org/publications...
please don't miss this development as the War on Terror keeps morphing: the first sentencing of "antifa terrorism" was handed down today:
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison
Activists accused of being part of antifa face harsh sentences in case seen as test of Trump’s crackdown on dissent
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM
please don't miss this development as the War on Terror keeps morphing: the first sentencing of "antifa terrorism" was handed down today:
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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“No American president has ever attacked Somalis with the persistence and at the rate of President Donald Trump, especially in his second term in office.”
What's the Human Cost of Trump's Shadow War on Somalia?
No American president has attacked Somalia at the rate of President Donald Trump, whose shadow war on the country is increasingly lethal.
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May 31, 2026 at 6:29 AM
“No American president has ever attacked Somalis with the persistence and at the rate of President Donald Trump, especially in his second term in office.”
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The Coke Zero people are so needlessly smug. I don’t drink Diet Coke because I want Coca Cola with zero calories. I drink Diet Coke because there is something wrong with me; something deeply broken inside of me; something that will never truly be healed.
I think the only reason anyone drinks Diet Coke anymore is they got hooked before the vastly superior Coke Zero arrived. Via WSJ
The Ice-Cold Civil War Between Diet Coke and Coke Zero Drinkers — The Wall Street Journal
We were once a nation of Coke vs. Pepsi. The stakes of the game have changed.
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May 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The Coke Zero people are so needlessly smug. I don’t drink Diet Coke because I want Coca Cola with zero calories. I drink Diet Coke because there is something wrong with me; something deeply broken inside of me; something that will never truly be healed.
the DNC report is obviously a dumpster fire but I still feel a little bad for the author who is experiencing my personal nightmare (the entire Internet roasting something I wrote)
May 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM
the DNC report is obviously a dumpster fire but I still feel a little bad for the author who is experiencing my personal nightmare (the entire Internet roasting something I wrote)
Reposted by Elizabeth Beavers
The designation of one of the world’s most prominent human rights advocates was baseless and shocking; its great news that the decision has (for now at least) been rescinded. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US removes UN expert Francesca Albanese from sanctions list
The United States has removed Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals, according to the U.S. Treasury Department website.
www.reuters.com
May 21, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The designation of one of the world’s most prominent human rights advocates was baseless and shocking; its great news that the decision has (for now at least) been rescinded. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
