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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 5h

GOOD! OUT THEM ALL! Democracy Dies In Darkness.

LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 20h

#Accountability 👏
‘It’s revolting’
❌ More Young Republican chat members LOSE THEIR JOBS as condemnation intensifies ❌
@alansmitheedga.bsky.social @gigialexander123.bsky.social @finecuppacoffee.bsky.social @alpbeck.com
www.yahoo.com/news/articles/revolting-more-young-republican-chat-013513097.html

‘It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies

POLITICO report on private Telegram chat filled with racist slurs and tropes ignites debate from New York to Washington.

www.yahoo.com

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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 18h

🗽 🪦 💀 🎵 Nightfall offers macabre delights.
In the NYC's crypts and catacombs, Death of Classical brings music to life
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social @alpbeck.com @hdwp.com @hwany.org @ceciliacopeland.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social @charlesbastille.bsky.social
gothamist.com/arts-enterta...

In the NYC's crypts and catacombs, Death of Classical brings music to life

Nightfall, Green-Wood Cemetery's sprawling 8-year-old annual festival of macabre delights at Green-Wood Cemetery, takes place this Thursday and Friday.

gothamist.com

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 5h

Hahaha! Bravo, Portland!

DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 5h

Mike Johnson rages at naked Portland protestors: “The most threatening thing I’ve seen yet!” www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/mike...

Mike Johnson rages at naked Portland protestors: "The most threatening thing I've seen yet!" - LGBTQ Nation

Portland protestors held a naked die-in to protest an ICE facility. This was apparently "threatening."

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 5h

Private prison corps locking up #immigrants, managing & expanding #ICE facilities. What could go wrong? Better yet, what could go right? It’s always about #money and #greed.
#GEOGroup will receive $96M from the feds to expand detention center. #corruption

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

The price of a paycheck: one town's ICE dilemma

The ICE detention center in Folkston, Ga., is expanding to become one of the nation's largest immigrant detention centers. Operated by a private prison corporation GEO Group, it will hold more than 3,...

www.npr.org

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

I think Earth might be on the DO NOT VISIT list.

Has intelligent life stopped bothering trying to contact Earth?

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

‘Bored aliens’: has intelligent life stopped bothering trying to contact Earth?

Astrophysicist proposes a ‘radically mundane’ theory for why humans have yet to encounter extraterrestrials

www.theguardian.com

Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

It's like they're telemarketers that won't veer off-script.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

A couple of months ago, I would’ve laughed at that thought. Now, I’m not so sure…

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

Who are these MFs Young #Republicans chatting in #Telegram w such abandon?
Spread their names far and wide. Here are some:

Peter Giunta
Bobby Walker
Anne KayKaty
Joe Maligno
Rachel Hope
Alex Dwyer.

We have a term for revolting, entitled #GOP spigots like these: Abortions that lived.

Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

These shit-stains think they are getting over. They deserve outing. If they’re so proud of their stance, they should say it out loud where we hear it and point them out. Bring light onto darkness.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 1d

These shit-stains think they are getting over. They deserve outing. If they’re so proud of their stance, they should say it out loud where we hear it and point them out. Bring light onto darkness.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 2d

I took my pup and we talked to dozens of folks. It was very rewarding because so many voters don't know about Prop 50 and how important this election is.

If you want to volunteer, go to stopelectionrigging.com
Or...go rogue, like I did.

Defienda la democracia, vote si por mapas justos y propuesta 50!

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 2d

I spent my afternoon making & passing out Yes on 50 flyers in front of Walmart & other stores in English & Spanish, and you can do it, too.

If you wanna save democracy, you'd better put your all into it!
I know that's high pressure, but this is high stakes!

The Spanish flyer is in the next post.

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 2d

Vote Yes on Prop 50 California!
We are paving the way!
Fight fire with fire! 🔥

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7d

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 2d

Arrested? Don't you mean executed?

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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 2d

Love it. Nice 1960’s feel.

DBeach @beachnic.bsky.social · 2d

New song. "From Portland to Chicago...never thought I'd see fascism in America"🎶
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kMx...

NEW HIT SONG - From Portland to Chicago

YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies

www.youtube.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

Solidarity is the only way

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 2d

Sauce, please?

Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 2d

My anti #zombie juice mug, aka #coffee. #funny #caffeine #Horror

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 2d

Can. Not. Wait!

Horror Writers Association, New York Chapter @hwany.org · 2d

Are you ready for Pittsburgh? So are we! #StokerCon 2026: Celebrating Ten Years! June 4, 2026 · 6pm - June 7, 2026 · 12pm EDT
The excitement is building with the StokerCon® 2026 Logo Reveal! #horror #events horror.org @mothman13.bsky.social
Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/stokercon-...

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 2d

Agree

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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 3d

No life matters to these psychopaths. NONE. Just collateral damage. No justification for what they have done. Never forgive. Never.

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 3d

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 3d

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 3d

Every life matters. Let's not forget that. It applies to Palestinians, Israelis, hostages, children. Only the corrupt heads are useless/worthless. #Corruption & #greed is the rot that must be eradicated. These thoughts can coexist easily. Let's stop thinking either/or, It's how we got here.

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Alp Beck @alpbeck.com · 3d

Ugh. Accurate. According to Jane Goodall, who studied chimps and primates most of her life, aggression is contagious. Wish people weren't so predictable.

Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 3d

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”

-Charles Mackay

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