Bettina Pearl
@bettinaap.bsky.social
PA Senate staffer. Hiker, biker, rower, traveller.
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So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
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"The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters and families in need."
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November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands & candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters and families in need."
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump wanted to commit mass murders constituting Crimes Against Humanity, so he ignited an intra-agency criminal conspiracy to facilitate his psychopathic, homicidal scheme.
There, I summarized the situation for you.
I guess I’d just add that everyone involved in this has earned a prison sentence.
There, I summarized the situation for you.
I guess I’d just add that everyone involved in this has earned a prison sentence.
Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Trump wanted to commit mass murders constituting Crimes Against Humanity, so he ignited an intra-agency criminal conspiracy to facilitate his psychopathic, homicidal scheme.
There, I summarized the situation for you.
I guess I’d just add that everyone involved in this has earned a prison sentence.
There, I summarized the situation for you.
I guess I’d just add that everyone involved in this has earned a prison sentence.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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What we learned from newly released Epstein emails... crucial: open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
What we learned from newly released Epstein emails
Trump might have done nothing wrong, but granting clemency to Ghislaine Maxwell could make it seem she is hiding something for him.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
What we learned from newly released Epstein emails... crucial: open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Credit where due...
Food Stamps May Face Lasting Damage From Trump’s Halt to Funds in Shutdown www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Food Stamps May Face Lasting Damage From Trump’s Halt to Funds in Shutdown www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Food Stamps May Face Lasting Damage From Trump’s Halt to Funds in Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Credit where due...
Food Stamps May Face Lasting Damage From Trump’s Halt to Funds in Shutdown www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Food Stamps May Face Lasting Damage From Trump’s Halt to Funds in Shutdown www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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i continue to be astonished by the times’ failure to convey the enormity of trump’s attack on american democracy. it’s one story after another disconnected from any broader framing of what’s actually happening. they have the tools and the power to do it, but they just don’t use them.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
i continue to be astonished by the times’ failure to convey the enormity of trump’s attack on american democracy. it’s one story after another disconnected from any broader framing of what’s actually happening. they have the tools and the power to do it, but they just don’t use them.
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In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
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those who cave, if they do, will never have a quiet lunch in public again. shame and shun.
2/ The Senators who want to vote yes on basically any terms appear to be shaheen, Hassan, king and Fetterman. Slightly less clear but I think pushing that way are Peters and Durbin. You’ll note that four of these six are retiring. Others who seem on the fence include the two sens from Georgia and …
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
those who cave, if they do, will never have a quiet lunch in public again. shame and shun.
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Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
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trump finally convinced latino voters that he does in fact hate them and want to kill them.
latino voters swinging 60 points against trump is really something
Passaic County precinct analysis shows strong correlation between % Latino and swing
Some Latino Trump voters switched to Democrats, but swing also due to compositional change
Latino communities saw more churn in electorate — it looks like many Trump voters stayed home, and new voters broke D
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Some Latino Trump voters switched to Democrats, but swing also due to compositional change
Latino communities saw more churn in electorate — it looks like many Trump voters stayed home, and new voters broke D
2/3
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
trump finally convinced latino voters that he does in fact hate them and want to kill them.
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NEW: Few could miss that election night delivered a cascade of victories for our democracy. And while national attention understandably focused on statewide races and high-profile ballot measures, smaller contests carried an outsized impact. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The Down-Ballot Votes That Sustained The National Pro-Democracy Wave
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NEW: Few could miss that election night delivered a cascade of victories for our democracy. And while national attention understandably focused on statewide races and high-profile ballot measures, smaller contests carried an outsized impact. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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UPDATE: Here's the written district court order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefit payments for this month by Friday. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
DOJ has already filed a notice of appeal to the First Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
DOJ has already filed a notice of appeal to the First Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
UPDATE: Here's the written district court order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefit payments for this month by Friday. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
DOJ has already filed a notice of appeal to the First Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
DOJ has already filed a notice of appeal to the First Circuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside. A powerful episode of This American Life.
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
The Hand That Rocks The Gavel - This American Life
A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside.
www.thisamericanlife.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A group of immigration judges, who almost never speak to the press, describes the dismantling of our immigration court system from the inside. A powerful episode of This American Life.
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
www.thisamericanlife.org/868/the-hand...
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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