Jonathan C. Beck
@jchasbeck.bsky.social
Recovering political scientist somewhere in Seattle. Passionate about education, equality, and democracy. Opinions are my own. Reposts are not endorsements.
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"In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death."
May 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death."
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Trump v. US is increasingly looking like a historically catastrophic Supreme Court ruling
Dred Scott, Plessy, Lochner, Korematsu-level bad
except on this one there may be no lever to with which to pull back
Dred Scott, Plessy, Lochner, Korematsu-level bad
except on this one there may be no lever to with which to pull back
March 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump v. US is increasingly looking like a historically catastrophic Supreme Court ruling
Dred Scott, Plessy, Lochner, Korematsu-level bad
except on this one there may be no lever to with which to pull back
Dred Scott, Plessy, Lochner, Korematsu-level bad
except on this one there may be no lever to with which to pull back
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Brian Eno on the police raiding a Quaker Meeting House.
March 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Brian Eno on the police raiding a Quaker Meeting House.
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Researchers have found there have been more protests more frequently than in 2017, along with a new emphasis on economic action.
March 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Researchers have found there have been more protests more frequently than in 2017, along with a new emphasis on economic action.
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During the 2023-24 school year:
- 36% of banned books feature characters/people of color
- 25% include LGBTQ+ people/characters.
- 73% of all graphic/illustrated titles feature LGBTQ+ representation, people or characters of color, or discuss race or racism
pen.org/report/cover... #bannedbooks
- 36% of banned books feature characters/people of color
- 25% include LGBTQ+ people/characters.
- 73% of all graphic/illustrated titles feature LGBTQ+ representation, people or characters of color, or discuss race or racism
pen.org/report/cover... #bannedbooks
Cover to Cover - PEN America
PEN America sought to further understand the impacts of this censorship – the identities and genres being erased from public schools.
pen.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
During the 2023-24 school year:
- 36% of banned books feature characters/people of color
- 25% include LGBTQ+ people/characters.
- 73% of all graphic/illustrated titles feature LGBTQ+ representation, people or characters of color, or discuss race or racism
pen.org/report/cover... #bannedbooks
- 36% of banned books feature characters/people of color
- 25% include LGBTQ+ people/characters.
- 73% of all graphic/illustrated titles feature LGBTQ+ representation, people or characters of color, or discuss race or racism
pen.org/report/cover... #bannedbooks
Section 504 would not even exist if not for the brave efforts of disability rights activists. I think there’s a lesson there. We need to fight with every lever of power we have as regular folks to protect these guarantees. They should be expanded, not dusmantled.
This is a direct attack on civil rights and efforts to welcome all people into American public life. Consider this lawsuit, whereby states are suing to overturn the hard won and relatively weak 1973 Section 504 protections for people with disabilities: www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...
17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs
The suit challenges a Biden administration decision that considered "gender dysphoria" a disability and goes even farther in questioning assistance for students.
www.forbes.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Section 504 would not even exist if not for the brave efforts of disability rights activists. I think there’s a lesson there. We need to fight with every lever of power we have as regular folks to protect these guarantees. They should be expanded, not dusmantled.
Not only is this re-segregation by euphemism, it’s also an outright attack on 1A freedom of speech and freedom of expression.
DEIA in education is one expression of legal mandates in civil rights legislation. The dystopian effort to brand this as the core of all things wrong with the world should be rejected and called what it is: anti-civil rights. These are efforts to re-segregate society by race, gender, and disability.
February 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Not only is this re-segregation by euphemism, it’s also an outright attack on 1A freedom of speech and freedom of expression.
DEIA in education is one expression of legal mandates in civil rights legislation. The dystopian effort to brand this as the core of all things wrong with the world should be rejected and called what it is: anti-civil rights. These are efforts to re-segregate society by race, gender, and disability.
February 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
DEIA in education is one expression of legal mandates in civil rights legislation. The dystopian effort to brand this as the core of all things wrong with the world should be rejected and called what it is: anti-civil rights. These are efforts to re-segregate society by race, gender, and disability.
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Utter failure to grasp what we are facing www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
An Unchecked Trump Rapidly Remakes U.S. Government and Foreign Policy
The president’s swift moves underscore the confidence of an administration with a much firmer grip on the levers of government than during his first term.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Utter failure to grasp what we are facing www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
1. People lack the framework to recognize an attempt to overthrow the constitutional order
2. The lack of elites *acting* like point 1 is true makes it illegible. Without Ds behaving as if it's a crisis, it's not a crisis.
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The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI
Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Heartbreaking 💔
People who experienced homeless encampment sweeps in Washington state and Tennessee wrote about the impact it had on their lives.
Our team @propublica.org added these to our page featuring stories from people across the country: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
Our team @propublica.org added these to our page featuring stories from people across the country: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...
February 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Heartbreaking 💔
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We are in the midst of an authoritarian takeover and it is unfolding at a very rapid pace.
January 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We are in the midst of an authoritarian takeover and it is unfolding at a very rapid pace.
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January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.” T.Snyder.
January 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.” T.Snyder.
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“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?”
So, she took a breath, and spoke.
So, she took a breath, and spoke.
The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?”
So, she took a breath, and spoke.
So, she took a breath, and spoke.
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BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
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there is nothing remotely resembling a federal question in this case and Trump still got four votes
Yeah, the story here isn’t that a state court proceeding is being allowed to continue normally, it’s that there are four Supreme Court justices prepared to shamelessly rubber stamp any demand Trump makes.
5–4, with Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh in dissent. Just incredible that there were 4 conservative votes for what would have been a blatantly improper action.
January 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
there is nothing remotely resembling a federal question in this case and Trump still got four votes
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I told you what I thought abt #January6 when it happened 4 yrs ago, and nothing since then has changed my view. Storming the Capitol was about maintaining white power in the US.
You can read it here: fivethirtyeight.com/features/sto...
An interview with @democracynow.org: youtu.be/JcYVVpKG7nk?...
You can read it here: fivethirtyeight.com/features/sto...
An interview with @democracynow.org: youtu.be/JcYVVpKG7nk?...
Storming The U.S. Capitol Was About Maintaining White Power In America
On Wednesday, after weeks of refusing to accept the outcome of the election, President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol of the United States as members of…
fivethirtyeight.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I told you what I thought abt #January6 when it happened 4 yrs ago, and nothing since then has changed my view. Storming the Capitol was about maintaining white power in the US.
You can read it here: fivethirtyeight.com/features/sto...
An interview with @democracynow.org: youtu.be/JcYVVpKG7nk?...
You can read it here: fivethirtyeight.com/features/sto...
An interview with @democracynow.org: youtu.be/JcYVVpKG7nk?...
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"The violent riot in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021 was a direct assault on the U.S. Congress, the Capitol building, and our Constitutional process."
Message to the Joint Force from Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley and the rest of the Joint Chiefs. January 12, 2021.
Message to the Joint Force from Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley and the rest of the Joint Chiefs. January 12, 2021.
January 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The violent riot in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021 was a direct assault on the U.S. Congress, the Capitol building, and our Constitutional process."
Message to the Joint Force from Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley and the rest of the Joint Chiefs. January 12, 2021.
Message to the Joint Force from Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley and the rest of the Joint Chiefs. January 12, 2021.
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New, from me: Four years ago we lived through a pivot point. History could have gone one way, but went another.
Why was Jan. 6 not the end of Trump?
At key moments, key Republicans who knew better protected or resurrected Trump. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Why was Jan. 6 not the end of Trump?
At key moments, key Republicans who knew better protected or resurrected Trump. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Jan. 6 and the path not taken
At key moments, Republicans were unwilling to defend democracy
open.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
New, from me: Four years ago we lived through a pivot point. History could have gone one way, but went another.
Why was Jan. 6 not the end of Trump?
At key moments, key Republicans who knew better protected or resurrected Trump. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Why was Jan. 6 not the end of Trump?
At key moments, key Republicans who knew better protected or resurrected Trump. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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NEW: What might the new administration do to censor higher ed in 2025? Jeffrey Adam Sachs and I break it down for @penamerica.bsky.social. Lots of scary stuff coming -- and more reason than ever for higher ed to defend and promote itself effectively, we argue at the end. pen.org/for-federal-...
For Federal Censorship of Higher Ed, Here’s What Could Happen in 2025 - PEN America
The GOP’s victory in the 2024 election will have major implications for academic freedom, free speech, and university autonomy.
pen.org
January 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NEW: What might the new administration do to censor higher ed in 2025? Jeffrey Adam Sachs and I break it down for @penamerica.bsky.social. Lots of scary stuff coming -- and more reason than ever for higher ed to defend and promote itself effectively, we argue at the end. pen.org/for-federal-...