Fred Beukema
@beukema.bsky.social
In Minneapolis. Structural engineer, mostly lapsed improvisor, 3 day Jeopardy! champ. Happily married to a public school teacher. Two kids, a cat, and a dog.
During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the dividend came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for it: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to have $2000 that day.
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the dividend came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for it: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to have $2000 that day.
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The Democrats will accept Marjorie Taylor Greene into the tent before they accept Zohran Mamdani.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The Democrats will accept Marjorie Taylor Greene into the tent before they accept Zohran Mamdani.
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Someone on the Minneapolis subreddit caught Waymos being delivered. We need the City Council need to ban the use of driverless cars. The technology isn't there. Our city cannot be a testing ground for 1.5 ton autonomous projectiles.
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Someone on the Minneapolis subreddit caught Waymos being delivered. We need the City Council need to ban the use of driverless cars. The technology isn't there. Our city cannot be a testing ground for 1.5 ton autonomous projectiles.
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Saw @peggyflanagan.bsky.social on the campaign trail for the first time. She was quite good, smooth, effective campaign pro without stepping back from the Wellstonesque policy stuff. Appreciated her telling 30-some DFL Jews of mixed opinions that AIPAC could get stuffed, and exactly why.
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Saw @peggyflanagan.bsky.social on the campaign trail for the first time. She was quite good, smooth, effective campaign pro without stepping back from the Wellstonesque policy stuff. Appreciated her telling 30-some DFL Jews of mixed opinions that AIPAC could get stuffed, and exactly why.
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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ok, after a few days of processing this event, i am more worried than ever about 2026, and have realized any DFL win will be due to the leadership of DFL electeds & their volunteers.
the party apparatus is no longer being run by organizers, but by consultants. everyone should plan accordingly.
the party apparatus is no longer being run by organizers, but by consultants. everyone should plan accordingly.
DFL listening session with chair richard carlbom at sabathani. he gave a presentation on 2026 efforts, including applying a brand strategy to the party, and then heard from people like ash who planned the ward 6 caucus and convention alone and is frustrated with a lack of support
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
ok, after a few days of processing this event, i am more worried than ever about 2026, and have realized any DFL win will be due to the leadership of DFL electeds & their volunteers.
the party apparatus is no longer being run by organizers, but by consultants. everyone should plan accordingly.
the party apparatus is no longer being run by organizers, but by consultants. everyone should plan accordingly.
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People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
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there are REASONS it's not hard to show certain wine moms some radical zines and have us ready to turn into dragons breathing to burn it all down. Like oh, word? We didn't HAVE to be treated as cruelly as the 90s treated us? And our DAUGHTERS don't have to be?? 🐲🔥
The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
there are REASONS it's not hard to show certain wine moms some radical zines and have us ready to turn into dragons breathing to burn it all down. Like oh, word? We didn't HAVE to be treated as cruelly as the 90s treated us? And our DAUGHTERS don't have to be?? 🐲🔥
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the DFL has a problem with cyndy martin holding multiple leadership roles - like CD8 chair, and CBRC and code of conduct - while facing criminal vehicular homicide charge. she doesn't appear contrite. she appears defiant. she has evaded responsibility from the start
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The DFL's Cyndy Martin Problem
On July 3, 2024, MN DFL CD8 chair Cyndy Martin hit and killed 19 year old Carter Haithcock, the father of a young son, as he walked along the road with her vehicle on the Iron Range near Nashwauk on h...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
the DFL has a problem with cyndy martin holding multiple leadership roles - like CD8 chair, and CBRC and code of conduct - while facing criminal vehicular homicide charge. she doesn't appear contrite. she appears defiant. she has evaded responsibility from the start
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Better than the green floor.
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Better than the green floor.
I'm at the LV Convention Center for the Pokemon Regional tournament. The WiFi here costs $80 for a day. I have decent cell service (4 bars 5G) ONLY if the grownup players are in the first 25 minutes of a match. Any other time, I don't have enough reception for the internet.
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'm at the LV Convention Center for the Pokemon Regional tournament. The WiFi here costs $80 for a day. I have decent cell service (4 bars 5G) ONLY if the grownup players are in the first 25 minutes of a match. Any other time, I don't have enough reception for the internet.
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between Michael Wolff and the Nuzzi stuff, this might be the most embarrassing week for the beltway media in the last 2 weeks
It rocks that all 20 people who genuinely think the Olivia Nuzzi stuff is interesting have editorial discretion at major media outlets. Just publish your group chats
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
between Michael Wolff and the Nuzzi stuff, this might be the most embarrassing week for the beltway media in the last 2 weeks
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
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I’m no marketing expert I’m just a regular guy but if this was my movie I simply would never let this quote see the light of day
Is there a spit take emoji? Because if not, there really needs to be one for cases like this.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m no marketing expert I’m just a regular guy but if this was my movie I simply would never let this quote see the light of day
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Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
Booked a 6:24AM Flight Like a Dumbass - the Fred Beukema Story
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Booked a 6:24AM Flight Like a Dumbass - the Fred Beukema Story
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"The single determining criterion for involuntary commitment is danger. Is the defendant a danger to himself or to others. You think you got the horses for that? Well good luck and God bless, but I'll tell you this: The last place you want to see me is in court."
If we send you this, it means we have a new Nancy collection on the way...
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"The single determining criterion for involuntary commitment is danger. Is the defendant a danger to himself or to others. You think you got the horses for that? Well good luck and God bless, but I'll tell you this: The last place you want to see me is in court."
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Media standards:
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Media standards:
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
1) No Democratic scandal on par with Trump-Epstein, so it’d be biased and unfair to five it much attention.
2) Trump wouldn’t be shamed into resigning and his cult of personality wouldn’t abandon him, so Trump-Epstein wasn’t worth pursuing.
Way too many think that’s journalism.
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Mike Johnson pretty clearly put out a call to the caucus to get someone to change their position on this so he could swear in Grijalva. It's the most transparent coverup in living memory.
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Nancy Mace is expected to pull her support for the petition to release the Epstein Files, the day before Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Mike Johnson pretty clearly put out a call to the caucus to get someone to change their position on this so he could swear in Grijalva. It's the most transparent coverup in living memory.
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So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
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Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
Still going hours later. There seems to be a band, like a giant arch of red overhead, stretching from east to west horizons and tilting to the south. It's surrounded by the continuing green curtains. Remarkable.
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Still going hours later. There seems to be a band, like a giant arch of red overhead, stretching from east to west horizons and tilting to the south. It's surrounded by the continuing green curtains. Remarkable.
Hella sirens this evening, south mpls. What's the rumpus?
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Hella sirens this evening, south mpls. What's the rumpus?