Beth Caskie
@caskiebeth.bsky.social
California Democrat from Virginia. Union Rep.
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Here's who has come out against the Netflix/Warner Bros. deal:
-Writers Guild
-Directors Guild
-SAG-AFTRA
-documentary filmmakers
-theater owners
So all of Hollywood.
They aren't opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it's because the deal will harm their livelihoods.
-Writers Guild
-Directors Guild
-SAG-AFTRA
-documentary filmmakers
-theater owners
So all of Hollywood.
They aren't opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it's because the deal will harm their livelihoods.
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Here's who has come out against the Netflix/Warner Bros. deal:
-Writers Guild
-Directors Guild
-SAG-AFTRA
-documentary filmmakers
-theater owners
So all of Hollywood.
They aren't opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it's because the deal will harm their livelihoods.
-Writers Guild
-Directors Guild
-SAG-AFTRA
-documentary filmmakers
-theater owners
So all of Hollywood.
They aren't opposing this because they secretly want a Paramount merger, it's because the deal will harm their livelihoods.
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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Every dot on this map is a New Yorker who chipped in for the Transition to make sure we can hit the ground running on Day 1.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every dot on this map is a New Yorker who chipped in for the Transition to make sure we can hit the ground running on Day 1.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
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"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
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Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
Terrifying read, actually, but I enjoyed this bit so much: "Nvidia’s “We are not Enron” T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt. A slap fight between a tech company and some short sellers would be less interesting if we all weren’t so reliant on the outcome."
How the AI Bubble Might Play Out - The American Prospect
Investment in new technology always needs startup financing, and if AI is truly God in the machine, wide adoption will pay off over time. But that isn’t materializing, at least not yet.
prospect.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Terrifying read, actually, but I enjoyed this bit so much: "Nvidia’s “We are not Enron” T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt. A slap fight between a tech company and some short sellers would be less interesting if we all weren’t so reliant on the outcome."
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Up next in our series on drivers of the affordability crisis: technology.
I wrote about AI bots are colluding with one another, anticipating consumer choices, and transferring wealth to the businesses that employ them. "That's why we're building all these data centers."
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I wrote about AI bots are colluding with one another, anticipating consumer choices, and transferring wealth to the businesses that employ them. "That's why we're building all these data centers."
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Prices in the Machine - The American Prospect
AI’s real contribution to humanity could be maximizing corporate profit by preying on personal data to raise prices. In fact, it’s already happening.
prospect.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Up next in our series on drivers of the affordability crisis: technology.
I wrote about AI bots are colluding with one another, anticipating consumer choices, and transferring wealth to the businesses that employ them. "That's why we're building all these data centers."
🧵
I wrote about AI bots are colluding with one another, anticipating consumer choices, and transferring wealth to the businesses that employ them. "That's why we're building all these data centers."
🧵
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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If you’re out shopping for Black Friday deals today, remember: it’s a time of great stress and pressure for workers who don’t get to spend the day with their family and friends, and often work long shifts.
Be kind, and take a moment to thank a retail worker.
Be kind, and take a moment to thank a retail worker.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you’re out shopping for Black Friday deals today, remember: it’s a time of great stress and pressure for workers who don’t get to spend the day with their family and friends, and often work long shifts.
Be kind, and take a moment to thank a retail worker.
Be kind, and take a moment to thank a retail worker.
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BREAKING: A new wave of union baristas are joining the longest ULP strike in Starbucks history! 2,500 union baristas across 120+ stores in 85 cities are now on an open-ended ULP strike. We're SIXTEEN DAYS in and only getting stronger ✊
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
BREAKING: A new wave of union baristas are joining the longest ULP strike in Starbucks history! 2,500 union baristas across 120+ stores in 85 cities are now on an open-ended ULP strike. We're SIXTEEN DAYS in and only getting stronger ✊
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New Yorkers are tired of being asked to believe in a system that has delivered little for them. They want a politics that can see the scale of the crisis, and actually start to tackle it.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New Yorkers are tired of being asked to believe in a system that has delivered little for them. They want a politics that can see the scale of the crisis, and actually start to tackle it.
Just keeps getting better
Opinion | Mamdani’s Surreal and Shrewd Pragmatism
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Just keeps getting better
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
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The Fed is gutting its ability to monitor warning signs of bank failures and slashing rules put in place after 2008 to prevent another financial crisis.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Fed is gutting its ability to monitor warning signs of bank failures and slashing rules put in place after 2008 to prevent another financial crisis.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
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The #BraveOfUS show up for our families and perfect strangers. The #BraveOfUS make a way out of none at all. The #BraveOfUS speak truth and take on power. Thank you Charlotte.
Hours after Border Patrol swept through Charlotte, protesters filled uptown with courage, not fear. They marched peacefully, stood united, and refused to be intimidated.
Charlotte showed up.
And it showed strength.💪
Charlotte showed up.
And it showed strength.💪
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The #BraveOfUS show up for our families and perfect strangers. The #BraveOfUS make a way out of none at all. The #BraveOfUS speak truth and take on power. Thank you Charlotte.
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I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Trump administration robs students of educational opportunity with announcement to dismantle Department of Education www.nea.org/about-nea/me...
Trump administration robs students of educational opportunity with announcement to dismantle Department of Education | NEA
Pringle: Our students deserve better.
www.nea.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Trump administration robs students of educational opportunity with announcement to dismantle Department of Education www.nea.org/about-nea/me...
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During the election season I started doing short videos to try and reach the normies to push back against attacks on Katie Wilson. Seemed to have worked, so I kept at it. This one from yesterday on rail to West Seattle and Ballard has done huge numbers so far.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
During the election season I started doing short videos to try and reach the normies to push back against attacks on Katie Wilson. Seemed to have worked, so I kept at it. This one from yesterday on rail to West Seattle and Ballard has done huge numbers so far.
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If you ever wondered what you would do in 1930s Germany, you have your answer. This is a spiritual emergency and we have to summon all our courage. We know what happens inside #Broadview is torture. For me it’s simple - I wouldn’t stay silent if they locked Jesus up there, and I won’t be silent now
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you ever wondered what you would do in 1930s Germany, you have your answer. This is a spiritual emergency and we have to summon all our courage. We know what happens inside #Broadview is torture. For me it’s simple - I wouldn’t stay silent if they locked Jesus up there, and I won’t be silent now