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@beansarebeautiful

Educator, Mourner of What America Was Supposed to Be, and Member of the Leguminati

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Under his eye.

03.03.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes.

Haven Watch lives by the promise, β€œNo One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.

Beautiful and devastating all at once.

19.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 17765 πŸ” 6752 πŸ’¬ 514 πŸ“Œ 530

β€œWe are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”

And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.

29.01.2026 03:00 πŸ‘ 1634 πŸ” 848 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 35
FDR, "The Four Freedoms," Speech Text - Voices of Democracy FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1941 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS β€œTHE FOUR FREEDOMS” (6 JANUARY 1941) [1] Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Seventy-seventh Congress: [2] I address you, the Members of t...

FDR's 1941 State of the Union seems relevant today. I doubt he ever imagined that his warnings about the dangers of allowing Hitler to destroy democracy would ever need to be applied to dictators within our own borders. voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/fdr-the-four...

25.01.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."

Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

24.01.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 9590 πŸ” 3983 πŸ’¬ 237 πŸ“Œ 339

Men who defend Jonathan Ross for murdering Renee Good are not safe to be around. End those relationships.

19.01.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 35718 πŸ” 8765 πŸ’¬ 785 πŸ“Œ 413
A dish of California Coronas beans that have been braised in olive oil, smoked paprika, and Kalamata olives.

A dish of California Coronas beans that have been braised in olive oil, smoked paprika, and Kalamata olives.

Rancho Gordo beans are the star of our holiday table. The Smoky Confit’d Beans and Olives recipe (with California Coronas this time) is always sublime. Thank you to everyone at Rancho Gordo and all the farmers who make the magic happen. #ranchogordo

25.12.2025 19:34 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.

They coined the term β€œuseless eaters”.

They tested the gas chambers on us.

They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.

That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.

We’re not expendable

01.12.2025 04:36 πŸ‘ 4199 πŸ” 1478 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 32

Kavanaugh will burn in hell

28.10.2025 02:35 πŸ‘ 641 πŸ” 125 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 2

Drat. I wish I could edit typos! Family *gave* it two thumbs up!

27.10.2025 03:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bowl of beans in broth

Bowl of beans in broth

Bean label for Rancho Gordo Black Calypso beans

Bean label for Rancho Gordo Black Calypso beans

Close up of dried beans. They are mostly white with black patches.

Close up of dried beans. They are mostly white with black patches.

I followed the recipe to a T, with the exception of using brown mustard seeds instead of black because that’s all I could get. Family all have it two thumbs up! Simple and delicious. Some greens and root veggies wouldn’t have been a bad addition. #ranchogordo food52.com/recipes/1047...

27.10.2025 03:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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26.10.2025 21:06 πŸ‘ 1988 πŸ” 662 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 18

wtaf.

25.10.2025 04:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Both sides of my sign. Ready to go in Nor Cal!

18.10.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

~James Baldwin

16.10.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 3483 πŸ” 847 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 21

this is truly invaluable reporting

16.10.2025 22:56 πŸ‘ 3349 πŸ” 1069 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 27

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

16.10.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 15191 πŸ” 5394 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 104
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On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. β€οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

13.10.2025 00:25 πŸ‘ 30796 πŸ” 8341 πŸ’¬ 824 πŸ“Œ 437

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead πŸ“š

07.10.2025 14:23 πŸ‘ 7810 πŸ” 2800 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 157
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This you, Trump?

01.10.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 3775 πŸ” 1417 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 106

Not much makes me cry anymore because it is all so awful, but this is gutting. I know she lived a long, full life, and also, a bright light is now gone from the world. πŸ’”

01.10.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can tell he’s a big strong macho guy by how he’s hiding his face in a mask and running away after pushing someone down

07.09.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 2333 πŸ” 676 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 26
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Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.

This is how the police dealt with them.

Literally beat the hell out of them.

This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.

05.09.2025 02:32 πŸ‘ 2887 πŸ” 2068 πŸ’¬ 401 πŸ“Œ 334
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Trump: It’s WOKE to discuss β€œhow bad slavery was.”

Lincoln: β€œYet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword…”

20.08.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 990 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 24

Take it back!

18.08.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 462 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Life comes at you fast

17.08.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 28361 πŸ” 11311 πŸ’¬ 1387 πŸ“Œ 873
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Newβ€” Nazis with giant swastika flags marched in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday with two police escorts. They shouted β€œwhite power” and said to the woman who took this video (reshared here with her permission) β€œfuck you, n***** bitch.”

Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.

18.08.2025 03:25 πŸ‘ 7574 πŸ” 3958 πŸ’¬ 681 πŸ“Œ 803
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NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.

Please take care when watching.

16.08.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 5051 πŸ” 2585 πŸ’¬ 522 πŸ“Œ 472
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While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.

Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?

Agent: Liberals already ruined it.

16.08.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 8174 πŸ” 3307 πŸ’¬ 981 πŸ“Œ 1128