Ryan Teague Beckwith
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Newsletter editor at MS NOW. Part-time journalism teacher at Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. http://yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)
Voters like voting.
Brian Kaylor@briankaylor.bsky.social · 19h agoAP calls win for "no" on Missouri Amendment 4, which was effort by GOP lawmakers to stop citizen-led constitutional amendments. This anti-democratic measure was also supported by Christian Nationalist church as "biblical" vote: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/thou-shalt... Nice to see the big loss!
The difference in GOP and Democratic fundraising email subject lines is pretty much summed up here.
A really brilliant fundraising email would be to just copy your opponents fundraising email and send it to your followers with a little "Can you believe they're saying this?" note at the top
Kevin Bacon and Kristen should watch out or in 2028 there's going to be a "we used to have Jobs, Hope and Cash" kind of joke tied to this and Taco Bell www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
12,000 pounds of smoked bacon recalled in 3 states
The recall of Maple Leaf Foods products affects retailers and grocery distributors in the Northwestern United States.
washingtonpost.com
Let's see how much more of this happens as the National Guard stays in D.C. through 2029
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 7d agoAn Army National Guard officer has admitted to using his government travel card to fund a secret second marriage
Fundraising email for Bernie Moreno from the NRSC: Fauci must be perp-walked
The threat from AI is the same as the threat from a genie: Improper parsing of an instruction with disastrous consequences.
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.
At long last, we have created the Wish-Granting Genie from the classic fantasy story Don't Trust the Wish-Granting Genie.
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.
"Pied-à-terre tax" is great rhetorical framing because just try to defend lower taxes on pieds-a-terre. I mean, just look at the plural of the word.
We are running a natural experiment on what happens when a big chunk of the country decides not to get vaccinated, go to college or put money in their 401ks.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.HANNITY: Elon Musk talked about Americans not even needing to save for your retirement like we have historically because of the abundance AI will create. Do you believe that? BESSENT: I do, but I think I would change the timeline. Elon is so far ahead of the curve
1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
Eloquent argument for standing with DC and democracy instead of DoorDash, thanks to @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · last wk.From @ms.now: "DoorDash customers across the country now know what the company thinks the democratic rights of 700,000 Washingtonians are worth: about 20 cents." #DeleteDoorDash www.ms.now/opinion/door...
Imagine spending three years of your life and hundreds of thousands of dollars to go to law school so that you can argue the dumbest possible First Amendment case.
Forbes@forbes.com · last wk.Comey’s photograph of sea shells reading “86 47” was at most “political hyperbole,” his attorneys argued.
What is one interesting fact about your life that you hope makes it into your obituary?
as anyone who spends any time near me at all can attest, I'm doing my part to counter this terrible trend www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
Another Symptom of Growing Isolation
A recent study found that people spoke fewer words a day in 2019 than in 2005.
theatlantic.com
Step 2: Labor shortages in manufacturing Step 3: Drop in small business customers Step 4: Vacant properties causes decline in home values Step 5: Drop in local tax revenue Step 6: Collect underpants Step 7: ??? Step 8: Profit!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Rep. Michael Rulli on reports that ICE is preparing to mass deport of Haitians from Ohio: "Let's get them out of here. Let's get 'em all out of here, and let's start from the beginning."
Time traveler: The antebellum south is so interesting... First southerner: You heard him boys, war is coming! Second southerner: We need to fire the first shot to get the advantage. Third southerner: Let's start with Fort Sumter!
@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social I have created a free local delivery app: landing.courieroo.com re. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
DoorDash is selling out D.C. over a 20-cent delivery tax
The food delivery platform backed legislation that would strip Washington, D.C., residents of power over their own taxes.
yahoo.com
members of congress, always trying to reference some pop culture thing to look hip
Honestly the best use case for Alexa or Siri is while driving and I don't understand why this isn't built in.
