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Ryan Teague Beckwith

@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social
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Newsletter editor at MS NOW. Part-time journalism teacher at Georgetown School of Continuing Studies. Creator of Your First Byline. yourfirstbyline.substack.com (Teague is my middle name so I should be Beckwith on second reference.)

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1h
Trump admin's new rule adding prohibitively expensive new fees for "OPT"—temporary work authorization program for international students and new grads in the United States—is out. Would require colleges to pay $70,000 for year one. $30,000 for years two and three combined for STEM fields.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1h
"You guys are getting paid?"
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h
I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.
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The Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual Violence
The “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 20h
Lafayette Square isn't "a historic protest site." It's a fucking park. And it's packed on nice days. Calling it a protest site is White House framing. They're closing a popular public park to create a presidential palace Saddam Hussein would love.
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Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site (Gift Article)
The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 20h
"Urgent" Care
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Baldwin brothers
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is the “F—- Everytuing, We’re Doing Five Blades” of guitars
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The weird thing about Democratic hardball guys is that their strategy is to turn the hardball in
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like, them and Sylvester Graham just fuming from the Uptight Boring section of the afterlife
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Dennis Hastert, Sex Abuser Who Later Became Speaker, Dies at 84
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Imagine how mad they were when someone made them smaller and added frosting
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nicene was Apollo’s dad
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“So, I hear that you think Jesus was begotten of God but not of the same essence…”
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There are people who sold more books than Mark Twain in his lifetime. Do you know their names?
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don’t! Cry for Me, Argentina…”
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
1.1 million registered Republicans live in greater Los Angeles. Wonder what they think of this.
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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: In Nebraska rally, Trump just suggested he would be unbothered to see Iran "take out" LA or San Diego: “They could take out a city,” he said. “Let them take—Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That’s—this is a very small price to pay."
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
yeah this is the kind of stuff where he loses me. I kind of like the punchy stuff that sounds like the Police. no disrespect to it, it just doesn't do anything for me
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
meantime, people reading that are eating a burger with bacon on top while kicking a dog
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Compromise: Medium gas prices and an EMP.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
because nothing they raged against is different. I was listening to Pearl Jam's Vs. album recently and every single song is still relevant. By this point after the '60s, those songs about Vietnam and free love were historical relics.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And, "Veronica," I mean, it's just such a great way to write a song about Alzheimer's, by celebrating who she was. I don't really get the Empress of India bit, but it's always been my inspiration as an obit writer. Do not write "She enjoyed bingo" of a woman who had four kids in the Depression
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I mean, he seems like a good dude, workhorse, good message on Peace, Love and Understanding, it's just that most of his songs are just ... not my jam.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
sted Alison I met a kid named Maxwell because his parents used Abbey Road for their breathing exercises and that was on right when he was born. Kid came this close to being named Mean Mr. Mustard.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What's up with classic rock? Here's how Gen Z is upending it. www.ms.now/opinion/gen-...
ms.now
Opinion | Gen Z is rewriting the classic rock canon
Superhero soundtracks, TikTok background music and goofy memes are changing the rock canon.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I was telling my son I don't like Elvis Costello but then I made exceptions for "Watching the Detectives," "Veronica," "Radio Radio" and "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea," which is about as many favorites as from some bands I like.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Hi, I'm Shoeless Joe Jackson, here to tell you about Kalshi. When I tell you how much money you can make, you'll be saying 'say it ain't so, Joe.' But it is."
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Would be hilarious if the entire country just said, "You know what you did" and glared
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Do you think your Wu Tang sword can defeat me?
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Their latest video is on their YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWIl...
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"The Charts"
YouTube video by Chidi and Tabor
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
super scammy fundraising email
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I thought ham radio was like those potato clocks, you're telling me this now
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
is this a palindrome
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Another case, too people.com/all-about-jo...
people.com
All About Joni Mitchell's Daughter Kilauren Gibb
Singer Joni Mitchell placed her daughter Kilauren Gibb for adoption in 1965, and the two were reunited in 1997. Here's everything to know about Joni Mitchell's daughter.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: A new USPS policy will eliminate evening mail pickups from select post offices across the country — a change that will eventually slow pick-up and delivery times for around 70% of zip codes in the U.S. We mapped those zip codes to help you figure out whether your mail ballot could be affected👇
democracydocket.com
The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
or they all got cancer
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Changing battleground watch: Thune's super PAC gives up on North Carolina, moves spending to Kansas www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
semafor.com
Top GOP group pauses Senate spending in N.C., goes up in Kansas
A Republican super PAC is shifting strategy.
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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The other day @deeanndurbin-ap.bsky.social reached out to me here after seeing some posts I made about getting my headshots taken. She asked for an interview; I agreed. And now her piece is out! Featuring some quotes from yours truly.
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Tips for getting a professional headshot that feels authentic and conveys the image you want
Getting author photos made to promote his first book was a meaningful experience for freelance journalist Philip Eil.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I think they truly believe it. Obama said the same thing about the ACA and the economy. Its commander in chief copium.
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
alternet.org
Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They all say it, eventually
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
One of my rules of thumb is that when a president says they just didn’t do a good job of getting the word out, it’s mostly over
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
MN GOP House candidate William Beck: "I am personally in favor of a poll test. I know they were ruled unconstitutional, but like, everyone voting, if you have no idea what you're voting for, like, why vote? Like, you clearly don't care if you don't understand what's going on, you know what I mean?"
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We passed a law to keep their Blockbuster Video rentals private so
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s like how cars have all become CUVs and bland sedans, we have lost the way
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What if they teamed up to let us take bets on things like whether Ross Douthat will say “decadent” on this week’s episode
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Swamps got fish
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Moonbase!
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