Mean Bean Machine 🤍🇦🇫🇵🇸🇸🇩

Human bean and linguaphile.
🇺🇲🇩🇪🇵🇱🇮🇷(🇫🇷🇹🇭🇧🇦🇸🇰🇬🇷 etc etc I have no self control...) Find me at [email protected] on Mastodon.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

If this Jewish assault victim was pro-Israel, her attack, caught on video, would be all over cable and the NYT would’ve written three articles on it. But she’s pro-Palestinian, so it’s whatever. (She’s even Israeli, but that still doesn’t matter. Her politics trump all.)

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

I’m just left wondering how folks would have felt if Joe Biden illegally forced the government to stop fulfilling its obligations (as determined by laws passed by Congress) so that he could choose which of those obligations don’t align with his personal ideology.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Look, Trump is trying to oversaturate us with nonstop chaos so we can’t react meaningfully to any one thing.

But Friday's global stop work order on almost all U.S. aid is dumb and murderous. You need to know about it.

1/ A short🧵on this evil.
https://t.co/lK7WZ4RFD0

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

The Trump Administration’s action to suspend all federal grants & loans will have a devastating impact on the health and well-being of millions of children, seniors on fixed incomes, and the most vulnerable people in our country.

It is a dangerous move towards authoritarianism.

[Ron Wyden @RonWyden]

NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health insurance from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse, not the White House. These funds have already been allocated. They help families afford food, heat their homes, pay for childcare, go to the doctor, and more. This is worse than Project 2025.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

One of the people arrested earlier this week was arrested coming out of a church service. He had no criminal record, he had a job at a local tire store, he had an ankle monitor so ICE knew where he was at all times, and he was still in immigration court.

Does that make us safer?

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Sam Kuffel, a meteorologist for @CBS58, has reportedly been fired for criticizing Elon Musk’s arm gesture on her personal social media account.

[#AfghanEvac @afghanevac]

Afghans — they are NOT cancelling all the flights.

No flights have been cancelled yet. Once @StateDept rolls out the implementation plan, we will share more info.

So far, SIVs, I-730s, and others are not expected to be impacted. Only refugees.

[Marquis Govan @MarquisGovan1]

Some of y'all hate actual Christianity. Bishop Edgar reminded Trump of his duty to protect those on the margins and nothing, NOTHING, is more biblical than that.

[Metra Mehran @Metra_Mehran]

Devastating: 1,600 U.S. allies from #Afghanistan, processed for 3 years and cleared all requirements, now stranded after resettlement flights were canceled under the new executive order.
They can't endure more uncertainty!

flights must resume now!

https://t.co/xN2EQBrZ9T

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

Ben-Gvir’s claim that he previously prevented today’s hostage deal (for months) shows that Netanyahu & his govt chose to prolong the war in Gaza while hostages died & Israel annihilated tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians. Shame on all those who’ve supported this horror.

[A New Policy @anewpolicyorg]

Unconditional support for Israel is more than policy—it’s a strategic misstep with global consequences.

📃🚨 Our new report 'Not in America’s Interest: Why Unconditional Support for Israel is Bad for America, & Americans' is out. Read the analysis here:
https://t.co/edMf2YIRjR

[The Onion @TheOnion]

LAPD Arrests Everyone Who Lost Home In Fire
https://t.co/4AakJelOtQ

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

“You pontificate about a free press.”

Journalist @samhusseini manhandled and removed from @ABlinken press conference.

“Respect the process” 🤯

🎥 @ryangrim

They Thought They Were Free: The Americans. 2024 —

[Rabia İclal Turan @iclalturan]

Scenes from Blinken's final briefing... "Why aren’t you in The Hague?" Sam Husseini asked Blinken before being forcibly removed from the briefing room.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Let’s see how anti-war protesters and dissenters are treated first before making such claims.

[Mean Bean Machine 🤍🇦🇫🇵🇸🇸🇩 @floppergostic]

@STLpubLibrary If you had to pick only one to recommend, which would it be?

[Mean Bean Machine 🤍🇦🇫🇵🇸🇸🇩 @floppergostic]

@Cayden_Cline @langdinish I think it's not *quite* identical to "say", in that "be like" implies it may or may not be the exact wording the person used, whereas "say" implies something closer to a quote.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and grants 39 pardons in biggest single-day act of clemency in modern US history.