Ben Temchine
@abuasher.bsky.social
"Let men become the servile pawns of their masters in the factories of the land and there will be destroyed the bone and sinew of resistance to political dictatorship." Sen. Robert Wagner
#joinaunion #dcstatehood
#joinaunion #dcstatehood
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Ben Temchine
@abuasher.bsky.social
· Nov 25
"Let men become the servile pawns of their masters in the factories of the land and there will be destroyed the bone and sinew of resistance to political dictatorship.
The seeds of communism are sown in industry, not in government."
The seeds of communism are sown in industry, not in government."
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Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
December 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
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Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price?
$2733.15 a month.
$2733.15 a month.
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Well, an acquaintance who relies on the ACA marketplace for insurance just received a notice explaining that their fee for coverage will be rising. Right now they pay $180 a month. The new price?
$2733.15 a month.
$2733.15 a month.
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Since it's election day, id like to share one of my favorite election day story.
It revolves around Mary McLeod Bethune. Born in 1875, Bethune had dreams of being an educator. And in 1904, she opened a school for Black girls in Daytona Beach, Florida.
But Bethune was more than an educator
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It revolves around Mary McLeod Bethune. Born in 1875, Bethune had dreams of being an educator. And in 1904, she opened a school for Black girls in Daytona Beach, Florida.
But Bethune was more than an educator
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November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Since it's election day, id like to share one of my favorite election day story.
It revolves around Mary McLeod Bethune. Born in 1875, Bethune had dreams of being an educator. And in 1904, she opened a school for Black girls in Daytona Beach, Florida.
But Bethune was more than an educator
🧵
It revolves around Mary McLeod Bethune. Born in 1875, Bethune had dreams of being an educator. And in 1904, she opened a school for Black girls in Daytona Beach, Florida.
But Bethune was more than an educator
🧵
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Healthcare but only for my friends
November 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Healthcare but only for my friends
This is desert storm III - this time the genuinely hated invasion force gets to sleep at home.
After Bass spoke with what I assume is a DHS rep, they packed shit up and headed out. The whole neighborhood turned out to chase them out of the park. Some fruit was thrown, alot of yelling
July 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is desert storm III - this time the genuinely hated invasion force gets to sleep at home.
This whole presidency is like trump is Nicolas cage and America is elizabeth shue and we’re the fucking cleaning staff.
BREAKING NEWS: Trump Signs Signature Policy Bill On His July 4 Deadline
Trump Signs Signature Spending Bill Into Law — Here's What It Will Do
The bill passed the House 218-214 Thursday, with two Republicans joining Democrats voting against the bill.
on.forbes.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This whole presidency is like trump is Nicolas cage and America is elizabeth shue and we’re the fucking cleaning staff.
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I’m not sure why Gavin Newsome doesn’t activate the rest of his army guard to prevent the president from it or force him to overrule it…. Then fight on the second amendment guaranteeing a state a right to a militia. How can a state have a militia if the president can simply federalize it
June 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I’m not sure why Gavin Newsome doesn’t activate the rest of his army guard to prevent the president from it or force him to overrule it…. Then fight on the second amendment guaranteeing a state a right to a militia. How can a state have a militia if the president can simply federalize it
This is why billionaires are a bad idea.
June 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is why billionaires are a bad idea.
Why does the idiot head of FEMA look the same as the villainous painting in ghostbusters?
Just plain old fashioned good living probably.
Just plain old fashioned good living probably.
June 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Why does the idiot head of FEMA look the same as the villainous painting in ghostbusters?
Just plain old fashioned good living probably.
Just plain old fashioned good living probably.
i think this is smart. but for those inside unions that won't organize logistics workers, what is the "do this"? Also, this model has a potentially fatal problem: the eternal tension btwn serving the members you have & organizing the people you should have. no union survives w/o pt. 1
How Sprawl & Suburbs Have Upended the Organizing Terrain
Unfortunately, We Can’t Copy 1930s Union Targeting Strategies
www.laborpolitics.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
i think this is smart. but for those inside unions that won't organize logistics workers, what is the "do this"? Also, this model has a potentially fatal problem: the eternal tension btwn serving the members you have & organizing the people you should have. no union survives w/o pt. 1
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"The money produced by art has not disappeared. [...]The reality is that the people with the most money have devised, at every turn, new and more bulletproof ways for them to make and keep more money, and for the people who make things to make less."
March 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM
"The money produced by art has not disappeared. [...]The reality is that the people with the most money have devised, at every turn, new and more bulletproof ways for them to make and keep more money, and for the people who make things to make less."
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lord willing we will one day prosecute miller for crimes against humanity
April 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
lord willing we will one day prosecute miller for crimes against humanity
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Someone in the crowd is in medical distress while nurses are on stage at the fighting oligarchy rally. The nurses rush off stage to give medical aid
April 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Someone in the crowd is in medical distress while nurses are on stage at the fighting oligarchy rally. The nurses rush off stage to give medical aid
I think @delong.social gets a lot right here but he left something critical out: we love this genre because we yearn to be bold for an honorable purpose. We are denied that in this time. Boldness is allied with selfishness at the moment. introspection is where we find & show the action is worthy
Martha Wells's MurderBot Is Coming to Apple TV Plus in May!
I have extremely high hopes for this! And now there is a trailer... IMHO, Alexander Skarsgård totally nails both the flatness of external affect and the internal “I am incredibly anxious and do not...
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I think @delong.social gets a lot right here but he left something critical out: we love this genre because we yearn to be bold for an honorable purpose. We are denied that in this time. Boldness is allied with selfishness at the moment. introspection is where we find & show the action is worthy
There is an impirtant distinction in the labor movement that explains how different unions are approching this moment. It isn't the traditional divide: do you (a) join the union and then get the job or (b) get the job and then join the union. That matters. A lot. but there is a second distinction.
April 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There is an impirtant distinction in the labor movement that explains how different unions are approching this moment. It isn't the traditional divide: do you (a) join the union and then get the job or (b) get the job and then join the union. That matters. A lot. but there is a second distinction.
"[unions are] the greatest agency that the wit of man has ever devised for uplifting the lowly and the weak, for defending the poor and the oppressed, for bringing about genuine democracy amongst men." Clarence Darrow, 1903,
April 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"[unions are] the greatest agency that the wit of man has ever devised for uplifting the lowly and the weak, for defending the poor and the oppressed, for bringing about genuine democracy amongst men." Clarence Darrow, 1903,
What I simply cannot understand is why a system they insist is so natural requires such extraordinary intervention and control. The ultimate freedom is a golf green in Arizona? Purity is human, not found anywhere in nature.
Murray Rothbard's America www.unpopularfront.news/p/murray-rot...
Murray Rothbard's America www.unpopularfront.news/p/murray-rot...
Murray Rothbard's America
Returning to the Ur-Text of Trumpism
www.unpopularfront.news
April 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What I simply cannot understand is why a system they insist is so natural requires such extraordinary intervention and control. The ultimate freedom is a golf green in Arizona? Purity is human, not found anywhere in nature.
Murray Rothbard's America www.unpopularfront.news/p/murray-rot...
Murray Rothbard's America www.unpopularfront.news/p/murray-rot...
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One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
April 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
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It took under 100 days for "I'll lower prices on day one" to become "who needs money or a 401k when your heart is full of love for Dear Leader Trump"
April 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
It took under 100 days for "I'll lower prices on day one" to become "who needs money or a 401k when your heart is full of love for Dear Leader Trump"
Government run by lawyers had its flaws but government run by coders has been a farce.
March 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Government run by lawyers had its flaws but government run by coders has been a farce.
living in DC is watching earnest, honorable, generous people leaving careers they love everyday. It’s understanding the loss of know how and how wisdom on a visceral level. Medical researchers, military historians, border protections, construction foremen, energy and aid and logistics experts.
March 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
living in DC is watching earnest, honorable, generous people leaving careers they love everyday. It’s understanding the loss of know how and how wisdom on a visceral level. Medical researchers, military historians, border protections, construction foremen, energy and aid and logistics experts.
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A loathsome, evil person, as responsible as any single human being for the destruction of US democracy. I hope some day to piss on his grave.
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell has announced that he won’t seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative causes but ultimately ceded ground to t...
apnews.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A loathsome, evil person, as responsible as any single human being for the destruction of US democracy. I hope some day to piss on his grave.
This is so deeply misguided. TLDR- Biden lost because his desire to move past the neoliberal economic consensus ran inflation so high it destroyed his efforts to reshape the economy toward the middle class. the problem is that Hillary lost to Trump running on the neoliberal record of Obama.
Democrats Avoided Criticizing Biden. Jason Furman’s Doing It Now.
One of the Obama administration’s top economists is offering a scorching public critique of Biden’s economic legacy.
www.politico.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is so deeply misguided. TLDR- Biden lost because his desire to move past the neoliberal economic consensus ran inflation so high it destroyed his efforts to reshape the economy toward the middle class. the problem is that Hillary lost to Trump running on the neoliberal record of Obama.