Ben Chambers
@bchambers89.bsky.social
Connoisseur of cheap wine, fan of #stlcards
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I am hearing that on his deathbed Dick Cheney received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. Even now he looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet!
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am hearing that on his deathbed Dick Cheney received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. Even now he looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet!
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We're currently at the "Jesus didn't say we should feed people"
portion of the fall of American Evangelicalism.
portion of the fall of American Evangelicalism.
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We're currently at the "Jesus didn't say we should feed people"
portion of the fall of American Evangelicalism.
portion of the fall of American Evangelicalism.
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
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We will need Nuremberg-like trials
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
October 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We will need Nuremberg-like trials
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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There will be a point at the trials when the prosecutors are going to want to prove a depraved indifference to human life, and man are they going to be spoiled for material.
Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
There will be a point at the trials when the prosecutors are going to want to prove a depraved indifference to human life, and man are they going to be spoiled for material.
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You can’t defeat fascism by capitulating with it. You absolutely cannot beat fascism by burying your head, and pretending electoralism will save you. You cannot reason with fascism because it is intentionally unreasonable. You have to excise it from society like the cancer it is.
September 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
You can’t defeat fascism by capitulating with it. You absolutely cannot beat fascism by burying your head, and pretending electoralism will save you. You cannot reason with fascism because it is intentionally unreasonable. You have to excise it from society like the cancer it is.
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The trauma of this event will reverberate in everyone who witnessed it. The tragedy of the American Right is that they don't *believe in trauma,* and so all they do is turn it into outrage and revenge.
"Feelings aren't facts," I heard once. But unexamined feelings lead people to distort facts.
"Feelings aren't facts," I heard once. But unexamined feelings lead people to distort facts.
September 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The trauma of this event will reverberate in everyone who witnessed it. The tragedy of the American Right is that they don't *believe in trauma,* and so all they do is turn it into outrage and revenge.
"Feelings aren't facts," I heard once. But unexamined feelings lead people to distort facts.
"Feelings aren't facts," I heard once. But unexamined feelings lead people to distort facts.
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy’s to the title
Tom Clancy’s Holes
Tom Clancy’s Holes
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy’s Little Women
Tom Clancy’s Little Women
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Cancy's Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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Tom Cancy's Jonathan Livingston Seagull
bsky.app/profile/donm...
August 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy’s to the title
Tom Clancy’s Holes
Tom Clancy’s Holes
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This is your reminder that we are not powerless. Join or start a local organization that is working to keep people safe and/or to mobilize against fascism.
This is getting very bad:
*FBI raids top Trump critic's home
*Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook
*Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting
*DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come"
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1994...
*FBI raids top Trump critic's home
*Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook
*Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting
*DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come"
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1994...
Trump’s FBI Raid of John Bolton’s Home Looks Like a “Five Alarm Fire”
Thus far little is known about Friday’s law enforcement action against a top Trump critic. But we’re seeing an escalation of authoritarian power on many fronts that has grown unmistakable.
newrepublic.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is your reminder that we are not powerless. Join or start a local organization that is working to keep people safe and/or to mobilize against fascism.
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warning everyone in my life I am going to be insufferable in october because of florence + taylor
August 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
warning everyone in my life I am going to be insufferable in october because of florence + taylor
Someday our grandchildren will ask what we did during these times. Every day every single one of us has to choose to be on the right side of history, no matter how inconvenient that may be.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Someday our grandchildren will ask what we did during these times. Every day every single one of us has to choose to be on the right side of history, no matter how inconvenient that may be.
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You're probably going to have to be slightly more specific than this.
SUBWAY GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
AG Bondi says a DOJ employee has been fired after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a wrapped Subway sandwich at a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C.
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
Following his arrest, the man allegedly told one of the arresting officers: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.” wapo.st/3Uq59TN
August 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
You're probably going to have to be slightly more specific than this.
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Yeah
@meganhunt.bsky.social
This you? A state Senator said this? Unbelievable.
This you? A state Senator said this? Unbelievable.
July 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Yeah
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My country is doing great evil. There is no other word for it.
It is being done on purpose, with malevolent intent to harm other human beings. And we know it is happening.
It is being done on purpose, with malevolent intent to harm other human beings. And we know it is happening.
July 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My country is doing great evil. There is no other word for it.
It is being done on purpose, with malevolent intent to harm other human beings. And we know it is happening.
It is being done on purpose, with malevolent intent to harm other human beings. And we know it is happening.
@nytimes.com I’ve given you the benefit of the doubt much longer than I should, but the Mamdani smear was the final straw. I’m now free of my overpriced subscription!
July 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
@nytimes.com I’ve given you the benefit of the doubt much longer than I should, but the Mamdani smear was the final straw. I’m now free of my overpriced subscription!
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.
If you do one thing today, read this article. RFK is doing so much harm to our children, and it has to stop.
Hey folks. I know there's a lot going on right now, but I'd really appreciate it if you read this piece I wrote on the perils of raising an autistic child during the era of RFK Jr. and his campaign of insane conspiracies and cruel scare tactics geared toward people on the spectrum.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not let my daughter be: defector.com/robert-f-ken...
June 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If you do one thing today, read this article. RFK is doing so much harm to our children, and it has to stop.
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It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
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if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost
May 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost
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If 200,000 people spread across four states had voted differently, we'd be talking about the policies of the first black female president. Instead, Trump wins a razor-thin race, is still able to be defeated, but Bluesky is full of people who want to imagine they're Jews in 1936 Berlin. /1
May 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
If 200,000 people spread across four states had voted differently, we'd be talking about the policies of the first black female president. Instead, Trump wins a razor-thin race, is still able to be defeated, but Bluesky is full of people who want to imagine they're Jews in 1936 Berlin. /1
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Only tangential here I think, but the sportsbetting industry is stealing this from us (in addition to creating addiction). Sports works as a social lubricant because the real stakes are trivial & the imagined stakes are high. It’s a big game of pretend. Adding $ stakes to it ruins its social role
May 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Only tangential here I think, but the sportsbetting industry is stealing this from us (in addition to creating addiction). Sports works as a social lubricant because the real stakes are trivial & the imagined stakes are high. It’s a big game of pretend. Adding $ stakes to it ruins its social role
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This country is still capable of wonders
May 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This country is still capable of wonders
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Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people
May 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Happy May 1st. The value of your labor belongs to you and the actions of the state are best understood as as a coordinated effort to distract you from this. The state fears an organized and unified proletariat like it fears death and rightly so. Power to the workers and power to the people