BenCisco
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USAF (Retired), Sysadmin 2, MSCIS Candidate. Member of the Jackaltariat at https://balloon-juice.com/ . Proud member of the Divine 9 👌🏽♦️. No DMs
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My alma mater did something ... good?
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
www.wunc.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My alma mater did something ... good?
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50 year mortgages and 15 year car loans are just about keeping us working in servitude to lenders.
It’s ridiculous!!!
It’s ridiculous!!!
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
50 year mortgages and 15 year car loans are just about keeping us working in servitude to lenders.
It’s ridiculous!!!
It’s ridiculous!!!
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It's the People's Front of Judea bit reenacted without a shred of awareness to near perfection, a truly staggering level of political incompetence, destined to never self correct.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's the People's Front of Judea bit reenacted without a shred of awareness to near perfection, a truly staggering level of political incompetence, destined to never self correct.
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These people understand that the GOP is bad the same way rebellious teenagers understand that doing drugs is bad. They roll their eyes and mutter along "yeah yeah" at all the lives that have been destroyed, all the while thinking actually they wouldn't mind trying it just for fun
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
These people understand that the GOP is bad the same way rebellious teenagers understand that doing drugs is bad. They roll their eyes and mutter along "yeah yeah" at all the lives that have been destroyed, all the while thinking actually they wouldn't mind trying it just for fun
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"yeah yeah the republicans are bad and stuff, BUT TO GET BACK TO THE REAL TARGET OF MY RAGE, CHUCK SCHUMER!" is not a statement made by someone who is actually taking the first clause of it all that seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"yeah yeah the republicans are bad and stuff, BUT TO GET BACK TO THE REAL TARGET OF MY RAGE, CHUCK SCHUMER!" is not a statement made by someone who is actually taking the first clause of it all that seriously.
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If "of COURSE the gop is the primary author of our collective discontent" is such an obvious truth that it hardly bears saying out loud, how come there isn't a torture devised that could get some of the folks on this website to admit it? Do they all just have that much of an aversion to the obvious?
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If "of COURSE the gop is the primary author of our collective discontent" is such an obvious truth that it hardly bears saying out loud, how come there isn't a torture devised that could get some of the folks on this website to admit it? Do they all just have that much of an aversion to the obvious?
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Genuinely yes you absolutely do need to stop assume your audience takes "seemingly obvious" things for granted in your political analysis! You would be shocked the amount of people who need it spelled out for them. Arguably you, for instance.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Genuinely yes you absolutely do need to stop assume your audience takes "seemingly obvious" things for granted in your political analysis! You would be shocked the amount of people who need it spelled out for them. Arguably you, for instance.
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The con is so lazy and disrespectful I almost appreciate it. "I have a magic free money button! You idiots will believe anything!"
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The con is so lazy and disrespectful I almost appreciate it. "I have a magic free money button! You idiots will believe anything!"
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Just to have it all in one place: trump has at this point promised to use the tariff money to give everyone $2000 checks, do a massive farmer bailout, pay down the national debt, and eliminate income tax
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just to have it all in one place: trump has at this point promised to use the tariff money to give everyone $2000 checks, do a massive farmer bailout, pay down the national debt, and eliminate income tax
apnews.com/article/louv... man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
apnews.com/article/louv... man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
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A Dutch province has asked the US ambassador in the Netherlands to return two panels about African American soldiers to the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery, located in Margraten (Limburg). The two panels were recently removed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A Dutch province has asked the US ambassador in the Netherlands to return two panels about African American soldiers to the visitors center of the Netherlands American Cemetery, located in Margraten (Limburg). The two panels were recently removed by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
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I have always been a Democrat and I always will be. To walk away from them now is exactly what Republicans want. After last week's election they are worried. Trump is terrified. Show them we are disappointed but united, and that they have a reason to be worried. It will make them very nervous.
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I have always been a Democrat and I always will be. To walk away from them now is exactly what Republicans want. After last week's election they are worried. Trump is terrified. Show them we are disappointed but united, and that they have a reason to be worried. It will make them very nervous.
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NEWS: Late last night Trump ordered once again by court to pay full SNAP to hungry people: “The record here shows that the government sat on its hands for nearly a month, unprepared to make partial payments.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NEWS: Late last night Trump ordered once again by court to pay full SNAP to hungry people: “The record here shows that the government sat on its hands for nearly a month, unprepared to make partial payments.”
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My statement on the spending legislation and Republican healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My statement on the spending legislation and Republican healthcare crisis.
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Highly ironic that they're this worked up over saving ACA extensions that were put in place by Joe Biden, whom the same people insisted was a useless vegetable who hadn't done anything for them.
Make up yer mind faster next time…
Make up yer mind faster next time…
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Highly ironic that they're this worked up over saving ACA extensions that were put in place by Joe Biden, whom the same people insisted was a useless vegetable who hadn't done anything for them.
Make up yer mind faster next time…
Make up yer mind faster next time…
Schumer & Jeffries are both against the deal, so of course people are immediately going after Schumer and Jeffries for the deal that may or may not be on the table. Maybe it doesn’t have anything to do with the deal for why some people want these guys gone.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Schumer & Jeffries are both against the deal, so of course people are immediately going after Schumer and Jeffries for the deal that may or may not be on the table. Maybe it doesn’t have anything to do with the deal for why some people want these guys gone.
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🧵!!!!!
Starting now: Press conference announcing a motion for a temporary restraining order challenging USDA's unlawful attempt to withhold SNAP benefits, featuring Attorneys General of CA, NY, MN, NJ and leaders from City Harvest, Food Action Research Center and No Kid Hungry.
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🧵!!!!!
A visual representation of the timeline today:
a cartoon character from dexter 's laboratory is kissing another character .
ALT: a cartoon character from dexter 's laboratory is kissing another character .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A visual representation of the timeline today:
I see a LOT of peeps took Gil Scot-Heron's SARCASTIC advice to "panic now and avoid the rush."
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I see a LOT of peeps took Gil Scot-Heron's SARCASTIC advice to "panic now and avoid the rush."
