BenCisco
@bencisco.bsky.social
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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New: After Mike Johnson indicates he won’t place a legally mandated plaque honoring Jan. 6 officers who defended the Capitol, Nancy Pelosi tells me @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social will do it after Dems win the House in 2026.
Where? “Speaker Jeffries will decide that.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Where? “Speaker Jeffries will decide that.”
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Pelosi says ‘Speaker Jeffries’ will hang plaque honoring Jan. 6 officers after midterm elections
The office of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he won’t hang a legally mandated plaque honoring the officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
New: After Mike Johnson indicates he won’t place a legally mandated plaque honoring Jan. 6 officers who defended the Capitol, Nancy Pelosi tells me @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social will do it after Dems win the House in 2026.
Where? “Speaker Jeffries will decide that.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Where? “Speaker Jeffries will decide that.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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publicly rejecting it, on every social media account you have, and amplifying every other rejection, is also signaling. they’re a weak regime, getting weaker, in a mix of false bravado and panic and fear, and who they fear is us. they should.
The president is also signalling to his followers in and out of government what the party line on this horrific murder will be. That it's transparently false is almost beside the point. Indeed, publicly adopting the falsehood will fast become a loyalty test.
That he chooses the "me or your lying eyes?" approach, in the full knowledge that there are multiple videos out there, is a striking commentary on the nature of propaganda in the modern information environment.
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 AM
publicly rejecting it, on every social media account you have, and amplifying every other rejection, is also signaling. they’re a weak regime, getting weaker, in a mix of false bravado and panic and fear, and who they fear is us. they should.
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These nine House Republicans voted with all Democrats to advance the clean 3-year ACA funding bill:
Bresnahan
Fitzpatrick
Kean
LaLota
Lawler
Mackenzie
Max Miller
Salazar
Valadao
Bresnahan
Fitzpatrick
Kean
LaLota
Lawler
Mackenzie
Max Miller
Salazar
Valadao
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 AM
These nine House Republicans voted with all Democrats to advance the clean 3-year ACA funding bill:
Bresnahan
Fitzpatrick
Kean
LaLota
Lawler
Mackenzie
Max Miller
Salazar
Valadao
Bresnahan
Fitzpatrick
Kean
LaLota
Lawler
Mackenzie
Max Miller
Salazar
Valadao
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221-205, House passes the “motion to discharge” the Jeffries 3-year ACA funding extension.
NINE (!) Republicans join unanimous Democrats in voting to advance it.
This tees up a final House vote tomorrow; it’s poised to sail through.
NINE (!) Republicans join unanimous Democrats in voting to advance it.
This tees up a final House vote tomorrow; it’s poised to sail through.
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
221-205, House passes the “motion to discharge” the Jeffries 3-year ACA funding extension.
NINE (!) Republicans join unanimous Democrats in voting to advance it.
This tees up a final House vote tomorrow; it’s poised to sail through.
NINE (!) Republicans join unanimous Democrats in voting to advance it.
This tees up a final House vote tomorrow; it’s poised to sail through.
MSN
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January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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1. ICE will kill you.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
1. ICE will kill you.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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Nobody wants to go there. Nobody wants to perform there. Grenell and Trump decided to make the Kennedy Center all about Grenell and Trump. Many artists and attendees have zero interest in that. You can sue, you can cry, but you can’t force people to like you.
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Nobody wants to go there. Nobody wants to perform there. Grenell and Trump decided to make the Kennedy Center all about Grenell and Trump. Many artists and attendees have zero interest in that. You can sue, you can cry, but you can’t force people to like you.
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Jeffries: "The Constitution isn't a matter of inconvenience. It is a requirement. George Washington in his farewell address to the nation made clear that the Constitution is sacredly obligatory upon all. That means everybody. There is no Trump exception."
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Jeffries: "The Constitution isn't a matter of inconvenience. It is a requirement. George Washington in his farewell address to the nation made clear that the Constitution is sacredly obligatory upon all. That means everybody. There is no Trump exception."
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Vile stuff. J 6 insurrectionists Taunting police about their pardons from Trump as they use racial and homophobic slurs towards them.
And nobody will bat an eye.
And nobody will bat an eye.
January 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Vile stuff. J 6 insurrectionists Taunting police about their pardons from Trump as they use racial and homophobic slurs towards them.
And nobody will bat an eye.
And nobody will bat an eye.
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Okay, I did it
New at The Evening Constitutional! Why Donald Trump is an actual factual traitor, within the meaning of the Treason Clause eveningconstitutional.net/donald-trump...
New at The Evening Constitutional! Why Donald Trump is an actual factual traitor, within the meaning of the Treason Clause eveningconstitutional.net/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Is A Traitor
Today is January 6th, 2026. Five years ago today, the Congress met, as prescribed by law, to count the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election and certify the winner thereof. This had happ...
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January 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Okay, I did it
New at The Evening Constitutional! Why Donald Trump is an actual factual traitor, within the meaning of the Treason Clause eveningconstitutional.net/donald-trump...
New at The Evening Constitutional! Why Donald Trump is an actual factual traitor, within the meaning of the Treason Clause eveningconstitutional.net/donald-trump...
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Republicans were very clear during the election that this is what they believed, & that this was what they would act upon when in office. Editors & tastemakers discounted it all, because it was ridiculous. Everything was fine. No one would blow everything up for the sake of delusion. Now here we are
According to the White House, this is the "true" timeline of January 6th.
January 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Republicans were very clear during the election that this is what they believed, & that this was what they would act upon when in office. Editors & tastemakers discounted it all, because it was ridiculous. Everything was fine. No one would blow everything up for the sake of delusion. Now here we are
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We have a lot more video and information on our visual archive of that day
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
apps.npr.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:43 PM
We have a lot more video and information on our visual archive of that day
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
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Yup. There's been an incredible case of amnesia.
I know this feels impossible now, but I swear, on January 6 itself, there was a pretty broad bipartisan consensus that storming the Capitol to find and kill lawmakers was bad, and that Trump was responsible for inciting his followers to try it
January 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Yup. There's been an incredible case of amnesia.
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Former Capitol Police Officer: We're in a very dangerous place. The Trump administration has replaced the rule of law, both in our domestic policy and our foreign policy, with the idea that the ends justify the means. That's incredibly troubling, especially when it goes against our Constitution.
January 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Former Capitol Police Officer: We're in a very dangerous place. The Trump administration has replaced the rule of law, both in our domestic policy and our foreign policy, with the idea that the ends justify the means. That's incredibly troubling, especially when it goes against our Constitution.
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“For over three hours we begged him to send the National Guard! He never did it. He took joy in not doing. He was savoring it...What he's saying today is an insult to the American people."
#GOAT
#GOAT
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
“For over three hours we begged him to send the National Guard! He never did it. He took joy in not doing. He was savoring it...What he's saying today is an insult to the American people."
#GOAT
#GOAT
Brow furrowing inbound
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January 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Crockett: "Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here on January 6, I do want to be clear: somebody else was trying to be a Maduro of the United States. Somebody else wanted to do the exact same thing. The difference is Maduro was successful."
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Jake Sherman of Punchbowl reporting Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) has died. He was 65 years old
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Jake Sherman of Punchbowl reporting Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) has died. He was 65 years old
