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Michael Bender
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Just a Dad who believes that everyone has a right to live their life the way they want. I advocate for more biking, walking, housing access, education, clean air and water, and social justice.
I can solve the DHS funding debate. Dems vote to fully fund ICE. All human persons detained by ICE who are not later convicted of a crime shall be eligible to sue the agency and the agents personally for no less than $500,000 per hour of detainment.
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Trump: Give me Greenland or I’m going to raise taxes on Americans.
January 19, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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🖋️ “Congress Must Rein In an Out-of-Control Authoritarian Regime” hit 500 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PHNNKH to 50409
Congress Must Rein In an Out-of-Control Authoritarian Regime
Text SIGN PHNNKH to 50409 — I am writing to urge you, as a Member of Congress, to use every constitutional tool at your disposal to rein in an increasingly authoritarian Trump regime before its escalating abuses cause irreparable harm to our democracy, the rule of law, and global stability. We are living through a deliberate split-screen strategy. On the domestic front, the Trump regime is on a historic losing streak—losing in the courts, in Congress, at the ballot box, and in the streets. Public sentiment has turned decisively against ICE abuses and in favor of immigrants, civil liberties, and peaceful protest. The killing of Renee Nicole Good has become a moral and political turning point, galvanizing opposition nationwide. Rather than respond with accountability, the regime has doubled down—slandering the victim, refusing to investigate the ICE officer who killed her, escalating raids, and tolerating tactics that violate the most basic protections of the Fourth Amendment. The Department of Justice’s reported refusal to investigate the killing has already led to resignations by senior DOJ attorneys, deepening a crisis of credibility inside an institution that should be defending the rule of law, not subverting it. At the same time, the Trump regime is attempting to divert attention abroad—threatening or attacking Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, Iran, Greenland, and even NATO allies. This belligerence is not strength; it is distraction. As domestic authority erodes, the regime is leaning into the one arena where U.S. power is overwhelming: military force. This recklessness risks unauthorized wars, humanitarian catastrophe, and the collapse of long-standing alliances—none of it approved by Congress, none of it constitutional. The pattern is unmistakable: as losses mount at home, aggression abroad increases. Domestically, the regime continues to weaponize federal power. Its criminal investigation of Jerome Powell is a clear act of retaliation for refusing to subordinate monetary policy to presidential demands. The Federal Reserve’s independence exists precisely to prevent political manipulation of the economy. Undermining it has already rattled markets and threatens the financial security of millions of Americans. Courts are pushing back. States and cities are pushing back. Even members of the president’s own party are pushing back—through discharge petitions, public statements, and resistance to further consolidation of power. The Trump regime has failed to fully capture the courts, the states, Congress, or the information ecosystem. That window of resistance still exists—but it is closing. Congress was designed for moments like this. You possess constitutional tools created for exactly this scenario: oversight hearings, subpoenas, inherent contempt, appropriations authority, enforcement of statutory mandates—including the Epstein Files Transparency Act—and, where warranted, impeachment. These are not radical measures. They are the ordinary defenses of a republic under extraordinary assault. Millions of Americans are doing their part through peaceful, visible protest. Now Congress must do yours. History will not ask whether action was convenient. It will ask whether Congress upheld the Constitution when an authoritarian regime tested its limits—and went too far.
resist.bot
January 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The same people who want you to believe that women are unfit for combat want you to believe that ICE agents are delicate snowflakes. Say something they don’t like, hold a funny sign, wear a costume, or just be the wrong skin color - it will hurt their feelings, and it’s your fault if they shoot you.
January 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Big problems when the central bank has to put out a statement like this. To translate, he's basically saying "Congress and the American people, the executive branch is attempting to coerce and extort the federal reserve. Our entire economic system is at risk if you don't all act quickly."
January 12, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Please support Michael de Adder, who does great work:
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Sadly, it will be Biden’s legacy that he did not come out more forcefully to defend the institutions he claimed to support.
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.

Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.

Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.

It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Instead of a Department of Defense (or War), we should abolish that institution and create a Department of Peace. The mission of this new entity is the absence of armed conflicts involving United States personnel, our allies, or any of our funds. Top way to accomplish this: feed the poor.
January 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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Re-upping this for obvious reasons.
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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The Truth about Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.

No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.

Impeach. Convict. Remove.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Whatever comes of the next few months or years, one thing is for sure, we need to limit the power of the office of the president in the United States. It made sense to have broad powers and independence when Congress took months to get a quorum because everyone had to ride in on horseback. No more.
January 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This has to stop.
December 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Only in America!
December 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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December 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
AI Regulation is currently broken.
Stop regulating the algorithms (LLMs, methods). They change too fast. Regulations focusing on the tools will fail.

We need to regulate the impact. Focus on two things that won't change: DATA and ACCOUNTABILITY.

#AI #RegulateAI #LLMs #DataRights #Accountability
December 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Is it just me or was #crypto currency only invented because it was becoming harder to launder money the old fashioned way?
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Frustrated with the gridlock and dysfunction at the national level? Feeling like your voice doesn’t matter in the big political fights? Here’s where you can make a real difference: right in your own backyard.
September 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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August 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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August 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM