Ben the Hammerhead
@benhammerhead.bsky.social
Young Boomer-Old Gen Xer, polyglot, former exPat, multi-cultural. Love most shit posting snark & will otherwise call out bullshit. Also a news junkie. He/him cis gay(bi) partnered. +18 only
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Want to know what will be the most common phrase going forward?
“We didn’t think they’d do that”
“We didn’t think they’d do that”
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The Belgian people get leaders who invoke *Gramsci,* we Americans get leaders like RFK JR who channel *Graham,* the 19th century inventor of a cracker designed to foster spiritual rebirth and prevent masturbation.
waking up to the Belgian PM quoting Gramsci at Davos re: Trump www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 20, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The Belgian people get leaders who invoke *Gramsci,* we Americans get leaders like RFK JR who channel *Graham,* the 19th century inventor of a cracker designed to foster spiritual rebirth and prevent masturbation.
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I think it is time for the freedom of information act to include disclosing all individuals who have access to post directly on his account(s)
If Miller posted this, then that fact should be public information
If Miller posted this, then that fact should be public information
Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States
January 20, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I think it is time for the freedom of information act to include disclosing all individuals who have access to post directly on his account(s)
If Miller posted this, then that fact should be public information
If Miller posted this, then that fact should be public information
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Renee Good tried this tactic. Smiling, “I’m not mad at you bro”
Didn’t work.
Didn’t work.
Bessent: "Everyone take a deep breath. Do not escalate. Do not escalate. President Trump has a strategy here. Hear him out and then everything will be fine."
January 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Renee Good tried this tactic. Smiling, “I’m not mad at you bro”
Didn’t work.
Didn’t work.
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Karl is absolutely on target here.
Fernando Severino and I have been examining issue advertising on Spanish Language Radio for the past couple of election cycles and conservative groups are making a full court press to reach this audience.
latinxtalk.org/2025/09/08/w...
Fernando Severino and I have been examining issue advertising on Spanish Language Radio for the past couple of election cycles and conservative groups are making a full court press to reach this audience.
latinxtalk.org/2025/09/08/w...
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Karl is absolutely on target here.
Fernando Severino and I have been examining issue advertising on Spanish Language Radio for the past couple of election cycles and conservative groups are making a full court press to reach this audience.
latinxtalk.org/2025/09/08/w...
Fernando Severino and I have been examining issue advertising on Spanish Language Radio for the past couple of election cycles and conservative groups are making a full court press to reach this audience.
latinxtalk.org/2025/09/08/w...
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Don’t tell me to shut up
Don’t kick me under the table
Don’t
Don’t kick me under the table
Don’t
a woman is screaming with the words ich schrei sie so lange an wie ich will
Alt: a woman is screaming with the words ich schrei sie so lange an wie ich will
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Don’t tell me to shut up
Don’t kick me under the table
Don’t
Don’t kick me under the table
Don’t
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Well this came true I guess
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Well this came true I guess
I WILL SCREAM AT THEM AS LONG AS I WANT
I WILL PROTEST THEM AS LONG AS I WANT
AS LONG AS I WANT, I WILL FUCKING SCREAM AT THEM
I WILL PROTEST THEM AS LONG AS I WANT
AS LONG AS I WANT, I WILL FUCKING SCREAM AT THEM
January 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I WILL SCREAM AT THEM AS LONG AS I WANT
I WILL PROTEST THEM AS LONG AS I WANT
AS LONG AS I WANT, I WILL FUCKING SCREAM AT THEM
I WILL PROTEST THEM AS LONG AS I WANT
AS LONG AS I WANT, I WILL FUCKING SCREAM AT THEM
Hasn’t it always really been pay to play
January 20, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Hasn’t it always really been pay to play
And when you’ve found out you’ve been conned
It’s time to acknowledge that
It’s time to acknowledge that
Von der Leyen: Arctic security can only be achieved together. This is why the proposed additional tariffs are a mistake, especially between long-standing allies. The EU and US have agreed to a trade deal last July. A deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something.
January 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM
And when you’ve found out you’ve been conned
It’s time to acknowledge that
It’s time to acknowledge that
HARD DISAGREE
If there is an article, show it to your MAGA “friends”, shove it in their face, ask them about it, make them use their words
If there is an article, show it to your MAGA “friends”, shove it in their face, ask them about it, make them use their words
Articles today telling us that past year under Trump has been awful are not really needed. We lived it and know full well how horrible it is been!
January 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
HARD DISAGREE
If there is an article, show it to your MAGA “friends”, shove it in their face, ask them about it, make them use their words
If there is an article, show it to your MAGA “friends”, shove it in their face, ask them about it, make them use their words
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: “We can negotiate on everything political: security, investments and economy.
“But we cannot negotiate on our most fundamental values: sovereignty, our countries' identity and our borders, our democracy.”
“But we cannot negotiate on our most fundamental values: sovereignty, our countries' identity and our borders, our democracy.”
January 20, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: “We can negotiate on everything political: security, investments and economy.
“But we cannot negotiate on our most fundamental values: sovereignty, our countries' identity and our borders, our democracy.”
“But we cannot negotiate on our most fundamental values: sovereignty, our countries' identity and our borders, our democracy.”
I think it is time for the freedom of information act to include disclosing all individuals who have access to post directly on his account(s)
If Miller posted this, then that fact should be public information
If Miller posted this, then that fact should be public information
Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States
January 20, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I think it is time for the freedom of information act to include disclosing all individuals who have access to post directly on his account(s)
If Miller posted this, then that fact should be public information
If Miller posted this, then that fact should be public information
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Worth every second
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Worth every second
the thing about polls is they do tend to show how we have been under minority rule for a long time
86% of Americans polled don't want to invade Greenland which is almost as many people who demand to see the Epstein files
January 20, 2026 at 12:17 PM
the thing about polls is they do tend to show how we have been under minority rule for a long time
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a coach who learns ventriloquism so they don’t have to cover their mouth
January 20, 2026 at 3:36 AM
a coach who learns ventriloquism so they don’t have to cover their mouth
Will he ever share the other texts?
(you know the one about how so-n-so really has no tits, or the other texts they had about crypto, or the other texts about yea yea she was 15 but it’s legal in France)
Sharing private texts is INTIMIDATION
(you know the one about how so-n-so really has no tits, or the other texts they had about crypto, or the other texts about yea yea she was 15 but it’s legal in France)
Sharing private texts is INTIMIDATION
Trump appears to now be posting a private text from the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte.
Rutte’s message congratulates Trump on his work in Syria, says he will highlight Trump’s achievements in Davos this week.
Rutte’s message congratulates Trump on his work in Syria, says he will highlight Trump’s achievements in Davos this week.
January 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Will he ever share the other texts?
(you know the one about how so-n-so really has no tits, or the other texts they had about crypto, or the other texts about yea yea she was 15 but it’s legal in France)
Sharing private texts is INTIMIDATION
(you know the one about how so-n-so really has no tits, or the other texts they had about crypto, or the other texts about yea yea she was 15 but it’s legal in France)
Sharing private texts is INTIMIDATION
Stop making your points so good I can’t comment on them
lol
lol
January 20, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Stop making your points so good I can’t comment on them
lol
lol
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This alone should be the red line for all.
If your peace plan includes Vladimir Putin and excludes actual allies, it’s not peace. It’s submission.
January 20, 2026 at 7:43 AM
This alone should be the red line for all.
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the entire purpose of the conservative legal movement is to reverse the Warren court and legalize everything Nixon did.
I don't know that I'll ever entirely understand Roberts. Other than his enmity to the VRA he doesn't seem to have a lodestar except pure partisan ambition.
this is the executive power which John Roberts has worked his entire life to create
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 AM
the entire purpose of the conservative legal movement is to reverse the Warren court and legalize everything Nixon did.
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Right. And Roberts is clearly committed to doing the best job of this that he can. More than that, convinced no one else could do a better job. But why does he want it? This is a guy who got into law because history professorships were hard to come by. Contemplating him feels unpleasantly empty.
January 20, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Right. And Roberts is clearly committed to doing the best job of this that he can. More than that, convinced no one else could do a better job. But why does he want it? This is a guy who got into law because history professorships were hard to come by. Contemplating him feels unpleasantly empty.
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Farage said this a couple of days ago in connection with Trump’s Greenland threats. They’ve been talking.
Trump says UK handing over Chagos Islands sovereignty is act of 'great stupidity'
The US president says the UK
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Farage said this a couple of days ago in connection with Trump’s Greenland threats. They’ve been talking.
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Grift was not the idea behind the UN Charter, it was democracy. Whatever whoever will sign this Thursday in Davos will have a completely different purpose. Media is quick to label something to make it appear familiar. Pls be wise.
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Grift was not the idea behind the UN Charter, it was democracy. Whatever whoever will sign this Thursday in Davos will have a completely different purpose. Media is quick to label something to make it appear familiar. Pls be wise.
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Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.