Ben K.
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Ben K.
@benjaminkabak.com
Lawyer.

Transit (@2avesag.as), baseball, politics, Yogi photos. Be loud for America.
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This proposed act is so evil.
Tomorrow I will testify before subcommittee of House Judiciary Committee against the proposed "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act," which would authorize exclusion/deportation of all or most non-citizen Muslim immigrants. My written testimony posted here: reason.com/wp-content/u...
reason.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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in the light of seeing Lula do to Bolsonaro what we should have done to Trump, and what that's done to the Brazilian right in a country with a significantly worse history of political violence than ours, I am not in the mood to be charitable about John Roberts, Mitch McConnell, and the filibuster
Joe Biden was entrusted with the safety of America and its people in the face of one of the worst crises we've faced since the civil war and failed on every level while also making his supporters complicit in support for a genocide
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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If your parents say things like “China is going to eliminate The Stanley Cup” you need to have the hard conversation about elder care solutions
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I have some mixed feelings about the city's ability to clean up after the last storm, but it's just deeply disingenuous to see people blaming Mamdani that temperatures haven't been above freezing since mid-January. The snow isn't going to simply disappear on its own in any meaningful amount.
February 10, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize?

It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
don't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
February 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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this is injurious to moral, social, and all human life
I arrived too late to an abduction yesterday. Ice vehicles boxed in a food delivery driver on the highway. They took him, and when I came on the scene (with a few other neighbors in cars), his keys were still in it. We found his phone, a debit card, his car title and registration.
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Pat Smear remains the best member of Nirvana.
I really need people outside of Seattle to know how much Krist Novoselic sucks
February 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Can we not as a city be rid of this asshole Timothy Dolan already?
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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The media is moving on, but ICE assaults haven't stopped in Minnesota at all. Resistance by everyday people hasn't lessened either. Bars and churches across Minneapolis have collection points like this for those in need, as if we're the home front in WW2. Except the front is our own neighborhoods.
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Great explainer from @ericlevitz.bsky.social about whether Trump is trying to rig the midterms (yes) and whether it'll work (almost definitely not, but the fact that we're having this conversation at all is not great, bob) ... gift link
Trump has a plan to steal the midterms. It will probably fail.
The nightmare scenario for American democracy is no longer unthinkable.
www.vox.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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"Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants", proving they unaccountably had no clue who they were voting for.
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Are we validating bigots who said the city did a bad job of making ice melt in freezing temperatures?
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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i'm baffled by all the people in the replies to posts about the spy doorbells asking for alternatives. like... the alternative is a regualr fucking doorbell with no camera in it. or a door knocker. get you a weird gargoyle guy! you dont need a camera!
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Another 40 seasons of Mariners futility guaranteed
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Please this game, something happen
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Real Food dot gov
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Bad Bunny is going to end this performance by punting.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Nueva Yoooool
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
The ref lifts.
February 9, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Are the Bills busy?
February 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The great American punting competition.
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Biggest sports news of the day: Knicks beat the Celtics in Boston. May New England teams stay losing this evening.
February 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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The idea that an 5-year-old citizen is somehow harmed by a 5-year-old non-citizen being present within our borders makes my blood boil
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM