Ben K.
@benjaminkabak.com
Lawyer.
Transit (@2avesag.as), baseball, politics, Yogi photos. Be loud for America.
Transit (@2avesag.as), baseball, politics, Yogi photos. Be loud for America.
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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
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.
These numbers are pretty bad actually.
NEW: White evangelical support for Trump
69% approve his job performance
58% support all of most of his policies
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/09/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago/
69% approve his job performance
58% support all of most of his policies
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/09/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago/
White evangelicals remain among Trump’s strongest supporters, but they're less supportive than a year ago
There has been an 8-percentage point drop since early 2025 in the share of White evangelicals who support all or most of Trump’s plans and policies.
www.pewresearch.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
These numbers are pretty bad actually.
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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
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
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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.
As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns reut.rs/3Mc4h4H
As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes – and concerns
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, healthcare reform, curbing waste and fraud, and lowering US debt.
reut.rs
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
"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.
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Are we validating bigots who said the city did a bad job of making ice melt in freezing temperatures?
There are eight million people in the big city. And 32 million opinions on the Mamdani administration's response to its first snow crisis.
Snow Problem: Can New York City Handle Big Winter Storms Anymore? - Streetsblog New York City
There are eight million people in the big city. And 32 million opinions on the Mamdani administration's response to its first snow crisis.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Are we validating bigots who said the city did a bad job of making ice melt in freezing temperatures?
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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
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!
Another 40 seasons of Mariners futility guaranteed
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Another 40 seasons of Mariners futility guaranteed
Please this game, something happen
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Please this game, something happen
Bad Bunny is going to end this performance by punting.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Bad Bunny is going to end this performance by punting.
The great American punting competition.
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The great American punting competition.
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
Biggest sports news of the day: Knicks beat the Celtics in Boston. May New England teams stay losing this evening.
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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
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
Is he the kidnapper?
Billy Bush Tells Fox That NBC Can and Should ‘Easily’ Pay Reported $6M Ransom for Savannah Guthrie’s Mom: A ‘Quick-Hit Send’
Billy Bush Tells Fox That NBC Can and Should ‘Easily’ Pay Reported $6M Ransom for Savannah Guthrie’s Mom: A ‘Quick-Hit Send’
Billy Bush said the $6 million ransom the suspected kidnappers of Savannah Guthrie's mom are demanding can and should be "easily" paid by NBC
The post Billy Bush Tells Fox That NBC Can and Should ‘Easily’ Pay Reported $6M Ransom for Savannah Guthrie’s Mom: A ‘Quick-Hit Send’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Is he the kidnapper?
Truly nothing sadder or more friendless today than the people pumping up the fake other halftime show on X dot com
February 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Truly nothing sadder or more friendless today than the people pumping up the fake other halftime show on X dot com
We get more Times alerts about the Clintons and Epstein than about the current sitting president, who appears the most in the Epstein Files. It’s curious, to say the least.
February 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
We get more Times alerts about the Clintons and Epstein than about the current sitting president, who appears the most in the Epstein Files. It’s curious, to say the least.
What if we made an entire Olympic sport out of Rod Beck?
February 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
What if we made an entire Olympic sport out of Rod Beck?
These people are morons. Dangerous and rich but just morons.
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
These people are morons. Dangerous and rich but just morons.
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Maybe it's time to close the Wall Street Journal for good.
New York isn't a conservative hub, the newspaper is ugly, and Rupert Murdoch doesn't care about democracy.
Bruh, do you see how stupid you sound?
New York isn't a conservative hub, the newspaper is ugly, and Rupert Murdoch doesn't care about democracy.
Bruh, do you see how stupid you sound?
Opinion | Maybe It’s Time to Close the Kennedy Center for Good
Washington isn’t a cultural hub, the building is ugly, and its leaders don’t much care about the arts.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Maybe it's time to close the Wall Street Journal for good.
New York isn't a conservative hub, the newspaper is ugly, and Rupert Murdoch doesn't care about democracy.
Bruh, do you see how stupid you sound?
New York isn't a conservative hub, the newspaper is ugly, and Rupert Murdoch doesn't care about democracy.
Bruh, do you see how stupid you sound?
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All I’ll say is we didn’t have a winter like this for all of Bill de Blasio's eight years since he put the fear of FUCKING GOD into the groundhogs.
February 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
All I’ll say is we didn’t have a winter like this for all of Bill de Blasio's eight years since he put the fear of FUCKING GOD into the groundhogs.
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Consider all the drivers, hotel staff, and restaurant staff that these people have exposed while taking their annual victory lap around ending the right to an abortion
February 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Consider all the drivers, hotel staff, and restaurant staff that these people have exposed while taking their annual victory lap around ending the right to an abortion
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Trying not to put on my tin foil hat here, but if your strategy was to get the media to think you’d toned it down while actually going harder against the observers, a tactic you’d deploy would be to use a fifth column to divide the observers and box out the press, under a left-coded pretext.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Trying not to put on my tin foil hat here, but if your strategy was to get the media to think you’d toned it down while actually going harder against the observers, a tactic you’d deploy would be to use a fifth column to divide the observers and box out the press, under a left-coded pretext.