Ben Prince
@benprince415.bsky.social
SF based pianist/music director specializing in musical theatre, piano bars, cruise ships. Court research attorney specializing in post-conviction criminal motions and petitions. Enjoys travel, sci-fi, naps, Japanese food. He/him 🏳️🌈
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This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Says Noem Made Final Decision on El Salvador Removals in Breach of Court Order
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is a really big story that should not be missed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
I don’t know what the Supreme Court will do, but I am confident that at the District Court level it is still the case that the Pentagon cannot recall a sitting US Senator to active duty in order to court martial him for something he said. Article 1, Section 6, among other constitutional provisions.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We really do have two different kinds of law now: District Court law (aka the law), and Supreme Court "law" (aka the U.S. House of Lords upholding Trump's personalist regime)
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The people of Chicago won
Trump, Kristi Noem and ICE lost
Not only did Greg Bovino and his agents leave the city in disgrace
A judge ruled that they must release as many as 615 unjustly detained immigrants
Plus-they must stop pressuring immigrants to voluntarily leave
Never
Stop
Resisting
Trump, Kristi Noem and ICE lost
Not only did Greg Bovino and his agents leave the city in disgrace
A judge ruled that they must release as many as 615 unjustly detained immigrants
Plus-they must stop pressuring immigrants to voluntarily leave
Never
Stop
Resisting
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The people of Chicago won
Trump, Kristi Noem and ICE lost
Not only did Greg Bovino and his agents leave the city in disgrace
A judge ruled that they must release as many as 615 unjustly detained immigrants
Plus-they must stop pressuring immigrants to voluntarily leave
Never
Stop
Resisting
Trump, Kristi Noem and ICE lost
Not only did Greg Bovino and his agents leave the city in disgrace
A judge ruled that they must release as many as 615 unjustly detained immigrants
Plus-they must stop pressuring immigrants to voluntarily leave
Never
Stop
Resisting
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
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Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
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Phew. This is the best thing I’ve read this week and is absolutely worth your time.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Phew. This is the best thing I’ve read this week and is absolutely worth your time.
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The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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genuinely beautiful that new york elected a muslim lefty mayor the same day that dick cheney died
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
genuinely beautiful that new york elected a muslim lefty mayor the same day that dick cheney died
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
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There is a distinct possibility that some people are too stupid to participate in a democracy
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There is a distinct possibility that some people are too stupid to participate in a democracy
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
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Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
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JB Pritzker creating the “Illinois Accountability Commission” isn’t getting enough attention. Its focus is on immigration agents & it will document abuses, capture impacts on families and communities, & recommend actions to prevent further harm. We need more of these nationwide.
October 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
JB Pritzker creating the “Illinois Accountability Commission” isn’t getting enough attention. Its focus is on immigration agents & it will document abuses, capture impacts on families and communities, & recommend actions to prevent further harm. We need more of these nationwide.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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He orders extrajudicial killings. He sent troops into our cities. He terrorizes citizens with ICE raids. He raised taxes without congressional approval. He has ruined American farmers and ranchers. He plans to starve the vulnerable. He demolished our house.
Remove him from office.
Remove him from office.
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
He orders extrajudicial killings. He sent troops into our cities. He terrorizes citizens with ICE raids. He raised taxes without congressional approval. He has ruined American farmers and ranchers. He plans to starve the vulnerable. He demolished our house.
Remove him from office.
Remove him from office.
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Horrifying 🧵
October 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Horrifying 🧵
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October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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ABOLISH ICE and EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT should be mainstream Democratic promises and talking points.
But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.
But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ABOLISH ICE and EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT should be mainstream Democratic promises and talking points.
But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.
But timidity and civility will rule the day and screw the rest of us and this country in the end.
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Reading for pleasure has fallen by 40 percent since 2000. This is not progress. You should read because it's good for your brain, your soul. You should read because our freedoms will not long endure in a post-literate world. Most of all, you should read because it's fun.
October 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Reading for pleasure has fallen by 40 percent since 2000. This is not progress. You should read because it's good for your brain, your soul. You should read because our freedoms will not long endure in a post-literate world. Most of all, you should read because it's fun.