Ben D
@bfd66.bsky.social
Progressive Texan. Verde hasta la muerte.
From Goth Prom to Square Dance Lessons. Brazil Day to a Japan Festival. The Wizard of Dogz to Skunkfest. And John Cleese, too. The bulletin board at the local sub shop is a treasure.
September 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
From Goth Prom to Square Dance Lessons. Brazil Day to a Japan Festival. The Wizard of Dogz to Skunkfest. And John Cleese, too. The bulletin board at the local sub shop is a treasure.
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A provision banning racial profiling of Hispanics by ICE in reaction to yesterday's SCotUs action should immediately be added as a non-negotiable position for any kind of CR.
*Force* the GOP to *demand* racial profiling of Hispanics and make them threaten to shut down the government over it
*Force* the GOP to *demand* racial profiling of Hispanics and make them threaten to shut down the government over it
September 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?
ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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August 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?
ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles
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I've been waiting for artists and musicians to meet the moment. Of course Quincy, MA stepped up. Of course it was Dropkick Murphys. Thank you, gents. I stand with you.
⚖️ Who'll Stand With Us? ✊🔥 #Resist
New Protest song by Dropkick Murphys www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BRH...
New Protest song by Dropkick Murphys www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BRH...
Dropkick Murphys "Who'll Stand With Us?" Music Video
YouTube video by Dropkick Murphys
www.youtube.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I've been waiting for artists and musicians to meet the moment. Of course Quincy, MA stepped up. Of course it was Dropkick Murphys. Thank you, gents. I stand with you.
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It is beyond 💯 worth the time to watch this woman. We should all be carefully fact-checking rather than seeing the title of an article and taking it as fact.
I hope she knows a lot of other like her who will listen.
SO worth your time. 💙💙💙
#Pinks #ProudBlue
I hope she knows a lot of other like her who will listen.
SO worth your time. 💙💙💙
#Pinks #ProudBlue
This powerful message: “I did the research and found out I was wrong.”
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
I’m not going to say much more except please take the time to watch. Then send it around to family and friends, no matter their political persuasion.
Part I
July 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It is beyond 💯 worth the time to watch this woman. We should all be carefully fact-checking rather than seeing the title of an article and taking it as fact.
I hope she knows a lot of other like her who will listen.
SO worth your time. 💙💙💙
#Pinks #ProudBlue
I hope she knows a lot of other like her who will listen.
SO worth your time. 💙💙💙
#Pinks #ProudBlue
There once was a dream that was the United States of America.
Trump: "We're gonna have a UFC fight on the grounds on the White House ... we're gonna do that as part of 250."
July 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There once was a dream that was the United States of America.
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France grieves the 4th of July.
They’re grieving with us.
Grieving what they’d helped fight to free and the fall of it.
They’re grieving with us.
Grieving what they’d helped fight to free and the fall of it.
July 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
France grieves the 4th of July.
They’re grieving with us.
Grieving what they’d helped fight to free and the fall of it.
They’re grieving with us.
Grieving what they’d helped fight to free and the fall of it.
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Let us remember the better times, a better America, run by liberals from the Southern Prairie. -OS
June 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Let us remember the better times, a better America, run by liberals from the Southern Prairie. -OS
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INBOX: Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is urging lawmakers to change the GOP-led “Big, Beautiful Bill” budget proposal, citing Pope Leo to argue that the bill “takes from the poor to give to the wealthy.”
It’s the strongest language USCCB has used yet
It’s the strongest language USCCB has used yet
June 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
INBOX: Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is urging lawmakers to change the GOP-led “Big, Beautiful Bill” budget proposal, citing Pope Leo to argue that the bill “takes from the poor to give to the wealthy.”
It’s the strongest language USCCB has used yet
It’s the strongest language USCCB has used yet
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Hey America. Just saying.
January 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hey America. Just saying.
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
Go Gov Healey! Stone-cold facts.
🔥 MASSACHUSETTS GOV HEALEY: “Trump wants to tell Harvard who they can let in, what they can teach, who they can hire… It’s dumb. It’s stupid. Trump is making 🇺🇸 less competitive, and putting American interests last.”
May 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Go Gov Healey! Stone-cold facts.
For those who need a refresher that the media CAN stand up to bullying and insults in pursuit of truth.
youtu.be/0HWHhev-aag?...
youtu.be/0HWHhev-aag?...
Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo versus KYW-TV News Anchorman Stan Bohrman 11-10-80.flv
YouTube video by Dan Schear
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
For those who need a refresher that the media CAN stand up to bullying and insults in pursuit of truth.
youtu.be/0HWHhev-aag?...
youtu.be/0HWHhev-aag?...
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I was going to be brave, but…
Be brave.
Be brave.
May 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I was going to be brave, but…
Be brave.
Be brave.
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The Speaker's last-minute prayer before the 1am House Rules Committee hearing.
We're awake and watching, Mike.
We're awake and watching, Mike.
May 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The Speaker's last-minute prayer before the 1am House Rules Committee hearing.
We're awake and watching, Mike.
We're awake and watching, Mike.
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"I want people to be safe and protected. I want to live on the right side of history. I am an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship and I was privileged enough to grow up in the United States after asylum in Denmark. I stand by those protections, always."
May 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
"I want people to be safe and protected. I want to live on the right side of history. I am an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship and I was privileged enough to grow up in the United States after asylum in Denmark. I stand by those protections, always."
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Love this from Pedro Pascal at Cannes:
"Fear is the way that they win, so keep telling the stories and expressing yourself and fighting. F*ck the people that try to make you scared and fight back. Don’t let them win"
"Fear is the way that they win, so keep telling the stories and expressing yourself and fighting. F*ck the people that try to make you scared and fight back. Don’t let them win"
May 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Love this from Pedro Pascal at Cannes:
"Fear is the way that they win, so keep telling the stories and expressing yourself and fighting. F*ck the people that try to make you scared and fight back. Don’t let them win"
"Fear is the way that they win, so keep telling the stories and expressing yourself and fighting. F*ck the people that try to make you scared and fight back. Don’t let them win"
Facts.
The 1619 Project Author & NYT Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones breaks down why they’re banning Black History
#MomSky
#MomSky
May 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Facts.
A true American. More of this from people with a platform.
May 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A true American. More of this from people with a platform.
This can't be something we look away from. This is our nation. This must be defeated.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
‘Harrowing': Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This can't be something we look away from. This is our nation. This must be defeated.
Salsa and popcorn are my favorite vegetables. I don't care that salsa is mainly fruit and popcorn is a grain. No one can steal my joy on this.
May 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Salsa and popcorn are my favorite vegetables. I don't care that salsa is mainly fruit and popcorn is a grain. No one can steal my joy on this.