Ben Alexander
@bigbennyfl.bsky.social
Dolphins, Marlins, Heat. Stetson U alum. Proud, Practical, Progressive, Atheist
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‘ICE Out’: Protest Songs From Bruce Springsteen, My Morning Jacket, NOFX, and Others
Bon Iver have released a new charity single to benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
✊ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Bon Iver have released a new charity single to benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
✊ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
‘ICE Out’: Protest Songs From Bruce Springsteen, My Morning Jacket, NOFX, and Others
Bon Iver have released a new charity single to benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
✊ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Bon Iver have released a new charity single to benefit the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
✊ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
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Tom Morello welcomes Bruce Springsteen to the stage at the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert fundraising for the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Tom Morello welcomes Bruce Springsteen to the stage at the Defend Minnesota! benefit concert fundraising for the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at First Avenue in Minneapolis 🎸
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
🎥: @chrisrstrib.bsky.social
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Party game for the weekend:
Try to come up with a historical presidential scandal that Trump didn't top (either with new actions or breaking news about old/continuing actions) *this week*.
Watergate? Iran/Contra? Any sex scandal? Self-dealing? Accepting bribes? Got all those. *This week*.
Try to come up with a historical presidential scandal that Trump didn't top (either with new actions or breaking news about old/continuing actions) *this week*.
Watergate? Iran/Contra? Any sex scandal? Self-dealing? Accepting bribes? Got all those. *This week*.
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Party game for the weekend:
Try to come up with a historical presidential scandal that Trump didn't top (either with new actions or breaking news about old/continuing actions) *this week*.
Watergate? Iran/Contra? Any sex scandal? Self-dealing? Accepting bribes? Got all those. *This week*.
Try to come up with a historical presidential scandal that Trump didn't top (either with new actions or breaking news about old/continuing actions) *this week*.
Watergate? Iran/Contra? Any sex scandal? Self-dealing? Accepting bribes? Got all those. *This week*.
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The American state media attacked President Biden more fiercely over his age whilst he was doing good work than they have with orange felon murdering citizens, arresting journalists, terrorizing immigrants and robbing the country blind. They deliberately failed humanity.
January 30, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The American state media attacked President Biden more fiercely over his age whilst he was doing good work than they have with orange felon murdering citizens, arresting journalists, terrorizing immigrants and robbing the country blind. They deliberately failed humanity.
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Catherine O'Hara, the actor who starred as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone,” has died at 71, TMZ reports
Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71
Catherine O'Hara -- famous for her work in "Schitt's Creek," "Home Alone," and "Best In Show" -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.
www.tmz.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Catherine O'Hara, the actor who starred as Kate McCallister in “Home Alone,” has died at 71, TMZ reports
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Three days after he was inaugurated, Trump pardoned dozens of anti-abortion protesters who had been convicted of violating the FACE Act. www.justice.gov/pardon/cleme...
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Three days after he was inaugurated, Trump pardoned dozens of anti-abortion protesters who had been convicted of violating the FACE Act. www.justice.gov/pardon/cleme...
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OPINION | Trump is seeking to execute the First Amendment in the same way that his thugs gunned down Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, writes @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
There Can Be No More Doubt. Trump Wants to Kill Free Speech
Don Lemon is the most high-profile reporter being targeted. Trump wants to target all of us.
trib.al
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
OPINION | Trump is seeking to execute the First Amendment in the same way that his thugs gunned down Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, writes @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
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I just had a great conversation with one of my favorite smartest friends. I think we solved all of the problems.
Thank you @cmgreer.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7YV...
Thank you @cmgreer.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7YV...
Dr Christina Greer
YouTube video by Stand Up! With Pete
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I just had a great conversation with one of my favorite smartest friends. I think we solved all of the problems.
Thank you @cmgreer.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7YV...
Thank you @cmgreer.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7YV...
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First review to pop up on Rotten Tomatoes is from Australia.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
First review to pop up on Rotten Tomatoes is from Australia.
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Today I have the best of the whites. @timjacobwise.bsky.social
Epic as always
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3M6...
Epic as always
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3M6...
January 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Today I have the best of the whites. @timjacobwise.bsky.social
Epic as always
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3M6...
Epic as always
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3M6...
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Somehow missed this story. Quotes from an Oakland County, MI judge: www.wxyz.com/news/local-n...
January 30, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Somehow missed this story. Quotes from an Oakland County, MI judge: www.wxyz.com/news/local-n...
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The formal withdrawal of the WHO will have major consequences for both the United States & the WHO itself.
First, let’s think about the U.S.
The U.S. has shot itself in the foot—it has now made itself much more vulnerable to disaster and devastation when the next epidemic or pandemic hits.
A 🧵
First, let’s think about the U.S.
The U.S. has shot itself in the foot—it has now made itself much more vulnerable to disaster and devastation when the next epidemic or pandemic hits.
A 🧵
I spoke to CBC about the US completing its exit from WHO
A big loss for the US, WHO and the world- we are all less safe now
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
A big loss for the US, WHO and the world- we are all less safe now
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
U.S. withdraws from World Health Organization
The United States officially pulled out from the World Health Organization on Thursday, one year after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to do so. Experts warn the move will have s...
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The formal withdrawal of the WHO will have major consequences for both the United States & the WHO itself.
First, let’s think about the U.S.
The U.S. has shot itself in the foot—it has now made itself much more vulnerable to disaster and devastation when the next epidemic or pandemic hits.
A 🧵
First, let’s think about the U.S.
The U.S. has shot itself in the foot—it has now made itself much more vulnerable to disaster and devastation when the next epidemic or pandemic hits.
A 🧵
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In @jeanguerre.bsky.social's bio of Stephen Miller, she talks about how gung ho he was in support of Iraq invasion.
"These tactics vaguely resemble the worst of US military operations in the war on terror, which left embedded bitterness and hatred in the local populations."
"These tactics vaguely resemble the worst of US military operations in the war on terror, which left embedded bitterness and hatred in the local populations."
"As we watch the least effective and most morally objectionable of our tactics come home and be used amongst and against us, we are left with a profound feeling of betrayal."
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
www.wired.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:43 AM
In @jeanguerre.bsky.social's bio of Stephen Miller, she talks about how gung ho he was in support of Iraq invasion.
"These tactics vaguely resemble the worst of US military operations in the war on terror, which left embedded bitterness and hatred in the local populations."
"These tactics vaguely resemble the worst of US military operations in the war on terror, which left embedded bitterness and hatred in the local populations."
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the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 30, 2026 at 4:33 AM
the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system
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MELANIA has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography in the FIFA Oscars
January 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
MELANIA has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography in the FIFA Oscars
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Back on my bullshit--talking about how originalism is bullshit--because why, as an "originalist" are you filing Supreme Court briefs supporting Trump's attempt to revoke the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship?
(I know why)
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...
(I know why)
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...
The Legal Academy’s Leading Originalists Remain Breathtakingly Full of Shit
The conservative lawyers filing amicus briefs in the birthright citizenship case are making it very clear that there is only some “history” they care about.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Back on my bullshit--talking about how originalism is bullshit--because why, as an "originalist" are you filing Supreme Court briefs supporting Trump's attempt to revoke the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship?
(I know why)
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...
(I know why)
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/birth...
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The finalists for the inaugural Protector of the Year Award.
January 29, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The finalists for the inaugural Protector of the Year Award.
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Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested
There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...