Billy Bennight Photography
@billybennight.bsky.social
I’m a ZUMA Press photographer. Published in Stern, Ilta Sanomat, Parade, Sports Illustrated, Elle, People, WSJ, British Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue, Italian Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, NY & LA Times. Founder of Extravagant Behavior.
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The Killing of Hypatia | Soraya Field Fiorio
A fight over all things visible and invisible, featuring practical magic, empire, and terrible men.
www.laphamsquarterly.org
There are parallels to the murder of Hypatia & the anti-education rhetoric coming from the far-right influencers like Charlie Kirk. Turning Point USA and Heritage Action come to mind - who are eager for angry retribution against liberal intellectual thought. www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/k...
Human remote touch. neurosciencenews.com/remote-touch...
Touching Without Contact: We Physically Sense Objects Before Feeling Them - Neuroscience News
A new study shows that humans possess a form of “remote touch,” allowing them to detect hidden objects in sand before making direct contact.
neurosciencenews.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Human remote touch. neurosciencenews.com/remote-touch...
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Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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❗️🇺🇸Republican Senator Roger Wicker:
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
❗️🇺🇸Republican Senator Roger Wicker:
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“The message of these six Democrats is not subversive. It is prudent…
Calling for the arrest of political opponents and fantasizing about their execution is the definition of authoritarian abuse.”
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
Calling for the arrest of political opponents and fantasizing about their execution is the definition of authoritarian abuse.”
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
EDITORIAL: Trump's savage call for executing Dem vets in Congress warrants impeachment - Sentinel Colorado
'His behavior is not only reducing the presidency to a treacherous farce, he is rapidly dragging the Republican Party down with him'
sentinelcolorado.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“The message of these six Democrats is not subversive. It is prudent…
Calling for the arrest of political opponents and fantasizing about their execution is the definition of authoritarian abuse.”
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
Calling for the arrest of political opponents and fantasizing about their execution is the definition of authoritarian abuse.”
sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/edit...
“Luke Harding of The Guardian noted that the plan appears to have been translated from Russian, as many of the phrases in the text read naturally in that language but are awkward and clunky in English.”
"Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“Luke Harding of The Guardian noted that the plan appears to have been translated from Russian, as many of the phrases in the text read naturally in that language but are awkward and clunky in English.”
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Elizabeth Warren on Colbert's show: "We don't think one corporation or one man named David Ellison should be able to buy up all the shows and buy up all the sports and buy up all the news and decide who watches what and I'm gonna stay in that fight."
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Elizabeth Warren on Colbert's show: "We don't think one corporation or one man named David Ellison should be able to buy up all the shows and buy up all the sports and buy up all the news and decide who watches what and I'm gonna stay in that fight."
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“ICE is just targeting brown people who have an accent, snatching people out of their cars”
Racial profiling is all they do
Racial profiling is all they do
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“ICE is just targeting brown people who have an accent, snatching people out of their cars”
Racial profiling is all they do
Racial profiling is all they do
Hilarious
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Hilarious
He’s useless
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
He’s useless
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British politician Nathan Gill received ten and a half years for spreading Russian propaganda.
A Former MEP from the United Kingdom, leader of the UKIP & Reform UK right-wing populist party branches in Wales, Nathan Gill, was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison.
A Former MEP from the United Kingdom, leader of the UKIP & Reform UK right-wing populist party branches in Wales, Nathan Gill, was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison.
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
British politician Nathan Gill received ten and a half years for spreading Russian propaganda.
A Former MEP from the United Kingdom, leader of the UKIP & Reform UK right-wing populist party branches in Wales, Nathan Gill, was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison.
A Former MEP from the United Kingdom, leader of the UKIP & Reform UK right-wing populist party branches in Wales, Nathan Gill, was sentenced to ten and a half years in prison.
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That was their one strategy and now it’s toast 😂😂😂
Just checking in on that brilliant plan to “Mamdanify” all the Dems that Rs were confidently telling Politico would win the midterms a couple weeks ago. How‘s that looking?
Republicans try to turn national Democratic candidates into Mamdani copycats
Republicans are working to make New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani the face of the Democratic Party in the midterms.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
That was their one strategy and now it’s toast 😂😂😂
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Mockler: I just think that Marjorie Taylor Greene style of divisive politics is directly downstream from how Donald Trump entered the political stage. He said that Obama wasn't born in America. Hillary should be locked up. His entire political rise was through divisiveness
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Mockler: I just think that Marjorie Taylor Greene style of divisive politics is directly downstream from how Donald Trump entered the political stage. He said that Obama wasn't born in America. Hillary should be locked up. His entire political rise was through divisiveness
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Omg lol
Colton Moore is the state senator for Greene’s district. My guess is he’s probably going to run for her seat. From his wedding …
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Omg lol
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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BREAKING: Alito has issued a temporary administrative stay BLOCKING the order that found Texas’ gerrymander to be racially biased. 1/ apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Alito has issued a temporary administrative stay BLOCKING the order that found Texas’ gerrymander to be racially biased. 1/ apnews.com/article/supr...
Berry Blitts from the The New Yorker.
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Berry Blitts from the The New Yorker.
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completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
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Excellent explanation by @markhertling.bsky.social of why the proposed U.S.–Russia “peace plan” would reward Russian aggression, undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty, alienate U.S. allies, and shows a dangerous misunderstanding U.S. strategy and values.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OA1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OA1...
Europe Will Stand Behind Zelensky, Not Trump (w/ Mark Hertling)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Excellent explanation by @markhertling.bsky.social of why the proposed U.S.–Russia “peace plan” would reward Russian aggression, undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty, alienate U.S. allies, and shows a dangerous misunderstanding U.S. strategy and values.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OA1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OA1...
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Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
macspaunday.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...