Elizabeth Bennett
@elizabethbennettjd.bsky.social
Old-timey congressional staff, herder of regulations and writer.
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I wrote a thread in 2021 imagining life in Nazi America as a thought experiment. The goal was to get people to think about how it would affect *them* and not just think about it historically hoping maybe they’d rage against it. Oh well…
It’s the only thing I wanted to salvage from the old place.
It’s the only thing I wanted to salvage from the old place.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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This is a reality we must come to terms with before we can fix it.
National level Democrats would much rather lose to Nazis and fascists then have anyone left of them win that is going to be important to remember as neoliberalism continues to go catabolic. The democrats are telling you that they will side with fascists every time over anyone else.
this is just a wild thing to tweet a week after democrats won a statewide in Georgia by 20 points. completely divorced from the current electoral environment
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is a reality we must come to terms with before we can fix it.
Crucial point.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Crucial point.
I believed it’s pronounced “Anschluss”.
Look I'm obviously not a huge fan of the guy but I'm just going to say that I'm not sure invading Venezuela right now is the awesome distraction they think it is.
Like I get he wants to seize oil and everything but not sure we've all thought through the political implications.
Like I get he wants to seize oil and everything but not sure we've all thought through the political implications.
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I believed it’s pronounced “Anschluss”.
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"America, are you seriously not picking up what I’m putting down? I’m old enough to remember when everyone was like 'believe Black women.'"
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With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent
You know me as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the past three years, I’ve tried changing the system from within. I’ve wri...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"America, are you seriously not picking up what I’m putting down? I’m old enough to remember when everyone was like 'believe Black women.'"
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The best health care plan would be the government taxing everyone but especially the rich to pay doctors and hospitals so we have health care. We’ve spent at least 100 years pretending this is not the case.
November 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The best health care plan would be the government taxing everyone but especially the rich to pay doctors and hospitals so we have health care. We’ve spent at least 100 years pretending this is not the case.
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we've had over 20 years of "if we fight we might lose so let's not fight at all and guarantee that we can never win" and it has completed destroyed the Dem brand and our freedom and democracy
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
we've had over 20 years of "if we fight we might lose so let's not fight at all and guarantee that we can never win" and it has completed destroyed the Dem brand and our freedom and democracy
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the sooner people internalize this about the dems, stop projecting their fantasies on the party, and start demanding more, the better off we’ll all be.
they spent 4 years studiously avoiding confrontations with the supreme court because they have no interest in court reform. they’re quiet about ICE because they do not want to a single thing about it when they have power. it’s a shitty reality to confront but it is the reality.
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
the sooner people internalize this about the dems, stop projecting their fantasies on the party, and start demanding more, the better off we’ll all be.
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Riding the circuit. No clerks. No building. No shadow docket. Nothing, until the Wizards In Robes stop ignoring the law, data, history, precedent, & the plain meaning of words in the Constitution. And there will be 25, with 9 chosen by lottery for any case.
What I first said in sarcasm I increasingly think is a real thing to consider:
Move SCOTUS to a strip mall in rural Kansas.
We can’t fire them. Impeachment* is functionally dead. The 18-yr term thing is a fantasy.
But we can kill a lot of their perks.
Bet Kav would retire fast.
Move SCOTUS to a strip mall in rural Kansas.
We can’t fire them. Impeachment* is functionally dead. The 18-yr term thing is a fantasy.
But we can kill a lot of their perks.
Bet Kav would retire fast.
Devastating piece on the human toll of Kavanaugh Stops.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
Especially infuriating to know that rich white guys like Brett K can simply close their eyes to the human suffering their racist jurisprudence has unleashed.
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Riding the circuit. No clerks. No building. No shadow docket. Nothing, until the Wizards In Robes stop ignoring the law, data, history, precedent, & the plain meaning of words in the Constitution. And there will be 25, with 9 chosen by lottery for any case.
In 2003 I sat in a bar outside Munich, observing the 1 German who couldn’t follow the English conversation. A strapping guy, I pictured him in an SS uniform, committing horrors. I had the gall to ask about Nazis. They handled it with grace.
I sat in judgment for things their grandparents had done.
I sat in judgment for things their grandparents had done.
The shame Germany has endured for 80 years—that will be ours for the next 80 years. We will all bear it b/c we *could have* stopped it—YES, we could have and still can, at any time—but in every moment we choose not to.
We will all suffer the shame of it—your children and grandchildren, too.
We will all suffer the shame of it—your children and grandchildren, too.
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In 2003 I sat in a bar outside Munich, observing the 1 German who couldn’t follow the English conversation. A strapping guy, I pictured him in an SS uniform, committing horrors. I had the gall to ask about Nazis. They handled it with grace.
I sat in judgment for things their grandparents had done.
I sat in judgment for things their grandparents had done.
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We hope that the pressure we are exerting with Remove the Regime (11/20 - 11/22) will move things forward! We will be in D.C. for our first in-person event, and we need everyone to call their reps to exert maximum pressure while we are there.
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We hope that the pressure we are exerting with Remove the Regime (11/20 - 11/22) will move things forward! We will be in D.C. for our first in-person event, and we need everyone to call their reps to exert maximum pressure while we are there.
The shame Germany has endured for 80 years—that will be ours for the next 80 years. We will all bear it b/c we *could have* stopped it—YES, we could have and still can, at any time—but in every moment we choose not to.
We will all suffer the shame of it—your children and grandchildren, too.
We will all suffer the shame of it—your children and grandchildren, too.
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The shame Germany has endured for 80 years—that will be ours for the next 80 years. We will all bear it b/c we *could have* stopped it—YES, we could have and still can, at any time—but in every moment we choose not to.
We will all suffer the shame of it—your children and grandchildren, too.
We will all suffer the shame of it—your children and grandchildren, too.
And I know this is crazy talk, but we could just stop paying attention to the NYT altogether, and it would eventually fade away into the oblivion it deserves like so many of our broken institutions.
You'll ignore this, but every time you tweet angrily about crap like that Nuzzi piece you're confirming NYT editors' intuitions/incentivizing more of it. The entire intellectual/journo model here is, "Does this person get people angry? Yes? OK they're provocative/get talked about. Write about her."
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
And I know this is crazy talk, but we could just stop paying attention to the NYT altogether, and it would eventually fade away into the oblivion it deserves like so many of our broken institutions.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Why has Sarah Kendzior been suspended?
Why has Sarah Kendzior been suspended?
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Why has Sarah Kendzior been suspended?
Why has Sarah Kendzior been suspended?
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Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior
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Free Sarah Kendzior.
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Free Sarah Kendzior.
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
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The proper reaction from Democrats at this juncture, should be to insist on true, UNIVERSAL Healthcare – #MedicareForAll.
Completely obliterate the health insurance middleman.
Basic negotiation.
Demand for double what you hope to get.
That should have been the strategy all along.
Completely obliterate the health insurance middleman.
Basic negotiation.
Demand for double what you hope to get.
That should have been the strategy all along.
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The proper reaction from Democrats at this juncture, should be to insist on true, UNIVERSAL Healthcare – #MedicareForAll.
Completely obliterate the health insurance middleman.
Basic negotiation.
Demand for double what you hope to get.
That should have been the strategy all along.
Completely obliterate the health insurance middleman.
Basic negotiation.
Demand for double what you hope to get.
That should have been the strategy all along.
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We know this because he told us.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
The reality is the government was shut down the first day Trump entered office. We just didn't talk about it that way.
The only real leverage Dems had is on appropriations. Schumer screwed that up in February/March for FY 26. It imperiled his political support.
This is ballsy, almost a quarter jnto the term, especially when the assault on Biden’s “immigration crisis” began on March 7, 2021, just 6 weeks into *his* term.
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is ballsy, almost a quarter jnto the term, especially when the assault on Biden’s “immigration crisis” began on March 7, 2021, just 6 weeks into *his* term.
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Older thread, but worth a read if you're surprised how the Dems voted today.
We're about a week from Congress returning, so it's more than time to list the most fascist Democratic Senators thus far! If you'd like get more details on the 16 fascist votes I counted, click below. But I'm also just going to list the top 10 fascist Senators right here in a thread! ->
The Most Fascist Senate Dems (So Far)
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November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Older thread, but worth a read if you're surprised how the Dems voted today.
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We have to assume that every Senate Democrat who's not publicly calling for Schumer's ouster signed off on what happened Sunday.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We have to assume that every Senate Democrat who's not publicly calling for Schumer's ouster signed off on what happened Sunday.