Karen Dalton Beninato
@kbeninato.bsky.social
Writer, words in The New Republic, NOLA, Huffington Post, Earth Island. Nonprofit co-founder. Was publicist for legendary Dr. John; now working with badasses artists including Grammy nominated Corey Henry. Grammy mentor.
https://karendaltonbeninato.com
https://karendaltonbeninato.com
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Here's to all the fresh New Year's Revolutions.
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I know it's cringe to be like "we are going to win" but when you have career DOJ prosecutors flipping sides and being like "I quit two weeks ago and I'm ready to burn this bitch to the ground" I don't know what else to say
Don Lemon hires ex-U.S. prosecutor who quit amid concerns over investigation into Renee Good's killing
Joseph H. Thompson left as an assistant U.S. attorney based in Minnesota amid concerns over the Trump administration's handling of the investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE off...
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
I know it's cringe to be like "we are going to win" but when you have career DOJ prosecutors flipping sides and being like "I quit two weeks ago and I'm ready to burn this bitch to the ground" I don't know what else to say
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This is Minneapolis:
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 AM
This is Minneapolis:
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"The most extraordinary and worrying thing of what is going on in the United States is the scale of normalization that is happening, in which the press is absolutely a structural part of this," says @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, award-winning investigative journalist
(Democracy Now, 2/10/26)
(Democracy Now, 2/10/26)
February 11, 2026 at 1:31 AM
"The most extraordinary and worrying thing of what is going on in the United States is the scale of normalization that is happening, in which the press is absolutely a structural part of this," says @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, award-winning investigative journalist
(Democracy Now, 2/10/26)
(Democracy Now, 2/10/26)
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Since I have a lot of new followers, I will re-up this. Some folks just wanted to buy a couple whistles from us instead of getting 100-1000 FOR FREE (which you can do at the linktree in my bio!!!!!)
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
February 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Since I have a lot of new followers, I will re-up this. Some folks just wanted to buy a couple whistles from us instead of getting 100-1000 FOR FREE (which you can do at the linktree in my bio!!!!!)
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
I just kinda stopped doing my day job at this point but etsy keeps us afloat! 🤣💓
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I NEED A NEW BINGO CARD!
Minnesota police announce the arrest of ICE and Homeland Security Backgrounder Rashad Johnson on charges of underage sex trafficking.
Trump allowed him to have a high security clearance.
Minnesota police announce the arrest of ICE and Homeland Security Backgrounder Rashad Johnson on charges of underage sex trafficking.
Trump allowed him to have a high security clearance.
ICE Background Check Goon Busted in Sex Trafficking Sting
“This is the most disturbing arrest we’ve had here,” authorities said.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I NEED A NEW BINGO CARD!
Minnesota police announce the arrest of ICE and Homeland Security Backgrounder Rashad Johnson on charges of underage sex trafficking.
Trump allowed him to have a high security clearance.
Minnesota police announce the arrest of ICE and Homeland Security Backgrounder Rashad Johnson on charges of underage sex trafficking.
Trump allowed him to have a high security clearance.
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HUGE: Democrat Elizabeth Bennett-Parker wins the special election for Virginia Senate District 39, protecting the Commonwealth’s Democratic trifecta.
Congratulations, Senator-elect Bennett-Parker!
Congratulations, Senator-elect Bennett-Parker!
February 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
HUGE: Democrat Elizabeth Bennett-Parker wins the special election for Virginia Senate District 39, protecting the Commonwealth’s Democratic trifecta.
Congratulations, Senator-elect Bennett-Parker!
Congratulations, Senator-elect Bennett-Parker!
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During the Japanese Internment, their property was confiscated by the government and/or sold for as little as 10% of their value to locals.
I just wonder what happens to immigrants' homes and other property when they're send to a camp and deported?
I just wonder what happens to immigrants' homes and other property when they're send to a camp and deported?
Has anyone read or seen anything ab out what's happening to all the property left behind by the immigrants ICE is snatching and deporting?
February 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
During the Japanese Internment, their property was confiscated by the government and/or sold for as little as 10% of their value to locals.
I just wonder what happens to immigrants' homes and other property when they're send to a camp and deported?
I just wonder what happens to immigrants' homes and other property when they're send to a camp and deported?
I could have done that if my parents were both Olympic skaters, my grandpa was a trainer and I wasn't clumsy. - me, watching Olympics Quad God Ilia Malinin
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I could have done that if my parents were both Olympic skaters, my grandpa was a trainer and I wasn't clumsy. - me, watching Olympics Quad God Ilia Malinin
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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On the House floor today, congressman Ro Khanna named the six high profile men that are included in the unredacted version of the documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein.
Democratic congressman Ro Khanna names six men appearing in unredacted Epstein files – live
Khanna, who co-sponsored the Epstein transparency act, named six people including Victoria’s Secret tycoon Leslie Wexner on the House floor
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:38 PM
On the House floor today, congressman Ro Khanna named the six high profile men that are included in the unredacted version of the documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
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If you need a little good news today, it appears that 5M of the 6M viewers of the "All-American Halftime Show" were bots, and that even Conservatives are jokingly referring to it as the "Take Your ball and Go Home Halftime Show." The viewership was 1/3 of an average Fox New Primetime show. Total 💣💣💣
February 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM
If you need a little good news today, it appears that 5M of the 6M viewers of the "All-American Halftime Show" were bots, and that even Conservatives are jokingly referring to it as the "Take Your ball and Go Home Halftime Show." The viewership was 1/3 of an average Fox New Primetime show. Total 💣💣💣
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
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Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
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Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
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Highly recommended!
I began to write LOSS PROTOCOL in 2023, and here at last is a box of copies of the finished book. Published, in the UK, on February 12th.
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Highly recommended!
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This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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Reached out to Ed Martin to ask if he'd comprehended that this was satire, and asked him whether he's even seen Arrested Development before. Will report back if he responds.
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Reached out to Ed Martin to ask if he'd comprehended that this was satire, and asked him whether he's even seen Arrested Development before. Will report back if he responds.
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“The half time show needs to be in English so Americans understand it…”
I mean the Epstein files and The Constitution are in English and you don’t seem to understand either of those….
I mean the Epstein files and The Constitution are in English and you don’t seem to understand either of those….
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“The half time show needs to be in English so Americans understand it…”
I mean the Epstein files and The Constitution are in English and you don’t seem to understand either of those….
I mean the Epstein files and The Constitution are in English and you don’t seem to understand either of those….
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
Except for George.
February 9, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Except for George.
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
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Louis Armstrong, Paris, c. 1934
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Louis Armstrong, Paris, c. 1934
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT