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
Pinned
Here's to all the fresh New Year's Revolutions.
Planetary death cult runs amok.
EPA scraps the ‘endangerment finding’ that climate change harms human health
One major rule anchored U.S. climate policy. The EPA just threw it out
The Trump administration rescinded the 2009 “endangerment finding,” ending regulation of greenhouse gases from cars and trucks
www.scientificamerican.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Planetary death cult runs amok.
An exclamation point !
BREAKING: Judge Leon *rejects* Secretary Hegseth's bid to punish Sen. Kelly for advising troops to ignore illegal orders. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
February 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
An exclamation point !
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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Someone has reminded me that today is Charles Darwin's birthday. It also Abraham Lincoln's, of course. Both born OTD in 1809. SOMETHING big was going on then.
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Someone has reminded me that today is Charles Darwin's birthday. It also Abraham Lincoln's, of course. Both born OTD in 1809. SOMETHING big was going on then.
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OpenAI fired one of its top safety execs, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of AI erotica in its ChatGPT product.
OpenAI told her the term was related to her sexual discrimination against a male colleague.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
OpenAI told her the term was related to her sexual discrimination against a male colleague.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
Exclusive | OpenAI Executive Who Opposed ‘Adult Mode’ Fired for Sexual Discrimination
Ryan Beiermeister, who served as the vice president leading OpenAI’s product policy team, had raised concerns about the upcoming launch of erotic content.
www.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
OpenAI fired one of its top safety execs, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of AI erotica in its ChatGPT product.
OpenAI told her the term was related to her sexual discrimination against a male colleague.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
OpenAI told her the term was related to her sexual discrimination against a male colleague.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
DOD on high alert against general reveal parties.
So the DOD started laser testing because they believed party balloons were drones, shut down all of El Paso airspace, and blamed it on Mexican cartels?
February 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
DOD on high alert against general reveal parties.
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"I believe he was pardoned."
AG Bondi's response to whether or not a Jan 6th rioter who yelled "Kill 'em!" at Capitol Hill police now works for her.
The contempt by this administration for the law and basic human decency is nauseating.
AG Bondi's response to whether or not a Jan 6th rioter who yelled "Kill 'em!" at Capitol Hill police now works for her.
The contempt by this administration for the law and basic human decency is nauseating.
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
"I believe he was pardoned."
AG Bondi's response to whether or not a Jan 6th rioter who yelled "Kill 'em!" at Capitol Hill police now works for her.
The contempt by this administration for the law and basic human decency is nauseating.
AG Bondi's response to whether or not a Jan 6th rioter who yelled "Kill 'em!" at Capitol Hill police now works for her.
The contempt by this administration for the law and basic human decency is nauseating.
Everything is fine.
[Gallup's dog stares directly into the camera with a gun at its head.]
[Gallup's dog stares directly into the camera with a gun at its head.]
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Everything is fine.
[Gallup's dog stares directly into the camera with a gun at its head.]
[Gallup's dog stares directly into the camera with a gun at its head.]
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If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.
February 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.
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Bondi summed up: the stock market is up and every state has at least one horrible crime I can talk about so stop asking me questions about the DOJ!!!!!!!! (Yelled very loudly).
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Bondi summed up: the stock market is up and every state has at least one horrible crime I can talk about so stop asking me questions about the DOJ!!!!!!!! (Yelled very loudly).
Imagine how the jobs report would look if every businessman and politician in the Epstein Files was fired and replaced. Jobs galore.
February 11, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Imagine how the jobs report would look if every businessman and politician in the Epstein Files was fired and replaced. Jobs galore.
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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.