Maureen Benz
@mtbenz.bsky.social
Truth seeker, even when it hurts; liberal in all things, including bacon; retired early childhood educator; M.Ed; kindergarteners make life better…books, British TV, and queso birria make life grand ☮️🇺🇸🥓🇬🇧📺🌮🌮
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Fraud by corporations not Americans, but maga wants you tearing each other apart as they rape the treasury!!!!!
Kaiser Permanente to pay $556M to settle Medicare Advantage fraud claims
www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/kaise...
www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/kaise...
Kaiser Permanente to pay $556M to settle Medicare Advantage fraud claims
Five Kaiser Permanente affiliates have agreed to a record-breaking $556 million settlement with the Department of Justice resolving allegations of fraudulent Medicare Advantage risk adjustment subm | ...
www.fiercehealthcare.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Fraud by corporations not Americans, but maga wants you tearing each other apart as they rape the treasury!!!!!
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The Trump era in a nutshell:
Ordinary citizens are holding ICE accountable, while large law firms are doing nothing.
Small businesses are speaking out, while large corporations remain silent.
Independent media show moral urgency, while legacy media reports "both sides."
Ordinary citizens are holding ICE accountable, while large law firms are doing nothing.
Small businesses are speaking out, while large corporations remain silent.
Independent media show moral urgency, while legacy media reports "both sides."
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The Trump era in a nutshell:
Ordinary citizens are holding ICE accountable, while large law firms are doing nothing.
Small businesses are speaking out, while large corporations remain silent.
Independent media show moral urgency, while legacy media reports "both sides."
Ordinary citizens are holding ICE accountable, while large law firms are doing nothing.
Small businesses are speaking out, while large corporations remain silent.
Independent media show moral urgency, while legacy media reports "both sides."
Pretty please?!?
To prevent WWIII, will someone please release the Epstein files?
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Pretty please?!?
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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These people are out of their minds. They are endangering the whole world. This has to stop. This is the wife of the man who is currently running foreign policy for the United States:
January 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
These people are out of their minds. They are endangering the whole world. This has to stop. This is the wife of the man who is currently running foreign policy for the United States:
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Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
January 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Democrats need to grow a f*cking spine.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
No more strongly worded letters. It’s time to draft articles of impeachment.
Impeach. Convict. Remove.
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
I want to make sure this is very clear.
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Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
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Does Congress have any red line where they constrain Trump? He just unilaterally went to war against Venezuela. (Spare me any technicalities; we literally attacked them and kidnapped their president. That is effectively a declaration of war and he doesn’t have to put it on a scroll of parchment)
January 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Does Congress have any red line where they constrain Trump? He just unilaterally went to war against Venezuela. (Spare me any technicalities; we literally attacked them and kidnapped their president. That is effectively a declaration of war and he doesn’t have to put it on a scroll of parchment)
Unfortunately spot on.😕 Very good read, however.
Voters were offered a choice between maintaining a system that isn’t working and destroying a system that isn’t working.
They chose destruction.
Please check out my current article.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
They chose destruction.
Please check out my current article.
open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
The Receipts
What 148 Automated Responses Taught Me About Power
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Unfortunately spot on.😕 Very good read, however.
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My wife and I are partners.
We share finances but split responsibilities.
One of the things she handles is our health insurance. That means the monthly premium. The phone calls. The disputes. The endless back-and-forth when the same charge magically shows up twice.
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We share finances but split responsibilities.
One of the things she handles is our health insurance. That means the monthly premium. The phone calls. The disputes. The endless back-and-forth when the same charge magically shows up twice.
🧵
December 31, 2025 at 5:29 AM
My wife and I are partners.
We share finances but split responsibilities.
One of the things she handles is our health insurance. That means the monthly premium. The phone calls. The disputes. The endless back-and-forth when the same charge magically shows up twice.
🧵
We share finances but split responsibilities.
One of the things she handles is our health insurance. That means the monthly premium. The phone calls. The disputes. The endless back-and-forth when the same charge magically shows up twice.
🧵
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I also don’t know what to say, even to those around me. Her words have been bouncing around my brain.🧠❤️
youtu.be/Hg4GP_g1dWI?...
youtu.be/Hg4GP_g1dWI?...
I don’t know what to say
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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December 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I also don’t know what to say, even to those around me. Her words have been bouncing around my brain.🧠❤️
youtu.be/Hg4GP_g1dWI?...
youtu.be/Hg4GP_g1dWI?...
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One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
December 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
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I am genuinely obsessed with the sounds coming out of this bird. What a little legend 🐦😎💙
December 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I am genuinely obsessed with the sounds coming out of this bird. What a little legend 🐦😎💙
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
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Why do we put up with a system of voting that forces us to wait 4 years to vote again, when we find out that the person voted into office lied?
Why don't we have a system where when the people are betrayed the people can immediately remediate by removing the person harming them?
Why don't we have a system where when the people are betrayed the people can immediately remediate by removing the person harming them?
December 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Why do we put up with a system of voting that forces us to wait 4 years to vote again, when we find out that the person voted into office lied?
Why don't we have a system where when the people are betrayed the people can immediately remediate by removing the person harming them?
Why don't we have a system where when the people are betrayed the people can immediately remediate by removing the person harming them?
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Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, nation's oldest park ranger, has died. She was 104
Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.
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December 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.
Saturday politics break🎶🎶🎶 youtu.be/hkkjzmuEBbo?...
John Cleese Pick (2015) - The Galaxy Song - Monty Python's Meaning Of Life
YouTube video by Monty Python
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December 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Saturday politics break🎶🎶🎶 youtu.be/hkkjzmuEBbo?...
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Newsom's Observation of Chump's Lies Last Night.......
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Newsom's Observation of Chump's Lies Last Night.......
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I don’t think I’m being alarmist. If anything, I worry that we’ve become so inured to Trump’s madness that we’re not alarmist enough.
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don’t think I’m being alarmist. If anything, I worry that we’ve become so inured to Trump’s madness that we’re not alarmist enough.
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-threat-of-trumps-madness
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Peace exists; it wants to dwell within us. Peace has the gentle power to enlighten and expand our understanding; it resists and overcomes violence. Peace is a breath of the eternal—Pope Leo XIV
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Peace exists; it wants to dwell within us. Peace has the gentle power to enlighten and expand our understanding; it resists and overcomes violence. Peace is a breath of the eternal—Pope Leo XIV
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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This could have been an email.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This could have been an email.