Paris Insider
@paulwinerbenitzak.bsky.social
Paris-based dispatches from longtime contributor to NY Times, Reuters, co-founder of int'l arts journal Dance Insider & Arts Voyager, https://danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/ and director of the Maison de Traduction, https://danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/.
A voice in the Bluesky wilderness, apart from @katmabu.bsky.social .
Jesse Jackson was a champion for civil rights, economic justice, and world peace.
I have always remembered his moving call for moral clarity at the 1988 DNC.
I have always remembered his moving call for moral clarity at the 1988 DNC.
February 18, 2026 at 11:06 AM
A voice in the Bluesky wilderness, apart from @katmabu.bsky.social .
DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.
This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.
I have an update on Juan Nicolás, the 2-month-old baby detained at Dilley, and his mother.
February 18, 2026 at 10:59 AM
But when it comes to continuing to supply arms to Israel and fuel its ongoing genocide of Palestinians, Corey Booker is bought and paid for. So much for "independence."
Donald Trump is constantly weaponizing his influence to transform the media landscape to suppress Democratic voices. In response, Senate Democrats convened their first Digital Creators Summit to deploy independent digital media and creators on the front lines in the fight to protect our democracy.
Senate Democrats Understand The Assignment: Empowering Creators In The Fight For Democracy
Senate Democrats gathered digital creators together in Washington recently to issue an urgent call to arms
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:58 AM
But when it comes to continuing to supply arms to Israel and fuel its ongoing genocide of Palestinians, Corey Booker is bought and paid for. So much for "independence."
To everyone across the nation observing the holy month of Ramadan, California wishes you a blessed time of peace, strength, and prosperity.
Ramadan Kareem, California!
Ramadan Kareem, California!
February 18, 2026 at 10:57 AM
My hopes Bluesky would be more serious & meaty than FB r quickly evaporating: 24 hours after the death of a civil & human rights giant & people here seem to prefer talking & reading about Rex Comus, Sofia Samodelkina, Wrexham AFC & Trica McLaughlin, whoever they are, not to mention Olympic skating
February 18, 2026 at 10:55 AM
My hopes Bluesky would be more serious & meaty than FB r quickly evaporating: 24 hours after the death of a civil & human rights giant & people here seem to prefer talking & reading about Rex Comus, Sofia Samodelkina, Wrexham AFC & Trica McLaughlin, whoever they are, not to mention Olympic skating
It's amazing how and that Jesse Jackson is not "trending" on Bluesky, particularly considering what is. Priorities, Peeps....
Rev. Jesse Jackson dedicated his life to expanding who gets to belong in American democracy.
From civil rights to economic justice, he challenged power and widened the path for Black Americans. May we honor his legacy not just with words, but by continuing the work. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
From civil rights to economic justice, he challenged power and widened the path for Black Americans. May we honor his legacy not just with words, but by continuing the work. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84
“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
It's amazing how and that Jesse Jackson is not "trending" on Bluesky, particularly considering what is. Priorities, Peeps....
DHS surveilling and tracking people exercising their First Amendment right to free speech is another dangerous step along the road to fascism.
We, the People cannot and will not be silenced. We must keep protecting our rights by exercising them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
We, the People cannot and will not be silenced. We must keep protecting our rights by exercising them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Typical regressive Old School racism. From a Congressperson.
Once again, Republicans in Congress are spewing horrible, dehumanizing anti-Muslim comments without condemnation from their peers.
We need to call out this poisonous pattern of hatred from Republicans, and they need to answer for it.
We need to call out this poisonous pattern of hatred from Republicans, and they need to answer for it.
February 17, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Typical regressive Old School racism. From a Congressperson.
Should be protecting our kids' future and our health, and is doing the opposite.
Trump is selling out our kids’ future so his fossil fuel billionaire friends can get even richer.
The science is clear. Climate change is an existential threat to the planet.
We must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and into sustainable energies.
The science is clear. Climate change is an existential threat to the planet.
We must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and into sustainable energies.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Should be protecting our kids' future and our health, and is doing the opposite.
French E.U. Parliamentary Deputy Rima Hassan gets exactly the same. Besides being situated firmly on the Left, guess what these two women have in common?
February 16, 2026 at 1:32 PM
French E.U. Parliamentary Deputy Rima Hassan gets exactly the same. Besides being situated firmly on the Left, guess what these two women have in common?
MORE OF THIS, please. Thank you President Obama for taking us to the high road, and thank you @briantylercohen.bsky.social for providing the vehicle.
February 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
MORE OF THIS, please. Thank you President Obama for taking us to the high road, and thank you @briantylercohen.bsky.social for providing the vehicle.
This is what's known in the trade as a Man bites Dog story....
BREAKING: @barackobama.bsky.social clarifies his position on aliens after his answer during the speed round of our interview went viral.
February 16, 2026 at 1:25 PM
This is what's known in the trade as a Man bites Dog story....
She is us.
ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
We'll let their words speak for themselves.
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
She is us.
Not even trying to hide it.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Not even trying to hide it.
February 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Get it? See, it's funny 'cuz our President is a pathological liar who rarely, if ever, tells the truth.
February 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
should add a comma after 'of' and then 'they claim,'
DHS has begun purchasing warehouses to detain tens of thousands of immigrants.
The big winners? Real estate brokers facilitating the deals stand to rake in millions — including one previously run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and now run by his son.
Cashing in on cruelty.
The big winners? Real estate brokers facilitating the deals stand to rake in millions — including one previously run by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and now run by his son.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Empty Warehouses, Secret Deals: Insiders Poised To Profit From Trump’s Deportation Boom
As the Trump administration hunts for massive detention sites, politically connected real estate brokers are lining up t
www.levernews.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
should add a comma after 'of' and then 'they claim,'
February 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Around the Circle by Vasily Kandinsky, 1940
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137509
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137509
February 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Another tell-tale moment. When they try to use fake charges of anti-Semitism as a decoy against, here, a Congresswoman whose grandfather died in the Holocaust...
www.democracynow.org/2026/2/12/be...
www.democracynow.org/2026/2/12/be...
“I Was Just So Disgusted”: Jewish Rep. Balint Walks Out of Hearing After Bondi Calls Her Antisemitic
As we continue to look at Wednesday’s contentious hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, we speak with Vermont Congressmember Becca Balint, who walked out after Attorney General Pam Bondi accused h...
www.democracynow.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Another tell-tale moment. When they try to use fake charges of anti-Semitism as a decoy against, here, a Congresswoman whose grandfather died in the Holocaust...
www.democracynow.org/2026/2/12/be...
www.democracynow.org/2026/2/12/be...
He's giving them too much credit, voir dissembling. Noem and Vance and Trump didn't "make conclusions," they made things up.
Rand Paul to ICE officials on Pretti's killing: "Because people within the government made conclusions immediately that he was a terrorist and an assassin, people aren't believing that it's gonna be an honest investigation ... there has to ultimately be repercussions ... it's inexcusable."
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
He's giving them too much credit, voir dissembling. Noem and Vance and Trump didn't "make conclusions," they made things up.
You left out blaming the victims.
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 11:35 AM
You left out blaming the victims.
I'd no sooner evoked Captain Queeg to describe T***p's obsession with the GA vote count than the very next post on my feed, from @chrislhayes.bsky.social , made me realise I'd pegged the wrong T***p official. You can just see her calling a staff meeting to find out who stole the strawberries.
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I'd no sooner evoked Captain Queeg to describe T***p's obsession with the GA vote count than the very next post on my feed, from @chrislhayes.bsky.social , made me realise I'd pegged the wrong T***p official. You can just see her calling a staff meeting to find out who stole the strawberries.
Not to mention siccing the NSI chief on Fulton County in obeisance to Captain Queeg er T***p's obsession with the GA vote count.
We need to stop treating Trump’s interference in midterms as a hypothetical. He’s already interfering with the vote, as I told @briantylercohen.bsky.social. ICE terrorizing blue cities, DOJ demanding voter rolls, FBI seizing ballots all intended as voter suppression www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfH...
Justice Department issues GRAVE THREAT ahead of election
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Not to mention siccing the NSI chief on Fulton County in obeisance to Captain Queeg er T***p's obsession with the GA vote count.