James Bennett
@ubernostrum.bsky.social
The man with the plan and the pocket comb.
Joe Biden was a good President who did good things, and Kamala Harris would’ve been even better.
Here: politics, baseball, Tolkien memes. Sometimes in that order.
@b-list.org for the tech side of me.
he/him
Joe Biden was a good President who did good things, and Kamala Harris would’ve been even better.
Here: politics, baseball, Tolkien memes. Sometimes in that order.
@b-list.org for the tech side of me.
he/him
Pinned
Anyway, I just want to hurl the rebel crew from the land I love the best. I don’t see why that should be controversial.
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"she could have just"
No.
Fucking no.
Take responsibility.
Take responsibility for your words and actions.
*You* could have "just".
But you didn't.
No.
Fucking no.
Take responsibility.
Take responsibility for your words and actions.
*You* could have "just".
But you didn't.
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 AM
"she could have just"
No.
Fucking no.
Take responsibility.
Take responsibility for your words and actions.
*You* could have "just".
But you didn't.
No.
Fucking no.
Take responsibility.
Take responsibility for your words and actions.
*You* could have "just".
But you didn't.
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If there is to be war in Venezuela, it'll be fought for the same reason as the Caribbean murderfest: neither ideology nor resources, and certainly not drugs. It is for the content. The thrill of violence and domination against those who are deemed deserving targets, which means brown people. (1/5)
December 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If there is to be war in Venezuela, it'll be fought for the same reason as the Caribbean murderfest: neither ideology nor resources, and certainly not drugs. It is for the content. The thrill of violence and domination against those who are deemed deserving targets, which means brown people. (1/5)
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anything other than full-throated condemnation means you're persona non grata btw
there could not be a brighter red line than this
there could not be a brighter red line than this
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
anything other than full-throated condemnation means you're persona non grata btw
there could not be a brighter red line than this
there could not be a brighter red line than this
Reminder that impeachment requires:
* Mike Johnson to allow a vote
* At least some House Republicans to vote in favor
* John Thune to allow a trial and vote
* A lot of Senate Republicans to vote to convict
Republicans are the obstacle. They’ve always been the obstacle.
* Mike Johnson to allow a vote
* At least some House Republicans to vote in favor
* John Thune to allow a trial and vote
* A lot of Senate Republicans to vote to convict
Republicans are the obstacle. They’ve always been the obstacle.
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Reminder that impeachment requires:
* Mike Johnson to allow a vote
* At least some House Republicans to vote in favor
* John Thune to allow a trial and vote
* A lot of Senate Republicans to vote to convict
Republicans are the obstacle. They’ve always been the obstacle.
* Mike Johnson to allow a vote
* At least some House Republicans to vote in favor
* John Thune to allow a trial and vote
* A lot of Senate Republicans to vote to convict
Republicans are the obstacle. They’ve always been the obstacle.
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it's so grotesque that many can't stomach it but they're doing this because they want to kill people for fun
everything about oil or drugs or regime change is post hoc rationalization for the fact that they want to push red buttons and kill people
everything about oil or drugs or regime change is post hoc rationalization for the fact that they want to push red buttons and kill people
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 AM
it's so grotesque that many can't stomach it but they're doing this because they want to kill people for fun
everything about oil or drugs or regime change is post hoc rationalization for the fact that they want to push red buttons and kill people
everything about oil or drugs or regime change is post hoc rationalization for the fact that they want to push red buttons and kill people
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Yep there’s no legal justification here. Either we have laws or we don’t.
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Yep there’s no legal justification here. Either we have laws or we don’t.
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So we just... did it. God damn the ignorance that brought this man to power and continues to excuse every last indiscretion of his.
January 3, 2026 at 6:44 AM
So we just... did it. God damn the ignorance that brought this man to power and continues to excuse every last indiscretion of his.
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CBS Folds Again, Cancels 60 Minutes Segment on Epstein Cover-up After DOJ Pressure
dailyboulder.com/cbs-folds-ag...
dailyboulder.com/cbs-folds-ag...
CBS Folds Again, Cancels 60 Minutes Segment on Epstein Cover-up After DOJ Pressure
The Justice Department had a chance to show backbone on Jeffrey Epstein. Instead, it offered opacity, delay, and a reminder that accountability still has a VIP section.
dailyboulder.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:23 AM
CBS Folds Again, Cancels 60 Minutes Segment on Epstein Cover-up After DOJ Pressure
dailyboulder.com/cbs-folds-ag...
dailyboulder.com/cbs-folds-ag...
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Rural dissatisfaction with politics is a real “my brother in Christ you made the sandwich” deal
You have the senate, house gerrymandering, and the electoral college, all this outsized influence, and you still struggle? Yeah that’s on you bud. Personal responsibility
You have the senate, house gerrymandering, and the electoral college, all this outsized influence, and you still struggle? Yeah that’s on you bud. Personal responsibility
I wonder if there was a president that exerted a ton of political and economic capital to “rebuild support for internationalism in the country’s lagging regions”
January 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Rural dissatisfaction with politics is a real “my brother in Christ you made the sandwich” deal
You have the senate, house gerrymandering, and the electoral college, all this outsized influence, and you still struggle? Yeah that’s on you bud. Personal responsibility
You have the senate, house gerrymandering, and the electoral college, all this outsized influence, and you still struggle? Yeah that’s on you bud. Personal responsibility
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I mean, X knows its customer base.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I mean, X knows its customer base.
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I think I said it here once before, but when my (brilliant Trump-hating) late mother developed dementia, she continued to ace “cognitive tests” even as she believed she was leading parallel lives in two different houses 40 years apart. We had to beg her doctor to trust us that something was wrong.
Guess how many cognitive exams they gave my dad in the twelve months after he was referred to a dementia specialist by his doctor. After each one, they assured him that he “did great.”
January 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I think I said it here once before, but when my (brilliant Trump-hating) late mother developed dementia, she continued to ace “cognitive tests” even as she believed she was leading parallel lives in two different houses 40 years apart. We had to beg her doctor to trust us that something was wrong.
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If you read special counsel Jack Smith testimony then you know that Donald Trump was on his way to prison in 2024, no one will ever convince me that the undermining of the Biden/Harris second term wasn't financial,Jill,West, Cenk, Kennedy,De la Cruz, & Phillips This was before Gaza and the debate.
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 AM
If you read special counsel Jack Smith testimony then you know that Donald Trump was on his way to prison in 2024, no one will ever convince me that the undermining of the Biden/Harris second term wasn't financial,Jill,West, Cenk, Kennedy,De la Cruz, & Phillips This was before Gaza and the debate.
One way I know that viral post about working as a programmer at a delivery “gig” company is bullshit: they claim the term “human assets” is used to describe drivers in “the database schema”.
99% chance the real table name is something like “people_2” and can’t change without breaking the whole app.
99% chance the real table name is something like “people_2” and can’t change without breaking the whole app.
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 AM
One way I know that viral post about working as a programmer at a delivery “gig” company is bullshit: they claim the term “human assets” is used to describe drivers in “the database schema”.
99% chance the real table name is something like “people_2” and can’t change without breaking the whole app.
99% chance the real table name is something like “people_2” and can’t change without breaking the whole app.
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Year-end tally of Trump admin combat actions in 2025:
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes*
—Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid**
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids***
—Iran—3 B-2 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Venezuela—1 known CIA strike
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes*
—Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid**
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids***
—Iran—3 B-2 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Venezuela—1 known CIA strike
First-ever US airstrikes in Nigeria put the second Trump admin’s 2025 combat actions at:
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
January 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Year-end tally of Trump admin combat actions in 2025:
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes*
—Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid**
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids***
—Iran—3 B-2 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Venezuela—1 known CIA strike
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes*
—Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid**
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids***
—Iran—3 B-2 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Venezuela—1 known CIA strike
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A buddy just reminded me of this.
Biden invited Dawn Staley and the Lady Gamecocks to the White House.
Lindsey Graham shuffles by, says hello…then starts talking to me.
I realized he thinks I’m Mayor Steve Benjamin.
Funny given we spent ‘20 beating the hell out of each other. Where was Tapper?!😉
Biden invited Dawn Staley and the Lady Gamecocks to the White House.
Lindsey Graham shuffles by, says hello…then starts talking to me.
I realized he thinks I’m Mayor Steve Benjamin.
Funny given we spent ‘20 beating the hell out of each other. Where was Tapper?!😉
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A buddy just reminded me of this.
Biden invited Dawn Staley and the Lady Gamecocks to the White House.
Lindsey Graham shuffles by, says hello…then starts talking to me.
I realized he thinks I’m Mayor Steve Benjamin.
Funny given we spent ‘20 beating the hell out of each other. Where was Tapper?!😉
Biden invited Dawn Staley and the Lady Gamecocks to the White House.
Lindsey Graham shuffles by, says hello…then starts talking to me.
I realized he thinks I’m Mayor Steve Benjamin.
Funny given we spent ‘20 beating the hell out of each other. Where was Tapper?!😉
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"Kamala the Cop" when most of her AG career was spent being opposed by the police unions because of things like her refusal to seek the death penalty or declining to enforce Three Strikes law violations when there was no other, more serious charge.
January 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
"Kamala the Cop" when most of her AG career was spent being opposed by the police unions because of things like her refusal to seek the death penalty or declining to enforce Three Strikes law violations when there was no other, more serious charge.
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Basically the first thing she did as an AG was piss off the cops by not pushing for a death penalty.
SAN FRANCISCO / D.A. won't pursue death in cop slaying / Harris fulfills campaign pledge with decision
San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris said Tuesday she will not seek the death...
www.sfgate.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Basically the first thing she did as an AG was piss off the cops by not pushing for a death penalty.
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“In the long run it is safest for a nation, a political party, or an individual man to dare to do right, & let consequences take care of themselves, for he that loses his life for truth’s sake, shall find it.”
-Rep.(later President) James Garfield in defense of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
-Rep.(later President) James Garfield in defense of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 AM
“In the long run it is safest for a nation, a political party, or an individual man to dare to do right, & let consequences take care of themselves, for he that loses his life for truth’s sake, shall find it.”
-Rep.(later President) James Garfield in defense of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
-Rep.(later President) James Garfield in defense of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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who's been warning about ChatGPT's role in the 2026 midterms for months
In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
January 3, 2026 at 3:20 AM
who's been warning about ChatGPT's role in the 2026 midterms for months
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These people who spent entire careers fear-mongering over the nihilistic collapse of civilization supposedly being brought about by gay rights and the Clintonite globalists ended up seizing power and doing all the things they were terrified of, more aggressively than anyone would have dreamed of.
January 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
These people who spent entire careers fear-mongering over the nihilistic collapse of civilization supposedly being brought about by gay rights and the Clintonite globalists ended up seizing power and doing all the things they were terrified of, more aggressively than anyone would have dreamed of.
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Too bad the NYT was last year more focused on killing trans people and punishing Joe Biden for not kissing their ring
January 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Too bad the NYT was last year more focused on killing trans people and punishing Joe Biden for not kissing their ring
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Sign me up for a caviar tasting class to connect with average Americans through my editorial, Bari.
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Sign me up for a caviar tasting class to connect with average Americans through my editorial, Bari.
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"in these trying times, many americans are struggling to eat at home. which is why i'm flying to napa and london to do segments on cooking with thomas keller and heston blumenthal"
January 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM
"in these trying times, many americans are struggling to eat at home. which is why i'm flying to napa and london to do segments on cooking with thomas keller and heston blumenthal"
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I don't think Australians - even benevolent ones - get the point
Few of the antisemitic *acts* (from vandalism to mass murder) can be plausibly blamed on anyone but fringe figures. It's the public *reactions* to these acts that's depraved. It's all fake, unimportant, a distraction, narcissism, etc
Few of the antisemitic *acts* (from vandalism to mass murder) can be plausibly blamed on anyone but fringe figures. It's the public *reactions* to these acts that's depraved. It's all fake, unimportant, a distraction, narcissism, etc
I've been at this for a year, huh
[Synagogue attacked in arson attack] Australia's equivalent to resistlibs for some reason: yeah they did it to themselves for Netanyahu
[Australian government cracks down on protests] Australian resistlibs: see??
[Australian government cracks down on protests] Australian resistlibs: see??
December 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I don't think Australians - even benevolent ones - get the point
Few of the antisemitic *acts* (from vandalism to mass murder) can be plausibly blamed on anyone but fringe figures. It's the public *reactions* to these acts that's depraved. It's all fake, unimportant, a distraction, narcissism, etc
Few of the antisemitic *acts* (from vandalism to mass murder) can be plausibly blamed on anyone but fringe figures. It's the public *reactions* to these acts that's depraved. It's all fake, unimportant, a distraction, narcissism, etc