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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People really got madder over HRC's speeches or Obama celebrating a milestone birthday or Pelosi's ice cream and than the guy who has a gold-plated apartment, gold bathrooms, is cover the Oval with gold, can be bribed with gold bits and bobs, etc.
Trump: "AFFORDABILITY! Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%."
January 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
People really got madder over HRC's speeches or Obama celebrating a milestone birthday or Pelosi's ice cream and than the guy who has a gold-plated apartment, gold bathrooms, is cover the Oval with gold, can be bribed with gold bits and bobs, etc.
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Yeah, uh, that is the right kind of censorship
Preventing the sharing of sexualised images of children is “censorship” according to Elon Musk.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Yeah, uh, that is the right kind of censorship
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Lots of normally quiet low-follower accounts on here tonight, all reciting from similar scripts that could have been written by Frank Luntz.
January 10, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Lots of normally quiet low-follower accounts on here tonight, all reciting from similar scripts that could have been written by Frank Luntz.
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A great reason why its generally a bad idea for liberal/left politicians to give Hasan Piker the time of day
Hasan is subtweeting AOC because she said Hamas is bad. he’s honestly so annoying.
It’s bad when:
-Hamas targets civilians
-Israeli settlers target civilians in the West Bank
-IDF targets civilians in Gaza
-ICE targets civilians in the US
I think that killing civilians is bad. it’s not that deep
It’s bad when:
-Hamas targets civilians
-Israeli settlers target civilians in the West Bank
-IDF targets civilians in Gaza
-ICE targets civilians in the US
I think that killing civilians is bad. it’s not that deep
January 10, 2026 at 4:14 AM
A great reason why its generally a bad idea for liberal/left politicians to give Hasan Piker the time of day
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The "Don't Tread On Me" people sure love to be tread on.
You can't even leave your home and cower in terror and think you live in a free society?
You can't even leave your home and cower in terror and think you live in a free society?
January 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The "Don't Tread On Me" people sure love to be tread on.
You can't even leave your home and cower in terror and think you live in a free society?
You can't even leave your home and cower in terror and think you live in a free society?
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There's not an ounce of difference between these statements unless you're looking to invent one
January 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
There's not an ounce of difference between these statements unless you're looking to invent one
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Grift article
January 10, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Grift article
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We are experiencing the worst people our country has ever produced.
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
We are experiencing the worst people our country has ever produced.
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At least we didn't have to hear what surely would've been a depraved response to Renee Good's murder from Charlie Kirk.
January 10, 2026 at 4:51 AM
At least we didn't have to hear what surely would've been a depraved response to Renee Good's murder from Charlie Kirk.
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Public service announcement:
Don’t just ask Black voters to save democracy.
Respect Black candidates when they step forward to lead it.
Yes, we can cast ballots and we can be on the ballot.
Support who you want. Disrespect will be called out.
Don’t just ask Black voters to save democracy.
Respect Black candidates when they step forward to lead it.
Yes, we can cast ballots and we can be on the ballot.
Support who you want. Disrespect will be called out.
January 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Public service announcement:
Don’t just ask Black voters to save democracy.
Respect Black candidates when they step forward to lead it.
Yes, we can cast ballots and we can be on the ballot.
Support who you want. Disrespect will be called out.
Don’t just ask Black voters to save democracy.
Respect Black candidates when they step forward to lead it.
Yes, we can cast ballots and we can be on the ballot.
Support who you want. Disrespect will be called out.
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What amazes me how much the far left bends over backwards to bash Kamala Harris and the Democrats but not a peep about their poster child Tulsi Gabbard, how's that working out for them.
January 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
What amazes me how much the far left bends over backwards to bash Kamala Harris and the Democrats but not a peep about their poster child Tulsi Gabbard, how's that working out for them.
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Weird how CBS keeps pulling news segments that cast Trump's administration in a negative light
A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Weird how CBS keeps pulling news segments that cast Trump's administration in a negative light
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Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
Opinion | Renee Good wasn’t the first person shot in her car by ICE. The justification followed a familiar script.
Mike Fox: The officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury.
www.ms.now
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Great piece by my Cato colleague. “Since July, immigration agents have shot at least six people behind the wheel of a vehicle. The same playbook is used each time: the agent says they “feared for their life” as a vehicle was “weaponized” against them. Juries should decide, but we tie their hands.
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A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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If most Americans are good people, they wouldn't have elected him TWICE.
January 10, 2026 at 2:42 AM
If most Americans are good people, they wouldn't have elected him TWICE.
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A judge who was appointed by the Biden-Harris administration as one of the record 235 federal judges they were able to confirm while Democrats had a slimmer majority than Republicans do now, with Chuck Schumer as the Majority Leader at the time.
Breaking:
NEW YORK (AP) — Judge stops the Trump administration's freeze on child care and other social service funding for 5 states for now.
NEW YORK (AP) — Judge stops the Trump administration's freeze on child care and other social service funding for 5 states for now.
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
A judge who was appointed by the Biden-Harris administration as one of the record 235 federal judges they were able to confirm while Democrats had a slimmer majority than Republicans do now, with Chuck Schumer as the Majority Leader at the time.
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Yeah but she laughed weird and had Liz Cheney around and didn't say she was going to nuke Israel, so really you can't say whether or not she would, and also they would have done it anyway, which would also be her fault because reasons
I don’t think Kamala Harris would’ve deployed a legion of tacticool sociopaths to Minnesota so they could run around killing lesbian mothers and tear gassing elementary schools at random
January 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Yeah but she laughed weird and had Liz Cheney around and didn't say she was going to nuke Israel, so really you can't say whether or not she would, and also they would have done it anyway, which would also be her fault because reasons
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I don’t think Kamala Harris would’ve deployed a legion of tacticool sociopaths to Minnesota so they could run around killing lesbian mothers and tear gassing elementary schools at random
January 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I don’t think Kamala Harris would’ve deployed a legion of tacticool sociopaths to Minnesota so they could run around killing lesbian mothers and tear gassing elementary schools at random
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If by America you mean GOP voters, the majority of white voters, and the nonvoting gutless wonders who want to have their racist/woman-hating cake without having to eat any accountability.
January 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
If by America you mean GOP voters, the majority of white voters, and the nonvoting gutless wonders who want to have their racist/woman-hating cake without having to eat any accountability.
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Republicans can stop this at any time.
i think there should be ongoing protests outside the offices of every republican congressional representative in the country demanding they remove trump and vance
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Republicans can stop this at any time.
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If you all would learn Thune's name and take Jeffries' out of your mouth we'd be a lot better off.
Thune: "What happened in Minneapolis is an indication of the uptick we're seeing across the country in these protesters starting to attack ICE officers, law enforcement officers who are trying to lawfully enforce immigration law"
January 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
If you all would learn Thune's name and take Jeffries' out of your mouth we'd be a lot better off.
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I know this sounds a little wild and unorthodox but I want people on this website to try a new thing I’ve recently invented: if you see a headline that suggests you should be mad at Dems about something Republicans are doing, click the link and find the text in the article supporting that headline
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I know this sounds a little wild and unorthodox but I want people on this website to try a new thing I’ve recently invented: if you see a headline that suggests you should be mad at Dems about something Republicans are doing, click the link and find the text in the article supporting that headline
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The world's richest man runs a subscription-based automated service that removes clothing from photographs of children.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The world's richest man runs a subscription-based automated service that removes clothing from photographs of children.
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So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 AM
So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...