Ben Baker
@abenbaker.bsky.social
Public Defense Advocate, Blue Dot in Tennessee, Sons of Mudboy Music, Memphian, NAFO, Tuck Frump
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Just put this on my wish list!
"Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s enslaved companion, won the National Book Award for fiction."
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Percival Everett's 'James' wins National Book Award for fiction
Everett's latest novel retells the story of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, Huck’s enslaved companion.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Just put this on my wish list!
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😳wild to see it all in one place like this. prospect.org/politics/202...
November 24, 2024 at 5:00 AM
😳wild to see it all in one place like this. prospect.org/politics/202...
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Mark Cuban should buy MSNBC and let MeidasTouch run things.
November 23, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Mark Cuban should buy MSNBC and let MeidasTouch run things.
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They spent the past few weeks telling us to leave Twitter, and then they come here to harass?
Fuck that bullshit. Kick these annoying asshats all the way off the platform, PLEASE.
Nobody has time for that shit.
Crawl back under your rock.
Fuck that bullshit. Kick these annoying asshats all the way off the platform, PLEASE.
Nobody has time for that shit.
Crawl back under your rock.
November 19, 2024 at 10:09 PM
They spent the past few weeks telling us to leave Twitter, and then they come here to harass?
Fuck that bullshit. Kick these annoying asshats all the way off the platform, PLEASE.
Nobody has time for that shit.
Crawl back under your rock.
Fuck that bullshit. Kick these annoying asshats all the way off the platform, PLEASE.
Nobody has time for that shit.
Crawl back under your rock.
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I needed this laugh today!
November 18, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I needed this laugh today!
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Elon Musk Posts QAnon Meme to Defend Matt Gaetz
Trump's right hand man is amplifying the fringe conspiracy group
Trump's right hand man is amplifying the fringe conspiracy group
Elon Musk Posts QAnon Meme to Defend Matt Gaetz
Trump's right hand man is amplifying the fringe conspiracy group
meidasnews.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Elon Musk Posts QAnon Meme to Defend Matt Gaetz
Trump's right hand man is amplifying the fringe conspiracy group
Trump's right hand man is amplifying the fringe conspiracy group
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“The F.B.I. said in a statement on Friday that some recipients of the latest messages were told they had been selected for deportation. Others were instructed to report to a ‘re-education camp’ for L.G.B.T.Q. people.”
A wave of offensive text messages and emails has gone out to Hispanic and LGBTQ people in recent days, according to the FBI, coming on the heels of a barrage of racist texts that were sent to Black people in the wake of the election.
New Wave of Offensive Texts Targets Hispanic and L.G.B.T.Q. People
The F.B.I. is investigating messages that told people they would be deported or transported to a “re-education camp.” They came after racist texts were sent to Black people.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:32 PM
“The F.B.I. said in a statement on Friday that some recipients of the latest messages were told they had been selected for deportation. Others were instructed to report to a ‘re-education camp’ for L.G.B.T.Q. people.”
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Excellent article. Alarming as hell!
New in PN: @davidnir.bsky.social on how Mike Johnson could make Trump's recess appointments a reality
"Even if a few Republican senators stand up for themselves and resist Trump's recess appointments scheme, no one should assume the speaker would do the same."
"Even if a few Republican senators stand up for themselves and resist Trump's recess appointments scheme, no one should assume the speaker would do the same."
How Johnson could make Trump's recess appointments a reality
Talk of cutting out Dems — and GOP dissenters — is more than just idle rhetoric.
www.publicnotice.co
November 18, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Excellent article. Alarming as hell!
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Ok folks.
I need you to help out on this one.
Lori co-founded DemCast with me back in 2019.
She’s a brilliant strategist, a top-notch messenger, and an A+ human being.
Can you…
1) Share this post
2) Follow @democracystorm.bsky.social
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I need you to help out on this one.
Lori co-founded DemCast with me back in 2019.
She’s a brilliant strategist, a top-notch messenger, and an A+ human being.
Can you…
1) Share this post
2) Follow @democracystorm.bsky.social
🙏
November 18, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Ok folks.
I need you to help out on this one.
Lori co-founded DemCast with me back in 2019.
She’s a brilliant strategist, a top-notch messenger, and an A+ human being.
Can you…
1) Share this post
2) Follow @democracystorm.bsky.social
🙏
I need you to help out on this one.
Lori co-founded DemCast with me back in 2019.
She’s a brilliant strategist, a top-notch messenger, and an A+ human being.
Can you…
1) Share this post
2) Follow @democracystorm.bsky.social
🙏
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We're building the pro-democracy online army. I cant do it all myself so it falls to all of you. First steps:
• add a profile pic
• have a bio
• REPOST THIS (super important)
• hit like, and reply with #NoDemUnder1k
• follow each other using Reposts
• follow those who follow you
• add a profile pic
• have a bio
• REPOST THIS (super important)
• hit like, and reply with #NoDemUnder1k
• follow each other using Reposts
• follow those who follow you
November 18, 2024 at 12:37 AM
We're building the pro-democracy online army. I cant do it all myself so it falls to all of you. First steps:
• add a profile pic
• have a bio
• REPOST THIS (super important)
• hit like, and reply with #NoDemUnder1k
• follow each other using Reposts
• follow those who follow you
• add a profile pic
• have a bio
• REPOST THIS (super important)
• hit like, and reply with #NoDemUnder1k
• follow each other using Reposts
• follow those who follow you
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Musk wants to return to feudalism where the wealthiest adopt the roles at the top of the power pyramid, and everyone else is a serf laboring for them. To do this he needs to kill off functioning democratic governance.
Trump’s top advisor says Trump has a mandate to assemble an “extinction level event.”
November 17, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Musk wants to return to feudalism where the wealthiest adopt the roles at the top of the power pyramid, and everyone else is a serf laboring for them. To do this he needs to kill off functioning democratic governance.
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Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app is there a way to help Leigh and stop this kind of squatting?
November 17, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app is there a way to help Leigh and stop this kind of squatting?
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Now is a good time to remind everyone that Matt Gaetz was the only 'no' vote in the entire Congress against legislation that targeted human trafficking
November 17, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Now is a good time to remind everyone that Matt Gaetz was the only 'no' vote in the entire Congress against legislation that targeted human trafficking
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Interesting. Goes to show you why education is important & why the republicans are so hell bent on doing away with the department of education. They get rid of it then only the rich can attend and we all know what happens then. The Republicans stay in power unless our rich dems can come back in 2028
November 16, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Interesting. Goes to show you why education is important & why the republicans are so hell bent on doing away with the department of education. They get rid of it then only the rich can attend and we all know what happens then. The Republicans stay in power unless our rich dems can come back in 2028
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Have you all been able to find each other?
If you came from the old place and want to reconnect with your Dem friends, we're going to help you get started.
Hit the like button, reply with #NoDemUnder1K, and most importantly, REPOST, then follow each other back.
The EASIEST way to follow is clicking "reposts" and going down the list.
Hit the like button, reply with #NoDemUnder1K, and most importantly, REPOST, then follow each other back.
The EASIEST way to follow is clicking "reposts" and going down the list.
November 16, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Have you all been able to find each other?
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I didn't leave Twitter.
X left me.
X left me.
November 15, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I didn't leave Twitter.
X left me.
X left me.
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Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who is ready to break open a huge pack of "I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO" to the selfish assholes who insisted on electing an authoritarian convicted felon with dementia because eggs weren't cheap enough.
The insanity has already begun. 🍿
The insanity has already begun. 🍿
November 15, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Good morning and Happy Friday to everyone who is ready to break open a huge pack of "I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO" to the selfish assholes who insisted on electing an authoritarian convicted felon with dementia because eggs weren't cheap enough.
The insanity has already begun. 🍿
The insanity has already begun. 🍿
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If you came from the old place and want to reconnect with your Dem friends, we're going to help you get started.
Hit the like button, reply with #NoDemUnder1K, and most importantly, REPOST, then follow each other back.
The EASIEST way to follow is clicking "reposts" and going down the list.
Hit the like button, reply with #NoDemUnder1K, and most importantly, REPOST, then follow each other back.
The EASIEST way to follow is clicking "reposts" and going down the list.
November 15, 2024 at 3:59 AM
If you came from the old place and want to reconnect with your Dem friends, we're going to help you get started.
Hit the like button, reply with #NoDemUnder1K, and most importantly, REPOST, then follow each other back.
The EASIEST way to follow is clicking "reposts" and going down the list.
Hit the like button, reply with #NoDemUnder1K, and most importantly, REPOST, then follow each other back.
The EASIEST way to follow is clicking "reposts" and going down the list.
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I made my first White Board video since the election. This one was both hard--and cathartic--to do.
If you like it, please share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=toCa...
If you like it, please share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=toCa...
America's Dumbest Timeline
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:35 AM
I made my first White Board video since the election. This one was both hard--and cathartic--to do.
If you like it, please share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=toCa...
If you like it, please share.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=toCa...
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Let me state this is bluntly as I can, as a biographer of both Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Vladimir Putin is now inside the U.S. government, with visibility into absolutely everything. He has that access through Trump, Musk, and David Sacks.
We are fully infiltrated. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...
We are fully infiltrated. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...
Elon Musk Puts His Imprint on the Trump Transition at Mar-a-Lago
He’s on the patio. He’s on the golf course. Everywhere Donald Trump looks, there is the world’s richest man.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Let me state this is bluntly as I can, as a biographer of both Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Vladimir Putin is now inside the U.S. government, with visibility into absolutely everything. He has that access through Trump, Musk, and David Sacks.
We are fully infiltrated. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...
We are fully infiltrated. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/u...