Abu El Banat
@abu-el-banat.bsky.social
Father of daughters. Pragmatic progressive. Situationally aware. Fight for what you value!
Trump has serious Richard II vibes, for any history buffs out there.
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump has serious Richard II vibes, for any history buffs out there.
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October 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"The more the people are discontented with the oppression of taxes, the greater the need the prince has of money to distribute among his partisans and pay the troops that are to suppress all resistance and enable him to plunder at pleasure."
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
So the only people who get government welfare because they lost money from Trump tariffs are people who sold soybeans to the Chinese because they overwhelmingly voted for Trump, but no other businesses or people get any relief. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Bessent: "It's unfortunate that Chinese leadership has decided to use American soybean farmers as a hostage or pawn in the trade negotiations. American farmers overwhelmingly voted for President Trump ... you should expect news on Tuesday on substantial support for our farmers."
October 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"The more the people are discontented with the oppression of taxes, the greater the need the prince has of money to distribute among his partisans and pay the troops that are to suppress all resistance and enable him to plunder at pleasure."
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.
This lawless Trump stooge is illegally withholding federal funds to try to squeeze us into giving Trump a blank check…to continue this EXACT type of lawlessness.
This isn’t governing and it sure as hell isn’t democracy.
It’s mafia-style blackmail and authoritarianism.
This isn’t governing and it sure as hell isn’t democracy.
It’s mafia-style blackmail and authoritarianism.
October 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.
When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
We are now in the domain of not just illegal impoundments, but targeted illegal impoundments to punish liberal spaces. Not different from what Trump is doing to to universities.
OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
When a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Stop the fascists.
October 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Stop the fascists.
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This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
NRA v. Vullo - “the First Amendment prohibits government officials from wielding their power selectively to punish or suppress speech, directly or (as alleged here) through private intermediaries.”
9-0 decision from last year
9-0 decision from last year
NRA v. Vullo: A Resounding Win for Free Speech, But Will It Endure? - Institute For Free Speech
The United States Supreme Court issued a major free speech decision expanding the protections for political speech against regulatory intimidation by New York state. But this victory won’t be fully se...
www.ifs.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
NRA v. Vullo - “the First Amendment prohibits government officials from wielding their power selectively to punish or suppress speech, directly or (as alleged here) through private intermediaries.”
9-0 decision from last year
9-0 decision from last year
Geoff Duncan is running to be Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2024. He narrowly won the Lt. Governor spot -- as a Republican -- in 2018. Here is some of his 2018 platform:
(1) Cut state income taxes.
(2) School Vouchers
(3) Oppose public transit spending
(4) Oppose Medicaid expansion
(1) Cut state income taxes.
(2) School Vouchers
(3) Oppose public transit spending
(4) Oppose Medicaid expansion
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Geoff Duncan is running to be Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2024. He narrowly won the Lt. Governor spot -- as a Republican -- in 2018. Here is some of his 2018 platform:
(1) Cut state income taxes.
(2) School Vouchers
(3) Oppose public transit spending
(4) Oppose Medicaid expansion
(1) Cut state income taxes.
(2) School Vouchers
(3) Oppose public transit spending
(4) Oppose Medicaid expansion
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Marked straight for three straight election cycles
September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Marked straight for three straight election cycles
I think this is a red flag yall.
August 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I think this is a red flag yall.
The projections of AI 2027 are certain to be wrong. So are everybody else's. But I'm not reassured by the argument "You can't prove the nuclear reactor is going to implode so we should put one in your backyard." Looking forward to Soares' and Yudkowsky's book.
Some in the AI industry have repeatedly warned that bots could one day go rogue—with apocalyptic consequences, Matteo Wong writes.
As one AI doomer tells Wong: “We’ve run out of time."
As one AI doomer tells Wong: “We’ve run out of time."
The AI Doomers Are Getting Doomier
The industry’s apocalyptic voices are becoming more panicked—and harder to dismiss.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The projections of AI 2027 are certain to be wrong. So are everybody else's. But I'm not reassured by the argument "You can't prove the nuclear reactor is going to implode so we should put one in your backyard." Looking forward to Soares' and Yudkowsky's book.
OK Russia, we'll lift all sanctions on you and let you dictate U.S. and NATO policy across all Eastern Europe. You can even limit Ukraine's sovereignty and self-determination. BUT, in return, you have to keep all your territorial gains! Don't invade again, or we will negotiate further!
Three peace terms that Responsible Statecraft wants:
1. NATO pledges no further enlargement, and the United States pledges to veto any proposed new candidates.
2. The U.S. pledges not to provide Ukraine with missiles, main battle tanks, or fighter aircraft.
responsiblestatecraft.org/nato-summit/
1. NATO pledges no further enlargement, and the United States pledges to veto any proposed new candidates.
2. The U.S. pledges not to provide Ukraine with missiles, main battle tanks, or fighter aircraft.
responsiblestatecraft.org/nato-summit/
The 17 Ukraine war peace terms the US must put before NATO
Threats must be imposed if either side or both reject these demands. The time is now.
responsiblestatecraft.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
OK Russia, we'll lift all sanctions on you and let you dictate U.S. and NATO policy across all Eastern Europe. You can even limit Ukraine's sovereignty and self-determination. BUT, in return, you have to keep all your territorial gains! Don't invade again, or we will negotiate further!
*LUTNICK: TRUMP WANTS TO TURN MONEY FROM BIDEN INTO EQUITY
*LUTNICK: BIDEN ADMIN WAS GIVING INTEL MONEY 'FOR FREE'
*LUTNICK: BIDEN ADMIN WAS GIVING INTEL MONEY 'FOR FREE'
For the Record: we will discover that one or more members of Trump's inner circle amassed INTC shares ahead of this announcement and will dispose of them within 3 months. After the divestment, we will learn that this deal either does not happen or is a shakedown rather than largesse.
August 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
*LUTNICK: TRUMP WANTS TO TURN MONEY FROM BIDEN INTO EQUITY
*LUTNICK: BIDEN ADMIN WAS GIVING INTEL MONEY 'FOR FREE'
*LUTNICK: BIDEN ADMIN WAS GIVING INTEL MONEY 'FOR FREE'
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Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
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In case you wondered whether ICE has fully transitioned to a tool of a fascist regime: This is not something any federal agent should shout at a member of the public.
While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
August 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In case you wondered whether ICE has fully transitioned to a tool of a fascist regime: This is not something any federal agent should shout at a member of the public.
For the Record: we will discover that one or more members of Trump's inner circle amassed INTC shares ahead of this announcement and will dispose of them within 3 months. After the divestment, we will learn that this deal either does not happen or is a shakedown rather than largesse.
August 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
For the Record: we will discover that one or more members of Trump's inner circle amassed INTC shares ahead of this announcement and will dispose of them within 3 months. After the divestment, we will learn that this deal either does not happen or is a shakedown rather than largesse.
Don't Tread On Me
Armed Trump administration agents wearing masks just showed up outside of Gavin Newsom’s press conference.
This is what rising fascism looks like.
This is what rising fascism looks like.
August 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Don't Tread On Me
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Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer will face off tomorrow night for just the second time in regular season history
The other matchup was September 7, 2008, when fans expected to see Greg Maddux vs. Randy Johnson
The other matchup was September 7, 2008, when fans expected to see Greg Maddux vs. Randy Johnson
August 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer will face off tomorrow night for just the second time in regular season history
The other matchup was September 7, 2008, when fans expected to see Greg Maddux vs. Randy Johnson
The other matchup was September 7, 2008, when fans expected to see Greg Maddux vs. Randy Johnson
Goose following DJT around saying "Why was GDP expected to be so low?"
July 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Goose following DJT around saying "Why was GDP expected to be so low?"
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Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape.
Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
July 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Marco Rubio, Stephen Miller, Kirsti Noem, Joseph Mazzara, Emil Bove, Drew Sargent, and everyone else involved in planning, executing, and obstructing justice around the CECOT imprisonments are responsible for Andry's torture and rape.
Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
Each bears a share of the blame. Don't ever let them forget it.
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The content of this bill is horrendous, and that matters, of course, but in a sense it seems like what matters more is that both houses of Congress voted for a bill they don’t like because of vague promises from Trump that he would ignore a bunch of it.
CNBC: It sounds to me like the president persuaded you by saying he's gonna override some of the provisions in the bill. Is that right?
RALPH NORMAN: He's going to on the permitting drive a hard bargain. He's gonna have accountability. You'll see some executive orders.
RALPH NORMAN: He's going to on the permitting drive a hard bargain. He's gonna have accountability. You'll see some executive orders.
July 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The content of this bill is horrendous, and that matters, of course, but in a sense it seems like what matters more is that both houses of Congress voted for a bill they don’t like because of vague promises from Trump that he would ignore a bunch of it.
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Absolutely horrifically cruel and every Penn alum should be screaming at them
BREAKING
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
July 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Absolutely horrifically cruel and every Penn alum should be screaming at them