Scott Bennett
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Scott Bennett
@aimlessred.bsky.social
· Feb 3
I understand that if you’ve been you’ve been raised with, or adopted, certain ideologies, it can be difficult to reconcile certain things with your beliefs. But medical professionals have a duty to defer to medical realities given that they treat people from all walks of life with varied beliefs. 🧵
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Hegseth stonewalled IG, refusing 1) to provide his phone for IG to probe other uses of Signal; 2) to sit for interview w/ IG. We only know about Yemeni Signal chat b/ Waltz added Goldberg to it by mistake. The scale and scope of Hegseth's security breaches still remain unknown even after IG report.
Officials reported the Secretary used additional Signal chats for DoD business. IG couldn’t verify content because he refused to provide phone access.
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hegseth stonewalled IG, refusing 1) to provide his phone for IG to probe other uses of Signal; 2) to sit for interview w/ IG. We only know about Yemeni Signal chat b/ Waltz added Goldberg to it by mistake. The scale and scope of Hegseth's security breaches still remain unknown even after IG report.
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Not like it would be justified if they were drug smugglers, but I think it hasn't gotten enough focus that a boat with 11 people onboard heading from Venezuela to Trinidad was almost certainly migrants. These were probably, at least for some of them, people fleeing Maduro. That's who they murdered.
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Not like it would be justified if they were drug smugglers, but I think it hasn't gotten enough focus that a boat with 11 people onboard heading from Venezuela to Trinidad was almost certainly migrants. These were probably, at least for some of them, people fleeing Maduro. That's who they murdered.
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Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
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The Trump Administration is gutting America’s science engine, wiping out thousands of grants in cancer, aging, engineering and more. Our district’s world-class researchers feel these cuts every single day.
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Trump Administration is gutting America’s science engine, wiping out thousands of grants in cancer, aging, engineering and more. Our district’s world-class researchers feel these cuts every single day.
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That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
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NASA’s warning signs are flashing. Senior staff are resigning, and hundreds of scientists are pushing back against Trump-era chaos.
The time to act is now.
Support the brave #NASA employees speaking out here👉 zurl.co/MaPnN
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The time to act is now.
Support the brave #NASA employees speaking out here👉 zurl.co/MaPnN
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Resignations and a ‘dissent’ letter suggest Trump has put NASA’s future in doubt
It remains an open question as to whether NASA and the U.S. space program will survive the Republican president’s second term.
www.msnbc.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
NASA’s warning signs are flashing. Senior staff are resigning, and hundreds of scientists are pushing back against Trump-era chaos.
The time to act is now.
Support the brave #NASA employees speaking out here👉 zurl.co/MaPnN
zurl.co/waBgk
The time to act is now.
Support the brave #NASA employees speaking out here👉 zurl.co/MaPnN
zurl.co/waBgk
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And the Supreme Court bows again.
Today, the Court ruled that Trump, and any future president, can fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission at will. That’s a federal agency Congress intentionally designed to be independent of political pressure.
Today, the Court ruled that Trump, and any future president, can fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission at will. That’s a federal agency Congress intentionally designed to be independent of political pressure.
July 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
And the Supreme Court bows again.
Today, the Court ruled that Trump, and any future president, can fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission at will. That’s a federal agency Congress intentionally designed to be independent of political pressure.
Today, the Court ruled that Trump, and any future president, can fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission at will. That’s a federal agency Congress intentionally designed to be independent of political pressure.
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If the DOJ had evidence linking Donald Trump to Epstein’s illegal network—& withheld it—that would raise serious questions about accountability at the highest levels
And was Bove involved?
DOJ must release the files—or we'll see them in court
And was Bove involved?
DOJ must release the files—or we'll see them in court
Trump was told his name was in Jeffrey Epstein files before DOJ withheld documents: WSJ
President Donald Trump was friends with Jeffrey Epstein for years before the two men had a falling out.
www.cnbc.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If the DOJ had evidence linking Donald Trump to Epstein’s illegal network—& withheld it—that would raise serious questions about accountability at the highest levels
And was Bove involved?
DOJ must release the files—or we'll see them in court
And was Bove involved?
DOJ must release the files—or we'll see them in court
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Top-ranking and mid-level military officials have circulated drafts of a letter slamming Hegseth for having “no clue what he’s doing.”
Pentagon Whistleblowers to Call for ‘Unfit’ Pete Hegseth’s Removal
Since at least May, top-ranking and mid-level military officials have circulated drafts of a letter slamming the defense secretary for having “no clue what he’s doing.”
trib.al
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Top-ranking and mid-level military officials have circulated drafts of a letter slamming Hegseth for having “no clue what he’s doing.”
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This is an invitation and reward to Putin.
Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
wrd.cm
February 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is an invitation and reward to Putin.
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Just beautiful, our national security is at risk bc of this drug fueled egomaniac.
Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website
@jbendery.bsky.social
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website
@jbendery.bsky.social
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website
“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.
www.huffpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Just beautiful, our national security is at risk bc of this drug fueled egomaniac.
Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website
@jbendery.bsky.social
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website
@jbendery.bsky.social
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
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What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.
February 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.
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She’s not the sharpest knife in the box.
BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data
NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore
BASH: You are the government
NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore
BASH: You are the government
February 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
She’s not the sharpest knife in the box.
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
And here we go…the march of christian nationalism. Clearly unconstitutional, of course, but not like they care. Anyone think the Supreme Court will stop it?
heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/07/c...
heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/07/c...
Controversial Christian nationalist legislation introduced in North Dakota House
At the start of the new legislative session, a group of North Dakota legislators put forward a potentially unconstitutional resolution that would have the state “acknowledge the Kingship of Jesus Chri...
heartlandsignal.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
And here we go…the march of christian nationalism. Clearly unconstitutional, of course, but not like they care. Anyone think the Supreme Court will stop it?
heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/07/c...
heartlandsignal.com/2025/02/07/c...
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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I do not know a single person in DC who has not been directly negatively impacted by the "sudden disassembly in flight" of the U.S. government. In most cases the impact is major and professional and pyschological as well as economical. You might shrug it off and say, "It's about time."
February 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I do not know a single person in DC who has not been directly negatively impacted by the "sudden disassembly in flight" of the U.S. government. In most cases the impact is major and professional and pyschological as well as economical. You might shrug it off and say, "It's about time."
Watching Return of the King.
Hope in dark times.
Courage, friends…courage.
Hope in dark times.
Courage, friends…courage.
February 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Watching Return of the King.
Hope in dark times.
Courage, friends…courage.
Hope in dark times.
Courage, friends…courage.
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He signs United States out of human rights organizations and gets El Salvador to agree to take American citizens. He’s planning to send political prisoners there. American citizens. Who all has he said he’d put in prison? He’s planning human rights violations.
February 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
He signs United States out of human rights organizations and gets El Salvador to agree to take American citizens. He’s planning to send political prisoners there. American citizens. Who all has he said he’d put in prison? He’s planning human rights violations.