Benjamin H.
@beingbenh.bsky.social
Father | Educator | Learner. AZ is home. Posts on politics (Dem 💙🇺🇸) and sports.
I am devastated to hear the results of the historic flooding in TX. While authorities continue to help the community - it is our civic responsibility to ask how and was it preventable. The answer to both is yes. The people of TX who want better need to vote better - www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I am devastated to hear the results of the historic flooding in TX. While authorities continue to help the community - it is our civic responsibility to ask how and was it preventable. The answer to both is yes. The people of TX who want better need to vote better - www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
Who had the under of Return to Tyranny in America in 250 years?
July 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Who had the under of Return to Tyranny in America in 250 years?
This is exactly the level of incompetence that Dems warned America about during the 2024 election - www.cnn.com/world/live-n...
Live updates: Iran-Israel conflict: Trump rebukes both sides hours after ceasefire | CNN
President Donald Trump flashed intense anger Tuesday morning as the ceasefire he brokered between Israel and Iran appeared to grow more fragile. Follow for live news updates.
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June 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is exactly the level of incompetence that Dems warned America about during the 2024 election - www.cnn.com/world/live-n...
I am deeply saddened by the actions taken tonight by the Trump administration. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those impacted by this new war.
June 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I am deeply saddened by the actions taken tonight by the Trump administration. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those impacted by this new war.
Current Budget Bill logic - “people will spend more in the future and it will all be American made”
Reality is they are con artists with a grift to sell us - www.axios.com/2025/06/17/r... Consumers spending drops in May as tariffs fuel anxiety
Reality is they are con artists with a grift to sell us - www.axios.com/2025/06/17/r... Consumers spending drops in May as tariffs fuel anxiety
Consumers spending drops in May as tariffs fuel anxiety
It comes after a spending binge in recent months to beat tariff-related price increases.
www.axios.com
June 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Current Budget Bill logic - “people will spend more in the future and it will all be American made”
Reality is they are con artists with a grift to sell us - www.axios.com/2025/06/17/r... Consumers spending drops in May as tariffs fuel anxiety
Reality is they are con artists with a grift to sell us - www.axios.com/2025/06/17/r... Consumers spending drops in May as tariffs fuel anxiety
4000+ at the #nokings protest in Chandler! Great to see Congressmen Stanton here with us.
Equally as impressive - the volunteers donated water to locals in need after the event and shared resources to help them beat the heat! This is what democracy looks like! #weareliberals
Equally as impressive - the volunteers donated water to locals in need after the event and shared resources to help them beat the heat! This is what democracy looks like! #weareliberals
June 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
4000+ at the #nokings protest in Chandler! Great to see Congressmen Stanton here with us.
Equally as impressive - the volunteers donated water to locals in need after the event and shared resources to help them beat the heat! This is what democracy looks like! #weareliberals
Equally as impressive - the volunteers donated water to locals in need after the event and shared resources to help them beat the heat! This is what democracy looks like! #weareliberals
It’s not just Measles. JFK Jr is destroying the very foundation of scientific medicine. He has destroyed our medical progress and we will pay the price for decades.
Every single confirmation vote should be ashamed - www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/p...
Every single confirmation vote should be ashamed - www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/p...
How each senator voted on the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nomination | CNN Politics
The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, clearing the way for one of President Donald Trump’s more controversia...
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June 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
It’s not just Measles. JFK Jr is destroying the very foundation of scientific medicine. He has destroyed our medical progress and we will pay the price for decades.
Every single confirmation vote should be ashamed - www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/p...
Every single confirmation vote should be ashamed - www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/p...
When governing relies only on one man’s delusional opinion - that isn’t a democracy, that is authoritarianism.
We told you this was coming. And too many didn’t believe it. Now you can see it on the news every night.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8M71nMQ/
We told you this was coming. And too many didn’t believe it. Now you can see it on the news every night.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8M71nMQ/
make it make sense
TikTok video by COURIER
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June 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
When governing relies only on one man’s delusional opinion - that isn’t a democracy, that is authoritarianism.
We told you this was coming. And too many didn’t believe it. Now you can see it on the news every night.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8M71nMQ/
We told you this was coming. And too many didn’t believe it. Now you can see it on the news every night.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8M71nMQ/
The people this WH is arresting are being found at their homes, schools, works, or court hearings about their immigration status. Where are all the dangerous gang members?
Oh, that’s right - “dangerous” was never real. This is a racist sweep.
Oh, that’s right - “dangerous” was never real. This is a racist sweep.
June 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The people this WH is arresting are being found at their homes, schools, works, or court hearings about their immigration status. Where are all the dangerous gang members?
Oh, that’s right - “dangerous” was never real. This is a racist sweep.
Oh, that’s right - “dangerous” was never real. This is a racist sweep.
As districts around the country struggle to support their students in several ways, the SoE wrestles with the concept that guidance counselors aren’t doing a good job, and continues to defund them.
This is the wrong path, yet again. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MxES91/
This is the wrong path, yet again. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MxES91/
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) pressed Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday about why the Education Department is "hollowing out" federal resources to help students struggling with debt and scams, ...
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June 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As districts around the country struggle to support their students in several ways, the SoE wrestles with the concept that guidance counselors aren’t doing a good job, and continues to defund them.
This is the wrong path, yet again. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MxES91/
This is the wrong path, yet again. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MxES91/
@thetnholler.bsky.social once again gets it right. It’s highly plausible…
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MHT5D8/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MHT5D8/
Penn law professor Kate Shaw tries to help Sen. Hawley understand judges are blocking Trump more because he is breaking the law more. (Even Trump-appointed ones)
TikTok video by The TN Holler
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June 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
@thetnholler.bsky.social once again gets it right. It’s highly plausible…
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MHT5D8/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MHT5D8/
Reposted by Benjamin H.
COLORADO… My Pillow Guy Mike Lindell admitting in court he has no evidence the 2020 election was rigged…
June 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
COLORADO… My Pillow Guy Mike Lindell admitting in court he has no evidence the 2020 election was rigged…
I need conservatives to stop telling others about how they care about fraud, Medicare, or the rule law. Here is another example of how that is false:
amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Trump commutes sentence of Miami healthcare exec convicted of Medicare fraud
He and his girlfriend pocketed more than $87 million in the scheme.
amp.miamiherald.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I need conservatives to stop telling others about how they care about fraud, Medicare, or the rule law. Here is another example of how that is false:
amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
One was a President of the most powerful nation in the world, the other is the #TacoPresident.
May 31, 2025 at 3:42 AM
One was a President of the most powerful nation in the world, the other is the #TacoPresident.
Remember when MAGA Congressmen/women rudely attacked President Biden during the SOTU for him calling them out on how they were going after SS and Medicare? Where are those loud voices now?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
Biden flexed his dexterity at the State of the Union
Analysis: The president got Republicans to agree to protect Social Security and Medicare. More important, he did it by going off script.
www.nbcnews.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Remember when MAGA Congressmen/women rudely attacked President Biden during the SOTU for him calling them out on how they were going after SS and Medicare? Where are those loud voices now?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...
In 2024 we told you they were coming for Medicare, Medicaid, and social programs.
In 2025, they came for it and are adding debt. And, too many said nothing.
America will suffer because of this administration for generations.
In 2025, they came for it and are adding debt. And, too many said nothing.
America will suffer because of this administration for generations.
May 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
In 2024 we told you they were coming for Medicare, Medicaid, and social programs.
In 2025, they came for it and are adding debt. And, too many said nothing.
America will suffer because of this administration for generations.
In 2025, they came for it and are adding debt. And, too many said nothing.
America will suffer because of this administration for generations.
Has there been one arrest of a business owner that has employed undocumented workers? Seems like that is illegal too.
May 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Has there been one arrest of a business owner that has employed undocumented workers? Seems like that is illegal too.
In AZ, the average SNAP benefit is $2200 a year for food assistance. That is survival for our most financially insecure Americans.
What the bill sponsors and “yea” voters aren’t saying is that on average they are removing food from 136,000 Americans - right now.
What the bill sponsors and “yea” voters aren’t saying is that on average they are removing food from 136,000 Americans - right now.
May 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In AZ, the average SNAP benefit is $2200 a year for food assistance. That is survival for our most financially insecure Americans.
What the bill sponsors and “yea” voters aren’t saying is that on average they are removing food from 136,000 Americans - right now.
What the bill sponsors and “yea” voters aren’t saying is that on average they are removing food from 136,000 Americans - right now.
@aoc.bsky.social - how do we get DOGE accountability into the storms last night? My family in KY said they heard no warning sirens! Americans dying is not the way
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86pUNcw/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86pUNcw/
5/17/25. 3:04pm ET.
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May 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
@aoc.bsky.social - how do we get DOGE accountability into the storms last night? My family in KY said they heard no warning sirens! Americans dying is not the way
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86pUNcw/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86pUNcw/
You know how I know DOGE was scam - the FOIA office still accepts FAX messages like it's 1997.
That should have been efficiency move number one.
That should have been efficiency move number one.
May 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
You know how I know DOGE was scam - the FOIA office still accepts FAX messages like it's 1997.
That should have been efficiency move number one.
That should have been efficiency move number one.
This is the “pain” you heard the elected administration talking about. Why didn’t they just say this last year?
🚨 WALMART RAISING PRICES DUE TO TARIFFS
“We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible but given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins,” Walmart CEO says.
“We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible but given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins,” Walmart CEO says.
May 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is the “pain” you heard the elected administration talking about. Why didn’t they just say this last year?
Johnson - “I spent years obstructing Biden personally and professionally on meritless grounds in an effort to appease Trump.”
Reporter - “Trump is openly scamming the world”
Johnson - “I refuse to acknowledge that”
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86X5C9v/
Reporter - “Trump is openly scamming the world”
Johnson - “I refuse to acknowledge that”
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86X5C9v/
Speaker Mike Johnson tells me he does not think Congressional oversight is necessary to look into the Trump family’s foreign business dealings.. including the secretive meme coin auction for Trump’s c...
TikTok video by Ryan Nobles
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May 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Johnson - “I spent years obstructing Biden personally and professionally on meritless grounds in an effort to appease Trump.”
Reporter - “Trump is openly scamming the world”
Johnson - “I refuse to acknowledge that”
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86X5C9v/
Reporter - “Trump is openly scamming the world”
Johnson - “I refuse to acknowledge that”
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86X5C9v/
“Shifting funding” is political/corporate speak for cutting off resources for Americans in need.
In AZCD5 - that is 111,000 people who could face impacts, or 1/8 people in the district. #WhereIsAndy
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86Xr11w/
In AZCD5 - that is 111,000 people who could face impacts, or 1/8 people in the district. #WhereIsAndy
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86Xr11w/
The House GOP debated Medicaid cuts late at night because they're afraid of public protest. Time to let them hear from us.
TikTok video by Vote Save America
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May 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“Shifting funding” is political/corporate speak for cutting off resources for Americans in need.
In AZCD5 - that is 111,000 people who could face impacts, or 1/8 people in the district. #WhereIsAndy
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86Xr11w/
In AZCD5 - that is 111,000 people who could face impacts, or 1/8 people in the district. #WhereIsAndy
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86Xr11w/
Corruption “out in the open” is still corruption, Mr. Speaker. Seems like you had this as your lane for one President but not another.
Congress is part of the problem in America today.
Congress is part of the problem in America today.
WATCH: Speaker Johnson defends Trump’s corruption because it’s “out in the open” (it isn’t), pretends not to know anything about his billion-dollar crypto scam. 🤷🏼♂️ #SwampForceOne ✈️
May 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Corruption “out in the open” is still corruption, Mr. Speaker. Seems like you had this as your lane for one President but not another.
Congress is part of the problem in America today.
Congress is part of the problem in America today.
Reposted by Benjamin H.
NPR reports there are three Trump officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a man described by federal prosecutors as a "Nazi sympathizer," and a prominent Holocaust denier. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism
Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
www.npr.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NPR reports there are three Trump officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a man described by federal prosecutors as a "Nazi sympathizer," and a prominent Holocaust denier. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism