Ben in SC
@ben-foxworth.bsky.social
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red state liberal, retired
cyclist
foxtrot delta tango
passionate 4 repro rights/justice
gun sense
tori amos
women's rights
OPPOSITION
owned by 4 cats
here for the fight
anti-fascist
slava ukraini
#fucktrump
red state liberal, retired
cyclist
foxtrot delta tango
passionate 4 repro rights/justice
gun sense
tori amos
women's rights
OPPOSITION
owned by 4 cats
here for the fight
anti-fascist
slava ukraini
#fucktrump
Pinned
Ben in SC
@ben-foxworth.bsky.social
· Dec 30
It is with great joy that I realize I have become noisier on Bluesky.
Thanks, everyone.
Thanks, everyone.
She will forever be missed.
This is who she was.
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best.
Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
She will forever be missed.
Schlimmer als Trump hat es bei uns noch nie gegeben. 😡
Erinnert sich noch wer?
In seiner ersten Amtszeit hat Trump den Kampf gegen den Klimawandel ausgebremst, andere Länder als "Shithole Countries" bezeichnet und massiv Politik gegen Migranten gemacht.
Und was macht die #FritzPiepe heute?
Ich glaub' wir können uns alle warm anziehen... -.-
In seiner ersten Amtszeit hat Trump den Kampf gegen den Klimawandel ausgebremst, andere Länder als "Shithole Countries" bezeichnet und massiv Politik gegen Migranten gemacht.
Und was macht die #FritzPiepe heute?
Ich glaub' wir können uns alle warm anziehen... -.-
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Schlimmer als Trump hat es bei uns noch nie gegeben. 😡
Magnificent news. Congratulations to the candidate, to the board and to the students there.
For the Netroots community, for everyone who knew @arjunjaikumar.bsky.social when he was a guy posting on DailyKos and SSP as "brownsox" who loved writing about elections, today is a joyous day as he's been elected to the Cambridge School Board with the strong backing of the local teachers' union.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Magnificent news. Congratulations to the candidate, to the board and to the students there.
November 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
If only their people showed minimal intellectual integrity and judgment.
Just so I have this straight: Vance thinks racist men in their 20s and 30s are “just kids,” but 12-year-old girls are grown enough for forced pregnancy?
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If only their people showed minimal intellectual integrity and judgment.
What groveling fools.
Think you buried your lede halfway down your story?
"The 31-year-old Kirk never served in the military."
🎃
"The 31-year-old Kirk never served in the military."
🎃
The Air Force Academy alumni group's board is considering honorary membership for Charlie Kirk.
October 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
What groveling fools.
Excellent questions. Why are we not hearing any of them from the media?
If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:
1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?
2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?
3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?
1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?
2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?
3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?
October 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Excellent questions. Why are we not hearing any of them from the media?
WE fight for their (media people). Why does the media not fight for their own and for their society???
Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.
September 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
WE fight for their (media people). Why does the media not fight for their own and for their society???
May this suit succeed. QUICKLY.
BREAKING: Oregon & Portland just sued President Trump to block his order sending federal troops into the city.
The plaintiffs call the deployment “patently unlawful” and say it violates the U.S. Constitution and the Posse Comitatus Act.
The plaintiffs call the deployment “patently unlawful” and say it violates the U.S. Constitution and the Posse Comitatus Act.
Oregon Sues Trump to Stop ‘Unlawful’ Portland Troop Deployment
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
May this suit succeed. QUICKLY.
I would create one, but you would need a microscope to see it. And it would contain other things they wouldn't want to see even in a microscope.
Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”, with a statue of the assassinated Republican activist and a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader”, or pay monthly fines.
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I would create one, but you would need a microscope to see it. And it would contain other things they wouldn't want to see even in a microscope.
Agreed. I hope all of our #MomsDemandAction folks see this.
Absolutely batshit that we have children pledge allegiance to anything, let alone a flag of a country that doesn’t protect them.
September 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Agreed. I hope all of our #MomsDemandAction folks see this.
Second worst in infant mortality, top ten for teen pregnancy, no pre-Kindergarten education, no money for hungry kids ... it's a pretty clear message, indeed.
September 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Second worst in infant mortality, top ten for teen pregnancy, no pre-Kindergarten education, no money for hungry kids ... it's a pretty clear message, indeed.
We are way too short-sighted, and probably way too pure. Politics isn't an arena for the poor or the unimaginative, and it absolutely isn't an arena for the gutless.
Whenever someone suggests something "radical" Democrats could do, the reply is always: “But they’re the minority!” Republicans never let that stop them. They push the debate, however extreme. They know how to till the narrative for when they're back in power. Democrats never learned the long game.
September 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
We are way too short-sighted, and probably way too pure. Politics isn't an arena for the poor or the unimaginative, and it absolutely isn't an arena for the gutless.
The legacy of this Court is going to be hideous. Just as they have deserved. The Zero Integrity Court, zero loyalty, zero responsibility. If the founders had envisioned this, it's hard to imagine such a court ever coming into being.
Instead of trying to rein in Trump’s authoritarian urges, the justices have become his accomplices.
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The legacy of this Court is going to be hideous. Just as they have deserved. The Zero Integrity Court, zero loyalty, zero responsibility. If the founders had envisioned this, it's hard to imagine such a court ever coming into being.
They believe there is a major political upside in siding with a virus against their own species. #TraitorsAgainstTheirOwn
September 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
They believe there is a major political upside in siding with a virus against their own species. #TraitorsAgainstTheirOwn
So simple, so easily implemented, so needed.
September 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
So simple, so easily implemented, so needed.
Ich freue mich riesig, in dieser tollen Gesellschaft zu gehören. Hasser und Troublemaker bin ich auch. #GoodTrouble
So, Freunde, ab sofort bin ich offiziell US-Hasser und Troublemaker. Was rennen hier nur für Gestörte herum...
August 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ich freue mich riesig, in dieser tollen Gesellschaft zu gehören. Hasser und Troublemaker bin ich auch. #GoodTrouble
Completely true. They hate that.
You can’t assert the former without the latter also being true.
August 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Completely true. They hate that.
We'll take it.
"A recent Pew survey found that the largest drop in Trump’s support by far was among his youngest voters in 2024, between the ages of 18 and 39."
newrepublic.com/post/199152/... via @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/199152/... via @newrepublic.com
This Crucial Demographic Is Turning on Trump, Brutal New Poll Shows
Donald Trump has gotten a devastating new approval rating.
newrepublic.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We'll take it.
We don't yet know our candidate, of course, but I think he would make a great president.
August 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We don't yet know our candidate, of course, but I think he would make a great president.
Inconvenient facts.
Sean Duffy: "Pete Buttigieg was running for president as opposed to doing his job and making sure that we got our air traffic control system modernized."
(Pete Buttigieg ran for president in 2020. He became transportation secretary in 2021.)
(Pete Buttigieg ran for president in 2020. He became transportation secretary in 2021.)
August 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Inconvenient facts.
Why is there no progressive discussion of the fact that there are kidnapping laws on the books and that if you take people without due process you face charges when a justice department with a sense of responsibility and justice is restored?
August 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Why is there no progressive discussion of the fact that there are kidnapping laws on the books and that if you take people without due process you face charges when a justice department with a sense of responsibility and justice is restored?
He has no spine and less imagination. I would support AOC in this endeavor.
August 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
He has no spine and less imagination. I would support AOC in this endeavor.
It's strange to see someone that deluded who isn't already a member of the administration.
Tucker Carlson claims the U.S. government is being controlled by “supernatural beings and forces” operating behind the scenes.
August 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It's strange to see someone that deluded who isn't already a member of the administration.
The overview he seeks is validation of privilege, not interest in his species.
August 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The overview he seeks is validation of privilege, not interest in his species.