John Benam
@benamjohn.bsky.social
2 time Emmy Award-winning Director of Photography and Producer. Be nice to strangers and respect everyone.
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A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
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On the blog: In approving Trump's transphobic policy of listing sex assigned at birth on passports, SCOTUS said govt was "merely attesting to a historical fact," thus echoing the obtuseness of Plessy v Ferguson's statement that Black folks were only choosing to see segregation as white supremacy. 👇
SCOTUS Echoes Plessy v Ferguson in Greenlighting Trump's Transphobic Passport Policy
Repeating a pattern that has become all too familiar, late last week the Roberts Court issued a per curiam order staying a lower court rulin...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
On the blog: In approving Trump's transphobic policy of listing sex assigned at birth on passports, SCOTUS said govt was "merely attesting to a historical fact," thus echoing the obtuseness of Plessy v Ferguson's statement that Black folks were only choosing to see segregation as white supremacy. 👇
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behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol
October 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol
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Today, I drove an hour and a half with my wife and a couple friends to pick up a neighbor who was summarily, inexplicably arrested by ICE at a check-in ten days ago and then just as inexplicably released, 100 miles from home today. It was a happy occasion, all things considered, but...
October 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today, I drove an hour and a half with my wife and a couple friends to pick up a neighbor who was summarily, inexplicably arrested by ICE at a check-in ten days ago and then just as inexplicably released, 100 miles from home today. It was a happy occasion, all things considered, but...
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Now this is peak projection. Utterly unhinged.
“What do YOU HAVE? You have NOTHING, you are nothing. You are wickedness, you are jealousy, you are hatred, YOU ARE NOTHING. You can build nothing, produce nothing, create nothing."
September 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Now this is peak projection. Utterly unhinged.
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Collins: The WH has denied that the drawing existed. They denied that it was Trump's signature. What do you what do you make of their defense here?
Crockett: The fact that the president is a liar? I mean, he's consistent.
Crockett: The fact that the president is a liar? I mean, he's consistent.
September 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Collins: The WH has denied that the drawing existed. They denied that it was Trump's signature. What do you what do you make of their defense here?
Crockett: The fact that the president is a liar? I mean, he's consistent.
Crockett: The fact that the president is a liar? I mean, he's consistent.
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WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
September 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.”
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August 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
JD Vance on Donald Trump: “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him. I don’t think he’s the person. I don’t think he cares about folks. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.”
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Belly laughing!! LOL!😂
Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
August 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Belly laughing!! LOL!😂
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ATLANTA: “The city is opening a grocery store to clear up a downtown food desert… City leaders say the market will help those in the area who have not previously had easy access to healthy food.”
(cc: everyone acting like @ZohranKMamdani is crazy🤔)
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(cc: everyone acting like @ZohranKMamdani is crazy🤔)
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August 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
ATLANTA: “The city is opening a grocery store to clear up a downtown food desert… City leaders say the market will help those in the area who have not previously had easy access to healthy food.”
(cc: everyone acting like @ZohranKMamdani is crazy🤔)
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(cc: everyone acting like @ZohranKMamdani is crazy🤔)
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The new acting director of the CDC, who is not a medical doctor, is instead a *biotech investor* who only joined HHS two months ago and is pals with MAGA loyalist Peter Thiel.
All Donald Trump rewards is loyalty, and he’ll do it at the expense of Americans’ health.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/h...
All Donald Trump rewards is loyalty, and he’ll do it at the expense of Americans’ health.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/h...
Kennedy names deputy Jim O’Neill as acting CDC director after Monarez ouster | CNN
Deputy Health and Human Services Secretary Jim O’Neill will serve as acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said...
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August 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The new acting director of the CDC, who is not a medical doctor, is instead a *biotech investor* who only joined HHS two months ago and is pals with MAGA loyalist Peter Thiel.
All Donald Trump rewards is loyalty, and he’ll do it at the expense of Americans’ health.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/h...
All Donald Trump rewards is loyalty, and he’ll do it at the expense of Americans’ health.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/h...
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Must be nice to have no oligarchs on your supreme court.
August 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Must be nice to have no oligarchs on your supreme court.
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I feel safer already
ICE just posted this video to Twitter with the caption:
"TV’s former 'man of steel' Dean Cain runs through the obstacle course during training to become an ICE officer at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia.
http://Join.ICE.gov"
"TV’s former 'man of steel' Dean Cain runs through the obstacle course during training to become an ICE officer at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia.
http://Join.ICE.gov"
August 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I feel safer already
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Virginia Giuffre’s family denounces “DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview” of Ghislaine Maxwell in a statement. www.allrisenews.com/p/maxwell-tr...
August 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Virginia Giuffre’s family denounces “DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview” of Ghislaine Maxwell in a statement. www.allrisenews.com/p/maxwell-tr...
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Tell me you're in the Epstein Files without telling me you're in the Epstein Files.
Q: The DOJ is sending some of the Epstein files over to the House Oversight Committee. Are you in support of them releasing them?
TRUMP: Innocent people shouldn't be hurt. You have a lot of people that could be mentioned in those files that don't deserve to be bc he knew everybody in Palm Beach
TRUMP: Innocent people shouldn't be hurt. You have a lot of people that could be mentioned in those files that don't deserve to be bc he knew everybody in Palm Beach
August 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tell me you're in the Epstein Files without telling me you're in the Epstein Files.
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Paul’s right, it’s unreal how little traction this story has gotten.
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August 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Paul’s right, it’s unreal how little traction this story has gotten.
www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...
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Mark Peterson’s black-and-white images of ICE agents evoke film noir and the urban-crime photography of the 1930s and ’40s. “If someone is doing everything right, and then they still get detained, it’s a crime scene,” he said.
ICE’s Spectacle of Intimidation
Immigrants showing up for court dates in Manhattan must now navigate past rows of masked federal agents.
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August 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Mark Peterson’s black-and-white images of ICE agents evoke film noir and the urban-crime photography of the 1930s and ’40s. “If someone is doing everything right, and then they still get detained, it’s a crime scene,” he said.
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Legally here. Arrested for reporting on ICE.
It could be any of us.
It could be any of us.
Mario Guevara "has lived in the United States legally for more than two decades, where he became renowned as one of [Atlanta's] most trusted immigration reporters."
"That was until June 14, when [he] was snatched up by police."
#Georgia #USA #Policing #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"That was until June 14, when [he] was snatched up by police."
#Georgia #USA #Policing #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Advocates, Family Call for Release of Atlanta Journalist Detained in 'Retaliation' for ICE Coverage | Common Dreams
Despite a lack of criminal charges and his legal residency in the U.S., ICE refuses to release immigration reporter Mario Guevara from custody. José Zamora of the Committee to Protect Journalists…
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July 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Legally here. Arrested for reporting on ICE.
It could be any of us.
It could be any of us.
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Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
July 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Pause for three minutes and soak up the grace of this man.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
Earlier today, the father of three U.S. Marines, Narciso Barranco, spoke publicly for the first time after being pinned to the ground and savagely punched by ICE agents while they arrested the landscaper outside the IHOP where he worked.
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Wild! We can’t get bipartisan support for anything in Congress right now. But look who’s lining up to support the release of the Epstein files…
July 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wild! We can’t get bipartisan support for anything in Congress right now. But look who’s lining up to support the release of the Epstein files…
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TikTok is killing us with these 😬
July 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
TikTok is killing us with these 😬
Brilliant way to remind our elected officials that science is real.
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Brilliant way to remind our elected officials that science is real.
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Can’t make this up.
July 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can’t make this up.