BenMech
@benmech.bsky.social
I Am The One You Warned Me Of
I Am The Black Wizards
I Am A Rock.
I Am I!
I Am The Black Wizards
I Am A Rock.
I Am I!
We are not, have never been and never will be a Christian nation.
We're a secular nation where you're free to believe whatever you want.
We're a secular nation where you're free to believe whatever you want.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Parents everywhere are terrified that their teens’ sudden need to download the forbidden 60 minutes story is a gateway drug to wanting even more news
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Bari Weiss is really bad at her job, until you realize it's her job to be really bad at her job, in which case she is excellent at her job
December 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Bari Weiss is really bad at her job, until you realize it's her job to be really bad at her job, in which case she is excellent at her job
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History doesn’t repeat, it rhymes: after their failed January 6 and Beer Hall putsches, both Trump and Hitler were prosecuted, yet a few years later both won presidential vote pluralities and their Republican and Nazi parties won control of Congress and the Reichstag and quickly greenlit autocracy.
December 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
History doesn’t repeat, it rhymes: after their failed January 6 and Beer Hall putsches, both Trump and Hitler were prosecuted, yet a few years later both won presidential vote pluralities and their Republican and Nazi parties won control of Congress and the Reichstag and quickly greenlit autocracy.
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There is no serious threat of “Sharia law” in America.
But lawmakers are pushing Bible mandates, Ten Commandments displays, and Christian favoritism in government.
That’s the actual threat to the Constitution.
But lawmakers are pushing Bible mandates, Ten Commandments displays, and Christian favoritism in government.
That’s the actual threat to the Constitution.
December 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
There is no serious threat of “Sharia law” in America.
But lawmakers are pushing Bible mandates, Ten Commandments displays, and Christian favoritism in government.
That’s the actual threat to the Constitution.
But lawmakers are pushing Bible mandates, Ten Commandments displays, and Christian favoritism in government.
That’s the actual threat to the Constitution.
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No one is persecuting Christians in America.
But Christian nationalism is being used to persecute others.
floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/15/t...
But Christian nationalism is being used to persecute others.
floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/15/t...
The Phony War on Christians • Florida Phoenix
Remember the War on Christmas, when conservatives worked themselves into a lather over America-hating freaks wishing people “Happy Holidays,” putting on community celebrations called “Winterfest” inst...
floridaphoenix.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
No one is persecuting Christians in America.
But Christian nationalism is being used to persecute others.
floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/15/t...
But Christian nationalism is being used to persecute others.
floridaphoenix.com/2025/12/15/t...
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“Stop talking about Christian nationalism” is exactly what Christian nationalists want.
When an ideology seeks government power to privilege one religion, it must be named and challenged.
baptistnews.com/article/is-i...
When an ideology seeks government power to privilege one religion, it must be named and challenged.
baptistnews.com/article/is-i...
Is it time to retire the term ‘Christian nationalism’? – Baptist News Global
The most obvious evidence Christian nationalism exists is there are quite a few Christians who embrace the term.
baptistnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“Stop talking about Christian nationalism” is exactly what Christian nationalists want.
When an ideology seeks government power to privilege one religion, it must be named and challenged.
baptistnews.com/article/is-i...
When an ideology seeks government power to privilege one religion, it must be named and challenged.
baptistnews.com/article/is-i...
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The ultimate version of Trump’s habitual Every Accusation A Confession: suggesting that Europe (still 90% native born by the way) faces “erasure” by immigrants as he tries to erase the fundamentals of American civilization. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The ultimate version of Trump’s habitual Every Accusation A Confession: suggesting that Europe (still 90% native born by the way) faces “erasure” by immigrants as he tries to erase the fundamentals of American civilization. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
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Trump is summarily executing people suspected of being drug dealers, without providing any proof.
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Trump is summarily executing people suspected of being drug dealers, without providing any proof.
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
How close are we to Trump ordering the execution of Americans he considers opponents? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-illegal-executions
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He really truly is a pro-criminal president. As long as the crimes are major, and involve financial fraud or drug dealing.
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
He really truly is a pro-criminal president. As long as the crimes are major, and involve financial fraud or drug dealing.
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Maintaining the CLETS database’s integrity is vitally important, EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @EastBayTimes.com. “Once you start ignoring the rules that are in place, once you start ignoring due process, ... then everything starts falling apart.”
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/22/...
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/22/...
Kaiser Permanente disbanded 8-person California security team amid concerns about illegal searches
The scandal’s statewide reach vastly expands the known number of Kaiser security personnel whose employment ended after the allegations arose.
www.mercurynews.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Maintaining the CLETS database’s integrity is vitally important, EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @EastBayTimes.com. “Once you start ignoring the rules that are in place, once you start ignoring due process, ... then everything starts falling apart.”
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/22/...
www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/22/...
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How to be human – Kahlil Gibran's recipe for our spiritual perfection as a species, even more timely a century later www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/29/k...
How to Be Human: Kahlil Gibran’s Recipe for Our Spiritual Perfection as a Species
We walk this earth as bewildered animals trying to recover the divinity within — descendants of the great apes who invented gods to mirror back to us the best in ourselves and bridle the wors…
www.themarginalian.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
How to be human – Kahlil Gibran's recipe for our spiritual perfection as a species, even more timely a century later www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/29/k...
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The great Stoppard is gone. What a life. And a hero of mine, whom I got to interview when his trilogy The Coast of Utopia was on Broadway. www.wnyc.org/story/106931...
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The great Stoppard is gone. What a life. And a hero of mine, whom I got to interview when his trilogy The Coast of Utopia was on Broadway. www.wnyc.org/story/106931...
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Disapproval vs Approval in New Gallup Poll
people 18 to 34 71-23%
independents 68-25%
everyone 60-36%
non college grads 57-38%
white people 53-44% news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
people 18 to 34 71-23%
independents 68-25%
everyone 60-36%
non college grads 57-38%
white people 53-44% news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Disapproval vs Approval in New Gallup Poll
people 18 to 34 71-23%
independents 68-25%
everyone 60-36%
non college grads 57-38%
white people 53-44% news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
people 18 to 34 71-23%
independents 68-25%
everyone 60-36%
non college grads 57-38%
white people 53-44% news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
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Congress is considering clawing back approved public media funding – ripping vital services from our communities. Join me in stopping it. Call Congress now. bit.ly/3T68Qgw
Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Call your Members of Congress now!
bit.ly
June 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Congress is considering clawing back approved public media funding – ripping vital services from our communities. Join me in stopping it. Call Congress now. bit.ly/3T68Qgw
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The public polling on Trump will be positive until it becomes clear what’s happening. But see how Germany is now responding to the far right parties compared to before. Quiet coup, slowing boiling frog, whatever you want to call it, it must eventually show its real nature to all. Let THAT sink in.
a man carrying a white box in front of a twitter logo
ALT: a man carrying a white box in front of a twitter logo
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The public polling on Trump will be positive until it becomes clear what’s happening. But see how Germany is now responding to the far right parties compared to before. Quiet coup, slowing boiling frog, whatever you want to call it, it must eventually show its real nature to all. Let THAT sink in.
Again, anyone leaving other social media networks for Bluesky do not get the problem - no matter where we go, they follow. We can’t keep giving them ground we abandon.
January 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Again, anyone leaving other social media networks for Bluesky do not get the problem - no matter where we go, they follow. We can’t keep giving them ground we abandon.
@jamesgunn.bsky.social trailer question:
There’s no WB Shield. There is the DCLogo AT The End. What’s going on with This decision?
There’s no WB Shield. There is the DCLogo AT The End. What’s going on with This decision?
December 21, 2024 at 3:22 AM
@jamesgunn.bsky.social trailer question:
There’s no WB Shield. There is the DCLogo AT The End. What’s going on with This decision?
There’s no WB Shield. There is the DCLogo AT The End. What’s going on with This decision?
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1. Retailers didn't like what their data was saying about shoplifting trends. So, after three decades, the National Retail Federation just stopped collecting data about shoplifting and invented a dubious new metric
It's already being cited by Fox News & the NY Post
Follow along for details
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It's already being cited by Fox News & the NY Post
Follow along for details
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Lies, damn lies, and shoplifting statistics
For 32 years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) — the lobbying group representing major retailers in the United States — has produced the "National Retail Security Survey." The survey, widely cited...
popular.info
December 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
1. Retailers didn't like what their data was saying about shoplifting trends. So, after three decades, the National Retail Federation just stopped collecting data about shoplifting and invented a dubious new metric
It's already being cited by Fox News & the NY Post
Follow along for details
🧵
It's already being cited by Fox News & the NY Post
Follow along for details
🧵
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This is Summit. He carefully selects a new stick every morning from his hotel's stick library. Thinks every beach should have one of these. 13/10
December 17, 2024 at 6:58 PM
This is Summit. He carefully selects a new stick every morning from his hotel's stick library. Thinks every beach should have one of these. 13/10
@jamesgunn.bsky.social
There is a financial scam artist working off your name, here. I doubt you use the middle name Francis
There is a financial scam artist working off your name, here. I doubt you use the middle name Francis
November 29, 2024 at 5:05 PM
@jamesgunn.bsky.social
There is a financial scam artist working off your name, here. I doubt you use the middle name Francis
There is a financial scam artist working off your name, here. I doubt you use the middle name Francis
BlueSky is not immune to scammer accounts hostile to open communication. Cavaet emptor.
November 29, 2024 at 4:57 PM
BlueSky is not immune to scammer accounts hostile to open communication. Cavaet emptor.
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Please be nice to each other.
We’re all doing our best.
We’re all doing our best.
November 25, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Please be nice to each other.
We’re all doing our best.
We’re all doing our best.
alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com/album/sing-t...
The World is a Cardiacs album. Just not as good.
The World is a Cardiacs album. Just not as good.
Sing To God Vol I & II, by Cardiacs
22 track album
alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:03 AM
alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com/album/sing-t...
The World is a Cardiacs album. Just not as good.
The World is a Cardiacs album. Just not as good.