Ben Melby
@benmelby.bsky.social
coffee, politics, books, cars, cigars, and guitars.... is there really anything else? come on over and we can talk about the military-industrial complex
Open forum
Let’s Call It What It Is: Seattle’s Anti-Social Whiteness
welp, lets get this out the way....
open.substack.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Open forum
He has lost his damn mind
apnews.com/article/habe... Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?
apnews.com/article/habe... Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?
Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?
Top White House aide Stephen Miller says the Trump administration is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally.
apnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
He has lost his damn mind
apnews.com/article/habe... Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?
apnews.com/article/habe... Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?
Reposted by Ben Melby
I missed the part on the Statue of Liberty where it says...
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free — $1000 asylum fee applies."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/house-republicans-asylum-fees.html
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free — $1000 asylum fee applies."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/house-republicans-asylum-fees.html
House G.O.P. Proposes Charging $1,000 to Claim Asylum, Raising Fees on Migrants
As part of legislation to pay for President Trump’s domestic agenda, including his immigration crackdown, House Republic
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I missed the part on the Statue of Liberty where it says...
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free — $1000 asylum fee applies."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/house-republicans-asylum-fees.html
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free — $1000 asylum fee applies."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/house-republicans-asylum-fees.html
Reposted by Ben Melby
Let’s all start referring to the electoral college as the participation trophy of democracy.
December 31, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Let’s all start referring to the electoral college as the participation trophy of democracy.
I may be drinking, but seriously, is this a joke?
Bob Kroll, the outspoken and incendiary former Minneapolis police union leader, is seeking President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination to be Minnesota’s next U.S. Marshal.
Former Minneapolis police union head Bob Kroll seeking Donald Trump’s nomination to be U.S. Marshal
A 2023 settlement barred Kroll from serving in local law enforcement in Hennepin, Ramsey and Anoka counties but his attorney says it doesn’t prohibit him from joining a federal agency.
www.startribune.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I may be drinking, but seriously, is this a joke?
September 1, 2023 at 1:44 AM
I judge @lyft.bsky.social drivers on wether or not they play good/ or no music and if they leave me alone
August 26, 2023 at 1:43 AM
I judge @lyft.bsky.social drivers on wether or not they play good/ or no music and if they leave me alone