Bennett Cotten
@bennettcotten.bsky.social
Psychotherapist; Optimistic Democrat; Small Acts create Big Change; We are made of Star Stuff.
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“table-sized”
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“table-sized”
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Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
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Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."
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A new book by the Nobel-winning pioneer of behavioral economics offers some advice we can all use. n.pr/4oCpO4q
How to avoid 'The Winner's Curse'
A new book by the Nobel-winning pioneer of behavioral economics offers some advice we can all use.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A new book by the Nobel-winning pioneer of behavioral economics offers some advice we can all use. n.pr/4oCpO4q
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NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
In a game of chicken, the Dems always fold. End of the party.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
In a game of chicken, the Dems always fold. End of the party.
Omg. Why? Please someone explain the Senators’ defection.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Omg. Why? Please someone explain the Senators’ defection.
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
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“Authoritarians always target art first. They do so, because art and history are enemies of the myths a regime needs to survive." From my new TIME piece on Donald Trump’s campaign to defund the arts and rewrite our history. The stakes could not be higher.
Trump’s Campaign to Defund the Arts—and Rewrite History
"The campaign to defund the arts, capture our museums, and rewrite our history is a prelude to silencing dissent."
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October 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Authoritarians always target art first. They do so, because art and history are enemies of the myths a regime needs to survive." From my new TIME piece on Donald Trump’s campaign to defund the arts and rewrite our history. The stakes could not be higher.
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An analyst warned of a "dangerous rot inside the modern Republican Party under [President Donald] Trump" amid rising "Nazi rhetoric" that Republicans appear unclear on how to address.
'Dangerous rot' inside Trump's Republican Party just got exposed: analyst
An analyst warned of a "dangerous rot inside the modern Republican Party under [President Donald] Trump" amid rising "Nazi rhetoric" that Republicans appear unclear on how to address. Just in the last few weeks, an alarming number of Neo-Nazi-related scandals — including the leaked Young Republicans...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
An analyst warned of a "dangerous rot inside the modern Republican Party under [President Donald] Trump" amid rising "Nazi rhetoric" that Republicans appear unclear on how to address.
Trump’s motto: I wreak it, I own it.
October 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Trump’s motto: I wreak it, I own it.
ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.
"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"
Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"
Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
October 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I’ve done it. A few slip ups.
I cannot think of a better time to boycott Amazon
Can you?
Can you?
October 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I’ve done it. A few slip ups.
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Day 3 of the court hearing challenging Texas' gerrymandered congressional map and Democracy Docket's Jen Rice is one of the few reporters on-the-ground reporting from El Paso.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Day 3 of the court hearing challenging Texas' gerrymandered congressional map and Democracy Docket's Jen Rice is one of the few reporters on-the-ground reporting from El Paso.
Help power fearless, pro-democracy journalism by joining Democracy Docket's premium community today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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I urge members of the public to remain calm, stay safe, and document what you see with your phones and cameras.
My senior team has also asked legal organizations to support monitoring on the ground.
My senior team has also asked legal organizations to support monitoring on the ground.
September 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I urge members of the public to remain calm, stay safe, and document what you see with your phones and cameras.
My senior team has also asked legal organizations to support monitoring on the ground.
My senior team has also asked legal organizations to support monitoring on the ground.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
This is our ICE Patrol arresting a man screaming “help me I’m American”, and dropping his GUN and scrambling for it and pointing it at the crowd in Hyattsville MD today.
This is what Donald thinks is keeping America safe.
These jokers were probably trained by the Keystone Cops.
#MORTIFYING
This is what Donald thinks is keeping America safe.
These jokers were probably trained by the Keystone Cops.
#MORTIFYING
September 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Does the propaganda of Sinclair serve the public interest? Where's the investigation there?
FABER: I wonder whether you're just targeting comedians who are offending the president
BRENDAN CARR: Broadcast TV is different. If you have broadcast TV license, it comes with an obligation to serve the public interest.
BRENDAN CARR: Broadcast TV is different. If you have broadcast TV license, it comes with an obligation to serve the public interest.
September 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Does the propaganda of Sinclair serve the public interest? Where's the investigation there?
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For those who don't know, Sinclair Broadcast Group has been working for years, alongside Nexstar, to create an oligarchy in the broadcast television industry.
Sinclair is the 2nd largest TV station operator in the US.
Nexstar has a portfolio almost the same size.
Both are extremist right-wing.
Sinclair is the 2nd largest TV station operator in the US.
Nexstar has a portfolio almost the same size.
Both are extremist right-wing.
September 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
For those who don't know, Sinclair Broadcast Group has been working for years, alongside Nexstar, to create an oligarchy in the broadcast television industry.
Sinclair is the 2nd largest TV station operator in the US.
Nexstar has a portfolio almost the same size.
Both are extremist right-wing.
Sinclair is the 2nd largest TV station operator in the US.
Nexstar has a portfolio almost the same size.
Both are extremist right-wing.
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What a capper to an enraging and terrifying day
September 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
What a capper to an enraging and terrifying day