Benny
@benny507.bsky.social
Dog & cat lover, progressive politics, cannabis legalization advocate
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
October 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.
Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book
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Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Sanders: Saturday, millions of people are going to come out on a No Kings day. Speaker Johnson said this is a hate America rally because people are coming out expressing their concerns.. It’s not a hate America rally, it's a love America rally.
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What I really love about Bernie is that he's actively trying to pass the torch to the next generation's leaders.
This is what all of the old people need to do. Point to the next generation, lift them up, then get put of the way.
This is what all of the old people need to do. Point to the next generation, lift them up, then get put of the way.
October 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
What I really love about Bernie is that he's actively trying to pass the torch to the next generation's leaders.
This is what all of the old people need to do. Point to the next generation, lift them up, then get put of the way.
This is what all of the old people need to do. Point to the next generation, lift them up, then get put of the way.
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Nicholas Kristoff’s exposé of the killer impacts of the Trump regime’s demolition of USAID assistance on Ugandan women needing C-sections so they & their babies can survive their pregnancies adds yet another scurrilous notch to our Outlaw Prez’s daily parade of evil. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | The Lives and Money We Are Wasting
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Nicholas Kristoff’s exposé of the killer impacts of the Trump regime’s demolition of USAID assistance on Ugandan women needing C-sections so they & their babies can survive their pregnancies adds yet another scurrilous notch to our Outlaw Prez’s daily parade of evil. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
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These House Dems are having an AIPAC-funded smiling vacation in a country currently bombing and starving millions of people with weapons they voted to send to that country.
Truly sickening. Stomach-churning. Ghouls.
Truly sickening. Stomach-churning. Ghouls.
Source sends along this photo from House Democrats’ AIPAC-led trip to Israel.
Reps in the photo include: Pete Aguilar, Brad Schneider, Johnny Olszewski, Nellie Pou, Gil Cisneros, Laura Gillen, Tim Kennedy, Luz Rivas and Wesley Bell
Reps in the photo include: Pete Aguilar, Brad Schneider, Johnny Olszewski, Nellie Pou, Gil Cisneros, Laura Gillen, Tim Kennedy, Luz Rivas and Wesley Bell
August 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
These House Dems are having an AIPAC-funded smiling vacation in a country currently bombing and starving millions of people with weapons they voted to send to that country.
Truly sickening. Stomach-churning. Ghouls.
Truly sickening. Stomach-churning. Ghouls.
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The second Trump administration has removed more climate and environmental data from websites in the first 100 days than the first administration, according to a new report.
Far more environmental data is being deleted in Trump's second term than before
The second Trump administration has removed more climate and environmental data from websites in the first 100 days than the first administration, according to a new report
n.pr
August 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The second Trump administration has removed more climate and environmental data from websites in the first 100 days than the first administration, according to a new report.
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What to expect a month from now when the next job report & previous months reports are revised? 500,000 new jobs gained since Jan. Remember, when Trump says somebody is doing something bad or illegal, he's letting us know what he will soon be doing. And he said the jobs reports had been "rigged."
August 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What to expect a month from now when the next job report & previous months reports are revised? 500,000 new jobs gained since Jan. Remember, when Trump says somebody is doing something bad or illegal, he's letting us know what he will soon be doing. And he said the jobs reports had been "rigged."
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The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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Creators of South Park. Go fellows!
July 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Creators of South Park. Go fellows!
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South Park Just Nuked the Presidency
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
South Park Just Nuked the Presidency
Guest article by Michael Cohen
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
South Park Just Nuked the Presidency
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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Democrats always claimed to be the ones who saw the danger of Donald Trump coming more than anyone else. Now that Trump is doing many of the things that they predicted, why are they so ineffective at standing up to him?
The Fatal Mistake That Democrats Keep Making
The party can’t break its addiction to the politics of technocratic managerialism.
bit.ly
April 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Democrats always claimed to be the ones who saw the danger of Donald Trump coming more than anyone else. Now that Trump is doing many of the things that they predicted, why are they so ineffective at standing up to him?
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Too many Republican Congressmen fear Trump more than anything else. Too many of their Dem colleagues fear any kind of fight at all.
Holding town halls — all comers welcomed, no question off limits — shifts the focus to the people members of Congress are supposed to serve.
Not pictured: Troy Nehls
Holding town halls — all comers welcomed, no question off limits — shifts the focus to the people members of Congress are supposed to serve.
Not pictured: Troy Nehls
March 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Too many Republican Congressmen fear Trump more than anything else. Too many of their Dem colleagues fear any kind of fight at all.
Holding town halls — all comers welcomed, no question off limits — shifts the focus to the people members of Congress are supposed to serve.
Not pictured: Troy Nehls
Holding town halls — all comers welcomed, no question off limits — shifts the focus to the people members of Congress are supposed to serve.
Not pictured: Troy Nehls
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Really glad to see that this program was reinstated. Shows that pressure and scrutiny can have an impact.
The Trump administration quietly reinstated a State Dept program allowing the tracking of Ukrainian children sent to Russia. There was enormous pressure--after the story was first reported in the US by @gregsargent.bsky.social in the @newrepublic.com. See newrepublic.com/article/1927...
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children
The fate of abducted Ukrainian children is a white-hot issue for peace negotiations—and it looks like the State Department may have just undercut the cause.
newrepublic.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Really glad to see that this program was reinstated. Shows that pressure and scrutiny can have an impact.
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Reuters: U.S. JUDGE REJECTS ELON MUSK'S BID TO DISMISS LAWSUIT ALLEGING HE DEFRAUDED TWITTER SHAREHOLDERS BY WAITING TOO LONG TO REVEAL STAKE
March 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Reuters: U.S. JUDGE REJECTS ELON MUSK'S BID TO DISMISS LAWSUIT ALLEGING HE DEFRAUDED TWITTER SHAREHOLDERS BY WAITING TOO LONG TO REVEAL STAKE
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The moral abyss our Outlaw Prez inhabits includes shipping people legally in the US (together with alleged gang members) to what amounts to a human kennel, a nightmare gulag in El Salvador where no person of good conscience would cage dogs. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The moral abyss our Outlaw Prez inhabits includes shipping people legally in the US (together with alleged gang members) to what amounts to a human kennel, a nightmare gulag in El Salvador where no person of good conscience would cage dogs. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I can hardly wait until Indian-hating JD Vance starts trying to carry out Trump’s executive order to sweep “improper ideology” out of the Smithsonian, which includes its National Museum of the American Indian. I’ll just guess Trump-complying future exhibits will spotlight us “savage R*dsk*ns.”
March 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I can hardly wait until Indian-hating JD Vance starts trying to carry out Trump’s executive order to sweep “improper ideology” out of the Smithsonian, which includes its National Museum of the American Indian. I’ll just guess Trump-complying future exhibits will spotlight us “savage R*dsk*ns.”
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Solar permitting reform bills like the one just passed by the Texas Senate are popping up across the country to expedite and standardize local permitting decisions regarding installations of home solar and battery storage. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/03/27/t...
Texas Senate passes bill to expedite permits for home solar, battery systems
The bill aims to curb unnecessary permitting delays and fast-track residential solar panel and energy storage installations.
pv-magazine-usa.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Solar permitting reform bills like the one just passed by the Texas Senate are popping up across the country to expedite and standardize local permitting decisions regarding installations of home solar and battery storage. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/03/27/t...
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UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR
March 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
UMASS IS RESCINDING ALL GRAD POSITIONS FOR THIS YEAR
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America’s postal employees work tirelessly to make sure we get our mail on time – regardless of where you live.
I stand with the NRLCA, APWU, NALC, and the NPMHU in saying HELL NO to USPS privatization.
I stand with the NRLCA, APWU, NALC, and the NPMHU in saying HELL NO to USPS privatization.
March 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
America’s postal employees work tirelessly to make sure we get our mail on time – regardless of where you live.
I stand with the NRLCA, APWU, NALC, and the NPMHU in saying HELL NO to USPS privatization.
I stand with the NRLCA, APWU, NALC, and the NPMHU in saying HELL NO to USPS privatization.
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Under oath, government lawyers defending DOGE’s actions struggled to answer who’s in charge.
In court filings, the administration has gone to great lengths to put legal distance between Musk and DOGE, saying he is neither an employee nor its administrator.
In court filings, the administration has gone to great lengths to put legal distance between Musk and DOGE, saying he is neither an employee nor its administrator.
Who’s Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World’s Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat?
Insiders tell ProPublica that Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run DOGE. One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having “little to…
propub.li
March 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Under oath, government lawyers defending DOGE’s actions struggled to answer who’s in charge.
In court filings, the administration has gone to great lengths to put legal distance between Musk and DOGE, saying he is neither an employee nor its administrator.
In court filings, the administration has gone to great lengths to put legal distance between Musk and DOGE, saying he is neither an employee nor its administrator.
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Mahmoud Khalil is a legal, permanent resident and unlawfully detaining him violates the First Amendment. His family and lawyer don’t even know where he is. Release Mahmoud. Being thrown in jail for protesting is the definition of authoritarianism.
Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Mahmoud Khalil is a legal, permanent resident and unlawfully detaining him violates the First Amendment. His family and lawyer don’t even know where he is. Release Mahmoud. Being thrown in jail for protesting is the definition of authoritarianism.
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We aren't hearing much about what FBI chief J. Edgar Patel is doing these days. Not an encouraging sign.
March 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We aren't hearing much about what FBI chief J. Edgar Patel is doing these days. Not an encouraging sign.
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Reminder: taxing the ultra-wealthy is fiscally responsible.
March 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Reminder: taxing the ultra-wealthy is fiscally responsible.