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Ben O’Connor
@benoconnor.bsky.social
Oof. Good luck everybody!

(pro tip: if you get a do-over, consider being less self-destructive with your vote next time)
Remember, this is OUR money they’re spending. Not theirs.
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
She knows what she purchased. She’s no victim. The kids, however, are fucked.
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
@brandonjordan.bsky.social:
You could try sending those to Tyler Robinsin’s defense team, but somehow I doubt they’ll be using them at trial
December 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
And yet he won’t subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, if only just to force her to “Plead the 5th” . . . ON THE RECORD.
December 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Oof. Just read his full thread. Clearly doing his “own research” and would love to know his sources.
December 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
He’s the best shot at flipping the seat now
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fine; might win the primary but won’t win the general. There’s just no way, so I’m not sure how that helps.
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The implications here for the US continuing to be perceived as a “safe place” to invest by people and institutions, not just here, but around the globe, are *massive*. Undermining the integrity and independence of the Fed could be . . . catastrophic.
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
And a FIFA Peace Prize! With all the trimmings!!
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
What’s wrong with the EU saying, “You’ll not dump your garbage in our streets.”

The EU owes these twacks precisely nothing.
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
That was always going to be the finding of this Court as currently constituted. I’m just glad they pulled the trigger now instead of letting their administrative stay languish in perpetuity (as they are known to do 😉).
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Confusion? Ineptitude

Shocking.
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Isn’t Jim Jordan just so dam tough? (I mean, except for when it came to protecting young wrestlers at Ohio State when he was a coach.)

ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/11/i...
In new documentary, former Ohio State wrestlers say U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan knew about Strauss abuse • Ohio Capital Journal
Survivors of Dr. Richard Strauss say Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan known about the sexual abuse the student-athletes experienced, according to HBO’s new documentary Surviving Ohio State.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In case any republicans still wonder if trump gives a crap about the future prospects of their party . . .
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Oh, you finally think it’s time for a little oversight of this administration, “Senate Armed Services Committee *Chairman*” Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)?
a man in a purple shirt is standing on a stage with his mouth open and making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a purple shirt is standing on a stage with his mouth open and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It might be much, much worse:

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Trump's Cognitive Collapse is Clear: Psychologist
Podcast Episode · The Daily Beast Podcast · 10/23/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Don’t forget the pepper spraying of a toddler in Chicago:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE agents accused of pepper-spraying Illinois parents and their one-year-old
Video shows Rafael Veraza holding his face after he and his family we reallegedly sprayed through open car window
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Can we stop pretending that we have a Department of Justice now? Can we start properly calling it the Department of Consiglieri?
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Can we stop pretending that we have a Department of Justice now? Can we start properly calling it the Department of Consiglieri?
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
yet another reason why *this* DOJ is no longer deserving of the “presumption of regularity” by *any* judge
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Roadhouse?
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Isn’t the trump kleptocracy and crony capitalism a much bigger scandal? One that completely eclipses anything that is happening in Ukraine?
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM