Ben Silverstein ❌👑
@bensilverstein.bsky.social
I like burritos, dislike fascism, and do digital at @indivisible.org. Opinions my own.
Never forget that the Trump regime waged a desperate legal battle with the goal of starving Americans.
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Never forget that the Trump regime waged a desperate legal battle with the goal of starving Americans.
So you agree…you think this is a Republican shutdown.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
So you agree…you think this is a Republican shutdown.
Trump keeps calling Jews stupid, but we keep getting Nobel prizes and him - not so much.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Trump keeps calling Jews stupid, but we keep getting Nobel prizes and him - not so much.
The best minds couldn’t put together a political ad better than these back to back NYT push notifications.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The best minds couldn’t put together a political ad better than these back to back NYT push notifications.
Every side street leading to the Capitol is packed with more people streaming into #NoKings. There’s no way to capture the size of this thing in a photo.
October 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Every side street leading to the Capitol is packed with more people streaming into #NoKings. There’s no way to capture the size of this thing in a photo.
The inflatable frog has gone global. Today’s #NoKings #NoTyrants rallies in Japan, Australia, Spain, and Germany.
October 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The inflatable frog has gone global. Today’s #NoKings #NoTyrants rallies in Japan, Australia, Spain, and Germany.
Not saying today's pangram was a subtle #NoKings promotion, but also not not saying that.
(pls don't spoil for those who haven't played yet)
(pls don't spoil for those who haven't played yet)
October 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not saying today's pangram was a subtle #NoKings promotion, but also not not saying that.
(pls don't spoil for those who haven't played yet)
(pls don't spoil for those who haven't played yet)
Politicians freely peddling bigoted anti-Muslim filth like this for decades without being held accountable by media or colleagues is how you end up with young Republicans believing it's cool to say they love Hitler in group chats.
October 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Politicians freely peddling bigoted anti-Muslim filth like this for decades without being held accountable by media or colleagues is how you end up with young Republicans believing it's cool to say they love Hitler in group chats.
It's clear what they're trying to do. Fortunately, not a soul in history has felt intimidated by Ted Cruz.
October 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's clear what they're trying to do. Fortunately, not a soul in history has felt intimidated by Ted Cruz.
Not a single word about the victims -- detainees who were shot in government custody. Depraved.
September 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Not a single word about the victims -- detainees who were shot in government custody. Depraved.
Out from the Disney Vault!
September 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Out from the Disney Vault!
This is like that joke from the office, where literally they’re just talking about targeting speech they hate.
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is like that joke from the office, where literally they’re just talking about targeting speech they hate.
I don’t know how you cover Trump’s video as anything other than an inflammatory warning of political repression to come, but everywhere it’s being sanitized by corporate media intent on normalizing the slide into authoritarianism.
September 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I don’t know how you cover Trump’s video as anything other than an inflammatory warning of political repression to come, but everywhere it’s being sanitized by corporate media intent on normalizing the slide into authoritarianism.
This man threatened to go to war with Chicago FIVE days ago.
September 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This man threatened to go to war with Chicago FIVE days ago.
Historic day for vegetarians. The 7-layer burrito is back at @tacobell.bsky.social.
September 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Historic day for vegetarians. The 7-layer burrito is back at @tacobell.bsky.social.
House GOP caucus meeting: “Alright everyone, we’re about to release a bunch of already public Epstein docs so we can avoid a vote on releasing all the files, but let’s not tweet anything that makes it too obvious what we’re up to.”
“OK Rep. Luna?”
“OK REP LUNA????
Rep. Luna:
“OK Rep. Luna?”
“OK REP LUNA????
Rep. Luna:
September 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
House GOP caucus meeting: “Alright everyone, we’re about to release a bunch of already public Epstein docs so we can avoid a vote on releasing all the files, but let’s not tweet anything that makes it too obvious what we’re up to.”
“OK Rep. Luna?”
“OK REP LUNA????
Rep. Luna:
“OK Rep. Luna?”
“OK REP LUNA????
Rep. Luna:
That’s a cute way of saying illegal.
August 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
That’s a cute way of saying illegal.
Big test for @actblueorg.bsky.social which has rules that strictly forbid this.
Way past time to crack down on scam PACs.
Way past time to crack down on scam PACs.
August 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Big test for @actblueorg.bsky.social which has rules that strictly forbid this.
Way past time to crack down on scam PACs.
Way past time to crack down on scam PACs.
Whoops, Trump admits the big ugly bill is political suicide... while whipping votes for the bill.
He has no idea what's in this monstrosity, but wants it passed as quickly as possible.
He has no idea what's in this monstrosity, but wants it passed as quickly as possible.
July 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Whoops, Trump admits the big ugly bill is political suicide... while whipping votes for the bill.
He has no idea what's in this monstrosity, but wants it passed as quickly as possible.
He has no idea what's in this monstrosity, but wants it passed as quickly as possible.
Some of the BBB is downright evil. Some is just throwing hundreds of millions at dumb shit like this.
July 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Some of the BBB is downright evil. Some is just throwing hundreds of millions at dumb shit like this.
17 million people losing healthcare, 11 million losing SNAP: “immaterial”
July 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
17 million people losing healthcare, 11 million losing SNAP: “immaterial”
The extreme position is any continued defense of this. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The extreme position is any continued defense of this. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...