benjamin
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heavy lies the head that wears the crown. Boy, is my head heavy!
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HAPPENING NOW: Alphabet Workers Union members are outside of the Google offices in NYC speaking out against the Trump administration’s H-1B visa proclamation!
Tune in: www.facebook.com/AlphabetWork...
Tune in: www.facebook.com/AlphabetWork...
September 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Alphabet Workers Union members are outside of the Google offices in NYC speaking out against the Trump administration’s H-1B visa proclamation!
Tune in: www.facebook.com/AlphabetWork...
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I'm Jewish and I think about antisemitism all the time. I can't tell you how fucking weird it is that Homeland Security posting literal neo-Nazi propaganda generates less discussion about the threat to Jews than a mayoral candidate who believes Palestinians are human beings.
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm Jewish and I think about antisemitism all the time. I can't tell you how fucking weird it is that Homeland Security posting literal neo-Nazi propaganda generates less discussion about the threat to Jews than a mayoral candidate who believes Palestinians are human beings.
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The highest levels of the Trump administration are collaborating with the FBI and DOJ to cover-up evidence the President committed sexual crimes against children.
Unspeakably corrupt, and not a single Republican in Congress can be expected to speak out against it.
Unspeakably corrupt, and not a single Republican in Congress can be expected to speak out against it.
Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance | CNN Politics
Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney Gen...
www.cnn.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The highest levels of the Trump administration are collaborating with the FBI and DOJ to cover-up evidence the President committed sexual crimes against children.
Unspeakably corrupt, and not a single Republican in Congress can be expected to speak out against it.
Unspeakably corrupt, and not a single Republican in Congress can be expected to speak out against it.
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If the most well-funded police department on literally the entire planet fails to stop a crime, it's the fault of the guy who isn't mayor yet
Monday’s mass shooting may put concerns over gun violence back on voters’ minds, and have already lead some to scrutinize Mr. Mamdani for his views on policing. “He clearly does not understand what public safety is all about,” said Cuomo w/ @emmagf.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/n...
Mayoral Candidates Navigate a Mass Shooting That Has Rattled New York
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If the most well-funded police department on literally the entire planet fails to stop a crime, it's the fault of the guy who isn't mayor yet
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Tell the State Department to free Chris Smalls and other US citizens on board the Handala which was on a mission of mercy to Gaza.
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
July 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tell the State Department to free Chris Smalls and other US citizens on board the Handala which was on a mission of mercy to Gaza.
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
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She smiled for a photo with Netanyahu less than two weeks ago
July 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
She smiled for a photo with Netanyahu less than two weeks ago
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we will look back on this era and realize the student newspapers were the free press.
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Editorial | Penn descends into fascism
The Daily Pennsylvanian Summer Editorial Board argues that Penn’s concessions to the Trump administration set a dangerous precedent for academic freedom.
www.thedp.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
we will look back on this era and realize the student newspapers were the free press.
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
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🚨NEW: When ICE raided a Californian farm yesterday, they snatched & disappeared a disabled US veteran who was in his car.
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
July 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
🚨NEW: When ICE raided a Californian farm yesterday, they snatched & disappeared a disabled US veteran who was in his car.
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
They smashed his window, peppered sprayed him & dragged him to the floor.
Listen to his wife & sister here, distraught. No-one will tell them where he is.
(🎥 ABC 7 News)
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June 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Welcome to the Evening Edition Feed! My intended usage for this feed is as a replacement for Following. It updates at 7 AM and 7 PM CST. I plan to make that configurable.
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This is extremely significant. Former 🇮🇱 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (2006-9) wrote in a May 22 Haaretz op-ed that Israel is:
🔴 intentionally waging a war of annihilation
🔴 premeditatedly adopting a policy of starvation
🔴 massacring civilians
🔴 making declarations of genocide
A thread:
🔴 intentionally waging a war of annihilation
🔴 premeditatedly adopting a policy of starvation
🔴 massacring civilians
🔴 making declarations of genocide
A thread:
May 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is extremely significant. Former 🇮🇱 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (2006-9) wrote in a May 22 Haaretz op-ed that Israel is:
🔴 intentionally waging a war of annihilation
🔴 premeditatedly adopting a policy of starvation
🔴 massacring civilians
🔴 making declarations of genocide
A thread:
🔴 intentionally waging a war of annihilation
🔴 premeditatedly adopting a policy of starvation
🔴 massacring civilians
🔴 making declarations of genocide
A thread:
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Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
May 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
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A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
They don't need a warrant
A federal kidnapping in Worcester
www.welcometohellworld.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...
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This is an official plan for ethnic cleansing. If you supported Israel for the past 18 months or so under the assumption that this was about the hostages you were taken for a ride.
If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.
If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.
Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump's trip
Trump has effectively given Netanyahu a green light to do as he sees fit, Israeli officials say.
www.axios.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is an official plan for ethnic cleansing. If you supported Israel for the past 18 months or so under the assumption that this was about the hostages you were taken for a ride.
If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.
If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.
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if you’re not ashamed to run this kind of trash you should leave journalism and find a career with fewer consequential ethical decisions like a real estate agent or a boat salesman
NEW: White House sources and court documents reviewed by Axios reveal allegations that Kilmar Abrego Garcia abused his wife on several occasions.
The information is strengthening the Trump’s administration’s resolve to prevent Garcia’s return to the U.S.
The information is strengthening the Trump’s administration’s resolve to prevent Garcia’s return to the U.S.
Newly revealed abuse allegations fuel White House's resistance to return Abrego Garcia
Garcia's mistaken deportation to an El Salvador prison is key to the legal and political fight over Trump's immigration policy and due process for undocumented immigrants.
www.axios.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
if you’re not ashamed to run this kind of trash you should leave journalism and find a career with fewer consequential ethical decisions like a real estate agent or a boat salesman
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Call it something fancy like "malfeasance" or something simple like "incompetence" but either way there should be articles of impeachment to remove the HHS secretary for being a shameless liar who is working relentlessly to make people sick.
RFK Jr on measles: "The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris."
May 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Call it something fancy like "malfeasance" or something simple like "incompetence" but either way there should be articles of impeachment to remove the HHS secretary for being a shameless liar who is working relentlessly to make people sick.
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this is great because rather than defending himself he is defending abrego garcia
video of david hogg putting reince priebus in his place. this is good imho.
April 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
this is great because rather than defending himself he is defending abrego garcia
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Video from Friday shows ICE buses heading toward an airport in North Texas before turning around as the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration must, for now, refrain from deporting Venezuelan men based in the state under the Alien Enemies Act.
As legal fight raged, ICE buses filled with Venezuelans heading toward airport turned around, video shows
At least 28 detainees were placed on buses Friday evening at ICE’s Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, and then driven toward an airport about an hour away.
nbcnews.to
April 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Video from Friday shows ICE buses heading toward an airport in North Texas before turning around as the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration must, for now, refrain from deporting Venezuelan men based in the state under the Alien Enemies Act.
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JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
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Democrats who criticize their colleagues speaking out against concentration camps should put themselves, not be cowards who refuse to go on record. And then they should resign their seat and let someone who will actually fight have it.
One House Dem called deportations a “soup du jour,” telling @axios.com Trump is “setting a trap for the Democrats, and like usual we're falling for it."
“Rather than talking about the tariff policy ... we're going to go take the bait for one hairdresser.” www.axios.com/2025/04/16/d...
“Rather than talking about the tariff policy ... we're going to go take the bait for one hairdresser.” www.axios.com/2025/04/16/d...
"You can't just put up statements": Inside Democrats' scramble to go to El Salvador
Trump is "setting a trap for the Democrats, and like usual we're falling for it," said one Democrat. "We're going to go take the bait for one hairdresser."
www.axios.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Democrats who criticize their colleagues speaking out against concentration camps should put themselves, not be cowards who refuse to go on record. And then they should resign their seat and let someone who will actually fight have it.
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Mohsen Mahdawi was unlawfully detained by ICE in Vermont today as he arrived to take his US citizenship test. “He came to this country hoping to be free to speak out about the atrocities he has witnessed, only to be punished for such speech.” [kottke.org]
Palestinian Protester on His Way to Citizenship Test Arrested by ICE in VT
From Akela Lacy at The Intercept, Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE (archive):
Mohsen K. Mahdawi arrived at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office
kottke.org
April 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Mohsen Mahdawi was unlawfully detained by ICE in Vermont today as he arrived to take his US citizenship test. “He came to this country hoping to be free to speak out about the atrocities he has witnessed, only to be punished for such speech.” [kottke.org]
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Here are two straightforward and incontrovertible statements of law about Mahmoud Khalil:
1) Khalil is a political prisoner of the United States
2) Khallil is a "prisoner of conscience" as defined by Amnesty International
We need to say these things, and the world needs to hear them
1) Khalil is a political prisoner of the United States
2) Khallil is a "prisoner of conscience" as defined by Amnesty International
We need to say these things, and the world needs to hear them
April 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Here are two straightforward and incontrovertible statements of law about Mahmoud Khalil:
1) Khalil is a political prisoner of the United States
2) Khallil is a "prisoner of conscience" as defined by Amnesty International
We need to say these things, and the world needs to hear them
1) Khalil is a political prisoner of the United States
2) Khallil is a "prisoner of conscience" as defined by Amnesty International
We need to say these things, and the world needs to hear them
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My dear friend’s niece, who in October developed sepsis when a Georgia hospital refused her a D&C after a miscarriage, will be taken off life support tomorrow.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
March 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
My dear friend’s niece, who in October developed sepsis when a Georgia hospital refused her a D&C after a miscarriage, will be taken off life support tomorrow.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
I don’t know the names of the countless others who have suffered and will suffered because of anti-abortion laws.
But her name was Haley.
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Even as he sits in a cell 1400 miles away from his home and his due-any-day-now pregnant wife, Mahmoud Khalil is thinking about the plight of others:
March 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Even as he sits in a cell 1400 miles away from his home and his due-any-day-now pregnant wife, Mahmoud Khalil is thinking about the plight of others: