Dan Benbow
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Lifelong liberal realist/policy wonk into music, lit, writing, reflection, FBR, CBT, TIC, EBP, existentialism, dogs, photography, standup, conversation, fitness, art, Stanislavski, cities, Clare Torry, NBA, movement & people of soul & substance & good will
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Dan Benbow
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· May 26
Don't blame Dems for Trump
As soon as it became clear that Donald Trump would win the 2024 election, I braced myself for an onslaught of bad-faith, blame-Democrats-first narratives — from Kamala Harris supporters.Despite the se...
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Careerist media charlatans (from elite backgrounds) love to paint Dems as 'out of touch' with 'real Americans,' even though Dems are the ONLY party who represents real Americans' interests.
The blame for Trump?
It's the bigotry & political illiteracy, stupid.
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
The blame for Trump?
It's the bigotry & political illiteracy, stupid.
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
Reposted by Dan Benbow
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October 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, be warmed and filled,' without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."
-James 2:15-17
-James 2:15-17
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, be warmed and filled,' without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."
-James 2:15-17
-James 2:15-17
Welcome to the United States of the Irony-Impaired,
where the staggeringly corrupt a$$hole at the top of this list based his first campaign on the assertion that his opponent was 'crooked' while he was a straight shooter who was too wealthy to be corrupted by The Swamp
You can't fix stupid.
where the staggeringly corrupt a$$hole at the top of this list based his first campaign on the assertion that his opponent was 'crooked' while he was a straight shooter who was too wealthy to be corrupted by The Swamp
You can't fix stupid.
Conor ❤️ #Madonna ❤️ ConfessionsOnADancefloor20 ♥️ #COADF #Music ❤️
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· Aug 31
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September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Welcome to the United States of the Irony-Impaired,
where the staggeringly corrupt a$$hole at the top of this list based his first campaign on the assertion that his opponent was 'crooked' while he was a straight shooter who was too wealthy to be corrupted by The Swamp
You can't fix stupid.
where the staggeringly corrupt a$$hole at the top of this list based his first campaign on the assertion that his opponent was 'crooked' while he was a straight shooter who was too wealthy to be corrupted by The Swamp
You can't fix stupid.
Behold the worst 'Christians' you've ever met in your life:
*A trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts
*Big cuts to Medicare, CHIP, ACA subsidies & SNAP benefits (vets included)
*11 MILLION more Americans uninsured by 2034
'Christians' who voted for this are free to keep their heads in the sand
*A trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts
*Big cuts to Medicare, CHIP, ACA subsidies & SNAP benefits (vets included)
*11 MILLION more Americans uninsured by 2034
'Christians' who voted for this are free to keep their heads in the sand
July 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Behold the worst 'Christians' you've ever met in your life:
*A trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts
*Big cuts to Medicare, CHIP, ACA subsidies & SNAP benefits (vets included)
*11 MILLION more Americans uninsured by 2034
'Christians' who voted for this are free to keep their heads in the sand
*A trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts
*Big cuts to Medicare, CHIP, ACA subsidies & SNAP benefits (vets included)
*11 MILLION more Americans uninsured by 2034
'Christians' who voted for this are free to keep their heads in the sand
Careerist media charlatans (from elite backgrounds) love to paint Dems as 'out of touch' with 'real Americans,' even though Dems are the ONLY party who represents real Americans' interests.
The blame for Trump?
It's the bigotry & political illiteracy, stupid.
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
The blame for Trump?
It's the bigotry & political illiteracy, stupid.
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
Don't blame Dems for Trump
As soon as it became clear that Donald Trump would win the 2024 election, I braced myself for an onslaught of bad-faith, blame-Democrats-first narratives — from Kamala Harris supporters.Despite the se...
www.rawstory.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Careerist media charlatans (from elite backgrounds) love to paint Dems as 'out of touch' with 'real Americans,' even though Dems are the ONLY party who represents real Americans' interests.
The blame for Trump?
It's the bigotry & political illiteracy, stupid.
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
The blame for Trump?
It's the bigotry & political illiteracy, stupid.
www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
Remember when Combover Caligula told us multiple times that COVID will 'go away by the summer' of 2020 (as the first of 1.4 million Americans were dying from it) and was such a narcissistic fool that he insisted on leading daily briefings about complex scientific subjects he had 0 understanding of?
April 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Remember when Combover Caligula told us multiple times that COVID will 'go away by the summer' of 2020 (as the first of 1.4 million Americans were dying from it) and was such a narcissistic fool that he insisted on leading daily briefings about complex scientific subjects he had 0 understanding of?
Worse yet: tens of millions of women vote for their own (and their daughters,' and their granddaughters') oppression
Conor ❤️ #Madonna ❤️ ConfessionsOnADancefloor20 ♥️ #COADF #Music ❤️
@conormcl2025.bsky.social
· Apr 27
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April 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Worse yet: tens of millions of women vote for their own (and their daughters,' and their granddaughters') oppression
...and the dopes who take Fox at face value wouldn't blink, even as they sat in front of the idiot box with their church clothes on*
See: Sunday--the most hypocritical day of the week for RW evangelicals
(*if they actually bothered to maintain the charade that they were 'practicing Christians')
See: Sunday--the most hypocritical day of the week for RW evangelicals
(*if they actually bothered to maintain the charade that they were 'practicing Christians')
April 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
...and the dopes who take Fox at face value wouldn't blink, even as they sat in front of the idiot box with their church clothes on*
See: Sunday--the most hypocritical day of the week for RW evangelicals
(*if they actually bothered to maintain the charade that they were 'practicing Christians')
See: Sunday--the most hypocritical day of the week for RW evangelicals
(*if they actually bothered to maintain the charade that they were 'practicing Christians')
The San Francisco skyline
A view from Dolores Park
A view from Dolores Park
April 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The San Francisco skyline
A view from Dolores Park
A view from Dolores Park
Trump fought the law and the law won
(p.s. all-star resisters below; follow them and meet many, many more where that came from)
(p.s. all-star resisters below; follow them and meet many, many more where that came from)
April 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Trump fought the law and the law won
(p.s. all-star resisters below; follow them and meet many, many more where that came from)
(p.s. all-star resisters below; follow them and meet many, many more where that came from)
damn straight.
Conor ❤️ #Madonna ❤️ ConfessionsOnADancefloor20 ♥️ #COADF #Music ❤️
@conormcl2025.bsky.social
· Apr 25
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April 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
damn straight.
Futurism: Elon Musk Accidentally Wasted a Vast Sum of Taxpayer Money Due to His Staggering Incompetence
The skinny: projected DOGE savings ($150 billion)
cost to rehire workers ($135 bil)
lost due 2 IRS firings ($500 b) + lawsuit payouts
tinyurl.com/ycx24rdm
The skinny: projected DOGE savings ($150 billion)
cost to rehire workers ($135 bil)
lost due 2 IRS firings ($500 b) + lawsuit payouts
tinyurl.com/ycx24rdm
April 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Futurism: Elon Musk Accidentally Wasted a Vast Sum of Taxpayer Money Due to His Staggering Incompetence
The skinny: projected DOGE savings ($150 billion)
cost to rehire workers ($135 bil)
lost due 2 IRS firings ($500 b) + lawsuit payouts
tinyurl.com/ycx24rdm
The skinny: projected DOGE savings ($150 billion)
cost to rehire workers ($135 bil)
lost due 2 IRS firings ($500 b) + lawsuit payouts
tinyurl.com/ycx24rdm
April 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sticking it to the libs,
one limb at a time
one limb at a time
April 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Sticking it to the libs,
one limb at a time
one limb at a time
April 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
...or how nice it would be to have a voting populace that EXPECTED presidents to be exceptional, as befits the most powerful person in the world
Conor ❤️ #Madonna ❤️ ConfessionsOnADancefloor20 ♥️ #COADF #Music ❤️
@conormcl2025.bsky.social
· Apr 21
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April 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
...or how nice it would be to have a voting populace that EXPECTED presidents to be exceptional, as befits the most powerful person in the world
Irony of the day: the son of Donald Trump, Sr. and father of Eric Trump saying other people have 'bad genes'
Conor ❤️ #Madonna ❤️ ConfessionsOnADancefloor20 ♥️ #COADF #Music ❤️
@conormcl2025.bsky.social
· Apr 20
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April 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Irony of the day: the son of Donald Trump, Sr. and father of Eric Trump saying other people have 'bad genes'
You blew it, America
Conor ❤️ #Madonna ❤️ ConfessionsOnADancefloor20 ♥️ #COADF #Music ❤️
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· Apr 20
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April 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You blew it, America
Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me three times, I have no shame.
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me three times, I have no shame.
April 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me three times, I have no shame.
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me three times, I have no shame.
#FAFO, April 14 edition
2024 election results, Alabama:
Donald Trump 65%
Kamala Harris 34%
Popular Information headline: Trump administration cancels program to protect Alabamans from raw sewage
tinyurl.com/56pbvh7r
See: fundamentalism > steep learning curves
2024 election results, Alabama:
Donald Trump 65%
Kamala Harris 34%
Popular Information headline: Trump administration cancels program to protect Alabamans from raw sewage
tinyurl.com/56pbvh7r
See: fundamentalism > steep learning curves
April 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#FAFO, April 14 edition
2024 election results, Alabama:
Donald Trump 65%
Kamala Harris 34%
Popular Information headline: Trump administration cancels program to protect Alabamans from raw sewage
tinyurl.com/56pbvh7r
See: fundamentalism > steep learning curves
2024 election results, Alabama:
Donald Trump 65%
Kamala Harris 34%
Popular Information headline: Trump administration cancels program to protect Alabamans from raw sewage
tinyurl.com/56pbvh7r
See: fundamentalism > steep learning curves
Key facts about Donald Trump's new best friend, Bill Maher:
Connection to everyday people: 0
Knowledge of everyday peoples' lives: 0
Concern about everyday peoples' struggles: 0
Concern about mythical 'wokeness': extreme
Net worth: $140 million & rising
Self-regard: through the roof
Connection to everyday people: 0
Knowledge of everyday peoples' lives: 0
Concern about everyday peoples' struggles: 0
Concern about mythical 'wokeness': extreme
Net worth: $140 million & rising
Self-regard: through the roof
April 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Key facts about Donald Trump's new best friend, Bill Maher:
Connection to everyday people: 0
Knowledge of everyday peoples' lives: 0
Concern about everyday peoples' struggles: 0
Concern about mythical 'wokeness': extreme
Net worth: $140 million & rising
Self-regard: through the roof
Connection to everyday people: 0
Knowledge of everyday peoples' lives: 0
Concern about everyday peoples' struggles: 0
Concern about mythical 'wokeness': extreme
Net worth: $140 million & rising
Self-regard: through the roof
"What do you have to lose?" asked Trump
A: Our dignity, our respect abroad, trillions in taxpayer $ for tax cuts for the rich, Roe, 8 years during which we should have addressed climate change, voting rights, trillions of dollars in social services, 100s of 1000s due to pandemic mismanagement...
A: Our dignity, our respect abroad, trillions in taxpayer $ for tax cuts for the rich, Roe, 8 years during which we should have addressed climate change, voting rights, trillions of dollars in social services, 100s of 1000s due to pandemic mismanagement...
Conor ❤️ #Madonna ❤️ ConfessionsOnADancefloor20 ♥️ #COADF #Music ❤️
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· Mar 30
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March 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"What do you have to lose?" asked Trump
A: Our dignity, our respect abroad, trillions in taxpayer $ for tax cuts for the rich, Roe, 8 years during which we should have addressed climate change, voting rights, trillions of dollars in social services, 100s of 1000s due to pandemic mismanagement...
A: Our dignity, our respect abroad, trillions in taxpayer $ for tax cuts for the rich, Roe, 8 years during which we should have addressed climate change, voting rights, trillions of dollars in social services, 100s of 1000s due to pandemic mismanagement...
When cars get beaten with the ugly stick...
March 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
When cars get beaten with the ugly stick...