Dan Benbow
@danbenbow.bsky.social
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
"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
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
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?
...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
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
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
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
Thanks for continuing to include me on your shares, Conor
Apologies for not reposting more often
I haven't been on that much as I've been dealing with a health scare, job hunt, the trauma of having a fascist president, and the fact that 77 million bozos enabled him
Apologies for not reposting more often
I haven't been on that much as I've been dealing with a health scare, job hunt, the trauma of having a fascist president, and the fact that 77 million bozos enabled him
March 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Thanks for continuing to include me on your shares, Conor
Apologies for not reposting more often
I haven't been on that much as I've been dealing with a health scare, job hunt, the trauma of having a fascist president, and the fact that 77 million bozos enabled him
Apologies for not reposting more often
I haven't been on that much as I've been dealing with a health scare, job hunt, the trauma of having a fascist president, and the fact that 77 million bozos enabled him
When cars get beaten with the ugly stick...
March 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
When cars get beaten with the ugly stick...
Ocean Beach
San Francisco
March 7, 2025
San Francisco
March 7, 2025
March 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Ocean Beach
San Francisco
March 7, 2025
San Francisco
March 7, 2025
The Affordable Care Act turns 15 today. Thanks to Democrats (& only Democrats), tens of millions more Americans have coverage, costs have come down & pre-existing conditions are no longer financial death sentences. I dispelled GOP lies about the ACA here:
tinyurl.com/bd7bfatf
(Thank you, Obama!!)
tinyurl.com/bd7bfatf
(Thank you, Obama!!)
March 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Affordable Care Act turns 15 today. Thanks to Democrats (& only Democrats), tens of millions more Americans have coverage, costs have come down & pre-existing conditions are no longer financial death sentences. I dispelled GOP lies about the ACA here:
tinyurl.com/bd7bfatf
(Thank you, Obama!!)
tinyurl.com/bd7bfatf
(Thank you, Obama!!)
Armchair liberals blame Democrats for the state of the States, but the reality is that we put up a great candidate w/sound messaging who ran a disciplined campaign that lost due to misogyny, racism, disinformation, low IQs, functional illiteracy, and stone cold ignorance
Why dance around the truth?
Why dance around the truth?
March 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Armchair liberals blame Democrats for the state of the States, but the reality is that we put up a great candidate w/sound messaging who ran a disciplined campaign that lost due to misogyny, racism, disinformation, low IQs, functional illiteracy, and stone cold ignorance
Why dance around the truth?
Why dance around the truth?
Isn't it twisted how these purely performative Christian f!cks believe life begins at conception and ends at birth?
Roughly one year ago I detailed the GOP Deadbeat Dad budget to come (if Agent Orange won) for RawStory. It is republished here on my blog:
benbosophy.blogspot.com/2025/03/pro-...
Roughly one year ago I detailed the GOP Deadbeat Dad budget to come (if Agent Orange won) for RawStory. It is republished here on my blog:
benbosophy.blogspot.com/2025/03/pro-...
March 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Isn't it twisted how these purely performative Christian f!cks believe life begins at conception and ends at birth?
Roughly one year ago I detailed the GOP Deadbeat Dad budget to come (if Agent Orange won) for RawStory. It is republished here on my blog:
benbosophy.blogspot.com/2025/03/pro-...
Roughly one year ago I detailed the GOP Deadbeat Dad budget to come (if Agent Orange won) for RawStory. It is republished here on my blog:
benbosophy.blogspot.com/2025/03/pro-...
February 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The road to hell is paved with the path of least resistance
Kudos to the brave #Resisters building a road OUT of hell w/the Not My President's Day, No Kings on Presidents Day & No Kings Day protests, including:
-The 50501 Movement
-Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution
-Amy Poehler's Smart Girls
Kudos to the brave #Resisters building a road OUT of hell w/the Not My President's Day, No Kings on Presidents Day & No Kings Day protests, including:
-The 50501 Movement
-Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution
-Amy Poehler's Smart Girls
February 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The road to hell is paved with the path of least resistance
Kudos to the brave #Resisters building a road OUT of hell w/the Not My President's Day, No Kings on Presidents Day & No Kings Day protests, including:
-The 50501 Movement
-Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution
-Amy Poehler's Smart Girls
Kudos to the brave #Resisters building a road OUT of hell w/the Not My President's Day, No Kings on Presidents Day & No Kings Day protests, including:
-The 50501 Movement
-Bernie Sanders' Political Revolution
-Amy Poehler's Smart Girls
Repugs failed to combat the AIDS crisis, deregulated S & Ls, lied us into a disastrous invasion of Iraq, let NOLA drown, ushered in the 2008 crash, botched the COVID pandemic & now this
They claim government can't get anything right, then lead by example...over and over and over again
They claim government can't get anything right, then lead by example...over and over and over again
February 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Repugs failed to combat the AIDS crisis, deregulated S & Ls, lied us into a disastrous invasion of Iraq, let NOLA drown, ushered in the 2008 crash, botched the COVID pandemic & now this
They claim government can't get anything right, then lead by example...over and over and over again
They claim government can't get anything right, then lead by example...over and over and over again
Trump ignores Rule Of Law, continues to handcuff NIH
False premise: DEI & Wokeness are a threat to America
Actually in jeopardy: research to combat cancer, heart disease, and strokes
#MAGA response: *Crickets*
False premise: DEI & Wokeness are a threat to America
Actually in jeopardy: research to combat cancer, heart disease, and strokes
#MAGA response: *Crickets*
February 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Trump ignores Rule Of Law, continues to handcuff NIH
False premise: DEI & Wokeness are a threat to America
Actually in jeopardy: research to combat cancer, heart disease, and strokes
#MAGA response: *Crickets*
False premise: DEI & Wokeness are a threat to America
Actually in jeopardy: research to combat cancer, heart disease, and strokes
#MAGA response: *Crickets*
Jalen Hurts: a Super Bowl MVP for the 21st Century
#JalenHurts #SuperBowlLIX #NickSirianni #KendrickLamar
#JalenHurts #SuperBowlLIX #NickSirianni #KendrickLamar
February 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Jalen Hurts: a Super Bowl MVP for the 21st Century
#JalenHurts #SuperBowlLIX #NickSirianni #KendrickLamar
#JalenHurts #SuperBowlLIX #NickSirianni #KendrickLamar
We've seen this movie & the Orwellian branding before
Reagan dismantled social programs in the middle of a grinding recession, as did W (to piss $ away on Iraq & tax cuts for the rich), as did Trump (tax cuts for the rich)
In plain English, DOGE = Department Of Gutting Essential (Services)
Reagan dismantled social programs in the middle of a grinding recession, as did W (to piss $ away on Iraq & tax cuts for the rich), as did Trump (tax cuts for the rich)
In plain English, DOGE = Department Of Gutting Essential (Services)
February 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We've seen this movie & the Orwellian branding before
Reagan dismantled social programs in the middle of a grinding recession, as did W (to piss $ away on Iraq & tax cuts for the rich), as did Trump (tax cuts for the rich)
In plain English, DOGE = Department Of Gutting Essential (Services)
Reagan dismantled social programs in the middle of a grinding recession, as did W (to piss $ away on Iraq & tax cuts for the rich), as did Trump (tax cuts for the rich)
In plain English, DOGE = Department Of Gutting Essential (Services)
The arc of the moral universe is long
Stupid people make it a lot longer
Stupid people make it a lot longer
February 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The arc of the moral universe is long
Stupid people make it a lot longer
Stupid people make it a lot longer