John Benson
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apnews.com/article/doge... Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
Twenty-one civil service employees have resigned from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they're refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle ...
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
apnews.com/article/doge... Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
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The United States just voted with Russia against peace in Ukraine.
February 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The United States just voted with Russia against peace in Ukraine.
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This is indeed brilliant
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is indeed brilliant
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“Trump’s plans to crack down on illegal immigration in the U.S. strongly remind me of what happened with Brexit. When the U.K. chose to restrict access to immigrant labor, it created a major crisis in the agricultural sector,” supply-chain expert said.
www.freightwaves.com/news/mass-de...
www.freightwaves.com/news/mass-de...
Mass deportations could disrupt US food supply chain, experts say
The Trump administration’s mass deportations of undocumented immigrants could cause disruptions in the U.S. food supply chain, experts say.
www.freightwaves.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Trump’s plans to crack down on illegal immigration in the U.S. strongly remind me of what happened with Brexit. When the U.K. chose to restrict access to immigrant labor, it created a major crisis in the agricultural sector,” supply-chain expert said.
www.freightwaves.com/news/mass-de...
www.freightwaves.com/news/mass-de...
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From Ukraine to Maine, defenders of democracy are standing up and speaking out. And the people are responding. My write-up on the state of the resistance: https://buff.ly/3ETGLVZ
February 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
From Ukraine to Maine, defenders of democracy are standing up and speaking out. And the people are responding. My write-up on the state of the resistance: https://buff.ly/3ETGLVZ
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This is how it’s done.
Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds.
Gov Mills: See you in court
February 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is how it’s done.
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Senate Republicans just *BLOCKED* Sen. Ossoff’s amendment to protect children’s and maternal health care through Medicaid.
February 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Senate Republicans just *BLOCKED* Sen. Ossoff’s amendment to protect children’s and maternal health care through Medicaid.
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Bernie Sanders laying down the facts about Russia's invasions of Ukraine and Trump palling around with dictators www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKBM...
A Sad Moment in American History
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Bernie Sanders laying down the facts about Russia's invasions of Ukraine and Trump palling around with dictators www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKBM...
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Daily Beast coming out swinging like this means something beautiful and real for this country's independent media.
www.thedailybeast.com/yes-its-a-co...
www.thedailybeast.com/yes-its-a-co...
Yes, It’s a Coup and Yes, It’s Targeting You
January 6 was nothing compared to the current mob of thugs intent on tearing apart our country’s very system of government.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Daily Beast coming out swinging like this means something beautiful and real for this country's independent media.
www.thedailybeast.com/yes-its-a-co...
www.thedailybeast.com/yes-its-a-co...
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Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
February 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
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Wow, that was fast.
Irving Energy, company that provides propane/fuel oil customers in New England, says it will pass on the full 10% tariff cost to all their customers immediately
(reposting with fixed figure - meant to say 10%, not 30%)
Irving Energy, company that provides propane/fuel oil customers in New England, says it will pass on the full 10% tariff cost to all their customers immediately
(reposting with fixed figure - meant to say 10%, not 30%)
February 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Wow, that was fast.
Irving Energy, company that provides propane/fuel oil customers in New England, says it will pass on the full 10% tariff cost to all their customers immediately
(reposting with fixed figure - meant to say 10%, not 30%)
Irving Energy, company that provides propane/fuel oil customers in New England, says it will pass on the full 10% tariff cost to all their customers immediately
(reposting with fixed figure - meant to say 10%, not 30%)
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Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.
Do something
Do something
February 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.
Do something
Do something
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We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits
February 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits
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Why an obscure Treasury office is now a key battlefront in a wider war being waged by President Donald Trump and his allies over federal spending: cnn.it/42C7cJy
How an arcane Treasury Department office is now ground zero in the war over federal spending | CNN Politics
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to talk about the handover of power.
cnn.it
February 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Why an obscure Treasury office is now a key battlefront in a wider war being waged by President Donald Trump and his allies over federal spending: cnn.it/42C7cJy
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Laken Riley Act would not have prevented its namesake's tragic death, but it would do a lot of other destructive (bonkers) things
D lawmakers (and fair-minded Rs still out there) should learn what they’re voting for before they get manipulated into doing so
wapo.st/40tvu6Y
D lawmakers (and fair-minded Rs still out there) should learn what they’re voting for before they get manipulated into doing so
wapo.st/40tvu6Y
Opinion | What does the Laken Riley Act have to do with Laken Riley? Almost nothing.
This is a terrible, demagogic bill that exploits a horrendous murder.
wapo.st
January 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Laken Riley Act would not have prevented its namesake's tragic death, but it would do a lot of other destructive (bonkers) things
D lawmakers (and fair-minded Rs still out there) should learn what they’re voting for before they get manipulated into doing so
wapo.st/40tvu6Y
D lawmakers (and fair-minded Rs still out there) should learn what they’re voting for before they get manipulated into doing so
wapo.st/40tvu6Y
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We must never forget what happened on Jan 6, 2021 and who was responsible. Especially as the man responsible is hailed as a hero by his minions on this, the anniversary of that day.
#jan6 #resistance #remember #magatraitors
youtu.be/ZYSjmjYfmas
#jan6 #resistance #remember #magatraitors
youtu.be/ZYSjmjYfmas
January 6
YouTube video by Vic Meyers Old White Guy
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January 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We must never forget what happened on Jan 6, 2021 and who was responsible. Especially as the man responsible is hailed as a hero by his minions on this, the anniversary of that day.
#jan6 #resistance #remember #magatraitors
youtu.be/ZYSjmjYfmas
#jan6 #resistance #remember #magatraitors
youtu.be/ZYSjmjYfmas
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All possible thanx to #complicitmedia.
Donations to Biden's inaugural fund in 2021:
Meta = $0
Tim Cook = $0
Sam Altman = $0
Google = $200,000
Amazon = $200,000
Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025:
Meta = $1,000,000
Tim Cook = $1,000,000
Sam Altman = $1,000,000
Google = $1,000,000
Amazon = $1,000,000
The oligarchy is here.
Meta = $0
Tim Cook = $0
Sam Altman = $0
Google = $200,000
Amazon = $200,000
Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025:
Meta = $1,000,000
Tim Cook = $1,000,000
Sam Altman = $1,000,000
Google = $1,000,000
Amazon = $1,000,000
The oligarchy is here.
January 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
All possible thanx to #complicitmedia.
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It should not be normal for Amazon, a company with a nearly $2.4 trillion market cap to deny a terror survivor time off to heal until it becomes a public relations issue. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
A Terror Victim Becomes an Avatar for What Ailes Us
None of this is normal. But it is — until we demand that it isn't.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It should not be normal for Amazon, a company with a nearly $2.4 trillion market cap to deny a terror survivor time off to heal until it becomes a public relations issue. open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...