Julie Hanson Swanson
@juliehansonswanson.bsky.social
26-year career civil servant with USAID and Peace Corps. Enjoying retirement as a Master Gardener. Proud WofA.
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We've been talking about this internally at The Bulwark as something like a vigil or shiva—just sitting and talking and remembering together. Rob Reiner's work meant so much to so many of us, let's be together for a while.
LIVE: We're trying something tonight—a livestreamed conversation about Rob Reiner's life and work, with our @sonnybunch.bsky.social and Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social joined by Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social and Richard Rushfield @richardrushfield.bsky.social.
YouTube:
YouTube:
Remembering The Best of Rob Reiner (w/ Sonny Bunch, Bill Kristol, David Weigel & Richard Rushfield)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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December 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
We've been talking about this internally at The Bulwark as something like a vigil or shiva—just sitting and talking and remembering together. Rob Reiner's work meant so much to so many of us, let's be together for a while.
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USAID was cut because Elon interacted with a 41 year old conspiracy theorist, Mike Benz, who thinks it is a spy operation. 14 million people may die and we are low on traffic controllers. Benz will investigate his claims and come up short. There are 75 people left at USAID. The Atlantic.
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
USAID was cut because Elon interacted with a 41 year old conspiracy theorist, Mike Benz, who thinks it is a spy operation. 14 million people may die and we are low on traffic controllers. Benz will investigate his claims and come up short. There are 75 people left at USAID. The Atlantic.
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Mike Benz, a rw influencer who popularized the notion that Taylor Swift is a secret NATO asset and wrote, “I want white identity politics to grow like wildfire,” rose to prominence by spreading fantastical claims about USAID, claiming the agency is a terrorist organization, a spy operation—or both.
Conspiracy theorist Mike Benz will start looking for proof of non-existent plots at USAID. He won't find any. What then?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation
Mike Benz was brought aboard to find evidence for his claims that the agency is secretly a spy operation.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Mike Benz, a rw influencer who popularized the notion that Taylor Swift is a secret NATO asset and wrote, “I want white identity politics to grow like wildfire,” rose to prominence by spreading fantastical claims about USAID, claiming the agency is a terrorist organization, a spy operation—or both.
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Mike Benz, the pathological paranoiac who never did find the 22 million tweets Stanford supposedly censored, or explain how the CIA ran me as an asset, is now “investigating” USAID — the agency he boasts about being instrumental in killing — from the inside.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation
Mike Benz was brought aboard to find evidence for his claims that the agency is secretly a spy operation.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Mike Benz, the pathological paranoiac who never did find the 22 million tweets Stanford supposedly censored, or explain how the CIA ran me as an asset, is now “investigating” USAID — the agency he boasts about being instrumental in killing — from the inside.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Conspiracy theorist Mike Benz will start looking for proof of non-existent plots at USAID. He won't find any. What then?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation
Mike Benz was brought aboard to find evidence for his claims that the agency is secretly a spy operation.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Conspiracy theorist Mike Benz will start looking for proof of non-existent plots at USAID. He won't find any. What then?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Taxpayer $$ spent on this? What? As of November 5th, it estimated that USAID's demise has caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people. Call your elected reps now! @jvl.bsky.social @wofava.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @beyer.house.gov
USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation
Mike Benz was brought aboard to find evidence for his claims that the agency is secretly a spy operation.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Taxpayer $$ spent on this? What? As of November 5th, it estimated that USAID's demise has caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people. Call your elected reps now! @jvl.bsky.social @wofava.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social @markwarner.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @beyer.house.gov
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Activists troll Elon Musk with a light projection on his Tesla showroom in Virginia. Video at foot of story.
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Nighttime Light Show Trolls Musk And His Tesla Car Company - DCMediaGroup
Arlington, VA—Activists were back at it again outside the Tesla dealership in Arlington with a new tactic—a nigh time light projection show. They turned the darkness around the stumbling Tesla compoun...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Activists troll Elon Musk with a light projection on his Tesla showroom in Virginia. Video at foot of story.
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dcmediagroup.us/2025/12/09/n...
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For 5 days we’re saying #WeAintBuyingIt to Target, Amazon and Home Depot. Instead we’re shopping local. Today redirect money you’ve saved from the boycott and give it to charity. Remember, when they go low, we go local! Invest in your communities by supporting local businesses.
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
For 5 days we’re saying #WeAintBuyingIt to Target, Amazon and Home Depot. Instead we’re shopping local. Today redirect money you’ve saved from the boycott and give it to charity. Remember, when they go low, we go local! Invest in your communities by supporting local businesses.
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
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@lsto4.bsky.social
Time to boycott. Join us. Small business only!
Thank you so much for the inclusion.
Time to boycott. Join us. Small business only!
Thank you so much for the inclusion.
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
@lsto4.bsky.social
Time to boycott. Join us. Small business only!
Thank you so much for the inclusion.
Time to boycott. Join us. Small business only!
Thank you so much for the inclusion.
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Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump just got massively booed and flipped off by the crowd at the Commanders game.
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
(Video: Marisa Schultz)
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Children now beg for food and fall sick from hunger because white Christian nationalism cheered the end of USAID. Aisha Garba once fed her kids twice a day. After the Trump cuts, they survive on scraps. This is what abandoning humanity looks like.
In Sokoto communities, IDPs in dire straits as aid cuts hits hard | The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factcheck, Covid-19
THE humanitarian crisis in Sokoto’s internally displaced persons (IDP) camps is deepening as global aid shrinks and donor support declines
www.icirnigeria.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Children now beg for food and fall sick from hunger because white Christian nationalism cheered the end of USAID. Aisha Garba once fed her kids twice a day. After the Trump cuts, they survive on scraps. This is what abandoning humanity looks like.
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#USAIDDay
FriendsofUSAID
@friendsofusaid.bsky.social
"🗓️ Why 11/3? It was USAID’s birthday 🎂🎈the day JFK created USAID in 1961
💁 All you gotta do is do is take a moment to make life a little bit better—for the people and places around you—just like USAID did 🕊️🌍
FriendsofUSAID
@friendsofusaid.bsky.social
"🗓️ Why 11/3? It was USAID’s birthday 🎂🎈the day JFK created USAID in 1961
💁 All you gotta do is do is take a moment to make life a little bit better—for the people and places around you—just like USAID did 🕊️🌍
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
#USAIDDay
FriendsofUSAID
@friendsofusaid.bsky.social
"🗓️ Why 11/3? It was USAID’s birthday 🎂🎈the day JFK created USAID in 1961
💁 All you gotta do is do is take a moment to make life a little bit better—for the people and places around you—just like USAID did 🕊️🌍
FriendsofUSAID
@friendsofusaid.bsky.social
"🗓️ Why 11/3? It was USAID’s birthday 🎂🎈the day JFK created USAID in 1961
💁 All you gotta do is do is take a moment to make life a little bit better—for the people and places around you—just like USAID did 🕊️🌍
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Gov. Youngkin, Jason Miyares and former Comm. Att’y Theo Stamos have been working with the Feds to suppress political dissent & free speech in Arlington, including through a criminal investigation of my client, as this article from The NY Times explains.
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The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Gov. Youngkin, Jason Miyares and former Comm. Att’y Theo Stamos have been working with the Feds to suppress political dissent & free speech in Arlington, including through a criminal investigation of my client, as this article from The NY Times explains.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller
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November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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Tesla Takedowns continue across the country. These actions have grown to include more and more of the regime’s attacks against the republic and its people. Here a driver joins the boycott line. Video by bikesloveanddoughnuts.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Tesla Takedowns continue across the country. These actions have grown to include more and more of the regime’s attacks against the republic and its people. Here a driver joins the boycott line. Video by bikesloveanddoughnuts.bsky.social
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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House
"Tactical frivolity" is a thing! Awesome!!! More, please.
"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians." @wofava.bsky.social @anufh.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians." @wofava.bsky.social @anufh.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"Tactical frivolity" is a thing! Awesome!!! More, please.
"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians." @wofava.bsky.social @anufh.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians." @wofava.bsky.social @anufh.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
Say it loudly! Say it proudly! @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @wofava.bsky.social @anufh.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Say it loudly! Say it proudly! @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @wofava.bsky.social @anufh.bsky.social