Matt Bennett
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It seems that the real way to survive a political scandal is to get into 25 a day.
March 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It seems that the real way to survive a political scandal is to get into 25 a day.
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These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
March 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
These are e most important #s for the Dems. They should be tracking all local media and influencers in these states and reposting it everywhere
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
The economic pain tariffs can indlict on red states need to be talked about more than anything else right now. It will flip voters.
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When Mike Myers wore his "Canada Is Not For Sale" t-shirt on SNL, he mouthed a secret code: "elbows up."
It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team.
You heard him Canada: elbows up.
If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.
It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team.
You heard him Canada: elbows up.
If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.
March 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
When Mike Myers wore his "Canada Is Not For Sale" t-shirt on SNL, he mouthed a secret code: "elbows up."
It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team.
You heard him Canada: elbows up.
If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.
It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team.
You heard him Canada: elbows up.
If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.
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What’s the opposite of a Nobel Peace Prize?
I think we have a winner.
I think we have a winner.
February 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
What’s the opposite of a Nobel Peace Prize?
I think we have a winner.
I think we have a winner.
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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
“I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.” - Fannie Lou Hamer
February 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.” - Fannie Lou Hamer
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The Powerful Messages That Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger Inscribed on Their Guitar & Banjo: “This Machine Kills Fascists” and “This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender”
The Powerful Messages That Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger Inscribed on Their Guitar & Banjo: “This Machine Kills Fascists” and “This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender”
Photo by Al Aumuller, via Wikimedia Commons
Like another famous Okie from Muskogee, Woody Guthrie came from a part of Oklahoma that the U.S. government sold during the 1889 land rush away from the Qua...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Powerful Messages That Woody Guthrie & Pete Seeger Inscribed on Their Guitar & Banjo: “This Machine Kills Fascists” and “This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender”
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I end this dialogue with an appeal against Trump's tariffs and threats to invade/annex neighbors: "We don't have to learn this lesson the hard way. It's been tried before. It's in books. You can read them." thehub.ca/podcast/audi...
‘He’s a thief’: David Frum on Donald Trump’s predatory foreign policy
thehub.ca
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I end this dialogue with an appeal against Trump's tariffs and threats to invade/annex neighbors: "We don't have to learn this lesson the hard way. It's been tried before. It's in books. You can read them." thehub.ca/podcast/audi...
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
February 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
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If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.
February 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.
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Because they are evil, we must stand up to them.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
January 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Because they are evil, we must stand up to them.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
Prayer is entering a conversation that didn’t begin with you.
January 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Prayer is entering a conversation that didn’t begin with you.
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Every now and then I think back to all the times growing up when we were solemnly warned in church of the dangers of “moral relativism”….
January 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Every now and then I think back to all the times growing up when we were solemnly warned in church of the dangers of “moral relativism”….
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You will hear many calls for unity.
Philippians 2 tells us how true unity happens: by all parties giving up selfish ambition and putting each others' interests before their own. By mutual submission.
If someone calls for you to unify with them but is not willing to do this, is it unity they want?
Philippians 2 tells us how true unity happens: by all parties giving up selfish ambition and putting each others' interests before their own. By mutual submission.
If someone calls for you to unify with them but is not willing to do this, is it unity they want?
January 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You will hear many calls for unity.
Philippians 2 tells us how true unity happens: by all parties giving up selfish ambition and putting each others' interests before their own. By mutual submission.
If someone calls for you to unify with them but is not willing to do this, is it unity they want?
Philippians 2 tells us how true unity happens: by all parties giving up selfish ambition and putting each others' interests before their own. By mutual submission.
If someone calls for you to unify with them but is not willing to do this, is it unity they want?
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Everyday ways to oppose fascism that I know are doable bc I did them this week:
1. Visit a sick person in hospital
2. Listen to an unhoused person's fears about their missing friend and pray with them
3. Fill the mutual aid pantry with food
4. Find a translator to help welcome an immigrant family
1. Visit a sick person in hospital
2. Listen to an unhoused person's fears about their missing friend and pray with them
3. Fill the mutual aid pantry with food
4. Find a translator to help welcome an immigrant family
January 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Everyday ways to oppose fascism that I know are doable bc I did them this week:
1. Visit a sick person in hospital
2. Listen to an unhoused person's fears about their missing friend and pray with them
3. Fill the mutual aid pantry with food
4. Find a translator to help welcome an immigrant family
1. Visit a sick person in hospital
2. Listen to an unhoused person's fears about their missing friend and pray with them
3. Fill the mutual aid pantry with food
4. Find a translator to help welcome an immigrant family
There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, “Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything,” and an optimist who says, “Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway.” Either way, nothing happens.
– Yvon Chouinard
– Yvon Chouinard
January 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, “Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything,” and an optimist who says, “Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway.” Either way, nothing happens.
– Yvon Chouinard
– Yvon Chouinard
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The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth- that is, the natural wealth of localities & the local economies of household, neighborhood & community and so destroys democracy.
― Wendell Berry
― Wendell Berry
January 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth- that is, the natural wealth of localities & the local economies of household, neighborhood & community and so destroys democracy.
― Wendell Berry
― Wendell Berry
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Egg prices are projected to rise by as much as 20% during Trump’s first year in office, despite him claiming that he will “bring prices down.”
Eggs are about to get even more expensive, expert says. Here’s how much
Eggs are nearly 40% more expensive now than they were a year ago, the Labor Department said this week. It’s about to get even worse, one expert says.
thehill.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Egg prices are projected to rise by as much as 20% during Trump’s first year in office, despite him claiming that he will “bring prices down.”
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Praying for our leaders doesn’t mean praying they will succeed in their plans.
Sometimes it means praying they will fail in any plot to do harm or injustice to others.
Sometimes it means praying that the Lord will restrain them from their own worst impulses & from destroying their own integrity.
Sometimes it means praying they will fail in any plot to do harm or injustice to others.
Sometimes it means praying that the Lord will restrain them from their own worst impulses & from destroying their own integrity.
January 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Praying for our leaders doesn’t mean praying they will succeed in their plans.
Sometimes it means praying they will fail in any plot to do harm or injustice to others.
Sometimes it means praying that the Lord will restrain them from their own worst impulses & from destroying their own integrity.
Sometimes it means praying they will fail in any plot to do harm or injustice to others.
Sometimes it means praying that the Lord will restrain them from their own worst impulses & from destroying their own integrity.
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
This worship is blasphemous
This is Brandon Burden’s church, Kingdom Life, in Frisco TX worshipping today w/ a cardboard cut out of Trump. Burden made news last week when, ahead of TX House speaker race, he declared “jurisdiction over the affairs of men.” See @robertdownen.bsky.social piece www.texastribune.org/2025/01/15/t...
January 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This worship is blasphemous