Mike Bender
@mbender415.bsky.social
He/Him. Ex-evangelical. 🍉
MN n2 Swiftie. USMC vet. Infosec.
MN n2 Swiftie. USMC vet. Infosec.
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Mike Bender
@mbender415.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Observing Evangelical Christians and their lack of empathy towards their fellow humans is sincerely one of the biggest reasons I could never be part of a church or organized religion again.
Mocking the fear and concerns of marginalized communities is disgusting.
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Mocking the fear and concerns of marginalized communities is disgusting.
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July 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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-Dropped or halted investigations into 100+ corporations
-Gutted regulatory agencies and fired ethics watchdogs
-Launched a crypto coin and offered an "intimate dinner" to top buyers
-Turned the White House into a Tesla showroom to help his biggest donor
"Drain the swamp."
-Gutted regulatory agencies and fired ethics watchdogs
-Launched a crypto coin and offered an "intimate dinner" to top buyers
-Turned the White House into a Tesla showroom to help his biggest donor
"Drain the swamp."
May 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
-Dropped or halted investigations into 100+ corporations
-Gutted regulatory agencies and fired ethics watchdogs
-Launched a crypto coin and offered an "intimate dinner" to top buyers
-Turned the White House into a Tesla showroom to help his biggest donor
"Drain the swamp."
-Gutted regulatory agencies and fired ethics watchdogs
-Launched a crypto coin and offered an "intimate dinner" to top buyers
-Turned the White House into a Tesla showroom to help his biggest donor
"Drain the swamp."
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The Truth Of The Matter And They Are Not Bringing Jobs Back….
May 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Truth Of The Matter And They Are Not Bringing Jobs Back….
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There is NO "aborted fetal debris" in vaccines.
They're resurrecting one of the most innacurate and outdated lies to trigger people not only into not trusting vaccines, but to make them angry at those who produce them.
The cells used to produce a select number of vaccines are grown in a lab.
They're resurrecting one of the most innacurate and outdated lies to trigger people not only into not trusting vaccines, but to make them angry at those who produce them.
The cells used to produce a select number of vaccines are grown in a lab.
May 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There is NO "aborted fetal debris" in vaccines.
They're resurrecting one of the most innacurate and outdated lies to trigger people not only into not trusting vaccines, but to make them angry at those who produce them.
The cells used to produce a select number of vaccines are grown in a lab.
They're resurrecting one of the most innacurate and outdated lies to trigger people not only into not trusting vaccines, but to make them angry at those who produce them.
The cells used to produce a select number of vaccines are grown in a lab.
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Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
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This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation.
RFK Jr on measles: "The MMR vaccine contains a lot of aborted fetus debris."
May 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is a widely inaccurate & dangerous mischaracterization. The vaccine was developed in fetal cells obtained from two elective abortions in the early 1960s. There is not abortion debris floating around in the vaccine. And the Vatican has okayed its use. RFK Jr. is again spreading disinformation.
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RFK Jr. says fluoride makes you “stupider.” Interesting take from a man actively proving it’s not the water…it’s the policy. This ain’t health care, it’s headline-chasing with a government badge.
April 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
RFK Jr. says fluoride makes you “stupider.” Interesting take from a man actively proving it’s not the water…it’s the policy. This ain’t health care, it’s headline-chasing with a government badge.
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Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?
April 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?
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this would be so funny if this guy wasn’t president
April 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
this would be so funny if this guy wasn’t president
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This is absolutely brutal
April 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is absolutely brutal
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Emphasizing again that Trump's claim that it would take "200 years" to give everyone a hearing in immigration court is made up.
The immigration court's annual budget is just $840 million and in just the last six months judges have issued 200,000 removal orders and granted relief to 21,000 people.
The immigration court's annual budget is just $840 million and in just the last six months judges have issued 200,000 removal orders and granted relief to 21,000 people.
April 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Emphasizing again that Trump's claim that it would take "200 years" to give everyone a hearing in immigration court is made up.
The immigration court's annual budget is just $840 million and in just the last six months judges have issued 200,000 removal orders and granted relief to 21,000 people.
The immigration court's annual budget is just $840 million and in just the last six months judges have issued 200,000 removal orders and granted relief to 21,000 people.
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Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Gélineau advanced the term "narcolepsy" in 1880 while de la Tourette described his eponymous syndrome in 1885. "Autism" was coined by Bleuler in 1911, with full diagnoses soon after.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
But what do I know? I'm not the Cabinet secretary in charge of the goddamn Department of Health and Human Services.
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.
April 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.
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Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
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Minnesota is a top state for health care, thanks in part to Mayo Clinic.
Now they’re building a $5 billion expansion in Rochester where the lifesaving health care innovations of the future are going to happen.
Inspiring to see the progress today.
Now they’re building a $5 billion expansion in Rochester where the lifesaving health care innovations of the future are going to happen.
Inspiring to see the progress today.
April 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Minnesota is a top state for health care, thanks in part to Mayo Clinic.
Now they’re building a $5 billion expansion in Rochester where the lifesaving health care innovations of the future are going to happen.
Inspiring to see the progress today.
Now they’re building a $5 billion expansion in Rochester where the lifesaving health care innovations of the future are going to happen.
Inspiring to see the progress today.
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“If we normalize this, there’s no end.”
This is what @schumer.senate.gov said he was waiting for. Defying court orders.
We are there. Now what?
This is what @schumer.senate.gov said he was waiting for. Defying court orders.
We are there. Now what?
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“If we normalize this, there’s no end.”
This is what @schumer.senate.gov said he was waiting for. Defying court orders.
We are there. Now what?
This is what @schumer.senate.gov said he was waiting for. Defying court orders.
We are there. Now what?
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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal