Simeon Benit
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🔴REPORT | Israel is preparing a coordinated media campaign ahead of foreign journalists’ entry into Gaza for the 1st time after 2 years of genocidal killing and destruction, according to Israel’s YNET. Officials say the goal is to control the narrative as reporters document...
Here’s what to know:🧵
Here’s what to know:🧵
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🔴REPORT | Israel is preparing a coordinated media campaign ahead of foreign journalists’ entry into Gaza for the 1st time after 2 years of genocidal killing and destruction, according to Israel’s YNET. Officials say the goal is to control the narrative as reporters document...
Here’s what to know:🧵
Here’s what to know:🧵
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I’m so excited to announce that my book was published today! The book retells the life of Charles Sumner, an abolitionist senator who co-framed the Reconstruction Amendments. I wrote this book with my blood, sweat & tears as a student at Yale Law School. (1/x)
June 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’m so excited to announce that my book was published today! The book retells the life of Charles Sumner, an abolitionist senator who co-framed the Reconstruction Amendments. I wrote this book with my blood, sweat & tears as a student at Yale Law School. (1/x)
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Imagine making all that groundbreaking music only to be spiritually defeated by Macklemore
For those who need to know.. let me fill in the blanks
May 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Imagine making all that groundbreaking music only to be spiritually defeated by Macklemore
Anyways, Israel is a genocidal state armed and supported diplomatically by the US, allowing it to continue the Zionist Holocaust of the Palestinian people.
May 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Anyways, Israel is a genocidal state armed and supported diplomatically by the US, allowing it to continue the Zionist Holocaust of the Palestinian people.
Former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, in @haaretzcom.bsky.social explicitly says Israel is conducting “a war of annihilation”. “One day… everyone will have always been against this.” - Omar El Akkad
May 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, in @haaretzcom.bsky.social explicitly says Israel is conducting “a war of annihilation”. “One day… everyone will have always been against this.” - Omar El Akkad
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
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The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
And the Democratic Party as constituted will not accomplish this. There are D politicians that are on-board with much of the govt downsizing and resulting privatization, but they’d like to see it done with decorum.
April 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
And the Democratic Party as constituted will not accomplish this. There are D politicians that are on-board with much of the govt downsizing and resulting privatization, but they’d like to see it done with decorum.
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They wanted to lie about it.
DOJ lawyer who admitted migrant was sent to El Salvador by accident suspended:
Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders
Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
They wanted to lie about it.
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Amid fears of a global trade war and worldwide recession set off by Trump’s tariffs, a weekend statement from the White House:
“The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.”
“The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.”
April 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Amid fears of a global trade war and worldwide recession set off by Trump’s tariffs, a weekend statement from the White House:
“The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.”
“The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.”
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NEWS | Israeli forces deliberately targeted and killed Mohammed Mansour, Palestine Today correspondent, on March 24, 2025, the Shahed Journalists’ Service Center reports:
March 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
NEWS | Israeli forces deliberately targeted and killed Mohammed Mansour, Palestine Today correspondent, on March 24, 2025, the Shahed Journalists’ Service Center reports:
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Canadian travel to the US is absolutely cratering.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Canadian travel to the US is absolutely cratering.
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Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
March 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Last night’s article in the Washington Post about D.C. police responding to a 911 call by illegally letting DOGE onto private property is unlike any news story I have ever read. Every single person should read this article and think about where our society is going.
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We've confirmed the US Bureau of Prisons has transferred trans women to men's prisons despite three court rulings blocking Trump's executive order
“I’m continuing to be punished for existing. I'm a pawn in others' political games" -Whitney, 31-year-old woman taken to men's prison this week, told us
“I’m continuing to be punished for existing. I'm a pawn in others' political games" -Whitney, 31-year-old woman taken to men's prison this week, told us
Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order
Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We've confirmed the US Bureau of Prisons has transferred trans women to men's prisons despite three court rulings blocking Trump's executive order
“I’m continuing to be punished for existing. I'm a pawn in others' political games" -Whitney, 31-year-old woman taken to men's prison this week, told us
“I’m continuing to be punished for existing. I'm a pawn in others' political games" -Whitney, 31-year-old woman taken to men's prison this week, told us
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I've often insisted that we need to keep our eyes on Trump's actions more than his words (because so many of the words are bluster & lies). Now we have a genuinely dangerous action: a purge at the Pentagon, notably a purge of the top figures who can decide if Trump's commands are unconstitutional.
February 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I've often insisted that we need to keep our eyes on Trump's actions more than his words (because so many of the words are bluster & lies). Now we have a genuinely dangerous action: a purge at the Pentagon, notably a purge of the top figures who can decide if Trump's commands are unconstitutional.
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"Project 2025 approved SSA administrator steps down just 3 weeks into the administration, giving up a GS-15 career in the process, because she knew even one more week on the job would risk putting her in prison for decades" is a very good and comforting sign
(Musk's touching the stove)
(Musk's touching the stove)
Just to be clear, because I don’t think the Post story highlights it enough: This was Trump’s day-one pick to lead the Social Security Admin until his nominee got confirmed who RESIGNED a career job rather than do what Musk’s DOGE team wants.
This is Treasury (DOGE) and DOJ (Adams) all over again.
This is Treasury (DOGE) and DOJ (Adams) all over again.
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"Project 2025 approved SSA administrator steps down just 3 weeks into the administration, giving up a GS-15 career in the process, because she knew even one more week on the job would risk putting her in prison for decades" is a very good and comforting sign
(Musk's touching the stove)
(Musk's touching the stove)
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Update: It’s 5:20 pm ET on Monday, Feb. 17 and DOGE has not posted any of the promised receipts.
February 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Update: It’s 5:20 pm ET on Monday, Feb. 17 and DOGE has not posted any of the promised receipts.
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SCOOP from @nbcnews.com — A senior FEMA official instructed subordinates to freeze funding for a wide array of grant programs Monday, just hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration — for the second time — to stop such pauses.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
FEMA official ignores judge's latest order, demands freeze on grant funding
Federal workers are being swept into the fight between Donald Trump and federal courts, with four FEMA aides fired Tuesday for being "deep state activists."
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
SCOOP from @nbcnews.com — A senior FEMA official instructed subordinates to freeze funding for a wide array of grant programs Monday, just hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration — for the second time — to stop such pauses.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Federal employee with a data role told me that a document was removed from employee access because it had the word "inclusion" in it.
As in, "inclusion of data in our estimates."
As in, "inclusion of data in our estimates."
February 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Federal employee with a data role told me that a document was removed from employee access because it had the word "inclusion" in it.
As in, "inclusion of data in our estimates."
As in, "inclusion of data in our estimates."
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"I do think there has to be accountability. Congress has the power of the purse, of course. And we have oversight responsibility. And we’ve been vigorously using both of those powers." - Mike Johnson, May 2024.
February 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"I do think there has to be accountability. Congress has the power of the purse, of course. And we have oversight responsibility. And we’ve been vigorously using both of those powers." - Mike Johnson, May 2024.
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This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!
“You are directed … to dismiss the pending charges in United States v. Adams, No. 24 Cr. 556 (SDNY)…. The Justice Department has reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based”
![Memorandum from the Acting Deputy Attorney General
Dismissal Without Prejudice of Prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams
Page 2
Of The Federal Government. These actions and the underlying case have also improperly interfered with Mayor Adams' campaign in the 2025 mayoral election. See Justice Manual § 9-
85.500, entitled Actions that May Have an Impact on an Election.
Second, the pending prosecution has unduly restricted Mayor Adams' ability to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated under the policies of the prior Administration. We are particularly concerned about the impact of the prosecution on Mayor Adams' ability to support critical, ongoing federal efforts "to protect the American people from the disastrous effects of unlawful mass migration and resettlement," as described in Executive Order 14165.' Accomplishing the immigration objectives established by President Trump and the Attorney General is every bit as important—if not more so as the objectives that the prior Administration pursued by releasing violent criminals such as Viktor Bout, the "Merchant of Death."? Accordingly, based on these additional concerns that are distinct from the weaponization problems, dismissal without prejudice is also necessary at this time.
' Your Office correctly noted in a February 3, 2025 memorandum, *as Mr. Bove clearly stated to defense counsel during our meeting [on January 31, 2025], the Government is not offering to exchange dismissal of a criminal case for Adams's assistance on immigration enforcement."
2 According to an October 2024 Wall Street Journal article, Bout has already started to participate in arms deals again, including negotiations with representatives of Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putins-merchant-of-death-is-back-in-](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidtbdebawe7yluohx6ktbosdjqfdcf7ukryaemdjtgcpygzklaefe@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!
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It's important to remember that any principled effort to remove fraud from America's public life would start with an all-out push to prosecute and imprison Elon Musk.
There is no bigger fraudster alive today.
There is no bigger fraudster alive today.
Litigants seeking to block DOGE's access to student loan / DOE data cited this exchange as supporting their case:
February 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's important to remember that any principled effort to remove fraud from America's public life would start with an all-out push to prosecute and imprison Elon Musk.
There is no bigger fraudster alive today.
There is no bigger fraudster alive today.
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They want to bring back a world where vicious public racism is A-OK
and another thing: the people who are obsessed with the restoration of masculine virtues sure do love to infantilize a grown-ass man
And a further development:
February 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
They want to bring back a world where vicious public racism is A-OK
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