Rich Bennett
@vtreaderfarmer.bsky.social
Retired • Reading and farming in Vermont
Permanently - existing perpetually
Pause - a temporary stop
Plain stupidity
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Pause - a temporary stop
Plain stupidity
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Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting
In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Permanently - existing perpetually
Pause - a temporary stop
Plain stupidity
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pause - a temporary stop
Plain stupidity
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Gospel of Professional Christian Mike Johnson:
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Gospel of Professional Christian Mike Johnson:
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It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.
October 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.
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July 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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No emotion just facts and undeniable truth‼️ Exactly this. The glorification of wealthy people and the excuse of their evilness‼️
June 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
No emotion just facts and undeniable truth‼️ Exactly this. The glorification of wealthy people and the excuse of their evilness‼️
Words for Memorial Day
May 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Words for Memorial Day
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Today’s asparagus harvest
May 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Today’s asparagus harvest
Here’s a modest proposal, let’s convert Mar-a-Lago into a federal prison, just send the worst of the worst offenders there. There’s already an over-priced security detail down there. Cost savings all around.
May 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Here’s a modest proposal, let’s convert Mar-a-Lago into a federal prison, just send the worst of the worst offenders there. There’s already an over-priced security detail down there. Cost savings all around.
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A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
May 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
April reading - Tim O’Brien’s TheThings They Carried, Katie Kitamura’s Audition, Rasheed Newsom’s My Government Means to Kill Me, Patrick E. Horrian’s Pennsylvania Station, and Jacques Leslie’s The Mark. (Northern Flicker in the background.)
May 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
April reading - Tim O’Brien’s TheThings They Carried, Katie Kitamura’s Audition, Rasheed Newsom’s My Government Means to Kill Me, Patrick E. Horrian’s Pennsylvania Station, and Jacques Leslie’s The Mark. (Northern Flicker in the background.)
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Pete Hegseth is treating the Pentagon like it’s a Fox News set—ordering a makeup studio while leaking sensitive information in Signal chats.
This is what happens when you put clout-chasers in charge of national security.
This is what happens when you put clout-chasers in charge of national security.
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.
www.cbsnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pete Hegseth is treating the Pentagon like it’s a Fox News set—ordering a makeup studio while leaking sensitive information in Signal chats.
This is what happens when you put clout-chasers in charge of national security.
This is what happens when you put clout-chasers in charge of national security.
March reads - Sarah Schulman’s epic work about ACT-UP - Let the Record Show, Patrick Nathan’s Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist, Daniel H. Turtels’s debut novel Greetings from Asbury Park (cuz I grew up in the area), and Nicolas Freeling’s disturbing Some Day Tmorrow.
April 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
March reads - Sarah Schulman’s epic work about ACT-UP - Let the Record Show, Patrick Nathan’s Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist, Daniel H. Turtels’s debut novel Greetings from Asbury Park (cuz I grew up in the area), and Nicolas Freeling’s disturbing Some Day Tmorrow.
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Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”
March 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Donald Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary has financial advice for Americans:
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
1. Please buy Tesla stock to help poor Elon Musk.
2. Shut up and don’t complain when you don’t get your Social Security check.
March 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
February reads: Best American Short Stories 2024, editor Lauren Groff; Gliff by Ali Smith; A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt; Minor Detail by Adania Shibli; I am David by Anne Holm; Under One Roof by Barry Martin
February 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
February reads: Best American Short Stories 2024, editor Lauren Groff; Gliff by Ali Smith; A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt; Minor Detail by Adania Shibli; I am David by Anne Holm; Under One Roof by Barry Martin
Awesome editorial from our senator, Bernie Sanders, in today’s Guardian - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
America must not surrender its Democratic values | Bernie Sanders
Together, we must fight for our long-held values and work with people around the world who share them
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Awesome editorial from our senator, Bernie Sanders, in today’s Guardian - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you'd like to help inform your neighbors about Tesla, here are a few quick factoids:
Tesla lies about range: www.reuters.com/investigates...
Tesla violates user privacy: www.reuters.com/technology/t...
Tesla owners die at twice the industry average rate: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a629191...
Tesla lies about range: www.reuters.com/investigates...
Tesla violates user privacy: www.reuters.com/technology/t...
Tesla owners die at twice the industry average rate: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a629191...
Tesla Has Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands: Study
Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report.
www.roadandtrack.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If you'd like to help inform your neighbors about Tesla, here are a few quick factoids:
Tesla lies about range: www.reuters.com/investigates...
Tesla violates user privacy: www.reuters.com/technology/t...
Tesla owners die at twice the industry average rate: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a629191...
Tesla lies about range: www.reuters.com/investigates...
Tesla violates user privacy: www.reuters.com/technology/t...
Tesla owners die at twice the industry average rate: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a629191...
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Since tariffs are a tax on U.S. importers, why do we permit the President to impose them unilaterally without authorization from Congress?
Asking for a nation.
Asking for a nation.
February 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Since tariffs are a tax on U.S. importers, why do we permit the President to impose them unilaterally without authorization from Congress?
Asking for a nation.
Asking for a nation.
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In case you were wondering why Chinese tariffs are 15% less than for Canada and Mexico, follow the money.
Elon Musk currently has a 4,500,000 sq. ft. car manufacturing plant in China. Tesla does not currently have car plants in Canada or Mexico. One is planned for Mexico. In time for a tariff lift.
Elon Musk currently has a 4,500,000 sq. ft. car manufacturing plant in China. Tesla does not currently have car plants in Canada or Mexico. One is planned for Mexico. In time for a tariff lift.
January 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In case you were wondering why Chinese tariffs are 15% less than for Canada and Mexico, follow the money.
Elon Musk currently has a 4,500,000 sq. ft. car manufacturing plant in China. Tesla does not currently have car plants in Canada or Mexico. One is planned for Mexico. In time for a tariff lift.
Elon Musk currently has a 4,500,000 sq. ft. car manufacturing plant in China. Tesla does not currently have car plants in Canada or Mexico. One is planned for Mexico. In time for a tariff lift.
January reads: Fairyland, Alysia Abbott’s @mizabbott.bsky.social poignant memoir about growing up in 70s SF with her gay, single father; Everything is Waiting for You by David Whyte; What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery; and for book group Sweetland by Michael Crummey and Clear by Carys Davies.
January 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
January reads: Fairyland, Alysia Abbott’s @mizabbott.bsky.social poignant memoir about growing up in 70s SF with her gay, single father; Everything is Waiting for You by David Whyte; What the Chicken Knows by Sy Montgomery; and for book group Sweetland by Michael Crummey and Clear by Carys Davies.
Last year’s lettuce seeds under our grow lights promise fresh midwinter greens.
January 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Last year’s lettuce seeds under our grow lights promise fresh midwinter greens.
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In the Trump administration’s arguments defending his order to suspend birthright citizenship, the Justice Department called into question the citizenship of Native Americans born in the U.S., citing a 19th-century law that excluded Natives from birthright citizenship. www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...
"Excluding Indians": Trump admin questions Native Americans' birthright citizenship in court
The Trump admin is leaning on a pre-14th Amendment law in its fight to redefine birthright citizenship.
www.salon.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In the Trump administration’s arguments defending his order to suspend birthright citizenship, the Justice Department called into question the citizenship of Native Americans born in the U.S., citing a 19th-century law that excluded Natives from birthright citizenship. www.salon.com/2025/01/23/e...