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Angela Benander

@abenander.bsky.social

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Michigan Democrat, trans-inclusive feminist Comms Chief for MI Secretary of State Whitmer, Stabenow, Durbin alum

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · Feb 1

princess leia from star wars says i recognized your foul stench when i was brought on board

Alt: princess leia from star wars says i recognized your foul stench when i was brought on board

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 5h

I have fucking had it with the edgelord leftists who quote post my shit with incitements to violence, like I'm sorry either you're the fucking feds or you're somehow even dumber than they are.

the frogs & the wine moms are doing 100x the work y'all are by dooming and posting nonsense.

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 15h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 15h

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 14h

Fascism fatigue. I'm coining it right now. I also have it.

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

*purgatorio*

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

at this point just counting on GRIT

#Detroit #Grit

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Steph White @stephwhitemi.bsky.social · 1d

The Brits are going to wake up soon and wonder why the Americans are still talking about baseball.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

14?!!!? innings?

#LetsGoTigers

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The Detroiter @detroiter.bsky.social · 1d

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🕯 Tigers runs 🕯

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1d

That was such a bad call that umpire has a bright future as a NFL ref

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Megan Corcoran @megancorcoran.bsky.social · 1d

Neutral baseball fans watching this game: Wow, this game is incredible! Some great baseball!

Invested fans: I wanna die

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

you're not wrong

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know what to say besides #LetsGoTigers #Detroit

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Canadian Squirrel @auntywilly.blacksky.app · 1d

COME ON DETROIT

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Riley:

a homer please

thank you,

Angela

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Tigers:

please score some runs now

thank you,

Angela

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DemocracySoon! @democracysoon.bsky.social · 1d

We don't have a president; we have a mob boss.

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

Why the fuck did they pull Finnegan? So stupid

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

This is so stressful! #DetroitTigers

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

This is so stressful! #DetroitTigers

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ace @aceanbender.com · 1d

HOLY FUCK TARIK

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

It's giving Panem

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

Let's make it a trend

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Tigers:

thank you that was awesome

your friend,

Angela

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Tigers:

please score some runs now

thank you,

Angela

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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