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Mike Benson
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Retired rancher, psychologist, happy to be living in Catalonia and making pipes.
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Mike Benson @mbensonster.bsky.social · 4h
Sunday thought: the Big Reveal
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Sunday thought: the big Reveal
Friends,
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Mike Benson @mbensonster.bsky.social · 12h
Interview: Israel Gets What It Wants and Then Ignores the Agreement
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Interview: Israel Gets What It Wants and Then Ignores the Agreement
I recently joined George Galloway on MOATS to discuss the Gaza peace plan which violates one international law after another
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Mike Benson @mbensonster.bsky.social · 12h
This Week in Democracy – Week 38: Bombing Boats, Deploying Troops, Targeting Democrats
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This Week in Democracy – Week 38: Bombing Boats, Deploying Troops, Targeting Democrats
Another week of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 15h
WHATEVER YOU ALLOW YOUR GOVERNMENT TO DO TO OTHERS THEY WILL EVENTUALLY DO TO YOU.
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Justin Gill @justin-gill.bsky.social · 13h
@meidastouch.com is reaching people because they elevate voices that may be hidden in established media circles. On healthcare, they embraced frontline nursing & medical voices from the start. Congrats on your success this far! @meiselasb.bsky.social @bmeiselas.bsky.social @meidasjordy.bsky.social
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h
#TRL
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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d
✨ New! ✨

"Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City"

Grab your favorite beverage ☕ and settle in for a deep long-read.👩‍💻
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 1d
Spanish "How to Report ICE" zines now available:

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Zines en Español - Google Drive
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Aaron Cynic @aaroncynic.bsky.social · 13h
I want to add this, because if you haven't been in this situation, maybe you don't know. When a cop in riot gear is shoving you and yelling "GET BACK," there's usually nowhere to actually get back to, because there's a crowd of people behind you and you literally can't move at the pace they want.
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 16h
state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.
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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 13h
Pritzker’s goons shutting down protests at ICE Detention Center in Broadview.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 16h
Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 21h
Watch the full video here 👇😂
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AltUSDA🐮🌱 Growing America’s Recalcitrance @altusda.altgov.info · 21h
Trying to not breathe toxic positivity but just hang in there, as we have been doing, this is another attack we will need to deflect through the courts…
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d
And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d
No, Speaker Johnson: The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a “hate America” rally. Quite the contrary. It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country.
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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 1d
Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!
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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 22h
1887 – Granville T. Woods patents telephone system and apparatus.

This revolutionary invention allowed communication between moving trains and stations through through magnetic fields, which dramatically improved railway safety by letting dispatchers know the exact location of every train.
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Alt_Bartender @bartenderresists.altgov.info · 22h
Thomas Edison sued Woods over the invention, and lost. Ediaon then offered to partner with Woods but he refused.

He became known as "Black Edison," and registered nearly 60 patents in his lifetime, including a telephone transmitter, and a trolley wheel.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 22h
The fight for democracy is the defining battle of our generation, and protecting free and fair elections must be our top priority. That is why my law firm is litigating 63 voting cases — to preserve our basic civil and political rights, Marc Elias writes.
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Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases
Read here.
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Hannibal Lecter 🦋 @hannibal.bsky.social · 21h
A mí, esto de acuerdo de paz y Alto el Fuego, cuando no queda ni un solo edificio en pie en Gaza, me suena a:

"Ya hemos completado la fase 1, ahora a lavar nuestra imagen y completar la siguiente fase, que es expulsar o matar a todos los palestinos y construir el resort".
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thimbles.bsky.social @thimbles.bsky.social · 21h
And if you cannot do that duty, then -in Catch 22 fashion- you are removed from public service.
Michael Lewis has been writting about the value of that denigrated public service, the loss of which, like the NOAA, is not a national loss - it's a global one.
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Who Is Government? Storytime with Michael Lewis | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Sherry @sherry2.bsky.social · 22h
They'll just de-fund the agencies they don't like even further
Look how many they have destroyed and are destroying

FEMA NWS CDC Dept of Ed USAID CFPB CMS FAA CIGIE OSC OGE IRS NIH Medicare NOAA NPS and so many more especially watch dog agencies, firing IGs
And so much more

Trump Admin
Trump administration knocks out at least 15 oversight websites, saying IGs 'lied to the public'
It's not a shutdown issue: the White House is withholding funds from the umbrella organization for the government's inspectors general.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d
Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
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CTXT @ctxt.es · 23h
Anne Brorhilker, exfiscal alemana, destapó un escándalo de fraude fiscal urdido por bancos, fondos y políticos como el excanciller Olaf Scholz.

Calculó que la estafa a las agencias tributarias europeas asciende a más de 150.000 millones de euros en 20 años.

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El fraude como negocio: cómo nos engañan los delincuentes financieros
Conferencia de Anne Brorhilker, la exfiscal alemana que destapó un gigantesco escándalo de fraude fiscal urdido por bancos, intermediarios financieros, abogados, fondos y políticos como el excanciller...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23h
Everything about this is bonkers. The arrest, the charge, the possible sentence, the **$2 million bail.**

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Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme
Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 21h
WIRED: Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy www.wired.com/story/as-coa...
Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy
The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 21h
Government shutdown is having an outsized impact on Black Americans - The Grio thegrio.com/2025/10/10/g...
Government shutdown is having an outsized impact on Black Americans
Leaders warn the damage would further devastate Black communities, who are already experiencing disproportionate economic harm.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d
More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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