Angela Benander
@abenander.bsky.social
Michigan Democrat, trans-inclusive feminist
Comms Chief for MI Secretary of State
Whitmer, Stabenow, Durbin alum
Comms Chief for MI Secretary of State
Whitmer, Stabenow, Durbin alum
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I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
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Her remarks seemed to be very important to Trump. Really made an impact. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump looks to be unconscious as Linda McMahon winds down her remarks
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Her remarks seemed to be very important to Trump. Really made an impact. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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it's amazing how even the "sleepy Joe" nickname was projection.
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
it's amazing how even the "sleepy Joe" nickname was projection.
awww Little Marco
bless his heart
bless his heart
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
awww Little Marco
bless his heart
bless his heart
"It's called the fog of war!"
"I like beer!"
I don't ever want to be lectured about meritocracy ever, ever again
"I like beer!"
I don't ever want to be lectured about meritocracy ever, ever again
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"It's called the fog of war!"
"I like beer!"
I don't ever want to be lectured about meritocracy ever, ever again
"I like beer!"
I don't ever want to be lectured about meritocracy ever, ever again
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If you refuse his illegal orders, Pete Hegseth with accuse you of sedition.
If you comply with his illegal orders, Pete Hegseth will blame you and work to throw you in prison for war crimes.
Tough time to work at the Pentagon.
If you comply with his illegal orders, Pete Hegseth will blame you and work to throw you in prison for war crimes.
Tough time to work at the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you refuse his illegal orders, Pete Hegseth with accuse you of sedition.
If you comply with his illegal orders, Pete Hegseth will blame you and work to throw you in prison for war crimes.
Tough time to work at the Pentagon.
If you comply with his illegal orders, Pete Hegseth will blame you and work to throw you in prison for war crimes.
Tough time to work at the Pentagon.
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What Hegseth has, and most people who serve absolutely do not, is bloodlust. He thinks there’s something inherently cool about getting to kill people. Dems must understand, as an existential matter, that this can’t be allowed to fester.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What Hegseth has, and most people who serve absolutely do not, is bloodlust. He thinks there’s something inherently cool about getting to kill people. Dems must understand, as an existential matter, that this can’t be allowed to fester.
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Nothing says “I’m going to ditch indoctrination” like joining a community of “like-minded individuals” that looks like this.
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Nothing says “I’m going to ditch indoctrination” like joining a community of “like-minded individuals” that looks like this.
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You see a new group like this pop up every few years because hoodwinking wealthy donors into thinking you can break the two party system with technology is incredibly lucrative. It's free money for a political consultant. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...
An independent effort says AI is the secret to topple 2-party power in Congress
Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You see a new group like this pop up every few years because hoodwinking wealthy donors into thinking you can break the two party system with technology is incredibly lucrative. It's free money for a political consultant. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/g...
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going to bed on a sunday after a 4-day weekend
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
going to bed on a sunday after a 4-day weekend
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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It's funny I don't remember this being the take during the Biden presidency
Snappy take from the Washington Post.
tl;dr: inflation bad.
tl;dr: inflation bad.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's funny I don't remember this being the take during the Biden presidency
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
she does that same sneer-pout thing with her face that her snake husband does
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
she does that same sneer-pout thing with her face that her snake husband does
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From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
this is really really weird
Trump pardons a narcotics kingpin, but he blows up fishing boats in the Caribbean.
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
this is really really weird
AMAZING!!!
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
AMAZING!!!
Bratwurst Cowboys is perfect 😅
I see the National Football League is back to "screwing" the Detroit Lions in favor of their preferred franchises, such as the Dallas Cowboys and today, the Bratwurst Cowboys.
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bratwurst Cowboys is perfect 😅
ghouls
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ghouls
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On the roof spelling out PLEASE TAKE ME in Christas lights just in case any aliens are flying by right now
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
On the roof spelling out PLEASE TAKE ME in Christas lights just in case any aliens are flying by right now
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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I love it when little garbage cats develop the luxury of food snobbery. Yes he was tiny wet ball of fleas found in a ditch but now he's a velvet prince who wants the premium, organic, grain-free chicken in gravy, NOT the premium, organic, grain-free chicken au jus how dare you offer that garbage.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I love it when little garbage cats develop the luxury of food snobbery. Yes he was tiny wet ball of fleas found in a ditch but now he's a velvet prince who wants the premium, organic, grain-free chicken in gravy, NOT the premium, organic, grain-free chicken au jus how dare you offer that garbage.
He's gross. This is gross.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a former Democrat who is running for #MIGov as an independent, just refused to condemn Donald Trump's threats to execute Democratic lawmakers
Duggan won’t say if Trump’s execution threats go too far - Detroit Metro Times
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan had an opportunity this weekend to say whether he thinks President Donald Trump’s threats of jailing and executing political opponents has gone too far.
www.metrotimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
He's gross. This is gross.
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I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wonder how many people are gonna catastrophically fuck up thanksgiving by using chatgpt for their recipes