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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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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 2h

*purgatorio*

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 3h

at this point just counting on GRIT

#Detroit #Grit

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Steph White @stephwhitemi.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 9h

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

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 3h

14?!!!? innings?

#LetsGoTigers

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The Detroiter @detroiter.bsky.social · 3h

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🕯 Tigers runs 🕯

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 4h

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 · 4h

you're not wrong

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 4h

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

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Canadian Squirrel @auntywilly.blacksky.app · 5h

COME ON DETROIT

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 5h

Dear Riley:

a homer please

thank you,

Angela

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 6h

Dear Tigers:

please score some runs now

thank you,

Angela

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DemocracySoon! @democracysoon.bsky.social · 5h

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

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 5h

Why the fuck did they pull Finnegan? So stupid

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 5h

This is so stressful! #DetroitTigers

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 5h

This is so stressful! #DetroitTigers

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ace @aceanbender.com · 6h

HOLY FUCK TARIK

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 6h

It's giving Panem

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 7h

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

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 6h

Let's make it a trend

Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 6h

Dear Tigers:

thank you that was awesome

your friend,

Angela

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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 6h

Dear Tigers:

please score some runs now

thank you,

Angela

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h

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 · 9h

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 · 7h

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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STABITHA🔪🔪🔪 @crabitha.slutmo.de · 12h

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WGN employee arrested by ICE

YouTube video by Big bilf

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14h

“we are telling you right now that we do not intend to honor anything we agree to” is certainly a negotiating position one can take

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 13h

WHAT THE HELL

Just one day after a federal court judge ordered ICE to stop using force against Chicago journalists, here is ICE using force against a Chicago journalist.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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