Brad Benner
@bbenner7.bsky.social
Fifty-something software development engineer living in Idaho. Lover of fast computers, slow airplanes, nat 20's, and things that go bang! He/him.
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Since illegally abducting Maduro 10 hours ago, Trump has threatened to take action in:
- Mexico
- Colombia
- Cuba
It’s blatantly clear he wants to take over the whole region and isn’t gonna let laws get in the way.
- Mexico
- Colombia
- Cuba
It’s blatantly clear he wants to take over the whole region and isn’t gonna let laws get in the way.
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Since illegally abducting Maduro 10 hours ago, Trump has threatened to take action in:
- Mexico
- Colombia
- Cuba
It’s blatantly clear he wants to take over the whole region and isn’t gonna let laws get in the way.
- Mexico
- Colombia
- Cuba
It’s blatantly clear he wants to take over the whole region and isn’t gonna let laws get in the way.
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Not that crazy IMO
➡️ The Republican-run Supreme Court has ruled the President can't be prosecuted for doing crimes in office
➡️ The Republican-run Congress has decided Trump's the boss and they are mere spectators
Historically, tell a guy he's a god-king with no consequences and this is the result
➡️ The Republican-run Supreme Court has ruled the President can't be prosecuted for doing crimes in office
➡️ The Republican-run Congress has decided Trump's the boss and they are mere spectators
Historically, tell a guy he's a god-king with no consequences and this is the result
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Not that crazy IMO
➡️ The Republican-run Supreme Court has ruled the President can't be prosecuted for doing crimes in office
➡️ The Republican-run Congress has decided Trump's the boss and they are mere spectators
Historically, tell a guy he's a god-king with no consequences and this is the result
➡️ The Republican-run Supreme Court has ruled the President can't be prosecuted for doing crimes in office
➡️ The Republican-run Congress has decided Trump's the boss and they are mere spectators
Historically, tell a guy he's a god-king with no consequences and this is the result
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Words cannot adequately express how terrible a situation America is in today.
I’m equally angry, saddened & overwhelmed by it all.
I’m equally angry, saddened & overwhelmed by it all.
(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: IN NATIONAL ADDRESS, TRUMP SAYS (THREE TIMES) THAT THE UNITED STATES IS “RUNNING VENEZUELA NOW” AND “WE ARE GOING TO STAY IN VENEZUELA”
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Words cannot adequately express how terrible a situation America is in today.
I’m equally angry, saddened & overwhelmed by it all.
I’m equally angry, saddened & overwhelmed by it all.
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Maduro is awful but this isn't order prevailing over chaos, this is a territorial takeover of one criminal overlord by another. I hope that a year from now the Venezuelan people are still happy and didn't go from bad to worse but Trump's track record on making people's lives better is not good.
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Maduro is awful but this isn't order prevailing over chaos, this is a territorial takeover of one criminal overlord by another. I hope that a year from now the Venezuelan people are still happy and didn't go from bad to worse but Trump's track record on making people's lives better is not good.
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America is not going to be rescued from utter fascism by Democrats, at least not those currently in power.
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
America is not going to be rescued from utter fascism by Democrats, at least not those currently in power.
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
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The criminal Trump kidnapped Maduro and his wife in a lawless invasion and proudly threatened other leaders in the region that they could face the same. We are living in a sick rogue state, people.
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The criminal Trump kidnapped Maduro and his wife in a lawless invasion and proudly threatened other leaders in the region that they could face the same. We are living in a sick rogue state, people.
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Indeed. Because in the US, there is still all too much support for the dictator, including from SCOTUS, and he will be continue to be propped up by his MAGA-GOP accomplices.
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Indeed. Because in the US, there is still all too much support for the dictator, including from SCOTUS, and he will be continue to be propped up by his MAGA-GOP accomplices.
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it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM
it's time to play America's favorite new game, 'what the fuck am I waking up to now'
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
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I missed this essential piece over Thanksgiving on LGBTQ+ resorting to 2A remedies which prominently features SW #Idaho.
Must read. #idpol
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
Must read. #idpol
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I missed this essential piece over Thanksgiving on LGBTQ+ resorting to 2A remedies which prominently features SW #Idaho.
Must read. #idpol
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
Must read. #idpol
www.wired.com/story/the-ha...
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Kinda seems like Trump punishing Colorado for not releasing Tina Peters (who tried to help him steal the election) from prison should be a bigger story
December 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kinda seems like Trump punishing Colorado for not releasing Tina Peters (who tried to help him steal the election) from prison should be a bigger story
Because of course they did...
As Idaho reckons with revelations of widespread sexual abuse by women’s prison staff, the Trump administration has cut off support meant to help states combat that kind of abuse. By @wbryen.bsky.social - www.investigatewest.org/idahos-effor...
Trump cuts hamper Idaho prison abuse reform efforts
Cuts to Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center result in less state support for training, guidance and grants
www.investigatewest.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Because of course they did...
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The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
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He's like an animal who has to scent-mark everything.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
He's like an animal who has to scent-mark everything.
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those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
This will not end well for the administration...
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This will not end well for the administration...
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I have a second degree connection to Elon and from what I’ve heard of direct dealings with him, he’s not a genius and doesn’t possess such stereotypical personality traits. I think he’s just doped up on Special K and he’s fucking weird.
Wiles described Elon Musk as "an avowed ketamine" user and "an odd, odd duck, as I think geniuses are."
White House launches damage control over unfiltered Wiles interviews
"The article published early this morning is a disingenuously framed hit piece," Wiles said in a statement.
www.axios.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I have a second degree connection to Elon and from what I’ve heard of direct dealings with him, he’s not a genius and doesn’t possess such stereotypical personality traits. I think he’s just doped up on Special K and he’s fucking weird.
Yeah, pretty much...
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Yeah, pretty much...
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nick Fuentes went on piers Morgan, said he's attracted to women, but never had sex with a woman because they're all fat and annoying and shouldn't be allowed to vote or let out of the house.
this is who the gop is pushing as their youth outreach coordinator?
Male loneliness epidemic intensifies
this is who the gop is pushing as their youth outreach coordinator?
Male loneliness epidemic intensifies
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
nick Fuentes went on piers Morgan, said he's attracted to women, but never had sex with a woman because they're all fat and annoying and shouldn't be allowed to vote or let out of the house.
this is who the gop is pushing as their youth outreach coordinator?
Male loneliness epidemic intensifies
this is who the gop is pushing as their youth outreach coordinator?
Male loneliness epidemic intensifies
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photos of Trump's bandaged hand last night from Alex Wong of Getty
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
photos of Trump's bandaged hand last night from Alex Wong of Getty
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Remember when technology was exciting and we thought it was going to help expand creativity and save the world?
Remember, “think different”
I miss us.
Remember, “think different”
I miss us.
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Remember when technology was exciting and we thought it was going to help expand creativity and save the world?
Remember, “think different”
I miss us.
Remember, “think different”
I miss us.