BenCisco
@bencisco.bsky.social
USAF (Retired), Sysadmin 2, MSCIS Candidate. Member of the Jackaltariat at https://balloon-juice.com/ . Proud member of the Divine 9 👌🏽♦️. No DMs
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Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Steve Inskeep’s softball interviews and platforming of fascists are the specific reason I stopped donating to NPR back in 2016. In that case it was Tucker Carlson.
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks conservative commentator Brett Cooper about her YouTube following, her recent criticisms of President Trump and her opinion of Nick Fuentes. n.pr/4oN340T
Brett Cooper says she makes up her own mind — about Trump and everything else
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks conservative commentator Brett Cooper about her YouTube following, her recent criticisms of President Trump and her opinion of Nick Fuentes.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Steve Inskeep’s softball interviews and platforming of fascists are the specific reason I stopped donating to NPR back in 2016. In that case it was Tucker Carlson.
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the first and only impeachment proceeding against a supreme court justice was over excessive partisanship fyi
Via MS NOW: Emil Bove is in attendance at Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania tonight.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
the first and only impeachment proceeding against a supreme court justice was over excessive partisanship fyi
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It’s important to remember that Laura Ingraham went to Dartmouth. She’s not as stupid as she sounds. She’s just a shameless liar.
December 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It’s important to remember that Laura Ingraham went to Dartmouth. She’s not as stupid as she sounds. She’s just a shameless liar.
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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Here is my deep and considered full-court pundit opinion about Talarico v. Crockett.
I will eagerly donate to and try to help whoever wins the primary.
I will eagerly donate to and try to help whoever wins the primary.
December 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Here is my deep and considered full-court pundit opinion about Talarico v. Crockett.
I will eagerly donate to and try to help whoever wins the primary.
I will eagerly donate to and try to help whoever wins the primary.
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Seconded. And I'll point and call out any ratfucking and backbiting after the fucking primary.
Here is my deep and considered full-court pundit opinion about Talarico v. Crockett.
I will eagerly donate to and try to help whoever wins the primary.
I will eagerly donate to and try to help whoever wins the primary.
December 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Seconded. And I'll point and call out any ratfucking and backbiting after the fucking primary.
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February 2025: Jasmine Crockett needs to run for POTUS! We need to LISTEN to Black Women! Jasmine Crockett is the voice we need!
December 2025: Why is Jasmine Crockett running for the Senate? Why is she tearing the Democrats apart? She needs to sit down! Nobody is going to vote for a Black woman!
December 2025: Why is Jasmine Crockett running for the Senate? Why is she tearing the Democrats apart? She needs to sit down! Nobody is going to vote for a Black woman!
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
February 2025: Jasmine Crockett needs to run for POTUS! We need to LISTEN to Black Women! Jasmine Crockett is the voice we need!
December 2025: Why is Jasmine Crockett running for the Senate? Why is she tearing the Democrats apart? She needs to sit down! Nobody is going to vote for a Black woman!
December 2025: Why is Jasmine Crockett running for the Senate? Why is she tearing the Democrats apart? She needs to sit down! Nobody is going to vote for a Black woman!
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It’s interesting that in January and February, folks loved Jasmine Crockett. And used her as the example of what they wanted Hakeem Jeffries to be, or Kamala Harris to be, etc. But now that Crockett is running for Senate, suddenly those same folks are singing a different tune. 🤔
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It’s interesting that in January and February, folks loved Jasmine Crockett. And used her as the example of what they wanted Hakeem Jeffries to be, or Kamala Harris to be, etc. But now that Crockett is running for Senate, suddenly those same folks are singing a different tune. 🤔
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Yall gon find out that Black folks dont play about Jasmine Crockett.
Alright, goodnight
Alright, goodnight
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Yall gon find out that Black folks dont play about Jasmine Crockett.
Alright, goodnight
Alright, goodnight
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I told y'all a while ago that white leftists would turn on Jasmine Crockett the minute she outlived her usefulness to them.
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I told y'all a while ago that white leftists would turn on Jasmine Crockett the minute she outlived her usefulness to them.
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Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ossoff: "This is so much deeper than the politics. What does it say about the moral condition of this Congress that the thing that has them all tied up in knots is a very simple question: Should people's health insurance premiums go up double or triple? This is a policy choice."
Oct JOLTS job report the worst since the pandemic.
December 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Oct JOLTS job report the worst since the pandemic.
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Ya can't lose the real WWIII and get puppeted around by Russia and just go 'woopsy, never mind that, we're fine'. This is a good real from the reality-based world. They ought to be careful in turn, and not assume they're immune from what got us.
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Ya can't lose the real WWIII and get puppeted around by Russia and just go 'woopsy, never mind that, we're fine'. This is a good real from the reality-based world. They ought to be careful in turn, and not assume they're immune from what got us.
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Heads-up if you’re in FL-12: Our rat-bastard congressman will be lying his ass off via teleconference at noon today.
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Heads-up if you’re in FL-12: Our rat-bastard congressman will be lying his ass off via teleconference at noon today.
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
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It's official: Rep. Jasmine Crockett has announced she's running for U.S. Senate in Texas.
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It's official: Rep. Jasmine Crockett has announced she's running for U.S. Senate in Texas.
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The "Texas is too racist to elect a Black woman senator but would've voted for the light skinned Black man if he hadn't dropped out" discourse will truly make your head spin.
December 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The "Texas is too racist to elect a Black woman senator but would've voted for the light skinned Black man if he hadn't dropped out" discourse will truly make your head spin.
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Knowing nothing else this would be a good heuristic. Given all the shit he's done to pander to the right (throwing transfolks under the bus, chatting it up with Bannon and friends, etc.), he shouldn't be on anyones short list.
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Knowing nothing else this would be a good heuristic. Given all the shit he's done to pander to the right (throwing transfolks under the bus, chatting it up with Bannon and friends, etc.), he shouldn't be on anyones short list.
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Realistically, while I think Gavin is a smart guy, he will never be my first choice in a primary because of his marriage to Guilfoyle. It shows really bad judgment.
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Realistically, while I think Gavin is a smart guy, he will never be my first choice in a primary because of his marriage to Guilfoyle. It shows really bad judgment.
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Whether it's Gavin Newsom marrying Kimberly Guilfoyle or Justin Trudeau dating Katy Perry, North American pretty boy politicians have made some questionable romantic choices.
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Whether it's Gavin Newsom marrying Kimberly Guilfoyle or Justin Trudeau dating Katy Perry, North American pretty boy politicians have made some questionable romantic choices.