Ben Crittenden
@bencritt.bsky.social
My interests include hiking, camping, backpacking, climbing, hunting, fishing, reading, history, political science, programming, education, and video games.
www.bencritt.net
www.bencritt.net
Jimmy Kimmel and the First Amendment | Explainer
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September 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
I have a hobby website, built on the @djangoproject.com framework, to host my @python.org projects. One of my web apps relies on a free API run by the @usdot.bsky.social FMCSA QCMobile API. Not only is this API currently down, but so is the entire dev site.
mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov
mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov
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June 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have a hobby website, built on the @djangoproject.com framework, to host my @python.org projects. One of my web apps relies on a free API run by the @usdot.bsky.social FMCSA QCMobile API. Not only is this API currently down, but so is the entire dev site.
mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov
mobile.fmcsa.dot.gov
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I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
February 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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We want to remind everyone: stay disciplined, even when provoked. Darkness cannot drive out darkness.
June 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
We want to remind everyone: stay disciplined, even when provoked. Darkness cannot drive out darkness.
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My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
June 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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Solidarity Forever #MayDay @rockriverdsa.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Solidarity Forever #MayDay @rockriverdsa.bsky.social
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Trump is persistently behaving as Putin's junior partner. What does Putin want?
1. Control of Ukraine!
2. Stop USAID medical & food support!
3. Stop fre media through Radio Free Europe & Radio Liberty!
4. End US democracy promotion!
Etc.
Trump is Putin's loyal servant.
1. Control of Ukraine!
2. Stop USAID medical & food support!
3. Stop fre media through Radio Free Europe & Radio Liberty!
4. End US democracy promotion!
Etc.
Trump is Putin's loyal servant.
April 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Trump is persistently behaving as Putin's junior partner. What does Putin want?
1. Control of Ukraine!
2. Stop USAID medical & food support!
3. Stop fre media through Radio Free Europe & Radio Liberty!
4. End US democracy promotion!
Etc.
Trump is Putin's loyal servant.
1. Control of Ukraine!
2. Stop USAID medical & food support!
3. Stop fre media through Radio Free Europe & Radio Liberty!
4. End US democracy promotion!
Etc.
Trump is Putin's loyal servant.
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers may act to remove Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan.
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Wisconsin Republicans signal they want to remove Judge Hannah Dugan. Here's how that may work.
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers may act to remove Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan.
www.jsonline.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Wisconsin Republican lawmakers may act to remove Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan.
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
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Trump envoy meets Putin hours after Moscow killing of Russian general www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Trump envoy meets Putin hours after Moscow killing of Russian general
Russian official calls talks with Steve Witkoff ‘quite useful’ as investigation launched into suspected Ukrainian bombing
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Trump envoy meets Putin hours after Moscow killing of Russian general www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Things are getting worse. Is my Representative, @bryansteil.bsky.social, in support of these gangster government tactics?
We must elect @wisdems.org and @democrats.org to office and stop this madness.
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We must elect @wisdems.org and @democrats.org to office and stop this madness.
wapo.st/3GFELBq
Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigrant arrest
Judge Hannah Dugan’s arrest is the first known instance of the Trump administration charging a local official with interfering with immigration enforcement.
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April 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Things are getting worse. Is my Representative, @bryansteil.bsky.social, in support of these gangster government tactics?
We must elect @wisdems.org and @democrats.org to office and stop this madness.
wapo.st/3GFELBq
We must elect @wisdems.org and @democrats.org to office and stop this madness.
wapo.st/3GFELBq
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Almost every year in the last dozen or so, I've visited the Columbia University to give a talk to a class on writing history for journalists. No longer. I have no desire to associate with collaborationist institutions.
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Emails Show Mohsen Mahdawi Pleaded with Columbia for Protection for Months Before ICE Detained Him
“Is this how Columbia cares for its students?” the green card holder asked less than a month before his arrest this week.
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April 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Almost every year in the last dozen or so, I've visited the Columbia University to give a talk to a class on writing history for journalists. No longer. I have no desire to associate with collaborationist institutions.
zeteo.com/p/emails-sho...
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"The night of that lame duck protest in 2018 is seared on my memory because it was such an indictment of a broken democracy...that they used their power to take away responsibility from somebody who had just won an election that couldn't be rigged."
On, Wisconsin!
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On, Wisconsin!
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Wisconsin Democrats chairman Wikler to leave post, says party is in 'extraordinary shape'
Ben Wikler, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, said Thursday in a letter to party members he is leaving the party "in extraordinarily strong shape."
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April 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"The night of that lame duck protest in 2018 is seared on my memory because it was such an indictment of a broken democracy...that they used their power to take away responsibility from somebody who had just won an election that couldn't be rigged."
On, Wisconsin!
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
On, Wisconsin!
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...