Ben Silverstein ❌👑
@bensilverstein.bsky.social
I like burritos, dislike fascism, and do digital at @indivisible.org. Opinions my own.
There's a non-zero chance Pete Hegseth believes the world was black and white until the 1950s
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There's a non-zero chance Pete Hegseth believes the world was black and white until the 1950s
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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The media fell in love with Trump — the most mendacious person in the world — because he gave them “interesting stories” and now they’re doing the same with her for the exact same reason
November 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The media fell in love with Trump — the most mendacious person in the world — because he gave them “interesting stories” and now they’re doing the same with her for the exact same reason
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No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
Trump says he’s ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali refugees in Minnesota “immediately.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
No, he isn’t. There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not presidential power. TPS by law cannot be terminated early, and Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.
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Makes sense. She usually has plans on January 6th.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Makes sense. She usually has plans on January 6th.
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this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
Too many Dems see these votes as some masterful Republican trap they can't get out of when they're really an easy opportunity to highlight the dumb crap Republicans are spending their time on instead of addressing the cost of healthcare and groceries.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Eighty-six Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Too many Dems see these votes as some masterful Republican trap they can't get out of when they're really an easy opportunity to highlight the dumb crap Republicans are spending their time on instead of addressing the cost of healthcare and groceries.
I remember this guy. He was the one on TV two months ago claiming Dems have a culture of condoning violence.
Mike Johnson Justifies Trump Threatening to Execute Democrats
#Trump
#Trump
Mike Johnson Justifies Trump Threatening to Execute Democrats
Republicans are rushing to defend Donald Trump’s extremist ravings.
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I remember this guy. He was the one on TV two months ago claiming Dems have a culture of condoning violence.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
I wonder why these Dems might have felt the need to warn against illegal orders from the president.
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I wonder why these Dems might have felt the need to warn against illegal orders from the president.
...For reminding members of the military that they are under no obligation to obey unlawful orders. He's literally amplifying a call to hang members of the opposition party for stating the law.
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
...For reminding members of the military that they are under no obligation to obey unlawful orders. He's literally amplifying a call to hang members of the opposition party for stating the law.
Brilliant social media practitioners, these guys
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Brilliant social media practitioners, these guys
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one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
Trump's corrupt scheme to rig 2026 is suddenly falling apart:
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
*Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
*Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map
*Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats
On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It
As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights explains why the battle isn’t over—and what must happen now.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
one thing i think is true is that republicans assumed that democrats would not respond in kind and that the forceful pushback spooked them (a lesson to learn here, perhaps)
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For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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SNAP’s Return Offers Relief, but New Rules Threaten to Cut Off Millions
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
SNAP’s Return Offers Relief, but New Rules Threaten to Cut Off Millions
Federal benefits have resumed after the shutdown, but sweeping eligibility changes may push millions out of America’s largest anti-hunger program.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
SNAP’s Return Offers Relief, but New Rules Threaten to Cut Off Millions
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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Republican leaders don’t care if Americans go hungry w/o SNAP, if citizens are detained by ICE, if migrants are killed in illegal strikes on “drug boats”, or if millions die from USAID cuts.
But when it comes to their rich friends in the Epstein files, they suddenly must protect the “innocent.”
But when it comes to their rich friends in the Epstein files, they suddenly must protect the “innocent.”
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Republican leaders don’t care if Americans go hungry w/o SNAP, if citizens are detained by ICE, if migrants are killed in illegal strikes on “drug boats”, or if millions die from USAID cuts.
But when it comes to their rich friends in the Epstein files, they suddenly must protect the “innocent.”
But when it comes to their rich friends in the Epstein files, they suddenly must protect the “innocent.”
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I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
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Ya, as everyone knows, negotiating one individual at a time with a huge corporation always goes swimmingly well for the lone individual
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ya, as everyone knows, negotiating one individual at a time with a huge corporation always goes swimmingly well for the lone individual
As Trump welcomes MBS to his gold-plated palace with a taxpayer-funded military flyover, the UN warns crisis-level global hunger could double next year, owing largely to US cuts.
www.reuters.com/world/un-foo...
www.reuters.com/world/un-foo...
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
As Trump welcomes MBS to his gold-plated palace with a taxpayer-funded military flyover, the UN warns crisis-level global hunger could double next year, owing largely to US cuts.
www.reuters.com/world/un-foo...
www.reuters.com/world/un-foo...
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Trump supporters can explain away a lot, but I don't know how you find an innocent explanation for the guy frantically calling up members of Congress and begging them to keep the pedo files secret
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Trump supporters can explain away a lot, but I don't know how you find an innocent explanation for the guy frantically calling up members of Congress and begging them to keep the pedo files secret
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the situation room? the national security crisis management center at the white house?
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
the situation room? the national security crisis management center at the white house?
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for some reason, i don’t believe them
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
for some reason, i don’t believe them