Ben Verdi
@benverdi.bsky.social
Strategy at @americanprogress 🗽 🇺🇸
Data enjoyer 📊 📈 Knower of ball 🏈 ⚾️
#altcitizen Opinions mine.
https://www.americanprogress.org/people/ben-verdi/
Data enjoyer 📊 📈 Knower of ball 🏈 ⚾️
#altcitizen Opinions mine.
https://www.americanprogress.org/people/ben-verdi/
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AOC on a 2028 presidential race against JD Vance: “I would stomp him.”
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
AOC on a 2028 presidential race against JD Vance: “I would stomp him.”
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I know Dems feel burned by Florida but they just flipped Miami and we know Trump’s numbers with Hispanics specifically have dropped — what they need here is a candidate.
www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...
www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats should try to win in Florida
First step: Find a candidate.
www.slowboring.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I know Dems feel burned by Florida but they just flipped Miami and we know Trump’s numbers with Hispanics specifically have dropped — what they need here is a candidate.
www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...
www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...
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Seems overly hopeful to be writing a 2026 work plan before the holidays.
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Seems overly hopeful to be writing a 2026 work plan before the holidays.
The Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) mainly cuts taxes, health care, and SNAP, with most tax cuts benefiting the rich www.americanprogress.org/shareable/th...
The Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) mainly cuts taxes, health care, and SNAP, with most tax cuts benefiting the rich
www.americanprogress.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) mainly cuts taxes, health care, and SNAP, with most tax cuts benefiting the rich www.americanprogress.org/shareable/th...
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Zohran Mamdani proved that young progressives can win—and change everything.
Think you could be next? 👀 runforwhat.net
Think you could be next? 👀 runforwhat.net
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Zohran Mamdani proved that young progressives can win—and change everything.
Think you could be next? 👀 runforwhat.net
Think you could be next? 👀 runforwhat.net
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Neera Tanden is bodying folks on Twitter
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Neera Tanden is bodying folks on Twitter
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Feeling inspired by all the winning so far? runforwhat.net - it's not too late to get on the ballot for 2026.
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Feeling inspired by all the winning so far? runforwhat.net - it's not too late to get on the ballot for 2026.
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🚨VIRGINIA: tomorrow is the last day to register to vote ahead of our November 4 election. Go to abigailspanberger.com/vote to check your status today.
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚨VIRGINIA: tomorrow is the last day to register to vote ahead of our November 4 election. Go to abigailspanberger.com/vote to check your status today.
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Should the European Union speed up enlargement?
Yes... but it should add Canada! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYww...
Yes... but it should add Canada! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYww...
Should the EU Speed Up Enlargement?
YouTube video by TLDR News EU
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Should the European Union speed up enlargement?
Yes... but it should add Canada! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYww...
Yes... but it should add Canada! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYww...
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My work has now been cited by leading figures from both Stars Trek and Wars.
We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My work has now been cited by leading figures from both Stars Trek and Wars.
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We’re in this together, Virginia.
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We’re in this together, Virginia.
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we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.
How Much It Costs to Drive an E.V. and a Gas Car in Every State
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
we charge our hyundai ioniq 5 around once every two to three weeks at a muncipal charger and i’d say it runs about $9 for 250 miles of range.
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U.S. billionaires reached a record breaking $7.6 trillion in wealth as of September 2025, an increase of $4.7 trillion in the less than eight years, per MorePerfectUnion.
October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
U.S. billionaires reached a record breaking $7.6 trillion in wealth as of September 2025, an increase of $4.7 trillion in the less than eight years, per MorePerfectUnion.
Audit companies are using AI to audit companies who use AI to provide other businesses with AI services. Our next recession will be our worst and our least surprising.
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report
Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.
www.afr.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Audit companies are using AI to audit companies who use AI to provide other businesses with AI services. Our next recession will be our worst and our least surprising.
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
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"After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like," Obama has said.
September 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like," Obama has said.
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Delighted that USA Today published my opinion piece today on @americanprogress.bsky.social's plan to undo Citizens United through state corporation laws.
Americans want dark money out of politics. We don't have to wait for Supreme Court. | Opinion
Corporations are not born; they are built. And the Supreme Court has always held that the power to build them belongs to states alone.
www.usatoday.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Delighted that USA Today published my opinion piece today on @americanprogress.bsky.social's plan to undo Citizens United through state corporation laws.
@everytown.bsky.social built a (depressing but essential) tool America has needed for decades, and everyone ought to bookmark it.
everytownresearch.org/labs/everysh...
everytownresearch.org/labs/everysh...
EveryShot
EveryShot is an AI-powered tool that tracks US shootings and gun violence in real-time, using US news outlets as sources of information.
everytownresearch.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
@everytown.bsky.social built a (depressing but essential) tool America has needed for decades, and everyone ought to bookmark it.
everytownresearch.org/labs/everysh...
everytownresearch.org/labs/everysh...