Benjamin Byron Davis
@bigbendavis.bsky.social
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As expected, Trump working hard to get Hungary’s Viktor Orbán re-elected.
February 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
As expected, Trump working hard to get Hungary’s Viktor Orbán re-elected.
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looks like they're on board
Shell wants to export Venezuelan gas through Trinidad, CEO says reut.rs/4kmlYLl
Shell wants to export Venezuelan gas through Trinidad, CEO says
Shell hopes to produce gas from Venezuela's Dragon field in three years and have it processed in Trinidad and Tobago for export, CEO Wael Sawan told Bloomberg TV in an interview on Thursday.
reut.rs
February 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
looks like they're on board
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Moderna announced that they’re cutting back late-stage vaccine trials due to the uncertainty in the US market www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
Moderna chief: Company won’t invest in new late-stage vaccine trials
Moderna has already been facing declines in sales after a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 4, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Moderna announced that they’re cutting back late-stage vaccine trials due to the uncertainty in the US market www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
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This is the day's essential read. Tom Nichols: It is not up to the armed forces to put a stop to Trump’s ghastly ideas of war against NATO. The US is not run by the military, nor should it be. Americans, and their elected representatives, must take this burden away from the armed forces—now.
The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal
Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
This is the day's essential read. Tom Nichols: It is not up to the armed forces to put a stop to Trump’s ghastly ideas of war against NATO. The US is not run by the military, nor should it be. Americans, and their elected representatives, must take this burden away from the armed forces—now.
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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
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This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training.
This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.
I think they know this is bad. Really bad.
This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.
I think they know this is bad. Really bad.
January 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training.
This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.
I think they know this is bad. Really bad.
This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.
I think they know this is bad. Really bad.
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The Constitution was designed to make liberty durable by making power difficult. It was also intended to adapt, to learn, to be amended as needed. Repairing it requires neither blind nostalgia nor total repudiation—just the will to use it as intended.
@andycraig.bsky.social
@andycraig.bsky.social
The UnPopulist Launches ‘The Reconstruction Agenda’
Liberals need to start planning for a post-authoritarian future and rebuilding stronger institutions that a rogue president can’t so easily take over and weaponize again
www.theunpopulist.net
January 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The Constitution was designed to make liberty durable by making power difficult. It was also intended to adapt, to learn, to be amended as needed. Repairing it requires neither blind nostalgia nor total repudiation—just the will to use it as intended.
@andycraig.bsky.social
@andycraig.bsky.social
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ICE officers in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman in a car, but details of the shooting remained unclear, with conflicting accounts from local and federal officials. The shooting took place about a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. Follow updates.
Live Updates: Minneapolis Mayor Disputes Federal Account of Fatal ICE Shooting
Immigration officers opened fire on a 37-year-old woman in a car, who a federal spokeswoman said was trying to kill them. City officials disputed that account, describing the shooting as an overreaction.
nyti.ms
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
ICE officers in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman in a car, but details of the shooting remained unclear, with conflicting accounts from local and federal officials. The shooting took place about a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. Follow updates.
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complete batshit insanity
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
complete batshit insanity
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I was hoping when large media covered Mobile Fortify, the ICE facial app we revealed in June, it would add substantial information. Instead this front page WSJ piece rehashes our reporting, presents it as new attributed to officials, and forgets to capitalize M in 404 Media bsky.app/profile/cori...
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I was hoping when large media covered Mobile Fortify, the ICE facial app we revealed in June, it would add substantial information. Instead this front page WSJ piece rehashes our reporting, presents it as new attributed to officials, and forgets to capitalize M in 404 Media bsky.app/profile/cori...
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One of most remarkable US presentations at UN Security Council I've ever seen.
- No reference to UN Charter legal justification
- Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned)
- Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal
- Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989
- No reference to UN Charter legal justification
- Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned)
- Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal
- Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989
January 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
One of most remarkable US presentations at UN Security Council I've ever seen.
- No reference to UN Charter legal justification
- Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned)
- Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal
- Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989
- No reference to UN Charter legal justification
- Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned)
- Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal
- Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989
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Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.
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On average, the more than 20 million subsidized enrollees in the Affordable Care Act program are seeing their premium costs rise by 114% in 2026, according to an analysis by the health care research nonprofit KFF.
Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes
The arrival of the New Year’s Day deadline with no fix from Congress cemented higher health costs for millions of Americans, including many self-employed workers, small business owners, farme…
trib.al
January 5, 2026 at 3:36 AM
On average, the more than 20 million subsidized enrollees in the Affordable Care Act program are seeing their premium costs rise by 114% in 2026, according to an analysis by the health care research nonprofit KFF.
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Reporting from "The Wall Street Journal" makes clear Mar-a-Lago was key to Epstein’s criminal enterprise, @jeetheer.bsky.social. Trump’s critics should not hesitate to hammer this fact home.
https://bit.ly/4qsblIS
https://bit.ly/4qsblIS
Mar-a-Lago Was Key to Jeffrey Epstein’s Criminal Enterprise
New reporting shows that Trump’s split with his pedophile friend was opportunistic.
www.thenation.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Reporting from "The Wall Street Journal" makes clear Mar-a-Lago was key to Epstein’s criminal enterprise, @jeetheer.bsky.social. Trump’s critics should not hesitate to hammer this fact home.
https://bit.ly/4qsblIS
https://bit.ly/4qsblIS
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"What the current Supreme Court has done is take the proper and constitutional role of the Court and wrench it into something very different," @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. "That very different thing is corrupt, unconstitutional and undermines democratic self-government itself."
The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It
Chris Geidner flags today an appearance by CBS News’ Chief Legal Correspondent...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"What the current Supreme Court has done is take the proper and constitutional role of the Court and wrench it into something very different," @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. "That very different thing is corrupt, unconstitutional and undermines democratic self-government itself."
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Once again raising the question -- why is the president's son-in-law at this official event?
Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller with seats at the table at Mar-a-Lago meeting with Zelenskyy.
December 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Once again raising the question -- why is the president's son-in-law at this official event?
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Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
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Some of the best political reporting these days is coming out of Rolling Stone magazine.
This piece is among the most important I've read recently: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This piece is among the most important I've read recently: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Some of the best political reporting these days is coming out of Rolling Stone magazine.
This piece is among the most important I've read recently: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This piece is among the most important I've read recently: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
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The science behind gender-affirming care has been endorsed by every major medical organization. This isn't about science or medicine. It's about the discomfort many non-trans people feel over the *existence* of trans people.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday. n.pr/44xQKdD
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The science behind gender-affirming care has been endorsed by every major medical organization. This isn't about science or medicine. It's about the discomfort many non-trans people feel over the *existence* of trans people.
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On yet another week where gun violence has claimed far too many lives, a gun advocacy group and Michigan Republicans are trying to repeal my commonsense Red Flag Law, a law that is **saving** lives.
Not on my watch.
Not on my watch.
McMorrow: Red flag law is saving lives
I will never forget the devastated parents I met with after the Oxford High School and Michigan State shootings. Their lives were shattered.
www.detroitnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
On yet another week where gun violence has claimed far too many lives, a gun advocacy group and Michigan Republicans are trying to repeal my commonsense Red Flag Law, a law that is **saving** lives.
Not on my watch.
Not on my watch.
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The Department of Health and Human Services announced several different plans to further restrict gender affirming care to people under 18 across the country.
If finalized, these actions could effectively make it impossible for transgender minors to receive most affirming health care at hospitals.
If finalized, these actions could effectively make it impossible for transgender minors to receive most affirming health care at hospitals.
RFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn't get his way
The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Department of Health and Human Services announced several different plans to further restrict gender affirming care to people under 18 across the country.
If finalized, these actions could effectively make it impossible for transgender minors to receive most affirming health care at hospitals.
If finalized, these actions could effectively make it impossible for transgender minors to receive most affirming health care at hospitals.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Trump Media & Technology will merge with a fusion power company in an all-stock deal that the companies say is valued at more than $6 billion.
Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company
TAE is a private company and the merger with Trump Media would create one of the first publicly traded nuclear fusion companies.
nbcnews.to
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump Media & Technology will merge with a fusion power company in an all-stock deal that the companies say is valued at more than $6 billion.
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Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation