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Candice Bennett

@candicebennett.bsky.social

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Housing advocate, quilter/sewist, love to knit and crochet, have 3 cats and 2 dogs, Northern Virginian transplant originally from Houston, foodie, cocktail enthusiast…

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Feb 5

Reach out to your people. Even if you’re hurting too, they need to hear from you. I can’t emphasize this enough. We are not going to get through this, fight back, if we are not together.

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · 12d

Is there anyone left at WaPo?

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 18d

Republicans, get to work.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 21d

Republicans don't need a single democrat to keep the government open. If the government shuts down, it's because republicans want it to.

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · 22d

We need more of this. Spotted in #alxva

Sign saying “empathy” posted on an electrical pole.

Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · 24d

Please support Yasmin Williams, a local musician who is talented and generous with her time. She supported my non profit during COVID with a virtual performance for our donors. She’s just a lovely, kind person. www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...

Log Cabin Republicans Disrupted Yasmin Williams’s Kennedy Center Performance - Washingtonian

Staffers say center president Ric Grenell's office set aside passes for the group, which booed and heckled the musician.

www.washingtonian.com

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · 27d

Halloween Hello Kitty. Because I need a timeline cleanse. #thewoobles

Amigurumi Hellow Kitty in a glitter pumpkin costume

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Sep 15

A t-shirt quilt finish for me. I love my new “sassy” quilting design.

A block in a finished quilt, showing of the design “sassy” spelled out.

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Sep 12

Timeline cleanse

Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · Sep 12

Morning Kittens

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Sep 12

Timeline cleanse. Maine was gorgeous last week.

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · Sep 9

Republicans just blocked the chance for a full vote in Congress to release the Epstein files. They’re banking on people not paying attention.

These cowards care more about protecting billionaire pedophiles than doing their jobs.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 29

Bluesky needs a sad face response emoji.

Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 27

I literally just renewed my subscription before this news came out. I will happily put them in the bad place with WaPo if this proceeds.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · Aug 27

Did Will Smith really generate a crowd with AI?

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 25

Me too!

Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 23

My latest squishy mail from @yarnbaby.bsky.social caked up so pretty! #yarn

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 23

Someone needed to say it.

Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 23

Third year in a row to catch the indefatigable Joan Jett!

A shot of the stage while Joan Jett is playing and the backdrop illuminates in pink with a black heart.

Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 22

Just so we are clear, we are in the midst of a massive COVID outbreak in the DMV. But it’s not being reported and no one knows if and when the fall vaccine is coming out.

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 20

If Ken Paxton wants to call the 10 Commandments the basis for our "moral heritage" he would do well to go back to Bible study himself and maybe practice a little of what he dictates to others.

apnews.com/article/ten-...

Texas can't put the Ten Commandments in certain school districts' classrooms, judge says

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas from requiring nearly a dozen public school districts across the state to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom.

apnews.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · Aug 19

Forcing lawmakers you disagree with to comply with 24/7 police surveillance is a gross civil liberties violation.

President Trump and his allies in Texas will stop at nothing to silence voters of color, including targeting the elected officials who represent them.

Democratic Texas lawmaker passes 24-hour mark on state House floor after refusing GOP demand for law enforcement escort | CNN Politics

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.

www.cnn.com

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 19

Good grief this is awful branding.

Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 16

It is. I frankly wasn’t going to be surprised if I woke up in the morning to find out he’d given it away. Accidentally or intentionally. Could have gone either way.

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 15

For real, this is the stupid timeline. And every little bit is designed to distract from releasing the files.

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · Aug 15

The White House posted a video of armed law enforcement officers arresting the sandwich man

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Candice Bennett @candicebennett.bsky.social · Aug 15

Release the files.

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