Doc Benway
@docbenway.bsky.social
He/him. Lawyer but not your lawyer.
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no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.
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BABE WAKE UP GLORB JUST DROPPED www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyoo...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:11 AM
BABE WAKE UP GLORB JUST DROPPED www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyoo...
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Hi attorneys! Want to not be able to get to sleep tonight? Here's Judge Rakoff (probably the single most well-respected judge in SDNY) saying that the use of AI destroys both attorney-client privilege and work-product privilege.
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February 14, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Hi attorneys! Want to not be able to get to sleep tonight? Here's Judge Rakoff (probably the single most well-respected judge in SDNY) saying that the use of AI destroys both attorney-client privilege and work-product privilege.
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And it's just downright fuckin weird that you, and you're not alone in this, get a chip on your shoulder about the idea that people are doing politics in the hopes of enjoying the remainder of their lives rather than in an eternal hairshirt exercise.
February 14, 2026 at 4:04 AM
And it's just downright fuckin weird that you, and you're not alone in this, get a chip on your shoulder about the idea that people are doing politics in the hopes of enjoying the remainder of their lives rather than in an eternal hairshirt exercise.
Botulism, if you’re listening…
February 14, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Botulism, if you’re listening…
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DHS is shutting down shortly while the rest of the government remains open bc democrats (so far, things could change) actually handled this situation pretty well, but if you think those facts are going to have any effect on senate Gabe’s poasting, well, I’m afraid you don’t know senate Gabe.
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
DHS is shutting down shortly while the rest of the government remains open bc democrats (so far, things could change) actually handled this situation pretty well, but if you think those facts are going to have any effect on senate Gabe’s poasting, well, I’m afraid you don’t know senate Gabe.
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Hahahhahaha yessssss
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Hahahhahaha yessssss
I wonder similar things about the Zuckerbergs of the world who for some reason think when the bombs drop/calderas blow/etc that they can retreat to their bunkers with security teams to keep the rabble out and not get immediately capped by said security
a thing i have never understood about a certain class of our wannabe oligarchy is whether they realize that if their authoritarian oligarch dreams ever come true, they will be significantly *more* vulnerable to the power of the state, not less
it seems very obvious to me that you’re much better off being an extremely rich person in the US than in Russia or China or KSA but apparently some number of rich Americans disagree
February 14, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I wonder similar things about the Zuckerbergs of the world who for some reason think when the bombs drop/calderas blow/etc that they can retreat to their bunkers with security teams to keep the rabble out and not get immediately capped by said security
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February 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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it seems very obvious to me that you’re much better off being an extremely rich person in the US than in Russia or China or KSA but apparently some number of rich Americans disagree
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
it seems very obvious to me that you’re much better off being an extremely rich person in the US than in Russia or China or KSA but apparently some number of rich Americans disagree
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I am going to be honest that if you aren’t sure whether or not it would be good if the fascists kill a prominent anti-fascist activist with whom you have developed an inscrutable parasocial antagonism, I really doubt the sincerity of your commitment to leftism or anti-fascism
January 17, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I am going to be honest that if you aren’t sure whether or not it would be good if the fascists kill a prominent anti-fascist activist with whom you have developed an inscrutable parasocial antagonism, I really doubt the sincerity of your commitment to leftism or anti-fascism
Wired has generally been pretty good but shit like this makes them lose credible. Senior writers should not be lying to their readers and if this isn’t lying it’s delusion
February 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Wired has generally been pretty good but shit like this makes them lose credible. Senior writers should not be lying to their readers and if this isn’t lying it’s delusion
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i cannot believe we're doing Discourse on whiskey fridays with tony dokoupil
February 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
i cannot believe we're doing Discourse on whiskey fridays with tony dokoupil
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“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
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i would like to see impeachment articles filed against Noem at this point.
there was maybe a case before we hit shutdown for not doing it because it might negatively affect chances of a deal; that case no longer exists.
there was maybe a case before we hit shutdown for not doing it because it might negatively affect chances of a deal; that case no longer exists.
Bovino gone for real is the minimum personnel outcome and if that's all we get I will be unhappy.
Bovino+impeach and miss on Noem is an L but an acceptable one.
Bovino+Noem quits or gets fired or gets successfully impeached+removed is a W.
Bovino+Noem+Miller is a big W.
Bovino+impeach and miss on Noem is an L but an acceptable one.
Bovino+Noem quits or gets fired or gets successfully impeached+removed is a W.
Bovino+Noem+Miller is a big W.
February 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
i would like to see impeachment articles filed against Noem at this point.
there was maybe a case before we hit shutdown for not doing it because it might negatively affect chances of a deal; that case no longer exists.
there was maybe a case before we hit shutdown for not doing it because it might negatively affect chances of a deal; that case no longer exists.
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The thing about all the Newsom posting is that people are giving themselves negative feelings about the party as a whole based on something at best hypothetical (more likely imaginary) and after the thing doesn’t come to pass, those negative feelings will remain, searching for justification.
February 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
The thing about all the Newsom posting is that people are giving themselves negative feelings about the party as a whole based on something at best hypothetical (more likely imaginary) and after the thing doesn’t come to pass, those negative feelings will remain, searching for justification.
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Independents say 2:1 that Bad Bunny "better represents America" than Donald Trump www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
February 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Independents say 2:1 that Bad Bunny "better represents America" than Donald Trump www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
This is fucking despicable cruelty
They are just relentlessly evil people
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
This is fucking despicable cruelty
Why do people who are not Americans, claim to hate all things American, and don’t understand how the American political system works feel compelled to comment on American politics? It’s bad enough when Americans who hate America and don’t understand American politics feel compelled to comment.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Why do people who are not Americans, claim to hate all things American, and don’t understand how the American political system works feel compelled to comment on American politics? It’s bad enough when Americans who hate America and don’t understand American politics feel compelled to comment.
There’s like three separate discourses going on today that all amount to an argument for more fascism because it will magically heighten the contradictions enough to spark the global revolution and everybody saying this shit needs to go take a walk
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
There’s like three separate discourses going on today that all amount to an argument for more fascism because it will magically heighten the contradictions enough to spark the global revolution and everybody saying this shit needs to go take a walk
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Your epistemology is deeply impoverished, seek help
there would be no real concrete effects of an AOC presidency that would be materially different from a JD Vance presidency because they all work for the capitalist ruling class and not for us, yes including AOC. we don't need a different president we need a dictatorship of the proletariat.
This is about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
My earnest advice to you is to stop worrying about labels like "liberal" and "conservative" and think about the immediate, concrete, REAL effects of, say, an AOC presidency vs. A JD Vance presidency
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Your epistemology is deeply impoverished, seek help
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you don't get to smol bean after you call someone's partner "kinda stupid"
Words have consequences, either accept that or go back to the internet kiddie pool
Words have consequences, either accept that or go back to the internet kiddie pool
being informed by a cis man that i am "a waste of space and oxygen" because i think trans people should insist dem candidates support trans rights. very normal and we've very much got a defender of the trans community here
February 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
you don't get to smol bean after you call someone's partner "kinda stupid"
Words have consequences, either accept that or go back to the internet kiddie pool
Words have consequences, either accept that or go back to the internet kiddie pool
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AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."
February 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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one of america’s most cherished folk singers wrote an entire song about what a cruel criminal piece of shit donald trump’s father was all the way back in 1954 and somehow this basically never comes up in any story about the trumps, they have literally *always* been this way
the whole fucking family from trump’s parents on down have been a goddamned blight on this country for at least seven decades
February 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
one of america’s most cherished folk singers wrote an entire song about what a cruel criminal piece of shit donald trump’s father was all the way back in 1954 and somehow this basically never comes up in any story about the trumps, they have literally *always* been this way
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ICE is moving forward with its plan to convert an abandoned warehouse located in Chester, NY into a detention facility.
New Yorkers have seen the appalling, inhumane conditions of ICE's mass detention camps and their response couldn't be more clear: ICE and its cruelty have no place in New York.
New Yorkers have seen the appalling, inhumane conditions of ICE's mass detention camps and their response couldn't be more clear: ICE and its cruelty have no place in New York.
ICE says it has purchased Hudson Valley site for detention facilities
An ICE spokesperson said Thursday that it had purchased a site in the Hudson Valley.
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February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
ICE is moving forward with its plan to convert an abandoned warehouse located in Chester, NY into a detention facility.
New Yorkers have seen the appalling, inhumane conditions of ICE's mass detention camps and their response couldn't be more clear: ICE and its cruelty have no place in New York.
New Yorkers have seen the appalling, inhumane conditions of ICE's mass detention camps and their response couldn't be more clear: ICE and its cruelty have no place in New York.