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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 10h

Veggie cream cheese on an egg bagel, lightly toasted

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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 1d

#Pastor in #Chicago who was shot multiple times with pepper balls by #ICE agents and #protestors were assaulted, pushed to the ground and shot with #pepperballs. He speaks out about the raids and people doing them.
#USApolitics #UKPOLI #AUSPOLI #CDNPOLI
#Chicago #IceRaids #NationalGuardDeployment

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody takes their clothes off (okay there’s like five seconds of Cate Blanchett in underwear in the middle distance) and this movie is still so horny

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 1d

Black Bag rules

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 1d

My mistake! I was being glib and did not mean any offense

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

woke sinners in the hands of an angry god pastors when

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 1d

I stand corrected

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 1d

I need everybody to be cool about the Pope and Episcopalians all being on the side of immigration

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Chanting, "we are the body of Christ! The body of Christ will be free!"

This crowd has swelled considerably. Few hundred here now.

SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 1d

I need everybody to be cool about the Pope and Episcopalians all being on the side of immigration

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Chanting, "we are the body of Christ! The body of Christ will be free!"

This crowd has swelled considerably. Few hundred here now.

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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 2d

Genuinely think that for some people they've got this weird psychological reaction where Dems winning makes them panic *more* because all good news must somehow be a trick.

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile Judah Friedlander’s character goes, performs, kills, and comes back and nobody has any idea he was gone.

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 2d

Jeff Mangum. Listen I loved NMH in college too but I don’t need to listen to Jeff Mangum sing about semen covering mountaintops while he’s thinking about Anne Frank

Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 2d

lyrics challenge part 2. who's the worst?

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 2d

I get there’s an argument for dangling the Nobel in Trump’s face to try to get him to do good things but a) that’s not what Fetterman is doing and b) given everything else Trump is doing even if he personally brokered a lasting I/P resolution and got Russia to surrender it would still be obscene.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

What do you mean "possible rise," dude is at the top of the pack. He is the literal pope

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 2d

Is this a Protestant thing? I was raised Catholic and “Pharisee” was only ever used when talking about scripture.

Baby Boy Monaghan @babyboymonaghan.bsky.social · 2d

I don't like it, but I understand why Christians absolutely refuse to stop saying Pharisee the way they do, despite it being ahistoric and antisemitic.

For believers, it's the word of God, and they refuse to interrogate that. For atheists of a Christian background, it's fiction, so who cares?

SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 2d

There’s also a very low burden of proof for a grand jury. The prosecution just has to show probable cause, which is to say a reasonable basis to believe a crime has been committed. Since there’s no rebuttal, this is generally pretty easy to do.

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not kidding when I say these weird ass costumes and antics are actually an extremely effective tactic from a media standpoint bc when enough people do them, the media can’t fully scrub them out

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 2d

Indicting political opponents & critics because they are political opponents & critics is terrifying.

It's completely inconsistent with the rule of law & democracy.

It should scare everyone - and (hopefully) will get people to realize that we all need to stand against this.

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 2d

This is actually remarkably legible compared to some Cyrillic script I’ve seen

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I think Russian schools still teach cursive but Russian handwriting is crazybonkers.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 2d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 2d

And they were right to do so

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 2d

one of the things that the new dem admin will need to do isn't just abolish DHS, but abolish huge swaths of the intelligence apparatus that has accrued post-9/11

SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 5d

And oh hey, it also involves the CIA as well which has also given them expanded authority to "to conduct lethal targeting and carry out covert action in the region"

The opinion, which was produced by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel and has not been previously reported, argues that the president is allowed to authorize deadly force against a broad range of cartels because they pose an imminent threat to Americans. The list of cartels goes beyond those the administration has publicly designated as terrorist organizations, the people familiar with the opinion said.

The opinion is significant, legal experts said, because it appears to justify an open-ended war against a secret list of groups, giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review. Historically, those involved in drug trafficking were considered criminals with due process rights, with the Coast Guard interdicting drug-trafficking vessels and arresting smugglers.

At the Pentagon, some military lawyers, including international law experts within DoD’s Office of General Counsel, have raised concerns about the legality of the lethal strikes on suspected drug traffickers, sources familiar with the matter said.

Multiple current and former JAGs — military lawyers who are members of the judge advocate general’s corps —told CNN that the strikes do not appear lawful.

Pentagon lawyers, even if they have concerns, cannot overrule the OLC opinion, which is the prevailing legal interpretation of the executive branch. Many DoD lawyers are also reluctant to openly dissent, three current JAGs told CNN.

“The way forward is just to eat it and put your head down and act in accordance with [Secretary of Defense] Hegseth’s new policies,” said one. “No JAG is trying to rock the boat or get noticed.”

The Justice Department opinion forms a key part of the administration’s ramped up campaign against Latin American drug cartels, which also includes expanded authorities for the CIA to conduct lethal targeting and carry out covert action in the region, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. President Donald Trump updated CIA’s authorities around the same time he signed a secret directive ordering the military to begin striking Latin American drug cartels earlier this summer, the sources said.

CNN reported in April that the CIA had begun reviewing its authorities to use lethal force against drug cartels in Mexico and beyond, as the Trump administration moved to make taking on the cartels a major priority for the intelligence agency. The CIA is also already flying surveillance drones that are capable of being armed over Mexico.

A former senior intelligence official told CNN that there is a presidential directive, known as a “finding,” for CIA covert action related to the counternarcotics mission that dates back to the 1980s. That finding, however, is largely considered “open-ended” as far as defining actions the CIA can take, the former official added, noting it has been the subject of significant debate inside the administration since Trump’s second term began.

The administration had been working to update that finding to provide further clarity to CIA on the specific actions the agency needs to take in the region to further Trump’s counter-cartel campaign, the former official said.

The expansion of CIA’s authorities to include lethal targeting against cartel actors, however, is also fraught with risk. In Latin America, there are, comparatively, far more US-born citizens and green card holders — people who might have the standing to sue the US government if they are harmed. And that is a novel problem for the CIA, CNN has reported.

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 2d

I’d really like people who agree on 99% of things to stop treating that 1% disagreement as proof of innate evil

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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 2d

Ralph Wiggum delivering his legendary "Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel were in the closet making babies" speech

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2d

I think the Supreme Court and its defenders try to deny this blatant bias toward Trump by highlighting distinctions between cases—oh, you don't understand, student loan forgiveness was illegal while impoundment is permissible because [reasons]. But the big picture tells an undeniably damning story.

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