Doc Benway
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He/him. Lawyer but not your lawyer.
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Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
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will not get over that the people that backed biden right up until the end were most of the squad, handful of progressives, motherfucking joe manchin, and like half the cbc, and they were also the ones quickest to back harris instead of doing an insane primary
plus, the left has shown much better "party loyalty" and harm-reduction instincts in the actual voting booth than the center has. PUMA democrats bail to support the right when a more progressive candidate is on the ballot far more than leftists do when the usual centrist is.
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 AM
will not get over that the people that backed biden right up until the end were most of the squad, handful of progressives, motherfucking joe manchin, and like half the cbc, and they were also the ones quickest to back harris instead of doing an insane primary
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BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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being called a racist genocide denier because I referred to "Indian" tribes, by someone who turns around and claims Frederick Douglass is an illiterate who didn't understand slavery, is such an incredible bit that I'm not sure it would work as fiction. it could only be real. it could only be bluesky
February 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
being called a racist genocide denier because I referred to "Indian" tribes, by someone who turns around and claims Frederick Douglass is an illiterate who didn't understand slavery, is such an incredible bit that I'm not sure it would work as fiction. it could only be real. it could only be bluesky
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They’re dead because you and your party sent a death squad after them and their neighbors, idiot
Ron Johnson to Keith Ellison: "Two people are dead because you encouraged them to put themselves into harm's way! And now you are exploiting those two martyrs. You ought to feel damn guilty about it. Yeah, sit there and smirk. Smirk. It's sick! It's despicable. You disgust me."
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
They’re dead because you and your party sent a death squad after them and their neighbors, idiot
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Rooting for Abughazaleh to lose at this point because I think its important for the health of our politics that poorly run wrecker campaigns actually see consequences for their shitty behavior rather than be rewarded with a nomination.
Man that is a disgusting smear, you’re a campaign spokesperson? AIPAC doesn’t like Biss or Abughazaleh! loyolaphoenix.com/2025/10/pro-...
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Rooting for Abughazaleh to lose at this point because I think its important for the health of our politics that poorly run wrecker campaigns actually see consequences for their shitty behavior rather than be rewarded with a nomination.
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Bluesky "leftist": "Frederick Douglass wasn't literate enough to read and understand the Constitution. I am very smart and woke."
Doing great folks, just great.
Doing great folks, just great.
February 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Bluesky "leftist": "Frederick Douglass wasn't literate enough to read and understand the Constitution. I am very smart and woke."
Doing great folks, just great.
Doing great folks, just great.
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A very nasty bit of slight-of-hand is that they now completely ignore the actual question of "security" or "enforcement" and have adopted fully the Trump/Vance grievances about TPS and asylum. The narrative isn't about the border anymore or "legality", it's about undesirable racial populations.
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
A very nasty bit of slight-of-hand is that they now completely ignore the actual question of "security" or "enforcement" and have adopted fully the Trump/Vance grievances about TPS and asylum. The narrative isn't about the border anymore or "legality", it's about undesirable racial populations.
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This dynamic—ex-clerks who practice before their old bosses publicly singing their old bosses' praises—is one of those things that is uncontroversial within the legal profession, but normal people look at it and are like, wait, that's gross, how is that allowed ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This dynamic—ex-clerks who practice before their old bosses publicly singing their old bosses' praises—is one of those things that is uncontroversial within the legal profession, but normal people look at it and are like, wait, that's gross, how is that allowed ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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Trump's tariffs are the single largest tax hike in the postwar and it was done unilaterally without consent of Congress. Its actually outrageous when you think about it, and conservatives and Republicans just like accept it because yadda yadda daddy Trump. Unreal.
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Trump's tariffs are the single largest tax hike in the postwar and it was done unilaterally without consent of Congress. Its actually outrageous when you think about it, and conservatives and Republicans just like accept it because yadda yadda daddy Trump. Unreal.
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...without any of the following:
- comparing her to your ex
- using "bitch" and similar
- blaming her behavior on perimenopause
She's a liar, she's engaging in a vile coverup, she's incompetent. None of that is *because of her gender*.
- comparing her to your ex
- using "bitch" and similar
- blaming her behavior on perimenopause
She's a liar, she's engaging in a vile coverup, she's incompetent. None of that is *because of her gender*.
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
...without any of the following:
- comparing her to your ex
- using "bitch" and similar
- blaming her behavior on perimenopause
She's a liar, she's engaging in a vile coverup, she's incompetent. None of that is *because of her gender*.
- comparing her to your ex
- using "bitch" and similar
- blaming her behavior on perimenopause
She's a liar, she's engaging in a vile coverup, she's incompetent. None of that is *because of her gender*.
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It's very very funny to me that Demsas tries to answer the (true) "it's just another group" thing with this just after the Abundance guys padded themselves on the back for doing exactly what she's criticizing.
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It's very very funny to me that Demsas tries to answer the (true) "it's just another group" thing with this just after the Abundance guys padded themselves on the back for doing exactly what she's criticizing.
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Will is of course correct here but something else I think is important to highlight is that MPLS really showed the rest of the country how to resist this regime.
This episode has been a nightmare for my city and state, but I hope people realize it’s also a profound defeat and political catastrophe for Trump and DHS, who are slinking away having accomplished nothing. Minneapolis simply wouldn’t bend to them and they lost
Homan in Minnesota: "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue."
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Will is of course correct here but something else I think is important to highlight is that MPLS really showed the rest of the country how to resist this regime.
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Good news: there's no durable majority for fascism
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Good news: there's no durable majority for fascism
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
Bad news: we are locked in a life or death struggle against fascism and our victory depends on people with less understanding of how the world functions than my 14-month old
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Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
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We don’t talk enough about how the Vice President of the United States is friends with this dude.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
We don’t talk enough about how the Vice President of the United States is friends with this dude.
Aside from all the iniquities ands abuses, large and small, it’s truly insulting that we are being governed by the stupidest people alive
very cool that the people trying to overturn elections think The Blacklist is a documentary from the future very super cool
February 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Aside from all the iniquities ands abuses, large and small, it’s truly insulting that we are being governed by the stupidest people alive
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According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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Jose Alvarado clearly doesn't understand that it takes time to adjust.
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Jose Alvarado clearly doesn't understand that it takes time to adjust.
I had my doubts about Jose Alvarado but as far as I’m concerned that’s all in the past
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I had my doubts about Jose Alvarado but as far as I’m concerned that’s all in the past
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Did she do those things? Who cares? What are we, a newspaper? SHE WAS COMBATIVE, AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH
Attorney General Pam Bondi combatively defended her leadership at the Justice Department amid criticism that she botched the release of the Epstein files and wielded the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency to heed President Trump’s demands.
Pam Bondi lashes out as lawmakers press her on Epstein, cases against Trump foes
The attorney general lobbed insults when lawmakers questioned her decisions and portrayed the Justice Department as unfairly maligned by Democrats and Trump critics.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Did she do those things? Who cares? What are we, a newspaper? SHE WAS COMBATIVE, AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH
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