Elizabeth Bennett
@elizabethbennettjd.bsky.social
Old-timey congressional staff, herder of regulations and writer.
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I wrote a thread in 2021 imagining life in Nazi America as a thought experiment. The goal was to get people to think about how it would affect *them* and not just think about it historically hoping maybe they’d rage against it. Oh well…
It’s the only thing I wanted to salvage from the old place.
It’s the only thing I wanted to salvage from the old place.
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Not sure I understand the news value in bringing Tom Cotton on your TV show to repeat a monstrous lie you watched him say on television earlier this week
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Not sure I understand the news value in bringing Tom Cotton on your TV show to repeat a monstrous lie you watched him say on television earlier this week
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Bluesky is basically a public record of your mental breakdown.
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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This Xmas I have asked for books from my friends.
Books they have read & loved and need to live with me for a few months.?
As I read each one I will bake a cake - we will talk about the book and it will go home to its original keeper.
I get to read, I get to know my friends better - and CAKE!!
Books they have read & loved and need to live with me for a few months.?
As I read each one I will bake a cake - we will talk about the book and it will go home to its original keeper.
I get to read, I get to know my friends better - and CAKE!!
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This Xmas I have asked for books from my friends.
Books they have read & loved and need to live with me for a few months.?
As I read each one I will bake a cake - we will talk about the book and it will go home to its original keeper.
I get to read, I get to know my friends better - and CAKE!!
Books they have read & loved and need to live with me for a few months.?
As I read each one I will bake a cake - we will talk about the book and it will go home to its original keeper.
I get to read, I get to know my friends better - and CAKE!!
These monsters are trying to bury every single norm that made America a beacon of freedom.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
These monsters are trying to bury every single norm that made America a beacon of freedom.
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A marvel of modern technology. I really enjoy using this radio program and then researching the area in which a station is located. Very cool.
I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite.
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
Explore live radio by rotating the globe
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
radio.garden
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A marvel of modern technology. I really enjoy using this radio program and then researching the area in which a station is located. Very cool.
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If the Supreme Court makes you mad keep in mind that within the last week Democratic senators have been voting for GOP judges to get on the federal bench
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
If the Supreme Court makes you mad keep in mind that within the last week Democratic senators have been voting for GOP judges to get on the federal bench
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An excerpt from my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020) summing up the current situation:
November 22, 2024 at 3:04 PM
An excerpt from my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020) summing up the current situation:
I think about this quote a lot.
“There must have been a time, in the beginning, when we could have said – no. But somehow we missed it.”
“There must have been a time, in the beginning, when we could have said – no. But somehow we missed it.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I think about this quote a lot.
“There must have been a time, in the beginning, when we could have said – no. But somehow we missed it.”
“There must have been a time, in the beginning, when we could have said – no. But somehow we missed it.”
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times.
Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
REM
Tears for Fears
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
REM
Tears for Fears
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times.
Depeche Mode
REM
Nanci Griffith
Shawn Colvin
Jimmy Buffett
Depeche Mode
REM
Nanci Griffith
Shawn Colvin
Jimmy Buffett
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Prince
Harry Connick, Jr.
Jay-Z
Wynton Marsalis
Janet Jackson
Prince
Harry Connick, Jr.
Jay-Z
Wynton Marsalis
Janet Jackson
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times.
Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
REM
Tears for Fears
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam
REM
Tears for Fears
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
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Dreading the political fights over Thanksgiving dinner?
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dreading the political fights over Thanksgiving dinner?
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
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I am asking you, once again, to stop giving Mike Dukakis your Turkey carcasses
November 30, 2024 at 5:18 PM
I am asking you, once again, to stop giving Mike Dukakis your Turkey carcasses
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The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
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Wrote what is maybe my favorite story in a while: I wrote about the suburb of Berlin where Germans get together at Old Texas Town and pretend to live in a Wild West Texas. Now, it's going to be demolished for a data center: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Old Town Texas is a slice of Texas in Germany. It's about to be destroyed.
Here, Germans wear Stetsons and line dance. But their little slice of Texas may soon be no more.
www.chron.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wrote what is maybe my favorite story in a while: I wrote about the suburb of Berlin where Germans get together at Old Texas Town and pretend to live in a Wild West Texas. Now, it's going to be demolished for a data center: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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To those in Congress or the media who’d suggest Donald Trump hasn’t committed any impeachable acts in his second term, constitutional attorney @johnbonifaz.bsky.social would like a word. ➡️ ImpeachTrumpAgain.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
To those in Congress or the media who’d suggest Donald Trump hasn’t committed any impeachable acts in his second term, constitutional attorney @johnbonifaz.bsky.social would like a word. ➡️ ImpeachTrumpAgain.org
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
To all of you who criticized TX Dems when they went back, I hope you get it now. They were *never* going to win that battle, but they may have saved the Republic.
Have some humility, and learn from this. United we stand, don’t be a dick about things you don’t understand.
Have some humility, and learn from this. United we stand, don’t be a dick about things you don’t understand.
James Talarico: My fellow Texas Democrats and I broke quorum to shine a national spotlight on Trump’s redistricting power grab. We inspired other states and millions of Americans to join this fight. This tremendous court decision is why we fight back
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
To all of you who criticized TX Dems when they went back, I hope you get it now. They were *never* going to win that battle, but they may have saved the Republic.
Have some humility, and learn from this. United we stand, don’t be a dick about things you don’t understand.
Have some humility, and learn from this. United we stand, don’t be a dick about things you don’t understand.
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everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.
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That's me in the corner / that's me, losing my economy
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
That's me in the corner / that's me, losing my economy
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Always encouraging when artists use their voices to call out this shit.
A new generation of protest songs, protesters, and politically engaged youth is what we need.
A new generation of protest songs, protesters, and politically engaged youth is what we need.
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Always encouraging when artists use their voices to call out this shit.
A new generation of protest songs, protesters, and politically engaged youth is what we need.
A new generation of protest songs, protesters, and politically engaged youth is what we need.
It’s people like these, putting their bodies on the line that will determine whether we’ll celebrate America’s 250th birthday next year or its demise.
Regular Americans are doing it on city streets. What will you do when the president’s treason crosses your path?
Regular Americans are doing it on city streets. What will you do when the president’s treason crosses your path?
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It’s people like these, putting their bodies on the line that will determine whether we’ll celebrate America’s 250th birthday next year or its demise.
Regular Americans are doing it on city streets. What will you do when the president’s treason crosses your path?
Regular Americans are doing it on city streets. What will you do when the president’s treason crosses your path?
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“Donald Trump Is Calling For The Murder Of His Enemies The Right Way” by Ezra Klein
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“Donald Trump Is Calling For The Murder Of His Enemies The Right Way” by Ezra Klein