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Mike Bender ✊❌👑

@mikebendervo.bsky.social

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Your favorite voice actor! Retired USAF MSgt, TX antifascist & ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ I *block* magatrolls & redhats, cryptobros & muskrats, jeezoids, wastoids, woowoos, weeaboos, ghosters, gamers, gamblers, Gambians, OF “models” & AI “art” #ChingaLaMigra #BLM #NoKings

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · Sep 18

Some things I believe:

Free speech is good.
Education is good.
Vaccines are good.
Nazis are bad.
Guns kill.
Black lives matter.
Women's lives matter.
LGBTQIA+ lives matter.
Immigrants make America great.
The rich should pay their share.
Government must serve the people.

I am ANTIFA 👊🇺🇸🔥

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 10h

He is not well 🧐

MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 1d

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The Rage Behind the Wrecking Ball

From the No Kings trigger to the East Wing wrecking ball, every move follows the textbook pattern of narcissistic injury and rage.

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 11h

I'm proud to have participated—and I'll be there for the next one! 🇺🇸🫡

🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 1d

It was the biggest protest in US history, but what happens next is what really matters.

Andrea Pitzer on what NO KINGS means and how to keep Trump rattled.

What NO KINGS Means

YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 11h

Next phase: getting into fancy salt! 😋

Le Saunier de Camargue fleur de sel salt

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 11h

Per the 13th Amendment, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Federal workers are experiencing their first $0 payday today. But they still have to work. How is that any different from slavery? 🧐

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 12h

Shit's about to get real ugly for a lot of people. Please donate to your local food bank if you can 🙏

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 13h

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a cartoon character from south park is sitting at a desk with a computer and says oh sweet jumping jesus

Alt: South Park: Butters says, "Oh, sweet jumping Jesus!"

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 13h

The sheer evil of these people. I don't even have the words to express my feelings 🤬

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

They don’t GAF about the Constitution, and they’ll do whatever it takes to keep Trump breathing long enough to seize a third term.

So when you start thinking your vote doesn’t matter, remember this: they know it does. That’s why they’re trying to take it from you.

This isn’t going to end well.

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 22h

I have so many of those little mugs it's not even funny 🤣

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 2d

This video raises some intriguing—and disturbing—ideas. It is interesting that an 80-year cycle coincides with a human lifetime. It's as though nearly every member of an old system has to die off before a new one can fully take hold 🤔

youtu.be/w5k72A30kUc

Why 2025 is the single most pivotal year in our lifetime | Peter Leyden

YouTube video by Big Think

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 2d

Aw shit. I just noticed that I wrote anesthetic instead of aesthetic. Ducking autocorrect 🤬

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 2d

There are so many good photos of the No Kings rallies. Why post this AI-generated garbage? 🧐

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the model they're displaying at the White House

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🎃ℝ𝕆ℂ𝕂𝕐 𝕄𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ 𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎𝕊🎃 @rockymountviews.bsky.social · 2d

NPR: The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom

My opinion: "Part" of the East Wing? All that is left is the breezeway.

Scale model of the White House with the new ballroom.

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 2d

It is absolutely critical that veterans be as visible and vocal as possible in our opposition to this regime. I've never been much for the vet-bro anesthetic, but I proudly display the Air Force symbol at protests to show that my oath has no expiration date 🇺🇸🫡

Kinda Angry Female US Air Force Officer (Ret) @aimhighflygirl.bsky.social · 2d

From Front Lines to Protest Lines: Veterans Speak Out For 'No Kings' Events

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From Front Lines to Protest Lines: Veterans Speak Out For 'No Kings' Events

"I served this country because I believe in the promise of freedom, equality and democracy,” one veteran said in the lead-up to the Oct. 18 "No Kings" protests nationwide.

www.military.com

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 2d

"Jealous"? What a tellingly childish word to use. These people really are stuck in fifth grade 🤔

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 2d

This one seems to be accurate 🤔

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Artist's conception of the White House ballroom

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 2d

For my San Antonio friends: Alamodome, AT&T Center and now "Project Marvel"? Homeowners may not fund the arenas directly, but we'll pay for all the critical infrastructure—again. Let's not fall for a third Spurs con job. Vote NO on Props A & B 🧐

www.sacurrent.com/news/booster...

Boosters' past rhetoric shows why San Antonio residents should be leery of Project Marvel

Over the years, locals have been subjected to glowing promises about plenty of other big projects that fell flat.

www.sacurrent.com

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 3d

Aaaaand she's back 🙄

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 3d

This is the way it has to be. Nonviolence is the only answer. And it destroys the narrative the right is trying to sell 🤓

Picture of John Lennon with this quote: "When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system's game. The establishment will irritate you, pull your beard, flick your face, to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is nonviolence and humor"

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 3d

Great-looking recipe from my favorite YouTube chef 😋

youtu.be/A5rbzssqL9w

You’ve Never Had Chili Like This Before

YouTube video by ThatDudeCanCook

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 4d

Spotted in a bathroom stall at the San Antonio airport 🌭🤓

Sign with a picture of John Cougar and the caption "Do not serve this man a chili dog. Thank you, Tastee Freez management

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 4d

Yuck alert! 🚨
I wasn't wearing my reading glasses when I bought this "milk chocolate style bar" with no sugar added. Absolutely vile 😵🤢🤬

Lily's Salted Caramel Milk Chocolate Style Bar

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 5d

That's because it's AI-generated 🧐

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Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, it's very clearly AI 🧐

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 5d

This is where I was yesterday. I started near the stage at 3rd Street and eventually walked all the way back to 9th so I could get a feel for just how big it was. Amazing! 🤯

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: This is in Trump's back yard. Washington DC No Kings Day Protest. This is just the start of the day.

It is absolutely unbelievable how many people are turning out for this. I love how everyone is staying peaceful. It's exactly what Trump doesn't want.

Mike Bender ✊❌👑 @mikebendervo.bsky.social · 5d

I was there, so I can tell you this is *not* a picture of the No Kings rally. We were on Pennsylvania Avenue, not the Mall. Still a huge crowd tho 😎