James Bennett
@ubernostrum.bsky.social
The man with the plan and the pocket comb.
Joe Biden was a good President who did good things, and Kamala Harris would’ve been even better.
Here: politics, baseball, Tolkien memes. Sometimes in that order.
@b-list.org for the tech side of me.
he/him
Joe Biden was a good President who did good things, and Kamala Harris would’ve been even better.
Here: politics, baseball, Tolkien memes. Sometimes in that order.
@b-list.org for the tech side of me.
he/him
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Anyway, I just want to hurl the rebel crew from the land I love the best. I don’t see why that should be controversial.
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Anyone using "Truly, what's the worst that could happen?" as a reason to vote for someone for *any* political office in 2026 is a fucking wrecker.
February 6, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Anyone using "Truly, what's the worst that could happen?" as a reason to vote for someone for *any* political office in 2026 is a fucking wrecker.
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Them: WHERE IS KAMALA? WHY IS SHE NOT LEADING US? WOE IS US, SHE HAS **DISAPPEARED!!!1!**
Kamala: Hi
Them: GO AWAY! SHUT UP, CENTRIST CORPORATE SHILL! COP!! GENOCIDER!! HISTORY'S GREATEST MONSTER!!1!
(Rinse and repeat)
Kamala: Hi
Them: GO AWAY! SHUT UP, CENTRIST CORPORATE SHILL! COP!! GENOCIDER!! HISTORY'S GREATEST MONSTER!!1!
(Rinse and repeat)
February 6, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Them: WHERE IS KAMALA? WHY IS SHE NOT LEADING US? WOE IS US, SHE HAS **DISAPPEARED!!!1!**
Kamala: Hi
Them: GO AWAY! SHUT UP, CENTRIST CORPORATE SHILL! COP!! GENOCIDER!! HISTORY'S GREATEST MONSTER!!1!
(Rinse and repeat)
Kamala: Hi
Them: GO AWAY! SHUT UP, CENTRIST CORPORATE SHILL! COP!! GENOCIDER!! HISTORY'S GREATEST MONSTER!!1!
(Rinse and repeat)
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me: hey, these epstein files are really messed up and reveal a lot of rot amongst the powerful people in our society
average tiktokker: how can i make this about "The Jews"
average tiktokker: how can i make this about "The Jews"
February 5, 2026 at 1:44 AM
me: hey, these epstein files are really messed up and reveal a lot of rot amongst the powerful people in our society
average tiktokker: how can i make this about "The Jews"
average tiktokker: how can i make this about "The Jews"
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
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Please Mr. Trump make it 2019 again 🙏
It's even better than that. It's given back over 4 years of gains.
February 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Please Mr. Trump make it 2019 again 🙏
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“I hate when people use this to show Chris Hayes is a moron because I, too, was a moron, so who can judge?”
February 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
“I hate when people use this to show Chris Hayes is a moron because I, too, was a moron, so who can judge?”
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paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
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I just told my husband, “Everyone’s begging for Democratic/Left messaging infrastructure, Kamala Harris delivers, and they are—essentially—threatening suicide in her mentions to make her feel bad” just in case people still experience the shame to know how horrific they are.
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I just told my husband, “Everyone’s begging for Democratic/Left messaging infrastructure, Kamala Harris delivers, and they are—essentially—threatening suicide in her mentions to make her feel bad” just in case people still experience the shame to know how horrific they are.
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A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
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This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen:
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen:
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
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Okay, but then why didn't Dems propose a bill to massively beef up the resources for this system? Giving us the ability to quickly and efficiently process people coming over the border?
oh, no, wait, I'm remembering now. people hated that.
oh, no, wait, I'm remembering now. people hated that.
February 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Okay, but then why didn't Dems propose a bill to massively beef up the resources for this system? Giving us the ability to quickly and efficiently process people coming over the border?
oh, no, wait, I'm remembering now. people hated that.
oh, no, wait, I'm remembering now. people hated that.
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Revealed preferences are undefeated.
February 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Revealed preferences are undefeated.
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Entirely predictably, the Dem-hating asshats who’ve demanded Kamala Harris work for their entertainment for free are very VERY mad she’s fronting a new effort to bring news to voters on here.
Idk why these people feel the need to keep proving that anyone against Harris is just a terrible person.
Idk why these people feel the need to keep proving that anyone against Harris is just a terrible person.
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Entirely predictably, the Dem-hating asshats who’ve demanded Kamala Harris work for their entertainment for free are very VERY mad she’s fronting a new effort to bring news to voters on here.
Idk why these people feel the need to keep proving that anyone against Harris is just a terrible person.
Idk why these people feel the need to keep proving that anyone against Harris is just a terrible person.
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One of those "elderly Democrats" who "won't fight for us."
@RepJohnLarson has been the greatest Congressional champion for Social Security in the several decades I’ve been working on senior issues. He needs to stay in Congress to pass his Social Security 2100.
It’s the billionaires who want him out!!!
www.commondreams.org/opinion/lars...
It’s the billionaires who want him out!!!
www.commondreams.org/opinion/lars...
Billionaires Are Trying to Defeat Rep. John Larson—Social Security’s No. 1 Champion | Common Dreams
The uber wealthy hate the Social Security 2100 Act—and the man who wrote it. That’s why they are backing Rep. Larson’s primary challenger, corporate lawyer Luke Bronin.
www.commondreams.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
One of those "elderly Democrats" who "won't fight for us."
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A tale as old as time: Republicans tell the lie that cutting taxes for billionaires and large corporations will “drive job creation and business growth,” only for their reckless tax goodies to drive job destruction and recession.
February 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
A tale as old as time: Republicans tell the lie that cutting taxes for billionaires and large corporations will “drive job creation and business growth,” only for their reckless tax goodies to drive job destruction and recession.
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they're folding already eh?
*LEAVITT ON DHS: WILLING TO DISCUSS SOME DEMOCRAT DEMANDS
*LEAVITT ON DHS: WILLING TO DISCUSS SOME DEMOCRAT DEMANDS
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
they're folding already eh?
*LEAVITT ON DHS: WILLING TO DISCUSS SOME DEMOCRAT DEMANDS
*LEAVITT ON DHS: WILLING TO DISCUSS SOME DEMOCRAT DEMANDS
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like idk what Justice looks like for the victims and whats attainable but,,,the epstein network apology club being unemployed can certaintly be a part of that and should be
February 5, 2026 at 8:22 PM
like idk what Justice looks like for the victims and whats attainable but,,,the epstein network apology club being unemployed can certaintly be a part of that and should be
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they should be rendered unemployed for this.
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
they should be rendered unemployed for this.
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Somebody should write a letter to Harper's
Just how much censorship is the Trump Administration doing? This tracker answers that Q. The results are wildly at odds with the Trump regime and conservatives' long-standing accusations of censorship by, uh, "the left", big tech, the EU, Canada, etc.. trumpcensorship.com ht @lewan.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Somebody should write a letter to Harper's
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I do not think the National Weather Service or the Fish & Wildlife Service are beyond saving
It’s weird how much this sort of crypto-Reaganism pervades ostensibly leftist rhetoric on here
It’s weird how much this sort of crypto-Reaganism pervades ostensibly leftist rhetoric on here
In the spirit of inquiry, I have done as requested and considered it. And in the spirit of good sense, I have rejected it!
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I do not think the National Weather Service or the Fish & Wildlife Service are beyond saving
It’s weird how much this sort of crypto-Reaganism pervades ostensibly leftist rhetoric on here
It’s weird how much this sort of crypto-Reaganism pervades ostensibly leftist rhetoric on here
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Also lets be real. The ONLY reason these white people on here are freaking out is because they never expected their "I hate Dems, make them lose" antics to end up where THEY are out here getting killed. They all expected it to only affect Black and Hispanic people not them.
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Also lets be real. The ONLY reason these white people on here are freaking out is because they never expected their "I hate Dems, make them lose" antics to end up where THEY are out here getting killed. They all expected it to only affect Black and Hispanic people not them.
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Remember when Republicans were actually in the minority. Challenge: impossible
February 5, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Remember when Republicans were actually in the minority. Challenge: impossible
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Sorry sign nerds, this guy wins
February 5, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Sorry sign nerds, this guy wins
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80% of all "Trump said a thing" stories get framed as Trump "shifting" a previous position because journos still do not understand that Trump is (1) a bullshit artist (2) with dementia who neither remembers nor cares what his past positions were. It's all in the 'now'. Tomorrow it will change again!
Donald Trump said he intended to stay out of the clash between Netflix and Paramount Skydance over Warner Bros., a shift from past remarks.
Trump Says He’ll Stay Out of the Corporate Fight Over Warner Bros.
President Donald Trump said he intended to stay out of the clash between Netflix Inc. and Paramount Skydance Corp. over Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., saying he would leave the matter to the US Justice Department.
bloom.bg
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 AM
80% of all "Trump said a thing" stories get framed as Trump "shifting" a previous position because journos still do not understand that Trump is (1) a bullshit artist (2) with dementia who neither remembers nor cares what his past positions were. It's all in the 'now'. Tomorrow it will change again!