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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Every single thing Harris proposed was for us all. This is so telling - shared equity is a "loss" to white people. As a white woman I know we get all the benefits of a Dem administration. How anyone white could say "nothing for white people" is insane. It's just not "white only" with Dems.
February 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Every single thing Harris proposed was for us all. This is so telling - shared equity is a "loss" to white people. As a white woman I know we get all the benefits of a Dem administration. How anyone white could say "nothing for white people" is insane. It's just not "white only" with Dems.
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Measles on the rise.
Masked agents in the street.
The President seizing ballots.
This is America under Donald Trump. We deserve better.
Masked agents in the street.
The President seizing ballots.
This is America under Donald Trump. We deserve better.
February 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Measles on the rise.
Masked agents in the street.
The President seizing ballots.
This is America under Donald Trump. We deserve better.
Masked agents in the street.
The President seizing ballots.
This is America under Donald Trump. We deserve better.
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When Democrats stated that they wanted to pass the IRA and Build Back Better and could not pass Build Back Better because they did not have the votes, the entire progressive sphere tore them to pieces and claimed they didn't actually want to pass Build Back Better.
‘We cannot state political goals that cannot pass at this exact moment’ is some real loser talk.
February 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM
When Democrats stated that they wanted to pass the IRA and Build Back Better and could not pass Build Back Better because they did not have the votes, the entire progressive sphere tore them to pieces and claimed they didn't actually want to pass Build Back Better.
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I think this is the part where I point out the Latvians for a while preserved the KGB station in downtown Riga as a museum, and its Latvian name in English translated to “The Museum of the Occupatuon 1919-1990”
the vassal states of the famously non-colonialist soviet union might beg to differ.
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I think this is the part where I point out the Latvians for a while preserved the KGB station in downtown Riga as a museum, and its Latvian name in English translated to “The Museum of the Occupatuon 1919-1990”
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There are only 2 real responses to housing scarcity. You can either build enough homes to accommodate everyone or start drawing up a list of “undesirable demographics” to exclude. I know which side I’m on.
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
There are only 2 real responses to housing scarcity. You can either build enough homes to accommodate everyone or start drawing up a list of “undesirable demographics” to exclude. I know which side I’m on.
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"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
New Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into law
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur
kfoxtv.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...
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Anyways, dear reader, this congress has been wildly unproductive, and that includes things like appointments. The democrats have literally been as obstructive as possible in the senate and forced Thune to change the votes multiple times -after- wasting tons of time.
February 7, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Anyways, dear reader, this congress has been wildly unproductive, and that includes things like appointments. The democrats have literally been as obstructive as possible in the senate and forced Thune to change the votes multiple times -after- wasting tons of time.
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I wonder if this guy will ever realize that the DSA has been completely taken over by ratfuckers and tankies at the top levels.
February 7, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I wonder if this guy will ever realize that the DSA has been completely taken over by ratfuckers and tankies at the top levels.
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AHHHHH!!!
HIT HIM AGAIN!!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼
HIT HIM AGAIN!!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼
February 7, 2026 at 6:50 AM
AHHHHH!!!
HIT HIM AGAIN!!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼
HIT HIM AGAIN!!!!! 😂😂🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼
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A significant percent of all Bad Politics Discourse is downstream of the belief that Donald Trump is Easy To Defeat, Actually and Dem simply lack the Will and Spine to do it (which bizarrely tends to share brain matter with “President Donald Trump is an unstoppable force” for some reason)
Ill be honest, I dont really have it in me to hate Kamala Harris. Lady got stuck in an impossible situation, tried, failed, wasnt even really her fault, I just can't bring myself to be mad at her about it. Too much else going on to be worth it.
February 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
A significant percent of all Bad Politics Discourse is downstream of the belief that Donald Trump is Easy To Defeat, Actually and Dem simply lack the Will and Spine to do it (which bizarrely tends to share brain matter with “President Donald Trump is an unstoppable force” for some reason)
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Do you think Sen Katie Britt is still thinking about 5 yr old Liam tonight or nah?
UPDATE: The court granted Ramos' family a continuance at today’s asylum hearing, per school officials in his district.
"Today’s ruling provides additional time, and with that, continued uncertainty for a child and his family," says Zena Stenvik, superintendent of Columbia Heights public schools.
"Today’s ruling provides additional time, and with that, continued uncertainty for a child and his family," says Zena Stenvik, superintendent of Columbia Heights public schools.
February 7, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Do you think Sen Katie Britt is still thinking about 5 yr old Liam tonight or nah?
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In which I was scolded for wanting to hold MAHA disinformation doctors accountable.
How dare I even think about it.
Today- there’s measles in ICE facilities.
How dare I even think about it.
Today- there’s measles in ICE facilities.
February 7, 2026 at 1:34 AM
In which I was scolded for wanting to hold MAHA disinformation doctors accountable.
How dare I even think about it.
Today- there’s measles in ICE facilities.
How dare I even think about it.
Today- there’s measles in ICE facilities.
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this still makes me actually-laugh-out-loud whenever I remember it.
February 7, 2026 at 3:58 AM
this still makes me actually-laugh-out-loud whenever I remember it.
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Santa Fe’s Archbishop Wester: “In recent days, we have witnessed Speaker of the House Mike Johnson publicly criticizing Pope Leo XIV’s position of welcoming the stranger”
February 7, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Santa Fe’s Archbishop Wester: “In recent days, we have witnessed Speaker of the House Mike Johnson publicly criticizing Pope Leo XIV’s position of welcoming the stranger”
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To all of you waking up today to Trump's racism, it's about time. The birther/secret Muslim smear was apparently too subtle. As was the, "good people on both sides" of the Nazi rally in Charlottesville. Who can forget the Muslim ban and the "shithole countries?"
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 AM
To all of you waking up today to Trump's racism, it's about time. The birther/secret Muslim smear was apparently too subtle. As was the, "good people on both sides" of the Nazi rally in Charlottesville. Who can forget the Muslim ban and the "shithole countries?"
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Impt to note that what Trump will "accept" is largely immaterial to what will happen, as has been the case in every election since he entered politics 11 years ago. What this is, as it has been the whole time, is a loser trying to preemptively position himself to excuse away his impending losses.
He has said this about every election since 2016, has always been heavy-handed in implying he will under no circumstances concede. An aspiring dictator from the beginning, he hardly ever pretended to believe in democracy. I’ll never understand why so many people averted their eyes from the obvious.
February 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Impt to note that what Trump will "accept" is largely immaterial to what will happen, as has been the case in every election since he entered politics 11 years ago. What this is, as it has been the whole time, is a loser trying to preemptively position himself to excuse away his impending losses.
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Of course it’s retaliatory, just like Kilmar Ábrego Garcia. If the Trump people-snatching squads make the admin look bad, the victims will be punished.
Just heard back from DHS on why they abruptly expedited Ramos' asylum hearing:
“These are regular removal proceedings. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. He will receive full due process."
(This is not standard procedure.)
“These are regular removal proceedings. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. He will receive full due process."
(This is not standard procedure.)
February 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Of course it’s retaliatory, just like Kilmar Ábrego Garcia. If the Trump people-snatching squads make the admin look bad, the victims will be punished.
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Trump posted more than 60 times on Truth Social last night, but he handed his phone to an “unknown staffer” when the video depicting the Obamas as apes was posted?
GTFOH
GTFOH
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Trump posted more than 60 times on Truth Social last night, but he handed his phone to an “unknown staffer” when the video depicting the Obamas as apes was posted?
GTFOH
GTFOH
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david duke coined the term “zio”
if someone says “zio” they are saying a Nazi thing
if someone says “zio” they are saying a Nazi thing
February 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM
david duke coined the term “zio”
if someone says “zio” they are saying a Nazi thing
if someone says “zio” they are saying a Nazi thing
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I will never understand people who see this little girl who's only known America, screaming for a cat she'll never see, becoming ill, withdrawing, losing vision from accidentally(?) being hit in the face in DHS detention, and say "Good" that her life was destroyed
I don't *want* to understand them
I don't *want* to understand them
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I will never understand people who see this little girl who's only known America, screaming for a cat she'll never see, becoming ill, withdrawing, losing vision from accidentally(?) being hit in the face in DHS detention, and say "Good" that her life was destroyed
I don't *want* to understand them
I don't *want* to understand them
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they can't update their priors because they post "liberal this, liberal that" as many times as ben shapiro
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Update your priors. I'm begging you.
February 6, 2026 at 11:21 PM
they can't update their priors because they post "liberal this, liberal that" as many times as ben shapiro
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Once again Black people told y’all it wasn’t inflation and y’all ignored us.
His appeal is the same as it was when he came down that escalator. He’s the one that’s going to put those N Words in their place especially Barack and Michelle Obama. That’s always been the appeal for Mayo Nation.
His appeal is the same as it was when he came down that escalator. He’s the one that’s going to put those N Words in their place especially Barack and Michelle Obama. That’s always been the appeal for Mayo Nation.
I don’t know a single Black Person in my life that didn’t know we would get to the day when the orange demon would post racist videos when he came down the escalator in 2016. Not. A. Single. 1.
On the flip side…l know a whole bunch of other folks that told me this was economic anxiety & capitalism
On the flip side…l know a whole bunch of other folks that told me this was economic anxiety & capitalism
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Once again Black people told y’all it wasn’t inflation and y’all ignored us.
His appeal is the same as it was when he came down that escalator. He’s the one that’s going to put those N Words in their place especially Barack and Michelle Obama. That’s always been the appeal for Mayo Nation.
His appeal is the same as it was when he came down that escalator. He’s the one that’s going to put those N Words in their place especially Barack and Michelle Obama. That’s always been the appeal for Mayo Nation.
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Imagine having the chance to fill out a paper ballot and mail it in to oppose this shit and not doing it.
HAPPENING NOW: DHS just expedited Liam Conejo Ramos' asylum hearing to this morning, meaning it's possible the five-year-old and his family could be deported as soon as today.
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Rep. Joaquin Castro: "The Trump administration is trying to take him away again." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Five-Year-Old Liam Ramos Is In His Asylum Hearing Right Now
www.huffpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Imagine having the chance to fill out a paper ballot and mail it in to oppose this shit and not doing it.
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All those people demanding Trump be put in prison don't seem to grasp that he was heading there until November 2024. He was convicted, and about to be sentenced when these same people refused to vote for Harris. And then he became President, and everything just went away. Consequences.
February 6, 2026 at 3:45 AM
All those people demanding Trump be put in prison don't seem to grasp that he was heading there until November 2024. He was convicted, and about to be sentenced when these same people refused to vote for Harris. And then he became President, and everything just went away. Consequences.