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.
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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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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.
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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!
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If you think this list of demands equals capitulation I'm left with no choice but to believe you would rather Chuck Schumer just stand on the Senate floor screaming "ABOLISH ICE! ABOLISH ICE! ABOLISH ICE!" until magically Trump isn't President anymore.
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 AM
If you think this list of demands equals capitulation I'm left with no choice but to believe you would rather Chuck Schumer just stand on the Senate floor screaming "ABOLISH ICE! ABOLISH ICE! ABOLISH ICE!" until magically Trump isn't President anymore.
Which one is funnier:
All the people who confidently angrily shared posts anonymously sourced from “trust me, bro, fuck Dems” claiming “softening” of demands
or
All the people rushing to move the goalposts now
(the answer is neither, neither is funny and both are wreckers who support fascism)
All the people who confidently angrily shared posts anonymously sourced from “trust me, bro, fuck Dems” claiming “softening” of demands
or
All the people rushing to move the goalposts now
(the answer is neither, neither is funny and both are wreckers who support fascism)
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Which one is funnier:
All the people who confidently angrily shared posts anonymously sourced from “trust me, bro, fuck Dems” claiming “softening” of demands
or
All the people rushing to move the goalposts now
(the answer is neither, neither is funny and both are wreckers who support fascism)
All the people who confidently angrily shared posts anonymously sourced from “trust me, bro, fuck Dems” claiming “softening” of demands
or
All the people rushing to move the goalposts now
(the answer is neither, neither is funny and both are wreckers who support fascism)
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SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 3:30 AM
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
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Schumer and Jeffries present their list to Republican leaders, "laying out clear legislative actions to rein in ICE and stop the violence."
They also called for "fully ramping down the surge in Minnesota and removing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from her position."
They also called for "fully ramping down the surge in Minnesota and removing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from her position."
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Schumer and Jeffries present their list to Republican leaders, "laying out clear legislative actions to rein in ICE and stop the violence."
They also called for "fully ramping down the surge in Minnesota and removing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from her position."
They also called for "fully ramping down the surge in Minnesota and removing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from her position."
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you want to fund the IRS to take down billionaires and crypto bros
i want to fund the IRS to do that and also take down small business owners
we are not the same
i want to fund the IRS to do that and also take down small business owners
we are not the same
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 AM
you want to fund the IRS to take down billionaires and crypto bros
i want to fund the IRS to do that and also take down small business owners
we are not the same
i want to fund the IRS to do that and also take down small business owners
we are not the same
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Then those dudes had absolutely failed as political analysts if they couldn't tell a well known con man was conning them. Hayes is born and raised in NYC, he has NO excuse for knowing Trump was full of shit.
A lot of us knew better. So why does he get a political pundit show? He failed.
A lot of us knew better. So why does he get a political pundit show? He failed.
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Then those dudes had absolutely failed as political analysts if they couldn't tell a well known con man was conning them. Hayes is born and raised in NYC, he has NO excuse for knowing Trump was full of shit.
A lot of us knew better. So why does he get a political pundit show? He failed.
A lot of us knew better. So why does he get a political pundit show? He failed.
A long-winded full-of-himself supporter of tyrannical government?
Yeah. It fits.
Yeah. It fits.
We must all consider the horrid possibility that Socrates was the Yarvin of his day.
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
A long-winded full-of-himself supporter of tyrannical government?
Yeah. It fits.
Yeah. It fits.
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I said it recently, but I've noticed that the debates of the last decade of whether or not to treat wreckers as acting in good faith have completely vanished. Everyone I used to see insisting we had to give them the presumption of good faith has completely given up and gotten sick of their shit.
Frankly, thank *god* they attempted this publicly with both Stancil *and* the dumpster fire Discourse.
It's allowed so many people who were formerly a part of these cult-like control groups to break out of them and finally admit to themselves "hey, maybe these people are acting in bad faith?"
It's allowed so many people who were formerly a part of these cult-like control groups to break out of them and finally admit to themselves "hey, maybe these people are acting in bad faith?"
the ostensible facts with which it is ostensibly concerned at any given moment are a dream-logic spun-sugar cake-topper, it's about getting the people you don't like to bow to you and accept your model of reality as correct
February 4, 2026 at 9:23 PM
I said it recently, but I've noticed that the debates of the last decade of whether or not to treat wreckers as acting in good faith have completely vanished. Everyone I used to see insisting we had to give them the presumption of good faith has completely given up and gotten sick of their shit.
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it’s even dumber than that; musk or zuckerberg or bezos or whoever could pay work crews in every city to design and build monuments to them on 24/7/365 shifts if the monuments were what the wanted. what they want is for people to *want* to do it
They want the subalterns to build statues of them in the desert so that in the future the mighty may look upon them and despair.
February 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM
it’s even dumber than that; musk or zuckerberg or bezos or whoever could pay work crews in every city to design and build monuments to them on 24/7/365 shifts if the monuments were what the wanted. what they want is for people to *want* to do it
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February 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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Elect Democrats
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Elect Democrats
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"None of us figured out how to avoid being here."
IT WAS CALLED "FILL IN A LITTLE OVAL NEXT TO THE BLACK LADY'S NAME IN NOVEMBER 2024."
IT WAS CALLED "FILL IN A LITTLE OVAL NEXT TO THE BLACK LADY'S NAME IN NOVEMBER 2024."
The difference between anarchism and liberalism on this front is that anarchism has never been successful at anything. Anarchists have barely mastered "running an off-putting bookstore"
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"None of us figured out how to avoid being here."
IT WAS CALLED "FILL IN A LITTLE OVAL NEXT TO THE BLACK LADY'S NAME IN NOVEMBER 2024."
IT WAS CALLED "FILL IN A LITTLE OVAL NEXT TO THE BLACK LADY'S NAME IN NOVEMBER 2024."
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This is why I think the Mamdani stuff is actually potentially harmful. This thing they are celebrating is a law that was passed by normal means, by politicians these people most likely hate. They think the government is just what the heroic executive decides to get up and do that morning
I think the screenshot is about pay for delivery workers and that law was passed in the Adams admin
February 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM
This is why I think the Mamdani stuff is actually potentially harmful. This thing they are celebrating is a law that was passed by normal means, by politicians these people most likely hate. They think the government is just what the heroic executive decides to get up and do that morning
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Two reasons for this:
1 - It's easier to tamper with a handful of polling stations than hundreds or thousands of them.
2 - The weaker Trump looks politically, the harder it's going to be for him to convince state officials and MoCs to join him in a criminal conspiracy.
1 - It's easier to tamper with a handful of polling stations than hundreds or thousands of them.
2 - The weaker Trump looks politically, the harder it's going to be for him to convince state officials and MoCs to join him in a criminal conspiracy.
From the perspective of what us average schmucks can do, I genuinely think the best defense against any attempt to overturn the election is getting that margin up as high as possible.
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Two reasons for this:
1 - It's easier to tamper with a handful of polling stations than hundreds or thousands of them.
2 - The weaker Trump looks politically, the harder it's going to be for him to convince state officials and MoCs to join him in a criminal conspiracy.
1 - It's easier to tamper with a handful of polling stations than hundreds or thousands of them.
2 - The weaker Trump looks politically, the harder it's going to be for him to convince state officials and MoCs to join him in a criminal conspiracy.
I dunno, it's kind of a cliché to have a mayor photographed symbolically "out there working for the people". Usually it's filling in a pothole or whatever, but this is the same genre and you can find tons and tons of politicians who do it and don't get the fawning Mamdani gets.
February 4, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I dunno, it's kind of a cliché to have a mayor photographed symbolically "out there working for the people". Usually it's filling in a pothole or whatever, but this is the same genre and you can find tons and tons of politicians who do it and don't get the fawning Mamdani gets.
Biden did a nationwide tour to places that were getting investment and jobs from IRA, CHIPS, etc.
The fact that you don't know he did, and assume he didn't, says a lot about how we really got here, and has more to do with you and your media diet than with him.
The fact that you don't know he did, and assume he didn't, says a lot about how we really got here, and has more to do with you and your media diet than with him.
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Biden did a nationwide tour to places that were getting investment and jobs from IRA, CHIPS, etc.
The fact that you don't know he did, and assume he didn't, says a lot about how we really got here, and has more to do with you and your media diet than with him.
The fact that you don't know he did, and assume he didn't, says a lot about how we really got here, and has more to do with you and your media diet than with him.
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NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
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Does anyone remember when NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence, line by line, in 2017 and MAGAts were enraged because they thought it was an attack on Trump?
February 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Does anyone remember when NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence, line by line, in 2017 and MAGAts were enraged because they thought it was an attack on Trump?
"Because it's there."
-- George Mallory
-- George Mallory
February 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
"Because it's there."
-- George Mallory
-- George Mallory
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I'm sorry about the journalists who lost their jobs today. We're all worse off for it. Still, I can't shake how they closed ranks whenever one of them was criticized by the public. So many stayed silent when Black journalists were done wrong. As the saying goes, "today for me, tomorrow for you".
February 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm sorry about the journalists who lost their jobs today. We're all worse off for it. Still, I can't shake how they closed ranks whenever one of them was criticized by the public. So many stayed silent when Black journalists were done wrong. As the saying goes, "today for me, tomorrow for you".
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As the saying goes, "Gladwell is Joe Rogan for people who read The New Yorker"
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I never pass up an opportunity to repost this archive of a now-deleted twitter thread about just how much of a dirtbag Malcom Gladwell is
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February 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
As the saying goes, "Gladwell is Joe Rogan for people who read The New Yorker"
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