Ben Haring
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Jack Smith's deposition must be bigger news
"There is no historical analog for what..Trump did..[H]e was free to say he thought he won..He was even free to say falsely that he won..But..he was not free to..violate federal law and use knowingly false statements..to target lawful government function"
"There is no historical analog for what..Trump did..[H]e was free to say he thought he won..He was even free to say falsely that he won..But..he was not free to..violate federal law and use knowingly false statements..to target lawful government function"
January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Jack Smith's deposition must be bigger news
"There is no historical analog for what..Trump did..[H]e was free to say he thought he won..He was even free to say falsely that he won..But..he was not free to..violate federal law and use knowingly false statements..to target lawful government function"
"There is no historical analog for what..Trump did..[H]e was free to say he thought he won..He was even free to say falsely that he won..But..he was not free to..violate federal law and use knowingly false statements..to target lawful government function"
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Jack Smith: “Our case was built on, frankly, Republicans who put their allegiance to the country before the party.”
Trump also had a “pattern” of rejecting information that didn’t fit his false narrative.
Trump also had a “pattern” of rejecting information that didn’t fit his false narrative.
December 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jack Smith: “Our case was built on, frankly, Republicans who put their allegiance to the country before the party.”
Trump also had a “pattern” of rejecting information that didn’t fit his false narrative.
Trump also had a “pattern” of rejecting information that didn’t fit his false narrative.
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Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.
December 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.
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From the NYT today, 2 charts on the brokenness of American politics:
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
From the NYT today, 2 charts on the brokenness of American politics:
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The heavy hitter liars of X are pushing Georgia stolen election rumors equating procedural violation around election workers signing tabulator machine tapes, to missing signatures on mail-in ballots.
They’re playing clips of the Trump-Raffensperger call as if it was normal.
No Community Notes.
They’re playing clips of the Trump-Raffensperger call as if it was normal.
No Community Notes.
December 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The heavy hitter liars of X are pushing Georgia stolen election rumors equating procedural violation around election workers signing tabulator machine tapes, to missing signatures on mail-in ballots.
They’re playing clips of the Trump-Raffensperger call as if it was normal.
No Community Notes.
They’re playing clips of the Trump-Raffensperger call as if it was normal.
No Community Notes.
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Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
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what the fuck are you talking about man
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
what the fuck are you talking about man
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Trump on Americans' healthcare costs going up by 200-300%: "Don't make it sound so bad"
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trump on Americans' healthcare costs going up by 200-300%: "Don't make it sound so bad"
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Conspiracy theorists don’t belong in the Cabinet.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has consistently posed a threat to our country’s health, and he must be held accountable.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has consistently posed a threat to our country’s health, and he must be held accountable.
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Conspiracy theorists don’t belong in the Cabinet.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has consistently posed a threat to our country’s health, and he must be held accountable.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has consistently posed a threat to our country’s health, and he must be held accountable.
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Trump claims that if he can get the Fed to keep lowering interest rates, then "we should be able to be 20 or 25%" GDP growth.
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Trump claims that if he can get the Fed to keep lowering interest rates, then "we should be able to be 20 or 25%" GDP growth.
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Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's a day, & the president is illegally monetizing the office & stealing the power of the purse. Again.
Trump says the Gold Card proceeds will go "an account where we can do things positive for the country. Many billions of dollars"
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it's a day, & the president is illegally monetizing the office & stealing the power of the purse. Again.
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“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
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An open letter to MTG. open.substack.com/pub/alyssajm...
An Open Letter to Marjorie Taylor Greene
From, Alyssa Milano November 17, 2025
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
An open letter to MTG. open.substack.com/pub/alyssajm...
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
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Telling your mob of supporters to storm the Capitol and stop the ratification of a democratic election? No problem
Reminding soldiers of the oath they swore? PROBLEM
Reminding soldiers of the oath they swore? PROBLEM
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Telling your mob of supporters to storm the Capitol and stop the ratification of a democratic election? No problem
Reminding soldiers of the oath they swore? PROBLEM
Reminding soldiers of the oath they swore? PROBLEM
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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I thought she was a bad choice for VP and a not-great candidate, but that she ran a good campaign, and also, she wasn't a deranged authoritarian, and that last part was good enough for me
She might not have been the optimal choice but i thought she did about as well as she could in the campaign
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I thought she was a bad choice for VP and a not-great candidate, but that she ran a good campaign, and also, she wasn't a deranged authoritarian, and that last part was good enough for me
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Crow: "It's so telling that when members of Congress simply remind service members of the Constitution and their duty to obey the law that he cannot handle that and resorts to threats of violence and execution. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump's respect for the Constitution"
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Crow: "It's so telling that when members of Congress simply remind service members of the Constitution and their duty to obey the law that he cannot handle that and resorts to threats of violence and execution. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump's respect for the Constitution"
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It's pretty humiliating to be the richest guy in the world and then sink millions into building a robot that hyperbolically tells the world how special you are.
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It's pretty humiliating to be the richest guy in the world and then sink millions into building a robot that hyperbolically tells the world how special you are.
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Wow.
There some big Country Joe McDonald energy going on here.
There some big Country Joe McDonald energy going on here.
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Wow.
There some big Country Joe McDonald energy going on here.
There some big Country Joe McDonald energy going on here.
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If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?
High end wealth inequality allows for shit like this
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?
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Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.