Renata
@benitalindekamp.bsky.social
Retired Commercial Insurance Broker
Solid Blue 💙 Simplistically complicated, untamed but mostly civilized in my defense, dedication and commitment to democracy, diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility for ALL.
Solid Blue 💙 Simplistically complicated, untamed but mostly civilized in my defense, dedication and commitment to democracy, diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility for ALL.
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28 December 1915 | An Austrian Jewish woman, Gertrude Rosenbaum, was born in Vienna. An actress. During the war she lived in Berlin.
In 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
28 December 1915 | An Austrian Jewish woman, Gertrude Rosenbaum, was born in Vienna. An actress. During the war she lived in Berlin.
In 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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Lawmakers have until January 15th to pause these tax cuts. Tell them to prioritize North Carolinians!
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Lawmakers have until January 15th to pause these tax cuts. Tell them to prioritize North Carolinians!
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Our County Board of Elections Report uncovered this: SB 747 eliminated the three-day grace period for mail ballots in 2024. Result? 2,708 ballots were rejected solely for arriving after Election Day. #NCpol
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Our County Board of Elections Report uncovered this: SB 747 eliminated the three-day grace period for mail ballots in 2024. Result? 2,708 ballots were rejected solely for arriving after Election Day. #NCpol
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Our research found that post-election protests in 2024 were primarily politically motivated and produced no credible evidence of voting irregularities. SB 747's extended challenge deadline undermined due process by allowing challenges just two days before the Canvass.
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our research found that post-election protests in 2024 were primarily politically motivated and produced no credible evidence of voting irregularities. SB 747's extended challenge deadline undermined due process by allowing challenges just two days before the Canvass.
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
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Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
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The visual aesthetic of “The Beast in Me” is delicious 1970s conspiracy noir. But the plot is both excessive and somewhat elementary, laden with unnecessary and uninspired divergences.
“The Beast in Me” Is at War with Itself
The thriller series on Netflix, starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys, is internally confused—stylish, but uneven—despite its pretensions to real storytelling.
www.newyorker.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The visual aesthetic of “The Beast in Me” is delicious 1970s conspiracy noir. But the plot is both excessive and somewhat elementary, laden with unnecessary and uninspired divergences.
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I want to hear Bill Cassidy say he regrets voting for RFK Jr. If not, I’ll assume he just regrets the political discomfort this is causing him.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I want to hear Bill Cassidy say he regrets voting for RFK Jr. If not, I’ll assume he just regrets the political discomfort this is causing him.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) | NIWRC
www.niwrc.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
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Sarah Beckstrom, 20, one of two National Guardsmen shot yesterday, has succumbed to her injuries. She has died.
Sarah Beckstrom, RIP...and thank you for your service to this country.
Sarah Beckstrom, RIP...and thank you for your service to this country.
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Sarah Beckstrom, 20, one of two National Guardsmen shot yesterday, has succumbed to her injuries. She has died.
Sarah Beckstrom, RIP...and thank you for your service to this country.
Sarah Beckstrom, RIP...and thank you for your service to this country.
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If you could take the full tally--including lost opportunity from killing NIH funding--RFK has likely caused more harm to humankind than anyone in history.
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you could take the full tally--including lost opportunity from killing NIH funding--RFK has likely caused more harm to humankind than anyone in history.
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Trump ducks responsibility again—denying vetted facts despite granting the DC shooter asylum in April 2025 and attacking reporters. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has now died. It’s the same authoritarian playbook that treats service members as disposable props.
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Trump ducks responsibility again—denying vetted facts despite granting the DC shooter asylum in April 2025 and attacking reporters. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has now died. It’s the same authoritarian playbook that treats service members as disposable props.
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We the People are done with the Nazis among us.
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
We the People are done with the Nazis among us.
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My sentiments exactly.
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My sentiments exactly.
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Totally outrageous!
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Totally outrageous!
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Don't trust her...
If Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to prove her sincerity, she should sit for a deposition with House Judiciary Committee Democratic staff and testify as to her involvement in the January 6th Insurrection, including the meeting that took place at the Willard Hotel on the evening of January 5, 2021.
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Don't trust her...