Benjamin Nason
@benjaminnason.bsky.social
Movies, books, techno, cats. Not necessarily in that order, especially according to cat.
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NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
I am an FBI agent, Charlie Brown!
Find hungry samurai, Charlie Brown
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I am an FBI agent, Charlie Brown!
The job I strive for
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The job I strive for
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
Imagine still posting on X for the likes.
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Imagine still posting on X for the likes.
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sometimes you just want to read Don DeLillo sentences.
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Sometimes you just want to read Don DeLillo sentences.
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NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income • The TRiiBE
On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.
thetriibe.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW — Today, Cook County became the first county in the U.S. to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income at the county level.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved $7.5 million for the program through its FY 2026 budget, which totals $10.12 billion.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/cook...
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I spent almost six years working at Barnes & Noble when I was younger. Plus more years at other bookstores. Now, needing work, I applied for temp holiday position at B&N. Today I received an email saying I’m not qualified enough. Again, nothing has meaning in this job market.
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I spent almost six years working at Barnes & Noble when I was younger. Plus more years at other bookstores. Now, needing work, I applied for temp holiday position at B&N. Today I received an email saying I’m not qualified enough. Again, nothing has meaning in this job market.
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DAILY MEMO: More Than 30 People Taken in At Least 30 Raids During Saturday Through Monday Rains
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
DAILY MEMO: More Than 30 People Taken in At Least 30 Raids During Saturday Through Monday Rains
So for a moment let’s take him at his word which means he has no idea what was analyzed but whatever it is they analyzed it so well it’s now the best whatever it is that ever was.
“Was it your brain?” should be the follow up question to every Trump statement.
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So for a moment let’s take him at his word which means he has no idea what was analyzed but whatever it is they analyzed it so well it’s now the best whatever it is that ever was.
LE CERCLE ROUGE is perfect for a rainy, fall day.
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
LE CERCLE ROUGE is perfect for a rainy, fall day.
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
I hear Isabella Rossellini in my head saying “minuscule.”
In a time of too many small men in America, no man has been smaller than Mike Johnson.
REPORTER: Why'd it take so long to get sworn in?
GRIJALVA: *gestures at Johnson* That would not be my question!
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I really like this lady
GRIJALVA: *gestures at Johnson* That would not be my question!
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I really like this lady
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I hear Isabella Rossellini in my head saying “minuscule.”
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This concentration camp was opened at Fort Bliss, the site of a former Japanese internment camp.
It also cost over $1B in private contracts to build in a place meant to hold 1000 people. So, basically it’s a fascist grift.
shorturl.at/qhuSc
It also cost over $1B in private contracts to build in a place meant to hold 1000 people. So, basically it’s a fascist grift.
shorturl.at/qhuSc
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This concentration camp was opened at Fort Bliss, the site of a former Japanese internment camp.
It also cost over $1B in private contracts to build in a place meant to hold 1000 people. So, basically it’s a fascist grift.
shorturl.at/qhuSc
It also cost over $1B in private contracts to build in a place meant to hold 1000 people. So, basically it’s a fascist grift.
shorturl.at/qhuSc
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The U.S. lost an average of 11,000 jobs every week in October, per CNBC.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The U.S. lost an average of 11,000 jobs every week in October, per CNBC.
“it appears you do not meet the qualifications of this role.”
For a position I’m overqualified for. lol. Nothing has any meaning in the job market anymore. Thank you ai.
For a position I’m overqualified for. lol. Nothing has any meaning in the job market anymore. Thank you ai.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“it appears you do not meet the qualifications of this role.”
For a position I’m overqualified for. lol. Nothing has any meaning in the job market anymore. Thank you ai.
For a position I’m overqualified for. lol. Nothing has any meaning in the job market anymore. Thank you ai.
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do 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 11:00 PM
Meanwhile, people unconstitutionally seized or brutalized by ICE agents can’t sue them because there’s no private right of action for them to do that.
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This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This isn't "internal recriminations." It's voters expressing overwhelming opposition to what the people they elected to represent them are doing, and anyone--either in journalism or politics--who characterizes it as infighting is either not seeing and hearing what's right in front of them or lying.
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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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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.