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Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 1h

Explain how you’ve reduced the price of prescription drugs by 1,400 percent, genius. Show your work.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "I also did a cognitive exam. Which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it and I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. That made me well good ... not the easiest test."

Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 5h

Imagine looking at these numbers — particularly the lower set — and only pushing back against cuts to Obamacare subsidies.

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 6h

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)

Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 5h

That the mainstream media continues treating Donald Trump as a popular president with a mandate who therefore can rule as a dictator is a choice.

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 6h

These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 5h

These techbros want to pretend they’re billionaires because they are brilliant and not because they were extraordinarily lucky. They’re dumb. Also sociopaths.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 8h

Your name shows up so much in the Epstein files they’re calling them the Trump-Epstein files.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 21h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 9h

We’re 9 months into an overtly white supremacist administration and the mainstream media refuses to even approach acknowledging it.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

bsky.app/profile/jame...

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 9h

Y'all, this is a white supremacist regime intent on re-segregating the United States and removing Black people from positions of authority and access to opportunity. This must be stated as a simple 'matter of fact' and condemned at every turn.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 9h

Has any elected Democrat called for Trump’s impeachment over this? If not, why not (note: not having control of the House isn’t a good answer)?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Yet another incident that would’ve gotten any other president immediately impeached that is only the 127th worst thing Trump has done in 2025.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 9h

He’s ignorant AF — always has been — always will be. That this obvious truth was never covered by the mainstream media is damning.

WIRED @wired.com · 10h

US president Donald Trump appeared confused by a question over the possible suspension of habeas corpus, during an “antifa roundtable” event at the White House attended by conservative influencers.

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♨ naïve dumbass @atticusgf.bsky.social · 16h

Trump vs. US was the final straw imo. You cannot read that ruling and continue believing they have legitimacy. It is not only against the plain text of the constitution, it is anathema to the national ethos. It is offensively, insultingly un-American and they ceded legitimacy by committing that sin.

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 18h

"He charged Trump for official acts he took as president." is straightforwardly false with respect to the classified documents case in any event; it was charged in FL as retention, not in DC as removal or mishandling precisely because it was charging his personal, not his official acts

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 9h

The Washington Post and CBS News — two standouts in the mainstream media — have been overtaken by billionaires who will spread right wing propaganda under their (formerly) trusted names.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18h

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 10h

Now Trump is committing impeachable acts in public by mistake.

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 20h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 10h

LOL — not good enough for The View but good enough to lead CBS News.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 17h

Kind of wonder what the media reaction would have been if Biden accidentally publicly ordered Garland to prosecute his enemies.

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Ian Hunter @bluejayhunter.com · 18h

"Start spreading the news, bitches!"

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 18h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 10h

The NY Yankees being eliminated means it is another successful baseball season.

Ben Dillon @benjdillon.bsky.social · 19h

Every day Trump is president is a threat to America and Americans. Impeach.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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