Ben Martell
@benjmartell.bsky.social
Classic liberal. Skier, reader of books. Love water, sun, mountains, beaches, fun. Love Democracy. Have hope we survive these times.
🚫 to fascism of any kind!
🚫 crypto
🚫 MAGA
🚫 DM’s (Unless I know you).
Software engineer (kinda, sorta semi-retired 😎)
🚫 to fascism of any kind!
🚫 crypto
🚫 MAGA
🚫 DM’s (Unless I know you).
Software engineer (kinda, sorta semi-retired 😎)
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MAGA and Trump relentlessly portray the left as extremist.
Meanwhile, one of Vice President Vance’s favorite “intellectuals” is openly fawning over…checks notes…Adolf Hitler.
Meanwhile, one of Vice President Vance’s favorite “intellectuals” is openly fawning over…checks notes…Adolf Hitler.
January 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
MAGA and Trump relentlessly portray the left as extremist.
Meanwhile, one of Vice President Vance’s favorite “intellectuals” is openly fawning over…checks notes…Adolf Hitler.
Meanwhile, one of Vice President Vance’s favorite “intellectuals” is openly fawning over…checks notes…Adolf Hitler.
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The President of the United States is a criminal.
Thank you for your service, Jack Smith.
Thank you for your service, Jack Smith.
Jack Smith in just-released House Committee interview … about Trump:
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
“The attack that happened at the Capitol … does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit”
youtu.be/1NOVLkzycPI?...
Jack Smith in House Cmte interview re: Trump: “Attack.. at the Capitol does not happen without him”
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The President of the United States is a criminal.
Thank you for your service, Jack Smith.
Thank you for your service, Jack Smith.
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And there it is…
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
And there it is…
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Jack Smith: “President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol does not happen without him”
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Jack Smith: “President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol does not happen without him”
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
The incompetence of this DOJ will be what saves US in the end.
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The incompetence of this DOJ will be what saves US in the end.
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What rot from the leader of the kingmaker White Noise Court. There is no person in government more partisan than Roberts. Destroyed any respect that lower courts had with his shadowy decisions.
Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution. https://cnn.it/3LsloyF
January 1, 2026 at 1:54 PM
What rot from the leader of the kingmaker White Noise Court. There is no person in government more partisan than Roberts. Destroyed any respect that lower courts had with his shadowy decisions.
Math is hard for the folks at DHS. And intelligence is in very short supply.
January 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Math is hard for the folks at DHS. And intelligence is in very short supply.
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Speak out the wish like music,
that has within it
the horn, the string,
the drum pitched deep as grief.
-
See now
open above the field,
stilled in wing-stiffened flight,
the stretched hawk fly.
Louise Bogan, from
The Blue Estuaries
I appreciate you all 🤍
May it be a better year
that has within it
the horn, the string,
the drum pitched deep as grief.
-
See now
open above the field,
stilled in wing-stiffened flight,
the stretched hawk fly.
Louise Bogan, from
The Blue Estuaries
I appreciate you all 🤍
May it be a better year
December 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Speak out the wish like music,
that has within it
the horn, the string,
the drum pitched deep as grief.
-
See now
open above the field,
stilled in wing-stiffened flight,
the stretched hawk fly.
Louise Bogan, from
The Blue Estuaries
I appreciate you all 🤍
May it be a better year
that has within it
the horn, the string,
the drum pitched deep as grief.
-
See now
open above the field,
stilled in wing-stiffened flight,
the stretched hawk fly.
Louise Bogan, from
The Blue Estuaries
I appreciate you all 🤍
May it be a better year
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I won't lie, this was a tough year for democracy. But we enter 2026 with hope and optimism for the year ahead. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.
January 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I won't lie, this was a tough year for democracy. But we enter 2026 with hope and optimism for the year ahead. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.
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This is funny coming from a cowardly billionaire surrounded by bodyguards who left South Africa to avoid conscription and has done everything he can to elect fascists and silence people who disagree with him
January 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is funny coming from a cowardly billionaire surrounded by bodyguards who left South Africa to avoid conscription and has done everything he can to elect fascists and silence people who disagree with him
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What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
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Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Smith: He was getting calls from people he trusts, people he relies on—and he still refused to come to the aid of the people at the Capitol. That’s very important evidence for criminal intent in our case.
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
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That is indeed what they did.
December 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
That is indeed what they did.
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The more you know…
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The more you know…
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Absolutely amazing work and a credit to humanity really.
What’s amazing about this story is that they *reversed* it. It’s not just a treatment that can stave it off or delay it. It *cures* Alzheimer’s. I know lots of research initially seems hopeful in mice and then doesn’t go anywhere, but this could be momentous.
I cried.
I cried.
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Absolutely amazing work and a credit to humanity really.
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USPS was forced to front fund all of its pension for all of its employees. This is why it is always “in the red”. No other part of the govt does this.
December 31, 2025 at 5:31 AM
USPS was forced to front fund all of its pension for all of its employees. This is why it is always “in the red”. No other part of the govt does this.
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This video speaks for itself. No commentary needed.
December 31, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This video speaks for itself. No commentary needed.
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December 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Exceptional work here.
Needless to say, the factual details do not support the administration’s narrative used to justify this killing spree.
We have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict:
Murder.
Needless to say, the factual details do not support the administration’s narrative used to justify this killing spree.
We have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict:
Murder.
A scorched boat washed ashore on a remote beach in Colombia. Then mangled bodies. And then empty packets, a few with marijuana traces. We matched the physical and digital evidence to a U.S. airstrike — and found a fishing community terrified to go to sea. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Exceptional work here.
Needless to say, the factual details do not support the administration’s narrative used to justify this killing spree.
We have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict:
Murder.
Needless to say, the factual details do not support the administration’s narrative used to justify this killing spree.
We have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict:
Murder.
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Y'all, this is as fucked up as his attacks on the Reiners in the wake of their murders
He is a sick muthafucher!
He is a sick muthafucher!
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Y'all, this is as fucked up as his attacks on the Reiners in the wake of their murders
He is a sick muthafucher!
He is a sick muthafucher!
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An anti-Ukraine policy “swept through the Pentagon. Time and again, Mr. Hegseth and his advisers undermined, sidelined or silenced front-line generals and administration officials sympathetic to Ukraine.” (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Gift Article)
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
An anti-Ukraine policy “swept through the Pentagon. Time and again, Mr. Hegseth and his advisers undermined, sidelined or silenced front-line generals and administration officials sympathetic to Ukraine.” (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Another corrupt pardon brought & paid for. If You are a Rich criminal, you can buy a pardon from the Convicted FElon. The illegals are not the criminals. The REAL CRIMINALS are at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
He donated $1.8 million to Trump and hired Pam Bondi’s brother as his pardon attorney. Defrauded hundreds of millions from people. Walked away free. Not Somali.
December 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Another corrupt pardon brought & paid for. If You are a Rich criminal, you can buy a pardon from the Convicted FElon. The illegals are not the criminals. The REAL CRIMINALS are at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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the felon is EVIL and he has access and control of nuclear weapons.
This is worse and much more dangerous than what lead to the French Revolution.
This is a Global crisis. This is why countries look at us and think we are crazy not to have toppled him from his stolen perch.
This is worse and much more dangerous than what lead to the French Revolution.
This is a Global crisis. This is why countries look at us and think we are crazy not to have toppled him from his stolen perch.
December 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
the felon is EVIL and he has access and control of nuclear weapons.
This is worse and much more dangerous than what lead to the French Revolution.
This is a Global crisis. This is why countries look at us and think we are crazy not to have toppled him from his stolen perch.
This is worse and much more dangerous than what lead to the French Revolution.
This is a Global crisis. This is why countries look at us and think we are crazy not to have toppled him from his stolen perch.
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McArdle and others of the Washpost Opinion/Free Press bent want us to think performers and audiences are boycotting the Kennedy Center because they’re trying to change Trump’s behavior.
Even though it’s clear the boycott is because they’re trying to abide by their own codes of ethics and morality
Even though it’s clear the boycott is because they’re trying to abide by their own codes of ethics and morality
December 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
McArdle and others of the Washpost Opinion/Free Press bent want us to think performers and audiences are boycotting the Kennedy Center because they’re trying to change Trump’s behavior.
Even though it’s clear the boycott is because they’re trying to abide by their own codes of ethics and morality
Even though it’s clear the boycott is because they’re trying to abide by their own codes of ethics and morality