FrankenBen
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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A Mexican woman was grabbed by ICE right after a c section.
She was suffering eclampsia and other complications, and her baby was alone in the NICU
They wouldn’t even give her a breast pump
She has a pending visa for victims of violent crimes… and then ICE committed a violent crime against her.
She was suffering eclampsia and other complications, and her baby was alone in the NICU
They wouldn’t even give her a breast pump
She has a pending visa for victims of violent crimes… and then ICE committed a violent crime against her.
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A Mexican woman was grabbed by ICE right after a c section.
She was suffering eclampsia and other complications, and her baby was alone in the NICU
They wouldn’t even give her a breast pump
She has a pending visa for victims of violent crimes… and then ICE committed a violent crime against her.
She was suffering eclampsia and other complications, and her baby was alone in the NICU
They wouldn’t even give her a breast pump
She has a pending visa for victims of violent crimes… and then ICE committed a violent crime against her.
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Remarkable reporting on these horrific and unacceptable injustices by my government.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Remarkable reporting on these horrific and unacceptable injustices by my government.
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Remarkable reporting on these horrific and unacceptable injustices by my government.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Remarkable reporting on these horrific and unacceptable injustices by my government.
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically.
Please subscribe.
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Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically.
Please subscribe.
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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
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The title verse of “We Shall Overcome” and most of the others are in the future tense. One verse is in the present: “We are not afraid TODAY.”
That is the most important message for our current moment. If you can “afford” to be fearless, do it.
That is the most important message for our current moment. If you can “afford” to be fearless, do it.
![Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.
There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.
What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.
It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lzlqyldh7nfc34pfffvd24ko/bafkreiap6asa64jdjb2vlv4c2sdritjrntsibvsv7baj6o4cgwcfgsjeny@jpeg)
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The title verse of “We Shall Overcome” and most of the others are in the future tense. One verse is in the present: “We are not afraid TODAY.”
That is the most important message for our current moment. If you can “afford” to be fearless, do it.
That is the most important message for our current moment. If you can “afford” to be fearless, do it.
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This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face.
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face.
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
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WOW. This entire story is HORRIFIC. This is FOIA of a body cam from the raid in upstate New York the same day as the Hyundai plant. It catches a Border Patrol agent on camera only bragging about denying medical care to migrants detained at the border under Biden — who he says are all "animals."
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The agent admits he treats immigrants like "they're animals" and that he tells his kids that they are animals "all the time"
September 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
WOW. This entire story is HORRIFIC. This is FOIA of a body cam from the raid in upstate New York the same day as the Hyundai plant. It catches a Border Patrol agent on camera only bragging about denying medical care to migrants detained at the border under Biden — who he says are all "animals."
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from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
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We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?
September 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?
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We've been retained by the family of Demartravion "Trey" Reed — the 21-yo Delta State University student whose body was found hanging from a tree.
Trey was a young man full of promise and warmth, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him.
Trey was a young man full of promise and warmth, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him.
September 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We've been retained by the family of Demartravion "Trey" Reed — the 21-yo Delta State University student whose body was found hanging from a tree.
Trey was a young man full of promise and warmth, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him.
Trey was a young man full of promise and warmth, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him.
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We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet
September 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet
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In a suit filed earlier today by three fired FBI officials, Patel and Bongino are portrayed as being so obsessed with social media that it could “risk outweighing more deliberate analyses of investigations."
September 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
In a suit filed earlier today by three fired FBI officials, Patel and Bongino are portrayed as being so obsessed with social media that it could “risk outweighing more deliberate analyses of investigations."
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DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.
August 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.
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Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trump’s birthday parade.
As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on October 18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS.
We hope you will join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on October 18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS.
We hope you will join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trump’s birthday parade.
As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on October 18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS.
We hope you will join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on October 18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS.
We hope you will join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to have a serious conversation about Trump’s health
Six questions worth digging into more.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
@tmobilesupport.bsky.social
After 25 years without changing cell phone carriers, I left #tmobile today because of their abandonment of #dei programs, and because I don't want my money going to #elonmusk and #starlink.
You might win some but you just lost one!
#boycotttmobile
#elon
#teslatakedown
After 25 years without changing cell phone carriers, I left #tmobile today because of their abandonment of #dei programs, and because I don't want my money going to #elonmusk and #starlink.
You might win some but you just lost one!
#boycotttmobile
#elon
#teslatakedown
September 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
@tmobilesupport.bsky.social
After 25 years without changing cell phone carriers, I left #tmobile today because of their abandonment of #dei programs, and because I don't want my money going to #elonmusk and #starlink.
You might win some but you just lost one!
#boycotttmobile
#elon
#teslatakedown
After 25 years without changing cell phone carriers, I left #tmobile today because of their abandonment of #dei programs, and because I don't want my money going to #elonmusk and #starlink.
You might win some but you just lost one!
#boycotttmobile
#elon
#teslatakedown
Dr. Daskalakis's letter of resignation is remarkable, and I encourage people to read and share it.
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Dr. Daskalakis's letter of resignation is remarkable, and I encourage people to read and share it.
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Target cities should hold military takeover referendums. Get the population on record on whether this is what they want. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/think...
Thinking Outside the Box; Getting Creative
Two ideas I heard from TPM Readers today: The first is from...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Target cities should hold military takeover referendums. Get the population on record on whether this is what they want. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/think...
My current experience with #searshomeservices, #kenmore, and #homedepot: "I'm not sure what is happening, as I called Kenmore and requested an earlier appointment, and then received a text from "Richard, your AI virtual assistant from Sears Home Services" asking if I wanted 9/8.
August 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My current experience with #searshomeservices, #kenmore, and #homedepot: "I'm not sure what is happening, as I called Kenmore and requested an earlier appointment, and then received a text from "Richard, your AI virtual assistant from Sears Home Services" asking if I wanted 9/8.