Benton
@bentonb.bsky.social
Leftist at UC Davis
Political Affairs Director with the Davis College Democrats
Politics, Film and whatever else I feel like talking about
CA/MT
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Political Affairs Director with the Davis College Democrats
Politics, Film and whatever else I feel like talking about
CA/MT
🇺🇦🇵🇸
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you should read this story. they should run this fuckin guy through an electronics shredder
“It’s definitely welcomed news — very happy to hear it — but with the caveat that this whole thing took way too long,” said Lisa Warwick, whose husband, Scot, died after Weiner subjected him to 11 years of unnecessary treatments including chemo.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Medical License Revoked for Montana Doctor Linked to Suspicious Deaths
Oncologist Thomas C. Weiner will never practice medicine in Montana again after a decision by the state medical board. A 2024 ProPublica investigation detailed how Weiner had long been suspected of hu...
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
you should read this story. they should run this fuckin guy through an electronics shredder
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Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
www.france24.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
No they’re not you propaganda rag
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
No they’re not you propaganda rag
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This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!
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NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
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What the holy hell is this
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
What the holy hell is this
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Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
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You’d think a Democrat wouldn’t be stupid enough to back more government control over the internet under this fascist administration under the pretense of “save the children,” but Dick Durbin has a rock tumbler for a brain.
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
You’d think a Democrat wouldn’t be stupid enough to back more government control over the internet under this fascist administration under the pretense of “save the children,” but Dick Durbin has a rock tumbler for a brain.
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Opinion | The 2024 election was always about pardoning Honduran drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández. If Kamala Harris and the Democrats didn't understand that, shame on them.
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Opinion | The 2024 election was always about pardoning Honduran drug kingpin Juan Orlando Hernández. If Kamala Harris and the Democrats didn't understand that, shame on them.
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Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
wtf is going on in trumps head
hard launch.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
wtf is going on in trumps head
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Don't want to unfairly dunk on this guy, because pro-Eisenhower propaganda has convinced people that he was George McGovern with an R next to his name, but Eisenhower was an awful President for anyone who considers themselves a friend of progress, and in this thread, I'll cover why. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Don't want to unfairly dunk on this guy, because pro-Eisenhower propaganda has convinced people that he was George McGovern with an R next to his name, but Eisenhower was an awful President for anyone who considers themselves a friend of progress, and in this thread, I'll cover why. 🧵
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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"The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said, I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity." @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said, I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity." @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
Spin this out a bit?
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.
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A shitlib is going to protest—will you?
I think the most useful political activity most of us can engage in rn is to encourage as many people as possible to attend the Oct 18 protests.
October 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A shitlib is going to protest—will you?
While this is good progress, I think this story is making it sound like more members are shifting away than actually are.
Also even PACs like J Street are problematic. Israel is an apartheid state and needs fundamental changes that J street doesn’t advocate for. Get money out of politics.
Also even PACs like J Street are problematic. Israel is an apartheid state and needs fundamental changes that J street doesn’t advocate for. Get money out of politics.
NEW
Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift
A quiet retreat by Democrats from the pre-eminent pro-Israel lobbying group is the latest evidence of a realignment underway in Congress on Israel.
Full Story: nyti.ms/4mJNfXK
Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift
A quiet retreat by Democrats from the pre-eminent pro-Israel lobbying group is the latest evidence of a realignment underway in Congress on Israel.
Full Story: nyti.ms/4mJNfXK
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While this is good progress, I think this story is making it sound like more members are shifting away than actually are.
Also even PACs like J Street are problematic. Israel is an apartheid state and needs fundamental changes that J street doesn’t advocate for. Get money out of politics.
Also even PACs like J Street are problematic. Israel is an apartheid state and needs fundamental changes that J street doesn’t advocate for. Get money out of politics.
This is great! Why aren’t more democrats doing this? Especially in states like California?
I mean I know why, this is a rhetorical question, it’s because they are greedy and self centered and don’t actually represent the working class
I mean I know why, this is a rhetorical question, it’s because they are greedy and self centered and don’t actually represent the working class
scoop: Sen Chris Murphy is donating 100k from his political fund to Indivisible — the latest in a series of donations he says total ~1m to progressive organizing groups taking on the Trump admin
Murphy said fellow Dems should take notes to “meet the moment”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Murphy said fellow Dems should take notes to “meet the moment”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Sen. Chris Murphy sends funds to anti-Trump organizing groups
The Connecticut Democrat has distributed nearly $1 million this year to groups organizing against the Trump administration.
www.nbcnews.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is great! Why aren’t more democrats doing this? Especially in states like California?
I mean I know why, this is a rhetorical question, it’s because they are greedy and self centered and don’t actually represent the working class
I mean I know why, this is a rhetorical question, it’s because they are greedy and self centered and don’t actually represent the working class
You literally just signed a deal expanding oil production in the state of California, shut up you hypocrite
Further proof that Donald Trump lives in an alternate universe.
While the Trump Administration uselessly funnels hundreds of millions of dollars into a deadly industry, California will continue to lead the nation with cheaper, more effective renewable energy sources.
While the Trump Administration uselessly funnels hundreds of millions of dollars into a deadly industry, California will continue to lead the nation with cheaper, more effective renewable energy sources.
Breaking News: The Trump administration outlined a plan to revive the coal industry, including opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining.
September 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
You literally just signed a deal expanding oil production in the state of California, shut up you hypocrite
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Kind of a metaphor for the entire administration
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Kind of a metaphor for the entire administration
You say right after signing a bill to increase oil production in the state of California
It was a privilege to meet with leaders from Australia, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Brazil during the first day of #ClimateWeekNYC.
Together, we can cut pollution, protect our ecosystems, and keep building economies that work for both people and our planet.
Together, we can cut pollution, protect our ecosystems, and keep building economies that work for both people and our planet.
September 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You say right after signing a bill to increase oil production in the state of California
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Don't think I've ever felt this embarrassed to be an American. There's shame and anger too. But mostly embarrassment. We're the laughingstock of the developed world. And we should be.
Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Don't think I've ever felt this embarrassed to be an American. There's shame and anger too. But mostly embarrassment. We're the laughingstock of the developed world. And we should be.