Brooks Benson
@brooksbenson.bsky.social
Person with Diabetes, Cyclist, Baseball Fan, Dad, Crappy Photographer. Never Trump.
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Congress needs to make sure there are consequences for this week. You can’t unilaterally start a war and destabilize our international alliances while your goons shoot a mother in the face domestically and get to say wait til the next election. USE YOUR OFFICE NOW.
January 8, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Congress needs to make sure there are consequences for this week. You can’t unilaterally start a war and destabilize our international alliances while your goons shoot a mother in the face domestically and get to say wait til the next election. USE YOUR OFFICE NOW.
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Refunds. Cantor Fitzgerald started buying up rights to the refunds last summer.
www.wired.com/story/cantor...
www.wired.com/story/cantor...
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them
A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in cou...
www.wired.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Refunds. Cantor Fitzgerald started buying up rights to the refunds last summer.
www.wired.com/story/cantor...
www.wired.com/story/cantor...
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
We can do without these earthquakes!
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We can do without these earthquakes!
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
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Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay.
Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.
Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.
Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
September 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay.
Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.
Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.
Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
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At some point in the not too distant future the conventional wisdom will be that this was a period where the US focused on dumb shit while China took the lead in multiple domains
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
August 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
At some point in the not too distant future the conventional wisdom will be that this was a period where the US focused on dumb shit while China took the lead in multiple domains
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"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
cmarmitage.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
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this 48-second video of a protest in ontario, california is top-tier storytelling 🤌🏽🤌🏽
June 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
this 48-second video of a protest in ontario, california is top-tier storytelling 🤌🏽🤌🏽
Bike porn. Sent the Colnago to the shop for some TLC. New chain, brake pads and bar tape. Everything is clean and shiny!
June 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Bike porn. Sent the Colnago to the shop for some TLC. New chain, brake pads and bar tape. Everything is clean and shiny!
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i personally do not think the administration is actually prepared for what happens if they are facing mass protests in every major city in the country
June 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
i personally do not think the administration is actually prepared for what happens if they are facing mass protests in every major city in the country
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I wondered the same thing - so I made this:
June 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I wondered the same thing - so I made this:
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forcing JD Vance into the middle of this against his will is such an incredible bonus
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
forcing JD Vance into the middle of this against his will is such an incredible bonus
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Elon Musk has punched Trump harder in the past two hours than most Democrats in Congress have done since Trump took office. That is part of the problem for us, Dems!
June 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Elon Musk has punched Trump harder in the past two hours than most Democrats in Congress have done since Trump took office. That is part of the problem for us, Dems!
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Lemme explain what bilateral trade deficits are, so that you can better understand -- and perhaps be infuriated by -- the intellectual error that's transforming our economy. #TeachEcon
May 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Lemme explain what bilateral trade deficits are, so that you can better understand -- and perhaps be infuriated by -- the intellectual error that's transforming our economy. #TeachEcon
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“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”
- Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography
- Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography
May 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”
- Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography
- Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi: An Autobiography
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just going to keep saying this, but the less you’re enforcing laws about fiat money movement the worse the core crypto value proposition becomes
if you think a major driver of crypto is that it allows for easier money laundering, it is not clear that the United States Government deciding to no longer care about money laundering is unalloyed good news for crypto
May 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
just going to keep saying this, but the less you’re enforcing laws about fiat money movement the worse the core crypto value proposition becomes
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It absolutely disgusts me that both California Democratic senators voted in favor of a law that will force the rest of us, through our bank accounts, to subsidize the monumentally corrupt cryptocurrency "industry" --
They have chosen to join the corruption, and I'll remember that.
They have chosen to join the corruption, and I'll remember that.
May 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
It absolutely disgusts me that both California Democratic senators voted in favor of a law that will force the rest of us, through our bank accounts, to subsidize the monumentally corrupt cryptocurrency "industry" --
They have chosen to join the corruption, and I'll remember that.
They have chosen to join the corruption, and I'll remember that.
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Is this bad? I'm no international shipping expert, but this sounds bad.
May 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Is this bad? I'm no international shipping expert, but this sounds bad.
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True or not, it's funny.
And we all need a good laugh right now.
And we all need a good laugh right now.
May 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
True or not, it's funny.
And we all need a good laugh right now.
And we all need a good laugh right now.