Ben
@detben.bsky.social
Midwest princess 🍂
I have friends everywhere.
I have friends everywhere.
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Toxic elements of "fandom" culture are a major feature of our current politics and it's an awful development
Politics is not fan culture—none of these people are your friends. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.
We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.
We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.
December 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Toxic elements of "fandom" culture are a major feature of our current politics and it's an awful development
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Winds exceeding 50 mph, 35-foot Great Lakes waves, blizzards, whiteout conditions and multi-vehicle pileups were all a part of the holiday storm. bit.ly/4b8ULZY
December 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Winds exceeding 50 mph, 35-foot Great Lakes waves, blizzards, whiteout conditions and multi-vehicle pileups were all a part of the holiday storm. bit.ly/4b8ULZY
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
Who's coming to save you?
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you.
Who's coming to save you?
Who's coming to save you?
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The US government has deported a US citizen with a Maryland birth certificate they claim is fake.
This goes way beyond even denaturalizing an immigrant citizen. This person was born here.
This goes way beyond even denaturalizing an immigrant citizen. This person was born here.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The US government has deported a US citizen with a Maryland birth certificate they claim is fake.
This goes way beyond even denaturalizing an immigrant citizen. This person was born here.
This goes way beyond even denaturalizing an immigrant citizen. This person was born here.
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When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
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An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament.
Feel safer?
Feel safer?
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament.
Feel safer?
Feel safer?
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There may be a culture issue inside Michigan football, idk
NEWS: Security footage captured former Michigan co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss minutes before he allegedly hacked college students’ personal accounts to steal sexually explicit photos and videos, an FBI search warrant affidavit alleges.
December 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There may be a culture issue inside Michigan football, idk
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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It’s like the Venetian Las Vegas threw up all over an apartment.
I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...
414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 - 3 beds/3.5 baths
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www.redfin.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s like the Venetian Las Vegas threw up all over an apartment.
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Blanche Devereaux would have loved Heated Rivalry
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Blanche Devereaux would have loved Heated Rivalry
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The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
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Republicans in the Michigan House voted to cancel $8.3 million of funding for programs aimed at supporting Flint water crisis victims
The cuts affect support services for Flint students, including psychologists, nurses, social workers, and counselors
The cuts affect support services for Flint students, including psychologists, nurses, social workers, and counselors
Michigan House blocks funding for Flint water crisis programs
Republicans in the Michigan House voted to cancel $8.3 million of funding for programs aimed at supporting Flint water crisis victims and potentially the RxKids expansion.
www.abc12.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Republicans in the Michigan House voted to cancel $8.3 million of funding for programs aimed at supporting Flint water crisis victims
The cuts affect support services for Flint students, including psychologists, nurses, social workers, and counselors
The cuts affect support services for Flint students, including psychologists, nurses, social workers, and counselors
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Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
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Another gross thing he’s done is make saying Merry Christmas into this culture war bullshit where people can use it like a slur, I’ve always said it to people because that was never a thing you couldn’t say and literally the only time I’ve felt uncomfortable saying it is when shit like this happens
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Another gross thing he’s done is make saying Merry Christmas into this culture war bullshit where people can use it like a slur, I’ve always said it to people because that was never a thing you couldn’t say and literally the only time I’ve felt uncomfortable saying it is when shit like this happens
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Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Brett Kavanaugh sees no problem with this woman being forced to do this every day for the rest of her life
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I lost my job, my kid can't get a job to begin with, and my insurance premiums are literally doubling. But at least America will once again be a country where no car gets more than 20 MPG.
December 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I lost my job, my kid can't get a job to begin with, and my insurance premiums are literally doubling. But at least America will once again be a country where no car gets more than 20 MPG.
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"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds reut.rs/3MFJWnW
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds
The spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS's Billionaire Ambitions Report published on Thursday.
reut.rs
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
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So a few things:
1) The initial boat strike was illegal;
2) The two survivors were trying to continue their drug run by clinging to wreckage?!
3) The initial boat strike was illegal.
1) The initial boat strike was illegal;
2) The two survivors were trying to continue their drug run by clinging to wreckage?!
3) The initial boat strike was illegal.
A top admiral is expected to tell lawmakers tomorrow that he and his legal adviser concluded that the two survivors of a boat strike in September were attempting to continue their drug run, making them and the damaged vessel legitimate targets for another attack.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
So a few things:
1) The initial boat strike was illegal;
2) The two survivors were trying to continue their drug run by clinging to wreckage?!
3) The initial boat strike was illegal.
1) The initial boat strike was illegal;
2) The two survivors were trying to continue their drug run by clinging to wreckage?!
3) The initial boat strike was illegal.
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👇🎯 Moral hazard is the fundamental problem, with the homeless, accommodations, or anything else.
Also, again: this is yet another higher ed issue that would disappear if we just
Funded.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, again: this is yet another higher ed issue that would disappear if we just
Funded.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
this feels like another iteration of the "what if I give a homeless man money and he buys booze" thing. So then he bought booze, so what, you are not his personal life coach. You did your bit now go live your life.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
👇🎯 Moral hazard is the fundamental problem, with the homeless, accommodations, or anything else.
Also, again: this is yet another higher ed issue that would disappear if we just
Funded.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, again: this is yet another higher ed issue that would disappear if we just
Funded.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Nearly 10x gay men died of AIDS in NY than American soldiers died in Vietnam
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Nearly 10x gay men died of AIDS in NY than American soldiers died in Vietnam
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This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
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I received an "F" on my dental school paper for writing "the tooth fairy takes 'em while you sleep" and now I'm suing the school for religious discrimination
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I received an "F" on my dental school paper for writing "the tooth fairy takes 'em while you sleep" and now I'm suing the school for religious discrimination
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"Prosecute ICE" should be a basic position for Democrats at this point.
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Prosecute ICE" should be a basic position for Democrats at this point.
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Costco has filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin seeking a refund on the money paid by Costco due to tariffs.
I want one too.
I want one too.
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Costco has filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin seeking a refund on the money paid by Costco due to tariffs.
I want one too.
I want one too.