H. Tilton-Benoit
@hltilton.bsky.social
She/Her. Wife. Mother. Unitarian Universalist. INFJ. Ally. Photography, books, genealogy, history, the beautiful game of baseball...a few of my favorite things.
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Former Trump lawyer Emil Bove who was “willing to ignore court orders in order to fulfill the president’s aggressive deportation campaign” per a whistle-blower” has a confirmation for a 3rd circuit judgeship Wednesday, a move widely seen as fastracking him for SCOTUS www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
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June 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Former Trump lawyer Emil Bove who was “willing to ignore court orders in order to fulfill the president’s aggressive deportation campaign” per a whistle-blower” has a confirmation for a 3rd circuit judgeship Wednesday, a move widely seen as fastracking him for SCOTUS www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
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“A senior Justice Department official, Emil Bove III, told subordinates he was willing to ignore court orders in order to fulfill the president’s aggressive deportation campaign, according to a whistle-blower complaint by a department lawyer who has since been fired.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
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June 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“A senior Justice Department official, Emil Bove III, told subordinates he was willing to ignore court orders in order to fulfill the president’s aggressive deportation campaign, according to a whistle-blower complaint by a department lawyer who has since been fired.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
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NEW from me: A deep dive into OMB Director Russell Vought — specifically, how his plan to reshape the government is rooted in a specific ideology: Christian nationalism.
Also, his favorite religious quote from an early president may be, uh…not true. religionnews.com/2025/06/23/r...
Also, his favorite religious quote from an early president may be, uh…not true. religionnews.com/2025/06/23/r...
OMB's Russell Vought, the Christian 'nation-ist' driving Project 2025 and DOGE
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The director of the US budget has declared that Christians should be 'stewards of a blessing that has been God-given: to live in this land, this particular land.'
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June 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
NEW from me: A deep dive into OMB Director Russell Vought — specifically, how his plan to reshape the government is rooted in a specific ideology: Christian nationalism.
Also, his favorite religious quote from an early president may be, uh…not true. religionnews.com/2025/06/23/r...
Also, his favorite religious quote from an early president may be, uh…not true. religionnews.com/2025/06/23/r...
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Trump’s decision “will open up vast swaths of largely untouched land to logging and roadbuilding, including about 30% of the land in the National Forest System — encompassing 92% of Tongass, one of the last remaining intact temperate rainforests in the world…”
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Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests
The Agriculture Department said it would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest System.
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June 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Trump’s decision “will open up vast swaths of largely untouched land to logging and roadbuilding, including about 30% of the land in the National Forest System — encompassing 92% of Tongass, one of the last remaining intact temperate rainforests in the world…”
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New York has a higher per-capita income, a lower crime rate and a functional insurance system.
Bessent: "We want the US to be more like Florida and less like New York"
May 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New York has a higher per-capita income, a lower crime rate and a functional insurance system.
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The GOP budget: brought to you by the phrase “stop hitting yourself.”
May 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The GOP budget: brought to you by the phrase “stop hitting yourself.”
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Casar: What we discovered last night, which is really breaking news, is that they’re not just robbing Medicaid—it turns out they’re also planning to rob Medicare of nearly half a billion dollars if they pass this bill.
May 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Casar: What we discovered last night, which is really breaking news, is that they’re not just robbing Medicaid—it turns out they’re also planning to rob Medicare of nearly half a billion dollars if they pass this bill.
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Jeffries: There are three big issues with the bill
1. It represents the largest cut to healthcare in American history.
2. It represents the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history.
3. All of this is being done to enact the largest tax break for billionaires in American history.
1. It represents the largest cut to healthcare in American history.
2. It represents the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history.
3. All of this is being done to enact the largest tax break for billionaires in American history.
May 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Jeffries: There are three big issues with the bill
1. It represents the largest cut to healthcare in American history.
2. It represents the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history.
3. All of this is being done to enact the largest tax break for billionaires in American history.
1. It represents the largest cut to healthcare in American history.
2. It represents the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history.
3. All of this is being done to enact the largest tax break for billionaires in American history.
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Rep Eric Swalwell walked out in *shock*—and who could blame him?
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
April 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Rep Eric Swalwell walked out in *shock*—and who could blame him?
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
Every single GOP member on the House Judiciary Committee just voted to let Trump “deport” American citizens.
This is illegal, authoritarian, and unforgivable 🤬
Time to call, write, & protest before the full House votes.
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🚨Jasmine Crockett & Eric Swalwell begged House Judiciary Republicans to vote NO. They offered deals, sweeteners, the whole package. And those damn soulless traitors STILL voted to let Trump exile American citizens.
This isn’t just betrayal—it’s the birth of authoritarian rule.
Sound the alarm.🚨
This isn’t just betrayal—it’s the birth of authoritarian rule.
Sound the alarm.🚨
April 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
🚨Jasmine Crockett & Eric Swalwell begged House Judiciary Republicans to vote NO. They offered deals, sweeteners, the whole package. And those damn soulless traitors STILL voted to let Trump exile American citizens.
This isn’t just betrayal—it’s the birth of authoritarian rule.
Sound the alarm.🚨
This isn’t just betrayal—it’s the birth of authoritarian rule.
Sound the alarm.🚨
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Fuckers… www.newspressnow.com/kmiz-local-n...
Senate committee approves ballot measure to overturn Amendment 3
Marie Moyer JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri Senate committee has approved putting a ballot measure before voters that would overturn Amendment 3. House Joint Resolution 73 has already been appro...
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April 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Fuckers… www.newspressnow.com/kmiz-local-n...
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I remember when everyone made fun of Bernie Sanders (justifiably) for saying we don’t need 30 kinds of deodorant
Trump: “Somebody said, ‘Oh the shelves are going to be open.’ Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”
May 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I remember when everyone made fun of Bernie Sanders (justifiably) for saying we don’t need 30 kinds of deodorant
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This is up 54% over the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court race. That’s *usually* good news for Dems. But is this increase due to Musk’s attempts to buy the election?
More than 500,000 Wisconsinites have already voted early in the state's pivotal Supreme Court race.
March 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is up 54% over the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court race. That’s *usually* good news for Dems. But is this increase due to Musk’s attempts to buy the election?
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In 1873, Justice Edward Ryan, chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, addressed the graduating class of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and asked: Which shall rule—wealth or man?
The day has come—and on Tuesday, Wisconsinites will answer that question. 🧵
The day has come—and on Tuesday, Wisconsinites will answer that question. 🧵
March 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In 1873, Justice Edward Ryan, chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, addressed the graduating class of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and asked: Which shall rule—wealth or man?
The day has come—and on Tuesday, Wisconsinites will answer that question. 🧵
The day has come—and on Tuesday, Wisconsinites will answer that question. 🧵
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It would disenfranchise millions. It seeks to restrict what ballots states can count. It purports to give DOGE unspecified powers to review state run voter rolls. No wonder vote suppressors and election deniers from coast to coast lavished it with praise. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning
From Marc | The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections.
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March 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It would disenfranchise millions. It seeks to restrict what ballots states can count. It purports to give DOGE unspecified powers to review state run voter rolls. No wonder vote suppressors and election deniers from coast to coast lavished it with praise. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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It’s up to us
WE THE PEOPLE
to turn this ship!
Our Leaders, brothers, sisters, need our help & can’t do it alone!
If you sat out the last election…now’s the time to engage.
Our ancestors fought for the rights we have today. Do not capitulate..future generations, WE, are counting on you!
WE THE PEOPLE
to turn this ship!
Our Leaders, brothers, sisters, need our help & can’t do it alone!
If you sat out the last election…now’s the time to engage.
Our ancestors fought for the rights we have today. Do not capitulate..future generations, WE, are counting on you!
March 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It’s up to us
WE THE PEOPLE
to turn this ship!
Our Leaders, brothers, sisters, need our help & can’t do it alone!
If you sat out the last election…now’s the time to engage.
Our ancestors fought for the rights we have today. Do not capitulate..future generations, WE, are counting on you!
WE THE PEOPLE
to turn this ship!
Our Leaders, brothers, sisters, need our help & can’t do it alone!
If you sat out the last election…now’s the time to engage.
Our ancestors fought for the rights we have today. Do not capitulate..future generations, WE, are counting on you!
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Even if you accept the premise and decision, which I absolutely do not, it is the simplest thing to phone the visa holder, tell them their visa is revoked and say they have a month to leave the country. Accosting someone on the street like a kidnapping is just a spectacle of terror.
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Even if you accept the premise and decision, which I absolutely do not, it is the simplest thing to phone the visa holder, tell them their visa is revoked and say they have a month to leave the country. Accosting someone on the street like a kidnapping is just a spectacle of terror.
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Utterly, utterly disgraceful.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Utterly, utterly disgraceful.
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They did it. They actually invoked the state secret privilege to avoid having to give Boasberg any details about the flights, many of which they bragged about on social media. If I can find out what time a plane departed, it’s not a state secret.
NEW: The Trump administration invokes the state-secrets privilege, saying it will give Judge Boasberg no more information about deportation flights to inform his decision about whether the gov't defied his orders storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
They did it. They actually invoked the state secret privilege to avoid having to give Boasberg any details about the flights, many of which they bragged about on social media. If I can find out what time a plane departed, it’s not a state secret.
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What Judge Boasberg really needed was to be included in the Signal chat.
NEW: The Trump administration invokes the state-secrets privilege, saying it will give Judge Boasberg no more information about deportation flights to inform his decision about whether the gov't defied his orders storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What Judge Boasberg really needed was to be included in the Signal chat.
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GOOD: Using Signal to chat about war plans
BAD: Giving Boasberg public flight times
BAD: Giving Boasberg public flight times
March 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
GOOD: Using Signal to chat about war plans
BAD: Giving Boasberg public flight times
BAD: Giving Boasberg public flight times
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🔥BREAKING NEWS: Two sources have told me that the Department of Veterans Affairs payroll system (VATAS) has been down since Friday. It is operating in 'Emergency Mode' only and will have to resort to straight time cards to get people their base pay on Friday.
March 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🔥BREAKING NEWS: Two sources have told me that the Department of Veterans Affairs payroll system (VATAS) has been down since Friday. It is operating in 'Emergency Mode' only and will have to resort to straight time cards to get people their base pay on Friday.
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DeWine is likely to sign into law the most dramatic ending of academic freedom in the modern history of higher education. There are even deeper red states that aren’t doing what Ohio’s doing.
March 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
DeWine is likely to sign into law the most dramatic ending of academic freedom in the modern history of higher education. There are even deeper red states that aren’t doing what Ohio’s doing.
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It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.
March 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.
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Lee Gelernt: "We don't know for sure who is who because the government did this all in secret. But I would just caution people not to buy in immediately to the government's characterization of all these people." We only have Trump's word on these latest deportations, and we know what that's worth.
March 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Lee Gelernt: "We don't know for sure who is who because the government did this all in secret. But I would just caution people not to buy in immediately to the government's characterization of all these people." We only have Trump's word on these latest deportations, and we know what that's worth.