Matthew Benjamin
@mattbenjamin.bsky.social
Professor, Writer, Social worker
“There are but two parties in America right now: patriots and traitors.” - Ulysses S Grant
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“There are but two parties in America right now: patriots and traitors.” - Ulysses S Grant
Matthewsaks.com
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Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
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Elections are binary and perfect is never on the ballot.
Your choice was Kamala or not-Kamala.
I don't care what your "reason" was for not voting for Kamala.
You failed, and this is your fault.
Your choice was Kamala or not-Kamala.
I don't care what your "reason" was for not voting for Kamala.
You failed, and this is your fault.
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Elections are binary and perfect is never on the ballot.
Your choice was Kamala or not-Kamala.
I don't care what your "reason" was for not voting for Kamala.
You failed, and this is your fault.
Your choice was Kamala or not-Kamala.
I don't care what your "reason" was for not voting for Kamala.
You failed, and this is your fault.
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state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
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Donald Trump wants to end freedom of speech and make it illegal to criticize him or his regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Donald Trump wants to end freedom of speech and make it illegal to criticize him or his regime.
I’m officially coining a new term: “fightiness.” Whereby Democratic Senators say the word “fight” a lot and make lots of noises about “fighting” but take no actual political risks or do anything to actually change the status quo in a significant way.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I’m officially coining a new term: “fightiness.” Whereby Democratic Senators say the word “fight” a lot and make lots of noises about “fighting” but take no actual political risks or do anything to actually change the status quo in a significant way.
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This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
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There really should be a coordinated effort to force Schumer out as Minority Leader as a result of his failure here.
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
There really should be a coordinated effort to force Schumer out as Minority Leader as a result of his failure here.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs
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For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.
I wrote about Zohran’s victory. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
For years, but especially for the past year, Democrats have been in thrall to the idea that they need to chase an imagined median voter, and adopt that voter’s positions. Mamdani’s victory shows another way: hold principles, and persuade people to share them.
“Convention has held us back. We have bowed at the altar of caution and we have paid a mighty price. Too many working people cannot recognize themselves in our party, and too many among us have turned to the right for answers as to why they’ve been left behind.” - ZKM
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
“Convention has held us back. We have bowed at the altar of caution and we have paid a mighty price. Too many working people cannot recognize themselves in our party, and too many among us have turned to the right for answers as to why they’ve been left behind.” - ZKM
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We can shut it all down.
Start organizing your communities. We will need to prep with strike funds and mutual aid networks.
#50501Movement #GeneralStrike
Start organizing your communities. We will need to prep with strike funds and mutual aid networks.
#50501Movement #GeneralStrike
October 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We can shut it all down.
Start organizing your communities. We will need to prep with strike funds and mutual aid networks.
#50501Movement #GeneralStrike
Start organizing your communities. We will need to prep with strike funds and mutual aid networks.
#50501Movement #GeneralStrike
Time for a #generalstrike. The corporations and oligarchs enabling Trump need to begin to feel it.
October 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Time for a #generalstrike. The corporations and oligarchs enabling Trump need to begin to feel it.
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“Ain't no justice, it's just us. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust” RIP D’Angelo
October 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Ain't no justice, it's just us. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust” RIP D’Angelo
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Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.
If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.
If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.
Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.
Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times
Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...
apple.news
October 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.
If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.
If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.
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We are so humiliatingly deep into tinpot dictatorship territory. The government has just brokered the coerced sale of a major media platform to an ally of the president, who is openly boasting about converting it into (even more of) a partisan propaganda outlet.
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We are so humiliatingly deep into tinpot dictatorship territory. The government has just brokered the coerced sale of a major media platform to an ally of the president, who is openly boasting about converting it into (even more of) a partisan propaganda outlet.
The US is a failed state
September 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The US is a failed state
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I understand this ad is running in Texas this weekend during football games 👀
September 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I understand this ad is running in Texas this weekend during football games 👀
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Let me state the obvious that seemingly needs restated. You can BOTH condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk, and still disagree with what he said.
This is the USA.
This is the USA.
September 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Let me state the obvious that seemingly needs restated. You can BOTH condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk, and still disagree with what he said.
This is the USA.
This is the USA.
It’s safe to say that - by most metrics - we no longer live in a free society.
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It’s safe to say that - by most metrics - we no longer live in a free society.
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Trump wants to stomp out dissent but we refuse to be silent. We must use our economic power to pressure ABC/Disney.
Encourage everyone you know to cancel their Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ subscriptions, and post their cancellations to social media using the hashtag #BoycottDisneyABC. 🧵
Encourage everyone you know to cancel their Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ subscriptions, and post their cancellations to social media using the hashtag #BoycottDisneyABC. 🧵
September 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump wants to stomp out dissent but we refuse to be silent. We must use our economic power to pressure ABC/Disney.
Encourage everyone you know to cancel their Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ subscriptions, and post their cancellations to social media using the hashtag #BoycottDisneyABC. 🧵
Encourage everyone you know to cancel their Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ subscriptions, and post their cancellations to social media using the hashtag #BoycottDisneyABC. 🧵
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They want to cancel Jimmy Kimmel and kill free speech?
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
They want to cancel Jimmy Kimmel and kill free speech?
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.