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Chris Benson

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · Nov 15

Not tooting the horn but this still makes me smile so I took my top pin with me from Twitter, too 😊💙
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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 9h

Being kicked out by them for committing journalism was certainly a career highlight of mine.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 10h

Moms for Liberty CEO & Co-Founder Tina Descovich verbally attacked the @buckscountybeacon.com at Harrisburg-area event last week while introducing Bucks Chapter Chair Jamie Tromba. Our crime? Journalism. Read more here: bit.ly/46XkOQh (And don't forget to support progressive, independent media!)

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 2h

I find myself appreciating 1995’s CASPER a bit more with each passing year.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 6h

I was lucky to cover Ethel's farewell nearly a year to date in what appears to be the end of a Kennedy 'Camelot' chapter.
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Modern Day Bartleby @moderndaybartleby.bsky.social · 3h

The Republican Party is Profa

Truthout @truthout.org · 3h

A recently surfaced video shows a Chicago-area minister being shot in the head by agents with a projectile while he prayed at a protest outside of an ICE facility in Broadview.

Video Shows ICE Agents Shooting Protesting Pastor With Pepper Ball From Rooftop

The minister said he was praying, inviting the agents to repent when they struck him.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 3h

The European Space Agency says a nearly 10-foot-wide asteroid was picked up by radar some 265 miles over Antarctica. www.upi.com/Science_News...

Small asteroid detected hours after it passed closer to Earth than some satellites - UPI.com

The Paris-based European Space Agency says a near 10-foot-wide asteroid passed Earth 265 miles above Antarctica but was not detected until hours after it was gone.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 5h

DEEP STATE.

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kyma-tv.bsky.social @kyma-tv.bsky.social · 5h

Governor Hobbs has served as governor since 2023 after previously serving as Secretary of State, and will likely run unopposed in the 2026 Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to KPHO.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announce run for re-election

Governor Hobbs has served as governor since 2023 after previously serving as Secretary of State, and will likely run unopposed in the 2026 Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to KPHO.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 6h

I was lucky to cover Ethel's farewell nearly a year to date in what appears to be the end of a Kennedy 'Camelot' chapter.
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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 6h

The two Stalzer children are reportedly in custody of German youth authorities. www.upi.com/Top_News/Wor...

Recovering German mayor-elect says her daughter was knife attacker - UPI.com

A newly-elected German mayor named her daughter as the suspected assailant after a knife attack left the political leader in critical condition.

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 8h

"The UK’s national security is under severe threat from the climate crisis and the looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away"

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 8h

Germany now joins Britain, France, Romania, Lithuania and others in extending police powers to down the unknown flying drones disrupting travel in multiple EU nations. www.upi.com/Top_News/Wor...

Germany joins EU nations with plans to shoot down unknown drones - UPI.com

German authorities were granted permission to shoot down drones following a series of recent disruptions of unknown drone spotting near Munich.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 10h

"Now I've been sober for quite a while, and I've learned to live my life one day at a time," she said during a 1981 interview just before her divorce. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

Joan Bennett Kennedy, 1st wife of JFK brother Ted Kennedy, dies at 89 - UPI.com

Joan Kennedy, prominent U.S. mental health and addiction advocate and ex-wife of late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, has reportedly died at age 89 at her home in Boston

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 11h

Past flights included Star Trek celebrity William Shatner, Hall of Famer Michael Strahan and pop superstar Katy Perry. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

Bezos-owned Blue Origin launches 15th space flight for tourists - UPI.com

Space tourism company Blue Origin launched six people in Texas on its 15th mission in the growing orbital tourism industry.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 12h

COMEY pleads not guilty in Virginia. Trial set for JANUARY 5.

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fancy_cat_names @karen312.bsky.social · 15h

This happened yesterday in Berwyn, IL. Very close to the ICE detention center in Broadview. Welcome to the age of Mad Max. Save yourself, because nobody else is going to.

Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 23h

YEP.

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Buhane Information Technologies @buhane.com.tr · 13h

How the Right Uses Charlie Kirk’s Death to Further Their Policies The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie Kirk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from the Trump administration.. @cosmicmeta.ai #Kirk

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 23h

YEP.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 23h

Thank you, Kate!! 🙏💙🙏

Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 23h

Wanna know something that I will not post any place else?

I’m set to announce my 1st book in January — and getting the jitterzzz.

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anotherAKGorman ❌👑 @anotherakgorman.bsky.social · 1d

If Portland was really a war zone, Noem wouldn't be on that roof. She'd be down in a bunker. Also, note how she didn't look like she had protective gear on.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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🦋 Digital Relic 🦋 @damop.bsky.social · 1d

Behold the “violent ANTIFA” Shitler wants to unleash his goon squad upon, grandmothers with protest signs and baristas armed with cold brew, donuts and common sense.

Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 1d

LOL.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 1d

LOL.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 1d

Comey's initial hearing was set for Thursday but up moved to Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Virginia. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

Ex-FBI Director James Comey's Virginia arraignment bumped up a day - UPI.com

The arraignment for ex-FBI Director James Comey has been bumped up a day as the Trump administration takes its aim at the bureau's former top official.

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Chris Benson @thechrisbenson.com · 1d

Trump called Carney a "world class leader" and a "good man," adding the Liberal Party leader Carney "does a great job and he's a tough negotiator." www.upi.com/Top_News/Wor...

Canadian PM Carney talk tariffs with Trump in D.C. visit - UPI.com

U.S. President Donald Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House on Tuesday to resume trade discussions.