Lisa Benner
@vonbenner.bsky.social
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This aged well.
February 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This aged well.
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Judge Amy Berman Jackson has formally dismissed the case of Jan. 6 defendant DJ Rodriguez, who drove a taser into the neck of MPD officer Michael Fanone and had been sentenced to 12 years in prison
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has formally dismissed the case of Jan. 6 defendant DJ Rodriguez, who drove a taser into the neck of MPD officer Michael Fanone and had been sentenced to 12 years in prison
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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Thank you! A U.S. District Judge has approved requests from anonymous federal employees to proceed under pseudonyms in multiple cases against the Trump administration to protect themselves from potential harassment and threats.
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Thank you! A U.S. District Judge has approved requests from anonymous federal employees to proceed under pseudonyms in multiple cases against the Trump administration to protect themselves from potential harassment and threats.
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Breaking News: Nearly all of the 10,000 workers at U.S.A.I.D., the U.S. global aid agency, will be put on leave by the week’s end, an official memo said.
Trump Officials to Put Almost All U.S.A.I.D. Workers on Leave
A notice posted on the agency’s website, which had gone dark over the weekend, said that nearly all of its global work force would be put on administrative leave by Friday.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Breaking News: Nearly all of the 10,000 workers at U.S.A.I.D., the U.S. global aid agency, will be put on leave by the week’s end, an official memo said.
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Congress? Hello—federal workers here. We are struggling to fight all of this on our own.
February 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Congress? Hello—federal workers here. We are struggling to fight all of this on our own.
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do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you
February 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you
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Pete Hegseth said in written responses to Sen. Elizabeth Warren that he paid $50,000 in the confidential settlement with the woman who accused him of sexual assault, which he denies
Confirming @apnews.com
19thnews.org/2025/01/pete...
Confirming @apnews.com
19thnews.org/2025/01/pete...
Hegseth said he settled sexual assault accusation for $50,000
The 2020 settlement by Hegseth was confidential but was revealed in response to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s confirmation questions.
19thnews.org
January 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Pete Hegseth said in written responses to Sen. Elizabeth Warren that he paid $50,000 in the confidential settlement with the woman who accused him of sexual assault, which he denies
Confirming @apnews.com
19thnews.org/2025/01/pete...
Confirming @apnews.com
19thnews.org/2025/01/pete...
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DURBIN: I wonder if we ought to give fair warning to farmers and ranchers that if you have immigrant labor, you can expect federal agents to come and search your property. Is that in the future under the mass deportation plan?
BROOKE ROLLINS *word salad*
BROOKE ROLLINS *word salad*
January 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
DURBIN: I wonder if we ought to give fair warning to farmers and ranchers that if you have immigrant labor, you can expect federal agents to come and search your property. Is that in the future under the mass deportation plan?
BROOKE ROLLINS *word salad*
BROOKE ROLLINS *word salad*
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Image projected onto Tesla's factory in Berlin
January 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Image projected onto Tesla's factory in Berlin
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Mockler: What message would you have for Trump?
Warren: Live up to your promise. You ran for office saying you were going to make life better—well then, do it. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, pardoning people who beat up police officers—that’s not making life better for everyday Americans.
Warren: Live up to your promise. You ran for office saying you were going to make life better—well then, do it. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, pardoning people who beat up police officers—that’s not making life better for everyday Americans.
January 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Mockler: What message would you have for Trump?
Warren: Live up to your promise. You ran for office saying you were going to make life better—well then, do it. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, pardoning people who beat up police officers—that’s not making life better for everyday Americans.
Warren: Live up to your promise. You ran for office saying you were going to make life better—well then, do it. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico, pardoning people who beat up police officers—that’s not making life better for everyday Americans.
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Vote link: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Ratcliffe was part of Trump's impeachment team and is a co-author of Project 2025.
When director of National Intelligence, he spread false information about the 2020 election.
And yet, despite all that, only 25 Democrats voted no.
Ratcliffe was part of Trump's impeachment team and is a co-author of Project 2025.
When director of National Intelligence, he spread false information about the 2020 election.
And yet, despite all that, only 25 Democrats voted no.
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
January 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Vote link: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
Ratcliffe was part of Trump's impeachment team and is a co-author of Project 2025.
When director of National Intelligence, he spread false information about the 2020 election.
And yet, despite all that, only 25 Democrats voted no.
Ratcliffe was part of Trump's impeachment team and is a co-author of Project 2025.
When director of National Intelligence, he spread false information about the 2020 election.
And yet, despite all that, only 25 Democrats voted no.
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The joke is on us.
January 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The joke is on us.
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So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.
January 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
So when all was said and done, the only country that opened it's prisons and sent crazy murderous criminals to prey upon innocent American citizens, was us.
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Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
January 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Everything stated in this post is a provable fact.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
You are entitled to your own opinion.
You are not entitled to your own facts.
Looking at YOU, 2020 election-deniers.
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Some facts 🦋
January 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Some facts 🦋
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Mike Johnson on January 6, 2021:
“I unambiguously condemn in the strongest possible terms any and all forms of violent protest. Any individual who committed violence today should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”
“I unambiguously condemn in the strongest possible terms any and all forms of violent protest. Any individual who committed violence today should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”
January 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Mike Johnson on January 6, 2021:
“I unambiguously condemn in the strongest possible terms any and all forms of violent protest. Any individual who committed violence today should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”
“I unambiguously condemn in the strongest possible terms any and all forms of violent protest. Any individual who committed violence today should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”
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Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law made a sworn statement to senators that the secretary of defense nominee was abusive toward his second wife. nyti.ms/4hol9z8
January 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law made a sworn statement to senators that the secretary of defense nominee was abusive toward his second wife. nyti.ms/4hol9z8
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trump revoking desegregation in federal contracting
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
trump revoking desegregation in federal contracting
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HANNITY: Are you saying that California, if they continue to aid and abet lawbreaking and harbor illegal immigrants, money from DC gets cut off?
MIKE JOHNSON: Yeah. We're talking about conditions to this disaster aid.
MIKE JOHNSON: Yeah. We're talking about conditions to this disaster aid.
January 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
HANNITY: Are you saying that California, if they continue to aid and abet lawbreaking and harbor illegal immigrants, money from DC gets cut off?
MIKE JOHNSON: Yeah. We're talking about conditions to this disaster aid.
MIKE JOHNSON: Yeah. We're talking about conditions to this disaster aid.
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Good morning. I thought this appropriate today, on so many levels.
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"
- Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"
- Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Good morning. I thought this appropriate today, on so many levels.
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"
- Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"
- Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
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January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
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