William Bennett
@wirab.bsky.social
Retired physician. Reading “Troilus and Cressida.” Somerville, Mass.
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So I hate to be That Guy, but we're entering into uncertain territory here with the Epstein Files, and it's more important than ever that we make sure we know all the facts before we blow things up.
I'm talking now about the "tips" that DOJ is now releasing. They sound super salacious and evil.
I'm talking now about the "tips" that DOJ is now releasing. They sound super salacious and evil.
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So I hate to be That Guy, but we're entering into uncertain territory here with the Epstein Files, and it's more important than ever that we make sure we know all the facts before we blow things up.
I'm talking now about the "tips" that DOJ is now releasing. They sound super salacious and evil.
I'm talking now about the "tips" that DOJ is now releasing. They sound super salacious and evil.
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"Whether [Epstein] was an American CIA asset, a Mossad asset, whether all these rich, important men went to that nasty island & did unforgivable things to young girls. I mean, I kind of knew it, but it’s never anything I paid a bit of attention to.” -- Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Whether [Epstein] was an American CIA asset, a Mossad asset, whether all these rich, important men went to that nasty island & did unforgivable things to young girls. I mean, I kind of knew it, but it’s never anything I paid a bit of attention to.” -- Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff
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The fossil record preserves bones, not biodiversity.
But extinction happens at the scale of bacteria, fungi, mosses, microfauna, parasites, soil invertebrates.
Entire kingdoms of life disappear without leaving a mark.
But extinction happens at the scale of bacteria, fungi, mosses, microfauna, parasites, soil invertebrates.
Entire kingdoms of life disappear without leaving a mark.
December 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The fossil record preserves bones, not biodiversity.
But extinction happens at the scale of bacteria, fungi, mosses, microfauna, parasites, soil invertebrates.
Entire kingdoms of life disappear without leaving a mark.
But extinction happens at the scale of bacteria, fungi, mosses, microfauna, parasites, soil invertebrates.
Entire kingdoms of life disappear without leaving a mark.
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I was asked to re-share "The Ghastlygun Tinies." The story ran in MAD Magazine in 2018. I *wish* it weren't still relevant.
December 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I was asked to re-share "The Ghastlygun Tinies." The story ran in MAD Magazine in 2018. I *wish* it weren't still relevant.
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the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
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What the “MAGA Civil War” is Really About
Different factions are fighting for supremacy on the Right. What will post-Trump MAGA look like – and how dangerous is Trumpism without Trump?
My new piece:
Different factions are fighting for supremacy on the Right. What will post-Trump MAGA look like – and how dangerous is Trumpism without Trump?
My new piece:
What the “MAGA Civil War” is Really About
Different factions are fighting for supremacy on the Right. What will post-Trump MAGA look like – and how dangerous is Trumpism without Trump?
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December 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
What the “MAGA Civil War” is Really About
Different factions are fighting for supremacy on the Right. What will post-Trump MAGA look like – and how dangerous is Trumpism without Trump?
My new piece:
Different factions are fighting for supremacy on the Right. What will post-Trump MAGA look like – and how dangerous is Trumpism without Trump?
My new piece:
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If Congress ever takes up law-making again, I suggest they repeal the ability of the President to designate foreign terrorist organizations.
December 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If Congress ever takes up law-making again, I suggest they repeal the ability of the President to designate foreign terrorist organizations.
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Spotify is wrapped in complicity for helping ICE infringe our rights and terrorize our communities: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Spotify is wrapped in complicity for helping ICE infringe our rights and terrorize our communities: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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Genuine question:
Other than the most obvious of answers — myopic car company shareholders printing another quarter's worth of profits off the old tech — who actually *thinks* they are benefiting off delaying the EU gas guzzler phaseout?
Other than the most obvious of answers — myopic car company shareholders printing another quarter's worth of profits off the old tech — who actually *thinks* they are benefiting off delaying the EU gas guzzler phaseout?
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Genuine question:
Other than the most obvious of answers — myopic car company shareholders printing another quarter's worth of profits off the old tech — who actually *thinks* they are benefiting off delaying the EU gas guzzler phaseout?
Other than the most obvious of answers — myopic car company shareholders printing another quarter's worth of profits off the old tech — who actually *thinks* they are benefiting off delaying the EU gas guzzler phaseout?
Marco Rubio committing crimes against humanity
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Marco Rubio committing crimes against humanity
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
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In honor of today’s Indiana state senate vote, some pics I took of the very lovely Capitol in 2017 when I went to talk to a legislative committee about redistricting reform.
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
In honor of today’s Indiana state senate vote, some pics I took of the very lovely Capitol in 2017 when I went to talk to a legislative committee about redistricting reform.
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These days, it's notable whenever a major media company ignores Trump's pressure and stands with talent. So let's note that Disney has renewed Jimmy Kimmel's contract for another year
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These days, it's notable whenever a major media company ignores Trump's pressure and stands with talent. So let's note that Disney has renewed Jimmy Kimmel's contract for another year
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But how do we know it would work?
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
But how do we know it would work?
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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If the Executive is indeed unitary, does that mean that everyone under Trump’s command is immune to prosecution for, say, war crimes, as John Roberts appears to think?
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If the Executive is indeed unitary, does that mean that everyone under Trump’s command is immune to prosecution for, say, war crimes, as John Roberts appears to think?
Your daily reminder: Lt. William Calley served only two years for carrying out the My Lai massacre.
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Your daily reminder: Lt. William Calley served only two years for carrying out the My Lai massacre.
It is depraved of All In With Chris Hayes to run the videos of boat strikes as B-roll.
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It is depraved of All In With Chris Hayes to run the videos of boat strikes as B-roll.
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Thread on the huge shift in US policy towards Russia visible in the new National Security Strategy - the biggest change since the collapse of the USSR. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Thread on the huge shift in US policy towards Russia visible in the new National Security Strategy - the biggest change since the collapse of the USSR. 🧵
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If pressed, Cotton would be fine with naval drone strikes on Arkansas drug dealers.
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If pressed, Cotton would be fine with naval drone strikes on Arkansas drug dealers.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service