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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 2d

Trump DOJ has indicted a Palestinian-American Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, an influencer who is a rising star among progressives, for being a part of anti-ICE protests outside Chicago. #katmabu #katAbughazaleh #ICE #Chicago #trump bennetkelley.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/t...

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 2d

We are now officially a banana republic, as Trump has banned Africa's first Nobel laureate from the US for calling him the "white version of Idi Amin with democratic disguise". bennetkelley.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/t...

Trump Bans Nigerian Nobel Laureate From US Over Comparison to Idi Amin. We Are Now Officially a Banana Republic.

What is the point that we concede that the United States has moved past a slide towards authoritarianism/fascism, and recognize that we may already be there? In a move one would expect from a banan…

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 3d

I told #ROKForeignMinistry that I was deeply offended by the gift to President Trump which validated his worst impulses at a time when millions in America are fighting to preserve our democracy. #DesiLydic nailed it - #WTFSK? #SouthKorea #dailyshow www.tiktok.com/@thedailysho...

Hey South Korea, what the f**k are you doing?! #DesiLydic #DailyShow #Trump #SouthKorea

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 3d

I was very offended by the gift which validated his worst impulses at a time when millions in America are fighting to preserve our democracy. I endorse #DesiLydic's crude sentiment. #WTFSK? #SouthKorea #dailyshow www.tiktok.com/@thedailysho...

Hey South Korea, what the f**k are you doing?! #DesiLydic #DailyShow #Trump #SouthKorea

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 3d

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From CBS to TikTok, US media are falling to Trump’s allies. This is how democracy crumbles | Owen Jones

We’re watching the Orbánisation of the US – and as in Hungary, control of the media is key to consolidating power, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

Shortly before the shutdown, the USDA moved to scrap the Household Food Security Report, the nation’s primary tool for tracking food insecurity, and in doing so, stripped away the very infrastructure needed to remedy rising hunger in America.

The shutdown will worsen hunger—which the Trump administration just stopped tracking

Millions of women and children are at risk of losing food benefits.

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 4d

RUFKM? This after he told CNN to lighten up on the East Wing coverage? #Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #Ballroom #CommissionofFineArts #Fascism #NoKings #TackyManFromQueens www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

White House fires arts commission expected to review Trump construction projects

The move comes as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to build a White House ballroom and a triumphal arch in Washington.

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 6d

Cleveland sent troops in to protect Chinese immigrants from anti-immigrant violence, while Trump wants to use troops to stoke anti-immigrant violence. #trump #ice #nationalguard #militarization #immigration #chinese #Cleveland www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/p...

Analysis: Why one of Trump’s favorite presidents sent troops to US cities | CNN Politics

If there’s one former president whom Donald Trump has elevated during Trump 2.0, it’s Grover Cleveland.

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 9d

He should get a #NobelPrize for being a small-handed ignorant #ManBaby. #trump

IrishStar.com @irishstar.com · 9d

President Donald Trump bluntly told a White House reporter on Thursday that he would continue circumventing Congress by fatally striking boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, saying, "we're just gonna kill people." His statement came after he had expressed frustration with the Nobel ...

'Bloodthirsty' Trump talks about extrajudicial killings after Nobel Prize snub

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 9d

3/ Donald Trump showed no regard for this great American symbol, and we should ALL be outraged. He clearly does not view it as the people's house, but as his own. He fails to understand that he is a temporary tenant and not an owner. #Trump #whitehouse #1812 #burningwhitehouse #nokings

Destruction of East Wing of the White House.

Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 9d

2/ The White House is a symbol of our country and our democracy - it is the people's house, for they choose who lives there. That is why the British torched it in the War of 1812, precisely because of what it symbolized. #Trump #whitehouse #warof1812 #burningwhitehouse

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 9d

1/3 Symbols, whether it be a cross or a flag, have power and are evocative, which is why we may have a visceral reaction when they are defiled. #Trump #whitehouse #1812 #burningwhitehouse

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 9d

Just sayin' . . . #Obamatansuit #trump #eastwing

Obama with his tan suit and angry emoticons and the destroyed East Wing of the White House and blase emoticons.

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · 9d

This is the ad that triggered man baby #Trump. Cutting off negotiations with #Canada because he is butthurt they invoked Reagan to show how stupid his #tariffs are. He sure won't like how much they boo the anthem at the #WorldSeries tonight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN_C...

Ontario launches $75 million ad campaign using the words of Ronald Reagan to argue against tariffs.

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · Aug 14

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The Japanese American National Museum Is a Site of Remembrance and Belonging

Located in the heart of LA’s Little Tokyo neighborhood, the museum embraces the Japanese-American experience in all its permutations, including aspects that other persecuted and marginalized communiti...

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · Aug 14

@nicollewallace.bsky.social the museum of Japanese American history's location is important. It was a. Collection depot for internment.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Jul 17

A hacker has revealed the Trump administration illegally deported dozens more people to El Salvador than they reported (originally a number around 200), and those additional people have not been seen or heard from since.

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · Jul 16

#OTD England bans #kissing because of the #plague (1439); #SanDiego founded (1769), #DC becomes the capitol (1770) and the #firsthijacking (1948) teaches the #hijacking lesson that its not a good idea to shoot the pilot if you cannot fly. #stupidnews todaypast.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/j...

Jul-16: England Bans Kissing, The First Hijacking and San Diego and DC Founded

1439 Henry VI Bans Kissing As plague spread throughout England and Europe, Henry VI banned kissing as a precaution to prevent its spread. The ban was designed to curtail the advance of an infectiou…

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · Jul 16

#OTD in 2018, one of the most embarrassing moments in US-Russian history. Trump acts like Putin's lapdog. #trump #helsinkisummit #putinsbitch todaypast.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/j...

Jul-16-2018: Donald Trump Believes Putin Over US Intelligence At Helsinki Summit, Offers to Allow Putin to Interrogate US Diplomat

On July 16, 2018, President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin for a one-day summit in Helsinki. The summit came amidst the ongoing investigation by Independent Counsel Robert Muelle…

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · Jul 16

#OTD in 1945, the atomic age begins with the #Trinity blast in Alamogordo, NM. A tale of monumental achievement and gross indifference to those living near the blast site who had no warning. #NewMexico #Downwinders todaypast.wordpress.com/2024/07/17/j...

Jul-16-1945: Trinity Test Heralds Dawn of Atomic Age and Its First Victims

The Manhattan Project, the $27 billion (in 2023 dollars) project led by Major General Leslie Groves to develop a nuclear, developed two types of atomic bombs – both of which made history on t…

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · Jul 16

Before R Kelly there was Donald and Epstein. #Pedo-in-Chief #Trump #Epstein

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · Jul 16

Donald is not such a bad guy, he still remembers his first love . . . ugh. #asbestos #trump #putin #russia

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · Jul 16

2/ #ICE and #Trump are scaring away tourists. There were nearly 500,000 visitors from Ireland in 2024 but that has dropped 27 percent this year. Overall, numbers from Western Europe were down 17.2%. This will cost billions in lost revenue. #tourismdecline www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Visitor numbers from Ireland to US down 27% last month

Visitor numbers from Ireland to the United States fell by almost 27% in March compared to the same month last year, US figures show.

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Bennet Kelley @bennet.bsky.social · Jul 16

1/ Irish tourist overstayed visa for 3 days due to medical issue, notified ICE and ends up detained for 100 days at a cost to taxpayers of approx. $30,000 when he was willing to go home from the start. #ice #irish #cruelty
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Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

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