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Angela Benander
@abenander.bsky.social
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Michigan Democrat, trans-inclusive feminist Comms Chief for MI Secretary of State Whitmer, Stabenow, Durbin alum
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · Feb 1
princess leia from star wars says i recognized your foul stench when i was brought on board
Alt: princess leia from star wars says i recognized your foul stench when i was brought on board
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Baptiste Lerak @baptistelerak.bsky.social · 13h
Since only Republicans are real and libs are fake, they went from saying that Twitter isn't real life when libs were there to genuinely believing the site is representative of the American public opinion now that Nazis run the show.
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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 23h
Twitter used to be the place where reporter talked to experts in the sciences, humanities, social sciences, law, medicine, etc., but the experts all left but reporters did not.

Now reporters only talk to guys who do computers (but haven't coded in at least a decade). It shows.
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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 14h
twitter is making mainstream reporters dumber, and because they're all getting dumber together, none of them can recognize it and they actually think they're getting smarter
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 11h
well well well
adamweinstein.bsky.social Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 18h
Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes. “It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.
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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 12h
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 13h
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Image of @cigs.blue October 20, 2025 post timestamped 9:59pm text: selling my nail clippings, DM me if interested One photo of a woman's fingers holding a small clear baggie containing nail clippings. Second photo of a jar tipped over and spilling out nail clippings
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 14h
Welcome to The Resistance, Kenny Loggins 🫡
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 14h
I'm not blaming anyone for anything - just pointing out how this *fearless champion of the left* is fucking awol on Trump II as it's happening
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 16h
“What do you mean it’s on the record? It’s on Signal with disappearing messages” is the journalism equivalent of “How can I be out of money? I still have loads of checks left”.
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Amy Hayes @tangentsafari.bsky.social · 21h
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 15h
Jahmyr Gibbs my god #DetroitLions
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h
Clearly Trump lied when he said his $250 million ballroom wouldn’t “interfere” with the White House.

So who’s watching this mess; the White House Historical Association or the Office of the Curator? Because someone needs to make sure he’s not bulldozing history for a dance floor.
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 16h
absolutely shameful episode - should have kept her out of US politics forever
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 16h
yeah it's a punch in the gut
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 16h
A call reversed in Detroit's favor????
a cartoon character is saying `` i can t believe my eyes '' .
Alt: Cartoon Batman rubbing his eyes with his fists saying ``I can't believe my eyes!''
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 17h
She's like a shitty groundhog! Punxsutawny Jill
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 17h
She's like the Olympics! Every four years
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 17h
I mean
Screenshot of an exchange with the Lifeline for Palestine chatbot: Q: Who funds this organization? Where can I find your financials? Are you a registered 501c3? A: Thank you your message has been great fully [sic] received. We'll follow up with you here or by email, as soon as we're able. In the meantime, we urge you to take action right now https:\\lifelineforpalestine.com/take-action "We'll respond as soon as we can."
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 17h
well this is millions in free political advertising for his opponents if nothing else
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 17h
This? She's certainly using Gaza to fundraise that's for sure
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Lifeline for Palestine
Join Lifeline for Palestine to end the genocide now. Register for our webinar to learn more and spread awareness. Lifeline for Palestine Uniting For Peace Resolution
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 21h
Oh my golly gosh the very same!
stephenbottomly.bsky.social Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 21h
This Jill Stein - who is hobnobbing with convicted felon Mike Flynn and war criminal Vladimir Putin?
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Saint Sherman - The Ultimate Patriot @claypotter.bsky.social · 1d
Blaming Soros is antisemitism.
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 23h
Hey where's Jill Stein? Surely she's out on the streets fighting this authoritarian administration and not just waiting to opportunistically get in the presidential race halfway into 2028? That would be crazy right?
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 23h
Hating the ACA is similar to hating on vaccines.

It's a luxury borne of not really appreciating what existed before.

The fix wasn't perfect, and there is a lot more that we could do to make it better.

But the "ACA Was Bad" Discourse is just untethered from reality.
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