Benson Poort
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Benson Poort
@demantras.bsky.social
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August 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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August 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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August 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Trump is doing exactly what MAGA has been ranting about for years—covering up Epstein ties, protecting elite pedophile rings, silencing victims, and giving safe harbor to child sex traffickers.

And he’s doing it in plain sight.
August 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So I did a thing this weekend
July 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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He’s the first person since Ed Koch who understands how to use the NYC sense of humor to run for mayor.
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.

Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
July 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Never before in U.S. history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next.

This is dictatorship.
July 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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July 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Supreme Court is Neither Supreme Nor a Court

It's a paid for political tool of the oligarchy.
It needs to be disbanded and replaced.
June 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Something the Mamdani win demonstrates is the extent to which the reigning cadre of ancient, establishment, centrist Dems think it’s more important to be on good terms with their GOP colleagues than it is to represent their own voters, and how thoroughly sick of this literally everyone is.
June 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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June 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The Supreme Court issued a stay, effectively ruling, for now, that the Constitution no longer applies, at least not to immigrants. Fast-track deportations with no opportunity for judicial review violate the fundamental principle of due process, especially for people already on U.S. soil.
June 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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"Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says.

That’s incorrect,” a Democratic senator says in response.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem struggles to define habeas corpus at Senate hearing
"Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country," Noem said.“ That’s incorrect,” a Democratic senator said in response.
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May 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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