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Matthew Benjamin

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Professor, Writer, Social worker “There are but two parties in America right now: patriots and traitors.” - Ulysses S Grant Matthewsaks.com

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Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 1h

Time for a general strike

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 1h

Good! Trump will be gone in a few years but dignity loss is forever

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 1d

“Ain't no justice, it's just us. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust” RIP D’Angelo

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

Elon Musk is a white nationalist. Anyone who needs more data points to reach this conclusion is beyond help or persuasion.

If you buy, rent, service, or supercharge a Tesla you are supporting the most powerful white nationalist on earth. Period.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

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Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 2d

Hilarious watching two small people desperate to assert dominance

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 2d

Next question should be: what’s the point even of appropriations or Congress if the Executive branch can just refuse to spend appropriated funds whenever it wants

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Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 3d

It’s like they’ve given a bunch of racist mall cops AK-47s and told them to go wild. What could go wrong

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Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 4d

Evil

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 4d

Brilliant piece

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 8d

Trump will keep expanding his (illegal) powers until we stop him. He’s not going to self-limit. He has no limits. 100% he invokes insurrection act.

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 8d

Either way you have to believe that the MAGA crowd will willingly give up power. They are drunk on it, completely addicted. How does anyone see them voluntarily transferring power in 2028?

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 8d

Um im pretty sure they CAN be charged with felonies here

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Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 10d

Having a middle-eastern complexion, Jesus would be the first to be detained by ICE fascists

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 11d

Look at these thugs. I can’t believe our taxes pay their salary

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 11d

The truth is that he won’t last forever but that still won’t solve the fascism and general degeneracy of this country. The battle is much, much bigger than Trump

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 11d

I think he’s trying to bait people into burning flags bc he thinks it’s a winning issue for him

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Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 11d

These small acts of courage matter. They encourage others. We can win.

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 15d

We need a running Daily Moment of Cowardice and Dignity-Loss. Just too much to track here

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 15d

Sue them sue them sue them

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 15d

Massive bubble. When the market collapses in the next few months, will be fun to hear Trump try to blame it all on Biden

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 15d

What a putz

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 15d

Ughhh. The message Dems need is this: we’re shutting it down. Why have a budget when Trump can just ignore it, nullifying the legislative branch. No more budgets until Trump ends the dictatorship and follows the constitution.

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Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 16d

Shut it down. No sense in even having a budget if Trump can override legislation whenever he wants. No budget until Trump respects the constitutional system

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Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 16d

What’s the point of Ds helping pass a budget if Trump can nullify any legislation by impounding funds, closing agencies…The Dems would just be co-signing a lawless, unconstititional system

Matthew Benjamin @mattbenjamin.bsky.social · 16d

What’s the point of Ds helping pass a budget if Trump can nullify any legislation by impounding funds, closing agencies…The Dems would just be co-signing a lawless, unconstititional system

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