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Matthew Bennell
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"No one does it alone, not even the madness." — Nicholas Ray If it's possible, it may happen. If it's impossible, it might happen. "Shut your eyes and you'll burst into flames." — Log Lady
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 10h
Packin' heat in Flori-duh.

The Thermos was WHERE???!

www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bi...
Cops: Inmate Found Packing A Thermos
OCTOBER 8--While being booked into a Florida county lockup on drug and trespassing charges, Walter Frymire passed through an X-ray machine that jailers use to thwart attempts at smuggling in contraba
www.thesmokinggun.com
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 11h
Newest girl group hits the charts: the Afghan Wigs.
Afghan hounds. Melania Trump U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi Lindsey Halligan, interim U.S. attorney
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 20h
Andrew Muse & Kicker Dog

"The most calming and peaceful thing I’ve ever seen. Kicker Dog relaxed in the roof top tent as the morning breeze blows in his fur."
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 12h
Merely security guards for the forthcoming Gaz-a-Largo development.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 12h
Leaked image from Trumpstein's recent checkup at Walter Read:
From "Frankenstein" (1931), a specimen jar labeled "abnormal brain."
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 12h
He's the Realtor representing the seller and buyer. He keeps the whole commission.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 12h
From "Apocalypse Now." Officer says about Col. Kurtz, "The truth is, he's quite mad."
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 12h
And Ray and all the other hedge fund billionaires had nothing to do with it ... They are innocent lambs ...
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 12h
Beware the Trojan panda.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 13h
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving (Monday) — with a caution:
Photo of a turkey looking through a glass door into a building.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18h
Anyone come to mind?
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 13h
Missing: the Barron, who will soon join the Tik Tok board and is already deeply enmeshed in the crime family's business. Bring him into the picture.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d
The billionaire Trojan Horse of S.F.

He finally showed you who he really is. He played you for years to get what he wanted.

Will "radical" S.F. disrupt his "Dreamforce" next week?

www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/
Dreamforce 2025
Dreamforce 2025 is the world's largest & most trusted AI event. Join us for 3 days of innovation, inspiration, and Agentforce transformation.
www.salesforce.com
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d
I see it occasionally and point out. Try not to be too much of a scold, but ...

And yes, the message is most important.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d
U.S. sent home 21 other Saudi military students after an investigation revealed each had expressed jihadist or anti-American sentiments on social media pages or had “contact with child pornography,” including in internet chat rooms. ...

The AF continued to train Saudi pilots and still does.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d
Mil Times: While the U.S. military has a long history of training pilots for allied countries, the practice received scrutiny in 2019 following a deadly mass shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station that killed three U.S. service members and wounded several others.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d
The Qatari Idaho deal was in the works since 2020, by Trump. Qatar paying to build the "facility" that will house "about 300 additional Qatari and U.S. Air Force personnel."

Military Times summarizes the USAF news release.

www.afcent.af.mil/News/Article...

www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Pentagon Will Build a Training Facility for Qatari Pilots in Idaho
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East.
www.military.com
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d
Didn't say spelling was the biggest problem.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d
Yo, Canada —

You fly.

Peace, out.

www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f...
S.F. Fleet Week air show photos: Meet the ‘rock star’ Canadian Snowbirds
With the Blue Angels sidelined by the government shutdown, a team of Canadian flyers was promoted to a starring role in this year’s San Francisco Fleet Week festivities.
www.sfchronicle.com
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d
I'd repost, but I'm not an "anti-FACTist."

I like facts. I don't like faScists.

Spellcheck, folks. Especially if you're posting large type. 😀
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 1d
The Christian Nationalists will howl about "them" and then happily take the $$$ to build/operate the base. They want in on the grift.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 2d
Random AI-generated image/hallucination of Trump in diaper with girls in pink tutus in front of U.S. Capitol, amid oil drums, money, flames, storm clouds.
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 2d
Comes same day LAT announces it will go public to raise $500M to make it financially sustainable.

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Los Angeles Times Media Group takes step to go public
The company will put the newspaper, a gaming company and production studio under one roof.
www.latimes.com
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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 2d
"Art must act"

aeon.co/essays/harol...
Harold Rosenberg exhorted artists to take action and resist cliché | Aeon Essays
Throughout decades of writing, Harold Rosenberg exhorted artists to resist cliché and conformity and instead take action
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