James Bennett
@ubernostrum.bsky.social
The man with the plan and the pocket comb.
Joe Biden was a good President who did good things, and Kamala Harris would’ve been even better.
Here: politics, baseball, Tolkien memes. Sometimes in that order.
@b-list.org for the tech side of me.
he/him
Joe Biden was a good President who did good things, and Kamala Harris would’ve been even better.
Here: politics, baseball, Tolkien memes. Sometimes in that order.
@b-list.org for the tech side of me.
he/him
Pinned
Anyway, I just want to hurl the rebel crew from the land I love the best. I don’t see why that should be controversial.
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this is as absurd and stupid as it sounds wapo.st/49GmNLP
“‘I remain open to vigorous discussions and debate,’ Prasad wrote to his team, adding that staff who did not agree with the core principles of his new approach should submit their resignations.”
“‘I remain open to vigorous discussions and debate,’ Prasad wrote to his team, adding that staff who did not agree with the core principles of his new approach should submit their resignations.”
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
this is as absurd and stupid as it sounds wapo.st/49GmNLP
“‘I remain open to vigorous discussions and debate,’ Prasad wrote to his team, adding that staff who did not agree with the core principles of his new approach should submit their resignations.”
“‘I remain open to vigorous discussions and debate,’ Prasad wrote to his team, adding that staff who did not agree with the core principles of his new approach should submit their resignations.”
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Because they like Trump and want him to win
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Because they like Trump and want him to win
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Two things we learned today:
1. Pete Hegseth murdered *suspected* drug runners.
2. Donald Trump pardoned a *convicted* drug trafficker.
That’s where we are, folks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
1. Pete Hegseth murdered *suspected* drug runners.
2. Donald Trump pardoned a *convicted* drug trafficker.
That’s where we are, folks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Two things we learned today:
1. Pete Hegseth murdered *suspected* drug runners.
2. Donald Trump pardoned a *convicted* drug trafficker.
That’s where we are, folks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
1. Pete Hegseth murdered *suspected* drug runners.
2. Donald Trump pardoned a *convicted* drug trafficker.
That’s where we are, folks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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Biden didn't pardon any drug kingpin. Biden didn't pardon drug traffickers who moved 400 tones of cocaine to the US, but Trump did.
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Biden didn't pardon any drug kingpin. Biden didn't pardon drug traffickers who moved 400 tones of cocaine to the US, but Trump did.
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Messiah II: 2 Hot 2 Handel
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Messiah II: 2 Hot 2 Handel
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there is a direct line from 2001/2002 - Cheney (gloves are off), Gonzales (Geneva Conventions are "quaint"), Yoo (Geneva doesn't apply to Afghanistan) - to today.
a very direct line and long-term rot on the right.
a very direct line and long-term rot on the right.
“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 AM
there is a direct line from 2001/2002 - Cheney (gloves are off), Gonzales (Geneva Conventions are "quaint"), Yoo (Geneva doesn't apply to Afghanistan) - to today.
a very direct line and long-term rot on the right.
a very direct line and long-term rot on the right.
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Don't forget that he also pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road that transported millions in drugs and weapons around the world, the day after the inauguration. Death penalty my ass. It's estimated that Ulbricht had > $30M in crypto when released.
www.newsweek.com/president-do...
www.newsweek.com/president-do...
Trump pardons Ross Ulbricht after urging death penalty for drug dealers
The Silk Road founder was serving two life sentences plus 40 years.
www.newsweek.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Don't forget that he also pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road that transported millions in drugs and weapons around the world, the day after the inauguration. Death penalty my ass. It's estimated that Ulbricht had > $30M in crypto when released.
www.newsweek.com/president-do...
www.newsweek.com/president-do...
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trump: “no see we HAVE to blow up those boats in the caribbean, they could be carrying drugs!”
also trump:
also trump:
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
trump: “no see we HAVE to blow up those boats in the caribbean, they could be carrying drugs!”
also trump:
also trump:
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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It’s not about a failure of imagination, fortitude, or leadership among the Democrats. The dude’s already been impeached twice. It’s about math. That’s it. Just numbers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It’s not about a failure of imagination, fortitude, or leadership among the Democrats. The dude’s already been impeached twice. It’s about math. That’s it. Just numbers.
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WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
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“The strikes are so above board that we shitcanned the SOUTHCOM JAG lawyer for raising concerns!”
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“The strikes are so above board that we shitcanned the SOUTHCOM JAG lawyer for raising concerns!”
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The right is against *turkey* on Thanksgiving now? The fuck?
JD Vance: "How many of you really like turkey?"
Many soldiers raise their hands.
Vance: "You're all full of shit."
Many soldiers raise their hands.
Vance: "You're all full of shit."
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The right is against *turkey* on Thanksgiving now? The fuck?
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a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
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The Trump administration will try desperately to flatten this curve, but the market forces driving it cannot be stopped, the exponential growth of solar is underway.
Sorry climate doomers, we can make a green revolution happen under Capitalism! It's ongoing!
Sorry climate doomers, we can make a green revolution happen under Capitalism! It's ongoing!
Solar power made up 9.7% of US electricity this September, up from 7.6% last year
Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 8.3% of US electricity, a record high!
Over the last twelve months, solar has made up 8.3% of US electricity, a record high!
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The Trump administration will try desperately to flatten this curve, but the market forces driving it cannot be stopped, the exponential growth of solar is underway.
Sorry climate doomers, we can make a green revolution happen under Capitalism! It's ongoing!
Sorry climate doomers, we can make a green revolution happen under Capitalism! It's ongoing!
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Hell of a way to tee up America’s 250th year.
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Hell of a way to tee up America’s 250th year.
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So it was a SOCOM commander who carried out the overtly criminal order to show no quarter, and it appears to be SOUTHCOM units which have picked up survivors since that first attack.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
So it was a SOCOM commander who carried out the overtly criminal order to show no quarter, and it appears to be SOUTHCOM units which have picked up survivors since that first attack.
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My job started out this year declaring they were expanding with the goal of hiring ~7000 people across the organization. We're about to end the year on a hiring freeze because the Children of the Chalk elected an imbecile to run the country.
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
My job started out this year declaring they were expanding with the goal of hiring ~7000 people across the organization. We're about to end the year on a hiring freeze because the Children of the Chalk elected an imbecile to run the country.
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LOL! I'm having a blast in my craft room and it's so much fun to be able to create for fun. Snark is a bonus.
In my shop...
comingandgoingdesign.etsy.com/listing/4413...
In my shop...
comingandgoingdesign.etsy.com/listing/4413...
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
LOL! I'm having a blast in my craft room and it's so much fun to be able to create for fun. Snark is a bonus.
In my shop...
comingandgoingdesign.etsy.com/listing/4413...
In my shop...
comingandgoingdesign.etsy.com/listing/4413...
Everyone who couldn't vote for Harris because you insisted she was personally carrying out a genocide in the Levant, congratulations! You helped to empower a guy who does three genocides before breakfast each day. How's your conscience feel about that?
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Everyone who couldn't vote for Harris because you insisted she was personally carrying out a genocide in the Levant, congratulations! You helped to empower a guy who does three genocides before breakfast each day. How's your conscience feel about that?
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Yep. Not to mention the DSA, "Brand New Congress" (Far Left PAC attacking "establishment" Dems). Thousands of PACs, but Reed, Platner and the other "progressives" have a problem solely with Jewish Americans.
Assuming the 200+ Realtor group members donated the max $1000 each, that would be over $200k. Where's the fire for the realty industry influence, Reed?
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Yep. Not to mention the DSA, "Brand New Congress" (Far Left PAC attacking "establishment" Dems). Thousands of PACs, but Reed, Platner and the other "progressives" have a problem solely with Jewish Americans.
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The same people who said they'd protest power, who were all too happy to spread questionable fundraisers, said they spoke up because of US involvement are nowhere to be found now.
“They’re terrified. It’s insane,” Shawn VanDiver, president of a group that helps resettle Afghans who assisted the U.S. during the two-decade war, said. “People are acting xenophobic because of one deranged man. He doesn’t represent all Afghans. He represents himself.” https://to.pbs.org/4paRSMD
Refugee groups worry about backlash after National Guard shooting
People who work with refugees are worried that those who fled dangerous situations to start again in America will face backlash after authorities say an Afghan national shot two National Guard soldier...
to.pbs.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The same people who said they'd protest power, who were all too happy to spread questionable fundraisers, said they spoke up because of US involvement are nowhere to be found now.
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I think the main issue is not that folks are saying that Trump can do this because he's president, but that the president can do this because he's Donald Trump.
Almost every allowance of power Trump is allowed to get away with is one no other president in history has been allowed to.
Almost every allowance of power Trump is allowed to get away with is one no other president in history has been allowed to.
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I think the main issue is not that folks are saying that Trump can do this because he's president, but that the president can do this because he's Donald Trump.
Almost every allowance of power Trump is allowed to get away with is one no other president in history has been allowed to.
Almost every allowance of power Trump is allowed to get away with is one no other president in history has been allowed to.