Brad Benner
@bbenner7.bsky.social
Fifty-something software development engineer living in Idaho. Lover of fast computers, slow airplanes, nat 20's, and things that go bang! He/him.
Because of course they did...
As Idaho reckons with revelations of widespread sexual abuse by women’s prison staff, the Trump administration has cut off support meant to help states combat that kind of abuse. By @wbryen.bsky.social - www.investigatewest.org/idahos-effor...
Trump cuts hamper Idaho prison abuse reform efforts
Cuts to Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center result in less state support for training, guidance and grants
www.investigatewest.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Because of course they did...
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The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
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He's like an animal who has to scent-mark everything.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
He's like an animal who has to scent-mark everything.
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those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
This will not end well for the administration...
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This will not end well for the administration...
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I have a second degree connection to Elon and from what I’ve heard of direct dealings with him, he’s not a genius and doesn’t possess such stereotypical personality traits. I think he’s just doped up on Special K and he’s fucking weird.
Wiles described Elon Musk as "an avowed ketamine" user and "an odd, odd duck, as I think geniuses are."
White House launches damage control over unfiltered Wiles interviews
"The article published early this morning is a disingenuously framed hit piece," Wiles said in a statement.
www.axios.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I have a second degree connection to Elon and from what I’ve heard of direct dealings with him, he’s not a genius and doesn’t possess such stereotypical personality traits. I think he’s just doped up on Special K and he’s fucking weird.
Yeah, pretty much...
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Yeah, pretty much...
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nick Fuentes went on piers Morgan, said he's attracted to women, but never had sex with a woman because they're all fat and annoying and shouldn't be allowed to vote or let out of the house.
this is who the gop is pushing as their youth outreach coordinator?
Male loneliness epidemic intensifies
this is who the gop is pushing as their youth outreach coordinator?
Male loneliness epidemic intensifies
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
nick Fuentes went on piers Morgan, said he's attracted to women, but never had sex with a woman because they're all fat and annoying and shouldn't be allowed to vote or let out of the house.
this is who the gop is pushing as their youth outreach coordinator?
Male loneliness epidemic intensifies
this is who the gop is pushing as their youth outreach coordinator?
Male loneliness epidemic intensifies
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photos of Trump's bandaged hand last night from Alex Wong of Getty
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
photos of Trump's bandaged hand last night from Alex Wong of Getty
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Remember when technology was exciting and we thought it was going to help expand creativity and save the world?
Remember, “think different”
I miss us.
Remember, “think different”
I miss us.
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Remember when technology was exciting and we thought it was going to help expand creativity and save the world?
Remember, “think different”
I miss us.
Remember, “think different”
I miss us.
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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It's not a "principle"; it's a plainly-stated Constitutional right.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's not a "principle"; it's a plainly-stated Constitutional right.
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The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
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The veneration of evil is wild to see
"I have so much joy and gratitude for being able to help people starve during the holidays! 🥰"
Every last one of these people should be summarily guillotined
"I have so much joy and gratitude for being able to help people starve during the holidays! 🥰"
Every last one of these people should be summarily guillotined
December 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The veneration of evil is wild to see
"I have so much joy and gratitude for being able to help people starve during the holidays! 🥰"
Every last one of these people should be summarily guillotined
"I have so much joy and gratitude for being able to help people starve during the holidays! 🥰"
Every last one of these people should be summarily guillotined
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This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
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CNBC ON JOBS NUMBERS: "A big miss on the ADP payrolls… private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in November… fourth negative number in the past six months. small businesses shed 120,000 jobs… SMALL BIZ GETTING HAMMERED BY TRUMP’S TARIFFS…”
December 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
CNBC ON JOBS NUMBERS: "A big miss on the ADP payrolls… private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in November… fourth negative number in the past six months. small businesses shed 120,000 jobs… SMALL BIZ GETTING HAMMERED BY TRUMP’S TARIFFS…”
The thuggery continues...
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The thuggery continues...
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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Actually, the likelihood is 100%. In US jurisprudence, accused people are innocent until proven guilty. Hegseth's victims were not proven guilty; they were not even tried. Therefore they were ALL, to the last man, legally innocent. Hegseth ordered the murders of several dozen innocent men.
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Actually, the likelihood is 100%. In US jurisprudence, accused people are innocent until proven guilty. Hegseth's victims were not proven guilty; they were not even tried. Therefore they were ALL, to the last man, legally innocent. Hegseth ordered the murders of several dozen innocent men.
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A lot of blowback today, for good reason, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Just today, Jeffries has praised Trump on his signature issue, and excused a pardon Trump handed to a corrupt Democrat.
He couldn’t be less up to the moment if he tried.
He couldn’t be less up to the moment if he tried.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A lot of blowback today, for good reason, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.