Ben Alexander
@bigbennyfl.bsky.social
Dolphins, Marlins, Heat. Stetson U alum. Proud, Practical, Progressive, Atheist
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Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor https://theonion.com/conservatives-say-renee-good-was-brainwashed-by-bible-into-loving-thy-neighbor/
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor https://theonion.com/conservatives-say-renee-good-was-brainwashed-by-bible-into-loving-thy-neighbor/
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relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
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Your first year of a PhD program, they give you a methods class explaining why not to do this study.
When you become a faculty member, they make you submit proposed studies to an ethics board to make sure you never do this study.
When you become a faculty member, they make you submit proposed studies to an ethics board to make sure you never do this study.
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Your first year of a PhD program, they give you a methods class explaining why not to do this study.
When you become a faculty member, they make you submit proposed studies to an ethics board to make sure you never do this study.
When you become a faculty member, they make you submit proposed studies to an ethics board to make sure you never do this study.
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The online right is reaching uncharted levels of weird
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The online right is reaching uncharted levels of weird
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Tim’s right, and I don’t think we’re talking enough about the tremendous restraint that has been shown in Minnesota against an external force that desperately wants to create content about Minnesota being a place of chaos because they’re standing up for non-white people.
State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
January 15, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Tim’s right, and I don’t think we’re talking enough about the tremendous restraint that has been shown in Minnesota against an external force that desperately wants to create content about Minnesota being a place of chaos because they’re standing up for non-white people.
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pedocon theory undefeated
Lot to unpack—
"Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon....Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography."
"Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon....Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography."
Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon. Now he wants one for another notorious San Diego son of Washington.
Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
pedocon theory undefeated
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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I'm starting to question this guy's commitment to free speech
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I'm starting to question this guy's commitment to free speech
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A couple of days ago, Wrecktangle Pizza in Minnesota raised $83k to donate food and other essentials to immigrants and other people trapped in their homes.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
A couple of days ago, Wrecktangle Pizza in Minnesota raised $83k to donate food and other essentials to immigrants and other people trapped in their homes.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
Very soon, ICE showed up at their door.
The agents got chased off by employees and locals, though not before dropping some tear gas.
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
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You think 9 NFL coaching vacancies is a lot?
We had 10 in 2022.
EIGHT of those 10 have already been fired.
We had 10 in 2022.
EIGHT of those 10 have already been fired.
January 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
You think 9 NFL coaching vacancies is a lot?
We had 10 in 2022.
EIGHT of those 10 have already been fired.
We had 10 in 2022.
EIGHT of those 10 have already been fired.
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Once again: a far-right president asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews, after he has repeatedly accused Jews of being “disloyal.” What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Once again: a far-right president asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews, after he has repeatedly accused Jews of being “disloyal.” What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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This is the core truth of the Trump Era -- this, and the pathological refusal of US elites to face up to & acknowledge it.
Despite years of "economic anxiety" discourse, the core drivers of Trump support have always been bigotry and misinformation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This is the core truth of the Trump Era -- this, and the pathological refusal of US elites to face up to & acknowledge it.
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12,000 protesters reportedly slaughtered in Iran by its brutal government.
12,000
Where are the "progressives" here? Where is FreePhallustine? Where are the cries of "StopTheGenocide or we won't vote for Democrats"
It's almost as if they don't care and just hate Jews.
12,000
Where are the "progressives" here? Where is FreePhallustine? Where are the cries of "StopTheGenocide or we won't vote for Democrats"
It's almost as if they don't care and just hate Jews.
January 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
12,000 protesters reportedly slaughtered in Iran by its brutal government.
12,000
Where are the "progressives" here? Where is FreePhallustine? Where are the cries of "StopTheGenocide or we won't vote for Democrats"
It's almost as if they don't care and just hate Jews.
12,000
Where are the "progressives" here? Where is FreePhallustine? Where are the cries of "StopTheGenocide or we won't vote for Democrats"
It's almost as if they don't care and just hate Jews.
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People seeking jobs at military newspaper Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
Reporting from @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Reporting from @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Stars and Stripes job applicants are asked if they back Trump policies
People seeking jobs at Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
People seeking jobs at military newspaper Stars and Stripes, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked how they would advance administration priorities.
Reporting from @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Reporting from @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump: "I'm going to be a dictator on Day One"
Biden/Harris: "He said he's going to be a dictator on Day One."
Political reporters for all of 2024: "stop being so hyperbolic. Now, back to our coverage of Bidens age and whether or not Trump is correct that Kamala Harris isnt really Black"
Biden/Harris: "He said he's going to be a dictator on Day One."
Political reporters for all of 2024: "stop being so hyperbolic. Now, back to our coverage of Bidens age and whether or not Trump is correct that Kamala Harris isnt really Black"
“Trump does not see himself as a constitutional officer. … Trump is an anti-constitutional figure — whose very presence on the American political scene is nothing less than a full-spectrum assault on republican government and democracy.”
Compelling analysis.
Thanks @jamellebouie.net
Compelling analysis.
Thanks @jamellebouie.net
Opinion | This Is Not How a Normal President Speaks
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Trump: "I'm going to be a dictator on Day One"
Biden/Harris: "He said he's going to be a dictator on Day One."
Political reporters for all of 2024: "stop being so hyperbolic. Now, back to our coverage of Bidens age and whether or not Trump is correct that Kamala Harris isnt really Black"
Biden/Harris: "He said he's going to be a dictator on Day One."
Political reporters for all of 2024: "stop being so hyperbolic. Now, back to our coverage of Bidens age and whether or not Trump is correct that Kamala Harris isnt really Black"
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People didn't take that Access Hollywood tape seriously and now Trump is doing it globally
Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "The United States has demonstrated to the people around the world that we can touch you anywhere at any time or our choosing"
January 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
People didn't take that Access Hollywood tape seriously and now Trump is doing it globally
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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Trump is actively trying to erase the 20th Century. And this one too. He's systematically undoing virtually every major achievement and foundation of U.S. progress we've seen since the McKinley Administration. My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social. www.thedailybeast.com/aging-trumps...
Aging Trump’s MAGA Agenda Means Gutting America’s Truly Great Past
The 79-year-old president might be struggling with his memory these days, cognitive tests be damned. But there’s lots he wants everyone else to forget, too.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Trump is actively trying to erase the 20th Century. And this one too. He's systematically undoing virtually every major achievement and foundation of U.S. progress we've seen since the McKinley Administration. My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social. www.thedailybeast.com/aging-trumps...
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Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.
January 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Frost: For so long, the right wing has held up patriotism as a vibe, as an aesthetic. But patriotism is more than bald eagles and flags and beer. Patriotism is about loving the people who live in the damn country — every single one of them.