Dan Benbow
Lifelong liberal realist/policy wonk into music, lit, writing, reflection, FBR, CBT, TIC, EBP, existentialism, dogs, photography, standup, conversation, fitness, art, Stanislavski, cities, Clare Torry, NBA, movement & people of soul & substance & good will
- Tonight on #BillMaher: NEW RULE: if u help fascists distract the public w/bs rants about wokeness, legitimate fascists by playing pattycake w/them on ur show & lecture libs who don't break bread w/fascists, u have no right to express concern when your fascist buddies kill Americans in broad daylight
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- He acts like he's keeping it real & pats himself on the back for 'attacking both sides' (though he attacks the right for concrete policies and attacks the 'left' as a false monolith), when basically he's just a filthy rich entertainer with no skin in the game to whom politics is just parlor talk
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- I imagine he's starting to pull center-right people to his show and/or Manosphere consumers who have slightly higher IQs than the men who love Joe Rogan
- TITLE: 'Crown Our Prince' LOCATION: Minneapolis DATELINE: happier times (9/6/22) SETTING: a pristine fall day with warm temperatures, blue skies, and a president who respected the gravity of his decisions, appreciated the trust invested in him, and refused to use the Constitution as toilet paper
- This.
- Today was not a good day for bothsiders, non-voters, self-hating Democrats and other #MAGA apologists
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- You're delusional One doesn't just 'put an ex-president in prison' We have a process It's called the rule of law Multiple cases were brought against Trump and he simply outlasted them because of the flaws in our system Catch up on your homework
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- The voters put Trump in office, yes?
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- --and I would add that incumbent parties have been losing all over the world because they get blamed for COVID-caused inflation and other economic disruptions. Dems would very likely have lost regardless because we had a terrible hand in 2024.
- He should have dropped out, I agree But it isn't his fault that so many voters are so ignorant, indifferent, selfish, and unformed as human beings
- photographed this in 2023 with the intention of posting it, but my better self won out. I strive to get along with others. I value positive vibes. But the state execution of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti has rendered the kumbaya in my soul inappropriate at best, if not downright morally suspect.
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- Yes. They are complicit too.
- Date: January 6, 2021 Event: coup attempt Law enforcement dead: 5 Law enforcement injured: 140-174 Trauma caused to law enforcement: incalculable Cost to secure/refurbish Capitol: $2.1 billion Punishment: 4 more years to destroy democracy Location: The United States of Amnesia
- How does one maintain the spirit of Christmas while under the bootheel of Fascism?
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- Love this post Cher seriously took Ka-lev to school
- Basic math (even for Trumpanzees): *Only 1 in 10,000 have serious adverse reactions to the COVID vaccine * The vaccinated are 74% less likely to die from COVID * COVID death rates in beet red counties have been 2-6X the rate of deaths in the bluest counties courtesy of @conormcl2025.bsky.social
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- Howdy, Conor. I really appreciate your posts and my inclusion on your lists. Call me grateful.
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- Perhaps because he doesn't understand demographics, or the history of past U.S. elections, or pay attention to election totals, Fintan doesn't grasp that the power transfer after 2024 far exceeded the vote differential. Dems barely lost the House and the popular vote & won 4 of 5 swing Senate races.
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- Perhaps because he doesn't understand demographics, or the history of past U.S. elections, or pay attention to election totals, Fintan doesn't grasp that the power transfer after 2024 far exceeded the vote differential. Dems barely lost the House and the popular vote & won 4 of 5 swing Senate races.
- What bullsh!t The idea that Dems would have won if they were better storytellers is pure fantasy They have huge structural disadvantages & they had situational disadvantages on the issues that motivated voters most in 2024 because voters are breathtakingly ignorant and gullible tinyurl.com/7k6xkutm
- What bullsh!t The idea that Dems would have won if they were better storytellers is pure fantasy They have huge structural disadvantages & they had situational disadvantages on the issues that motivated voters most in 2024 because voters are breathtakingly ignorant and gullible tinyurl.com/7k6xkutm
- "If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, be warmed and filled,' without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." -James 2:15-17
- Welcome to the United States of the Irony-Impaired, where the staggeringly corrupt a$$hole at the top of this list based his first campaign on the assertion that his opponent was 'crooked' while he was a straight shooter who was too wealthy to be corrupted by The Swamp You can't fix stupid.
- Behold the worst 'Christians' you've ever met in your life: *A trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts *Big cuts to Medicare, CHIP, ACA subsidies & SNAP benefits (vets included) *11 MILLION more Americans uninsured by 2034 'Christians' who voted for this are free to keep their heads in the sand
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- Yes it is 77 million fine people voted for this
- summertime lush
- Careerist media charlatans (from elite backgrounds) love to paint Dems as 'out of touch' with 'real Americans,' even though Dems are the ONLY party who represents real Americans' interests. The blame for Trump? It's the bigotry & political illiteracy, stupid. www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...
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- I'm with you. Sometimes we can say obvious tactical errors were made (like Dukakis/Kerry not fighting back aggressively when they were attacked/defined), but other times structural factors just aren't on our side.
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- That played a big role, but the selfishness, bigotry, and intellectual laziness of tens of millions sealed the deal
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- the road to hell is paved with good intentions
- Remember when Combover Caligula told us multiple times that COVID will 'go away by the summer' of 2020 (as the first of 1.4 million Americans were dying from it) and was such a narcissistic fool that he insisted on leading daily briefings about complex scientific subjects he had 0 understanding of?
- Worse yet: tens of millions of women vote for their own (and their daughters,' and their granddaughters') oppression
- ...and the dopes who take Fox at face value wouldn't blink, even as they sat in front of the idiot box with their church clothes on* See: Sunday--the most hypocritical day of the week for RW evangelicals (*if they actually bothered to maintain the charade that they were 'practicing Christians')
- The San Francisco skyline A view from Dolores Park
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- Fred! I've been mostly off of social media since Nov. 5, but I'm glad to see you're still at, being the public citizen that you are Happy Friday, comrade!
- Trump fought the law and the law won (p.s. all-star resisters below; follow them and meet many, many more where that came from)
- damn straight.
- Futurism: Elon Musk Accidentally Wasted a Vast Sum of Taxpayer Money Due to His Staggering Incompetence The skinny: projected DOGE savings ($150 billion) cost to rehire workers ($135 bil) lost due 2 IRS firings ($500 b) + lawsuit payouts tinyurl.com/ycx24rdm
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- I'm not a Boomer, but I appreciate the concern
- Sticking it to the libs, one limb at a time
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[This account was taken down by their PDS (Bluesky PBC)]- <I've 80 years old into the world of computer and they are still learning and proud of each step they learn new.> Even more reason to ignore the original comment
- Even more serious question: why are some people so incredibly soulless that they get off on trivializing important discussions?
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- NOW I get it My apologies
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- It had to be said Facing fascism requires speaking clearly and honestly
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- Thanks, Maricella Happy Monday!
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- Isn't it odd how some of the most obvious things tend to go unsaid in our public discourse?
- ...or how nice it would be to have a voting populace that EXPECTED presidents to be exceptional, as befits the most powerful person in the world
