Chima Simone Benson
Perpetual momming. Eventual writing. Respirator on. Prayers up. In my preservation of self — and family — era. Forever survivor. Never complier. (Can you do it?) I'm not gonna be able to do it! (8x)
M.A., USC Annenberg ••• 💖💚
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- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonWhen his popularity flags. He returns to the tactics that garnered him the most attention and approval. Dehumanizing the Obamas but Michelle specifically has always worked, and usually garnered him the least pushback . It’s disgusting but now just a pattern
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonJD Vance looks like yassified Chucky
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonThe Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonThe Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit. Gentle Spades "I'm a veteran"
- Reposted by Chima Simone Bensonagain we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are his net worth is $253.2 billion. so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire and then do it again tomorrow and again the day after that and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonChild at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonEpstein is like the evil Forrest Gump, somehow present and responsible for every terrible thing of the last twenty years.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonTrump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonI've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
- Seems we proletariats need a class project of our own. We’ll need some master carpenters, metalworkers, machinists who know their way around sliding and release mechanisms. Several engineers to oversee it all. A few basket weavers to fashion the wicker receptacles. And a reckoner to keep count.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonOur founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
- The Fourth Estate has been seized. The watchdog has been put to sleep. From WaPo to CBS to TikTok, there is a concerted effort by billionaires and the regime they purchased to isolate us from the world and keep us uninformed. A coordinated power grab over who gets to tell the truth. Scary times.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonI’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
- The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. cnn.it/4qxGTNX
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonFloored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
- I genuinely thought Bugs Bunny was trending because the demented one confused Bad Bunny with the cartoon rabbit.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonWe need communities that protect children
- Reposted by Chima Simone Bensonexactly. this is not difficult. as.ft.com/r/58ed1b23-d...
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- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonLucille Clifton’s “won’t you celebrate with me” is the poem I reach for the most as I move through the world finding joy and breaking generational curses. I remind myself that “i made it up” when I stumble building a life I’ve never seen. 28 poems for Black History Month day 1
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonIf just one celebrity was in that room wearing a KN95 it could change a lot for folks to see that, just one.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonCBS censored Billie Eilish saying “Fuck ICE” at the Grammys. Here’s the uncensored version:
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonSo cool for 89-year-old blues legend Buddy Guy to be honored. Appearance in Sinners last year (and on the soundtrack). And just won Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album.
- Excited to see how he brings this same energy to the halftime show next Sunday.
- Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album: “Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonI'm sure they're purposefully putting sick kids in there and giving them no access to medical attention to kill them. This is the eugenics nazi shit no one is willing to fathom. Can't keep paying for this. Sorry man you gotta put the brakes on everything. We can't allow our tax money to go to this
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonMinneapolis, MN - A native community event near the vigil of Alex Pretti.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonJesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez, they hate you also, just so you know. You and your friends can keep trying to be “one of the good ones” and murder those fighting for our community, but they’ll never stop hating you for being brown.
- “In order to be successful, you have to have at least a tablespoon of delusion” from the first segment of “Inside the 68th annual Grammy Awards: Clipse & Pharrell.” They met when Pharrell was 16 or 17. So a collab of at least 35 years. Wow. The interview was great backstory. I hope they win.
- Reposted by Chima Simone Benson“F*ck ICE” — Kehlani accepting her very first #GRAMMYs award.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonLiam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad. Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonLiam goes home… www.instagram.com/reel/DUOW4_E...
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonAnger is mounting in Italy over ICE presence at the Winter Olympics.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonAbsolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
- Too beautiful not to be a garnish. The sweet berries of this plant could also prove useful.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonBeen hearing and thinking that January 2026 felt* as cold as January 2014, but it wasn't close #climate 🧪 *reminder to not trust anecdotal data (including to myself)
- Love will leeead you baaack… someday I juuuust knoooow that…
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonA peacock opening its tail in slow motion.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonA little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonI was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonToday I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonI can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonBecause I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles. And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
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- Reposted by Chima Simone Benson“Evidence is piling up that the vaccinations are safe, but that COVID-19 infection in pregnancy is not” www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lar...
- We all need dash cams. At this point, they should come standard as an essential safety feature.
- This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonThis Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonI won’t stop reporting the truth. The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy, and I’ll continue to fight to protect it 🤝🏾🇺🇸
- He will not be silenced. He will be vindicated. And much like Mark Kelly sued the Department of Defense, Don Lemon should sue the DOJ for retaliation against protected speech.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonThe arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonJournalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
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- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonDeath is terrible at his job. He must be a man because he keeps getting our orders wrong.
- …the magistrate judge's refusal to approve the criminal complaint against Lemon reportedly left Bondi "furious," with the Justice Department privately vowing to find other ways to target the journalist.” So a targeted takedown. Surprising no one.
- There's video of Don Lemon outside the protest stating explicitly: "I'm just chronicling. I'm not with the group." Bondi went to grand jury for an indictment after the courts declined to approve arrest warrant *twice.* Legal experts explain here why this is so ugly: newrepublic.com/article/2059...
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonPlease join me in donating to Georgia Fort theough her website so she gets all of the $$$ www.georgiafort.com/support
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonWhat’s there left to say? Journalism is already on fire, and now journalists of color are getting arrested for doing their jobs. While alt-right media continues to roll in dough, those of us who want to actually speak truth to power can’t find jobs, AND have to worry about safety.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonThese are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
- feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember www.jlundyforsd65.com
- A culturally unforgettable Queen. The true definition of iconic. An enduring Christmastime staple. She will be missed.
- ICE is impersonating the National Guard with those reflective vests. Of course! It was never a solve. And I wish these goons would leave these poor babies alone before they unintentionally (or, given their track record — intentionally) kill one of them.
- I believe you’re right because I’m beyond pissed about Don Lemon. A judge already rejected the charges they first tried to bring, but this racist regime just routed it through a grand jury to get the indictment anyway. Then seeing that video from Georgia Fort? I’m incensed.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonI may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
- Reposted by Chima Simone BensonGeorgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:
