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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 5h

I don't know why y'all insist on being messy when neckties are so much neater.

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This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.

Margaret Hamilton with printed computer code in 1969. Credit: NASA/Alamy

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

“She warned Deters repeatedly not to commit talk of money or payments to text. ‘Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things,’ she wrote in one exchange.”

Guilfoyle also expressed concern about her dealings with Deters becoming public—and the effect that could have on her ambassador post.
She warned Deters repeatedly not to commit talk of money or payments to text. "Eric, I really wish you would stop papering all these things," she wrote in one exchange.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 11h

I hear you can get $200 to jeer democratic candidates from some Republican PACs.

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 14h

Differences in housing policy post-Surge couldn't be more stark. Both councils passed a temporary 60-day notice requirement for nonpayment evictions. Minneapolis: the mayor vetoed and council centrists refused to override. On pace for record evictions. St. Paul passed it veto-proof. Down 15% YOY

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 13h

Try a local law school clinic?

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 13h

Senator Performance Art. Sure. Right Way.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 13h

And it's gone so we can report on old news about the Siberian plague from last weekend. Thumb on the scale.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 14h

Oh it finally triggered. Thanks for the update.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 15h

Every woman on my timeline and half the men are posting about this and it's not trending. Just like the Cornell 7 never trended. Who @ @bsky.app is putting their thumb on the algorithmic scale?

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Thomas (he/him) @thomas--72.bsky.social · 15h

The GOP has become an actively pro-rape party, with a minimal plausible deniability and a base of Tate-watching pro-rape abusers. The rape of a Democratic candidate while she checks her campaign signage is an act of stochastic terrorism.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 15h

My Amazon data is deeply boring.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 19h

Told my friend I would visit her if Blexas happened. Not sure if that's inducement enough to vote lol.

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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“ICE never left. Things became less public, became less of a spectacle, but immigrants are still being targeted and persecuted,” Barham said. “And from rumors I'm hearing, things I've seen, I suspect that they're about to amp up again.” story via Cait Kelley www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...

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Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic

Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin...

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mitchell should have been disbarred.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Gawd, stop with the proliferation of biometric data. Whyyyy?

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Anyone want to talk about privacy design choices? Anyone? 😬 This should be locked down pretty quickly.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

*Nods vehemently in The Occupation of Minnesota* Now y'all are getting it.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Cut their budget to the bone and see how fast half of them retire. See how many cases they can handle by themselves without a staff. Take their fucking chairs and make them stand in court like tsa has to now. My kingdom for ppl willing to fucking fight the corruption.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And that's it right there. Senator Performance Art sold out American women and children to save her skin.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cook Political Report just shifted the Kansas Senate race from Lean Republican to Toss Up. Trump won Kansas by 16 points, 57-41. Hard to know what to make of this, but it sure looks as if there are now many paths to a Dem majority.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Automotive privacy is just the fucking worst.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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bbennettesq scored 840 on Day 139. Can you beat them?

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So if I give Meta all my financial information, access to all my money, and the passwords to my work and personal email accounts, its agent can make reservations for me and order me food? That’s the bargain here?

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Jokes on them. I drank all my orange Gatorade already. 😅

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've also used the flag as a napkin. It's called the Fourth of July BBQ. ✌️

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VoteHub @votehub.com · 04/10/2026

President Trump suggested Ohio could receive less help from his administration if Democrats win in November. “If you put in Democrats, I’m less inclined to help you,” Trump said at a rally in the state.

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VoteHub @votehub.com · 04/10/2026

Democrats continue to consolidate their advantage in our House forecast and are now favored in 232 districts. 🔵 U.S. House: 86.4% (+0.8% vs. last week) That’s up from a low of 69.9% earlier this year when Republicans held the upper hand in redistricting.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 05/10/2026

www.burnsnotice.com/everyone-is-...

Typically, political ads are limited to local ad breaks. Typically there is one commercial break in a typical national tv block that is completely dedicated to local ads. So in non-election years, this is where you would see ads for your local tire or furniture stores. In election years, this is when you would see political ads for your state and local candidates.
But this year, the Texas Senate race has gone national. My guess is that the PACs running these ads got cheaper ad rates on national television broadcasts than the local slots, which is highly unusual. So if you live in Chicago, or Boston, you are just as likely to see a Ken Paxton ad as someone who lives in Houston or Dallas.
This is an incredibly inefficient use of campaign ad spends, and is probably a big part of the reason why Talarico is maintaining his polling lead over Paxton despite being incredibly outspent in overall campaign ad dollars.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A Texas pediatrician has already paid $15k in legal fees to counter requests from Ken Paxton's office about her vaccine policy. She spoke to the NYT on background after prosecutors threatened this: "You are requested NOT to inform other entities of this request" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...

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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.

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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’

Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The same GOP has been trying to rip Medicaid away from my newborn niece and postpartum sister. That same GOP cost my Brother In Law a welding job bc he was working on green energy windmills. But hey, maybe I should just sit down and have coffee with these people and hear their concerns.

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Jennifer Lawrence Says 'Alright'

ALT: Jennifer Lawrence Says 'Alright'

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I just want to remind people that I had to send my small-town US Citizen, half Hispanic sister fleeing the state with her newborn bc the ICE gestapo was going door to door hunting brown people this last winter. Fuck. That. Noise.

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They're sending John Thune to MN to stump for Michelle "I'm embarrassed to tell people I'm from Minnesota" Tafoya. It would take monumental levels of racism and homophobia via for Republicans to carry a statewide election considering the Occupation and all the other codswallop.

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