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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I am devastated to hear the results of the historic flooding in TX. While authorities continue to help the community - it is our civic responsibility to ask how and was it preventable. The answer to both is yes. The people of TX who want better need to vote better - www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Who had the under of Return to Tyranny in America in 250 years?

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I am deeply saddened by the actions taken tonight by the Trump administration. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those impacted by this new war.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Current Budget Bill logic - “people will spend more in the future and it will all be American made” Reality is they are con artists with a grift to sell us - www.axios.com/2025/06/17/r... Consumers spending drops in May as tariffs fuel anxiety

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Consumers spending drops in May as tariffs fuel anxiety

It comes after a spending binge in recent months to beat tariff-related price increases.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

4000+ at the #nokings protest in Chandler! Great to see Congressmen Stanton here with us. Equally as impressive - the volunteers donated water to locals in need after the event and shared resources to help them beat the heat! This is what democracy looks like! #weareliberals

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

It’s not just Measles. JFK Jr is destroying the very foundation of scientific medicine. He has destroyed our medical progress and we will pay the price for decades. Every single confirmation vote should be ashamed - www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/p...

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How each senator voted on the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nomination | CNN Politics

The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, clearing the way for one of President Donald Trump’s more controversia...

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

When governing relies only on one man’s delusional opinion - that isn’t a democracy, that is authoritarianism. We told you this was coming. And too many didn’t believe it. Now you can see it on the news every night. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8M71nMQ/

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make it make sense

TikTok video by COURIER

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The people this WH is arresting are being found at their homes, schools, works, or court hearings about their immigration status. Where are all the dangerous gang members? Oh, that’s right - “dangerous” was never real. This is a racist sweep.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

As districts around the country struggle to support their students in several ways, the SoE wrestles with the concept that guidance counselors aren’t doing a good job, and continues to defund them. This is the wrong path, yet again. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MxES91/

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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) pressed Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday about why the Education Department is "hollowing out" federal resources to help students struggling with debt and scams, ...

TikTok video by cbsnews

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

COLORADO… My Pillow Guy Mike Lindell admitting in court he has no evidence the 2020 election was rigged…

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

I need conservatives to stop telling others about how they care about fraud, Medicare, or the rule law. Here is another example of how that is false: amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

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Trump commutes sentence of Miami healthcare exec convicted of Medicare fraud

He and his girlfriend pocketed more than $87 million in the scheme.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

One was a President of the most powerful nation in the world, the other is the #TacoPresident.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Remember when MAGA Congressmen/women rudely attacked President Biden during the SOTU for him calling them out on how they were going after SS and Medicare? Where are those loud voices now? www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe...

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Biden flexed his dexterity at the State of the Union

Analysis: The president got Republicans to agree to protect Social Security and Medicare. More important, he did it by going off script.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

In 2024 we told you they were coming for Medicare, Medicaid, and social programs. In 2025, they came for it and are adding debt. And, too many said nothing. America will suffer because of this administration for generations.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Has there been one arrest of a business owner that has employed undocumented workers? Seems like that is illegal too.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

In AZ, the average SNAP benefit is $2200 a year for food assistance. That is survival for our most financially insecure Americans. What the bill sponsors and “yea” voters aren’t saying is that on average they are removing food from 136,000 Americans - right now.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

@aoc.bsky.social - how do we get DOGE accountability into the storms last night? My family in KY said they heard no warning sirens! Americans dying is not the way www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86pUNcw/

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5/17/25. 3:04pm ET.

TikTok video by MeidasTouch

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

You know how I know DOGE was scam - the FOIA office still accepts FAX messages like it's 1997. That should have been efficiency move number one.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This is the “pain” you heard the elected administration talking about. Why didn’t they just say this last year?

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Johnson - “I spent years obstructing Biden personally and professionally on meritless grounds in an effort to appease Trump.” Reporter - “Trump is openly scamming the world” Johnson - “I refuse to acknowledge that” www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86X5C9v/

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Speaker Mike Johnson tells me he does not think Congressional oversight is necessary to look into the Trump family’s foreign business dealings.. including the secretive meme coin auction for Trump’s c...

TikTok video by Ryan Nobles

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

“Shifting funding” is political/corporate speak for cutting off resources for Americans in need. In AZCD5 - that is 111,000 people who could face impacts, or 1/8 people in the district. #WhereIsAndy www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86Xr11w/

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The House GOP debated Medicaid cuts late at night because they're afraid of public protest. Time to let them hear from us.

TikTok video by Vote Save America

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Corruption “out in the open” is still corruption, Mr. Speaker. Seems like you had this as your lane for one President but not another. Congress is part of the problem in America today.

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

NPR reports there are three Trump officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a man described by federal prosecutors as a "Nazi sympathizer," and a prominent Holocaust denier. www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-538729…

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Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists

NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Secretary Noem appears to not want to say if the picture of Abrego Garcia’s hand is doctored Swalwell: I have a 7 year old, a 6 year old, and 3 year old. I have a bullshit detector. I’m just asking you a question

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/05/2025

NEWS: U.S. and China agree to a 90-day pause on new tariffs after shipping to U.S. ports plummeted. Tariffs on Chinese imports will be cut from 145% to 30%. Tariffs on U.S. imports will be cut from 125% to 10%. If tariffs should result in massive job growth and make the U.S. rich, why lower them?

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 10/05/2025

The rule of law is all or nothing and must apply equally to everyone. If there's no rule of law for some people in America, then there's no rule of law for any of us.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Quick reminder - removing a hardship you caused in the first place is not an achievement.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Everyday it seems like his plan is to financially bankrupt half of America while morally bankrupting the other half. Biden didn’t attempt either - www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86aMBmL/

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#greenscreen #fyp #fy #fypage #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #trump

TikTok video by Happy mom and grandma.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

AOC: We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces — and, in many cases, their identification… The idea that we’re going to allow a paramilitary force to bloom, one that isn’t accountable to the Constitution… we’ve got another thing coming.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want without consequences. You may be thinking of supremacy. America has been fixing that since 1776

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NPR @npr.org · 09/05/2025

A federal court says Alabama can't use a congressional map it found unconstitutional. The ruling comes in a voting rights case that resulted in the state getting a second Black member of Congress.

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Court rules Alabama redistricting intentionally discriminates against Black voters

A federal court says Alabama can't use a congressional map it found unconstitutional. The ruling comes in a voting rights case that resulted in the state getting a second Black member of Congress.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

In a time when public school teachers are woefully underpaid, chronically underappreciated, and tragically under attack by this Administration, it’s more important than ever that we support them. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/heres-why-... #TeacherAppreciationWeek

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Here's Why Public School Teachers Are Amazing—and Why They Deserve to Be Celebrated and Defended

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week.

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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Chaotic tariffs don’t bring jobs back to America—they raise prices for working families. It’s takes smart, sustained investments to create jobs. Look at what’s happening here in Arizona. Trump should be looking to build on the success of the bipartisan CHIPS Act. www.azfamily.com/2025/05/07/a...

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Arizona congressman defend CHIPS Act as President Trump calls it ‘ridiculous’

President Trump criticized the CHIPS Act during a meeting Tuesday, raising concerns about Arizona’s semiconductor funding.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 07/05/2025

Like we’ve been saying. Republicans are going to kick millions of people off their health care.

Screenshot of a Tweet that reads:

BREAKING -- A new CBO analysis shows that several policies Republicans are considering for slashing Medicaid spending would lead to millions of people losing health insurance coverage.

The analysis, requested by Democrats, says that per capita caps for the Medicaid expansion population would save $225 billion in federal spending and result in 1.5 million more uninsured people by 2034. Blocking provider taxes could save $668 billion and lead 3.9 million to lose coverage, per CBO.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

So many of Arizona is with you in this Governor Hobbs. Fake elector Jake Hoffman can’t be gone soon enough! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86YCTTW/

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Governor Hobbs finally throwing punches. #arizona #az #katiehobbs #arizonapolitics #maga #arizonacheck #jakehoffman #micdrop

TikTok video by esigh08

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The art of the con to get elected. Another promise failed. US Pulls Out of Peace Talks with Ukraine and Russia www.standard.co.uk/news/world/u...

standard.co.uk

US pulls out of formal peace talks between Ukraine and Russia

The US government said it will no longer ‘fly around the world at the drop of a hat’ for meetings

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Y’all — OKLAHOMA is going to require their schools to lie to their kids that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud. popular.info/p/new-oklaho...

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Those are Biden’s lives saved.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

In other words, for Jim Jordan, “it’s not a problem when MAGA actually does what they used to accuse everyone else of when it comes to wrongdoing.” Oh, and notice how all the past investigations and corruption events disappeared since Nov 2024. I thought they were seeking justice?

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/04/2025

Trump on Day One: Your costs will be lower immediately. Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Why isn’t there a mass citizenship drive instead of deportations to concentration camps?

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Ryan🦉 @arisechicken.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Brookings has been tracking federal expenditures and so far for 2025 the US government is spending more than last year. I've heard MAGA chumps say, 'adjusted for inflation it's not as high', yes it is, the inflation rate is around 2.5% and the increase in fed expenditures is around 5.4% higher.

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Tracking federal expenditures in real time

Track federal expenditures by department and program. Data are updated daily.

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Benjamin H. @beingbenh.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Had the displeasure of listening to the WH Press Sec. again today and I am still stuck on this one lie in particular - how did Biden hike inflation? And, doesn’t that mean this administration is also hiking inflation because it rises still?

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Katie Phang: And now that my time here at MSNBC comes to a close, I am taking that fight back to a familiar place… I hope you'll follow along with me as I continue to meet you where you are at places like Substack and YouTube with fellow truth tellers like MeidasTouch…

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Let’s start with the basics.

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