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BenCisco

@bencisco.bsky.social
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USAF (Retired), Sysadmin 2, MSCIS Candidate. Member of the Jackaltariat at balloon-juice.com . Proud member of the Divine 9 👌🏽♦️. No DMs myreadyroom.wordpress.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h
🇬🇧 @mrjamesob.bsky.social : “Live-streaming an execution is absolutely medieval. These people (Hegseth, Trump, etc) claim to be Christians — it’s like they’re doing a tribute act to ISIS.”
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6h
precisely.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
Republican candidates who actually live in Florida while renting a storage unit in their state or district—it's definitely a thing this year. www.ms.now/news/florida...
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‘Florida resident’: How owning property in Florida has become a political liability for GOP Senate candidates
Democrats are using the real estate in the Sunshine State to cast their opponents as out of touch.
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 23h
Hey @down.blue what you got?
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 23h
Flawless opening!!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "Tonight, a united Georgia will hear the trial the Mike Collins. Mike Collins has brought dishonor to our state through his personal bigotry and his widely documented ties to white nationalists. And he's sold out Georgia in his pathetic child-like devotion to Donald Trump."
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
t.co/MUKmBDxVNX
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https://www.ardenletter.com/p/the-wests-carry-trade-against-itself-2cf
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
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Honey please I need you to get this done for me today
Kimberly Guilfoyle is one more symptom of endemic graft under Trump
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And not a single fuck was given
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/10/2026
BREAKING: Former President Barack Obama endorses Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate in Maine: "Troy Jackson is running to be your next senator and I'm proud to be on board" Obama cites Jackson’s record on wages, drug prices, school meals, and abortion rights as Democrats target Susan Collins' seat.
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Also scotus is going to be like "ok playtime's over, we're on the clock, we have two years to remake the country into a durable conservative nightmare" If they were smart they'd do the opposite and just dunk the admin into the trash over and over to head off court packing calls, but they're dumb
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...
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An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student
“Seven former Cornell students are accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting another Cornell student who says she was incapacitated. Messages alleged...
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Enforced stupidity and laughing stock fuel www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
insidehighered.com
Alabama’s New “Gulf of America” Mandate Impacts Colleges
Republican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for “historical purposes” in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too.
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An important thing to note here is that people who suck will never be content to just live their sucky lives in a way that maximizes suckitude for everyone within their sphere of influence. They aren’t content with that; they demand respect for and positive affirmation of their suckitude.
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BWAHAAHAAHAAAA!
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
balloon-juice.com/2026/10/07/r...
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Balloon Juice - Rosetta Stone of Modern "Conservatism"
I think the second poster cracked the code: Gov. nominee Byron Donalds promises a Florida Republican voter “his word” that he will work on a ‘grandparents’ rights’ law so her daughter stops estranging...
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ummm...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/10/2026
I wonder if they miss the days when they had diesel so cheap they could run massive trucker caravans against democrats.
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thethinblackduke.bsky.social @thethinblackduke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Democrats are terrible because their failures are what elected Trump, who I am pretty much okay with.
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Dave Goldberg (he/him) @drdavegoldberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If the Dems win the senate, he’ll retire during the lame duck session. These assholes couldn’t give a shit about the will of the people.
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Alito confirming his likely retirement in 2027 seems like a desperate attempt by Republicans to motivate their base to show up on Election Day. It's not going to work. In fact, I'd argue it motivates Democrats to turn out even more than they already were.
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Joanne @goaskalis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My opinion is that Biden actually did a great job in most things and was very aware of what he could get through and what he couldn't
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Mr. Fliptastic @symbioso.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I keep saying that this is an under discussed element whenever people start arguing about why Harris lost. There are things that could have gone better, and valid critiques to be made, but a huge issue is that American voters failed the easiest open book test in history.
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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One thing that I think is starting to sink in here and you can see it in the thousand yard stares is that there is not actually one weird leftist trick to solve the fact that voters are idiots.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The reckoning is here…
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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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howardappel.bsky.social @howardappel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Faux news -- he was really really really just doing an investigation. BS. Prosecute this POS to the fullest extent possible and send him to prison.  GOP delenda est.
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 05/10/2026
Via Andrea Tinker: An Alabama state representative and the former president of the Satsuma City Board of Education were arrested Friday on charges of attempted human trafficking. 
alabamareflector.com
Alabama state representative, school board member charged with attempted human trafficking | Alabama Reflector
Brett Easterbrook and Kory Wesley were arrested by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Friday afternoon for attempted human trafficking.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24. Get. Ready.
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
By all means, fuck him
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'll just note that "permanent" in DC has a different meaning than it does elsewhere. We're going to raze your works to the ground, you child-murderer.
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The election in 2024 gave control of the government to Republicans. And as usual, the blame gets assigned not to the people doing the looting, but to the party that was deprived by the voters of the means to stop it.
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is peak Pitchbot.
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You don't get the show
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whether it’s Obama saying “yes we can” or Donald Trump say “we’re gonna shove it up their ass” both presidents adopted divisive slogans.
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What in the absolute...
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lies like he breathes
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gas prices in 2022 were mainly the result of the Russia-Ukraine war, and look where that explanation got Biden.
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'll point out that Tom Cotton is not facing a competitive race (& is smartly fundraising & campaigning as if he were) but theoretically, there's a universe where he pisses off Trump enough that Donald decides he wants another scalp next to John Cornyn's & we have a shot in Arkansas
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Of course he does 😡 Trump ‘diverts Ukraine aid for Nato countries to Latin American allies’ www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
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Trump ‘diverts Ukraine aid for Nato countries to Latin American allies’

US president pushing for shift towards Latin America, where new generation of strongman leaders has pledged to work with him

Photo caption: Donald Trump has lavished praise on strongmen such as Nayib Bukele, the leader of El Salvador Credit: Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sen Jon Ossoff (D-GA) just gets it, if you’re tired of the high costs, chaos and corruption we can’t allow despair to make us not want to vote. Check your registration, vote early and vote all the way down the ballot to get a #BlueWaveIn30Days
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Okay guys our Governor candidates need money. Bottoms, Hinojosa, Jolly are putting out good ads but they don’t have money to air them. These races are all tossups and we need to act like it At this point you gotta wind down your donations to the Senate candidates
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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 03/10/2026
Under Republican control, the House has only been in session for 72 days this year. Literally just 26% of the calendar year. It is absurd.
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
defector.com/jack-smith-e...
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hate giving Tapper credit for ANYTHING but he got this one right
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
HASSETT: If people were unhappy, it'd show up in the data TAPPER: It seems to be showing up in the data, just not the data you're looking at
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
someone call up will smith we need him to do something
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BenCisco @bencisco.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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