Reposted by Ben HaringBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I just don't care about any ~law enforcement~ story coming out of this administration because the idea of this man enforcing laws is preposterous on its face. We're talking about an arsonist doing fire code inspections. You're a sucker if you engage with any of it in good faith 93836658
Ben Haring @benharing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026@davidfrum.bsky.social cutting through the noise in @theatlantic.com 000
Reposted by Ben HaringDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Was just on Threads and this was my "For you" algorithm when I posted a comment debunking the story. Say what you will about BlueSky being a bubble, but its not designed to enrage and deceive its users 561204166
Reposted by Ben HaringGrant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 10/10/2026A live look at the Leopards Eating Faces Party convention 583521686
Reposted by Ben HaringBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026www.wral.com/news/investi...wral.comNC dog trainer defies court, posts video of a trooper killing her dogsA Pitt County woman whose two trained dogs were fatally shot by a state trooper in 2024 has publicly released video of the incident despite a court order restricting its distribution, saying she is de... 1036175
Reposted by Ben HaringMicah @rincewind.run · 09/10/2026Ossoff is one of the very few people adequately channeling Evelyn Normielib these days the base doesn't want to hear entreaties to our better natures, they don't want to go high while the other side goes low, they want someone to come on the TV and go "these people are garbage" he's good at it 573963556
Reposted by Ben HaringAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026OSSOFF: Mike Collins is one of the most extreme members of Congress. He's a Trump puppet election denier. I want to hear if Mike still believes the 2020 election was stolen. What do you say Mike? COLLINS: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17644281063
Reposted by Ben HaringAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club" 510153583423
Reposted by Ben HaringMike Masnick @masnick.com · 08/10/2026All these guys spent all this effort to get "fuck you" money and can't even bring themselves, even once, to use it to say "fuck you" to Trump. Pathetic. 563174481
Reposted by Ben HaringProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What everyone has to prepare for is the constitutional crisis to accelerate if the Democrats take the House and the Senate. Vought has been allowed by the Republicans to act with impunity, so have he will continue to ignore Congress. This is why you have to impeach him immediately. 261538420
Reposted by Ben Haring𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 30/09/2026The 0.1% own 15% of all the wealth while 50% are basically broke. That is how societies die. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...wsj.comThe Gap Between the Rich and the Very, Very Rich Is Getting WiderThe 0.1% are worth $28 trillion, or about 15% of the nation’s total wealth. The average wealth for a household in this group is over $200 million. 1091950747
Reposted by Ben Haring"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I, uh, I can't help but notice you left out the slaver's rebellion or the Nazis on the list of people to go fight. Funny, that. 652289372
Reposted by Ben HaringThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026"It was bitterly ironic to see Darline Graham demand that Smith, of all people, should feel ashamed....in today’s GOP, there is no shame."lnk.thebulwark.comJack Smith and the Republican Smear SquadIf holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know. 27547119
Reposted by Ben HaringHolly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There have been less than 50 trans people in college sports (men and women) in all of history. There tens of thousands of women sexually assaulted on college campuses EVERY YEAR. But you’ll never see that in a campaign ad. 1287
Reposted by Ben HaringDaniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Congress should investigate the purge that shut down my former office at the State Department, which fought information manipulation by Russia, China, and terrorist organizations. thehill.com/opinion/nati...thehill.comWe need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretensesI was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C… 14922
Ben Haring @benharing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Please read. thehill.com/opinion/nati...thehill.comWe need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretensesI was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C… 000
Reposted by Ben HaringJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive. 383905764
Reposted by Ben HaringAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong. 21088183854
Reposted by Ben HaringBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“So here’s what Democrats should offer: Stop the data centers. Make AI safe. Protect your health care. Fix the rotten Supreme Court. Get us out of the Middle East. Renew our friendship with Canada. Hold the oligarchs accountable. Release the Epstein files.” www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...thebulwark.comWhat Dems Should Do With 54 Senate SeatsAn eight-point agenda for turning a Senate majority into a mandate for action. 66705170
Reposted by Ben HaringKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEW: A federal judge ordered the White House to immediately restore hard passes for POLITICO, CNN and MSNOW, saying President Trump's ban punished "routine" reporting and the WH provided zero evidence for its national security claims. w @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comJudge restores White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOWU.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the return of press credentials President Donald Trump had revoked. 15774224
Reposted by Ben HaringBenjamin Sharma 🇨🇦 🇺🇸, 🇪🇺? @benjamin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Now we see how Xbox plans to lose the next generation of consoles. www.ign.com/articles/mic...ign.comMicrosoft Patent Suggests Trading Ads For Extra PlaytimeMicrosoft already shows you ads whenever you log into the Xbox Series X, but it seems like it's exploring an ad-supported way to essentially rent out games on Xbox consoles. 1284
Reposted by Ben HaringGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026yeah same, it's kind of an object lesson in why physical media is good ain't no one slipping an ad reel into my nes cartridge 39721
Reposted by Ben HaringBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026someone asked me to explain what I think the prevailing conservative ideology is. I’d say it’s something like this 1934251
Reposted by Ben HaringA.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The only path forward is an openly antagonistic press. No more delicately navigating access. No more attending press conferences or avails. All investigation. All amplifying Trump admin defectors and detractors. Call out the bullshit. Stop being polite. 39831162
Reposted by Ben Haringjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress? 430103811922
Reposted by Ben HaringAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026Trump: "I am proud to announce that, effective immediately, I am banning Fake News CNN, MSNOW, and Politico ... from the White House as a result of their constant 'reporting' FAKE NEWS!" 4361457370
Reposted by Ben HaringGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward 18195051815
Reposted by Ben HaringKori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“the warrior ethos glamorizes the prowess of the individual warrior in a way that starkly contradicts the professional, ethical, and organizational nature of military service and modern warfare.” @briankerg.bsky.socialusni.orgWhere Exactly Has the Warrior Ethos Gotten Us?The Marine Corps should revive its traditional ethos, emphasizing professional competence, readiness, honor, courage, and commitment for the demands of modern warfare. 2655180
Reposted by Ben HaringFrederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If Biden or Obama had started a war that led to attacks like these on American bases—and then covered it up for months—the political backlash would eclipse Benghazi. One service member: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...cbsnews.comNew photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacksThe images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity. 291004462
Reposted by Ben HaringMicah @rincewind.run · 14/09/2026you ever see a graph that makes you just sit for a minute and contemplate how stupid everything is 313342660
Reposted by Ben HaringAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5943728413399
Reposted by Ben HaringChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is going to make me sound old and maybe a little nostalgic but it’s really striking how in the Trump era, no one even pretends to debate about policy anymore. 1984786530
Reposted by Ben HaringJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 23436121501
Reposted by Ben HaringI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026Also have to point out Musk said he was saving humanity he meant he was buying Twitter to promote race science to slow a popular movement for racial justice. 32778185
Reposted by Ben HaringDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 361742737
Reposted by Ben HaringAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026New in PN: The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure "The words coming out of his mouth reveal a man completely deluded and awash in fictions of his own making. And as long as he’s surrounded by people who will let him live in that world, we’re all stuck in here with him."publicnotice.coThe muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failureIt’s not “disputed.” He’s delusional. 1062428729
Reposted by Ben HaringAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova…. 425128373458
Reposted by Ben HaringAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026only fraudulent economists are allowed now? 401219349
Reposted by Ben HaringThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/09/2026"She wants everyone to be okay. I am not like that. I have entire classes of people I would like to load onto a Falcon Heavy and launch straight into the sun. Not Sarah."lnk.thebulwark.comThere’s Something About SarahI roll how she rolls. 512711
Reposted by Ben HaringAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Google mapped the entire connectome of a fly brain and made it available for download research.google/blog/a-conne...research.googleA connectomics milestone: Mapping the complete male fruit fly brain 89229
Reposted by Ben HaringChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I think the political left should be the loudest voice calling for an AI model development pause, frontier pacing, and mandatory third party audits right now. Put aside the doomer stuff (though I think it’s plausible), we just found out that OpenAI’s agents committed a pretty major felony! 1122631542
Reposted by Ben HaringMicah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026every single day elon musk says or endorses stuff on x dot com that is worse than any of the quotes they've pulled up for hasan piker and he will be the single biggest political donor in the entire country, supporting republicans up and down the ballot somehow none of them are asked about it 202650684
Reposted by Ben HaringKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/09/2026dems would be well served by ditching the ambiguous "affordability" platitudes and just hammering these clowns on corruption, all day every day. That's what they did to Orban in Hungarynews.gallup.comRecord-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption WidespreadPerceptions of government corruption in the U.S. hit a record high in 2026, with broad agreement across partisan lines. 551562381
Reposted by Ben HaringDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A big problem we face is that most Republicans view anyone with a differing political view as a threat to America, an enemy, whereas most Democrats are under the delusion that such Republicans are just political opponents...and not the threat to America they really are. 32507157
Reposted by Ben HaringCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026 625113792246