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Benjamin de V

@benjamin22b.bsky.social
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Hi everybody - so excited to be here! Guys, if you get followed by an account following *thousands*... yet it only started posting ten days before or so (w/ odd phrases), it's a fake account! Check before following back! Let's keep this place clean! Yay!

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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Heheh, Nate Silver's going to have to expand the bottom of his Trump issue-specific approval chart again... Record low national approval on inflation, trade and the economy... Second lowest-ever on immigration.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
All-time low.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wow, just look at how US aid to Ukraine (and any semblance of moral relevance) dried up as soon as Taco Trump came back to power.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
There it is. And it's only just getting started.
After rebounding slightly earlier in the month, Donald Trump’s net approval rating has now hit a new second term low of -20.6. His disapproval rating is dangerously close to breaking 60 percent, while just 21 percent of Americans strongly approve of the job he’s doing.

At this point in Trump’s first term, his net approval rating was 9.3 points higher at -11.3. In fact, Trump’s net approval rating is now lower than at any point in his first term. Back then, he bottomed out at -19 after January 6th.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New all-electric car sales in Norway: from just about zero to just about 100% in fewer than fifteen years. The cost of purchase has reached parity. Onnership costs are three times *lower* on electric vehicles. What's the holdup?
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
What do you notice about the only states with positive net Trump approval numbers? Wyoming +22% North Dakota +17% Idaho +14% Oklahoma +14% West Virginia +12% Alabama +10% Arkansas +10% Tennessee +10% South Dakota +6% Montana +5% Utah +2% Indiana +2% Kansas +1% Kentucky +1% Mississippi +1%
Donald Trump's net nationwide approval rating has steadily dropped from +11.7% in January 2025 to -18.8% (yes, that's *negative* 18.8) in April 2026. (Silver Bulletin)
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
"Trump's approval decline has been remarkably linear: there are peaks and valleys you can correlate with particular news events, but the recovery after every bounce-back has been incomplete, leaving permanent damage behind." - Nate Silver
Overall linear decline in Trump net approval rating from Jan 2025 to the present, with significant events including announcement of Liberation Day tariffs, DOJ declaring the end of the Epstein investigation, the first Trump II government shutdown, Renee Good's murder, and the Iran War.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
When are we doing a No Kings protest in Grenoble???
Rainbow flag reads (à la Mary Poppins): Super Callous Fascist Racist Sexist Nazi POTUS
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I'll wager we exceed 8,000 cases in 2026 alone, with mumps and even more serious preventable causes of death and disability right behind it... Remember, the figures are rising exponentially. And we haven't even seen the catastrophic fallout from Florida's abolishing child vaccine mandates... 2/2
The 2026 figure of 933 is as of Feb 15, so you'd have to multiply it by eight to get the year-long number... if the infections didn't tend to rise exponentially.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Yes Mr Trump, I'm getting extremely "tired of winning!"... 1/2
Although RFK Jr wasn't even confirmed until a month-and-a-half into 2025, measles cases shot up eightfold last year and have probably already reached a thousand in 2026
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
How about the biggest peaceful march on Washington that this nation had ever seen?
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
To grossly paraphrase the end of Orwell's 1984, why do you insist on believing your lying eyes? I strongly encourage you to sign up to Mary L. Trump's newsletter; she's actually the Don's niece: a brave, outspoken, compassionate and righteous advocate for justice.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Wow, an entire *quarter* of their statement ISN'T an outright lie. Impressive.
"We are not against bike lanes, they play an important role in our transportation network. However, it's clear that removing car lanes on major roads only makes gridlock worse and it hurts small businesses.

- Office of the Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria
Ministry of Transportation
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Ours, painted by our son after the full invasion, still proudly hangs on our front door.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Ouiiiiii, c'est un impératif vital. C'est comme d'habitude - tout le monde HURLE... jusqu'à cela devienne une évidence absolue. On est devenu tellement habitué à ce que nos rues soient des parkings et plus des lieux de vie. Perso, j'ai plutôt envie de vivre.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Jesus. The Senate committee reconciliation bill directs the largest sale of public lands in modern history... to cut taxes for the richest people in the country. (Not lands with oil & gas leases or mining claims, of course.) Don't put it off. Write your senator. Now. www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
It looks like it's a third of the western United States.
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Benjamin de V @benjamin22b.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
@noelreports.com
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