Reposted by Benjamin LandersThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House. 637228755839 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/05/2026JetBlue hasn’t made a profit in 6 years, they are $9 billion in debt, are on course to lose $1 billion this year, are dealing with the same spike in jet fuel that finished off Spirit, but the Trump admin wants to claim that it would’ve saved failing, indebted Spirit. 691592360 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/04/2026Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us. 10762002410105 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 15/03/2026Yup. The biggest factors in the delta between what cops actually do, and white white folk incorrectly think they do: 1) Copaganda TV shows 2) Framing by newspapers and TV news Without this sustained disinformation campaign against Black people, white folk would not accept this level of racism.🤷🏿♂️ 10743265 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 07/03/2026❗️Right now, Russia is attacking Dnister Hydroelectric Power Plant — one of the largest pumped-storage power plants in the world is under attack. Possible water problems in Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, and Odesa regions. 9263104 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The Republicans seem to be prepping an argument that any domestic terror attacks in the aftermath of their Iran attacks will be the fault of Democrats for shutting down DHS funding, so I'd like to remind everyone of this appointment:propublica.org“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism PreventionOne year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v... 24362772701 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Trump’s former AI advisor calls the Trump administration’s treatment of @anthropic.com “attempted corporate murder” and says Hegseth is engaging in “a psychotic power grab.” 20943330 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote. Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history? 500180105177 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22/02/2026What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...inquirer.comThe hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will BunchAn internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse. 33580994393 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/02/2026We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps. 12336321785 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026We've had real wins — elections, redistricting, legislative seats & there is support on this court — a 6-3 majority is emerging But they're also using the shadow docket No argument, no transparency The court is holding--but the fight isn't over I explain w/ @arimelber.bsky.social -TN 13466124 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20/02/2026New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbFwapo.stA fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighborsA Nashville comedian’s deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the “banality of evil personified” in the U.S. immigration crackdown. 26879532957 0
Reposted by Benjamin Landersemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Minnesota Demolishes Stephen Miller's Theory of Force emptywheel.net/minnesota-de...emptywheel.netMinnesota Demolishes Stephen Miller's Theory of Force - emptywheelStephen Miller attempted to subjugate Minnesota with force. He didn't win. Everyone lost. 16425139 0
Reposted by Benjamin Landers🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 13/02/2026"It was always the case that the sheer volume of outright kidnappings — the snatching of people with legal status — would create a flood of cases that would overwhelm Minnesota’s Federal judiciary, both the US Attorney’s Office and the courts." 023063 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersSavchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 11/02/2026🇺🇦 "The IOC will not have enough black armbands to honor all the dead athletes killed by Russia," — Ukrainian skeletonist Vladyslav Heraskevych said at a press conference 335877 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/02/2026I just published: 10 Simple Questions for Congress to Ask Immigration Officials - Overstaying a visa is not a crime (that's nearly 50% of all undocumented migrants) - Unlawful entry (18 usc 1325) is only a misdemeanor. For vast majority of those, the statute of limitations expired long ago - morejustsecurity.orgTen Simple Questions for Congress to Ask Senior Immigration Officials in Public HearingsTen questions to inform conversations over immigration enforcement policy. 15475193 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersDawn❌👑Ocean Harmony🎶🌴☀️♿️🐕🦺🦮👩🦽🚶🏻♂️ @dawnoceanharmony.bsky.social · 25/01/2026 02820 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/01/2026Absolutely shameful to throw your employee under the bus when they’re murdered, but that’s what happens when you’re in the dumbest cult of personality in the history of the world 1050134853081 0
Reposted by Benjamin Landersdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder. 10965341969 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries. 12158472036 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/01/2026AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE. We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet. 850202126840 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersWhat fresh hell is this?! @nosenko.bsky.social · 25/01/2026These so called “leaders” making statements is why we are here. No action. Just words. More words. More words and red lines. Once those are discarded and red lines are crossed, we’ll get MORE statements, just slightly reworded and rewritten. But NO action from these “leaders” 163 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 25/01/2026If Trump is willing to remove ICE from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls, then there really isn't an "emergency" need for them to be there. www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...cbsnews.comBondi seeks Minnesota voter rolls, welfare data to "help bring back law and order" in wake of shootingsAttorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to let the federal government access state voter rolls and welfare data, as tensions flare in Minneapolis after a man was shot and killed ... 41151331864 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersRoger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Spoiler-alert. Here's her concluding paragraph: 529777 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 24/01/2026From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know. 275175035158 0
Reposted by Benjamin Landersethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Countries around the world are starting to dump US treasury bonds. China, Sweden and now the EU are going to flood the marked with dumped US bonds. This is serious. Perhaps even Congress and Senate Republicans will have the sense to see the impending financial disaster, and act. 124 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026this was an execution. The agent should be immediately arrested. 47994214 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/01/2026It appears that the White House edited this image using AI 32352321896 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersTea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 22/01/2026To all those listening or watching the Jack Smith testimony, remind yourself that at no time has any Republican offered a single piece of evidence that contradicts any of Jack Smith’s conclusions about Trump‘s criminal activity regarding the 2020 election. 9532691074 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/01/2026Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law. 10982904312220 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster. 2798803010 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersThord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 21/01/2026It is very naive to think that the tensions over Greenland have been reduced, along with the threat it represents, after Trump's speech. Latching on to a single phrase, glossing over the rest of it, is sticking ones head in the sand. Hoping it just goes over isn't a strategy. 1021548 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026It’s notable that the president can go on TV and be a total gutter racist, and somehow this isn’t news in the slightest. Says a lot about the sickness of American society right now. 561119913302 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/01/2026He's the Acting Field Office Director! His name is a matter of public record! 1334235815 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/01/2026Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket. He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War. Notice the suppressors 1/2 1398134327345 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersOliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Oy, BBC News, "tensions over race are being revived in a city that was only just recovering from them" is *not* a good description of what is happening in the Twin Cities. 1255 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN" 16024381316046 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait. 553230926926 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/01/2026In case anybody on Capitol Hill is wondering, the mood right now out here in the hinterlands is for Democrats not to miss votes. Especially since so many Republicans are out that Dems could pretty much stop anything with full attendance. We are paying attention. 9040991015 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out 378268638136 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Make it viral. 3594740321261 0
Benjamin Landers @benjaminlanders.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Impeach the lot of them Then prosecute 000 0
Reposted by Benjamin LandersAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Trump sees dollar signs with Venezuelan oil, has designs on other countries, and clearly sees himself as some kind of emperor of the world. I don’t think he has plans to leave in 2028. And he’s showing he’ll use the military however he wants 1991863504 0
