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Suzanne Benton

@gemshums.bsky.social
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Retired - taught English lit & creative writing at UC Berkeley & elsewhere; Golden retriever aficionado & dog sports enthusiast; walker & traveler; writer of Haiku; lover of Mother Nature; Northern California social democrat/progressive. I BLOCK DMs!

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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Steve Schmidt called Trump, “psychologically and emotionally incontinent” and “decomposing in real time.” Is he once again, to quote George Conway, “IMPOTUS”?
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
What are we going to do about this? The house is on fire.
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Borrowed from my sister: This is a perfect example of how one “picture is worth a thousand words” and nails the sense of superiority that conspiracy theorists wrap themselves in. I follow science, and those who write about what is well-researched … not fake news intended to inflame and divide. 
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I guess trump’s ego parade was a bust. Tanks & all.
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Want to freak out a MAGA cultist? Share this with them: Genetic research shows that all humans alive today share mitochondrial DNA from a single woman, nicknamed "Mitochondrial Eve," who lived around 150,000 to 200,000 years ago in Africa.
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Contact your local newspapers and television news channels, and make sure they are reporting on this. Horrifying!
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
@50501movement.bsky.social
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
In Santa Rosa, California, a city of maybe 170,000, 5,000 - 7,000 people showed up today for the Indivisible march & demonstration. Some believe these don’t matter much, but they give us courage and motivation to keep fighting the oligarchy!
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
In Salt Lake City today to hear Bernie and AOC speak. 5000+ overflow outside. Fight Oligarchy!
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
More reason than ever to get out there tomorrow and join the Resistance. Let your voice be heard! It is up to us. And if you need more inspiration, here’s a poem by Lynn Unger.
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Just 6 months ago…. It’s incredible how much damage megalomaniacs can do. And why?
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Based on a 2019 Government Accountability Office report which detailed the cost to taxpayers for moving his motorcade equipment and security plus the cost of flying Air Force 1 for Trump’s first term golf trips, the total cost to date for Trump’s second-term golf outings is now up to $26,127,531.
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
As absurd as everything seems, it’s real and it’s dangerous! But sometimes you just have to laugh at these goons.
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
34K+ in Denver with Bernie & AOC leading the resistance against the oligarchy. And we’re just getting started!
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Suzanne Benton @gemshums.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
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