Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialJulie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This ICE observer had her TSA-Pre-check revoked. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72047... "Three days after the interaction, on January 13th, I received an email notice that my Global Entry/TSA-Pre Check privilege for passing through airport security had been revoked." 271038472
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 13/11/2025That money plus more can be clawed back with interest 010
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/11/2025AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?" 9914960615445
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 10/11/2025To support entrepreneurs, we need universal healthcare. 010
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/11/2025“This was a very very bad vote” 348113673320
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialQuinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 10/11/2025reminder to any ambitious Dems waiting in the wings: announcing a primary challenge right now to a squishy Democrat who’s up in 2026, whether they voted tonight to shine Trump’s shoes or not, will almost instantaneously be awash in cash. fortune—and a primary challenge—favors the bold. 131312333
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025The original Dem demands were: 1) Permanent ACA subsidies 2) Medicaid funding restored 3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission) They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today. The Senate Democrats! 27167742339
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Fuck these DINOs. Never giving to the DNC again. 000
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.sociallaart20 @laart20.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Tim Kaibe was Hillary’s pick for VP. WHAT THE FUCKKK. @kaine.senate.gov what’s wrong with you?? 1111
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialLaurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 10/11/2025My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING. 480254386490
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Schumer put the nail in his own coffin and the Democratic Leadership. It's done. Just a matter of time. Ditto Centrists. They have misread the moment and the rage of the people. Trump and MAGA will continue playing them because they know they are weak. 1242913687
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10/11/2025“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st... 4598481956
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 10/11/2025So @therickwilson.bsky.social had some thoughts about @schumer.senate.gov caving 1151759476
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 04/11/2025So was Lafayette. He’s fighting the good fight. There are douches and hero’s in all social classes. 061
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 01/11/2025#billionaires #wealthhoarders #dollyparton 05913
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 31/10/2025So this sounds weird to post but I wish @bsky.app and @skylight.social would send me more push notifications (that I could turn off of course), being like "you haven't posted in awhile." I generally don't want more notifications but also want to support ethical tech. 010
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Defund ICE! Why isn’t that on the agenda? 000
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Was messed up what Comey did. But let’s recognize. The enemy of my enemy here. He’s not a fascist. He was just foolish (in a way that sent us down the worst reality)…but still. 000
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 26/09/2025open.substack.com/pub/chatthep...open.substack.comEnshittification via Software Update: Samsung Smart Fridges Are the Newest BillboardSamsung is piloting a program for fridges already purchased with no ads to add advertisements. We should all be outraged! 010
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialDave Lee @davelee.me · 19/09/2025Dutch late night TV has its take 507207478836
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Substack is live. substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comCreating the Company I Want to See in the WorldMoving Slowly and Fixing Things 010
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 15/09/2025So much for the free speech commitments of thin skinned tech billionaires. They waited for a lame excuse to fire @karenattiah.bsky.social after she declined to take their buyout, which I knew they would do since they are nothing if not unsurprising, and here we are open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...open.substack.comThe Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job. 14870174
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 16/09/2025They had kids, too. 291206356700
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 16/09/2025So, chiming in here to counter the haters. I’ve researched this for the past 2.5 years (for my app) and Scott is one of the only people to call out what’s happening. Young men are not alright and it’s largely systematic/cultural…so stop with the pull up by your boot straps. Have some compassion. 010
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Why isn't the real GovPressOffice account on Bluesky cc: @governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social I'm living for it and can't bear to use x-Twitter 000
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 20/08/2025They just hate being called out. It's working. DNC's/Kamala's campaign's biggest mistake was to put a leash on Walz. His 'weird' rhetoric worked. Dems have gotten so used to toeing the line set by Republicans. Nice to not have a 'pickme' Dem stand up for something. 010
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Just a random observation about compliments. I think we need to normalize compliments to men. 080
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Dems, go all in on the Esptein Files. 33386031546
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 13/07/2025The other group we’re giving way too much of a pass: corporations. 050
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 29/04/2025The impact from these tariffs will start to be evident in a few weeks. 1210
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Maybe federal judges will realize it's time to stop dicking around and time to start throwing people in jail themselves. 405196123525
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Always check your domains expiration date! 000
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Everyone is dropping their Teslas. This shouldn’t be a surprise. Earnings should be interesting. 050
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 18/04/2025They will when tariff pricing actually makes its way through the market. 110
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Nonprofits are independent. Fuck these guys. Sincerely, MapChat. 000
Reposted by Benji @ MapChat.socialIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 12/04/2025I'm not saying journalists should never interview admitted propagandists. There are journalistic reasons to do so. But if we do, we must be prepared to -- in fact it is our duty to -- challenge vociferously all unsubstantiated claims. Otherwise, we ourselves become propagandists. 189107872116
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Trump gives 0 fucks about small businesses and the working class but we already knew that. 010
Benji @ MapChat.social @mapchat.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Stop encouraging a negative attitude. That’s not how we win. You’re being helpless and defeatist 060