Reposted by BenjaminGod @thegodshow.com · 23hElon cut off Starlink to Ukraine because they blew up his Russian bots and so now his posts don’t get enough likes? Do I have that right? 28266921685
Benjamin @refriedbrains.bsky.social · 13/10/2026It was just weird to hear, you are normally a very good seattle expert! 000
Reposted by BenjaminGregg Rosenthal @greggrosenthal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Rams tackle Alaric Jackson, who is facing a potential suspension for punching Bills DE Bradley Chubb, was not suspended by the NFL after an arrest for felony domestic violence this June. 9500119
Benjamin @refriedbrains.bsky.social · 13/10/2026@dannybkelly.bsky.social Kirkland is NOT north Seattle my man, that's the most Bellingham thing you've said unfortunately. Kirkland is Eastside, north of Bellevue. 100
Reposted by BenjaminAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Nation has asked a federal appeals court to intervene before the clearing begins. They shouldn’t have to fight the federal government to protect their sacred plants and homeland. We stand with the Tohono O’odham Nation. 💚tonation-nsn.govNo Wall - Tohono O'odham NationThe Tohono O’odham Nation is a federally recognized, sovereign Tribe with 37,000 enrolled members; its reservation lands are located in Southern and Central Arizona. The O’odham have inhabited this re... 161179305
Reposted by BenjaminJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 152151166508
Reposted by BenjaminAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Troops should not be standing guard near ballot drop boxes in D.C. 13758191287
Reposted by Benjaminleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Talarico delivered this line at a campaign rally in Texas, drawing a direct contrast between how aggressively the govt pursues undocumented workers versus how little it pursues wealthy predators & tax cheats. Talarico leads Paxton 48% to 45% in a state no Democrat has won statewide since 1988. 13474173
Reposted by BenjaminRobert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 08/10/2026Miller needs to spend the rest of his life in jail, and any Democrat not committed to ensuring that happens doesn’t deserve to hold office. 37512
Reposted by BenjaminOlogies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Good ol' Russ, the architect of Project 2025. They keep warning us, nobody does anything, and then they do it, and nobody does anything. I have never had so little trust in government and time machines. 28214
Reposted by BenjaminGeneral Guinan @madmaudlin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Couldn’t be more transparent that they are going to cheat www.ms.now/news/trump-m...ms.nowTrump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decadesThe decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors. 28336
Reposted by BenjaminTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 02/10/2026It sure is interesting what things the NFL will not tolerate and which ones it will 681401218
Reposted by BenjaminMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20563242909
Reposted by BenjaminAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We’re all counting on them following through after the midterms. 841136333488
Reposted by BenjaminJoe Veyera @joeveyera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Seattle comes in at No. 4 in Oxford Economics' Global Cities Index, behind New York, London, and Paris, in the ranking of the world's largest 1,000 cities based on five criteria: economics, human capital, quality of life, environment and governance.oxfordeconomics.com2026 Global Cities IndexThe Oxford Economics Global Cities Index ranks the world’s 1,000 largest cities, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses and future potential. 1558
Benjamin @refriedbrains.bsky.social · 19/09/2026static.klipy.comMichael Scott: Don't You DareALT: Michael Scott: Don't You Dare 010
Reposted by BenjaminAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A new report from independent investigators appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes during two strikes in Iran in February. 13341911208
Reposted by BenjaminChris (Super Bowl LX enthusiast) @30acrefortress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You need commensurate penalties with the crimes -- which would be the largest financial numbers ever, talking hundreds of billions or more -- and jailtime. Impact their lives or nothing changes. 142
Reposted by BenjaminJeremiah Oshan @jeremiah.sounderatheart.com · 17/09/2026I would hope that expansion would be coupled with 20-year term limits. 4302
Reposted by BenjaminAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/09/2026All we can say is this Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in a clubhouse after all the atrocities she was involved in, while MAGA is still finding ways to justify immigrants being treated like this. 15578170
Reposted by BenjaminM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Hillary Is Spot On....... 386100763216
Reposted by BenjaminBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored. 201110632283
Reposted by BenjaminMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Awful decision by Maye, but man—shoutout to Josh Jobe and Nehemiah Pritchett. Legion of whom balled the f out tonight. 65181795
Reposted by BenjaminAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail. 537109074170
Benjamin @refriedbrains.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Jameson Konz Owen Schmitt Jesse Williams Kelly Jennings Trevone Boykin 040
Reposted by BenjaminAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We love how much this upsets MAGA. 😂 14444151193
Reposted by BenjaminChris (Super Bowl LX enthusiast) @30acrefortress.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Or, and here me out, travel back in time like 5 years and don’t do this horrible bullshit with sports gambling 1111
Reposted by BenjaminSteve Benen @stevebenen.com · 02/09/2026Ahead of the midterms, Trump isn’t even being subtle about his brazen politicization of federal disaster relief aid, explicitly tying approvals to campaign endorsements and election results. It’s one of the underappreciated scandals of his second term. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowTrump approves disaster relief funds for 7 red states, after denying aid to blue statesAhead of the midterm elections, the president isn’t even being subtle about his scandalous politicization of disaster aid. 581536678
Reposted by BenjaminRobert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 31/08/2026Long prison sentences for everyone involved, from the ICE agents at the concentration camp on up to Trump and Millerseattletimes.comGreen card holder, 76, with Stage 4 cancer held in Tacoma ICE facilityFamily members and community supporters are seeking Loreto Javar's immediate release and demanding he receive proper medical care while living at home. 23510
Reposted by BenjaminPodKATT @podkatt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026There are two good ways to act with the Muppets. Either you take the Michael Cain approach and pretend you are working with a professional troupe from the West End. Or the Tim Curry approach where you pretend you yourself are also a Muppet. RIP 0686123
Reposted by BenjaminGoldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 24/08/2026Dear Governor Bob Ferguson, AG Nick Brown, and SOS Steve Hobbs, and every courageous county elections director in WA state. What we need from you is a joint press conference announcing that you will not comply with this order to subvert our elections, whatever the risk to your own liberty. 19620
Reposted by Benjaminmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026why did the mainstream media cover the deliberate abandonment of obsolete and decommissioned equipment during the Afghanistan withdrawal as a scandal for the Biden administration yet they do not cover the total destruction of US bases in the gulf by Iran as a scandal for the Trump administration? 22705213
Benjamin @refriedbrains.bsky.social · 18/08/2026The @craighorlbeck.bsky.social curse strikes again. 001
Reposted by BenjaminDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/08/2026I love that everybody longingly wishes Zohran could be mayor of their city or in the White House, but trust me, there are many more Zohran’s out there in every community all over the US. So stop daydreaming and start organizing to defeat billionaire backed candidates in elections. 9991249
Reposted by BenjaminJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 594165437122
Reposted by BenjaminPacific Northwest Medium Format - Joe Towner @pnwmf.com · 17/08/2026Always Here Always Proud #EBFG #SoundersFC 0839
Reposted by BenjaminM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Welcome To Chumplandia....... 238111174359
Reposted by BenjaminDerek Young @derekmyoung.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I know the federal government has no ethics rules anymore, but does New York allow law enforcement to participate in political campaigns in uniform? That's insane. 1246
Reposted by BenjaminTresa @tresaharbin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026And we know why...he's the most corrupt president that the United States has ever had... 448166115546
Reposted by BenjaminAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It has officially been one year since Trump took control of the nation’s capital using our own National Guard. 421165353
Reposted by BenjaminMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/08/2026They openly admit their election crimes & are actively doing everything they can to undermine & outright steal the Midterm Elections. Any surprise he fired the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission? He knows if he loses he's headed for a 3rd Impeachment & an orange jumpsuit. 🤞 👍 940219697361
Reposted by BenjaminSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/08/2026On a private call, Todd Blanche said his goal was to make the "Dobbs decision permanent in every single state." This isn’t just a confirmation vote anymore—it’s a roll-call vote on which Senators endorse BANNING abortion in ALL 50 states. I’m voting NO. 17274952890
Reposted by Benjaminmacamps.online @macamps.online · 04/08/2026The horrendously corrupt head of FIFA that constantly pushes the boundaries of what’s acceptable and steamrolls everyone that doesn’t enthusiastically support him overplays his hand and gets vaporized by swift, relentless feedback. I wonder if there are any lessons here we could apply elsewhere. 1372
Reposted by BenjaminChris (Super Bowl LX enthusiast) @30acrefortress.bsky.social · 03/08/2026New tact: label and publicize transphobes as pedos since every solution seems to involve them looking at children's genitals 1111
