Rose Benson @rosebenson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026If I send you this it means I’m awake but I can’t stop blinking. 140
Rose Benson @rosebenson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Earth to Congress, come in Congress. Congress. Do you copy? 100
Reposted by Rose BensonNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I lost my job, oil is six dollars a gallon, my kids have measles, and secret police roam the streets, killing and imprisoning people at random. But at least now students at schools I've never heard of aren't heckling conservative speakers that I've never heard of. 282514470
Reposted by Rose BensonJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The families of the fallen requested no photos at today’s dignified transfer. Didn’t stop Trump. He has now posted them all over social media. How many times does he have to tell the world that he doesn’t care about our troops or their families? How many? 1472822776
Reposted by Rose BensonAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 19/03/2026We’re likely weeks away from airports in America grinding to a halt. And when the flights stop and the paychecks disappear, there’s no mystery about who’s responsible. Donald Trump owns every every ounce of chaos that follows. It’s the kind of failure you only get when someone stops caring entirely.nbcnews.comTravel woes mount for Philadelphia flyers as TSA closes more security checkpointsPhiladelphia International Airport is the latest major U.S. airport to temporarily close security checkpoints as more TSA officers call out of work. 19341141
Reposted by Rose BensonAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026So Tulsi’s position is that it’s not the IC’s job to determine whether there’s an imminent threat, only the president’s. Hm. So after 9/11, the FBI and CIA could have just told George W that it was all on him to figure it out? (🤡) 922039441
Reposted by Rose BensonKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The news about the arrest in the Patrice Lumumba assassination is MAJOR historical news. I’ve *maybe* seen one post on it here. 1726753
Reposted by Rose BensonCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 19/03/2026This is a man who doesn’t know what he has unleashed and is losing his grip. 50477126
Rose Benson @rosebenson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026A March madness bracket but it’s all the things Trump has done since he got back into office and which one is the worst. For instance, war of choice with Iran might be a 1 seed. 010
Reposted by Rose BensonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I don’t think this is going to be over in 2 weeks. 8023980836
Reposted by Rose BensonBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Whether or not this factual account is accurate, it seems POTUS is trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube to some extent and forestall further attacks against energy infrastructure. (Obviously makes him look weak if Israel did this without his knowledge. And foolish if he approved of it.) 1011037214
Rose Benson @rosebenson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I have the best joke about Trump voters but to tell it I need to lose all my shame. 110
Reposted by Rose BensonBilly Sunday @billysunday.bsky.social · 19/03/2026He never did this attack, the attack wasnt his type 051
Reposted by Rose BensonJ.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 19/03/2026This is an absolutely deranged way for the leader of a country to speak, let alone the leader of a superpower, let alone the sole authority over the world's largest nuclear arsenal. 45812
Reposted by Rose BensonMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19/03/2026He seems shocked that Iran is fighting back. 6032949
Reposted by Rose BensonAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026This is so awesome. I have a new favorite clip… 627155011913
Rose Benson @rosebenson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I have the best Trump joke ever but I never met the joke, only for a short period of time. 000
Reposted by Rose BensonTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I have the best Trump joke ever, the greatest ever written. I'll tell it to you in two weeks. 4397064
Reposted by Rose BensonBikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 19/03/2026Like ten years of annual federal transit spending 315934
Reposted by Rose BensonAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Ramirez: I think that every time JD Vance is forced to publicly talk about this war, he sees his 2028 chances just slipping a little bit farther away. 1403078521
Rose Benson @rosebenson.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Banksy, but make it the identity of pedophiles in the Epstein files 010
Reposted by Rose BensonSeth Caddy 🎃👻 @gingercaddy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Dear media: we don’t want to know who Banksy is. We want to know all about the criminals in the Epstein files. 533222698
Reposted by Rose BensonThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19/03/2026If someone gives conflicting answers to the same question, you can assume that they don’t have an actual answer. And if they proclaim that they’re in full control of something, you can assume the opposite. trib.al/WIw070ftrib.alIran, Not Trump, Decides When This War Is OverThe U.S. and Israel started the war, but with the Strait of Hormuz closed and gas prices skyrocketing, Iran is in control now. 69323
Reposted by Rose BensonKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19/03/2026No, it just actively purged/ fired all its Black people. Is that better or worse? 318417
Reposted by Rose BensonBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Thinking back to the 2020 Soleimani strike when Trump 1.0 also claimed there was an imminent threat to justify the US attack, before AG Barr admitted that the “concept of imminence is something of a red herring.” www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/p...cnn.comBarr and Pompeo shift justification for Iran strike from ‘imminent’ threat to deterrence | CNN PoliticsSecretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr said Monday that killing Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was part of a larger strategy of deterrence, a shift from the Trump administ... 09222
Reposted by Rose BensonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Hold press conferences, do these cable news hits, flood the zone with righteous anger. 12598100
Reposted by Rose BensonGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 19/03/2026Called my US rep and US senators and told them to vote NO on ANY funding for Trump's war on Iran. You can call yours, too! Find them here: reps.fyi 215688
Reposted by Rose BensonThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19/03/2026That feeling when you want to dragoon your allies into helping with your failing war of choice after you've been threatening and hectoring them for the last yearlnk.thebulwark.comOur Low-IQ President Did an OopsieYou won’t believe Trump’s dumbest Iran mistake. 1222142
Reposted by Rose BensonYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18/03/2026BREAKING Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war. Full Story: wapo.st/3P9onOb 4513442
Reposted by Rose BensonSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18/03/2026I just voted to END the war with Iran, but Republicans blocked our effort to stop this conflict. Why is there money for a war no one asked for, but no money for health care here at home? I'll keep voting to end this war again and again. NO WAR WITH IRAN. 43796200
Reposted by Rose BensonJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18/03/2026As previously mentioned: the entire annual budget in fiscal year 2023 for USAID — an agency decimated last year under Trump, whose administration justified slashing the aid effort as “clearing significant waste" — was around $40 billion. 714266
Reposted by Rose BensonAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026PabloReports: Do the Epstein files make Trump a target for blackmail? AOC: If a foreign actor has more access to the Epstein files than Congress, I would suspect the odds of blackmail being possible could be quite high. 10440611020
Reposted by Rose Bensonemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Why not just seize half the wealth of Trump and his top 10 donors? 59940222
Reposted by Rose BensonWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/03/2026No money for Americans, but there's always money for war. Well done, MAGA. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comPentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran warThat figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said. 58659204
Reposted by Rose BensonBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Vaccination rates among young children in Michigan dropped sharply during the first year of the Trump administration, an early indication of how vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is influencing immunization practices, a Reuters review found. www.reuters.com/business/hea... 18347110
Reposted by Rose BensonMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026$200 billion sounds like a lot but it’s a small price to pay for global economic instability. 26533103
Reposted by Rose BensonJeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 18/03/2026SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for Iran war supplemental, sources say Some in WH think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress My last story for WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comPentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran warThat figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said. 3872531879
Reposted by Rose BensonSimon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026OMG. How can Congress appropriate money for a war it did not authorize? 37439159
Rose Benson @rosebenson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Bitching: complaining that the media writes bad stories about you and then censoring them for said speech. 010
Reposted by Rose BensonAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/03/2026AOC: We rely on hundreds of thousands of home care workers across the country. This labor force is going to expand a lot as more of our parents reach older age, and these folks need to be paid a fair wage. These are some of the most exploited workers in the country. 10968071502
