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James Bennett

@ubernostrum.bsky.social
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The man with the plan and the pocket comb. Joe Biden was a good President who did good things, and Kamala Harris would’ve been even better. Here: politics, baseball, Tolkien memes. Sometimes in that order. @b-list.org for the tech side of me. he/him

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nanzhounoodles.bsky.social @nanzhounoodles.bsky.social · 15h
YOU hate Nader for throwing the 2000 election. I hate Nader for ushering in the era of Consumer as a primary political identity, touting the tort system as an alternative to normal democratic deliberation, and making things generally work worse in the USA.
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 10h
a few years ago, references to Simon of Trent or Leo Frank trutherism were a sign that someone was an intensely Christian and/or Neo-Nazi right-wing antisemite but now formerly-normal lefty politics influencers who stayed on Twitter casually reply to Mamdani with 15th century blood libel posts
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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 22h
There is only one exit ramp off this highway to hell, and that’s to vote out every Republican. Every. single. one. OUT. Vote blue with righteous vengeance.
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Nied [5'7"] @nied.bsky.social · 19h
And like... that wasn't wrong! But also it was a monstrous decision that got 10ks of the people he supposedly represented slaughtered, & ultimately got himself killed.
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Jerry-ATX @jda5id.com · 29/09/2026
Senator Schmitt with a real gotcha for Jack Smith
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Post-Left Watch @postleftwatch.bsky.social · 15h
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JoyousPanther @joyouspanther.bsky.social · 19h
I was also told that allowing a UN vote against the Gaza war would do something and the US allowed it and nothing changed… and they got no credit for it on top of everything.
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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 15h
So: People said Biden could make a phone call to Bibi to cut off military aid, and instantly end the war in Gaza. It turns out he *did* a phone call, that Bibi interpreted as cutting off military aid, and Bibi actually doubled down. And now the argument is that doesn't count, for... reasons?
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TommyBoy @tampatom69.bsky.social · 15h
🔥 Outstanding tweet!
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JM 📎🟦🪬🥯🥡🥠🦀 @jmdc88.bsky.social · 16h
🎥⌨️ holocaustuk On this day in 1941, the Jews of Kiev, over 33,000 Jewish men, women and children, were murdered in what has become known as the Babi Yar massacre.
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andrear9md.bsky.social @andrear9md.bsky.social · 16h
IDK about you but I am sick and tired of these constant interviews focusing on trump voters. Like I do not fucking care that you regret your vote now. We all know you are stupid, racist, misogynist assholes, that is nothing new. I also do not GAF that you regret your vote. DUH. /1
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It Ain't Me. @notimeforbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'A war with Iran "broke out" only months after Biden left!' Evergreen.
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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 16h
Why, it's almost as if the hatred Trump expressed for Muslims in his first term was some sort of red flag.
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Lauren Underwood @laurenunderwood.bsky.social · 18h
Democrats are the party of action, accountability, and affordability. Republicans are the party of tax breaks for billionaires, raising your health care costs, and following every whim of Donald Trump.
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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 17h
Some people will insist they're too "pure" to vote to stop this. Or they need "inspiration." Or some other excuse they pull out of a hat.
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politiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 17h
Why do so many Republican politicians want to give power to child molesters?
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papaesoco.bsky.social @papaesoco.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAGA candidate for elections office convicted on 9 counts of election fraud www.alternet.org/voter-fraud-...
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MAGA candidate for elections office convicted on 9 counts of election fraud
Gaea Powell, a Moms for Liberty activist, ran for a county clerk-recorder spot in a small California town, promising that she could improve "election integrity." As the Chronicle reported, "it turns o...
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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 17h
I am glad the White Sox won this game and the Astros lost, and also I was reminded from the days when he was a Cubs coach that I always thought Will Venable should have a kid named Bede.
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holdmybooks @holdmybooks.bsky.social · 17h
What's also really annoying was that in 2016 in particular his stans would say Bernie "raised awareness" of things like this and never processed that they just didn't pay attention until a white guy said it.
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Nam Talmbout @gorbinblathour.bsky.social · 20h
he looks gerrymandered
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Christine @chermitup.bsky.social · 19h
Ok everyone, pack it up, we can go home. This is the one.
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Fascism Heckler @fascismheckler.bsky.social · 19h
Far Leftists: we are not antisemitic, we're anti-zionist Also Far Leftists: Mamdani is saying hate crimes against Jewish people are bad? (((THEY))) GOT HIM!
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Kobi LaCroix @kobilacroix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Because I am sick and tired of seeing people propping up this guy as some kind of leftist hero.
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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 19h
As I read through the ballot guide, an important corollary: on any housing-related ballot proposition, I look up which side the Sierra Club is on, and vote the other way.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 19h
This is why I'm OK voting for Abdul in spite of my lingering concerns. I'm betting that he'll end up being pretty much a party line Dem on 95% of the issues & votes which come up.
"Same with that El-Sayed guy...groomed by the elites to sell us a mirage"
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Humble Novice @humblenovice.bsky.social · 20h
I will never understand so-called leftists who are outraged at Mamdani for wanting to combat antisemitism.
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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 19h
It is playoff baseball season and I live in California, so I am being bombarded with ads about ballot propositions. As always, my general guideline on most of these is to look up which way the Howard Jarvis assholes want people to vote, and then vote the exact opposite way.
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The okayest poster there is @ok-post-guy.bsky.social · 20h
Plus you have to square it with the reality that: 1) Biden did threaten to cut off military assistance to Israel, 2) Bibi interpreted it as Biden *actually* cutting off aid AND NOTHING FUCKING CHANGED IN HOW ISRAEL PROSECUTED THE WAR
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STEMthebleeding @stemthebleeding.bsky.social · 20h
A refresh of an oldie but goodie
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James Bennett @ubernostrum.bsky.social · 20h
People Online like to claim the Democratic Party is right-wing or secretly wants to be, while actual reality is the Democrats (who have legislatively held the line on trans rights over and over) are so far to the left that they can only observe the median voter through a powerful telescope.
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Nied [5'7"] @nied.bsky.social · 20h
Biden literally did the mythical One Phone Call that would stop Israel in it's tracks, &... it didn't stop Israel in it's tracks.
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Fascism Heckler @fascismheckler.bsky.social · 21h
Blusky doomers: Dems need to lose in 2026 cause they might go anti-trans like UK Labour Third Way: turns out being pro-trans is the smart move
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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 21h
idk what level total cultural victory it is that a male Republican didn't know sports teams and needed to be corrected by a Democratic woman but goddamn we got sports in the national divorce for real for real
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DR. IRONCLAD, Brunch Democrat @feclad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To every MAGA, Jill Stein, or just couldn't bother to vote person out there, Fuck you. Fuuuuuuuuck you.
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Centrist Madness Election Center @centristmadness.bsky.social · 22h
The Biden dementia theory has been conclusively disproven, as has the theory that he didn’t use leverage to force Israel to accept a ceasefire (which they did multiple times). No one will ever admit they got these things wrong.
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mel, binface’s knight 🏳️‍⚧️🔰♨️ @astruckpersonn.bsky.social · 22h
Sarah McBride Apology Form
From:
Date:
Reason for behavior:
The media convinced me you were a trans traitor 
I was unaware liberals could play actual games 
I don't know congressional politics 
I only looked at your public statements 
I was jealous of how well you pass 
I was late to me E shot 

I will hereby respect Sarah Mcbride and I will NOT talk down on the future first-ballot Hall of Famer.
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hypoallergenic bobcat alternative @noghiri.bsky.social · 22h
the takeaway I'm getting is Sarah McBride is very good at her job and is figuring out how to wrangle think tanks effectively, including partially hostile ones
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Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 22h
A tweet from Hillary Clinton dated January 12th 2016 "A Republican president could stack the Supreme Court with justices who will rip away all of the progress we've made"
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Citizen K | Long Live The King 👑 @citizenkryptik.bsky.social · 22h
Monsters who enable monsters and help the monsters hide their monstrous acts. There will be no way to actually account for all the lives both this admin and the SCOTUS Six have ruined and destroyed because of their goddamn Widdle Birthday Boy-ism demanding Trump alone gets to do what he wants
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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russians bombed a hospital in Kyiv. They also deliberately double-tapped it to try to kill first responders. Russia is committing a Genocide.
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Enlightened Despotist in Name Only @edino.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The number of people alive at any given point in time with agency is disputed, but it is clear that it is very, very small. The latest discovery is that none of the 25ish dems who voted for the college sports bill have it; it’s the fault of Chuck Schumer, who voted against it, that it passed.
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ArgellaStone @argellastone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I support Rahm Emanuel running for President because he might distract the wrecker caucus online long enough that they fail to ratfuck the actual eventual winner because they were so obsessed with making sure he failed to reach 5% in New Hampshire.
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politiburb @politiburb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do you know what kind of reaction there would have been if the head of a major movie studio had been a political ally of Joe Biden and announced they were making a 10 fucking million dollar theatrical release documentary about Dianne Feinstein or some shit?
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GeorgetownJD @georgetownjd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am relieved to see the Senate addressing one of my very top priorities -- how much some college athletes and their coaches are paid. I'll bet it's enough to buy groceries, fill up a tank for enough gasoline to get to and from work, and keep the lights and HVAC system on.
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Sailor Michael @sailormichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black people are forced to be in white places in some form. White people do not have to be in our spaces. That is why many don't understand us.
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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Weird how no journos dropped this tidbit before the 2024 election.
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Nied [5'7"] @nied.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rereading this article just makes me mad. We had folks working tirelessly for a ceasefire & we threw it away over a fantasy that there was a Bibi remote control on the Resolute Desk that Biden refused to use.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Killer part is all of this was very predictable. If people took the theories they dismissed as woke nonsense half seriously every step could be foreseen.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Bar for bar, line for line.
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