Reposted by benjSean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 05/12/2025The 14th Amendment says that all people born in America, regardless of race are citizens and have a right to equal protection under the law. For SCOTUS to be remotely confused on that text speaks to their racism, not the Constitution (1/3) www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...cnn.comSupreme Court agrees to decide if Trump may end birthright citizenship | CNN PoliticsThe Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide if President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship with an executive order is constitutional, offering the justices an opportunity to revisit w... 16138831221
Reposted by benjDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025The impact of the destruction of USAID is so wide-ranging. We got a field report from one of the poorest states in India, where foreign aid funded "TB champions" who educate and assist tuberculosis patients. Without their help, advocates expect a 36% increase in cases & 68% rise in deaths from TB.prospect.orgLosing India’s Guardian Angels - The American ProspectUSAID funding supported efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in India, one of the country’s deadliest diseases. Now, that money and support is gone. 11422174
benj @verchub.bsky.social · 04/12/2025If you see this, post your favorite Pokémon!media.tenor.coma bird with a large beak is standing in a fieldALT: a bird with a large beak is standing in a field 021
benj @verchub.bsky.social · 03/12/2025If Pokémon was real and you were just an average trainer, what would your team be? (Be as realistic as possible. No Mythics or Legends.) 030
benj @verchub.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Ok what the fuck is Spotify’s problem this year? why are you saying it like THAT 010
Reposted by benjBrian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥 5682879811201
Reposted by benjCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 01/12/2025One point that may have been lost: I’ve never seen this ad before. It’s only when I searched for Mexican folk music tonight that YouTube started running it. Google’s surveillance technology has enabled the government to selectively terrorize specific groups in service of white supremacy. 321494553
Reposted by benjsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 30/11/2025The first strike was also murder. You can’t just up and kill civilians on the high seas and then claim you were at war with them. 583054644
Reposted by benjWeedle @weedle.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Republicans spending 30 years desensitizing the public to gun violence and then wondering why they can't get any mass outrage to take traction over these shootings. 2608
Reposted by benjA penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 27/11/2025"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere. 6771042021
Reposted by benjChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/11/2025This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively. 35782363327
benj @verchub.bsky.social · 26/11/2025What a nightmare nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comThey Were Sent to a Country That Didn’t Want Them. Now, They’re Stateless.More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it. 000
Reposted by benjPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 25/11/2025There is a certain kind of Catholic convert who thinks they are more Catholic than the Pope. 1623245
Reposted by benjCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025the rage that reading this makes me feel. just full 'need to stare into the middle distance because we are so, so lost' stuff. 534095
Reposted by benjI Nied braaaaiiiiins 🧟 @nied.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Charlie Kirk being a glib asshole about gun violence at the moment he was killed by the kind of gun violence he was being a glib asshole about is some bad absurdist comedy shit. 1450068
Reposted by benjSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 06/09/2025The press: “Kamala, what is your position on updates to section 420(c)69 of the internal revenue code? Too slow, you dumb bitch, never gonna be president.” Also the press: “mr. Vance you’re so dreamy, tell us more about Ohio.” 232518376
Reposted by benjK. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Elon's AI is now actively recommending a second Holocaust 12336941138
benj @verchub.bsky.social · 03/07/2025my unemployment streak is over and I’m back to being a lucrative salary earner!! 240
Reposted by benjMichelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 30/05/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o... 15737141594
Reposted by benjPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 23/05/2025This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P. The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice. The dots moving in the background are stars. 315116702156
benj @verchub.bsky.social · 22/05/2025At Stonewall these people would be telling everyone to stop focusing their outrage on the cops because they’re not amendable to change. It’s so stupid. 020
benj @verchub.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I wonder what percentage of the country has been to any of these states…. 😳 010
Reposted by benjJackie Llanos @llanosjackie.bsky.social · 18/04/2025BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom. 1115525449899
Reposted by benjKFF @kff.org · 15/04/2025Research shows increased immigration enforcement in schools is associated with chronic absenteeism, drops in enrollment, exacerbation of racial disparities in student outcomes, and negative physical and mental health among children in immigrant families. on.kff.org/3YhQA7d 03717
Reposted by benjNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I had to drive my parents 200 miles to a Social Security office, but at least I know that immigrants are getting sent to torture prisons in El Salvador. 194116862369
Reposted by benjLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Ahah I'm going to k__ m____ this is Verhoeven shit we live in Hell. 927124
Reposted by benjDittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 23/03/2025Migrants found dead at Krome Detention Center in Miami, due to possible starvation and dehydration. The facility, which was a detention facility prior to it being converted for ICE use, has a max capacity of 500.nbcmiami.com‘They are being treated like dogs': Families concerned over living conditions at Krome Detention CenterFamily members of detainees being held at Krome Detention Center are speaking out about the alleged harsh conditions of the facility. 25131882139
Reposted by benjjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/03/2025every person involved in this needs to be in prison 11265948915762
benj @verchub.bsky.social · 22/03/2025I will never get over the fact that fucking prominent asshole idiots like Chappell Roan acted like our options last fall were so painstakingly similar that it was hard to choose between. That it was hard to advocate to others why it would be important to vote for one over the other. 000
Reposted by benjDanny, Squaresoft's Official FFVIII Shill @dopedanny.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Beetle Friends. 0293
Reposted by benjjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/03/2025the fact that the husband in this story doesn’t appear to regret his choices at all is mind-boggling to me. tens of millions of americans have linked their very sense of identity to trump such that it overrides every other attachment. 35065011095
Reposted by benjBill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB 22995035309
