Ben Silverstein βπ
@bensilverstein.bsky.social
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I like burritos, dislike fascism, and do digital at
@indivisible.org
. Opinions my own.
A real credit to conservative media that a president who spends nearly all his time talking about his ballroom, defending people in the Epstein files, and withholding public funds unless stuff gets named after him, still somehow polls at 33% on "cares about people like me."
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"I never would have endorsed the guy who built his political career off rejecting the citizenship of the first Black president, if I knew he was a racist!"
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We've all become desensitized to Trump scandals, but this is considerably worse than Bridgegate and would be an all-consuming news story for weeks if it were any other president.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Trump wanted Dulles Airport and Penn Station named after him as condition of releasing rail tunnel funds
Funding for the Gateway Project has been held up since October.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/trump-wanted-dulles-airport-and-penn-station-named-after-him-to-release-rail-tunnel-funds-00768242?utm_source=buzzfeed&utm_medium=iframely
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2026 all the things
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Democracy dies in oligarchness
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Parker Molloy
14 days ago
Presented without comment:
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Andrew Lawrence
14 days ago
welcome to america, the country that makes you watch executions in the street frame by frame a few times a month just to stay up in current events
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Maria Langholz
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pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor: "Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
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Matt Cameron
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today. This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
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The NRA is condemning *progressive politicians* for Border Patrol's murder of a citizen legally recording federal agents while carrying a permitted firearm.
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The Jack of Kingfield
15 days ago
Mood in minneapolis right now
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Ezra Levin βπ
15 days ago
I do not just throw out praise for Senate Dem leadership, but this is good. Itβs what we need now - Dems using their leverage where theyβve got it and refusing to budge. Make GOP own this lawless goon squad. No Dem votes for it. Support Dems who are fighting back now regardless of past beefs.
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15 days ago
ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA -- our latest on the murder of Alex Pretti and the actions we should take right now:
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Zack Beauchamp
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Alex Pretti was a nurse who tried to help a woman attacked by a federal officer. They killed him for it.
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Cameron πΊπΈπ½π¦
15 days ago
this guy worked as a nurse and his final act was putting himself in harm's way to help a woman being brutalized by a gang of masked men
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Stephen Miller doesn't lie to convince the public of anything. He lies to let his death squads know they can kill and beat people with impunity and their government will clap and cheer and always let them believe they're the good guys.
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There should be no future in the Democratic Party for any Member of Congress who votes to give more funding to these death squads.
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Chris Hayes
16 days ago
THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD
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just Dave
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Conrad Lange Zbikowski
16 days ago
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
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I didn't say it. The Germans did.
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Totally predictable and also: Absolutely fucking bananas.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
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Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/health/milhoan-vaccines-optional-polio.html
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MeidasTouch
17 days ago
This sudden flip to βweβre just here to find the sex offendersβ is gaslighting at the highest level, and thatβs before we even get to the fact that, if that were their goal, they never needed to leave the White House in the first place.
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Ezra Levin βπ
17 days ago
Cynically, DeLauro issued blistering statements against ICE, then negotiated the ICE funding deal, then personally voted against it, then celebrated with Republicans after passage. She's 82, represents Yale, and has a primary challenger.
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Imagine how the media would react to any other president repeatedly confusing which ally he was threatening to invade in a speech to world leaders.
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17 days ago
Every representative who voted yes voted for more brutalization of our neighbors, more kidnapping of our children, more trampling of our rights, and more murder from this government.
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17 days ago
Just sent an
@indivisible.org
note to every Senate Dem office, urging a NO vote on the DHS funding bill. We do vote recs often, but this one was different. This time we opened with a picture of 5 yr old Liam Conejo Ramos, who's been abducted by ICE. Liam, his hat, his bookbag, and his abductor.
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Maybe not my place to say this as a Jew, but Jesus pretty famously led a protest at a place of worship. One thing he didn't do was shoot clergy with chemical rounds or snatch up immigrants at their places of prayer.
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john whitehouse
18 days ago
you just don't see language like this in right-wing spaces anymore, quite shocking to see it.
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They don't give a shit about protecting places of worship, ICE is detaining people on church grounds. This is just one more fascist attempt to make people afraid of defying ICE thugs.
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19 days ago
He's just straight-up telling everyone that he's deployed a vicious occupying force to brutalize an American state and terrorize every non-white resident because they didn't vote for him
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Attaining a Nobel Peace Prize in the classic fashion, hinting you'll install the actual recipient as the puppet leader of a country you just illegally bombed if they give you their medal and also the country's oil
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Maria Sacchetti - reporter - The Washington Post
24 days ago
SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/15/ice-detention-death-homicide/
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28 days ago
We had 450 people in St. Johnsbury, VT
@indivisiblestj.org
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Indivisible Bozeman βοΈπ
30 days ago
Montana's been showing up. π§΅ Find a local action near you this weekend (links at the end) Bozeman yesterday:
www.kbzk.com/news/local-n...
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Protesters rally outside Senator Daines' Office over ICE shooting and war in Venezuela
Around 75 protesters were outside Senator Steve Daines' office on Twin Lakes Avenue at 10 a.m. for the "Tell Senator Daines ICE OUT FOR GOOD and NO WAR IN VENEZUELA" rally.
https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/protesters-rally-outside-senator-daines-office-over-ice-shooting-and-war-in-venezuela
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#IceOutForGood
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Once again, Trump is using hunger as a political weapon. In other contexts this would be called a war crime. In this context, you can just call it evil as all fuck.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
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Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/us/politics/trump-minnesota-food-stamps-usda.html
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Jennifer C
about 1 month ago
We will not sit quietly while state violence goes unanswered. We demand accountability for the killing of Renee Nicole Good. We demand an end to ICE and CBP raids that terrorize communities and escalate harm. This weekend, we turn grief into collective action.
#ICEOutForGood
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Micah Sifry βπ
29 days ago
About 250 residents of Hastings on Hudson, Yonkers and Dobbs Ferry out to demand
#ICEOutForGood
and for NY to pass
#NYForAll
and the MELT Act.
@nycd16-indivisible.bsky.social
and CFOW cosponsored this rally.
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Andy Famiglietti
29 days ago
Pottstown, Pennsylvania. 50 or 60 people are gathered on a sidewalk in front of a strip mall in the steady cold rain. Cardboard signs read "Crush ICE" and "Renee Good was her name." Cars honk support as they pass. On the corner, someone begins to sing "God Bless America"
#IceOutForGood
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Newton Indivisible
30 days ago
ICE Out For Good!! Newton, MA
#newindivisible
#iceoutforgood
#indivisible
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TrumpsTaxes
29 days ago
Considering the short notice, incredible January turnout for the
#ICEOutForGood
protest here in Nanuet, NY! People are still streaming in, folks are chanting, and horns are continuously honking in support. The people are *pissed*.
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Cape Cod Women for Change INDIVISIBLE
about 1 month ago
@indivisible.org
We kicked off ICE OUT FOR GOOD in Hyannis on Cape Cod. On a cold January evening, over 300-people came before & during the 4-5pm protest then stood vigil with candles and heard speakers 5-5:30.
#iceoutforgood
#reneegood
#reneenicolegood
#indivisible
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Indivisible βπ
29 days ago
We the People will not sit by while our communities are terrorized and violence goes unanswered. Find a peaceful protest or vigil this weekend to demand accountability for ICEβs horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good:
www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
#ICEOutForGood
(video via NBC10 Philadelphia)
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Greg Pak
about 1 month ago
Some places to find LOCAL groups to join -
@indivisible.org
has chapters all around the country that do really great, practical things to push back against fascism! Find your local group here:
groups.indivisible.org
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Find a Group | Indivisible
Indivisible groups are where everyday people turn outrage into action and build lasting power on their home turf. Find yours today.
https://groups.indivisible.org/
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Chris Hayes
about 1 month ago
No I said donβt tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.
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Things are awful, but a few bright spots this week that show increased opposition (from the public, business, and electeds) to Trumpβs fascist agenda. 1. The GOP-controlled House broke with Trump and Johnson by voting to extend ACA subsidies.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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17 Republicans vote to restore lapsed Obamacare subsidies
Democrats and moderate Republicans hope the bill's passage will put pressure on the Senate to come up a bipartisan compromise.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/08/17-republicans-vote-to-restore-lapsed-obamacare-subsidies-00717497
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Radley Balko
about 1 month ago
Yes, JD. Letβs ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Letβs ask everyone running for office.
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Politico with more bonkers normalizing of an illegal attack on a sovereign nation, the kidnapping of a foreign leader, and the murder of civilians for the explicit purpose of extracting oil.
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