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My first book is coming Nov. 20, and there are two events planned for that day: 4-5pm at Oak Park's Book Loft 7-9pm at Triton's Cernan Center The nighttime event will conclude with a star party! www.authormarkbenson.com

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There are stars. There are rock stars. And then there’s whatever supernatural phenomenon that Shohei Ohtani is. On Friday night, we all witnessed The Greatest Shoh on Earth: http://dlvr.it/TNlZ6b

DODGERS BABY

One more, boys.

YEAH BABY!!!! Just how you draw it up.

Every election is a turnout election. Vote, while you still can.

Love your posts, Governor, but every single day peaceful Illinoisans are being bloodied, gassed, shot and kidnapped by lawless, masked soldiers. HELP US. GET OFF THE INTERNET AND DEFEND US. Starting to feel rather alone, dude.

Yeah LA.

"Too."

Just to be clear: Today was his official declaration of war on the United States, and all its people.

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka. I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws. Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.

Court-watchers confirm this cruel ICE agent has been reinstated. Last week, in the briefest moment of decency, violently throwing a woman to the floor was “beneath the men and women of ICE.” This week, it’s back to business as usual. The cruelty, after all, is the point.

he’s just cooked. going to be interesting i guess to see who manages to consolidate power within the administration while Granpa periodically flings turds over the curtain

The Nazi facility in Broadview, next door to my town, loves using helicopters all day and night. They're probably wearing masks up there, too.

Thank you, Governor. But I believe it's time to call up the Guard to defend Illinois.

Love the multiverse here.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov Unprovoked, they're using gas and rubber bullets on your citizens, Governor. It's time. None of us want it to be time, but it is: Call up the Illinois Guard to protect the good people of this state from these ICE Nazis.

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

Turns out the fuck-your-feelings crowd has A LOT of feelings.

Trying to remember ... did farmers largely vote for this admin? FAFO.

American soybean farmers don’t have a single order from China as they head into harvest season. China usually buys 25% of the entire crop. Crisis looms for the farmers and there’s only one man responsible.

If only my state had a ... like a military force of its own to, you know, defend it from invasion and occupation by tyrants. Let's call it ... the Illinois National Guard, for lack of a better term. Use them, @govpritzker.illinois.gov. Protect us from the dictator.

My debut novel will be out Nov. 20! I’m so proud to announce the launch of ISAAC AND THE SKY: A photo of Isaac on his worst day made him famous, but a discovery with his mom's telescope 10 years later could change his stars. Paperback preorders at www.authormarkbenson.com and ebook on Amazon.

The first episode of The Bear S4 is better than the entirety of S3, thankfully. It's back, baby!

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength" - 1984

They’re going to try to make you feel insane for opposing this war. They’ll ignore protests and downplay any opposition. They’ll try to strongarm you into submission. They did it with Iraq and they’ll do it again. And then a few years later they’ll pretend they were with you all along.

I forgot that in WW2, we weren't at war with Germany. We were at war with Germany's "occupy all of Europe program."

CORRECT! Invented right here!

Wasn't for a homerun ball, but I got my 2nd foul ball because the people a section over and behind me missed it, and I watched it roll into the aisle and bounce down the steps and into my hand.

The Dodgers legendary Hall of Fame Spanish language broadcaster Jaime Jarrin speaks out in support of those peacefully protesting ICE in Los Angeles, encouraging people to keep showing up. ✊

"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."

This photo. This is fascism. This is authoritarianism. This is not normal. Don’t forget.

How to actually create an amazing live-action remake? Step 1: Watch the new HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Step 2: do that.

We all knew today would be marked by violence.

Ahead of Saturday, been thinking a lot about this image.

this is so amazing

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Put this on a billboard.

As someone who works with theme parks, I can say this: I walk passed Avatar land, but would *sprint* to a Spaceballs land.

Me: A portion of my shirts were supposed to have back printing. Vistaprint: Well that shirt style doesn't have a back available. Me: Then why did you send me 120 with the *wrong* back printing when I only ordered 60? Vistaprint: "Just ignore those."

ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment. Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.