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benhammerhead.bsky.social
Young Boomer-Old Gen Xer, polyglot, former exPat, multi-cultural. Love most shit posting snark & will otherwise call out bullshit. Also a news junkie. He/him cis gay(bi) partnered. +18 only I block crypto pushers on sight.
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Checks & balances, the powers that be to enforce all just generally there in concept No remedy is offered bc no remedy is available, at least not on the part of any branch of government.

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All of this because of agents trying to meet numbers. Because of bigotry. Every agent is Adolf Eichmann, just doing his banal evil job

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look at this watch this watch this & tell me you can’t feel

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Wild how the grief for what is happening and what is to come hits in the same kind of waves as more traditional forms of grief and loss. Just brutal.

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Forcing a shitpost can cause hemorrhoids

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this guy hasnt helmed an election in my conscious lifetime and im 35

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It’s funny when fascists fundamentally misunderstand the movement they signed up for.

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Good luck

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Private security working with ICE at San Diego imm courthouse to violate due process & abduct people have a curious way of displaying names. [photo by a community volunteer] @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @vargas.house.gov @levin.house.gov @repscottpeters.bsky.social @sarajacobs.house.gov

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If anyone ever says this in a room you're in it is your duty to make sure they hear you say "You first"

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Good luck

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wtf

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Let’s be real This is Stephen Miller shit. It’s the price we pay to have Miller in Trump’s ear and using his account.

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Looking back at everything DHS and the State Dept. did today alone is breathtaking.

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FRIEND: i just ran 6 miles ME: you’re still going to die

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Eminent domain?

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Trump has picked 2022 law school grad Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel. As of 9 days ago, Ingrassia’s Instagram included a pinned photo of himself w/ self-professed “misogynist” Andrew Tate (such “physical prowess”) who has since been charged w/ rape & trafficking in the UK. 1/

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Oh god. way to go SWFL actually I’m surprised it hasn’t been picked up nationally sooner. The case has been ongoing for a while. Suit on top of suit. The city council reflects the general populace attitude with the caveat that Naples isn’t poor trash; it’s very wealthy bigots, very wealthy.

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bc mischief there is already managed

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It means he's looking at the federal government not paying out its share of Medicaid funding and trying to figure out who he can fuck over without too many powerful people complaining about it.

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What do you call dentures that you bought at the dollar store? Buck teeth

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What's a little elder abuse and financial malfeasance among frens, right Charlie? @azrww.bsky.social has the goods... leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/exc...

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The end of US leadership in science, technology, and innovation. All in one little table. A tremendous gift to China, courtesy of the GOP. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.

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Government surveillance of Americans increases. Trump has brought in Palantir, a company founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, to link federal agency databases, the NYT reports. In effect, to create a data profile of every American.

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The fact that there are not ongoing massive protests every day and every week shows that Americans truly do not understand the scope or the nature of the threat.

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If there is anyone I trust to determine whether Musk is truly stepping away from destroying the federal government, it's the good people at @wired.com. Their coverage of DOGE has been exemplary. According to them, DOGE is busier than ever.

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SCOTUS wants a king

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The fact that Harvard is specifically singled out makes it abuse of power & targeted harassment.

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“technomancers”

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You could laugh until you cry, because it’s always everybody’s first day dealing with the Kremlin

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Like, we get it, you conjure imaginary $$ from the air, rub yourself in BBQ sauce, and come out of Burning Man convinced that money is the divine determiner of your genetic righteousness But it’s BS. Money is no measure of your right to determine the fate of us. That’s why govt was a threat to them

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“Elon musk is leaving doge” is the same as “the damage has already been done and he will still have connections behind the scenes please stop looking at the destruction we are doing”

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This bizarre chapter of American history is brought to you, in part, by: Ketamine.

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