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jamesbenton.bsky.social
Tall, white male working on my privilege, listening more. Father of 3 boys, married to a genius academic. I like efficiency, but also like caring about people. Both are possible! Gen Xr who resents needing "readers" or "my" music labeled "classic!"
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seems pretty loose to only spend five minutes on your answer to an email that explicitly threatens your job depending on your response, tbh

submitted 1 hour ago • 6 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 1 day ago • 2383 comments

📌NYT Headline: “Trump flips the script on Russia, blames Zelenskyy” Sorry, but what the fuck are we supposed to do with crap like this? 📌”Trump betrays Zelenskyy, surrenders to Russia” There, fixed it.

submitted 2 days ago • 77 comments

wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

submitted 2 days ago • 1910 comments

@repmoskowitz.bsky.social gave a great interview with The Bulwark! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLL2...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Watching Trump on live TV say that Ukraine shouldn’t have started the war with Russia is another level of disturbing. Has even one Republican publicly called him on that?

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

The point here is Trump does not recognize order, laws, defined terms, accountability. It never mattered to him. And for that reason the Constitution is just a bunch of words to him as well. “I have an Article II that says I can do whatever I want.” That’s why these suits are so important.

submitted 4 days ago • 87 comments

“A religion that professes a concern for the souls of men and is not equally concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans. Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law. @wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.

submitted 5 days ago • 661 comments

Presidents' Day is a reminder that presidents are elected to serve the PEOPLE. Not unelected billionaires. Not giant corporations. Not special interests. Not their families. Not their ultra-wealthy friends. The people.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments