Kat Benjamin
@katskib.bsky.social
That which does not kill me makes me stranger. (Not a typo. 😏) Lifelong Democrat. Facts matter. Sometimes I'm grumpy.
Bari Weiss’s latest hire for “60 Minutes,” whose major journalistic output includes smearing genocide victims and putting a target on the backs of reporters in Gaza, shows that the full-blown right-wing tabloidification of the television news program is charging ahead. Read more: interc.pt/4fCNeoh
Ethan Corson had Kansas unions and the popular Democratic governor going hard for him and he got cooked by ten points by a populist who wants a moratorium on data centers
Kevin@reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 16h agoCindy Holscher pulls away in the Kansas gubernatorial primary and will be Democrats' nominee in their toughest gubernatorial defensive race of the cycle
A significant, graphically enhanced fact check of Musk's business and financial claims. Any other CEO would be fired for speaking the way Musk does. But for Musk, his wealth furnishes an impenetrable barrier to accountability
The United States Treasury: An ATM for the Rich and Powerful
Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions.
Trump on Venezuela: "They had the tragedy the other day with the problem, as you know. That was a terrible problem. The uhhh, earthquake I guess you would call it." (The quake was in June)
What are we doing? « If built as planned, the gas burning plants — scattered across states including Texas, Ohio and Wyoming — could release as much planet-warming pollution in a year as roughly half of all the passenger vehicles in the United States[.] » www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution (Gift Article)
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In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "
DOJ is now 0-20 in cases to obtain state voter files. Here is the list: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
Sure, Democrats are not perfect and we have some bad apples. But sexual harassment and abuse of women has become an absolute epidemic among elected Republicans because it is the culture of the party under lifetime serial sexual harasser Donald Trump.
“Trump admin revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to US in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for 2 American diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead of upcoming elections as well as Brazil’s stalling on approving Trump’s nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia”
Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil’s ambassador to US in spat with Lula
The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit the coun...
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“Haitians in Ohio lost their work permits when TPS expired on Monday. More than 1,000 children born in Springfield with American citizenship have Haitian parents.” MORE: columbusunderground.com/ohioans-prep...
Ohioans Prepare for Resurgence of ICE - Columbus Underground
Ohio cities with big Haitian populations are preparing for a possible uptick of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after temporary protected status for Haitians ended this week.
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Todd Blanche and his ATF want to enable firearms trafficking across state lines. Their proposal would create a massive loophole in state and local gun safety laws.
apnews.com/article/cali... Southern California Edison caused the 2025 Eaton fire in the Los Angeles area that killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,400 homes and businesses, Los Angeles County fire officials said in a report released Tuesday.
Utility's idle transmission tower caused 2025 Eaton fire that killed 19, Los Angeles officials say
Los Angeles fire officials say the deadly 2025 Eaton fire was caused by Southern California Edison equipment.
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"Earlier on Tuesday, Palestinians gathered for a mass funeral of more than 100 bodies finally recovered from a deadly Israeli strike in Gaza in 2023." "Over the weekend, first responders dug through the destroyed buildings and recovered remains of 112 victims, including 40 children"
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 23h agoIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed.
ICE agents harassing a child and her family in Bushwick. Macing a woman in Inwood. Threatening a witness in a Lower Manhattan ER. These are just 3 examples of ICE agents targeting New Yorkers the past days, in what advocates are calling an uptick in ICE activity the past week.
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
Modern robotics drone warfare has descended into an extreme inhumanity, hunting civilians with precision. At least in former wars the victims couldn't hear the crack of an old-school bullet as it killed them— death was unannounced.
On MeidasTouch Network: Polymarket has started spreading lies about Mayor Mamdani requiring ID to use the new city-owned supermarkets. These are lies that are spreading fast. Don't believe a word. MAGA lies with no shame. They are afraid of what's coming after November.
www.reuters.com/world/us-has... US Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran. US has used "virtually all" of its surface-to-surface weapons, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM).
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the...
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... ICE dropped Daphy Michel off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes @icelist.bsky.social
Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death
Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes
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