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Jonathan Bender

@obliviousdude

DC, recovering lawyer, policy wonk, ANC rep, family guy, guitarist, photographer, diver, deadhead, oblivious dude.

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That's reassuring.

06.03.2026 02:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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06.03.2026 02:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel safer already with this guy as the new DHS nominee.

05.03.2026 20:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 56 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

*If you sign up for a subscription at $99.95 per month, you can speak to your son for as long as you maintain your subscription.

05.03.2026 20:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In sha' Allah

05.03.2026 19:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In sha' Allah

05.03.2026 19:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tired: refund
Wired: refund with interest

05.03.2026 02:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sadly, the jokes really do write themselves.

04.03.2026 20:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She hasn't been pardoned. Polis hints he may commute her sentence at some point.

04.03.2026 04:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But also if your want to foment a popular uprising, maybe don't choose a separatist minority group as your proxy.

04.03.2026 03:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't they do work from home in Iran FFS?

04.03.2026 00:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Wait, you said you killed him?"

04.03.2026 00:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

03.03.2026 14:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 6458 ๐Ÿ” 2409 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85 ๐Ÿ“Œ 132

Instigating and funding a civil war in Iran with a minority ethnic group that doesn't necessarily see eye to eye with the Persian majority or other minorities. What could go wrong?

03.03.2026 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Watching the Mid East explode is depressing enough, but I have this ugly foreboding that something terrible is going to happen in or around DC.

So I'm sharing that with you, I guess.

03.03.2026 22:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Such a dad joke.

03.03.2026 21:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donald Trump's badly slurred, incoherent explanation for war with Iran raises new questions about Joe Biden's advanced age.

03.03.2026 17:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1540 ๐Ÿ” 229 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Couldn't happen to a company with nicer owners.

But also, Warner Bros is like the island of the Sirens pulling otherwise sensible companies to shipwreck. Netflix came out ahead.

03.03.2026 04:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If Trump really wants to destroy Iran he should go be its president for a few months.

28.02.2026 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 3141 ๐Ÿ” 708 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88 ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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28.02.2026 18:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First Venezuela, then Iran, and there's rumbling about Cuba. When will Democrats learn their lesson and stop talking about the Epstein files?

28.02.2026 18:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1581 ๐Ÿ” 296 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Operation Epstein Fury is the most sophisticated military operation in the history of the United States.

by Pete Hegseth

28.02.2026 18:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2842 ๐Ÿ” 580 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63 ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

It's an awkward political position but a sensible policy position. The cure could be worse than the disease and the "doctor" made the choice to treat without consulting the patient.

28.02.2026 17:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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> @covie93.bsky.social

28.02.2026 16:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 25944 ๐Ÿ” 5449 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 247 ๐Ÿ“Œ 188

Gateway weapon.

25.02.2026 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OK, just decided to let somebody else watch the rest of the "speech."

25.02.2026 02:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump seems to be saying that he's going to let AI companies build their own nuclear plants.

25.02.2026 02:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Prices are 600% lower on drugs.

25.02.2026 02:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If I send this to you, know that I said what I said.

25.02.2026 02:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 448 ๐Ÿ” 34 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Trump says that foreign countries pay tariffs but here's who actual experts say pay them.

25.02.2026 02:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 361 ๐Ÿ” 106 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2