Benjamin Esserit

The Declaration of Independence says we have the right to overthrow the government The right to overthrow a government remains an important principle to uphold, as it serves as a check on government power. It is a reminder that governments ...

The Declaration of Independence says that we not only have the right but we also have the duty to alter or abolish any government that does not secure our unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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I hate how accurate this tweet is.

Alt: He's continuing the forever war that we started against Iran 72 years ago.

sleights of hand and countless subtleties

How California Can Neuter “Citizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All The Golden State has an opportunity to save American democracy from big corporate money

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"...individual states have the authority to limit corporate political activity and dark money spending, because states determine what powers corporations have...the power to define their form, limits, and privilege has belonged only to the states..."
#blueCrew

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Democratic leaders think they are minority party of governing coalition, rather than opposition party to authoritarian regime.

The fake news will say I said what I said in the previous sentence.

crying real tears at this, why does he look like he’s being kidnapped

Electoral reform is the key to Social Democratic renewal With four parties tied in the polls, our first past the post electoral system is failing. How should progressives respond?

Every time Labour created a modern parliament – Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London – they chose proportional representation writes MP, Jenny Riddell Carpenter. Why is Westminster the exception? If PR is good enough for devolved Britain, it’s good enough for the UK.

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DHS spokeswoman who became a face of Trump deportation campaign steps down Tricia McLaughlin is leaving just over a year into Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem’s tenure leading the department.

DHS spokeswoman who became a face of Trump deportation campaign steps down

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i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

SEMTA plan by Jake Berman

A casual reminder that the federal government in 1974 killed a plan to build a 75-mile, BART-like rapid transit rail system in Detroit, which called for 3–12 minute headways and a 150-mile BRT system feeder system, for being “too ambitious.”

Denken wir an den Anfang der Bekenntnisse des Hei-ligen Augustinus. Jeder kennt dieses so ergreifende wie einfache Latein: "quia fecisti nos ad te et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in te / geschaffen hast Du uns zu Dir, und ruhelos ist unser Herz, bis dass es seine Ruhe hat in Dir."

bitch 𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 kennt dieses so ergreifende wie einfache Latein the audacity

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) blasts Justice Dept for revealing identities of Epstein sex crime survivors

I think all leaders should be around the average age of a country’s workforce

i always knew the tea party people were apes

"I've built a computer vision model to classify customer shirt color, hooked it up to a predictive model that finds a strong association between purple-shirt-wearers and making a purchase. Therefore, every time a customer enters our store, we should make them put on a purple shirt. I am very smart."

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...

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god i wish this bullshit was fucking true

They won’t reveal who Alex Pretti’s murderer is because he’s probably a pardoned J6 proud boy.

Investigadores chinos alcanzan eficiencia récord de 26.6% en células solares de perovskita gracias a un recubrimiento molecular, evitando la degradación por calor Células de perovskita mantienen el 98.6% de su potencia tras 2.000 horas a 85 °C con un nuevo recubrimiento molecular.

Investigadores chinos alcanzan eficiencia récord de 26.6% en células solares de perovskita gracias a un recubrimiento molecular, evitando la degradación por calor.

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First Draft: Imagine If There Were No Video! The White House fails to warp reality around Alex Pretti’s murder, Marco Rubio gets spanked on Capitol Hill, and MAGA’s new power couple is... Donald Trump and Nicki Minaj. 🤢

"Clearly, Schumer and the leadership of the Democratic Party still, even now, have no real conception of what is happening in our country. Because these are not normal times, and we are so, so far from a normal America."
- from today's First Draft

Moon over the Space Needle

Good night, Bluesky!

Crescent Moon aligned with the Space Needle, Seattle, Washington
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

Masking is not about doxing. That is the excuse. They are wearing masks so people cannot identify agents who engage in abuses, civil rights violations, and crimes. You can’t report someone or hold them accountable in any way if you can’t identify them.

Ich wäre immer gern ein Mäuschen im Weißen Haus. Aber jetzt, wo Trump in zwei Wochen zwei Mal von Vance und Miller ins Desaster getrieben worden ist und deren Leute aus Schlüsselpositionen abzieht, dürfte es dort besonders interessant zugehen.

Bovino's exit is just the very first and smallest of a long string of dominoes that will end with the nazis seeing gas stations from an entirely new and exciting perspective.

Pretti Shooting Was Flawed From the Start, Policing Experts Say

This is the whole ball game bc whether use of force was reasonable under 4A is decided by the entire encounter and not just the moment force was used

This was actually a pretty recent unanimous scotus decision (Barnes v Felix)

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...