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Suzanne Benton

@gemshums.bsky.social

Retired - taught English lit & creative writing at UC Berkeley & elsewhere; Golden retriever aficionado & dog sports enthusiast; walker & traveler; writer of Haiku; lover of Mother Nature; Northern California social democrat/progressive. I BLOCK DMs!

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What are we going to do about this? The house is on fire.

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1.1M views ยท 21K reactions | The clip that best sums up the spirit driving the American government right nowโ€ฆ -The Tennessee Holler | The Resistance The clip that best sums up the spirit driving the American government right nowโ€ฆ -The Tennessee Holler.

Miller has always been an entitled fascist.

www.facebook.com/reel/1210649...

31.08.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gynger St Clare (@gynger) This is a good read. I believe serious and unbending efforts toward Blue state secession is the only way to end MAGA and save America, politically. Culturally? Thats the real change that needs to h...

substack.com/@gynger/note...

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Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims The conservative network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trumpโ€™s 2020 election los...

apnews.com/article/domi...

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Borrowed from my sister: This is a perfect example of how one โ€œpicture is worth a thousand wordsโ€ and nails the sense of superiority that conspiracy theorists wrap themselves in. I follow science, and those who write about what is well-researched โ€ฆ not fake news intended to inflame and divide. ๏ฟผ

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My husband says a man who will cheat at golf will cheat at anything. Certainly true with the Trumpepstein monster!

28.07.2025 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sheโ€™s not wrong

25.07.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14646    ๐Ÿ” 4520    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 515    ๐Ÿ“Œ 176

This Jennifer Rubin interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin is an absolute must watch and listen!!!๐Ÿ‘‡

25.07.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That should go over real well with the MAGA Q cultists!

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Heโ€™s like a little punk hitman hired by a mob boss.

13.07.2025 05:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OMG. And he claims to be a Christian.

13.07.2025 05:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like they even have SSA lying for them.

04.07.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I guess trumpโ€™s ego parade was a bust. Tanks & all.

15.06.2025 05:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very good question. If itโ€™s the California National Guard, he has a right to give them strict guidelines, if not to dismiss them all together.

08.06.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Want to freak out a MAGA cultist? Share this with them:

Genetic research shows that all humans alive today share mitochondrial DNA from a single woman, nicknamed "Mitochondrial Eve," who lived around 150,000 to 200,000 years ago in Africa.

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Crystal clear!

06.06.2025 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Big time schadenfreude!

05.06.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Big time schadenfreude!

05.06.2025 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๏ฟผSchadenfreude.

05.06.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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