Jess

@chrisjbennett.bsky.social

2025 feels like being awake during surgery

Trump just makes up things all the time while he’s talking but for government agencies to send out those same false messages is bleak as hell.

Apparently, I’m also not the first to post it. This stuff is crazy, especially because apparently this isn’t even accurate??? There’s no provision in the recently passed bill to make this true?

Well, that’s what the SSA is telling people.

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I have been furiously angry all day and this is sending me over the edge.

FYI this is the propaganda being sent out by the SSA to anyone with a registered my social security account.

For 6 months, Dem leaders have downplayed or refused to frontally address many of Trump's worst abuses by saying those are "distractions" from the Dems focusing on economic issues. But as Trump's tax bill is being voted on, Jeffries is attacking a Dem ...over a phrase that Dem doesn't even use.

I get that tonight’s win by Mamdani wasn’t reliant on it but hearing the potential pathways and strategies has me way more politically excited. I loved the alliance with Lander

I would like ranked choice voting for all elections please.

I’m speaking specifically about that letter from a staffer who wanted to express their grief and outrage. I think it’s totally fair for them to do that in whatever tone they want. I’m not going to police how hard someone needs to go at unfeeling ghouls when someone they know gets assassinated.

That’s a mischaracterization of their letter. They’re telling these people off in their own polite way. Is it effective? Probably not but it is a telling off not a let’s all get along. And it’s very midwestern.

The fun thing about Sioux City is that it’s so far northwest that parts of it are in South Dakota and parts of it are in Nebraska.

One thing about the protests that is probably unnerving for Democratic leadership is that for normie Dems, Palestine is rapidly becoming a popular cause. Saw Palestinian flags, a sign that said “stand with Ukraine and Gaza,” and a speaker’s mentions of Palestine drew the biggest cheers today.

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

"You shouldn't be within a thousand miles of the directorship of the IRS" -- Elizabeth Warren grilled IRS commissioner nominee Billy Long so hard that he was left stammering and shaking by the end of her questioning

Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"

Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."

"These are kids who will never pay taxes," Kennedy declared. "They'll never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted. We have to recognize we are doing this to our children."

I honestly can’t stop thinking about this RFK speech. A lot of the outrage around it is focused on pointing out that it’s not true.

But so fucking what if it was? Do people whose bodies don’t work not deserve to exist in society? If all these things were true for a person are they less worthy?

This Fantage Point view is garbage! Make it stop!

Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...

Apropos of nothing, now is a good time to brush up on your rights as a protester or protest organizer. You are largely protected under the first amendment, thiugh there are limitations. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.

UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine United24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

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Some times it feels better to throw some coin at a problem instead of succumbing to despair.

Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter sa...

Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.

An injustice