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James R Benn

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Writer. Voter. Librarian. Author of the Billy Boyle WW2 mystery series, published by Soho Press. https://www.jamesrbenn.com/

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Welp

11.08.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16196    ๐Ÿ” 5455    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 430    ๐Ÿ“Œ 405
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Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

11.08.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20766    ๐Ÿ” 8638    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 406    ๐Ÿ“Œ 451
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"...donโ€™t miss #20!โ€ - So says Nancy Pearl, who knows a thing or two.

10.08.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"good one, boss!'

09.08.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Let's make North and South Dakota one state.
Grant statehood for DC and Puerto Rico.
See what we did there?

08.08.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Steel engraving for the frontispiece of the 1831 revised edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus.

08.08.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Expanding my short story Adam of the Shadows to a novella. It's the story of Frankenstein's 'monster' and the dormant memories that awaken in his brain from its previous life. Trying to remain faithful to the original story. Victor was a bastard, BTW.

08.08.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The paperback edition of The Phantom Patrol is now out. Hardcover, paper, e-book, or audio - your choice!

08.08.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

NEW: Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement. Heโ€™s now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice.

07.08.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10851    ๐Ÿ” 6643    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 773    ๐Ÿ“Œ 649

Higher prices kicking in.

07.08.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A deluxe edition of the book that started it all - BILLY BOYLE - available now. Number 20 in the series coming in September. #booksky

07.08.2025 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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BREAKING: The US government has just removed sections 9 and 10 of Article I of the US Constitution from their website.

Note that sections 9 and 10 deal with:

- Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Congresses ability to control tariffs.

See screenshot below: Notice that 9 and 10 are gone.

06.08.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9042    ๐Ÿ” 5547    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1367    ๐Ÿ“Œ 996
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Article 1, Section 9 & 10 have been removed from the official Govt website on the US Constitution. Among numerous points:
โ€ขSection 9 forbids suspending The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
โ€ขSection 10 forbids ex post facto laws

This better be a joke. Ignoring these is full blow dictatorship

06.08.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14873    ๐Ÿ” 6547    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1030    ๐Ÿ“Œ 645
Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Ace Records Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)

It pains that this is relevant again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2...

04.08.2025 23:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man narrowly escapes being snatched by ICE. No warrant, no legal basis for taking him. Jose applied for asylum legally under the Biden CBP One program. All charges had been dropped after police had reviewed a neighbor's complaint. This is fascist thuggery.

05.08.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No humidity, tho

05.08.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This message is powerful.

05.08.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4055    ๐Ÿ” 1141    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 125    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41

Oh my god funny! Stay til the end.

05.08.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Phantom Patrol by James R. Benn: 9781641297097 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books An investigation into a gang of Nazi-affiliated art thieves Leads Billy Boyle directly into the line of fire at the catastrophic Battle of the Bulge. Winter 1944: Months after the Liberation of Franc...

Out today, the paperback edition of The Phantom Patrol.
โ€œBennโ€™s nuanced consideration of the emotional marks that war leaves on those who survive provides his mystery with its real heart.โ€
โ€”The Irish Times
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753135...

05.08.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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August 5 is pub day for this special paperback edition which includes a lost prologue, an introduction by the author, book club discussion questions, the first chapter of the second title in the series, and a foreword by best-selling author Deanna Raybourn.

05.08.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Billy Boyleโ€™s debut as his Uncle โ€œIkeโ€ Eisenhowerโ€™s personal wartime investigator set the stage for twenty years of my WWII mystery series. This deluxe paperback edition, out today, is a solid intro for new readers - pass it on!

05.08.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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It showed she had grown even since the last mark had been made. After the war, Silberbauer recalled he told Otto 'You have a lovely daughter'.
Then he sent her to Auschwitz.

04.08.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Silberbauer asked Otto how long they had been hiding. Otto said two years and one month. Silberbauer didn't believe him until Otto stood Anne against the marks made on the wall to measure her height since they had arrived in the Annex.

04.08.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Karl Silberbauer - Wikipedia

This day, 1944: Anne Frank & her family arrested by the Gestapo in their Secret Annex after hiding for over two years. The arresting officer was Karl Silberbauer, SS agent. He was never prosecuted. Anne & all her family members died except for her father, Otto.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Si...

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Treblinka Uprising | Holocaust Encyclopedia Under the most adverse conditions, Jewish prisoners initiated uprisings in some camps and killing centers. On August 2, 1943, about 1,000 Jewish inmates revolted in Treblinka.

On this day in 1943, Jewish prisoners at the Treblinka extermination camp revolted. They seized arms and rushed the main gate. Several hundred prisoners were able to break out of the camp. More than half were recaptured, but ultimately 100 survived the war.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/g...

02.08.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.

They have downgraded her sex offender status to move her to a minimum security facility. The next logical step is a commutation or a pardon. If you have any information on that, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous as always. Please share widely ๐Ÿ™ www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

01.08.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7602    ๐Ÿ” 3850    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 514    ๐Ÿ“Œ 228

It would be one way to reboot.

01.08.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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