@danbenbow

Music fanatic/electric blues guitarist Chronicler of the human condition Substance use counselor Longball features writer Skeptical humanist Querying novelist

Waiting for the sun
Joined June 2009
"We should not have to remind you that using government funding to create or air political ads...is illegal and a shockingly corrupt misuse of taxpayer dollars" -Senators Murphy/Murray on Trump's use of DHS funds for partisan political ads tinyurl.com/5b997x4v
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The GOP โ€œhealthcare planโ€: -Kick millions off the ACA -Raise premiums through the roof for people who can still afford the ACA -Kick millions off of Medicaid -Punish those on Medicaid w/unrealistic work requirements #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Food pantries struggle due to Trumpโ€™s war of choice, which has increased food costs dramatically. Children are seeing their meals shrunken or taken away completely. Salaried employees have started going to pantries. Is this the United States of America? meidasnews.com/news/they-donโ€ฆ
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Dan Benbow ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ retweeted
I donโ€™t give a shit about your culture war bullshit anymore. This economy is unaffordable, diesel is more expensive than ever before in US history, and Iโ€™m not sending my kids to bleed out in the desert for isreal. FUCK THE GOP๐Ÿ–•
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DATELINE 9/28/26 Trump Economic Miracle Continues *Diesel $6.51 ($3.76 b4 Bibi's war) *Strategic oil reserve at lowest level in 45 years *Bond prices at lowest level since 2007 *Inflation 3.4% (2.4% b4 war) *Mortgage rates 7% (5.9% b4 war) Had enough? #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
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Why do Americans pay so much for healthcare, childcare, web service, college, and other 21st Century needs? Because the GOP made a conscious decision 45 years ago to gut the social contract. Itโ€™s no coincidence that Harry Truman called the GOP The Guardians Of Privilege.
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"The president and his administration have gone from breaking the law to trampling it" -Norm Eisen, former White House counsel
The U.S. Government is up on TV with this spot -- It aired nationally on FOX yesterday during Illinois at #7 Ohio State and also during Fox News Sunday this morning
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Dan Benbow ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ retweeted
Amazingly, this is the president. A real model citizen.
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All billionaires arenโ€™t created equal, but these three (and Zuck) are truly the four horsemen of the apocalypse
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Democrats have nothing to do with Communism. Job growth under Dem presidents far surpasses job growth under GOP presidents. Both parties support mixed economies. Rs subsidize corporations and the investor class. Dems subsidize basic human needs. The choice is simple.
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Dan Benbow ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ retweeted
๐Ÿšจ Minnesota now ranks #1 in the country for quality of life. Texas is #49.
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Steve Deace, #MAGA radio host: โ€œThis whatever/kinda/sorta but not really war has become an existential misuse of political capital.โ€
Yesterday, Iowa House Republicans were informed by their own pollsters that if you are in a +15 district youโ€™re within the margin for error, if youโ€™re in a +10 district youโ€™re underwater, and that this might end being an even worse midterm environment than 2006. I slept on whether to share this publicly, because I donโ€™t want to cause anyone to black pill. But this morning I ultimately decided the truth should be shared while there is still six weeks left to do something about it for the good of the country. Because if the environment is this bad in my home state, where Trump has been the most popular political figure over the last decade, I canโ€™t imagine where it is everywhere else. Whatever weโ€™re doing or not doing in Iran/Hormuz has become a 2020 Covid lockdown level of political albatross. This is approaching TARP bailout levels of unpopular in my home state. We are risking whatโ€™s left of the Trump presidency on this, because if Democrats take control the legislative branch the Trump domestic agenda we all voted for will largely cease between what a Democrat Congress will do and the courts have already been doing. Not to mention what it will cost individual states like my own, which we have worked so hard to make so red these last 20 years (with Trumpโ€™s help). This whatever/kinda/sorta/but not really war has become an existential misuse of political capital. Many of us never thought it was worth it, and more and more it appears voters agree. We have to save our own country and our own way of life first before we can save anyone else. We have to save America before we can save the world. If a plane is endangered, you are told to put on your mask first otherwise youโ€™re of no use to help save anyone else. I desperately want us to win. I desperately want this presidency to fulfill all the great promise it had coming out of the 2024 election. But whatever this currently is, isnโ€™t it. We donโ€™t have to just sit here and take the L. It doesnโ€™t have to end this way. We can still win. Thereโ€™s plenty of ammunition to hammer the Democrats with. We need the president out on the stump asap. We need better and way more aggressive messaging. Stop running fake and gay ads about how often so-and-so shows up for votes, and instead mercilessly hammer Democrats on the wickedness theyโ€™re voting for. Articulate specifically what the mission/victory is in Iran/Hormuz, because out here in the cheap seats it feels like another Middle East War quagmire regular folks are paying for on both ends all over again. And for heavenโ€™s sake, make sure Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are getting the finest healthcare in America.
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Dan Benbow ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ retweeted
1000%!!
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According to AAA Fuel Prices, Trumpโ€™s needless attack on Iran has *increased unleaded from $2.98/gallon to $4.49/gallon *increased diesel from $3.76/gallon to $6.50/gallon
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Dan Benbow ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ retweeted
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDNโ€™T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on the effects of this issue. AI data centers donโ€™t just devour electricity and water, they can dump massive amounts of heat into surrounding communities. And hereโ€™s the problem: Big Tech is racing to build AI infrastructure faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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Trump tried to expedite the construction of data centers through the SPEED ACT, which shrinks down environmental impact statements in service to profit. Trumpโ€™s own county commissioners just voted unanimously for a 1-year moratorium on data centers: wptv.com/news/palm-beach-couโ€ฆ
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Could #TrumpsCorruptCongress be any worse? -Healthcare taken away from millions -SNAP benefits taken from millions -ACA subsidies slashed/premiums increased -$500 billion in clean energy tax credits killed -Trillions in tax windfalls for the wealthy Toss the bums out. Vote Blue.
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