Here's that story btw: www.huffpost.com/entry/alaska...
@jbendery.bsky.socialSO loud. I thought we were toast.
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@jjindc.bsky.socialReposted by @jbendery.bsky.social🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀
@jbendery.bsky.socialsomeone on the other site saying that flyover was for the Banana Ball championship game at Nat's Park 🍌
@jbendery.bsky.socialanyone else hear that very loud military jet flyover in DC a few mins ago?
@jbendery.bsky.socialHere's one indie voter in Anchorage, for ex, who started off telling me she was leaning toward supporting Dan Sullivan and then a few minutes into our convo...
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@steventdennis.bsky.socialReposted by @jbendery.bsky.socialTrump's move to import diesel from Russia comes just 21 days after signing Lindsey Graham's bill intended to sanction countries importing Russian oil. Trump only signed it after sponsors agreed to hand Trump the power to waive the penalties.
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@propublica.orgReposted by @jbendery.bsky.socialNEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security.
We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
with @texastribune.org
propublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...
@jbendery.bsky.socialTrump is heading to Alaska for a campaign rally with Dan Sullivan, among others, and all I can think of is all the Alaskan voters who told me last month they did not think this would be good for Dan Sullivan. www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/10/08/t...
@kattenbarge.bsky.socialReposted by @jbendery.bsky.socialAnthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
@markjacob.bsky.socialReposted by @jbendery.bsky.socialICE shot a man in New York City today while he was in a vehicle with a 5-year-old child. Abolish ICE.
@robillard.bsky.socialReposted by @jbendery.bsky.socialNew: Democrats are torn over how ambitious the party can afford to be as it looks at its best political environment in two decades.
"At what point do you play for a wave versus just playing for a majority?," asks one leading party strategist.
@jbendery.bsky.socialReposted by @jbendery.bsky.socialNEW: A new attack ad by Rep. Brad Finstad (R-Minn.) uses a photo of MN small biz owner Beth Benike -- who says he's ignored her pleas for help with Trump's tariffs -- except he erased her + subbed in a fake image of Gov. Tim Walz.
"You've got to be kidding me."
www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-re...
@premthakker.bsky.socialReposted by @jbendery.bsky.socialNew Pew poll has Trump's approval at 30% (!) 68% of the country disapproves of him. Lowest in his second term, at January 6 levels. *31%* of Trump 2024 voters now disapprove of him.
@adamserwer.bsky.socialReposted by @jbendery.bsky.socialmy main comment is, do they remember who won the battle of the alamo bsky.app/profile/dber...
@jbendery.bsky.socialThe key BG on this is that Talarico has challenged Paxton to 5 debates, including one on Fox News with Bret Baier, but Paxton is dodging all of them. A Fox News spokesperson told me last week the network *would* host a Texas Senate debate -- but it would require Paxton to agree to it.
@jbendery.bsky.socialFTC chair say he's proud of the Trump admin's efforts to protect "white American men from discrimination" www.huffpost.com/entry/ftc-ch...
@jbendery.bsky.social“Ball’s in your court, Ken.”
@jbendery.bsky.socialOh snap -- MN local news reporting Finstad may have broken state law with this ad. MN law bans deep fake altered images in campaign ads.