Benjamin H.

Benjamin H.

@beingbenh.bsky.social

Father | Educator | Learner. AZ is home. Posts on politics (Dem 💙🇺🇸) and sports.

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4000+ at the #nokings protest in Chandler! Great to see Congressmen Stanton here with us. Equally as impressive - the volunteers donated water to locals in need after the event and shared resources to help them beat the heat! This is what democracy looks like! #weareliberals

The people this WH is arresting are being found at their homes, schools, works, or court hearings about their immigration status. Where are all the dangerous gang members? Oh, that’s right - “dangerous” was never real. This is a racist sweep.

As districts around the country struggle to support their students in several ways, the SoE wrestles with the concept that guidance counselors aren’t doing a good job, and continues to defund them. This is the wrong path, yet again. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MxES91/

tiktok.comSen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) pressed Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday about why the Education Department is "hollowing out" federal resources to help students struggling with debt and scams, ...TikTok video by cbsnews

In 2024 we told you they were coming for Medicare, Medicaid, and social programs. In 2025, they came for it and are adding debt. And, too many said nothing. America will suffer because of this administration for generations.

In AZ, the average SNAP benefit is $2200 a year for food assistance. That is survival for our most financially insecure Americans. What the bill sponsors and “yea” voters aren’t saying is that on average they are removing food from 136,000 Americans - right now.

This is the “pain” you heard the elected administration talking about. Why didn’t they just say this last year?

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨 WALMART RAISING PRICES DUE TO TARIFFS “We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible but given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins,” Walmart CEO says.

Johnson - “I spent years obstructing Biden personally and professionally on meritless grounds in an effort to appease Trump.” Reporter - “Trump is openly scamming the world” Johnson - “I refuse to acknowledge that” www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86X5C9v/

tiktok.comSpeaker Mike Johnson tells me he does not think Congressional oversight is necessary to look into the Trump family’s foreign business dealings.. including the secretive meme coin auction for Trump’s c...TikTok video by Ryan Nobles

Corruption “out in the open” is still corruption, Mr. Speaker. Seems like you had this as your lane for one President but not another. Congress is part of the problem in America today.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

WATCH: Speaker Johnson defends Trump’s corruption because it’s “out in the open” (it isn’t), pretends not to know anything about his billion-dollar crypto scam. 🤷🏼‍♂️ #SwampForceOne ✈️

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Secretary Noem appears to not want to say if the picture of Abrego Garcia’s hand is doctored Swalwell: I have a 7 year old, a 6 year old, and 3 year old. I have a bullshit detector. I’m just asking you a question

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NEWS: U.S. and China agree to a 90-day pause on new tariffs after shipping to U.S. ports plummeted. Tariffs on Chinese imports will be cut from 145% to 30%. Tariffs on U.S. imports will be cut from 125% to 10%. If tariffs should result in massive job growth and make the U.S. rich, why lower them?

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AOC: We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces — and, in many cases, their identification… The idea that we’re going to allow a paramilitary force to bloom, one that isn’t accountable to the Constitution… we’ve got another thing coming.

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Chaotic tariffs don’t bring jobs back to America—they raise prices for working families. It’s takes smart, sustained investments to create jobs. Look at what’s happening here in Arizona. Trump should be looking to build on the success of the bipartisan CHIPS Act. www.azfamily.com/2025/05/07/a...

azfamily.comArizona congressman defend CHIPS Act as President Trump calls it ‘ridiculous’President Trump criticized the CHIPS Act during a meeting Tuesday, raising concerns about Arizona’s semiconductor funding.

In other words, for Jim Jordan, “it’s not a problem when MAGA actually does what they used to accuse everyone else of when it comes to wrongdoing.” Oh, and notice how all the past investigations and corruption events disappeared since Nov 2024. I thought they were seeking justice?

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Raskin: Our chairman… How does one go from a libertarian railing about the deep state and the fbi and the doj coming down on the rights of the people to becoming a supine submissive authoritarian who votes against providing basic due process rights for the people against the government?

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Replying to @unusualwhales.bsky.social

Brookings has been tracking federal expenditures and so far for 2025 the US government is spending more than last year. I've heard MAGA chumps say, 'adjusted for inflation it's not as high', yes it is, the inflation rate is around 2.5% and the increase in fed expenditures is around 5.4% higher.

brookings.eduTracking federal expenditures in real timeTrack federal expenditures by department and program. Data are updated daily.

Had the displeasure of listening to the WH Press Sec. again today and I am still stuck on this one lie in particular - how did Biden hike inflation? And, doesn’t that mean this administration is also hiking inflation because it rises still?

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Katie Phang: And now that my time here at MSNBC comes to a close, I am taking that fight back to a familiar place… I hope you'll follow along with me as I continue to meet you where you are at places like Substack and YouTube with fellow truth tellers like MeidasTouch…