Benjamin Bartholomew

I am a slave, a cog in an immoral machine.
I'll not lie to myself & say otherwise.
I'll live a comfortable & happy life, but I'll not do it with blinders on.

[Timothy Sandefur @TimothySandefur]

But remember, we're the ones who are "deranged."

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Video shows Flock walking police through how to monitor a No Kings protest in real time. I do not have to agree with a single sign at that protest to say this plainly: Surveillance aimed at your political opponents today will be aimed at you tomorrow.

[Timothy Sandefur @TimothySandefur]

Wow, that is awesome.

[Nick Gillespie @nickgillespie]

This is something a mentally ill person would post. Or the current president of the US. Pathetic, disturbing.

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Basic economics is beyond his grasp.

[Benjamin Bartholomew @CallMePublius]

Hey @ToyotaAmp we were charged $35 for parking last Wednesday despite tons of signage stating it was $25. We emailed about this and ADA parking the same night. You responded about ADA, but not the $10 overcharge. Can you look into this?

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID? It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID.

Now @IJ is suing.

[reason @reason]

Mass firings aren't meritocracy https://t.co/lRhsgqKunJ

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

To illustrate how unserious Republicans are about cutting spending, President Trump just endorsed adopting a continuing resolution (CR) through September.

This means that Joe Biden’s spending levels and priorities would be extended through the end of the fiscal year.

It also means that Congress would vote on one spending bill that combines all the departments rather than 12 separate bills that allow for more calibrated changes.

GOP leaders have hinted at slightly modifying the CR with some of the @DOGE “cuts,” but even if that were to happen, those items are minuscule relative to the overall bill, so fundamentally we’d be getting a full fiscal year of Biden spending.

People will continue to make excuses for what’s happening, but those excuses will not change the end result. Congress and the White House are pursuing the status quo on spending.

It’s not surprising to those of us who know how bad Washington is, but it’s still appalling.

Whether they’re Democrats or Republicans, nearly all of them—with rare exceptions like @RandPaul and @RepThomasMassie—simply do not care about the fiscal and economic health of the country.

The fix is simple: As a general matter, total expenditures should be limited to the average annual revenue collected in the three prior years. This can be implemented gradually, but it has to be implemented.

The problem is that there’s no current effort at the top to do so even though the president and congressional leaders have tremendous leverage to make it happen.

[KC Cattle Company @KCCattleCompany]

The Kansas City Cattle Company has now adopted #Bitcoin as a primary reserve treasury asset.

The debilitating loss in purchasing power combined with the increases in costs in our industry have made this one of our easiest decisions we've ever made.

Fix the money. Fix the Food.

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

So now we live in a world where a pro-banker Elizabeth Warren sits, stays, and rolls over for the CEO of JP Morgan so long as he feeds her self-serving attacks on his industry's primary competitor.

What's next, a pro-war Bernie?

[Benjamin Bartholomew @CallMePublius]

@CarlaGericke @RepThomasMassie While monetary inflation is definitely causing prices to rise, I think the reason for the price of eggs skyrocketing is more related to ~50 million birds being culled because of bird flu 🤷‍♂️

[Benjamin Bartholomew @CallMePublius]

@Zorzhanna @DarrylWPerry https://t.co/wvDItQTfKY

[Benjamin Bartholomew @CallMePublius]

@AandGShow when was the last time either of you looked at crime rates by year? Or is accurate information bad for business? https://t.co/j7hFXP8h0d

[Rana Rahimpour @ranarahimpour]

#DonyaRad, the woman who posted a photo of herself having breakfast with a friend in a cafe in #Iran without hijab has been arrested.
Her family are very worried about her.

#MahsaAmini

[. @Prplri]

این متن رو توییت کنید که اگر نت قطع شد، بفهمن چرا توییت نمیزنیم :

If you don't hear from us later, know that they cut our internet so that we can't send our voice here!so help us to say her name please!!!!
#مهسا_امینی
#MahsaAmini

[Benjamin Bartholomew @CallMePublius]

@AandGShow

The Pumpkin Latte might be back on the Starbucks menu but Starbucks does not control autumnal equinox

https://t.co/uTzcLRLqBD

[Benjamin Bartholomew @CallMePublius]

@AandGShow

America is number 1 regarding infant mortality, right?

Surely, America is in the top 10?

https://t.co/C5aQuF6nYE

[Benjamin Bartholomew @CallMePublius]

@robinince thoughts on White Holes?

[Zorzhanna @Zorzhanna]

Look at them. @Potus #PutinWarCriminal #DefeatRussia