Ben Holle

[the thicc husband & father @lukeisamazing]

haven’t seen America this thoroughly embarrassed on the world stage since we lost that war we started with Iran like 3 weeks ago

[Power to the People ☭🕊 @ProudSocialist]

We do not live in the greatest country on earth. That is the lie they tell us to conceal that we live in the greediest country on earth.

[Ben Holle @Kallor__]

PBS with the propaganda. Why not billionaires will have to pay their fair share to shore up social security? Nope can't do that, gonna have to cut benefits

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Americans' Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June 9 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That's months sooner than the group had estimated in 2025. https://t.co/8WRwxJkhwt

[Jeremy @jeremyct]

Just got off the phone with my college roommate.

His daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in January.

He has insurance. Good insurance. The kind you feel safe having.

7 months later:
Savings: wiped out. 401k: cashed early. Penalties and all. House: refinanced to cover the gaps insurance decided weren’t their problem.

He told me he’s not the same person anymore.

Said watching your child fight for her life while simultaneously fighting an insurance company over coverage codes does something to you that doesn’t go away.

They did everything right.
Two incomes. No debt. Responsible their whole lives.

One diagnosis undid all of it in 7 months.

And somewhere a health insurance CEO is getting a $30 million bonus this quarter.

I don’t know how people defend this system with a straight face.

I really don’t.

[UNICORN RIOT @UR_Ninja]

NEW: Minnesota 15 Defendant Isaac Sant Speaks Out

Healthcare worker and activist Isaac Sant is one of 15 people in Minnesota who were recently federally indicted on felony conspiracy charges for their community activism during ICE's deadly Operation Metro Surge immigration enforcement. "It's about quelling dissent in Minneapolis. And it's about coming after the movement that rose up against ICE during Metro Surge in December and January," Sant told Unicorn Riot during an interview.

Seeking to further criminalize legal observing and protesting, the federal indictment accused the defendants of opposing the authority of the government and impeding their federal operations by posting opinions to Facebook, being present at protests, attending meetings where direct actions were spoken upon, and wearing certain clothes.

The indictment calls many of the defendants “anarchists” and “antifascists,” both descriptors newly named as “terror groups” in the latest White House counterterrorism strategy.

These charges are a continuation of Trump’s vindictive domestic policies against the left as he directs federal agencies to go after political opponents using NSPM-7 and his executive order designating antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.

"This is a naked attempt to silence our voices, to squash dissent and to have a chilling effect on organizing here in the Twin Cities. And I'm here to tell you, it's not going to work. People in the community here are smart. They're resilient. They have an indomitable will. And I have every faith that they're going to keep fighting," said Sant.

"This is an attempt by the government to drive a wedge in between good protesters and bad protesters, and try to shave off the radical flank of the movement and paint us like we're different from everybody else. But we're not. There's nothing that we're accused of doing that hundreds of thousands of people here in Twin Cities didn't do when these jack booted thugs were kicking in our doors and kidnapping our immigrant neighbors."

Read the full indictment and more on the case at our website, link in bio.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

GOP & corporate Dems criticizing socialism are refusing to detail which of America's socialist programs they want repealed.

Do they want to end Medicare & Social Security? Public parks? Subways?

It's time for these clout-chasers to start explaining what exactly they want.

[Twin Cities DSA 🌹 @TwinCitiesDSA]

Solidarity with @unitehere17 workers on strike at Target Field for a $20 minimum wage and an end to retaliation against workers who speak out about sexual harassment at work.

Don’t be a scab! Don’t buy concessions at Target Field!

[Ben Holle @Kallor__]

@bweissmangaming Those were fun times. We used to skip class and go to the local 7-11 that had a machine.

[Benjamin Dictor @BenjaminDictor]

As a Jewish Business Owner and Job Creator on Main Street in NYC, I can confirm there has been no better time to be in NYC than during the @ZohranKMamdani administration. Looking forward to @claireforny @DarializaforNY and @bradlander representing me in congress.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Then Jesus said unto the sick, “you better have insurance.”

Then Jesus said unto the stranger, “are you here legally?”

Then Jesus said unto the hungry, “my taxes better not be paying for these loaves and fishes.”

Then Jesus said unto the poor, “this is your own fault.”

[Americans For Tax Fairness @4TaxFairness]

Everyone wants Social Security to keep going.

Everyone thinks the wealthy should pay into the program all year long like the rest of us.

No one wants to see Social Security benefits cut.

The only people stopping us from scrapping the cap are the wealthy and their lobbyists.

[Ben Holle @Kallor__]

@teaganXross You are waayyyyy underestimating this. Song together makes this a great card

[Ben Holle @Kallor__]

@LetsGoSPAC @Emelia8z0 Just mike licking boots

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

En el partido de esta noche entre Congo y Colombia en el Mundial, un hombre congoleño se quedó inmóvil durante los 90 minutos imitando el saludo del líder anticolonial congoleño, Patrice Lumumba.

Lumumba fue descuartizado y disuelto en ácido por EEUU y Bélgica en 1961 por conseguir la independencia del Congo ante el colonialismo y negarse a que los imperialistas siguieran saqueando los recursos de su pais.

Aunque los imperialistas disolvieron su cuerpo, no pudieron borrarlo de la historia, 65 años después, Lumumba sigue presente para millones de personas.

[Ben Holle @Kallor__]

Of course you will. Nothing about liberals siding with fascists is surprising

[Av Michal אביגיל מיכל @avygal]

As a lifelong Democrat if my choices are DSA or MAGA I can tell you for certain I'm not choosing DSA....

[Ben Holle @Kallor__]

@avygal Of course you will. Nothing about liberals siding with fascists is surprising

[Ben Holle @Kallor__]

@LauraLoomer This doesn't work anymore. Shame on you

[Ben Holle @Kallor__]

@RepDonBacon People don't fall for this anymore. Shame on you

[Ben Holle @Kallor__]

@RepJoshG Nobody believes this

[Katherine Argent @effthealgorithm]

Later today I get to replace my phone because, after FaceID didn’t work, I unlocked it with a passcode. Then I cleared the notifications so I could pull up my browser. Navigated to this platform, entered my password, waited for my 2FA code, and had to type that in…but first I paused to make coffee. Then the site said the code had expired, so I reloaded and repeated, and finally got in.

First thing I saw was a link a friend posted. Tapped on it, consented to some cookies, rejected others, got through a paragraph and had to log in to read the rest. Fine. Did that.

Once logged in, a popup asked if I wanted their newsletter. Declined. Scrolled back to where I was — past a huge ad that took up an entire screen — and found there were only two more sentences in the thing I was reading. They weren’t even meaningful ones.

That’s when I slammed my phone down and shattered the screen.

I’d go without a phone entirely, since I don’t actually use mine to talk to anyone (sorry not sorry, spam callers), but then I wouldn’t be able to do laundry.

What are we even doing with the internet anymore? Why is it all such a hassle?

Why does absolutely everything online come down to a choice between sacrificing our privacy and money to avoid hassles, or living in a time-sucking hellscape over which we have zero control (and which steals our private data anyway)?

Why do I need a damn app to do laundry?

Are we ready to start the backlash yet? Are we ready to start hassling our elected officials the way we feel hassled, firing off daily emails and letters demanding they rein in the tech overreach?

Are we ready to cancel subscriptions and ditch search engines and delete apps that serve up one irritation after another so they can figure out which ones we’re willing to pay to stop?

Are we ready to start blocking all the bots and trolls — not engaging with them, just blocking them — so the platforms stop monetizing our rage and serving up more of it for their profit?

Are we ready to say AI slop videos and photos of what Aunt Janet had for lunch and knowing if anyone else thinks Euphoria has gone off the rails aren’t worth all the aggravation and time we have to spend now?

I am. I’m getting a flip phone and finding a different laundromat. I’m going to pretend like it’s 2004 and that the only way to get online is by sitting in front of a computer. And since I’m old, my aching back will make a more reliable screentime monitor than any app I’ve tried so far.

No more whipping my phone out of my pocket to answer every random question because why not find out how many grapes the average person can fit in their mouth at once when it just takes a second to look that up?

No more checking socials, checking email, checking the news to fill every idle moment in the grocery line or at the dentist office or while waiting for an elevator just to avoid talking to other people or, more terrifying, having to think.

No more notifications that there’s a sale on toilet seats at the place I just bought a new toilet seat that apparently thinks I’m collecting them.

No more.

If I’m going to put up with irritations, they’re going to be ones which benefit me, not the tech companies.

I’m done.