Karen Dalton-Beninato ☑️

Hi! Writer. Reader. Mastadonian. Was the longtime publicist and friend of the legendary Dr. John. Happily working as ghost in the machine, repping clients including Roland Guerin. Bylines: New Republic, Forbes Travel, NOLA, Earth Island & more.

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2024-11-22 21:08:22

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@nprofile…sk0t Yes, if there was a spell to get a year out of each day, I'd do it.

2024-11-21 18:33:48

He literally thinks he bought the country.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/522/377/945/690/482/original/b4bed33f0c77e4f0.jpg

2024-11-21 17:45:51

Good news - Matt Gaetz withdraws his candidacy for Attorney General, saying his confirmation was becoming a distraction. Better news is if he ever faces consequences for trafficing underage girls.

2024-11-20 17:59:40

Today would have been my friend Mac's birthday, aka Dr. John. He loved sitting on the deck and watching the crazy-ass goose chase the ducks around.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/516/579/388/755/095/original/b36aef4fc0d4adfa.jpeg

2024-11-20 02:58:02

Education secretary Linda McMahon = one step closer to Idiocracy.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/513/035/183/998/291/original/e021bfb49097f0a2.jpeg

2024-11-19 21:51:09

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@nprofile…9fyy And YOU get a quack!

2024-11-19 04:39:56

Elon posted a selfie with bald Trump.
Next up, Trump revenge posts Elon in assess chaps. Then JD Vance gets furious about being left out, and Mike Johnson reports the whole thing to his porn accountability son, while backing sex offender Matt Gaetz' appointment as AG.
The Aristocrats!

2024-11-18 00:36:36

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world [trollicarchy works too] - Carole Cadwall in The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump

2024-11-17 21:31:19

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@nprofile…gm9j Unnerving feeling that they're eating JD Vance...

2024-11-17 18:20:08

🎶have it your way🎶
[without washing hands, inspecting the produce, protecting the workers, seasoning the meat, finding out if it's roadkill]
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2024-11-12 06:34:43

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@npub1d5l…a0d6 It's the lighting...

2024-11-10 02:53:01

Ready for some good news? Ruben Galego has just OFFICIALLY defeated election denier Kari Lake for U.S. Senate in Arizona.
As a little bonus, she'll deny this loss too.

2024-11-08 23:56:28

Wouldn't mind an investigation into the election day Russian and MAGA bomb threats shutting down polling places in swing states, where millions of anticipated votes didn't materialize.
Taps Merrick Garland on the head: Is this thing on?

2024-11-08 23:31:40

Tiger Eating Face Party appoints a veterinary as surgeon general, puts him in charge of live tigers at loud sports events.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/449/934/261/623/266/original/e8ff7e707710ba66.png

2024-11-06 00:56:23

No, YOU'RE watching the Kornacki Cam and trying to count votes over his shoulder.
https://www.youtube.com/live/LIV9HM5Yj80

2024-10-22 21:00:48

It's going to be a long two weeks until the election, but future VP Tim Walz calling Trump's running mate Elon Musk a dancing dipshit is a TONIC.

2024-10-22 20:39:00

Canada's Covid death rate was 60 percent lower than the United States. We lost more than a million. That's 600,000 people who might be alive if a capable government had been in power. But Trump's ego couldn't use Obama's pandemic plan. Hearing that from Obama brings it all back.

2024-10-22 19:36:54

Rudy Giuliani must give control of luxury items and Manhattan apartment to Georgia election workers he defamed, judge rules.
Only possible upgrade is if he also had to be their maid.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/22/politics/rudy-giuliani-bankruptcy-georgia-election-workers

2024-10-18 03:03:57

Trump joking about cheating on Melania who's in the audience, Catholic RFK Jr and Cheryl Hines after his Nuzzi affair, Cardinal Dolan laughing along with all of it, nervous audience in tuxedos - real Eyes Wide Shut vibe at the Al Smith Dinner this year, and I'm glad Kamala & Doug didn't go.

2024-09-24 16:50:37

Anyone else think Trump bet against himself and is speed running The Producers? Nothing he's doing is what you'd do if you wanted to win in a month.

2024-09-20 06:39:22

Of course Friday kicks off with a Matt Gaetz a mountain of ick. Could we just cancel the Republican party until we figure out what's going on?
https://www.notus.org/florida/new-court-filings-matt-gaetz-dorworth-sex-party

2024-09-20 04:45:21

I'm already terrified of the Friday news dump.

2024-09-18 05:06:41

Kamala HQ posted this whole bonkers rant - When your best weapon is your opponent's logorrhea, you're winning.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/156/805/219/769/557/original/886922cfb817358b.png

2024-09-18 04:40:43

RIP J.D. Souther.
"You're Only Lonely"
https://youtu.be/quglprlSQ8k?si=9-sIeBMnzAv14ThD

2024-09-17 15:18:48

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@npub17cg…ts93 The Merchant of Maralago?

2024-09-17 07:17:12

Guy who tried to incite violent attacks against opponents gets attacked by his own followers, but they’re bad at it. Call Shakespeare.

2024-09-16 02:50:14

"I do believe no slump was ever broken without a willingness to take risks. If Baby Reindeer has proved anything, it's that there's no set formula to this. That you don't need big stars, proven IP, long running stories or catchall storytelling to have a hit." Preach, Richard Gadd.
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2024-09-13 23:14:29

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@npub13u7…hs2v They're insane!

2024-09-12 00:57:32

Jim Cantore's producer's car wouldn't start, they checked the engine, and a copperhead rattlesnake is wrapped around it. But he said it's not venomous because two poisonous snakes make a nonvenomous snake - and that seems like a lot for one hurricane.

2024-09-11 20:01:41

Has he... met his boss?
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2024-09-11 06:49:34

Eww. Even for Elon.
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2024-09-11 06:38:27

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@npub1mpw…4h3u He's Dark Chauncey.

2024-09-11 03:07:06

Watching Kamala Harris dog walk Donald Trump in this debate made me forget about the hurricane for awhile.
In just 55 days, everybody vote, Madam President wins!
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2024-09-11 03:00:23

"It may very well be the best televised debate performance, ever. I can't think of a better one." - Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC
Fox is calling it biased, because Kamala pantsed Trump. In front of the world.

2024-09-10 20:28:28

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@npub1rdc…ft86 Don't bother, they're here.

2024-09-10 17:57:46

Welp, boards are up and fingers crossed, pre-hurricane.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/114/548/351/277/192/original/6f3182a006177f48.jpeg
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2024-09-10 16:50:50

With a hurricane incoming, the 10 Commandments Louisiana's governor mandated all schools add with taxpayer dollars should at least be flotation devices.

2024-09-07 17:44:48

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@npub1dfx…qed6 😂

2024-09-07 16:44:43

It's Cheney, Sir, with an invitation to go hunting.
Finally [adjusts his red hat], some respect.

2024-09-06 17:53:36

Roses are red
Foul balls are errant
https://www.popsci.com/science/dye-mice-transparent/
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2024-09-06 00:42:12

NFL kicking off the season with Lift Every Voice and Sing, Beastie Boys Fight For Your Right to Party, Patrick Mahomes saying Taylor Swift is writing up some great plays, Travis with a mustache doing a lil shimmy - FOOTBALL IS BACK!

2024-09-05 15:48:59

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@npub1tcw…kkca Yes! And President Kamala the prosecutor will have her work cut out for her!

2024-09-04 17:14:16

REUTERS: U.S. economic growth would likely get the biggest boost in the coming two years from the Democrats, headed by Kamala Harris, winning the White House and Congress in this November's elections, according to Goldman Sachs.
Welcome, comrades!
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/goldman-sachs-sees-biggest-boost-us-economy-harris-win-2024-09-04/

2024-09-03 22:19:17

Loving this WH energy ->
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to Moron Peter Doocy after he accused Kamala Harris of having a fake Southern accent:
“I have no idea what you're talking about. Do you think Americans seriously think this is an important question? The question is insane, I'm moving on.”

2024-09-03 05:27:01

"Hello. I'm running for vice president of only women with children.
How long have you been having hands for?"
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2024-09-02 00:07:46

Brazil: And your little dog too.
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2024-09-01 23:08:43

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@npub19lz…ys2y 🌶️🌶️

2024-08-31 17:28:05

Elon screaming about losing Brazil has the same tone as Trump screaming about being indicted. Rich kid raised by sociopaths shocked at consequences.

2024-08-31 02:23:40

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@npub19vl…nuam And never, like, right.

2024-08-29 21:30:26

Trump's communications director tried to use Seven Nation Army for one of his scampaign videos and got this from Jack White. The Trumper's post has since been deleted.
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2024-08-29 18:17:59

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@npub1xwt…zcsy ❤️

2024-08-28 22:33:25

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@npub1c8r…pzcc Terrible role models, much too emotional to be in office.

2024-08-28 21:23:51

JD Vance: "It is amazing to me that you have, apparently, somebody at Arlington cemetery, some [female] staff member had a little [physical] disagreement with somebody [Trump's goons] and the media has turned this into a national news story."
"She can go to hell," he says of Kamala Harris who had nothing to do with Trump's choice of an unauthorized cemetery photo shoot.
It's always about women with this one.

2024-08-27 22:55:19

So "no childless cat ladies" turned into "no teachers without biological children" which would eventually be "give birth and we'll let you vote."
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/036/446/470/677/850/original/061ec4b537eb9c95.png

2024-08-26 17:47:33

Happy Opposite Day from the New York Times.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/029/574/464/724/297/original/990e69b20d08822a.jpeg

2024-08-26 05:58:40

He's running.
Away from the debate.
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2024-08-25 23:41:46

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@npub1flf…ct2p Short life and a long legacy.

2024-08-25 23:26:51

Wizard of Oz is 85 years old. Frank Baum named Dorothy for his niece who died in infancy. In Bloomington we found out that a former Munchkin gave her a headstone and Dorothy's Garden is now a space for grieving parents, with many children buried near her.
https://mchistory.org/research/biographies/gage-dorothy-louise
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2024-08-24 21:55:32

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@npub1lkz…s3qz Earth will probably be better in 6 months anyway.

2024-08-24 21:01:33

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@npub1lkz…s3qz Ship them some beads, just in case.

2024-08-24 17:18:02

Good news, you won't miss Mardi Gras. Bad news, you're up there for six more months.
Astronauts won't return to earth until February, Boeing Starliner will return unmanned, NASA says.

2024-08-24 03:25:16

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@npub19qr…rw03 Seems likely.

2024-08-24 01:46:59

Foofighters confirm they didn't give Trump permission to use There Goes My Hero to introduce RFK, who's also not big on consent.

2024-08-24 01:44:24

Beautiful cypress day, with the temp almost down to 90.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/014/461/010/766/286/original/a8e3114014f54f52.jpeg

2024-08-24 00:47:39

JK Rowling slips out of her Mold Tower after days of not Tweeting:
"If Imane Khelif wore more makeup I wouldn't demand DNA!"
Harry sighs, reaches for the wand case.

2024-08-20 06:25:05

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@npub1pe9…cye6 And now they both know who to look out for.

2024-08-20 06:23:18

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@npub14hw…qnkp He's so impressive.

2024-08-20 05:50:55

Full Blue Supermoon - look up!
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/992/779/595/780/386/original/ccd56072f3a9f4bb.jpeg

2024-08-20 04:25:11

One for the history books. Got a little something in my eye.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/992/445/650/039/598/original/bd5106fa11005d49.jpg

2024-08-20 03:55:04

“They didn’t even bother to wear their hoods. Hate was on the march in America. Old ghosts, in new garments.”
“Sleeeepy Joe,” Donald mumbles, shuffling to the State Secrets Loo.

2024-08-20 03:34:36

“America: I Love you! “
For a man the pundits said had no support left from the party, this sure is a wave of love for President Biden at the DNCC as he introduces future President Kamala Harris.

2024-08-20 03:07:58

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@npub1pe9…cye6 Speech of the night! Poor Chris Coons has to follow it.

2024-08-20 03:00:25

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock taking the #DNCC to democracy church: "Donald Trump is a plague on the American conscience. I saw him holding the Bible, and endorsing the Bible, as if it NEEDED his endorsement.
"He should try reading it."

2024-08-20 02:51:47

"Because of Louisiana's abortion ban, no one could tell me I was miscarrying." Kaitlyn Joshua's heartbreaking story at The DNC.
Abused by her stepfather, Hadley Duvall taking pregnancy tests since age 12.
One woman sent home to miscarry, or die.
Trump / SCOTUS / Project 2025's abortion bans are on the ballot.

2024-08-20 02:36:28

She's always worked for 1 client: The People.
He's a 78 year old lifelong predator, fraudster & cheat known for inciting violent mobs.
Kamala Harris has a resume.
Donald Trump has a rap sheet.
She presided over the Senate.
He keeps national secrets next to his Thinking Chair.
- Jasmine Crockett flinging ZINGS at the DNC.

2024-08-20 02:18:29

Joe Biden's favorite Seamus Heaney poem:
History says
Don’t hope on this side of the grave
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme
Thinking of that as Hillary Clinton gets a standing ovation, and crowd chants Lock Him Up of Donald.

2024-08-20 02:11:27

"Donald Trump fell asleep at his own trial... Now he's mocking her name and her laugh. Sounds familiar. But we have him on the run now...The Future is here. It's in our grasp. LET'S GO WIN IT!"
- Hillary Clinton to a #DNCC standing ovation

2024-08-20 01:17:30

Beyoncé's Freedom plays, and here's Kamala Harris at the #DNCC on night one!
It's like the bat signal for future presidents.🔥
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/991/707/100/316/803/original/e2993eb57328a03a.jpeg

2024-08-19 23:51:51

JD Vance gets a PoBoy in New Orleans:
Are the Poor Boys already in it?
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/991/370/279/644/114/original/dae81954696363dd.jpg

2024-08-19 22:56:54

Soul Children of Chicago's National Anthem was spectacular - what a DNC 2024 kickoff! MSNBC is still on talking heads, here's the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j5AczcbqnA

2024-08-19 22:06:35

This week's cover of The New Yorker:
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/990/956/702/667/265/original/8068dc5a101ee590.jpeg

2024-08-19 21:26:56

Blue Full SuperMoon in Aquarius will have the DNCC vibing tonight.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/990/801/198/767/397/original/27dd4a3d372a3581.jpeg

2024-08-19 21:24:59

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@npub1pe9…cye6 Right? It's not dying right now, so he'd be the factor...

2024-08-19 19:54:43

Harris: I Like Corn Nuts.
Walz: Pumpkin Pie!
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2024-08-19 02:23:59

Watching the Saints game which reminds me - if the power is on and the water is running and the streets are dry, welcome to Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans!

2024-08-19 01:00:27

We lost Luther Kent this week, a New Orleans soul legend who toured with Blood, Sweat & Tears at one point. Here's his "Here Come The Saints" single with Dr. John, 1987:
https://youtu.be/empARpOTH9g?si=O-We66U2okUG4oJL

2024-08-17 22:19:31

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@npub1c2n…4ge3 Like a Bad Choices Convention.

2024-08-17 22:00:57

Donald Trump speech today: I am much better looking than her. I'm a better looking person than Kamala.
Not what you judge elections on, but Wut?
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2024-08-17 18:16:32

Blue skies and banana leafs.
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2024-08-16 23:22:32

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@npub1spj…46ps Such a bizarre speech to a police union.

2024-08-16 23:02:39

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@npub1spj…46ps Nothing about it is Great Again.

2024-08-16 19:07:56

"Look, I've gotten off on the wrong foot by bringing up the problem with Irish and Italian ethnic enclaves, but this will help illustrate my point..."
[JD Vance reaches into valise for calipers]

2024-08-16 19:03:24

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@npub1x29…vn9n And Italians for good measure.

2024-08-16 18:05:45

JD Vance: "Has anybody seen the movie "Gangs of New York?." That is what I'm talking about, with these ethnic enclaves in our country, it can lead to higher crime rates."
So he's against the Irish in 1863.

2024-08-16 04:04:46

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2024-08-16 03:51:59

"Look Donald and JD, to win this race we're going to need you two to launch a real charm offensive."
"Offensive? Got it."

2024-08-15 22:42:18

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@npub1ptc…30h4 Giving their followers encouragement to consider him as a world leader, and her as someone who doesn't deserve respect. When it's the opposite.

2024-08-15 18:42:58

Vance answering Tim Walz debate challenge like this Illustrates his inability to respect grown women:
"The American people deserve as many debates as possible, which is why President Trump [NOT PRESIDENT] has challenged Kamala [VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS] to three of them already.

2024-08-15 17:19:04

When it's a campaign asset for people to listen to your bonkers opposition, you've won.
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2024-08-15 16:13:43

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@npub14hw…qnkp Inconceivable months ago, so glad to see it!