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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2024-09-25 00:50:12

JD Vance, Donald Trump and Chris Rufo are all anti-immigrant zealots, and married to immigrants. Working out their issues with three divorces would be so much easier on the country, Ohio in particular.

2024-09-21 02:51:39

"Looking back, we've destroyed America. We have such division. People are at each other's throats. And the sad part, that was exactly what Vladimir Putin wanted, and we gave it to him on a silver platter." - former Trump associate Lev Parnas #FromRussiaWithLev, MSNBC documentary

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

2024-09-18 05:44:38

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Just a mess.

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 03:01:29

There she is! Partial lunar eclipse over the Full Harvest Moon.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/156/323/034/814/952/original/dc8409823d56fc2f.jpeg

2024-09-16 02:09:22

I don't even think this made sense in the original Russian.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/144/784/140/437/655/original/58c9953843bf4ab8.png

2024-09-11 20:01:41

Has he... met his boss?
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/120/695/567/419/695/original/63790aa319b69ade.png

2024-09-11 19:03:39

The Cat Guide, Hurricane Francine is between a 1 and a puffy 2, headed for New Orleans.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/120/468/752/347/604/original/646141716b79bb04.jpeg

2024-09-11 03:24:40

Brit Hume on Fox says it wasn't Trump's night, he had a bad debate.
When do they call for the candidate, clearly not up to the job after this debate, to step down for someone younger, healthier and more capable?
Like last time?

2024-09-11 02:39:03

Kamala Harris talking about climate change coming for our homes is especially timely while Hurricane Francine rolls in.
Donald Trump's answer is exactly what one would expect, and nothing to do with climate change.
This is not a serious person. He should never have been in charge of anything.

2024-09-11 01:58:42

"Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. World leaders are laughing at you. Military leaders say you were a disgrace. Perhaps we do not have, in the candidate to my right, the temperament or the ability to not be confused about facts."
Trump pivots to Orban for some reason.
He'll hear those words in his sleep for the rest of his life.

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.

2024-09-10 01:54:35

Inspired by the visual language of old Ray Bradbury and Stephen King paperbacks, Justin Metz created this illustration, which may be the first cover without a headline or typography in The Atlantic’s 167-year history.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/110/761/415/931/204/original/baf8cb54bb86d89d.jpeg

2024-09-09 20:47:55

RIP to James Earl Jones, and that astounding voice.

2024-09-09 19:26:14

Sweet of JD to cover for RFK, Jr.'s dog snacks.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/109/227/837/017/209/original/f8f8bc3322b529f0.png

2024-09-07 00:32:11

Elon getting Twitter banned in Brazil means ESPN reporters covering the Eagles / Packers game are sending updates to family members who have to post from home. No VPN workaround, that's a daily $8,900 fine.
But Mastadon can Toot at will! Also, Olympic Goddess Rebeca Andrade is at the game! (streaming on Peacock)

2024-09-06 16:43:14

Now Trump says a photo of him with E. Jean Carroll from 25 years ago could have been AI generated. Before AI was invented.
Daniel Dale on CNN: "His lying can veer from one lie to a contradictory lie in a matter of seconds."

2024-09-02 18:48:09

Rep. William McKinley owned a Bloomington streetcar line that refused to recognize unions. Workers on strike called in Mother Jones, 80 (Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living). Her fired up 1917 rally attendees shut down the city power supply. Armed troops were then sent in to camp out downtown.
So shop workers marched to City Hall in solidarity, and refused to work until strikers got mediation. McKinley finally telegraphed: “I recognize the right of men to organize. #LaborDay
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/069/416/443/071/817/original/f5362979d9548188.webp

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.

2024-08-30 23:32:49

The Name One English Professor Friend Challenge:
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/053/579/683/891/885/original/180d369e36a10205.png

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.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/047/437/903/447/812/original/c028055215d165ba.png

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 01:24:47

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And Dorothy's grandmother was an early suffragette who sheltered runaway enslaved people, educated on birth control, supported indigenous rights and wrote against the church's treatment of women. Oh, and they called her a witch.
https://msmagazine.com/2021/03/29/wizard-of-oz-matilda-joslyn-gage-suffrage-feminist/

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
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/025/241/778/632/943/original/4958b3a96bbeb37b.jpeg

2024-08-23 03:05:32

Oh, you Not So Sweet Summer Child.
#DNCConvention2024
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/009/118/104/290/177/original/60c2ca467922a229.png

2024-08-23 01:08:01

The Chicks with a gorgeous rendition of The National Anthem. After putting up with unhinged record burnings for critiquing Bush's Iraq fiasco, they deserve the love.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/113/008/656/787/082/613/original/a805b87fd2078bed.jpeg

2024-08-22 04:11:17

Neil Young cleared the use of "Rockin' in the Free World, a choice by Tim Walz for his closer, MSNBC reports. Neil sued Donald Trump to make him stop.
This convention is both joyful and a sick burn.

2024-08-21 02:57:26

Michelle Obama 2016: When They Go Low We Go High
Michelle Obama today: BLOWTORCH OF JUSTICE

2024-08-21 02:48:40

"America - hope is making a comeback!" Michelle Obama looking glorious at #DNC tonight.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/997/728/378/861/975/original/64307d15e9242c40.png

2024-08-21 00:20:51

"Northernmost State in the Caribbean Louisiana" casts its Roll Call votes for Kamala Harris through the brilliant actor /activist
Wendell Pierce. #DNCC
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/997/147/374/149/311/original/b3e27c2543cdcfc6.jpeg

2024-08-16 23:02:39

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Nothing about it is Great Again.

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.

2024-08-13 16:06:32

Trump and Musk Share Tips on Running Companies into Ground
"It was a rare opportunity for fans of bankrupt casinos and shrinking social-media platforms to learn from the men behind the fiascos."
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-and-musk-share-tips-on-running

2024-08-13 03:13:50

Oh she's fast, fast.
https://files.mstdn.party/media_attachments/files/112/952/526/489/925/630/original/7aadb3e6eca3a489.png

2024-08-13 01:18:23

Man who wants to fly you to mars, put a chip in your brain and get your credit card number for his app can't keep a livestream up in the year of our lord 2024, when he touted it as the place to puff the third loony presidential candidate he's backed.

2024-08-13 00:37:34

Tonight's Trump / Elon Spaces reminds me of the DeSantis one, in that it was a disaster and he lost.

2024-08-06 21:08:29

Elon Musk has announced that he's suing advertisers for rejecting his platform, after he told them to go fuck themselves.
Art of the deal!

2024-07-30 23:34:09

Kamala Harris' response to Donald Duck chickening out of debating her while attacking her intellect:
"Donald, If you’ve got something to say - say it to my face."

2024-07-01 23:41:15

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Good call.

2024-07-01 23:22:14

Really could have picked a better day to debut my No Man Is Above The Law tattoo.

2024-06-18 20:37:41

In one video, which has 30,000 views on TikTok, a young woman becomes increasingly exasperated as she attempts to convince the AI that she wants a caramel ice cream, only for it to add multiple stacks of butter to her order.
AI's already in the pockets of Big Butter.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c722gne7qngo

2024-05-31 15:29:09

In the history of politics
maybe i'm wrong
somebody will find that i'm wrong
but i don't think so
MSNBC is finally cutting away with Trump's rambling. Don't miss a thing about that hot mess.

2024-05-30 23:06:30

"Convicted felons don't get classified briefings." - Jen Psaki on convicted felon Donald Trump

2024-05-30 21:17:41

Guy who ran on Lock Her Up gets the old switcheroo. 😂

2024-05-30 20:57:02

Alito's furiously ruffling through the Flag Closet.

2024-05-29 16:10:20

"Mother Teresa could not beat these charges." Criminally indicted ex-president trying out callback to a Saint who died over 20 years ago. #Trump