Monday, September 21, 2026

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Ben Hillman

Ben Hillman is a film maker, designer, author and illustrator who loves subatomic particles and Betty Boop. After obsessing for years about the evils of mass manipulation, Ben decided to do it himself by forming Ben Hillman & Company – realizing his boyhood dream of messing with the minds of the general public (as well as making films and writing and illustrating books). Ben lives in the beautiful Berkshire hills of Massachusetts with his wife Amy and daughter Maizy. He is a member of the Sheffield Tree Project and the Antarctican Society.

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ORANGE ALERT: Who needs ventilators?

Trump questions New York’s plea for critical equipment. 

ORANGE ALERT: Die for me

A message from Coron-a-Lago, a k a Mar-a-Lago.

ORANGE ALERT: Coron-a-lago

What a huckster. Never misses a chance.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

The obvious answer is that he’s getting away with something, and everyone knows it.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

Trump tweets predicting Obama would start a war with Iran to get re-elected are coming back to haunt him.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

"When he betrays that trust and puts himself before country, he endangers the Constitution, he endangers our democracy." -- U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

"I have not talked to a single military officer who would be in favor of pardoning any one of these three…" -- Gary Solis, a 26 year veteran of the Marine Corp

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

A veteran of the Iraq War who was awarded a Purple Heart after being wounded by a roadside bomb, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman nevertheless has faced unfounded attacks.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

We have a president who simply doesn’t believe that Congress is a coequal branch of government.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

The rules are part of President Trump’s vast environmental deregulation agenda aimed largely at eliminating rules the fossil fuel industry finds burdensome.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

Trump downplayed the alliance with the Kurds, 11,000 of whom died fighting to help the U.S. mission against ISIS.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

The president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate.

EDGECAST: Joe Kennedy III opens campaign for Ed Markey’s U.S. Senate seat

In Pittsfield, Mass., U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III begins his campaign to challenge U.S. Sen. Ed Markey in the Democratic primary.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

The NWS Birmingham office had tweeted that Trump was full of crap and Hurricane Dorian was too far east for Alabama to be impacted.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

President Trump and the White House forced to clarify, spin and backtrack on numerous statements made by the President.

ORANGE ALERT: The (almost) daily outrage

"The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.” -- President Donald Trump
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