Thor Benson
@thorbenson.bsky.social
Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Daily Beast, Zeteo and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and science.
Newsletter: madness.ghost.io
Newsletter: madness.ghost.io
How it feels trying to cover this administration
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
How it feels trying to cover this administration
This remains my opinion of the Supreme Court
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This remains my opinion of the Supreme Court
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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Justice Alito? Bitter weirdo. Donald Trump? Impulsive idiot. Pete Hegseth? Vacant fraternity douche. Mike Johnson? Creepy sycophant
You can let the imposter syndrome just float away. We're free of that now
You can let the imposter syndrome just float away. We're free of that now
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Justice Alito? Bitter weirdo. Donald Trump? Impulsive idiot. Pete Hegseth? Vacant fraternity douche. Mike Johnson? Creepy sycophant
You can let the imposter syndrome just float away. We're free of that now
You can let the imposter syndrome just float away. We're free of that now
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It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's good—very good, and very important—that district courts keep issuing these 100-page rulings upholding the law. It must be incredibly dispiriting to see them overturned in a two-page, lawless, unsigned order, but please, keep them coming. They expose SCOTUS' corruption like nothing else.
More like Supreme Dorks
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
More like Supreme Dorks
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Trump may have accidentally pardoned the pipe bomb guy?
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump may have accidentally pardoned the pipe bomb guy?
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I went to New Orleans to see what it looks like when a great American city comes under siege from the government, as masked goons of 'Catahoula Crunch' lie about nabbing bad guys before swarming Home Depot, roofing jobs for folks with brown skin
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
Life during wartime in New Orleans as feds terrorize Latinos who saved a city | Will Bunch
The first day of long-feared federal immigration raids across Greater New Orleans exposes the Big Lie of mass deportation.
www.inquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I went to New Orleans to see what it looks like when a great American city comes under siege from the government, as masked goons of 'Catahoula Crunch' lie about nabbing bad guys before swarming Home Depot, roofing jobs for folks with brown skin
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/new-...
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An inconvenient truth for Dan Bongino
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
An inconvenient truth for Dan Bongino
You guys pardoned over 1,500 people like that
Patel on J6 arrest: "When you attack American citizens, when you attack our institutions of legislation, when you attack our nation's Capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life."
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
You guys pardoned over 1,500 people like that
Here it is, your moment of zen
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Here it is, your moment of zen
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What the fuck....?
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What the fuck....?
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The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The “garbage” destroying America isn’t in Minnesota’s Somalian community. It’s in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
ICE's messy hiring spree brings in unfit and illiterate recruits
ICE recruits with no experience are being fast-tracked into the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, where instructors are astounded at their incompetence.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
must be pretty bad when the Daily Mail is running smashmouth exposes on a GOP admin www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
This guy has been arguing with @postleftwatch.bsky.social for years lol
Ryan Grim: I think the posse will find a lot useful there.
Steve Bannon: You’re an intrepid reporter, sir, and a voice of truth. Sometimes people love it and sometimes people love it less, but you’re you’re a warrior.
Grim: No doubt about it.
Bannon: Let's welcome on Raw Egg Nationalist!
Steve Bannon: You’re an intrepid reporter, sir, and a voice of truth. Sometimes people love it and sometimes people love it less, but you’re you’re a warrior.
Grim: No doubt about it.
Bannon: Let's welcome on Raw Egg Nationalist!
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This guy has been arguing with @postleftwatch.bsky.social for years lol
"All great cultures of the past perished only because the originally creative race died out from blood poisoning." —Adolf Hitler
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"All great cultures of the past perished only because the originally creative race died out from blood poisoning." —Adolf Hitler
We've had house cats for over 9,000 years. Here's to 9,000 years of mischief, chaos and complaining (all from cat)
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We've had house cats for over 9,000 years. Here's to 9,000 years of mischief, chaos and complaining (all from cat)
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i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Perhaps it was... *dramatic turn to camera* ... murder
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Perhaps it was... *dramatic turn to camera* ... murder
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Thank you @thorbenson.bsky.social for having me on to talk about North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press). madness.ghost.io/climate-chan...
How climate change is moving populations
Climate change is becoming increasingly relevant when Americans are making decisions about where to live.
madness.ghost.io
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thank you @thorbenson.bsky.social for having me on to talk about North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford University Press). madness.ghost.io/climate-chan...
Climate change is increasingly affecting where people decide to move, where they can afford to move and more.
I wrote about that for my newsletter
I wrote about that for my newsletter
How climate change is moving populations
Climate change is becoming increasingly relevant when Americans are making decisions about where to live.
madness.ghost.io
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Climate change is increasingly affecting where people decide to move, where they can afford to move and more.
I wrote about that for my newsletter
I wrote about that for my newsletter
It's so over for you bitches
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's so over for you bitches
I'm personally against turning everyone in the U.S. into degenerate gamblers, which seems to be the path we're on
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I'm personally against turning everyone in the U.S. into degenerate gamblers, which seems to be the path we're on
The clip that launched 1,000 ads
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The clip that launched 1,000 ads