Benjamin Hart
@benjaminhart.bsky.social
Writer/editor at New York Magazine.
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I second the motion to adopt this term.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I second the motion to adopt this term.
The average Bluesky post that begins with "It's very funny that..." ends with something like "Scott Bessent's views on the carried-interest loophole have been completely discounted."
When you describe something as very funny, it has to at least be a little bit funny!
When you describe something as very funny, it has to at least be a little bit funny!
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The average Bluesky post that begins with "It's very funny that..." ends with something like "Scott Bessent's views on the carried-interest loophole have been completely discounted."
When you describe something as very funny, it has to at least be a little bit funny!
When you describe something as very funny, it has to at least be a little bit funny!
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It is insane because... that didn't happen!
Numerous newsrooms had dedicated teams covering all the things DOGE did, including the legal challenges to its sweeping data access (and alledged theft), chaotic cuts to staffing that were reversed and the failure to meaningfully impact spending.
Numerous newsrooms had dedicated teams covering all the things DOGE did, including the legal challenges to its sweeping data access (and alledged theft), chaotic cuts to staffing that were reversed and the failure to meaningfully impact spending.
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It is insane because... that didn't happen!
Numerous newsrooms had dedicated teams covering all the things DOGE did, including the legal challenges to its sweeping data access (and alledged theft), chaotic cuts to staffing that were reversed and the failure to meaningfully impact spending.
Numerous newsrooms had dedicated teams covering all the things DOGE did, including the legal challenges to its sweeping data access (and alledged theft), chaotic cuts to staffing that were reversed and the failure to meaningfully impact spending.
One way in which society has visibly advanced over the decades: MLB fields are no longer full of random debris.
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
One way in which society has visibly advanced over the decades: MLB fields are no longer full of random debris.
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
"This isn't your typical political memoir." -- review of every political memoir
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"This isn't your typical political memoir." -- review of every political memoir
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80 people. Basically, Trump and Hegseth are prolific serial killers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
80 people. Basically, Trump and Hegseth are prolific serial killers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
50 degrees is the tie game of weather.
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
50 degrees is the tie game of weather.
This guy is such an incredible mediocrity. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This guy is such an incredible mediocrity. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
I am a big James Austin Johnson fan, but his Trump impression has gotten significantly worse over time, and I can't recall another case of that happening.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I am a big James Austin Johnson fan, but his Trump impression has gotten significantly worse over time, and I can't recall another case of that happening.
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Yes if you want to doom this is the reason to me more than the cave. We should have been begging them to kill the filibuster and had a bunch of Dems willing to say if they want to kill your healthcare with 50 votes it’s their prerogative.
i suspect there’s some truth to this and also why we should be EXTREMELY skeptical that senate dems as currently constituted would ditch the filibuster should they ever have a trifecta again
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Yes if you want to doom this is the reason to me more than the cave. We should have been begging them to kill the filibuster and had a bunch of Dems willing to say if they want to kill your healthcare with 50 votes it’s their prerogative.
At least people don't use the term "dumpster fire" anymore.
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
At least people don't use the term "dumpster fire" anymore.
I'd rather be Mamdani than Cuomo right now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I'd rather be Mamdani than Cuomo right now.
I'd rather be Sherrill than Ciattarelli right now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'd rather be Sherrill than Ciattarelli right now.
I'd rather be Spanberger than Earle-Sears right now.
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'd rather be Spanberger than Earle-Sears right now.
You're either a Bove person or a Bovino person.
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You're either a Bove person or a Bovino person.
(Bloomberg) -- US President Donald Trump conceded Wednesday that it was “pretty clear” the Constitution didn’t allow him to seek a third term as president, despite frequently floating the idea in recent months.
“If you read it, it’s pretty clear, I’m not allowed to run,” Trump told reporters
“If you read it, it’s pretty clear, I’m not allowed to run,” Trump told reporters
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Polymarket has the odds of this guy landing a Trump administration job by the end of the year at 43 percent. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Man in Nazi uniform assaulted Georgia student after he was denied entry to bar, officials say
The University of Georgia said it was "horrified by the actions of an individual who, while in downtown Athens wearing a Nazi uniform, assaulted a female" student.
www.nbcnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Polymarket has the odds of this guy landing a Trump administration job by the end of the year at 43 percent. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Enjoying the not-so-subtle Trump digs in Jeopardy clues lately.
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Enjoying the not-so-subtle Trump digs in Jeopardy clues lately.
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I didn't believe it. But it's true. What appalling people. Just wall-to-wall degradation.
I kid you not, this is currently what the White House's "Major Events Timeline" shows for the East Wing expansion.
www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
October 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I didn't believe it. But it's true. What appalling people. Just wall-to-wall degradation.
Are men...ok? (427 likes)
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Are men...ok? (427 likes)
If you obey in advance, you get 25 percent off. A lot of people seem to forget that part.
October 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If you obey in advance, you get 25 percent off. A lot of people seem to forget that part.
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An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.
Today on the show: the group chats from hell (with @dgraham.bsky.social) slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Why So Many Racist Group Chats?
It’s hard to imagine the speech or policy proposals being acceptable as recently as a decade ago.
slate.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
An amazing story of this decade was the ADL turning all its fire on Israel critics while tech companies dismantled their censors and Hitler-lovers came roaring back.
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The New York Times broke the story but yes let’s focus on the wording of the dependent clause in the subhed
The New York Times describes Trump demanding his own Justice Department pay him $230 million as a "potential" ethical conflict.
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The New York Times broke the story but yes let’s focus on the wording of the dependent clause in the subhed