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Thor Benson

@thorbenson.bsky.social

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Writer. Featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, The Daily Beast, NBC News and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and science. Newsletter: madness.ghost.io

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 33m

RIP

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 9h

He tried everything else and now he's going to put on a frog costume and dance like Gene from Bob's Burgers okay

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 9h

He is the president, though

Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 9h

They're from the far away land of West Texas and Northern Mexico

Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 9h

You'd want the president to understand something like that

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 9h

Luckily this industry isn't carrying the entire economy right now

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "AI is based on information. I hope they're right about information. I don't know. You've gotta make a lot of money to-- there's gotta be a lot of information out there, but that seems to be pretty hot. We're leading the world on information on AI."

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 10h

a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says `` right to jail , right away '' .

Alt: a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says `` right to jail , right away '' .

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 10h

New shit has come to light

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 12h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11h

When you hear about the frogs

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11h

A frog has hit the second city

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11h

Oh you thought I didn't have frog facts?

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11h

Not surprised by this. Frogs can lay up to 5,000 eggs at a time. There will be more frogs

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 13h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11h

The stock market is going to have quite a day on Monday

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

Trump says he’s going to put a 100% tariff on China “over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying.”

“Also on November 1st, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.”

Donald J. Trump
@reaDonald Trump
It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressive position on Trade in sending an extremely hostile letter to the World, stating that they were going to, effective November 1st, 2025, impose large scale Export Controls on virtually every product they make, and some not even made by them. This affects ALL Countries, without exception, and was obviously a plan devised by them years ago. It is absolutely unheard of in International Trade, and a moral disgrace in dealing with other Nations.
Based on the fact that China has taken this unprecedented position, and speaking only for the U.S.A., and not other Nations who were similarly threatened, starting November 1st, 2025 (or sooner, depending on any further actions or changes taken by China), the United States of America will impose a Tariff of 100% on China, over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying. Also on November Ist, we will impose Export Controls on any and all critical software.
It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have, and the rest is History. Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12h

Oh, does it benefit the US to provide aid to foreign countries? That would have been good to know back in January and February.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

“Stabilizing Argentina is ‘America First’.”

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11h

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 11h

Laura Loomer is having a bit of a meltdown

Laura Loomer:WTF IS AMERICA FIRST ABOUT ALLOWING QATAR TO HAVE A MILITARY BASE ON US SOIL?

Loomer: What happened the last time we let Muslims learn how to fly planes on US soil?

Loomer: Our great Secretary of War @PeteHegseth (my friend) has a tattoo on his body that says INFIDEL.

Loomer: Never thought I’d see Republicans give terror financing Muslims from Qatar a MILITARY BASE on US soil so they can murder Americans.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 12h

Oh right the other political prosecution the president ordered. Losing track of those

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12h

Breaking on MSNBC: The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges against Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton, according to two people familiar with the case.

A complaint or an indictment could come as early as next week.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 12h

He'll never tattoo your face on his back

Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 12h

a woman with a snl shirt on makes a funny face

ALT: a woman with a snl shirt on makes a funny face

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 23h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 12h

Oh so the guy in a $6,000 suit is supposed to take criticism from a guy who doesn't make that in a month? Come on!

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