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
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Only 22 now ⚡🗼
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December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Only 22 now ⚡🗼
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Me convincing my introvert brain to be social in the new city I'm living in
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Me convincing my introvert brain to be social in the new city I'm living in
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
Stephen Miller thinks it’s terrible that I can vote
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
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Trump's impact on America's status on the global stage.
"A Pew Research Center survey from earlier this year shows that most countries view China rather than the United States as the world’s leading economic power.... This is a striking reversal from just two years earlier." www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-at...
Experts react: What Trump’s National Security Strategy means for US foreign policy
Atlantic Council experts delve into the newly released document outlining the Trump administration’s principles and priorities for US foreign policy.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trump's impact on America's status on the global stage.
I think this year brought me one step closer to the mindset of the French Revolution
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I think this year brought me one step closer to the mindset of the French Revolution
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
They should just ban him from the EU
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
They should just ban him from the EU
I just think it's odd that Trump wants to deny citizenship to people born here, but not me, a person born in Canada to American parents. You'll never get me, Trump!
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I just think it's odd that Trump wants to deny citizenship to people born here, but not me, a person born in Canada to American parents. You'll never get me, Trump!
You're probably wondering why I gathered you all here today. I need 29 new subscribers to reach my goal for the year. I believe we can accomplish this
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madness.ghost.io
December 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
You're probably wondering why I gathered you all here today. I need 29 new subscribers to reach my goal for the year. I believe we can accomplish this
I don't even think she needs to go full anti-Trump here. I think she could have just said, "I oppose white supremacy." Not that hard
Lmaooo when your movies bomb and you see the support Sabrina Carpenter got for telling the WH to fuck off
Sydney Sweeney Shares Emotional Response to Controversial American Eagle Jeans Ad: 'I'm Against Hate' (Exclusive)
Sydney Sweeney addressed her controversial American Eagle denim campaign, which featured the slogan "Sydney Sweeney has great jeans," in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE. See her response.
people.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I don't even think she needs to go full anti-Trump here. I think she could have just said, "I oppose white supremacy." Not that hard
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“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.”
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.”
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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it is impossible to overstate the extent to which this country is now being run by people you would leave a party rather than talk to for five minutes
they hate music, they hate art, they hate artists, they hate pop, they hate the video games they play, they hate the movies they watch, like, they're just all the worst fucking people you've ever met, none of them believe in anything
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
it is impossible to overstate the extent to which this country is now being run by people you would leave a party rather than talk to for five minutes
My brain is broken because I read this in Trump's voice
December 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
My brain is broken because I read this in Trump's voice
I don't need no Spotify wrapped. I know what my favorite song is
December 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I don't need no Spotify wrapped. I know what my favorite song is
Trump is so Ohio, fam. No cap. He's cheugy
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Trump is so Ohio, fam. No cap. He's cheugy
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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
He's just mad because this ruins his plan to destroy Toontown
December 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
He's just mad because this ruins his plan to destroy Toontown
Wait a minute this doesn't feel like a meritocracy at all. None of it does
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Wait a minute this doesn't feel like a meritocracy at all. None of it does
Ending this week just like every other one
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Ending this week just like every other one
Nuzzi loses her job. She's always doing that
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Nuzzi loses her job. She's always doing that
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal judge orders unsealing of grand jury transcripts from abandoned Jeffrey Epstein investigation in Florida.