FrankenBen
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After the NBA smashed the Clippers, @pablo.show was asked over and over, do you feel validated? He wanted to say no. But after growing up in a crumbling media environment, and after pouring so much into his Pulitzer-winning podcast, he struggled to admit: yes, he did. www.thestar.com/sports/rapto...
Pablo Torre uncovered the Kawhi scandal and won a Pulitzer. He’s still searching for something more
The Los Angeles Clippers-Kawhi Leonard cap circumvention case as presented on “Pablo Torre Finds Out” has been his masterpiece. It’s only part of his story.
www.thestar.com
September 13, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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Hey folks, are you looking for an easy way to help out on Election Day? Maybe even get paid?
Consider being a poll worker. It's easy.
My goal is to get 1,000 folks interested in being a poll worker.
Takes ten seconds. Sign-up for more info here: www.powerthepolls.org/creator-char...
Consider being a poll worker. It's easy.
My goal is to get 1,000 folks interested in being a poll worker.
Takes ten seconds. Sign-up for more info here: www.powerthepolls.org/creator-char...
September 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Hey folks, are you looking for an easy way to help out on Election Day? Maybe even get paid?
Consider being a poll worker. It's easy.
My goal is to get 1,000 folks interested in being a poll worker.
Takes ten seconds. Sign-up for more info here: www.powerthepolls.org/creator-char...
Consider being a poll worker. It's easy.
My goal is to get 1,000 folks interested in being a poll worker.
Takes ten seconds. Sign-up for more info here: www.powerthepolls.org/creator-char...
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the real story behind this viral photo is even more heartbreaking than the one the public created.
The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.
America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.
www.notus.org
July 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
the real story behind this viral photo is even more heartbreaking than the one the public created.
When I’m watching a basketball game, I want them to use the weirdest camera angles possible. Anything is cool with me, so long as it makes it harder to figure out what’s going on. I watch to be confused.
May 19, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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When I’m watching a basketball game, I want them to use the weirdest camera angles possible. Anything is cool with me, so long as it makes it harder to figure out what’s going on. I watch to be confused.
May 19, 2026 at 1:13 AM
When I’m watching a basketball game, I want them to use the weirdest camera angles possible. Anything is cool with me, so long as it makes it harder to figure out what’s going on. I watch to be confused.
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absolute heater from @jamellebouie.net
one of those pieces where I find myself saying MMHMM repeatedly while reading
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...
one of those pieces where I find myself saying MMHMM repeatedly while reading
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...
Opinion | John Roberts Believes in an America That Doesn’t Exist
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2026 at 2:07 AM
absolute heater from @jamellebouie.net
one of those pieces where I find myself saying MMHMM repeatedly while reading
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...
one of those pieces where I find myself saying MMHMM repeatedly while reading
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/o...
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Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
March 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
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Just out @propublica.org: How did the Pentagon make the horrible mistake that left more than 150 school children dead? Perhaps because it cancelled an effort to limit such harm in favor of Hegseth’s lust for “lethality.”
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.
The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...
www.propublica.org
March 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Just out @propublica.org: How did the Pentagon make the horrible mistake that left more than 150 school children dead? Perhaps because it cancelled an effort to limit such harm in favor of Hegseth’s lust for “lethality.”
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.
Preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1 BILLION a day. So far.
March 6, 2026 at 1:19 AM
If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.
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This is an all-timer in headlines where the use of the passive voice obscures a VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM with the basic premise of the story
February 26, 2026 at 3:16 AM
This is an all-timer in headlines where the use of the passive voice obscures a VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM with the basic premise of the story
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We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs.
Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM
We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs.
Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.
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US Customs & Border Protection statement: “He showed no signs of distress, mobility issues or disabilities requiring special assistance."
The man was nearly blind and did not speak English.
www.reuters.com/world/us/nea...
The man was nearly blind and did not speak English.
www.reuters.com/world/us/nea...
Near-blind refugee found dead in Buffalo after release by US Border Patrol
A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar missing since his release from a Buffalo jail into the custody of U.S. Border Patrol has been found dead on a downtown street, city authorities said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
February 26, 2026 at 4:34 AM
US Customs & Border Protection statement: “He showed no signs of distress, mobility issues or disabilities requiring special assistance."
The man was nearly blind and did not speak English.
www.reuters.com/world/us/nea...
The man was nearly blind and did not speak English.
www.reuters.com/world/us/nea...
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(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
So good.
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 28, 2026 at 4:58 AM
So good.
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"Senator Chuck Grassley, a lifelong Iowan, has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee since 1981, when he was first sworn into the U.S. Senate." www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/chair
He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
Suddenly republicans have forgotten what the constitution says 🤷🏼 🇺🇸
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 AM
"Senator Chuck Grassley, a lifelong Iowan, has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee since 1981, when he was first sworn into the U.S. Senate." www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/chair
He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
He questioned and voted on every single justice on the U.S. Supreme Court during their confirmation hearings.
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When I was in high school I did a constitutional debate program and witnessed this exchange:
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 AM
When I was in high school I did a constitutional debate program and witnessed this exchange:
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.