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Benjamin Wren
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From the margins, with a pen.

https://benjaminwren.substack.com
What makes me sad is the realization that you could go out and never come home because of the federal government.

It is a tough time to be an American.
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I’m watching Pence say that the woman who was killed was harassing ice officers. I mean, I saw her wave the ICE officers past.

Fuck Pence.
January 8, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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ICE can't seem to stop shooting people.
January 8, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Watching Kristi Noem speak did not settle the situation. If anything, she is purposely inflaming it.
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Renee Nicole Good.

Remember her name.
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
CNN has pretty inappropriate coverage allowing Scott Jennings to inflame the situation.
January 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Stephen Miller speaks like he’s participating in a poorly run high school debate.

Of course, the United States is currently being governed like a creepy high school clique.

In that sense, his speaking style feels appropriate.
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 AM
My wife ordered a delivery of flu tests and pregnancy tests.

The driver was probably like, “they puking over there, they just don’t know why.”
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM
It’s sounding like this might have been about the oil…

#TrumpSpeech
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Watching Bugonia as my last film of the year leading up to midnight might not have been the best uplifting decision of the year, but so it goes…
January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I keep on trying to figure out if the story on the Trump Class battleship is real because the picture being used of the battleship looks like something I would’ve played on my PC in the 90s.
December 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Someone should leak that cbs CECOT story on YouTube. Jus saying.
December 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I just published my first short-form fictional piece on Substack. Please check it out if you have a chance!
Beyond the Treeline
(short-form fiction)
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My toddler has a book she recites to me every time she has to go number 2. It’s called, “Let’s Get This Potty Started”

She has it memorized, but pretends like she is reading it to me.

Who knew pooping could be so adorable.
December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’m working on a long form piece for my Substack, but in the meantime I am composing a short form, flash fiction post.

Hopefully I’ll have it done by this evening.
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I’ve spent the day writing in my journal while lying in bed with my toddler, with a giant projector screen looping animated classics in front of us.

Taking time off work for the little things is wonderful.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM