Ben Stephens
@stephensben.bsky.social
Brit living in Chicago – professional copywriter, occasional improviser, happily weaning off Tw*tter.
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Just posting this for absolutely no reason.
No new ideas, these guys. None at all.
No new ideas, these guys. None at all.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Just posting this for absolutely no reason.
No new ideas, these guys. None at all.
No new ideas, these guys. None at all.
Hahaha, this fucking zero.
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Hahaha, this fucking zero.
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“Anyone who helps me steal an election gets a pardon” is a hell of a way to go into the midterms and 2028
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November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“Anyone who helps me steal an election gets a pardon” is a hell of a way to go into the midterms and 2028
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
Reading about 1930s Germany it is clear that a large number of the entrenched forces in civic life made this exact mistake – modeling their approach pretty much on the “This is fine” dog.
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Reading about 1930s Germany it is clear that a large number of the entrenched forces in civic life made this exact mistake – modeling their approach pretty much on the “This is fine” dog.
Re-upping this for reasons.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Re-upping this for reasons.
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[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
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the bbc should be forced to replay the whole day’s coverage of january 6th in full every january 6th, exactly as it was broadcast at the time, so no-one can accuse them of misleadingly editing it
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
the bbc should be forced to replay the whole day’s coverage of january 6th in full every january 6th, exactly as it was broadcast at the time, so no-one can accuse them of misleadingly editing it
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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A promised vote on the ACA? See, they can’t include the ACA without having to bring the House back into session - and they’d have to swear in Grijalva. That’s what this is all about. Protecting the Epstein files.
Paywalled...here's the full text such as it is for now.
We'll see if Axios is full of shit again or not.
We'll see if Axios is full of shit again or not.
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A promised vote on the ACA? See, they can’t include the ACA without having to bring the House back into session - and they’d have to swear in Grijalva. That’s what this is all about. Protecting the Epstein files.
Does any other country have anything like the filibuster?
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Does any other country have anything like the filibuster?
🎶”I could have DAAAAAANCED all night….” 🎶
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🎶”I could have DAAAAAANCED all night….” 🎶
Giving the bully your lunch money is a guaranteed way to make sure he is perfectly satisfied and will never extort from anyone again.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Giving the bully your lunch money is a guaranteed way to make sure he is perfectly satisfied and will never extort from anyone again.
Not sure I have ever fought for anything as hard in my life as Trump is fighting not to feed hungry Americans.
JUST IN: Trump administration files emergency stay motion at 1st Circuit, seeking to block judge's order to pay full SNAP benefits for November. DOJ says the ruling 'makes a mockery of the separation of powers.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
SNAPStayMotCA1110725.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Not sure I have ever fought for anything as hard in my life as Trump is fighting not to feed hungry Americans.
Where my MAGA Christians at?
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Where my MAGA Christians at?
You’re celebrating??
ANY ONE of us could have a sandwich thrown at us next, and you’re CELEBRATING??
ANY ONE of us could have a sandwich thrown at us next, and you’re CELEBRATING??
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
You’re celebrating??
ANY ONE of us could have a sandwich thrown at us next, and you’re CELEBRATING??
ANY ONE of us could have a sandwich thrown at us next, and you’re CELEBRATING??
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
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The three types of ‘50s pop songs were come on everybody let’s do the snap pea, if you ever kissed me I would turn into some goo, and hey hey beautiful child I would never take you over state lines
July 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The three types of ‘50s pop songs were come on everybody let’s do the snap pea, if you ever kissed me I would turn into some goo, and hey hey beautiful child I would never take you over state lines
Leftist tax policy: “Hey if everyone contributes a few bricks then together we can build things that benefit all of us, that none of us could have built on our own.”
Right/MAGA tax policy: “Here you go, here is your very own God-given brick. Do whatever you want with it, and enjoy your freedom!”
Right/MAGA tax policy: “Here you go, here is your very own God-given brick. Do whatever you want with it, and enjoy your freedom!”
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Leftist tax policy: “Hey if everyone contributes a few bricks then together we can build things that benefit all of us, that none of us could have built on our own.”
Right/MAGA tax policy: “Here you go, here is your very own God-given brick. Do whatever you want with it, and enjoy your freedom!”
Right/MAGA tax policy: “Here you go, here is your very own God-given brick. Do whatever you want with it, and enjoy your freedom!”
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
Ok so did Republicans win *anything*?
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ok so did Republicans win *anything*?
Hahahaha. <chef’s kiss>
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hahahaha. <chef’s kiss>