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Ken Becker
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Author of The Expat Files: My Life in Journalism

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Latest piece of political fiction.

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COMING SOON
I called my agent in L.A. “Got an idea I want to run by you,” I said.  “I hope it’s not political,” he said. “You gotta stop pitching political mishigas.” “Critics will call it fantasy.” “Fant…
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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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My latest piece of political fiction.
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A Death in Jewtown
The Gulfstream G280 touched down at St. Simons Island Airport in the half-light of dawn. The four passengers walked the few steps from the sleek jet to a bulky black Suburban limousine idling on th…
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November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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My latest piece of political fiction.

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Who’s the boss?
Bradley Whitehead slipped the government-issued Glock into the holster clipped to his belt, shrugged into the jacket of his charcoal-gray suit, tucked his badge and creds in the inside pocket, and …
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October 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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My latest piece of political fiction.

"Welcome to Texas, Maria thought, where kids, pregnant women and immigrants come to die."

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American Exceptionalism
Maria Huerta took her little brother’s hand as they walked along the path leading to their parents’ graves. “Where are we going?” Jamie asked. “I told you, to see mami and papi,” Maria said p…
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October 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social Re Fed lies: Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that DOES NOT border Canada.
October 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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@jimmykimmel.com Fight the bastards.
September 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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What's next? Burning the Reichstag or Kent State?
June 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Latest piece of political fiction.

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Where’s Jesus?
Tuesday SecDef was awakened by a call at 1:34 a.m. “I want the next shipment of animals to go to Devil’s Island,” POTUS said. “Talk to Kristi. Get it done. This week.” “Yes, sir.” “Devil’s Island –…
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May 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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My latest piece of political fiction.

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Lipschitz fights back
He slipped into the building after dark. Still had his key. He walked down the dimly lighted hallway. Noted the door to his former office was no longer defaced with the message Free Palestine. Mayb…
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May 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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“I’m talking about your life. And I can get you out of here before we turn this rather fanciful short story into a tragic novel.”

Latest piece of political fiction.

#Canada-US #tradewar #immigration

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Standoff in The Soo
The rumor spread through Espo’s sports bar. Landed at the regular Friday night table of the River Saints when Tyler returned from the men’s room. “You’re not going to believe this.” “What? You find…
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April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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My latest piece of political fiction.

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The Manchurian Candidate
JD Vance knew he’d have to eat shit when he met with the three wise men at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. It was the spring of 2021. He was a thirty-six-year-old hedge fund hustler who’d ha…
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April 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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@booker.senate.gov Thank you.
April 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Was an old man disappeared to clear the way for a #Trump-Musk real estate deal? #fiction

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‘Make apartheid great again’
I couldn’t find Quincy. Not at his cabin beneath the tall pines. Not at the plantation where he talked to visitors about the history of slavery on the island.  Quincy was the only resident of …
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March 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Started writing this before the Trump-Zelensky horror show in the Oval Office illustrated the theme. #Trump-Putin #fiction

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Leaving America: The Luxembourger’s gambit
On his last night in the United States, Andre Weber had a farewell drink with his favorite American. It was about a ten-minute walk from Andre’s office in the Luxembourg Embassy to the bar off Dupo…
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March 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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@maragay.bsky.social Always moved by your words with @nicollewallace.bsky.social. Thank you for keeping it real.
March 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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@nicollewallace.bsky.social Great show: Off the top with Elizabeth Oyer, flowing through @goangelo.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social and @marcelias.bsky.social, ending with such a sweet moment with @esglaude.bsky.social and @pablo.show. Thanks for keeping it sane for another day.
March 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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“Bernie often wondered what Gotti would have done with the gift of immunity from the Supreme Court.”
#quidproquo #fiction

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Scene of the crime
Lawyer Bernie Silverstein woke up in Mar-a-Lago and had dinner that night at Umberto’s Clam House in New York’s Little Italy, delivering a message from one gangster to another. “This is the deal …”…
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February 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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@repjasmine.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social Jasmine Crockett is a pistol.
February 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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“The United States of America as we know it is over.”

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Agent provocateur
My Nazi cousin Samuel was standing at my front door when I returned home from a walk. “I need to tell you the truth,” he said. “About what?” “About me. About what I’ve done. About what’s happening …
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February 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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@nicollewallace.bsky.social Kudos for your interviews with @libradunn1.bsky.social and Michael Fanone and for being the only one in the media to recognize a president freeing terrorists as the biggest story from the dictator on Day 1 and one of the most significant events in recent U.S. history .
January 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Inauguration Day
Jørgen Berg ran into a roadblock just outside Tombstone. Guy in the middle of the highway stopping traffic. Dressed in camo, holstered pistol on his hip, assault rifle slung over his shoulder.&nbsp…
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January 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM