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Thor Benson

@thor_benson

Writer. Featured in @WIRED, @TheDailyBeast, @TheAtlantic, @RollingStone, @NBCNews and elsewhere. I write about politics, tech and science.

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Trump oversaw a massive amount of drone bombings that killed many civilians. He's not being indicted for that, even if presidents should face consequences for such actions

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Pro-Israel lawmakers in both parties are losing confidence in Netanyahu

House Republican: “It’s really hard to defend Bibi or to justify his political strategy in all of this… There’s real distrust, there’s real questions about his ability to lead.” nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

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Nikki Haley in Keene, NH hit Trump for seemingly confusing her with Nancy Pelosi: 'I’m not saying anything derogatory, but when you’re dealing with the pressures of a presidency, we can’t have someone else that we question whether they’re mentally fit to do this.”

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Trump left office inciting a crowd of white supremacists who then attacked and maimed dozens of police officers who were trying to protect Tim Scott’s life.

Scott is without shame, without honesty, without credibility.

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I've had two sources in the past week say, 'Well, this was depressing' after I interviewed them. Yeah, man, I only write about depressing stuff

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Tim Scott, the GOP's only Black senator, is going to endorse a man who promoted white supremacists at Charlottesville, who referred to African countries as s-hole countries, and who refers to immigrants 'poisoning' our blood.

A reminder that representation only goes so far.

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