Benjamin Hart

There is never not a major film festival happening.

The People vs. ICE Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.

I wrote about Minneapolis.

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If I've learned one thing covering politics, it's that the Latino vote is a monolith.

I think it's bad that Republicans vote en masse to confirm wildly unqualified clowns who destroy essential government functions from the inside. bsky.app/profile/nyti...

I'm listening...

I'm down to hear about snubs. But surprises? That's a bridge too far.

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Died by Homicide, Autopsy Shows

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Trying to teach myself competitive authoritarianism from YouTube videos. Surprisingly difficult.

This is interesting because it's kind of the exact dynamic of sports media over the last 20 years. A bunch of newer blogger/amateur/enthusiast types are more sensationalist about forecasts and models and the old guard believe it's totally irresponsible.

"Even for Trump, this is unhinged" -- reaction to every public appearance by Trump since 2015

It Will Take Years to Fully Grasp Eric Adams’s Corruption New York has turned the page, but more evidence of the ex-mayor’s venality keeps turning up.

The Adams years at City Hall felt like one rug pull after another. My latest in @nymag.com

I'd like to take a halligan on this whole presidency!
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We need to end the stigma of finding Naomi Osaka irritating.

Will Ferrell as Scott Bessent is such a layup, and SNL can't even get that right.

what I really like about the way he frames this speech is that he doesn't naively describe the old international order as one without inequities or with wholly fair application of the rule of law, but as one where the gains were worth accepting those gaps

The Minneapolis Siege Is Even Worse Than the Videos Show Social-media mainstay Will Stancil has been following ICE around Minneapolis in the aftermath of Renee Good’s killing. This is what he has seen.

Social-media mainstay Will Stancil has been following ICE around Minneapolis in the aftermath of Renee Good’s killing. This is what he has seen.

St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention Nasra Ahmed, 23, said she was taken to the hospital for an MRI with hands and legs shackled

Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...

I'll tell ya one place that already abolished ice: European restaurants!

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

Holy hell, what an obituary

‘The Only Way Out … Is Killing’ War correspondent Scott Anderson thinks the Iranian regime is brutal enough to survive its biggest challenge yet.

Scott Anderson, author of KING OF KINGS and war correspondent, talks to @benjaminhart.bsky.social at @nymag.com @intelligencer.com about the Iranian protests, and the similarities and differences between now and 1979. nymag.com/intelligence...

These people lie like they breathe

Our researchers found at least 450 posts on Telegram dating back to 2020 that shared the song mentioned in this reporting.

Nearly all the posts we found were from explicitly neo-Nazi and white supremacist channels. And a review of our datasets found it hasn't circulated much outside those circles.

I've written hundreds and hundreds of columns, dating back to March 2016, calling Trump a dangerous authoritarian. I don't know how to describe @ryanlcooper.com except as a straight liar.

The stated reason for ICE agents being in Minnesota is because of the ongoing fraud claims around daycare and other services.

The two prosecutors leading those investigations have now resigned in the wake of Renee Good’s shooting. Even the internal supposed logic of this deployment is falling apart

Mallard Fillmore was the voice of a generation. bsky.app/profile/maxr...

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards

Alamo Drafthouse Goes Mobile, Getting Rid of Pen-and-Paper Food Orders to ‘Protect the Moviegoing Experience’ (EXCLUSIVE) Alamo Drafthouse is switching to mobile ordering for food and drinks to "protect the moviegoing experience."

This is an abomination. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.

it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants