Ben Kawaller
@benkawaller
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Kochleffel. @thefp & elsewhere. (It means meddlesome troublemaker.)
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My first flop! Thank you to all who made this possible
Freedom? Democracy? The Democratic Socialists of America sounded okay to
@BenKawaller
, so he went to Chicago to cover their convention. Unfortunately, they kicked him out—but some optimistic capitalists took him in.
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“Do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation or get severely ill even if they disagree with you?” So like, is it possible that they could get just a simple glass of water? With three lemons? And a Caesar salad with dressing on the side? Thankssomuch!
—
@SnoozyWeiss
A Tale of Two Columbias: “Half these kids don’t even know what they’re protesting for.”
@SnoozyWeiss
and
@FrancescaABlock
report—with an assist from student journalists
@JessicaSchwalb7
and
@jonasydu
—after NYPD cops in riot gear descend on campus.
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Thank you Stuttgart for having me! Another great time in America for The Free Press 🥳
We sent
@benkawaller
to Stuttgart, Arkansas, for a duck calling competition at Stuttgart Duck Festival, where he waded into the hunting life and learned that guns can be used to procure food. Who knew?
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Spoke to some more revolutionaries last week...
“No one said decolonization would be easy, but what’s the alternative, trying to live in peace?”
Poster child for the Ashkenazim
@BenKawaller
attends his first Free Palestine protest.
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Had a great time covering this
@espn
#collegefootballplayoff
party for
@LAmag
and talking with
@TimTebow
&
@GregMcElroy
(&
@MikePosner
@sedonaprince_
@KevinNegandhi
@MollyAMcGrath
&
@harrylylesjr
—full vid at )
#partyattheplayoffs
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Thank you,
@AnnCoulter
, for sharing your insights after The Free Press immigration debate on Thursday 🙏
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My latest! Thank you, Free Press!
Can a boring old “G” still hang with the LBTQIAs?
@BenKawaller
spent the afternoon at L.A. Pride, where ten-year-old nonbinary pansexuals and queer teens with pronouns made him feel 90.
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The latest 🙂
Ben Kawaller's Global Day of Jihad
@benkawaller
visits UCLA to find out what America's students think of the war in Israel.
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My favorite moment from the debut episode of my new
@thefp
series,
#BenMeetsAmerica
. Watch the whole thing here:
“I hope to find out what real Americans actually think. And, as I have always thought of myself as a healer of nations, I hope to help bridge some of our supposed divides—or at least not make things any worse.”
@benkawaller
Watch “Ben Meets America!” here:
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Only a handful of masterly one-liners from
@annakhachiyan
on Wednesday night's Free Press debate 🙌🙌🙌
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@donaldrosner
@oliviabradley88
Shame on you for humiliating this troubled guy like this. Next time you behave unattractively think about what it would be like to have that broadcast to the world.
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Thank you Free Press for having me run my mouth on your pages!
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@HJoyceGender
@oscillatingwild
That doesn't seem like a good-faith reading of their argument. Straight people aren't granted women under the current policy; they're granted money (i.e., payment) for fertilization. Whether or not they have a moral case, this isn't a fair way to frame it.
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Thank you as always,
@TheFP
, and everyone in this vid who tolerated me!
Brooklynite
@BenKawaller
dives headfirst into pigs, presidential candidates, and the great political divide at America’s annual country circus: the Iowa State Fair.
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@Jezebel
To the writer who wrote this: I hope one day you find a gig at a less toxic publication. You did, however, nail the Jezebel brand—catty, mean, and utterly witless.
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I was delighted to attend—well, to lurk outside of—the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for
@TheFP
. Here is the latest episode of Ben Meets America!
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Covered
#MrLeather2020
at
#EagleLA
for
@LAmag
! Thank you
@LALthrCoalition
,
@adamrussoxxx
, et al. for indulging nerdy ole me:
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My rodeo video for
@TheFP
is un-paywalled! Thank you
@WildBillsDallas
for your time...and patience. Giddy-up:
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I've written a modest proposal for
@sapinker
and others of his ilk...
"Their respect for authority alone is intoxicating."
@benkawaller
has an idea for embattled Ivy League professors: “Why not trade the anxious, rebellious spawn of Democrats for the sunny, docile children of Republicans?”
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This is absolutely brilliant
Actor Not Sure if He's Supposed to Support Israel or Palestine
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Hey Dallas! Come to our next live event on April 11, where
@nickgillespie
,
@AnnCoulter
,
@cenkuygur
, and
@SohrabAhmari
will solve the border crisis. And where, more importantly, you might get yourself interviewed by yours truly 🤓
Tix here:
There are only a few days left to get your tickets for our LIVE DEBATE on immigration!
April 11 at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas.
Get tickets here:
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@kerrytoney1
@HookedOnHolz
@ConorLeoUK
@wayotworld
@TheRealKatster
@calvinrobinson
@DavidLammy
What does this make...every non-indigenous person in America?
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@CaitlinPacific
@conor64
I think a part of the problem is that news outlets pick up these very clickable stories that get us all riled up. These are 400 idiots, but there are always going to be dumb people. It would be nice if the media weren’t incentivized to give them attention.
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My latest. My best.
WATCH: ‘This Is My First Rodeo,’ with California native
@BenKawaller
.
In Arlington, Texas, our correspondent mingled with cowboys and witnessed his first Red State land acknowledgment.
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@faintghostglow
Ostensibly bc I was "pushing back" against what people were telling me, and this was "not journalism." My sense was that some people were upset a news outlet they did not view as sufficiently sympathetic to socialism had been granted access.
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@AnnaDubenko
...and I just read this tweet and learned that the punchline to “why did the chicken cross the road” is really morbid. 🤯
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Genius
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@MeghanEMurphy
I am very curious what you make of gay prostitutes/porn stars, etc. If you take the misogyny away, are you okay with that stuff? And if not, what would give anyone the right to tell such people not to do what they want with their own bodies?
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This is so good!!
The FP is thrilled to announce The Front Page, your first-up, first-read news digest. A portal into the world of what we’ve published that day—and the world at large.
Delivered to your inbox every morning, Monday to Thursday. Written by people you trust. Read the first edition…
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Good teachers make good people
This is utterly brilliant. A student accuses
@jk_rowling
of being transphobic. This teacher skilfully dissects the claim and challenges it by asking questions.
He teaches not what to think, but how to think critically.
Watch until the end.
You see the epiphany in real-time.
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@jmasseypoet
@clairlemon
@ConceptualJames
You're both right. But the article is mainly irritating because it suggests that "jogging" excludes black people, while giving no examples of any joggers actually excluding black people—it just suggests that people tend to see jogging as "white."
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This is incredible
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@finaldraftinc
when can we expect final draft to be compatible with the latest Mac OS? This isn't a beta version; it should work.
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@ViralNewsNYC
This is a horrible thing to disseminate. No crime or actual offense here, just someone having an embarrassing freak out.
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Fun times 🙂
.
@benkawaller
ran into UFC fighter
@chuckliddell
at
@snoopdogg
’s Funko opening and grilled him on his fanny pack. He emerged uninjured.
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Good people
So
@bariweiss
and I disagree about Liz Magill's resignation from
@Penn
and, to Bari's credit,
@TheFP
published both takes.
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Turns out I love being single in LA. As long as there's a camera on me.
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Thank you
@Cybersocket
@DJChiChiLaRue
@mrPam
@SisterRoma
@FTwinks
@The_LoganMoore
@M_DelRay
@RickyRoman91
@DakotaPayneXXX
@devinfrancoxxx
@CalvinBanksxxx
@adamramzixxx
@DPWelles
@JamesDeen
@PlayboyPlus
@RemyCruze
@NicSaharaXXX
for probably my favorite vid:
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i just watched
#Sickhouse
on
@Fullscreen
. It's an ingenious 68-min horror film made on snapchat (i know). it's shockingly good. get the app.
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I'm no Trump fan, but I think the President should at least have the mental acuity to commit a felony
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Thrilled to interview some
@RuPaulsDragRace
queens for
@LAmag
last week at this benefit event for the
@LALGBTCenter
. Thank you
@DeJaSkye
,
@LadyCamden
,
@kerricolby
, &
@jasminekennedie
for your Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent!
#DragRaceFYCMural
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These lawyers did comedy and it worked!
COMEDY VIDEO: With a new season of
@NFL
football starting tonight, are sports really the place for activism? Well, it depends on if the announcers agree with the activism.😅
Thankfully, when it comes to free speech, FIRE is all in.
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I am the most popular thing on the Advocate! More popular than evil Christians AND beautiful teenagers!
#gaypride
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I've never seen a piece make such a good argument against its own point of view
This is absolutely wild. The masks are FULLY off now.
"We must be prepared to defend the idea that, in principle, everyone should have access to sex-changing medical care, regardless of age, gender identity, social environment, or psychiatric history."
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You guys!! ☺️☺️☺️
@benkawaller
You look dodgy as fuck, no way you should be allowed to be that close to young female students undr any circumstances. legit sex offender vibes. hopefully you will be dealt with soon.
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Thank you
@wtchippendales
for a magical night!
If you haven't heard, there's a new series on
@hulu
#WelcometoChippendales
that's based on the history behind the iconic male strip club.
Beginning on Nov. 17, they took over Rocco's in West Hollywood to produce The Welcome to Chippendales Experience
cc:
@benkawaller
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@sullyhasthots
@robbie_couch
@mc_hoots
He is the gorgeous charismatic heterosexual leader America needs. Ossoff 2028!
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This one was real fun 💃
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Holy smokes this guy is good
I don’t know who this man is but protect him at all costs!! He finally broke it down. So much she had no come back! See the God yall worshipping is yourself and your opinions!! I love how he use the word, the one she claims to know in his argument! Sadly they still won’t get it.…
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This was so fun—and has gone mini-viral! Thank you
@wtchippendales
and
@LAmag
for sending me to cover their event! Full video at
#welcometochippendales
#hulu
#weho
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Very cool to be included in this roundup. Thank you,
@fairforall_org
!
NEW EPISODE:
@Monica_Y_Harris
on the Unjust Firing of Ontario Librarian Who Challenged DEI Orthodoxy; Queens College calls cops over Muslim student group’s Instagram posts
@StrangelEdweird
@TheFIREorg
; It’s Harder to Hate the Other Side When You Come Face to Face
@benkawaller
…
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I covered a West Hollywood City Council meeting and here is what happened there
WATCH: California “Progressives” Try to Cancel Affordable Housing
This week,
@BenKawaller
heads to his local city council meeting in West Hollywood, as his supposedly progressive neighbors fight to keep poor people out of their community.
Read more:
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It means he is 80
Biden is now America's first octogenarian president. Here's what that means
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@atrupar
@JerylBier
Some humility here, please. It would be honorable for you to apologize for the misleading way you presented this.
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Here's some footage from a horrible afternoon at UCLA
Before all hell broke loose last night,
@BenKawaller
went to UCLA’s campus to give anti-Israel demonstrators the opportunity to state—in their own words—their perspective on the conflict and their demands for administrators.
Get more from Ben here:
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What he said
A few words about the protests/encampments at Columbia:
Back in December 2018, when I was a junior, a white student named Julian Von Abele was filmed going on an ethno-centric rant about how much he loved white people. He said things like: “White people are the best thing that…
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@PresidentJesus3
@BigDemSoc
@cujoe735
@billmaher
@BarackObama
You guys are right intellectually, but that’s not his point. It is not about policy, it’s about emotion. Healthcare is what is on the line here; we have to stop annoying people.
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@healthvermont
@Nancy49150090
These disparities are rooted in economic inequality. If you want to benefit the people most at risk, open this up to people living below a certain income level. You will disproportionately help minority communities, and you won’t stoke racial resentment.
@SenSanders
am I right?
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@Approximation_1
@RalfThePowerful
@jbarro
He's arguing that this damages gays as a political class, and he is a gay, so
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Please some queen at
@netflix
or
@hulu
or
@StreamOnMax
serve your people and the world and
#SaveSchmigadoon
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@johndavidrussel
@sullydish
@depthgrammar
Not that Ann Coulter lying would shock me, but the report says there was 11ng/mL in his blood, not that he ingested 11ng.
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@stormrobinson
I'm as irritated by queer idiocy as the next homo but it seems like a needlessly unkind way to ask "Are you negative?" or "What's your status?" Is it so hard to see why being called unclean would be hurtful to someone with HIV?
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@bendreyfuss
You can’t tweet these things without at least one AA member salivating at the chance to bring you to a (virtual) meeting and help change your life. DM me, a person you don’t know but who’s been sober three years (as an atheist, no less!) if you ever want to talk.
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My dad,
@IraKawaller
, on a better way to think about people's politics re Israel. Not whether they are pro-Israel or pro-Palestine, but whether or not they are pro–2-state solution.
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This was so satisfying
"Islamophobia, sadly, is everywhere. But it wasn’t in that art history classroom at Hamline University."
My commentary on the firing of a professor who showed students a painting of Prophet Muhammad.
"Give that adjunct professor her job back, please."
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Thank you
@theuniteapp
and
@WestwindRecover
for having me and to everyone who endured my interrogations!
Reporter
@benkawaller
heads to West Hollywood for the launch of a wellness app and speaks with Angelenos about what keeps them together
🔗:
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@thenation
Does
@ElieNYC
actually think this is true? Is anyone over there fact-checking? There's a POV here that deserves basic accuracy.
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