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Ben Smith
@semaforben
Editor-in-chief of @semafor. Former @nytimes media columnist, @buzzfeednews EIC. "Traffic." [email protected], Signal semaforben.90
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    Ben Smith
    @semaforben
    Jul 31
    Amusingly orthogonal to many of the debates on this site that *DSA* is moving to the center to adopt more electable positions @daveweigel
    Democratic socialists rework platform as they step into spotlight
    From semafor.com
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    Ben Smith
    @semaforben
    Jul 31
    A huge talent
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    Ben Mullin
    @BenMullin
    Jul 31
    news: "60 Minutes" has hired Tanya Lukyanova, a video journalist at The Free Press, to be an associate producer, per source familiar. Before Tanya joined The Free Press, she worked for Bloomberg, Semafor and the Wall Street Journal.
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    Ben Smith
    @semaforben
    Jul 30
    Read @burgessev on the shifting sands in the US Senate
    Trump’s rift with Thune drives a wedge into the Republican Party
    From semafor.com
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    Ben Smith
    @semaforben
    Jul 29
    Nice @MattMartin128 @LMorganbesser scoop: Saudi defense minister in town pushing to close the F-35 deal before the midterms
    Exclusive: Saudi defense minister visits Washington to lobby for F-35s
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    Ben Smith
    @semaforben
    Jul 29
    Mamdani keeps stepping on rakes in a way that has to worry his supporters. The Mamdani controversies (this list of homeowners, excluding Jewish lawyers from a list) weren't fights he was looking to pick. City Hall is missing some normal, hacky political radar to flag what's
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    Elizabeth Kim
    @lizkimtweets
    Jul 29
    The list included > 900k properties and “was so broad it included the Flushing, Queens, home of Richard Lee, Mamdani’s finance commissioner, whose agency put out the list. A rowhouse former Mayor Bill de Blasio owns in Park Slope also made the list.” thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/28/mam…
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