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Ben Terris

@bterris

Political feature writer for the Washington Post Style section. Author of THE BIG BREAK.

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linkhttps://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ben-terris/the-big-break/9781538708057/?lens=twelve calendar_today12-11-2008 15:09:54

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Drew Harwell(@drewharwell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Salmon-eating beta male Ben Terris profiles the only-slightly-satirical MAGA alpha male Nick Adams, who lives alone in a big man cave and tweets advice about marriage and child-rearing to his army of Nads washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

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Richard V. Reeves(@RichardvReeves) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thoughtful essay on the “Alpha King” Nick Adams; my contribution included the point that the failure of the political left to acknowledge the real problems of boys & men creates a dangerous vacuum that reactionaries are happy to fill:

Thoughtful essay on the “Alpha King” Nick Adams; my contribution included the point that the failure of the political left to acknowledge the real problems of boys & men creates a dangerous vacuum that reactionaries are happy to fill:
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Dan Zak(@MrDanZak) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Fierro family has soldiered thru two major forms of modern American violence: the 'war on terror' abroad, & the 'war' erupting all around us here, with mass shootings.

Rich Fierro could at least come home from the first war. As for the second... wapo.st/49S4nFh

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Ben Terris(@bterris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please take some time and read this absolutely remarkable story from Dan Zak.

“Having a hero helps ease the badness. But being a hero is its own burden.”

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Benjy Sarlin(@BenjySarlin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great Kadia Goba piece on how once-rare Congressional resolutions now let anyone force floor votes — which they are doing constantly. Will rules change in response?

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Drew Harwell(@drewharwell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New on bin Laden letter:

* 274 TikTok videos with 1.8M views on Tues/Weds. ( gets 252M a day.) Not viral, marginal, until ...
* X thread, now with 30M views, helped it blow up
* Guardian backfired; terrorist rant became 'forbidden knowledge'

washingtonpost.com/style/2023/11/…

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Ben Terris(@bterris) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is very cool. The Big Break was included on this Washington Post list of best nonfiction books and I didn’t even have to threaten to quit to get it there!

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Andy Kroll(@AndyKroll) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Uh, has the Biden campaign not read any of Jonathan Swan's or Maggie Haberman's or Charlie Savage's recent stories? The NYT's reporting on Trump '25 is some of the best political journalism right now.

Bitch about polling coverage, but at least do it in a remotely credible way.

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Holly Bailey(@hollybdc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Gift link here -- with details what Chesebro, Ellis, Hall and Powell told Georgia prosecutors wapo.st/47qDM04

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Ruby Cramer(@rubycramer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Loving books was not enough. A Florida librarian wanted to encourage students’ reading, not police it. So she quit. The Washington Post

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