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BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief. Beats working for a living. Email or gchat ben@buzzfeed.com. AIM benobserver. PGP: 3DB3 BF94 407C 26D0 789E D5F4 E71F F1F5 D826 3929

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    4 hours ago

    Although can be an insufferable buzzfeed shitlib at times, he has the best live streams of protests and stuff, and is an essential follow for people who want to know what's happening on the ground. No idea why more people don't follow him.

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    4 hours ago

    People seem to be forgetting the amazing vine of Roseanne Barr telling some parrots "Bush did 9/11"

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    We're gonna make this happen.
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    6 hours ago

    Anyway, thanks to , go read for yourself about why people's Global Entry was revoked here:

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    5 hours ago

    I was going through the Global Entry revocations out of this CBP dump, but here is the big news I've reported so far from it, so read this, too! —>

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    5 hours ago

    This list of Global Entry denials is, in part, a compilation of very short stories. via

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    21 hours ago

    ‘Facebook Employees in an Uproar Over Executive’s Leaked Memo’ (obtained by )

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    Mar 30

    Everybody calm down, you are still going to hell via

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    11 hours ago

    A woman who went viral for being assaulted during a protest against sexual assault is now facing arrest. spoke to her:

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    9 hours ago

    lol holy crap

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    A chorus of local news reporters reading, word-for-word, from the same Sinclair script to attack the media and defend the President. This is not what an independent media looks like.
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    9 hours ago

    Chick-fil-A is on track to become the US's third-largest fast food restaurant — behind McDonald’s and Starbucks — in the next few years

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    9 hours ago

    She became the face of police violence in India after she was photographed being assaulted. Now she might be arrested for it.

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    10 hours ago

    Really dating self with unironic “Moonbeam” ref

    Governor Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown pardoned 5 criminal illegal aliens whose crimes include (1) Kidnapping and Robbery (2) Badly beating wife and threatening a crime with intent to terrorize (3) Dealing drugs. Is this really what the great people of California want?
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    Mar 29

    VIDEO OF THE YEAR: Sens. Leroy Comrie, Jamaal Bailey and Roxanne Persaud made a rap called “Budget Time”

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    23 hours ago

    IT IS HAPPENING

    Schools of up to 1,400 sharks are gathering off the coast from Long Island to Canada
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    Mar 30

    the EPA ethics lawyer who said that Pruitt's arrangement was OK now says she didn't know the full details. "So much drama" she says! via

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    Mar 30

    NY state has passed a law closing the loophole that allowed cops to claim that sex with someone in custody was consensual:

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    Mar 30

    As the battle for the WH comms director job continues, a source close to the admin texts: "It's like fighting over a ticket for a ride on a rocket ship that's due to fly into the surface of the sun."

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    24 hours ago

    This thread is why Twitter can be good.

    honestly john cusack is the love of my life but if he keeps using hyphens as em dashes i'll be forced to move on
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    23 hours ago

    From : A Judge Just Ruled That The Trump Administration Cannot Block Undocumented Pregnant Teens From Getting Abortions

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    23 hours ago

    It’s been a busy week at and I’m proud to work here with some incredible people. More to come.

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