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Ben Schwartz

@benschwartz.bsky.social
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Writer: 84th Oscars, Letterman, The Nation, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, The Baffler, Air Mail, Emmy nominee, NEH Public Scholar, and author of way too many posts. rep: WME #WGAW letterboxd: boxd.it/1lq09

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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 1h
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 1h
This is it: The smoking gun that FINALLY ties Trump to Epstein.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 2h
me rn, looking over my old posts
the photo shows senator eric schmitt smugly thinking he nailed jack smith over a hawks / hawkeyes mixup
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 1h
This is it: The smoking gun that FINALLY ties Trump to Epstein.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 1h
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 2h
me rn, looking over my old posts
the photo shows senator eric schmitt smugly thinking he nailed jack smith over a hawks / hawkeyes mixup
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 16h
"Well, I'm proud to say that you lot have officially taken second place to the Americans in the Premier League of numpty knobs."
the photo is of gary oldman's iconic slob spy jackson lamb on slow horses.
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merritt @merrittk.com · 13h
i wrote about The Littlest Hobo, which is the 70s Hulk TV show if he was a dog that cared deeply about foiling laser heists 1900hotdog.com/2026/09/lear...
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 15h
deep cuts, always appreciated.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 16h
"Well, I'm proud to say that you lot have officially taken second place to the Americans in the Premier League of numpty knobs."
the photo is of gary oldman's iconic slob spy jackson lamb on slow horses.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 19h
ffs you go on Texas Stripchat Rodeo Girls *once* and you get stuck on lists for the rest of your life:
the image is a james talarico fundraising text
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 17h
Guys, I'm googling "Terrible Aaron Sorkin Freebasing Accident" and not finding anything???
the image is aaron sorkin looking way too sunburned at the premiere of "the social reckoning."
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 17h
First Prince Harry and now this! White people are healing. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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No 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 19h
encouraging -- if only bc i'm hoping we can start a return to normal in this country in two years.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 19h
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 19h
ffs you go on Texas Stripchat Rodeo Girls *once* and you get stuck on lists for the rest of your life:
the image is a james talarico fundraising text
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 20h
The only thing that will surprise me is if it's the last Marvel movie.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this is what she was hired for: gut cbs to make these buyouts work with trump's fcc, then boot her. radaronline.com/p/bari-weiss...
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EXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'
Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
same vibe
the image is wile e. coyote's business card, which reads:  "wile e. coyote GENIUS" and below that "HAVE BRAIN WILL TRAVEL."
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this is what she was hired for: gut cbs to make these buyouts work with trump's fcc, then boot her. radaronline.com/p/bari-weiss...
radaronline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'
Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
CLAYFACE (2026)
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
guys, i needed the money! they didn’t tell me what i was modeling for! newrepublic.com/post/215973/...
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MAGA Furious Over Republican Ad Featuring White Man as Face of Welfare
Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
same vibe
the image is wile e. coyote's business card, which reads:  "wile e. coyote GENIUS" and below that "HAVE BRAIN WILL TRAVEL."
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
guys, i needed the money! they didn’t tell me what i was modeling for! newrepublic.com/post/215973/...
newrepublic.com
MAGA Furious Over Republican Ad Featuring White Man as Face of Welfare
Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jeremy Culhane's Tucker Carlson bit on Weekend Update continues to kill me. I feel like Tucker's taken a way darker, uglier turn than they can get across, but it's there around the edges. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5z...
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Weekend Update: Tucker Carlson Reviews the Summer’s Blockbuster Films - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Jeremy Culhane's Tucker Carlson bit on Weekend Update continues to kill me. I feel like Tucker's taken a way darker, uglier turn than they can get across, but it's there around the edges. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5z...
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Weekend Update: Tucker Carlson Reviews the Summer’s Blockbuster Films - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Javachik @javachik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
LMAOOOOO
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why I Left Epstein Island by Ben Schwartz
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ed sheeran levels of statement-not-a-statement coming out of ireland rn.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ed sheeran levels of statement-not-a-statement coming out of ireland rn.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why I Left Epstein Island by Ben Schwartz
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
jack germond namecheck with a dave berg avi – incredible stuff.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Every three weeks it’s like but white supremacists who mostly care about testosterone and killing minorities were supposed to fix the economy
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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 12/07/2023
austrian policeman: did you get a look at the people who killed your baby, mrs. hitler? mrs. hitler: yes they were all wearing silver time travel suits and saying something about updog austrian policeman: what's updog mrs. hitler (to camera):
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
feminize a band name jethro tulle insane gown posse happy spadays the lulelmonkees womanfred mann nonstop talking heads (amiright fellas!)
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Guys, I did it! I went back in time and killed Baby Hitler!
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Guys, I did it! I went back in time and killed Baby Hitler!
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You can always tell when a Republican gets a new billionaire sponsor who has a single, very, very specific issue they would like the American people to hear about.
The image is a tweet from Sen. Tommy Tuberville that reads:  "Democrats are the party of Radical Islam, illegal aliens, and furry pilots. Lord help us."
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You can always tell when a Republican gets a new billionaire sponsor who has a single, very, very specific issue they would like the American people to hear about.
The image is a tweet from Sen. Tommy Tuberville that reads:  "Democrats are the party of Radical Islam, illegal aliens, and furry pilots. Lord help us."
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the image shows warren beatty as dick tracy in one of his odd appearances with leonard maltin to appear in character as dick tracy to hold onto the franchise.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the image shows warren beatty as dick tracy in one of his odd appearances with leonard maltin to appear in character as dick tracy to hold onto the franchise.
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When you're out of bombs and the bomb guy at the bomb factory tells you they're backordered until first week of November:
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When you're out of bombs and the bomb guy at the bomb factory tells you they're backordered until first week of November:
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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the image is the visionary gang leader from "the warriors."
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
new hero just dropped
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Ben Schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do they think they'll be moving somewhere warmer?
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 25/09/2026
“PUT THAT ICED COFFEE DOWN.”
Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross, yelling about coffee
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