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Ben Smith

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Editor-in-Chief at Semafor

Podcast Co-Host at Mixed Signals

Editor-in-chief of @semafor. Former @nytimes media columnist, @buzzfeednews EIC. "Traffic." [email protected], Signal semaforben.90

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Ben Smith
Ben Smith @semaforben
17 Jun 25

RT @JosieStratman: Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at immigration court just now. Video from his office: https://t.co/zY4hxS32El

Ben Smith
Ben Smith @semaforben
17 Jun 25

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Carol Leonnig
Carol Leonnig @CarolLeonnig

A Scoop: Trump officials reverse course -- now telling agents to keep raiding farms & hotels for immigrants. ICE is told White House wants higher numbers W ⁦@natalie_allison⁩ ⁦@marianne_levine⁩ ⁦@LaurenKGurley⁩ https://t.co/Qd8nVwGt5J

Ben Smith
Ben Smith @semaforben
17 Jun 25

RT @Eleanor_Mueller: “I wanted him to hear from me directly about how painful that was, and how brutal it was, to see that on what was just…