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Benjamin S. Weiss
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Benjamin S. Weiss
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Congress reporter for @CourthouseNews. Prev: @EMPublications. “Mustache” - Sen. Chuck Schumer | Capitol Hill’s motorsport & games journo 🎮 🏎️ DM for Signal
- Santos demurred on questions about former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — though he says the former GOP leader used to call him “sunshine.” He starts to slam Speaker Johnson but doesn’t finish his comments bc he receives in-game Iron Man boots.
- 🚨Gavin Newsom Fortnite Friday megathread: @ConnorEatsPants: if you die i'm gonna ask you harder questions @CAgovernor: *immediately downs* The governor of California has Switch left-side stick drift btw
- The George Santos Fortnite Friday stream ends on a vicroy. The former congressman and Connor spend a few minutes in the lobby arguing about the VP debate, socialism and the lawmaker’s legislative record. That was one way to spend my Friday evening.
- Santos on Fortnite: “This is giving me more anxiety than Congress did.” (he was removed from Congress)Santos demurred on questions about former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — though he says the former GOP leader used to call him “sunshine.” He starts to slam Speaker Johnson but doesn’t finish his comments bc he receives in-game Iron Man boots.
- NEW: Can confirm reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee served Leonard Leo a subpoena Thursday re: the committee’s ongoing Supreme Court ethics inquiry. Comes months after Republicans stormed out of a committee mtg where Dems voted to authorize the action. @CourthouseNews
- On @ConnorEatsPants Fortnite Friday, Gavin Newsom says he is "impressed beyond words" with @hasanthehun & says he would want to go on his stream. "I'm very impressed by a lot of what he's done and said, not everything I agree, but a lot of things."
- Lots of folks in the conservative/rw media sphere have come after Hasan (one of Twitch's most subscribed streamers) in the wake of the Kirk assassination. Now Congress is demanding Twitch CEO testify next month:twitch is not a factor in the tyler robinson investigation at all and yet they want to bring the platform in to the story. there is a sinister reason and i think you all know what it is.
- Replying to @BenjaminSWeiss and @SpeakerJohnsonConnor: "These guys are stream sniping" Newsom: "That ain't right"
- NEW: The former Rep. George Santos caught some Fortnite dubs on Friday with Twitch streamer @ConnorEatsPants - joining a growing list of political figures turning to non-traditional media to build their audience. Big thanks to Connor for chatting w/ me.
- I must inform you that the WH has posted a TikTok using Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” and I’m sure it is going to go over well
00:00 - Replying to @BenjaminSWeiss and @SpeakerJohnsonNewsom says on stream that the last time he spoke with Trump the president polled him on the "Newscum" nickname. "He goes, 'it's pretty good right?'" Newsom says. "This is the president of the United States, he's 79 years old and he's acting like a seven or nine year old."
- Replying to @BenjaminSWeiss and @SpeakerJohnsonNewsom: "I've been criticized for reaching out to the other side ... you gotta meet people where they are." Refers to his debate with FL Gov. Ron DeSantis. Connor: "Oh, you mean Meatball Ron!"
- Replying to @BenjaminSWeiss and @SpeakerJohnsonDropping into Fortnite, Newsom criticizes Dems: "Where the hell is my party again? We're getting crushed on podcasts, we're getting crushed on the cable networks, and we've got to break those silos."
