Ben Smith
Contact this reporter at ben@buzzfeed.com
Primaries Are Where Politics Happens Today, And That's Why The Amazon Deal Died
The old cliché is all politics is local. Today, our most meaningful politics happens during the primaries — and that's what doomed Amazon in New York.
Ben Smith
• One month ago
If Howard Schultz Wants To Run For President, He Should Run Against Donald Trump
Mark Cuban isn’t ruling it out.
Ben Smith
• One month ago
Don’t Blame Millennials For All The Emotional Support Animals, Delta’s CEO Said
The situation is “out of control” — but not because of millennials, Ed Bastian told BuzzFeed News.
Ben Smith
• 2 months ago
George Herbert Walker Bush Was Every Democrat’s Favorite Republican
He never changed. His party did.
Ben Smith
• 3 months ago
The Biggest Democratic Stars Of The Midterms Lost. Here’s Who You Should Know About Now.
There's a new, wildly diverse, and largely female Democratic group joining the House of Representatives.
Nidhi Prakash
• 4 months ago
Barack Obama Is Back On The Campaign Trail And Back In A Box
“That is not how America works. That is how some tin-pot dictatorship works."
Ben Smith
• 4 months ago
Donald Trump Will Dominate The Democratic Primary. Elizabeth Warren Just Showed Him How.
Will the media go along? Will we have a choice?
Ben Smith
• 5 months ago
Can Mike Bloomberg Make America Boring Again?
Being dull could be the way to the presidency in 2020. And the former New York City mayor wouldn't be the only one to try.
Ben Smith
• 5 months ago
Democrats Don’t Want A Leader Like Andrew Cuomo — Do They?
"The only Democrat who's unscrupulous enough to out-Trump Trump.”
Ben Smith
• 6 months ago
I Helped Create Insider Political Journalism. Now It's Time For It To Go Away.
RIP sports metaphors.
Ben Smith
• 6 months ago
These Tipping Activists Deny Being Funded By The Restaurant Lobby
Restaurant Workers of America has fought hard against raising salaries for tipped workers and has gotten advice from a powerful DC strategist.
Claudia Koerner
• 8 months ago
Progressives Have Won The Narrative. Will They Start Winning Some Primaries Tuesday?
Money and the machine aren’t the only ingredients in politics.
Ben Smith
• 8 months ago
Elon Musk Is No Donald Trump
When it comes to media criticism, comparing Elon Musk to Donald Trump is very unfair — to Trump.
Ben Smith
• 9 months ago
Facebook Has Begun To Rank News Organizations By Trust, Zuckerberg Says
A responsibility "to find common ground."
Ben Smith
• 10 months ago
Macron Says Trump Will Likely Kill The Iran Deal
The US flip-flops on treaties are “insane,” the French president said.
Ben Smith
• 10 months ago
Ben Smith
• 10 months ago
What Comes After The Social Media Empires
“Maybe we’ve reached the point where it’s not even possible to have Facebook in common.”
Ben Smith
• 11 months ago
This Is What It Was Like Learning To Report Before Fake News Was The Biggest Problem In The World
As a young reporter in Eastern Europe in 2001, I expected to witness the “end of history” and the flowering of democracy. That was just one of the mistakes I made.
Ben Smith
• 11 months ago
Trump Brings "Christmas For Neocons"
Welcome to the Donald Rumsfeld–Liz Cheney restoration.
Henry J. Gomez
• 11 months ago