New Orleans City Hall reporter for The Times-Picayune/@NOLAnews Bmyers@theadvocate.com
Joined March 2011
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Ben Myers retweeted
“Hold up that f---ing Cubs s---. F--- them,’ Patti Blagojevich allegedly said as her husband, Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, bandied about a scheme to withhold state funds from the Cubs' parent Tribune Company unless the owner agreed to fire certain Chicago Tribune employees.”
cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/11/…
THIS NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED If I WERE GOVERNOR & DALEY WERE MAYOR!!!
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One redeeming quality is that it’s loved by the people who live in it
New Orleans is the most overrated city in the US, including the FQ. Everyone acts like they like crawfish broils, but secretly everyone knows it sucks. Hot as Hell, ghetto, etc. What is the actual redeeming quality about the city?
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Ben Myers retweeted
Apr 23
My dad is 75 and lives in Iowa. He got the MLB Extra Innings package to watch the Tigers again this year - something he plans his whole day around.
Tonight, Detroit (664 miles from his house) hosted Milwaukee (360 miles from his house). Couldn't watch. Blacked out. (1/2)
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Mar 8
Incredible reporting by the team at WSJ. The government is covering up its crackdown on political opposition with bogus charges and claims of assaults. They are defaming hundreds of people and erasing the first amendment
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Ben Myers retweeted
31 Oct 2025
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
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10 Jul 2025
A controversial state law that creates criminal penalties for law enforcement officers who do not cooperate with federal immigration investigations is set to go into effect, putting the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office in a legal quagmire. @veritenewsnola shorturl.at/WTagu
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3 Jul 2025
Fundraising text from the NRCC, selling a new "Alligator Alcatraz" shirt.
"ICE with a bite."
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18 Jun 2025
Physical confrontation, head spinning accusations and all sorts of chaos at East Bank flood authority as bad blood gets worse between Gov. Landry's appointed board president and other members. Wild account by @alexlubben
Be sure to read to the end...
nola.com/news/environment/ne…
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Ben Myers retweeted
19 May 2025
A year after GOP leaders passed a pro-industry package of bills aimed at addressing Louisiana's home insurance crisis, is anything improving?
My story:
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16 May 2025
As @realDonaldTrump pursues a sweeping expansion of ICE's 287(g) program, here's which Louisiana law enforcement agencies are entering partnerships with ICE under the program, or considering doing so. #lalege #lagov
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Ben Myers retweeted
15 May 2025
NEW: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, we made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So @js_kaplan and I got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
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10 May 2025
But everyone has been so happy and delightful today
10 May 2025
With Derek Carr retiring from the NFL, the New Orleans Saints need to call Aaron Rodgers.
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9 May 2025
He's from the far south suburbs. Not sure how anyone mistook him for a Cubs fan.
9 May 2025
Pope Leo XIV at a 2005 White Sox World Series game at U.S. Cellular Field, now Rate Field.
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2 May 2025
Imposing a critical new requirement like REAL ID when govt is incapable of processing it is … is …
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Ben Myers retweeted
24 Apr 2025
Flooding in downtown Lafayette early this morning thanks to 5-8” over a 3-4hr period. Not the start to Festival International we wanted. Video courtesy of Pop’s Poboys. #lawx.
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17 Apr 2025
Cantrell publicly committed Wisner trust funds for this, but the fund is locked up by a court injunction
17 Apr 2025
.@mayorcantrell’s office keeps issuing statements after 9 pm on week nights. This one is about a dispute over New Orleans walk of fame funding with @NOLACityCouncil. Story from @blevimyers nola.com/news/politics/maste…
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15 Apr 2025
What a complete disaster
15 Apr 2025
This is awful, infuriating -- and bad for Houston and Houstonians. It is also *NOT* the fault of the Landing's many dedicated journalists.
The Landing's CEO and board could not have run the newsroom into the ground quicker if they'd tried (see: texasmonthly.com/news-politi…).
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Ben Myers retweeted
10 Apr 2025
1–THREAD: Calvin Alexander thought he had done everything the Louisiana parole board asked of him to earn an early release from prison. He had taken anger management classes, learned a trade and enrolled in drug treatment. @veritenewsnola @propublica
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Ben Myers retweeted
4 Apr 2025
This is a big deal and has far-reaching judicial implications in Louisiana. These lawsuits, often deemed 'legacy lawsuits' here, have become a litmus test for judiciary candidates here who are generally either backed by Carmouche or oil companies.
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