Why Subscribe to The Transom?
The Transom is a newsletter offering insight and analysis of the most important stories in news, politics, culture, and foreign policy, written and edited by me, Ben Domenech.
This newsletter started back in 2011 as a way to do radio and TV show prep for the day. It features a roundup of opinion, international and political news, and cultural content of interest from around the web.
A little about me: I am the Opinion Editor of The Daily Wire and a Fox News Contributor.
Most of my career has been in conservative media and public policy. Most recently I was Editor at Large of The Spectator, where I became the first magazine writer to interview President Trump after his re-election. I co-founded The Federalist and served as its publisher for a decade. In 2004 I co-founded the conservative group blog Redstate. I dropped out of college to work in the George W. Bush White House, then as a speechwriter for HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and Senator John Cornyn of Texas. After leaving Capitol Hill, I was a Fellow at The Manhattan Institute and Senior Fellow at The Heartland Institute. I’ve been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, National Review, Commentary, Reason, The New York Post, and many other places.
A few more things: I did the first magazine interview with Donald Trump after his re-election — it was more than an hour long. I give a lot of speeches — for speaking inquiries, please reach out via the folks at United Talent. I am undefeated in Intelligence Squared debates. And according to Grok, I am the only person to beat the federal government in a case over a tweet. It was unanimous.
I Was Sued Over A Joke Tweet And I Won
Longtime readers will be familiar with the fact that I have, since 2019, been sued by the National Labor Relations Board, at the behest of leftists Matt Bruenig and subsequently Joel Fleming, over a joke I made on Twitter:
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Ben
