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Seth Maxon

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Editor/journalist most recently at @voxdotcom. Edited politics and sports at @slate for a long time. Friend of https://teapaw.org/t.co/eXwtL326vn. @methsaxon.bsky.social.

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Joined August 2012
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In Israel as in literally everywhere else ever how many times are we going to watch this movie: You can have liberal democracy for all, or you can't have liberal democracy.
Noa Landau נעה לנדאו (@noa_landau) profile pictureNoa Landau נעה לנדאו@noa_landauOct 28
Ignoring the Historic Arab Turnout Is a Self-Inflicted Wound for Israel's Liberal Bloc. My take tonight haaretz.com/000001a1-7fbb-d9…
Ignoring the Arab vote is a self-inflicted wound for Israel's liberal bloc

Ignoring the Arab vote is a self-inflicted wound for Israel's liberal bloc

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Josh Keating@joshuakeatingOct 5
Hey, I'm on Substack! If you enjoy my work, please subscribe and share with the link below. The first installment features an unrecognized country turning the Mideast's crisis into opportunity and an alarming new warning about military AI. Link below
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This is heart of the bill and you can only miss it if you don't want to see it
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Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) profile pictureAlex Kirshner@alex_kirshnerOct 2
The Protect College Sports Act got 77 votes in the Senate. Who does it protect, though? You wouldn't know if you watched Ted Cruz's unchallenged appearance on College GameDay. @Slate: slate.com/culture/2026/10/co…
Ted Cruz Wants It. Matthew McConaughey Wants It. It’s Downright Evil.

Ted Cruz Wants It. Matthew McConaughey Wants It. It’s Downright Evil.

Donald Trump is eager to sign the bill. Democrats shouldn't let it get there.

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Josh is, and has been for years, one of the sharpest observers of foreign policy/affairs out there
Josh Keating (@joshuakeating) profile pictureJosh Keating@joshuakeatingAug 20
Sad to say that my position as World correspondent at Vox was eliminated as part of today’s restructuring. It was a great job and I’ll miss my colleagues there.
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This would be true if the purpose of reading was purely utilitarian. No one is looking at maps for anything other than information; people read for a wide variety of purposes, many of which are contingent on the idea that original thought is involved.
Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) profile pictureJoe Weisenthal
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Unfortunately, I think that in the near future, not using LLMs to write for you will be like someone refusing to use Google Maps for directions in a new city. A bizarre idiosyncratic choice that's just completely incomprehensible to the vast majority of people.
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“[Trump] may actually be gearing the US up for a version of Israel’s ‘mowing the grass’ strategy: periodic military interventions to keep its enemies off balance, with no real end in sight.” vox.com/politics/491939/iran…
The Iran war’s end is being greatly exaggerated

The Iran war’s end is being greatly exaggerated

There are many questions unresolved in the latest ceasefire deal and many ways the conflict could begin again.

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Josh Keating (@joshuakeating) profile pictureJosh Keating@joshuakeatingJun 15
Replying to @joshuakeating
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The Iran war’s end is being greatly exaggerated

The Iran war’s end is being greatly exaggerated

There are many questions unresolved in the latest ceasefire deal and many ways the conflict could begin again.

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My latest for @voxdotcom looks at how the Iran war could create political instability in countries that are completely uninvolved in the war vox.com/politics/491389/food…
How the Iran war could drive conflicts in countries thousands of miles away

How the Iran war could drive conflicts in countries thousands of miles away

Fuel and food prices are rising. Mass protests could follow.

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I wrote about @NickKristof’s piece on the systematic sexual abuse and torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, and why the accounts he describes are not “blood libel” and should not be dismissed: bostonglobe.com/2026/05/22/o…
Don’t dismiss Nicholas Kristof’s reporting on Israeli prisons - The Boston Globe

Don’t dismiss Nicholas Kristof’s reporting on Israeli prisons - The Boston Globe

Israel is threatening to sue The New York Times for an article exposing the sexual abuse and torture of Palestinians. But the new allegations fit a long, disturbing pattern.

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Have tweeted this before, but my lesson from the Grid/Messenger experience was that if you write stuff on the internet for a living, you should be keeping a backup of your work. I use Authory but I'm sure there are other methods out there.
Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) profile pictureNathaniel Rakich@baseballotMay 15
ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.
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For @jdforward, I wrote about taking reports of sexual violence seriously regardless of the nationality of the reported perpetrator forward.com/opinion/825238/n…
Outrage over Nicholas Kristof's op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point

Outrage over Nicholas Kristof's op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point

Sexual violence on Oct. 7 deserves the world's acknowledgment — so do these allegations

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This is a story all about how Trump's foreign policy priorities got flipped, turn upside down vox.com/politics/488386/trum…
Trump’s China policy is nearly the exact opposite of what everyone expected

Trump’s China policy is nearly the exact opposite of what everyone expected

As Trump heads to China, attention and resources are being shifted from Asia to yet another war in the Middle East.

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The new appeal asking SCOTUS to overturn the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision striking down the state’s gerrymander would create a nationwide nightmare for Democrats. vox.com/politics/488391/supr… | by @imillhiser
Virginia Democrats’ irresponsible new plan to save their gerrymander

Virginia Democrats’ irresponsible new plan to save their gerrymander

Democrats just handed the Supreme Court’s Republicans a loaded weapon.

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Weird. vox.com/politics/488176/virg…
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Ruwaida Amer@ruwaidaamer8May 7
I used to sit in this place every day, spending the sunset hours watching life in those tents. Each tent had a story, a struggle to get water and food. The children cried from the heat, from exhaustion and boredom. Nothing changed; the suffering continued, and no one cared. ❤️‍🩹
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Josh Keating@joshuakeatingMay 6
5 ways the Iran standoff could end vox.com/politics/487934/iran…
5 ways the Iran standoff could end

5 ways the Iran standoff could end

Is the US on the verge of a deal with Iran or a return to war?

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Josh Keating@joshuakeatingMay 5
Is time still on Vladimir Putin's side in Ukraine? vox.com/politics/487756/ukra…
Ukraine’s fight against Russia is going better than you might think

Ukraine’s fight against Russia is going better than you might think

The war in Iran looked like a gift for Russia. It hasn’t worked out that way.

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Umair Irfan@umairfanMay 4
Hello - I've been let go from Vox. Obviously there's a lot going on in the energy and environment space, and I will continue to follow it. Open to ideas, outlets to pitch, collabs, and happy just to chat. You can reach me at uirfan AT gmail dot com
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Josh Keating@joshuakeatingMay 1
Venezuela, Iran...Cuba? vox.com/politics/487507/trum…
Trump says Cuba is “next.” What does that mean?

Trump says Cuba is “next.” What does that mean?

The island may be next in the administration’s crosshairs after Venezuela and Iran. But it’s not clear what the plan is.

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Jason Kint
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This chart shows trend back to 2004. We have long tracked this shift of ad revenues from everyone else to Google. What often gets missed is the rest of the web is still vital for Google for data - user data, clicks, context, and now training of AI. They just take the cash. 2/2
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5 of your biggest questions about the Iran war, answered With @caitlindewey for @voxdotcom vox.com/today-explained-news…
Iran war: Your biggest questions about the conflict, answered

Iran war: Your biggest questions about the conflict, answered

The Strait of Hormuz, ammunition stockpiles, and cyberattacks: What Vox readers want to know about the Iran war.

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