Sam Wang
@samwang.bsky.social
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Long-form essays at samwang.substack.com.
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muting the words “Nuzzi“ and “Lizza“
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
muting the words “Nuzzi“ and “Lizza“
Something's brewing in Venezuela.
www.flightradar24.com/multiview/-4...
www.flightradar24.com/multiview/-4...
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Something's brewing in Venezuela.
www.flightradar24.com/multiview/-4...
www.flightradar24.com/multiview/-4...
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And MAGA is still convinced that Twitter proves that their shitty movement is widely supported in the US 🙄
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
And MAGA is still convinced that Twitter proves that their shitty movement is widely supported in the US 🙄
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To residents of NW Georgia (Dalton, Rome, and other towns and places) who want to point this out: Congresswoman Greene's DC office telephone number is (202) 225-5211.
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
To residents of NW Georgia (Dalton, Rome, and other towns and places) who want to point this out: Congresswoman Greene's DC office telephone number is (202) 225-5211.
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The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
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somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
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We will need tribunals and Democrats need to start talking about that
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We will need tribunals and Democrats need to start talking about that
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Student Journalists (Again) Showing Us How dept:
—@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social plays latest 'Harvard about to cave' story the way it should. Ie, as another MAGA claim. (Left image)
—Gives "well, actually...." context missing from most MSM reports. (Right)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
—@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social plays latest 'Harvard about to cave' story the way it should. Ie, as another MAGA claim. (Left image)
—Gives "well, actually...." context missing from most MSM reports. (Right)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Student Journalists (Again) Showing Us How dept:
—@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social plays latest 'Harvard about to cave' story the way it should. Ie, as another MAGA claim. (Left image)
—Gives "well, actually...." context missing from most MSM reports. (Right)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
—@theharvardcrimson.bsky.social plays latest 'Harvard about to cave' story the way it should. Ie, as another MAGA claim. (Left image)
—Gives "well, actually...." context missing from most MSM reports. (Right)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
To residents of NW Georgia (Dalton, Rome, and other towns and places) who want to point this out: Congresswoman Greene's DC office telephone number is (202) 225-5211.
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
To residents of NW Georgia (Dalton, Rome, and other towns and places) who want to point this out: Congresswoman Greene's DC office telephone number is (202) 225-5211.
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when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
I’m a law prof & a YLS grad and anyone familiar w elite law schools knows it is beyond laughable to describe these places as radicalism hotbeds. Cruz knows this, as does JD Vance. But they assume that their marks are too unsophisticated to know it too. It’s condescending as hell.
Ah yes. Harvard Law School in the early 1990s, well known for its Communist professors.
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
when I was in law school everyone knew that joining the federalist society was like getting tsa precheck for a clerkship
"Examples of Unlawful Orders:
- Targeting or intentionally harming civilians
- Torturing or abusing detainees
- Falsifying operational or legal records
- Engaging in unauthorized political or domestic law enforcement actions"
Read the full article:
- Targeting or intentionally harming civilians
- Torturing or abusing detainees
- Falsifying operational or legal records
- Engaging in unauthorized political or domestic law enforcement actions"
Read the full article:
A good primer on every service member's duty to refuse unlawful orders, including examples of unlawful orders, and key legal precedents:
Orders Under Fire: When Following Command Becomes a Legal Risk in Today’s Military
Amid rising concerns over leadership disputes at the Pentagon, shifting policies, and operational uncertainty, service members are facing a growing question: What happens when an order from the top do...
www.militarydefense.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Examples of Unlawful Orders:
- Targeting or intentionally harming civilians
- Torturing or abusing detainees
- Falsifying operational or legal records
- Engaging in unauthorized political or domestic law enforcement actions"
Read the full article:
- Targeting or intentionally harming civilians
- Torturing or abusing detainees
- Falsifying operational or legal records
- Engaging in unauthorized political or domestic law enforcement actions"
Read the full article:
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There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
Gift link: wapo.st/43FXQfO
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
This is a useful perspective. Epstein, Trump, Nuzzi, Robert Kennedy Jr., and others all get the coverage they do because their social class is viewed as desirable by the journalists who cover them. Imagine what would police-blotter-style coverage would look like.
I don't know how anyone with a conscience writes a story like this. How they decide that this awful business should be covered like its fodder for the society page rather than something picked up off the crime blotter.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is a useful perspective. Epstein, Trump, Nuzzi, Robert Kennedy Jr., and others all get the coverage they do because their social class is viewed as desirable by the journalists who cover them. Imagine what would police-blotter-style coverage would look like.
muting the words “Nuzzi“ and “Lizza“
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
muting the words “Nuzzi“ and “Lizza“
Yup. It’s a plan that moves 1 out of 3 Texans into a new district. As Frances McDormand said in Fargo, “all that for a little bit of [power].”
See
samwang.substack.com/p/texas-legi...
See
samwang.substack.com/p/texas-legi...
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Yup. It’s a plan that moves 1 out of 3 Texans into a new district. As Frances McDormand said in Fargo, “all that for a little bit of [power].”
See
samwang.substack.com/p/texas-legi...
See
samwang.substack.com/p/texas-legi...
Can’t wait for the timeline in which this hypergerrymander eventually gets allowed by the Supreme Court and it delivers, like, one seat for its crafters.
Justice Samuel Alito temporarily restored Texas' Republican-drawn congressional map Friday, quickly granting the state's emergency appeal to reinstate a redistricting plan aimed at ensuring the party can keep the House majority in next year’s midterm elections www.courthousenews.com/texas-pulls-...
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Can’t wait for the timeline in which this hypergerrymander eventually gets allowed by the Supreme Court and it delivers, like, one seat for its crafters.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene just announced she's leaving Congress
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene just announced she's leaving Congress
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.”
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This is delicious.
Trump is now defending Mamdani in response to loaded questions from Fox News. incredible scenes
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is delicious.
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Read the post - Sam thinks the redistricting might not produce the gains they think it will due to shifts in Hispanic votes.
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Read the post - Sam thinks the redistricting might not produce the gains they think it will due to shifts in Hispanic votes.