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Sean Steinberg

@the_seanologue

Writes about politics, policy, conflict, and our collective descent into tyranny.

*All opinions, esp. the absurd, are my own.

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Jeff Stein (@jstein_wapo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scoop: The Internal Revenue Service is nearing an agreement to allow DHS to use tax data to get info on undocumented immigrants “A complete betrayal of 30 years of the government telling immigrants to file their taxes,” one IRS official says W/ the powerhouse (((Jacob Bogage)))

Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The case of the Iranian student in Alabama is one of the craziest. No evidence he was even involved in protests, his fiancée calls him a “nerd” who was cramming away at his mechanical engineering degree. Govt feels no obligation to tell the public why he is locked up without

The case of the Iranian student in Alabama is one of the craziest. No evidence he was even involved in protests, his fiancée calls him a “nerd” who was cramming away at his mechanical engineering degree. Govt feels no obligation to tell the public why he is locked up without
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kristi Noem says DHS (and the military) will "liberate" Los Angeles from its democratically elected mayor and governor. Naked authoritarianism.

Sean Steinberg (@the_seanologue) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#Israel may only be able to "maintain its air defense for 10-12 days at the current rate of Iranian attacks ... before it will require the US to replenish its stocks or get more involved in the war," per The Wall Street Journal timesofisrael.com/israel-running….

Karim Sadjadpour (@ksadjadpour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/10 The US bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities is an unprecedented event that may prove to be transformational for Iran, the Middle East, US foreign policy, global non-proliferation, and potentially even the global order. Its impact will be measured for decades to come. 🧵

Cate Brown (@catebrown12) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The world’s leading hunger monitor has issued an alert that the worst-case scenario of famine is playing out in #Gaza. 🚨 “Since the IPC system has existed, there have only been four famines in this century. These are rare, very serious events…” washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

Drop Site (@dropsitenews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‼️ Sections 9 and 10 of Article I — which contain essential constitutional checks against executive overreach and protect states and individuals from unlawful laws — have been quietly removed from the official U.S. Constitution website. These sections ban ex post facto laws,

‼️ Sections 9 and 10 of Article I — which contain essential constitutional checks against executive overreach and protect states and individuals from unlawful laws — have been quietly removed from the official U.S. Constitution website.

These sections ban ex post facto laws,
Shashank Joshi (@shashj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“The studies imply estimated [Gaza] life expectancy has fallen by more than 35 years, to ~ half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms…bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide” economist.com/interactive/gr…

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Genocide law specialist says the debate over whether Israel's crimes in Gaza constitute "a war crime or a crime against humanity or a genocide ... is a distraction from the real issue ... from the horror" nytimes.com/2025/08/13/opi…

Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם (@yuval_abraham) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We obtained data from a classified Israeli intelligence database indicating that at least 83% of people killed in Gaza were civilians. The data lists all militant deaths the army was able to confirm. An investigation for +972 Magazine and The Guardian with Emma Graham Harrison

Cate Brown (@catebrown12) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Boston Consulting Group In this post-war plan, dubbed the GREAT Trust, Palestinians would be offered $5,000 cash to leave #Gaza, plus a 4-year housing and food stipend. For every 1% of the population relocated abroad, investors could expect to save $500 million, plans say.

<a href="/BCG/">Boston Consulting Group</a> In this post-war plan, dubbed the GREAT Trust, Palestinians would be offered $5,000 cash to leave #Gaza, plus a 4-year housing and food stipend.

For every 1% of the population relocated abroad, investors could expect to save $500 million, plans say.
Brian Winter (@brazilbrian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I've been wrong before, but Brazil's establishment seems to be moving toward a classic negotiated solution to the crisis caused by Bolsonaro's trial. A pact is emerging in which: * Bolsonaro would be found guilty by the Supreme Court of attempting a coup in 2022 * Congress

Arnaud Bertrand (@rnaudbertrand) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is becoming a Trump signature move - the same modus operandi he used with Iran, now deployed against Hamas: pretending he wanted to engage in diplomacy as a trap to facilitate bombing them. Which reinforces the precedent: engaging in diplomacy with the US is now worse than

Drop Site (@dropsitenews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⚡️Breaking: Jason Paladino reports the DOJ has quietly scrubbed a study showing far-right extremists have committed far more deadly attacks than far-left or Islamist extremists — 227 incidents taking 520+ lives since 1990. The paper, “What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic

⚡️Breaking: <a href="/jason_paladino/">Jason Paladino</a> reports the DOJ has quietly scrubbed a study showing far-right extremists have committed far more deadly attacks than far-left or Islamist extremists — 227 incidents taking 520+ lives since 1990. 

The paper, “What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic
James Zou (@james_y_zou) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We found a troubling emergent behavior in LLM. 💬When LLMs compete for social media likes, they start making things up 🗳️When they compete for votes, they turn inflammatory/populist When optimized for audiences, LLMs inadvertently become misaligned—we call this Moloch’s Bargain

We found a troubling emergent behavior in LLM.

💬When LLMs compete for social media likes, they start making things up
🗳️When they compete for votes, they turn inflammatory/populist

When optimized for audiences, LLMs inadvertently become misaligned—we call this Moloch’s Bargain