Reposted by Seth MaxonJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 06/10/2026Buy the book -- it's out today!beckbook.com"The Last Temptation of Beck" by Josephine RiesmanFrom the New York Times-bestselling author of "Ringmaster," Josephine Riesman, comes a stylish and shocking account of the life of the musician Beck. 0197
Reposted by Seth MaxonJoshua Keating @joshuakeating.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hey, I'm on Substack! If you enjoy my work, please subscribe and share. The first installment features an unrecognized country turning the Mideast's crisis into opportunity and an alarming new warning about military AI. joshuakeating.substack.com/p/coastlines... 075
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Pathetic www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comTrump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency (Gift Article)The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims. 011
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This policy is one of the most evil that any administration has enacted since Jim Crow. The Supreme Court says it's ok—the latest sign the conservative justices actually hate this country. www.npr.org/2026/09/29/g...npr.orgU.S. Supreme Court sides with Trump administration in third-country deportationsThe Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries that are not identified in their removal orders. It also plans to hear full arguments on the case. 052
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is so gripping. And if you're a longtime Beck fan (I am) or even just a follower of his career, it's stunning. So excited (and after reading the excerpt, a little terrified!) to read the book. 1114
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Great Jim piece. Been waiting for a measured, skeptical, well reported story like this on the race that says how/why Talarico really might do it but also why he still may not, and the implications of either outcome. 011
Reposted by Seth MaxonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I wrote about who is actually making America “poorer and dirtier.” It’s not immigrants. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 362828763
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Really glad Alex wrote this. This disconnect is completely untenable. 110
Reposted by Seth MaxonIsaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I reviewed Benjamin Moser’s ‘Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History,’ and Omer Bartov’s ‘Israel: What Went Wrong?’ for this week’s issue of The New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comIs Zionism’s Moral Crisis About Roads Not Taken—or Original Sin?Where Benjamin Moser replaces one story of Jewish exceptionalism with another, Omer Bartov shows what’s lost when polemic takes the place of history. 37014
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When my actions have the consequences everybody warned me they would have: This is a vicious conspiracy by my enemies to bring about my downfall. 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My face when an Iran war, tariffs, and mass deportations do exactly what experts have always said they would do to the economy and the American public's feelings about them 010
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Really appreciated this conversation between @arielleangel.bsky.social and Yotam Marom about fighting against feeling powerless, the roots of intramovement divisions, and possible strategies against infighting that can hurt shared causes. jewishcurrents.org/fighting-the...jewishcurrents.orgFighting the Politics of PowerlessnessMovement organizer Yotam Marom on the ways we turn on each other instead of playing to win 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Have loved Dolly Week @flaminghydra.com, including these first two bangers. 062
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Would also be remiss to not point out that delineating the vast differences in influence and severity of antisemitism on the right vs. the left is a major theme of @emilyctamkin.bsky.social's career. Brian/everybody, read Emily and feel seen/sane. 020
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Appreciate this @brianbeutler.bsky.social piece: "We can just evaluate the antisemitism question on neutral terms: which political faction is more solicitous of antisemites? Which is most tolerant of Jews?" www.offmessage.net/p/elon-musk-...offmessage.netI Am Going To Lose My F****** MindCan someone make the madness end? Or are we simply doomed to demented discourse and intolerable double standards and spineless opposition forever? 2174
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026What does a corporation of Google's size and power possibly have to fear from not doing this. The guy is going to be out of power in two years, and he will forget he ever said this in two weeks if not sooner. He is playing pretend. Why is Google? 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This change from Google Maps is one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen in my life. 100
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Any editor worth their salt would have told Trump to go with Lake New York to preserve province:state parallelism. Amateur hour. 020
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP Dolly Parton. Years ago at Slate I edited an excerpt from @sarahsmarsh.bsky.social's acclaimed biography of Dolly, "She Come by It Natural," about the rural poverty she came out of, and how it inspired so much of her music. Worth your time. slate.com/culture/2020...slate.comDolly Parton Was the Besequined and Bedazzled Queen of Country—but She Was Also a Wickedly Dark RealistThe beloved icon’s songs are imbued with the hell she lived through—and laughter about it. 111324
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Gutted about today's layoffs at Vox. @constancegrady.bsky.social is brilliant on books, gender, pop culture, and how culture and politics intersect. @joshuakeating.bsky.social is an indispensible analyst on geopolitics, diplomacy, national security, and global news. Hire them!!! 1186
Reposted by Seth MaxonDavid Faris @davidfaris.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It's unconscionable to treat people who were here legally literally yesterday like this. It's not just that it's morally bankrupt to rescind the TPS order. It's fucking shameful to bait and switch other human beings who came here for refuge and have done nothing wrong other than existing. 18836
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026You've gotta read @josie.zone's masterful essay about this. flaminghydra.com/issue-475/?a...flaminghydra.comMovie madnessJosephine Riesman on the thrill of revenge 143
Reposted by Seth MaxonWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Indiscriminately putting ankle monitors on an entire nationality, thousands upon thousands of people living in a small community, all of whom were living here entirely legally until a few days ago when you revoked their legal status. It’s an authoritarian nightmare. 311553409
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026"A Reuters analysis found the image of the map included in the presentation contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools." 👨🏻🍳😚👌🏼 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Horrifying story about the nightmare our country put one desperate guy through after he fled here. From @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social and New Yorker Radio Hour. www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...newyorker.comOne Refugee’s Journey Through ICE DetentionIn 2025, ICE began detaining people at immigration hearings, an unprecedented step. The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer shares the story of one detainee whose life was turned upside down. 011
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Everything is going really great very dope very chill very cool. 120
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026They are one of my favorites and I think very highly regarded pretty broadly, but I think slightly underrated in that they probably deserve to be in conversation as one of the best bands of the ’90s and aren't usually in the same breath as a couple of their indie contemporaries tend to be. 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Pay the president and you can get paid too. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comTrump Media to sell fast feed of 'market-moving' posts to Wall StreetTrump Media is launching a fast, paid feed to its most influential posts for Wall Street traders. 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This thoughtful piece from @c-cauterucci.bsky.social on the rumors about Graham's sexuality is really excellent. Insightful about a topic that the vast majority of writers would find impossible to address in a valuable way. slate.com/life/2026/07...slate.comThere’s One Way to Get the Right to Accept You if You’re Gay. Maybe Lindsey Graham Knew Exactly What That Was.Lindsey Graham’s death left his biggest “open secret” unresolved. It’ll be his legacy. 110
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Stuff like this and the latest ICE killings in Houston and Maine really add to the feeling that this era demands a truth and reconciliation commission. 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The latest TAL from Zoe Chace about a recent "antifa" trial in Texas is something. So chilling. pca.st/episode/c163...pca.stThe Test CaseSome people in this country think Antifa is a dangerous domestic terror organization. Some think that’s a complete myth. This week we go to the federal trial where, for the first time, the… 110
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Swiss coach looks like a secondary Bond villain who dies in the second act by falling/being shoved into a boat propeller. 110
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Gripping and deeply chilling. Worth your time in print or audio. (I listened): jewishcurrents.org/the-event-2jewishcurrents.orgThe EventA strange fire has consumed the land between the river and the sea. 052
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Happy 4th. Read @imillhiser.bsky.social's bracing essay on how this Supreme Court majority has degraded the Declaration's core ideals. The justices should not be surprised if soon, their opponents gain power and decide to do something about it. Gift link: www.vox.com/politics/494...vox.comThe Supreme Court can no longer explain itselfThe justices don’t speak a common language, even with each other. 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Cabo Verde took the champions to the brink. They're heroes. Unforgettable team. 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Maybe regime change really did happen already. www.vox.com/politics/493... | by @joshuakeating.bsky.socialvox.comWho is actually ruling Iran right now?The new supreme leader’s absence from public view has exposed a deeper problem: Iran’s old power structure may not work anymore. 100
Reposted by Seth MaxonIan Millhiser @imillhiser.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Supreme Court just made Trump the most powerful president in generations www.vox.com/politics/493...vox.comThe Supreme Court just made Trump the most powerful president in generationsThe Republican justices just won a four-decade war against “independent” federal agencies. 22310
Reposted by Seth MaxonIan Millhiser @imillhiser.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The Supreme Court lets Trump deport people back to war zones www.vox.com/politics/493...vox.comThe Supreme Court lets Trump deport people back to war zonesTrump’s administration may ignore procedural rules governing many of the most endangered people in America. 22216
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Fascinating new piece from @annanorth.bsky.social: The MAHA-MAGA alliance is breaking. That means moving forward, MAHA voters are a new swing bloc that’s up for grabs. www.vox.com/politics/493...vox.comMAHA is breaking up with Trump. Now what?A coalition of wellness-conscious activists is changing course, with big implications for 2028. 010
Reposted by Seth MaxonJoshua Keating @joshuakeating.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Ten years after Brexit, can Britain breturn to the brefore times? My latest for @vox.com www.vox.com/politics/492...vox.comWill Britain’s next prime minister reverse Brexit?From Brexit to Breturn. 152
Reposted by Seth MaxonIan Millhiser @imillhiser.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Neil and Brett Go to White Castle www.vox.com/politics/492...vox.comThe Supreme Court has good news for people who like weed and gunsUnited States v. Hemani does not clarify the Court’s chaotic gun decisions, but it is good news if you like to get high and shoot. 0102
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Pretty wild that after this speech the crowd stormed the waterfront, tore down the Statue of Liberty, and sailed it into the Atlantic with Brunson perched on the torch. 000
Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026“[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.” www.vox.com/politics/491... 024