Sam Wang
@samwang.bsky.social
Candidate for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. SamForNJ.org.
Neurosciencer, democracy reform studier, plotter of data by hand as first step. At Princeton too. Long-form essays at samwang.substack.com.
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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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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There are wayyyyy too many cool food destinations here!
Some examples:
Princeton: hoagies, pizza
W Windsor/Plainsboro: Chinese, Korean, Indian, S/E Asian...
East Brunswick: Moroccan
Plainfield: chicken and waffles!!!
Trenton: Italian, BBQ/soul food, Mexican
Hopewell: pizza that cooks in 90 seconds
Some examples:
Princeton: hoagies, pizza
W Windsor/Plainsboro: Chinese, Korean, Indian, S/E Asian...
East Brunswick: Moroccan
Plainfield: chicken and waffles!!!
Trenton: Italian, BBQ/soul food, Mexican
Hopewell: pizza that cooks in 90 seconds
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
There are wayyyyy too many cool food destinations here!
Some examples:
Princeton: hoagies, pizza
W Windsor/Plainsboro: Chinese, Korean, Indian, S/E Asian...
East Brunswick: Moroccan
Plainfield: chicken and waffles!!!
Trenton: Italian, BBQ/soul food, Mexican
Hopewell: pizza that cooks in 90 seconds
Some examples:
Princeton: hoagies, pizza
W Windsor/Plainsboro: Chinese, Korean, Indian, S/E Asian...
East Brunswick: Moroccan
Plainfield: chicken and waffles!!!
Trenton: Italian, BBQ/soul food, Mexican
Hopewell: pizza that cooks in 90 seconds
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For Mercer County/Princeton locals only:
I'm looking for GenZ-type videomakers for help making some reels/TikToks celebrating the diversity and food of NJ-12. (This may involve going onsite with me and getting some free food!)
Get in touch at sam [at] SamForNJ [dot] org or DM me here at Bluesky!
I'm looking for GenZ-type videomakers for help making some reels/TikToks celebrating the diversity and food of NJ-12. (This may involve going onsite with me and getting some free food!)
Get in touch at sam [at] SamForNJ [dot] org or DM me here at Bluesky!
February 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
For Mercer County/Princeton locals only:
I'm looking for GenZ-type videomakers for help making some reels/TikToks celebrating the diversity and food of NJ-12. (This may involve going onsite with me and getting some free food!)
Get in touch at sam [at] SamForNJ [dot] org or DM me here at Bluesky!
I'm looking for GenZ-type videomakers for help making some reels/TikToks celebrating the diversity and food of NJ-12. (This may involve going onsite with me and getting some free food!)
Get in touch at sam [at] SamForNJ [dot] org or DM me here at Bluesky!
For Mercer County/Princeton locals only:
I'm looking for GenZ-type videomakers for help making some reels/TikToks celebrating the diversity and food of NJ-12. (This may involve going onsite with me and getting some free food!)
Get in touch at sam [at] SamForNJ [dot] org or DM me here at Bluesky!
I'm looking for GenZ-type videomakers for help making some reels/TikToks celebrating the diversity and food of NJ-12. (This may involve going onsite with me and getting some free food!)
Get in touch at sam [at] SamForNJ [dot] org or DM me here at Bluesky!
February 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
For Mercer County/Princeton locals only:
I'm looking for GenZ-type videomakers for help making some reels/TikToks celebrating the diversity and food of NJ-12. (This may involve going onsite with me and getting some free food!)
Get in touch at sam [at] SamForNJ [dot] org or DM me here at Bluesky!
I'm looking for GenZ-type videomakers for help making some reels/TikToks celebrating the diversity and food of NJ-12. (This may involve going onsite with me and getting some free food!)
Get in touch at sam [at] SamForNJ [dot] org or DM me here at Bluesky!
Reposted by Sam Wang
My campaign faces its first test: qualifying for the ballot.
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play rough. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play rough. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
February 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
My campaign faces its first test: qualifying for the ballot.
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play rough. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play rough. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
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“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: ’I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.’”
Breaking News: Will Lewis stepped down as the chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post days after it laid off hundreds of journalists.
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
Mr. Lewis will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer, the company said.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: ’I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.’”
“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: ’I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.’”
Breaking News: Will Lewis stepped down as the chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post days after it laid off hundreds of journalists.
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
Mr. Lewis will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer, the company said.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
“Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: ’I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.’”
Reposted by Sam Wang
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 7, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
My campaign faces its first test: qualifying for the ballot.
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play rough. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play rough. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
February 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
My campaign faces its first test: qualifying for the ballot.
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play rough. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play rough. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
Reposted by Sam Wang
After a generation of one side relentlessly using all of its power to shape the ideological composition of the federal courts, and the other side straining to show everyone how noble they are—fair and measured and eager to bind themselves by the norms of the past—you get this.
“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”
208. The Fifth Circuit Jumps the Immigration Detention Shark
Late Friday, two of the nation's most right-wing circuit judges adopted an odious legal claim that district court judges from across the country (and ideological spectrum) have overwhelmingly rejected
www.stevevladeck.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:28 PM
After a generation of one side relentlessly using all of its power to shape the ideological composition of the federal courts, and the other side straining to show everyone how noble they are—fair and measured and eager to bind themselves by the norms of the past—you get this.
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on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play dirty. Now my campaign faces its first test.
To beat their petty games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. It's cold work. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
To beat their petty games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. It's cold work. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play dirty. Now my campaign faces its first test.
To beat their petty games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. It's cold work. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
To beat their petty games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. It's cold work. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
My campaign faces its first test: qualifying for the ballot.
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play dirty. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play dirty. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
February 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
My campaign faces its first test: qualifying for the ballot.
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play dirty. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play dirty. To beat their games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
Reposted by Sam Wang
Are you an NJ-12 voter who works at Rutgers? Sign the petition for Sam to be on the ballot and let's get a pro-education, pro-science progressive representing my district! I'm collecting signatures and will meet you anywhere on the NB campus. #Rutgers #election #scientist #NJ 🧪
Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...
Why I'm running for Congress
Congress today is deeply polarized, ignores the priorities of voters, and fails to check the other two branches of government. But neither party, Democrats nor Republicans, is meeting our moment of ne...
www.dailyprincetonian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Are you an NJ-12 voter who works at Rutgers? Sign the petition for Sam to be on the ballot and let's get a pro-education, pro-science progressive representing my district! I'm collecting signatures and will meet you anywhere on the NB campus. #Rutgers #election #scientist #NJ 🧪
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Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...
Why I'm running for Congress
Congress today is deeply polarized, ignores the priorities of voters, and fails to check the other two branches of government. But neither party, Democrats nor Republicans, is meeting our moment of ne...
www.dailyprincetonian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...
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Thank you, Nicole!
I'm just getting started on mobilizing scientists nationwide. I'm going to need all the support I can get. Can you help spread the word? Let's talk about how to do that... secure.actblue.com/donate/scien...
I'm just getting started on mobilizing scientists nationwide. I'm going to need all the support I can get. Can you help spread the word? Let's talk about how to do that... secure.actblue.com/donate/scien...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Thank you, Nicole!
I'm just getting started on mobilizing scientists nationwide. I'm going to need all the support I can get. Can you help spread the word? Let's talk about how to do that... secure.actblue.com/donate/scien...
I'm just getting started on mobilizing scientists nationwide. I'm going to need all the support I can get. Can you help spread the word? Let's talk about how to do that... secure.actblue.com/donate/scien...
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Have we heard of the Fed Soc judge on the 9th circuit who helped Murdoch keep Fox, the Fed Soc judge in NY who killed NSF this year, the one in Louisiana who helped Jim Jordan’s propaganda campaign, the 3 on the DC Circuit who helped Trump repeatedly, and the Eighth Circuit who let ICE kill in MN?
They're out here quoting scripture at the admin, other than 6 supreme court justices, the republicans on the fifth circuit, a dumb bitch in florida, and a dickhead in Amarillo, the entire judiciary is activated against these guys
February 6, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Have we heard of the Fed Soc judge on the 9th circuit who helped Murdoch keep Fox, the Fed Soc judge in NY who killed NSF this year, the one in Louisiana who helped Jim Jordan’s propaganda campaign, the 3 on the DC Circuit who helped Trump repeatedly, and the Eighth Circuit who let ICE kill in MN?
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Here's @rickhasen.bsky.social detailing the scenario in which Trump uses search warrant to seize ballot boxes in a contested 2026 locale. This is more worrisome than ICE at the polls. Hasen also suggests ways to act against this now.
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Here's @rickhasen.bsky.social detailing the scenario in which Trump uses search warrant to seize ballot boxes in a contested 2026 locale. This is more worrisome than ICE at the polls. Hasen also suggests ways to act against this now.
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
Reposted by Sam Wang
I'm delighted to see the strong finish of Analilia Mejia and Tom Malinowski in the 11th District special election.
These candidates show the power of voters when they aren't hemmed in by New Jersey's county line system. My testimony helped end that system: samwang.substack.com/p/a-politica...
These candidates show the power of voters when they aren't hemmed in by New Jersey's county line system. My testimony helped end that system: samwang.substack.com/p/a-politica...
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I'm delighted to see the strong finish of Analilia Mejia and Tom Malinowski in the 11th District special election.
These candidates show the power of voters when they aren't hemmed in by New Jersey's county line system. My testimony helped end that system: samwang.substack.com/p/a-politica...
These candidates show the power of voters when they aren't hemmed in by New Jersey's county line system. My testimony helped end that system: samwang.substack.com/p/a-politica...
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Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
I'm delighted to see the strong finish of Analilia Mejia and Tom Malinowski in the 11th District special election.
These candidates show the power of voters when they aren't hemmed in by New Jersey's county line system. My testimony helped end that system: samwang.substack.com/p/a-politica...
These candidates show the power of voters when they aren't hemmed in by New Jersey's county line system. My testimony helped end that system: samwang.substack.com/p/a-politica...
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I'm delighted to see the strong finish of Analilia Mejia and Tom Malinowski in the 11th District special election.
These candidates show the power of voters when they aren't hemmed in by New Jersey's county line system. My testimony helped end that system: samwang.substack.com/p/a-politica...
These candidates show the power of voters when they aren't hemmed in by New Jersey's county line system. My testimony helped end that system: samwang.substack.com/p/a-politica...
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This week, my dog Betty helped me with a Reddit AMA!
Why am I running for Congress? In tough times for Americans, science, and democracy, we have to stop the damage and get ready to rebuild.
reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qvo4oe/im_sam_wang_princeton_neuroscientist_and/
Why am I running for Congress? In tough times for Americans, science, and democracy, we have to stop the damage and get ready to rebuild.
reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qvo4oe/im_sam_wang_princeton_neuroscientist_and/
February 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM
This week, my dog Betty helped me with a Reddit AMA!
Why am I running for Congress? In tough times for Americans, science, and democracy, we have to stop the damage and get ready to rebuild.
reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qvo4oe/im_sam_wang_princeton_neuroscientist_and/
Why am I running for Congress? In tough times for Americans, science, and democracy, we have to stop the damage and get ready to rebuild.
reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qvo4oe/im_sam_wang_princeton_neuroscientist_and/
This week, my dog Betty helped me with a Reddit AMA!
Why am I running for Congress? In tough times for Americans, science, and democracy, we have to stop the damage and get ready to rebuild.
reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qvo4oe/im_sam_wang_princeton_neuroscientist_and/
Why am I running for Congress? In tough times for Americans, science, and democracy, we have to stop the damage and get ready to rebuild.
reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qvo4oe/im_sam_wang_princeton_neuroscientist_and/
February 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM
This week, my dog Betty helped me with a Reddit AMA!
Why am I running for Congress? In tough times for Americans, science, and democracy, we have to stop the damage and get ready to rebuild.
reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qvo4oe/im_sam_wang_princeton_neuroscientist_and/
Why am I running for Congress? In tough times for Americans, science, and democracy, we have to stop the damage and get ready to rebuild.
reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qvo4oe/im_sam_wang_princeton_neuroscientist_and/
Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...
Why I'm running for Congress
Congress today is deeply polarized, ignores the priorities of voters, and fails to check the other two branches of government. But neither party, Democrats nor Republicans, is meeting our moment of ne...
www.dailyprincetonian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...
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AIPAC might have just inadvertently and single handedly tanked a pro Israel candidate and sent a woman to Congress who says Palestine is the victim of a genocide
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
AIPAC might have just inadvertently and single handedly tanked a pro Israel candidate and sent a woman to Congress who says Palestine is the victim of a genocide