Seth Maxon
@methsaxon.bsky.social
Editor/journalist helping out at @vox.com and @flaminghydra.com. Edited politics and sports at @slate.com for a long time. @seth.maxon on 🐦/🥚.
“Being socialized under the Trump presidency kind of sets a new precedent that the executive can effectively do whatever they want.” Fascinating piece by @annanorth.bsky.social on how children today and young adults who grew up under Trump 1.0 see the presidency. www.vox.com/life/467571/...
They’re growing up in the Trump era. Here’s what they want from the next president.
What a president for Gen Alpha might be like.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“Being socialized under the Trump presidency kind of sets a new precedent that the executive can effectively do whatever they want.” Fascinating piece by @annanorth.bsky.social on how children today and young adults who grew up under Trump 1.0 see the presidency. www.vox.com/life/467571/...
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A Supreme Court case about dreadlocks could end up gutting Medicaid www.vox.com/politics/468...
A Supreme Court case about dreadlocks could end up gutting Medicaid
The Republican justices find something they care about more than they care about religion.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A Supreme Court case about dreadlocks could end up gutting Medicaid www.vox.com/politics/468...
The votes to end the shutdown reflect the divide among Dems that @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social pointed out at the beginning: Rather than left vs. moderate, the party's direction is being fought over by a “team normal” faction and a “team abnormal” one. www.vox.com/on-the-right...
The Democrats’ shutdown debate is about something much bigger
Is the best way to fight Trump “normal” politics — or something else?
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November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The votes to end the shutdown reflect the divide among Dems that @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social pointed out at the beginning: Rather than left vs. moderate, the party's direction is being fought over by a “team normal” faction and a “team abnormal” one. www.vox.com/on-the-right...
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Is there any way out of Sudan’s nightmare?
Latest for @voxdotcom.bsky.social
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Latest for @voxdotcom.bsky.social
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Is there any way out of Sudan’s nightmare?
The world is finally waking up to this brutal war. But that doesn’t mean an end to it is coming soon.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Is there any way out of Sudan’s nightmare?
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www.vox.com/politics/467...
Latest for @voxdotcom.bsky.social
www.vox.com/politics/467...
You've heard of “trad wives.” Where are the “trad husbands” — and what do they really want? Characteristically thought-provoking piece from @annanorth.bsky.social. www.vox.com/the-highligh...
Who is the “trad husband”?
Tradwives are everywhere on social media. Their allegedly dominant spouses are invisible.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You've heard of “trad wives.” Where are the “trad husbands” — and what do they really want? Characteristically thought-provoking piece from @annanorth.bsky.social. www.vox.com/the-highligh...
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On what we can actually learn about Hispanic and Latino voters from Tuesday's elections, with @carlosodio.bsky.social: www.vox.com/politics/467...
Republicans may have a Latino problem (again)
What New Jersey can teach the parties about Latino voters.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On what we can actually learn about Hispanic and Latino voters from Tuesday's elections, with @carlosodio.bsky.social: www.vox.com/politics/467...
Two new pieces to understand the Trump tariffs case heard by SCOTUS today, and its importance:
1) @imillhiser.bsky.social on the rather shocking development that 3 Republican justices appear ready to rule that the tariffs are illegal. www.vox.com/politics/467...
1) @imillhiser.bsky.social on the rather shocking development that 3 Republican justices appear ready to rule that the tariffs are illegal. www.vox.com/politics/467...
The Supreme Court might actually stand up to Trump
Trump’s tariffs appear to be in trouble.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Two new pieces to understand the Trump tariffs case heard by SCOTUS today, and its importance:
1) @imillhiser.bsky.social on the rather shocking development that 3 Republican justices appear ready to rule that the tariffs are illegal. www.vox.com/politics/467...
1) @imillhiser.bsky.social on the rather shocking development that 3 Republican justices appear ready to rule that the tariffs are illegal. www.vox.com/politics/467...
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Trump’s imperial presidency is Dick Cheney’s final legacy www.vox.com/politics/467...
Trump’s imperial presidency is Dick Cheney’s final legacy
Cheney’s final political act was patriotism, but his life’s work was autocracy.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Trump’s imperial presidency is Dick Cheney’s final legacy www.vox.com/politics/467...
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I'm thrilled to announce the pilot episode for a new sports history podcast called Replay Booth. The pilot, "Wilbur Huckle for President," is live now. If you liked Slow Burn and/or One Year and/or Hang Up and Listen, you'll love this www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm thrilled to announce the pilot episode for a new sports history podcast called Replay Booth. The pilot, "Wilbur Huckle for President," is live now. If you liked Slow Burn and/or One Year and/or Hang Up and Listen, you'll love this www.replaybooth.show/p/replay-boo...
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A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting
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A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting
Trump isn’t interested in war with China. But it might be interested in him.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting
www.vox.com/politics/466...
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If the justices hew to the legal views they expressed in the Biden era, they must strike down the tariffs. But if they want to show loyalty to their party’s leader, they’ll need to write an opinion that cannot be squared with their Biden-era decisions. www.vox.com/politics/466...
The tariffs case is Trump’s ultimate loyalty test for the Supreme Court
If the Republican justices apply the same rules to Trump that they did to Biden, Trump’s tariffs must fall.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If the justices hew to the legal views they expressed in the Biden era, they must strike down the tariffs. But if they want to show loyalty to their party’s leader, they’ll need to write an opinion that cannot be squared with their Biden-era decisions. www.vox.com/politics/466...
If you're wondering WTF Trump is talking about when he says he's ended 8 wars this year, well, he didn’t.
Here’s @joshuakeating.bsky.social's rundown of each conflict, what Trump did and didn’t do, where he deserves some credit, and where he doesn’t. www.vox.com/politics/466...
Here’s @joshuakeating.bsky.social's rundown of each conflict, what Trump did and didn’t do, where he deserves some credit, and where he doesn’t. www.vox.com/politics/466...
Has Trump actually ended any wars?
The president’s peacemaking claims range from partly true, to misleading, to baffling.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you're wondering WTF Trump is talking about when he says he's ended 8 wars this year, well, he didn’t.
Here’s @joshuakeating.bsky.social's rundown of each conflict, what Trump did and didn’t do, where he deserves some credit, and where he doesn’t. www.vox.com/politics/466...
Here’s @joshuakeating.bsky.social's rundown of each conflict, what Trump did and didn’t do, where he deserves some credit, and where he doesn’t. www.vox.com/politics/466...
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This morning, I published a long piece on how the MAGA mainstream was letting an explicit antisemites into the movement. www.vox.com/politics/466...
Tonight, Tucker Carlson hosted Hitler fan Nick Fuentes on his podcast for a friendly chat
Tonight, Tucker Carlson hosted Hitler fan Nick Fuentes on his podcast for a friendly chat
The GOP’s antisemitism crisis
Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and the looming Republican civil war over Jews.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This morning, I published a long piece on how the MAGA mainstream was letting an explicit antisemites into the movement. www.vox.com/politics/466...
Tonight, Tucker Carlson hosted Hitler fan Nick Fuentes on his podcast for a friendly chat
Tonight, Tucker Carlson hosted Hitler fan Nick Fuentes on his podcast for a friendly chat
Why is ICE trying to scare neighborhoods full of marketing associates who moved to Chicago after graduating from Ohio State?
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Why is ICE trying to scare neighborhoods full of marketing associates who moved to Chicago after graduating from Ohio State?
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A new Supreme Court case could turn the National Guard into Trump’s personal army www.vox.com/politics/465...
A new Supreme Court case could turn the National Guard into Trump’s personal army
The justices could hand Trump the power to deploy troops anywhere, anytime — and against Americans.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A new Supreme Court case could turn the National Guard into Trump’s personal army www.vox.com/politics/465...
Read @joshuakeating.bsky.social on how Trump got to this point in Venezuela and what’s likely to determine whether he escalates, from bombing civilian boats to actually trying to overthrow Maduro. www.vox.com/politics/465...
Is the US about to attack Venezuela?
Airstrikes, bounties, a military build-up: This could be about drugs — or it could be the start of regime change.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Read @joshuakeating.bsky.social on how Trump got to this point in Venezuela and what’s likely to determine whether he escalates, from bombing civilian boats to actually trying to overthrow Maduro. www.vox.com/politics/465...
A few narrow pathways still exist to holding ICE accountable for its illegal behavior — but thanks to SCOTUS, they are unlikely to provide a meaningful check on the agency’s behavior. New from @imillhiser.bsky.social: www.vox.com/politics/464...
How the Supreme Court placed ICE above the law
Broadly, there are 5 ways to constrain rogue federal law enforcement agents. The Supreme Court nuked 3 of them.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A few narrow pathways still exist to holding ICE accountable for its illegal behavior — but thanks to SCOTUS, they are unlikely to provide a meaningful check on the agency’s behavior. New from @imillhiser.bsky.social: www.vox.com/politics/464...
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We’ve got great news. 🎉 Astead W. Herndon is joining Vox.
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
Astead W. Herndon Joins Vox as Host and Editorial Director
The New York Times political journalist and host of “The Run-Up podcast” is joining Vox
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October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
We’ve got great news. 🎉 Astead W. Herndon is joining Vox.
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
He’ll be launching a new video podcast and will be covering the 2026 midterms and lead-up to the 2028 presidential election on all of Vox’s platforms — text, audio, and video. www.vox.com/press-room/4...
Appreciated this Today, Explained interview with a Reuters reporter formerly based in Gaza, now in Cairo, on what's been happening in the Strip since the ceasefire. Illuminating conversation about this precarious moment. www.vox.com/politics/464...
What Gaza has been like since the ceasefire
People are joyful — but Hamas is asserting its power.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Appreciated this Today, Explained interview with a Reuters reporter formerly based in Gaza, now in Cairo, on what's been happening in the Strip since the ceasefire. Illuminating conversation about this precarious moment. www.vox.com/politics/464...
Dug this heartfelt tribute to D'Angelo by @abebeame.bsky.social. "With each project that parallel line between the sound of mainstream R&B & whatever TF D’Angelo is up to continued to diverge...but the songs were no less potent or beloved." HT @nitishpahwa.com | www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...
The Anointed One: A Requiem For D'Angelo | Passion of the Weiss
Abe Beame eulogizes the inimitable genius of the soul icon who tragically passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Dug this heartfelt tribute to D'Angelo by @abebeame.bsky.social. "With each project that parallel line between the sound of mainstream R&B & whatever TF D’Angelo is up to continued to diverge...but the songs were no less potent or beloved." HT @nitishpahwa.com | www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...
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The Republican justices hunt for a reason to gut America’s most successful civil rights law www.vox.com/politics/464...
It sure looks like the Voting Rights Act is doomed
The Republican justices hunt for a reason to gut America’s most successful civil rights law.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Republican justices hunt for a reason to gut America’s most successful civil rights law www.vox.com/politics/464...
New from @joshuakeating.bsky.social on how today has brought some ominous portents for the future of the Gaza peace deal — and exposed some of its fundamental flaws. www.vox.com/politics/464...
The Gaza peace deal’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness
Trump-style diplomacy made the deal work, and could undo it.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
New from @joshuakeating.bsky.social on how today has brought some ominous portents for the future of the Gaza peace deal — and exposed some of its fundamental flaws. www.vox.com/politics/464...
Voodoo and Black Messiah are perfect albums. Damn man. Legend.
October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Voodoo and Black Messiah are perfect albums. Damn man. Legend.
When you cannot trust the justices to apply the law equally, one wonders how they could weaponize one of America's most righteous and effective laws to help their own political party and to hurt their political enemies. Troubling piece from @imillhiser.bsky.social: www.vox.com/politics/464...
The uncomfortable problem with America’s greatest civil rights law
Maybe we don’t want to centralize power over elections in this particular federal government?
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October 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When you cannot trust the justices to apply the law equally, one wonders how they could weaponize one of America's most righteous and effective laws to help their own political party and to hurt their political enemies. Troubling piece from @imillhiser.bsky.social: www.vox.com/politics/464...
Yes: Trump was willing to use the power and leverage the USA clearly has over Israel — something Biden at best was too cowardly to do. But Trump only did it because Bibi bombed and pissed off the royals in Qatar who have been lining Trump's pockets. That’s literally why this happened. 1/2
October 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yes: Trump was willing to use the power and leverage the USA clearly has over Israel — something Biden at best was too cowardly to do. But Trump only did it because Bibi bombed and pissed off the royals in Qatar who have been lining Trump's pockets. That’s literally why this happened. 1/2