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Host/editorial director @vox.com / Vox Media; Political analyst @cnn.com; Former @nytimes.com @bostonglobe.com; Full time Cristian Romero + Giselle Bryant enthusiast
Host/editorial director @vox.com / Vox Media; Political analyst @cnn.com; Former @nytimes.com @bostonglobe.com; Full time Cristian Romero + Giselle Bryant enthusiast
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Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Exclusive: Hegseth ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water in a mission led by SEAL Team 6. Ordering no quarter could legally perilous www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
35% of my total patriotism derives from this account
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
35% of my total patriotism derives from this account
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After decades of building for singles, cities are realizing the bill has come due. I wrote about the dearth of housing for families — and what it’ll take to fix it
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Cities made a bet on millennials — but forgot one key thing
Can cities learn to love kids again?
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November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
After decades of building for singles, cities are realizing the bill has come due. I wrote about the dearth of housing for families — and what it’ll take to fix it
www.vox.com/policy/46981...
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On The Odd Years with 🐐 @cookpolitical.com’s Amy Walter! Evolving political journalism beyond polls and ideological buckets, not remaking The Run-Up, and my World Cup favorites (Argentina, Spain)
How can political journalism meet the moment? Astead Herndon has ideas.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
On The Odd Years with 🐐 @cookpolitical.com’s Amy Walter! Evolving political journalism beyond polls and ideological buckets, not remaking The Run-Up, and my World Cup favorites (Argentina, Spain)
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It's a psyop, not a reality show. The cointelpro of slop
It's a psyop, not a reality show. The cointelpro of slop
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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It's a psyop, not a reality show. The cointelpro of slop
It's a psyop, not a reality show. The cointelpro of slop
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New poll by the Israeli Democracy Institute-
60.6% of Israelis oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability o/the IDF to carry out its missions
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
60.6% of Israelis oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability o/the IDF to carry out its missions
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
סקר: הציבור מאמין בצה"ל, אך לא בתחקירי 7 באוקטובר | הנתונים נחשפים | ישראל היום
בסקר המכון הישראלי לדמוקרטיה בקרב הציבור היהודי, 84% נותנים לצה"ל ציון מצוין או טוב מאוד בנוגע להתנהלותו המוסרית • מנגד, רק 45.5% סבורים כי תחקירי הצבא על המלחמה אמינים • הרוב חושבים כי למשטרה שיקולים...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
New poll by the Israeli Democracy Institute-
60.6% of Israelis oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability o/the IDF to carry out its missions
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
60.6% of Israelis oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability o/the IDF to carry out its missions
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
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How Zohran Mamdani won over Donald Trump — for now. www.vox.com/politics/470...
How Zohran Mamdani won over Donald Trump — for now
Seven questions about that unusual Mamdani-Trump meeting, answered.
www.vox.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
How Zohran Mamdani won over Donald Trump — for now. www.vox.com/politics/470...
When I was at Mamdani’s rallies, and the crowd can do a call-and-response of his top policies — freeze the rent, make buses fast and free, make child care free — the only other time I’ve heard that, where people are able to call back the signature policy, is with Trump's “build the wall." (1/2)
How Zohran Mamdani won over Donald Trump — for now
Seven questions about that unusual Mamdani-Trump meeting, answered.
www.vox.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When I was at Mamdani’s rallies, and the crowd can do a call-and-response of his top policies — freeze the rent, make buses fast and free, make child care free — the only other time I’ve heard that, where people are able to call back the signature policy, is with Trump's “build the wall." (1/2)
Lmaooooooo 😭😭😭
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Lmaooooooo 😭😭😭
Enjoyed this discussion on changing information systems and declining trust in media on Why Should I Trust You? pod
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November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Enjoyed this discussion on changing information systems and declining trust in media on Why Should I Trust You? pod
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Think before media leans too far into the DSA infighting angle we should acknowledge that we have this level of insight to the mayor elects political priorities bc of their bottom up structure and commitment to elected accountability. (1/2)
New: In an extraordinary appearance at a @socialists.nyc meet tonight, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani urged the leftist group to not endorse Chi Osse's run against Hakeem Jeffries, saying the move would make it "more difficult" to enact his agenda in NYC, per sources. www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/m...
Mamdani pleads directly with NYC-DSA to not back Chi Osse’s run against Hakeem Jeffries
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appeared at a Democratic Socialists of America meeting Wednesday night to urge the group to not endorse his onetime campaign surrogate Chi Osse’s 2026 challenge aga…
www.nydailynews.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Think before media leans too far into the DSA infighting angle we should acknowledge that we have this level of insight to the mayor elects political priorities bc of their bottom up structure and commitment to elected accountability. (1/2)
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On Shared Reality, Epstein & Epistemic Collapse: A Conversation with Eliot Higgins, Emily Jashinsky & Astead Herndon podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
On Shared Reality, Epstein & Epistemic Collapse: A Conversation w Eliot Higgins, Emily Jashinsky & Astead Herndon
Podcast Episode · Why Should I Trust You? · 11/20/2025 · 1h 25m
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November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
On Shared Reality, Epstein & Epistemic Collapse: A Conversation with Eliot Higgins, Emily Jashinsky & Astead Herndon podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
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The Epstein files have united the left and right, forcing President Donald Trump to reverse course and release the documents after months of calling the demands a hoax. Host and editorial director Astead Herndon cuts through the noise to make sense of what led to this U-turn from Trump.
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Epstein files have united the left and right, forcing President Donald Trump to reverse course and release the documents after months of calling the demands a hoax. Host and editorial director Astead Herndon cuts through the noise to make sense of what led to this U-turn from Trump.
Next summer is abt to be so wild
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Cristiano Ronaldo meets President Trump in the Oval Office.
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Next summer is abt to be so wild
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Our team spoke with a group of people from a variety of backgrounds—a young gig worker, a father and husband, an early retiree, and a middle-aged entrepreneur—who are facing impossible choices as their health care costs climb.
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Meet the newly uninsured
Millions of Americans will soon go without insurance. We spoke with some of them.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our team spoke with a group of people from a variety of backgrounds—a young gig worker, a father and husband, an early retiree, and a middle-aged entrepreneur—who are facing impossible choices as their health care costs climb.
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Unless Congress acts in the next month, up to four million Americans are expected to become uninsured, because they can no longer afford their health insurance premiums.
Meet the newly uninsured
Millions of Americans will soon go without insurance. We spoke with some of them.
www.vox.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Unless Congress acts in the next month, up to four million Americans are expected to become uninsured, because they can no longer afford their health insurance premiums.
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Our Vox family just got bigger! 💛 Astead Herndon, the award-winning political journalist and former host of the New York Times’ podcast The Run-up has joined Vox as a host and editorial director.
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Our Vox family just got bigger! 💛 Astead Herndon, the award-winning political journalist and former host of the New York Times’ podcast The Run-up has joined Vox as a host and editorial director.
Bulls up Bears up and The Pope eats Aurelio’s. Perfect time for @HacksOnTap @davidaxelrod.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Bulls up Bears up and The Pope eats Aurelio’s. Perfect time for @HacksOnTap @davidaxelrod.bsky.social
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Timezone in the tweet is insane
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Timezone in the tweet is insane
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“My father started to feel like a ghost. The distance wasn’t just physical. It felt as if I was losing the man who raised me.”
He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“My father started to feel like a ghost. The distance wasn’t just physical. It felt as if I was losing the man who raised me.”
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November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Republicans have long worried that -- once Trump is gone -- the college graduates whom he alienated will remain Democrats, while the disengaged voters whom he mobilized will stop turning out.
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
This is how the Trump coalition unravels
The 2025 elections illuminate a nightmare scenario for the Republican Party.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Republicans have long worried that -- once Trump is gone -- the college graduates whom he alienated will remain Democrats, while the disengaged voters whom he mobilized will stop turning out.
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...
The 2025 election results make that scenario more plausible www.vox.com/politics/467...