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[@samstein](/creator/twitter/samstein)
"Trump on Egyptian President El-Sisi per pool: "They've done a fantastic job they have very little crime. They don't have crime. They don't play games like our Governors.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977755067164799235) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-13T15:15Z 491.2K followers, 288.1K engagements


"New: In a little-noticed discussion Jack Smith outlined his view of 'No Kings' -- and seemingly embraced the concept via @saletan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978827012044136764) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T14:14Z 491.2K followers, 20.6K engagements


"Again there is mass confusion. but it appears the government's chief agencies responding to outbreaks and studying infectious diseases have been gutted. if you know more we have a secure tip line here. I'm also on signal asteinindc.09"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977051692412600718) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-11T16:40Z 491.1K followers, 83.7K engagements


"Are men maybe too emotional for positions of leadership"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1930686854384198076) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-06-05T18:03Z 491.2K followers, 4.7M engagements


"This intel story is wild. What's next the government taking a stake in a health insurance company and using its heft to offer less costly coverage we could even call it a public option"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1959026015931412818) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-08-22T22:52Z 491.2K followers, 248.6K engagements


"Normal Saturday night stuff when the top official in the Trump White House calls a decision from a Trump-appointed judge "an organized terrorist attack on the federal government.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1974668611081126351) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-05T02:50Z 491.2K followers, 796.7K engagements


"Will fellow Republicans go with the "i haven't seen the tweet" or "the president likes to mix it up" or "he was clearly joking. you all need to calm down""  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1975902685724565822) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-08T12:34Z 491.2K followers, 83.5K engagements


"that's the most insane double play i've ever seen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977903504699093235) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-14T01:05Z 491.2K followers, 21.4K engagements


"NEW: Two Nobel-winning economists at MIT (currently embroiled in a fight with the Trump administration) are decamping for the University of Zurich next academic yeara pretty clear illustration of brain drain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978096120443113622) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-14T13:50Z 491.2K followers, 89.8K engagements


"It's an interesting choice because I think the more normal reaction would probably be to say: both jay jones' text and these group chats are bad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978241684170272839) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-14T23:29Z 491.2K followers, 28K engagements


"Press Sec clarifies that Elon Musk will self-determine when there is a conflict of interest involving him and DOGE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1887207700259311902) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-02-05T18:32Z 491.2K followers, 2.6M engagements


"Devastated for that young Yankee fan who has not seen a World Series in XX years. It's gotta be so hard to explain to them what a once proud franchise this was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1976113846143287749) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-09T02:33Z 491.2K followers, 42.1K engagements


"whyyyy did he throw home"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1976462943849226457) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-10T01:41Z 491.2K followers, 20.9K engagements


"another Putin-Trump meeting on the books. this time in Budapest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978872318169415908) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T17:15Z 491.2K followers, 17.2K engagements


"An HIV doctor in Africa whose work depends on USAID and PEPFAR sends in a dispatch of the bleak situation now unfolding there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1943309399251980491) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-07-10T14:00Z 491.2K followers, 1.4M engagements


"New Trump-Epstein photo just dropped this one featuring James Brown. (via NYT)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1948547802910654685) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-07-25T00:56Z 491.2K followers, 7.9M engagements


"Hegseth called the generals in to fat shame them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1973003129705959534) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-09-30T12:32Z 491.2K followers, 4.3M engagements


"Trump called this morning for the jailing of Chicago's mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker. Comes hours after he federalized Texas national guard to go into Illinois against Johnson and Pritzker's will. Serious ominous stuff here. Would encourage folks to read @JVLast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1975899881806905429) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-08T12:23Z 491.2K followers, 366.5K engagements


"The Journal reports that it was indeed an errant DM that Trump posted to Bondi demanding the Comey indictment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1976067564477317562) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-08T23:29Z 491.2K followers, 4.2M engagements


"lord hear our prayers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1976339736634765535) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-09T17:31Z 491.2K followers, 731.2K engagements


"As the dust settles it's clear that Vought's RIFs amount to a Friday night massacre at the CDC. Lots of confusion as to the total number gone. But several sources tell me top officials and many staff at the center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the center for immunization and respiratory diseases are OUT. Am told the Ebola response team has been hit hard too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977051050822586410) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-11T16:37Z 491.2K followers, 397K engagements


"I'm not trying to belittle Halligan's prior experience. But we are currently in a moment when a former Florida insurance lawyer is going around the acting attorney generaland over the objections of her entire officeto expedite the targeting of the president's foes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977053957907488923) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-11T16:49Z 491.2K followers, 201.8K engagements


"Can confirm. Some CDC experts who were RIFed on Friday have already had their firings rescinded by the administration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977162795281268775) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-12T00:01Z 491.2K followers, 255.3K engagements


"Confirming that the Treasury Dept's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund which promotes economic revitalization in distressed communities has been RIFed. Key thing here though: while RIFs went out Friday the language is pretty clear that they're not tied to the shutdown. Fund looks to be gone even if government reopens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977188803103068320) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-12T01:45Z 491.2K followers, 217.2K engagements


"Maybe my favorite of the Sunday show genre is when the guest in this case Vance is like: "this is why your show has such preposterously low rankings and is totally irrelevant" -- as he appears on the show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977420428026270190) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-12T17:05Z 491.2K followers, 308.2K engagements


"Absolute savage damage done by RIFs this weekend to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration where staffing levels appear to be near 1/3 where they were at the beginning of the year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977740215734178139) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-13T14:16Z 491.2K followers, 544.5K engagements


"Warrior ethos is shielding yourself from standard press coverage and then turning to emojis on social media to get likes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1977809886458314969) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-13T18:53Z 491.2K followers, 117.7K engagements


"amazing. When the Biden adm reached out to Facebook to take down pages filled with Covid disinformation it caused Zuckerberg to decry a full assault on free speech in America. Now the Trump adm reaches out to remove ICE information and Facebook complies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978112579730915785) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-14T14:56Z 491.2K followers, 862K engagements


"Looks like Hegseth's old employer Fox News has refused to sign his press requirements"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978145689549816240) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-14T17:07Z 491.2K followers, 180.4K engagements


"great cover art"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978149647228059685) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-14T17:23Z 491.2K followers, 7.5M engagements


"Jd Vance declining to join those criticizing the group of operatives who glorified Hitler and his gas chambers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978240607681232922) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-14T23:24Z 491.2K followers, 625.1K engagements


"I mean even Roger Stone condemned the texts. But not Vance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978247187629748432) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-14T23:50Z 491.2K followers, 48.5K engagements


"Quite the scene in Chicago as captured by the Tribune"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978269821402804420) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-15T01:20Z 491.2K followers, 140.3K engagements


"I continue to be perplexed by this. It's one thing to bail out Milei who literally came to the U.S. with a chainsaw encouraging Musk and Trump to slash spending. It's another to do this at a time when you're taking $XX billion out of U.S. investments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978493197715177663) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-15T16:08Z 491.2K followers, 106.5K engagements


"Social media influencer who has been mocking ICE all over the place (and picked up a following in the process) gets detained for. singing Rod Stewart songs with anti-ICE lyrics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978495077207986614) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-15T16:15Z 491.2K followers, 166K engagements


"I don't believe he would grant such leeway to the younger "boys" group chatting about Palestine and Israel on college campuses"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978519348604985477) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-15T17:52Z 491.2K followers, 129.1K engagements


"Everything is TV now i think @DKThomp said. And just as a matter of craft he's quite good at it. (whatever one thinks of the substance of the message)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978557020870516772) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-15T20:22Z 491.2K followers, 81.6K engagements


"Exclusive -- Graham Platner sits down with @Lauren_V_Egan and among other things addresses Janet Mills' entrance into the race"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978619962622202179) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T00:32Z 491.2K followers, 22.7K engagements


"The undercurrent of concern around Platner's candidacy (mainly expressed quietly) is we don't know what we don't know. @Lauren_V_Egan asked him about it here This morning the @KFILE has a post that gets at the root of those concerns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978795165784682994) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T12:08Z 491.2K followers, 171.6K engagements


"In another post in 2010 Platner took aim at musician Ted Nugent As a combat veteran that m*therf**ker makes me want to puke when he spews his warmongering macho bullshit. Suck a d*ck Ted. To be fair Platner told CNN. Im not really regretful of that one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978804103254847494) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T12:43Z 491.2K followers, 141.9K engagements


"This conversation with Tim Snyder was fascinating and also alarming. The speed of the takeover really does stand out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978827626740330555) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T14:17Z 491.2K followers, 20.4K engagements


"The Trumpian move would have been to walk past the press with a bag of Cava take out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978853300213551392) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T15:59Z 491.2K followers, 22K engagements


"Every Politician Is an Influencer Now once again @ruthyoest is the best digital artist in the game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978899218002534604) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T19:01Z 491.2K followers, 9471 engagements


"I think we need some firm ground rules here X. What constitutes "internet activity" Is it posting in a comments section A group chat Anonymous tweeting All of the above X. What is the age range for "young boys" Can you be one if you have a college degree X. How many posts/incidents do there have to be before it no longer is an "isolated moment" X. Is there anything that is totally unacceptable no matter the above (longful wishes for Hitler's gas chambers Imagining the death of an opponent's kids) X. What do we qualify as "pearl clutching" For instance can you be anti-pearl clutching while"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978901595233628468) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T19:11Z 491.2K followers, 29.6K engagements


"Congrats to our new in house Pentagon press corps The Federalist the Epoch Times OAN Turkish newspaper Akam three individuals from the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency two Turkish freelancers a reporter for the Australian an Afghan freelancer; and three lesser-known operations AWPS News the India Globe and a blog called USA Journal Korea"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978917775256228170) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T20:15Z 491.2K followers, 2.1M engagements


"Trump says he is unaware of any president who has ever ended a war prior to him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978921150026584526) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T20:29Z 491.2K followers, 36.9K engagements


"there have been wars ended by other presidents"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1978921308952903720) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-16T20:29Z 491.2K followers, 13.7K engagements


"What these big tech titans won't do for another buck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1979162256693760467) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-17T12:27Z 491.2K followers, 79.5K engagements


"Starting to lose track of the Graham Platner old tweet stories"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1979235927944835407) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-17T17:19Z 491.2K followers, 12.3K engagements


"I don't think the WH accounted for what would happen if people survived a strike against a boat in the Caribbean. Rubio just now says he's not prepared to discuss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1979248599692136824) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-17T18:10Z 491.2K followers, 670.4K engagements


"Ohtani is just singularly spectacular. Have never seen anything like this. May never again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1979369060455559173) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-18T02:08Z 491.2K followers, 44.4K engagements


"@JDVance that's called "pearl clutching" i believe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1979618014543896972) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-18T18:38Z 491.2K followers, 16.4K engagements


"We're releasing the two survivors from the submarine attack back to their home countries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/samstein/status/1979625848992117181) [@samstein](/creator/x/samstein) 2025-10-18T19:09Z 491.2K followers, 28.1K engagements