Sasha Issenberg

My book "THE LIE DETECTIVES: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age" is out now. It covers what I consider the most urgent frontier of political innovation: how to track, measure and respond to online disinformation. —> sashaissenberg.com

.@sissenberg on Trump's now-routine interventions in foreign elections the same “complete and total endorsement” language he used for Takaichi — and indistinguishable from how he backed candidates for Texas agriculture commissioner and Nassau County executive politico.com/news/magazine/…

When Dwight Eisenhower sought to ensure Japan elected a friendly leader, he sent spies with cash to secret Tokyo hotel meetings. When Donald Trump wanted to shape a Japanese vote, he just...tweeted it out. How election interference went from cloak-and-dagger to caps-lock ->

“My guess is that what has changed is that at least some publics are somewhat less opposed for foreign involvement in their elections than they used to be,” @dov_levin tells @sissenberg. “These days, it’s considered almost a matter of fact.” politico.com/news/magazine/…

My latest for @POLITICOMag: politico.com/news/magazine/…

Gianni Infantino’s shuttle diplomacy dlvr.it/TS0XR2

NEW: Inside FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s desperate attempt to keep Iran in the World Cup - Infantino bent over backwards wooing Trump, so much that FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafström thinks it’s too much - And yet Trump has not made Infantino’s life easier during the war, telling me “I ready don’t care” if Iran plays - Infantino rushed over to the WH to meet Trump but Trump woke up the next morning and posted he doesn’t think Iran should once “for their own life and safety.” - Infantino then flew to Turkey to work the Iranians at their friendly against Costa Rica, missing the European playoffs. He met head coach and Iranian federation over fruit and cookies, and claimed at halftime “Iran will be at the World Cup” - FIFA then denied Iran’s request to move the games to Mexico - Islamabad peace talks failed last night, and Iran is scheduled to arrive in Arizona for training camp by June 10 politico.com/news/2026/04/1…

A little too perfect that the piece of incriminating evidence he left behind that ties him to the crime scene is a cable-news hit

Thanks to whoever on @NYCMayor’s digital team includes fleeting Hitchcock-like @Arsenal cameos in unrelated videos

Socialism with North London characteristics

For Iseman, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk

Does the @nytimes know what NATO stands for?

Thoughtful of LEGO's marketing team to wait until their home country was eliminated from World Cup competition to come out with this

CABINET RESHUFFLE!

Faces in the crowd

I'm struggling to keep track of whether forcing people to turn over lists of Jews is antisemitism or anti-antisemitism.

Hoping to see Christopher Nolan option this @TheAthletic article where writer @CharlieDavies9 quotes pundit @CharlieDavies9