Sasha Issenberg

An editor for POLITICO and author of books including @Engagement_Book, @victorylab, "The Sushi Economy" and "The Lie Detectives."

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

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. —> https://t.co/W0kUaPf5jn

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

The @politico World Cup live blog is so good.

https://t.co/LButV8oPpd

[Mauricio Savarese @MSavarese]

The Brazil-Haiti match that changed the world. I spoke to @politico’s great @sissenberg about it. https://t.co/uy89eAXYh9

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

https://t.co/rwKFcd2JQ0 #Haiti #Brazil #FWC26 #WorldCup2026 #FWC26Philly

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

More Americans get their analysis of @LulaOficial’s foreign policy and @10Ronaldinho highlight-comp links from @POLITICO’s World Cup liveblog than from any other source.

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

This time last year, Politico was not covering sports.

Over 12 months, we’ve built a politics-of-sports beat that examines how the world’s biggest sporting events shape — and are shaped by — politics, diplomacy and power.

Read our World Cup coverage
- on the the liveblog: https://t.co/zQlUXIw9Ot
- in Forecast: https://t.co/7dkIu4qAFh
- and on the site: https://t.co/L6vzq5kcac

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

https://t.co/fMbmXd25BE
(Remember to reload the liveblog every time you take a hydration break.)

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

POLITICO's World Cup liveblog is back:

* Why the U.S. Supreme Court cares about @balogun
* The Americans who want to see Australia do well
* A Vancouver matchday that became a lobbying mission
* The Aussie press learns to love MAGA

...and much more coming all weekend:

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

POLITICO's World Cup liveblog is back:

* Why the U.S. Supreme Court cares about @balogun
* The Americans who want to see Australia do well
* A Vancouver matchday that became a lobbying mission
* The Aussie press learns to love MAGA

...and much more coming all weekend:

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

Tired: "Elbows up"
Wired: "Heels up"

[Daniel Miller @DanielNMiller]

Before the Iran-New Zealand match, an official told a fan holding Iran’s pre-revolution flag that FIFA rules barred its display. Then he divulged a workaround: she could wrap herself in it. As clothing, it was allowed. A World Cup dispatch w/ @sissenberg: https://t.co/8XiFUgn7Vq

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

Read it (and much else) in the relaunch of @POLITICOMag: https://t.co/pEnKZ6tT0c

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

Wrap up the World Cup’s opening weekend with @SophiaCai99’s mesmerizing insider account of the political machinations that made it possible.

It is a story of how the US government broke FIFA — and then made it stronger than ever. —>

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

Wild comeback from Japan. Here’s my interview with the president of the Japan Football Association, who wants Japan to win a bid to host the World Cup by 2050.
https://t.co/D9ERycOW5g

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

New: Andrew Giuliani has personally reviewed dozens of high-profile or complicated visa cases for a final decision. He also suggested that some applicants who might otherwise have been denied received additional consideration because of the World Cup. https://t.co/pQJBX36Ry8

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

New York’s hottest new club is…Your own World Cup command center.

A great piece from @ryrivard on @POLITICO’s World Cup liveblog;

[Ry Rivard @ryrivard]

https://t.co/9umMa8CiFj

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

CONCACAF til I die

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

NEW: I spoke with the Iranian Ambassador to Mexico Abolfazl Pasandideh:
- His message to Trump: “If the U.S. closes its eyes to Israel’s interests, Iran and the U.S. can be very good friends.”
- Says Iran's presence in the U.S. for the World Cup should be read as a gesture of goodwill
- Visa denials impacting some coaching staff may have a negative impact on the team’s performance
- But expects his team to advance out of group stage
- Team will begin travel to U.S. two days before the match so the head catch can attend press conference the day before, per FIFA regulations
https://t.co/cBThCYNmiQ

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

Gotta read @politico’s World Cup coverage to stay ahead of game:

https://t.co/1RAgeMm7mZ

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

@TimWeah can play along the right flank for the @USMNT. But it’s on the American left wing that he’s found his place.

[POLITICO @politico]

The American left has a favorite player https://t.co/Z6A4UxiNpv

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

Read and subscribe to @POLITICO's Forecast newsletter — your daily digest of the World's Cup off-field power plays — here: https://t.co/K6pF3475pW

[Sasha Issenberg @sissenberg]

Come to @POLITICO's Forecast for World Cup power games. Today:

* Can @Claudiashein's low-key approach to Trump survive the World Cup?
* The king who roots for three teams
* FIFA-skeptical politicians become World Cup cheerleaders
* What US visa chaos means for fans

...and: