Joe Walsh
@josephwalsh.bsky.social
Politics adjunct prof @ American University. Formerly lots of things in government and politics. Obama Admin alum.
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Joe Walsh
@josephwalsh.bsky.social
· Nov 24
With so many new friends here I feel I should reup the standard disclosure from the Other Place: I'm not the ex Tea Party congressman, or the Eagle's guitarist (although life's been good to me so far)
But I do get chatty about politics, saving democracy, and whatnot so hope you'll stay around!
But I do get chatty about politics, saving democracy, and whatnot so hope you'll stay around!
When someone has made it a point of pride to rarely even wear a coat, it makes it more obvious when they've started taking blood thinners.
November 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
When someone has made it a point of pride to rarely even wear a coat, it makes it more obvious when they've started taking blood thinners.
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He’s on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
He’s on a mission from God.
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Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
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The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The thing to understand about this is that this catastrophe in the UK has redounded to the political benefit of the very same people and political movement that pushed for it! Extremely perverse.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
"Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade."
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November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade."
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"according to Pollsters"
I got bad news for Trump about every election going forward from now until the end of time
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"according to Pollsters"
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We won a Cronkite award for our essays on @cbseveningnews Plus which went off the air last Friday. www.cronkiteawards.org/uploads/5/1/...
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We won a Cronkite award for our essays on @cbseveningnews Plus which went off the air last Friday. www.cronkiteawards.org/uploads/5/1/...
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I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I hope future generations recognize how quickly and strangely the contours of what counts as a political scandal changed for this president.
Take a second to watch this clip. The whole answer is even worse than this makes it seem. 'I don't know who he is but my sons are making money on crypto' is not the answer he thinks it is.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Take a second to watch this clip. The whole answer is even worse than this makes it seem. 'I don't know who he is but my sons are making money on crypto' is not the answer he thinks it is.
I think this explains so much about that book and this debate.
Yeah, one thing about abundance is that it was pretty obviously crafted as an approach for *a party in power*. But then Harris lost and the printing presses ran anyway. So it was retconned from *policy* proposals into *campaign* proposals, which, as you can see, are weak.
one of the things i think is that policies answer the question of “what will you do” but they don’t answer the question of “why should i vote for you” and i think there is a tendency in this broad conversation to equate the two
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I think this explains so much about that book and this debate.
The original voting behavior studies - in the 40s and 50s - did exactly this. And they found out voters knew ... Nothing. (The Michigan School study was vexed that voters 'didn't even know what Taft-Hartley was!)
I’ve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling I’d like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but I’d love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
October 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The original voting behavior studies - in the 40s and 50s - did exactly this. And they found out voters knew ... Nothing. (The Michigan School study was vexed that voters 'didn't even know what Taft-Hartley was!)
Legit took me a minute to know if this was real or if @nytpitchbot.bsky.social was now doing parody of the WSJ.
Anybody who has remodeled a home knows that building regulations can slow down even the most minor projects. Yet President Trump managed to tear down the East Wing of the White House with little notice in just a few days.
How did he do it? 🔗 on.wsj.com/4oKlTlT
How did he do it? 🔗 on.wsj.com/4oKlTlT
How Trump Barreled Through D.C.’s Bureaucracy to Get His White House Ballroom
Trump realized his longtime dream by remaking a planning board and taking advantage of permitting oddities. ‘You have zero zoning conditions. You‘re the president.’
on.wsj.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Legit took me a minute to know if this was real or if @nytpitchbot.bsky.social was now doing parody of the WSJ.
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
I actually appreciate the unexpected level of self awareness!
What do you think everyone ought to be able to do that you definitely cannot?
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I actually appreciate the unexpected level of self awareness!
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You can easily block the official MAGA government accounts here. Do not engage them. Do not give them what they want.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
You can easily block the official MAGA government accounts here. Do not engage them. Do not give them what they want.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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I can’t overstate how entirely untethered to the constitution and past practice this unilateral move to repurpose funds to pay for military pay is. The commander-in-chief clause has precisely 0 bearing on the ability to expend funds. Here’s a list of authorities that do:
National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-8
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF WAR THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT: Use of
www.whitehouse.gov
October 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I can’t overstate how entirely untethered to the constitution and past practice this unilateral move to repurpose funds to pay for military pay is. The commander-in-chief clause has precisely 0 bearing on the ability to expend funds. Here’s a list of authorities that do:
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Turned in the badge today.
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
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My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
Danlamothe.30
October 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Turned in the badge today.
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
Danlamothe.30
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
Danlamothe.30
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The Trump Administration has framed its assault on higher education as a fight against élite, wealth-hoarding institutions. But it also has far-reaching consequences for public schools, where federal money funds critical research.
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education
How conservatives learned to stop worrying and love federal power.
www.newyorker.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Trump Administration has framed its assault on higher education as a fight against élite, wealth-hoarding institutions. But it also has far-reaching consequences for public schools, where federal money funds critical research.
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Every time I feel like they run out of ways to admit they are absolute monsters, they find a new one.
Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
October 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Every time I feel like they run out of ways to admit they are absolute monsters, they find a new one.
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News brief:
Parents who voted for Trump have children who need Special Education services.
Lots and lots of parents who voted for Trump have children in Special Ed- literally millions of them.
I wonder how those parents feel about these cuts…
Parents who voted for Trump have children who need Special Education services.
Lots and lots of parents who voted for Trump have children in Special Ed- literally millions of them.
I wonder how those parents feel about these cuts…
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
News brief:
Parents who voted for Trump have children who need Special Education services.
Lots and lots of parents who voted for Trump have children in Special Ed- literally millions of them.
I wonder how those parents feel about these cuts…
Parents who voted for Trump have children who need Special Education services.
Lots and lots of parents who voted for Trump have children in Special Ed- literally millions of them.
I wonder how those parents feel about these cuts…
"included advanced imaging"
President Trump received his flu shot and a COVID vaccine booster today, per the White House.
For some of his supporters, COVID boosters are used as a perjorative when attempting to insult someone.
For some of his supporters, COVID boosters are used as a perjorative when attempting to insult someone.
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"included advanced imaging"
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Good morning! If you work at HHS and want to talk to a reporter anonymously, you can reach out to me on Signal.
October 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Good morning! If you work at HHS and want to talk to a reporter anonymously, you can reach out to me on Signal.