Josh Kovensky
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The lead prosecutor in the high-profile case involving an alleged Chicago gang member soliciting the murder of Greg Bovino is unexpectedly leaving leaving the U.S. attorney's office just weeks ahead of trial
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/l...
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/l...
Lead prosecutor in Bovino murder-for-hire case unexpectedly leaving US attorney’s office ahead of trial
The federal prosecutor heading up a high-profile case alleging a Chicago gang member solicited the murder of Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino announced he’s leaving the U.S. attorney’…
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December 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The lead prosecutor in the high-profile case involving an alleged Chicago gang member soliciting the murder of Greg Bovino is unexpectedly leaving leaving the U.S. attorney's office just weeks ahead of trial
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/l...
Story:
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/l...
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Venezuela’s opposition leader and MAGA activists are dusting off 2020 Stop the Steal fantasies as Trump threatens war with the country.
Is Trump About to Unleash the Kraken on Venezuela?
In late November and December 2020, after all hope had faded from...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Venezuela’s opposition leader and MAGA activists are dusting off 2020 Stop the Steal fantasies as Trump threatens war with the country.
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I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering.
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
Extremely curious what the famously non-corrupt and non-transactional leaders of Turkmenistan did to persuade the Trump administration to loosen these entry requirements
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Extremely curious what the famously non-corrupt and non-transactional leaders of Turkmenistan did to persuade the Trump administration to loosen these entry requirements
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For the past few months, I have been looking at what President Trump's mass deportation agenda really looks like on the ground in NYC for a TPM series.
We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far.
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We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far.
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Life Inside the Undocumented Underground
During President Donald Trump’s second term, dramatic raids staged by the Immigration...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
For the past few months, I have been looking at what President Trump's mass deportation agenda really looks like on the ground in NYC for a TPM series.
We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
We're about halfway through it and I'd like to show you what we've done so far.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/life...
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"'We can defeat the left by outbreeding them,' he said... 'God says, go make babies. Go have sex. And we’re the only ones that anybody ever wants to have sex with. You ever met a lib? They are hideous...'"
Read @joshkovensky.bsky.social on today's GOP
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Read @joshkovensky.bsky.social on today's GOP
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New York’s Young Republicans Beg for More, But Fret About a ‘MAGA Civil War’
NEW YORK – One year in, and the club of young Republicans that...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"'We can defeat the left by outbreeding them,' he said... 'God says, go make babies. Go have sex. And we’re the only ones that anybody ever wants to have sex with. You ever met a lib? They are hideous...'"
Read @joshkovensky.bsky.social on today's GOP
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Read @joshkovensky.bsky.social on today's GOP
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December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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"What is different is the violence … the violence that is permeating his administration. ... They're willing to break the law to actually facilitate their agenda." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...
Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation
At his clinic, John Sirabella is a hard man to talk to. ...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"What is different is the violence … the violence that is permeating his administration. ... They're willing to break the law to actually facilitate their agenda." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...
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rare post that gets better with every single word
Currently at the New York Young Republican’s annual gala, where the MC is 18-year-old streamer Matan Even.
Introduced as a “landlord activist,” he is singing the SpongeBob theme and bombing, to boos
Introduced as a “landlord activist,” he is singing the SpongeBob theme and bombing, to boos
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
rare post that gets better with every single word
Currently at the New York Young Republican’s annual gala, where the MC is 18-year-old streamer Matan Even.
Introduced as a “landlord activist,” he is singing the SpongeBob theme and bombing, to boos
Introduced as a “landlord activist,” he is singing the SpongeBob theme and bombing, to boos
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Currently at the New York Young Republican’s annual gala, where the MC is 18-year-old streamer Matan Even.
Introduced as a “landlord activist,” he is singing the SpongeBob theme and bombing, to boos
Introduced as a “landlord activist,” he is singing the SpongeBob theme and bombing, to boos
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BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
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Dear Slim,
In a previously unreported letter, the Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman asked Israeli president Isaac Herzog to pardon Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Dear Slim,
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In a previously unreported letter, the Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman asked Israeli president Isaac Herzog to pardon Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In a previously unreported letter, the Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman asked Israeli president Isaac Herzog to pardon Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Fetterman expressed surprise when I confirmed we had a copy of the letter he wrote to Israel President Herzog, pushing for a pardon for Netanyahu. “I know you guys use things like leaks but I don’t know who did that.” Story from @joshkovensky.bsky.social + me: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fetterman expressed surprise when I confirmed we had a copy of the letter he wrote to Israel President Herzog, pushing for a pardon for Netanyahu. “I know you guys use things like leaks but I don’t know who did that.” Story from @joshkovensky.bsky.social + me: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
Scoop, w the incomparable @kateriga.bsky.social: John Fetterman asked Israel's President to pardon Netanyahu in a previously unreported letter
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Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Scoop, w the incomparable @kateriga.bsky.social: John Fetterman asked Israel's President to pardon Netanyahu in a previously unreported letter
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When @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring “Asian wife sharing” books and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring “Asian wife sharing” books and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
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JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
U.S. prosecutors in Chicago are dropping another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz, "without prejudice."
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
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As far as I can see, this nat sec strategy is far harsher on Europe than on Russia. There is no mention of a threat from Russia or of deterrence, only that "re-establishing strategic stability" is a priority. Europe is cast as a major threat to freedom. A radical, dangerous document.
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
As far as I can see, this nat sec strategy is far harsher on Europe than on Russia. There is no mention of a threat from Russia or of deterrence, only that "re-establishing strategic stability" is a priority. Europe is cast as a major threat to freedom. A radical, dangerous document.
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NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.
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Feds Bust into Jackson Heights Apartment Building In Pre-Dawn Raid
Dozens of agents wielding assault rifles took two middle-aged, Spanish-speaking people away in cuffs early Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.
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News: Senate Dems punting discussion of leadership/Schumer to after '26 elex. Dems call it a "distraction" to debate Schumer. There's been NO discussion in the caucus about anyone challenging him
Blumenthal: “the caucus is still firmly behind” Schumer.
“I don’t foresee a leadership challenge"
Blumenthal: “the caucus is still firmly behind” Schumer.
“I don’t foresee a leadership challenge"
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
News: Senate Dems punting discussion of leadership/Schumer to after '26 elex. Dems call it a "distraction" to debate Schumer. There's been NO discussion in the caucus about anyone challenging him
Blumenthal: “the caucus is still firmly behind” Schumer.
“I don’t foresee a leadership challenge"
Blumenthal: “the caucus is still firmly behind” Schumer.
“I don’t foresee a leadership challenge"
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Some useful reporting here. I recognize the dilemmas faced by elected Dems in NY, and behind-the-scenes efforts to avert a full-blown federal invasion of NYC may be worthwhile, but it's important to recognize that folks are organized in NYC and are point-blank not going to "accommodate" this shit.
As New York officials plan for a possible surge of immigration agents and National Guard troops, officials face a stark choice: accommodate or fight back.
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When To Accommodate, and When To Fight? NY Officials Agonize and Prepare for Federal Escalation
Jackie Bray has been thinking about how quickly things could spiral out...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Some useful reporting here. I recognize the dilemmas faced by elected Dems in NY, and behind-the-scenes efforts to avert a full-blown federal invasion of NYC may be worthwhile, but it's important to recognize that folks are organized in NYC and are point-blank not going to "accommodate" this shit.