Josh Mankiewicz
@joshmankiewicz.bsky.social
These hips don’t lie
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The Convicted Felon who has taken at least three cognitive exams & falls asleep during official meetings just bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its leader.
January 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The Convicted Felon who has taken at least three cognitive exams & falls asleep during official meetings just bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its leader.
The victim "commented that someone got a new gun for Christmas" and then shortly after "said 'ouch' and collapsed," according to the affidavit.
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Oklahoma man doing target practice in his backyard accused of fatally shooting woman blocks away
The victim was on a covered front porch with family members at a residence in Comanche, Oklahoma, when she was shot, according to the probable cause affidavit.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The victim "commented that someone got a new gun for Christmas" and then shortly after "said 'ouch' and collapsed," according to the affidavit.
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Just as it says on his forehead: flawless
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Island Boys rapper arrested again after fentanyl found during traffic stop in Florida
Frank Venegas, better known as one half of the viral "Island Boys" duo, was arrested on New Year's Eve.
cbs12.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Just as it says on his forehead: flawless
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Can a Series of Unfortunate Incidents Turn a Pessimist into (shhh, not so loud) an Optimist?
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Can a Series of Unfortunate Incidents Turn a Pessimist into (shhh, not so loud) an Optimist?
Is the glass half full, half empty, or am I just half assed for pondering such things?
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January 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Can a Series of Unfortunate Incidents Turn a Pessimist into (shhh, not so loud) an Optimist?
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This is honestly one of the feeblest, slurriest, most rambling performances Trump has given outside of a rally, largely because he seems to have forgotten that this is actually outside of a rally. Just incoherent boasting, posturing, lying, and blathering.
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is honestly one of the feeblest, slurriest, most rambling performances Trump has given outside of a rally, largely because he seems to have forgotten that this is actually outside of a rally. Just incoherent boasting, posturing, lying, and blathering.
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NEW from me:
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Private jets and ‘Bari pitches’: Inside Weiss’ chaotic CBS Evening News reboot
EXCLUSIVE: The new CBS News editor-in-chief has chartered private flights for her armed security detail, made last-minute logistical changes and fired off ‘Bari Pitches.’ Weiss is once again accused o...
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 12:51 AM
NEW from me:
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.
Take that, elites!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The very same "president" that asked his generals if they could just shoot the American protesters in Washington D.C. during his first term.
January 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The very same "president" that asked his generals if they could just shoot the American protesters in Washington D.C. during his first term.
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If only Trump was as concerned about the safety of peaceful protestors at home: www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/t...
Trump threatens to intervene if Iran kills peaceful protesters
"We are locked and loaded and ready to go," the president said in a post on Truth Social early Friday, after economic protests in the Islamic Republic took a sharply violent turn.
www.nbcnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
If only Trump was as concerned about the safety of peaceful protestors at home: www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/t...
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The robber barons are back. Here’s what we should do about it.
Like their 19th-century counterparts, today’s tech titans provide us with innovations that make life both unimaginably better and unthinkably worse.
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Like their 19th-century counterparts, today’s tech titans provide us with innovations that make life both unimaginably better and unthinkably worse.
archive.ph/Vw4Jb#select...
archive.ph
January 2, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The robber barons are back. Here’s what we should do about it.
Like their 19th-century counterparts, today’s tech titans provide us with innovations that make life both unimaginably better and unthinkably worse.
archive.ph/Vw4Jb#select...
Like their 19th-century counterparts, today’s tech titans provide us with innovations that make life both unimaginably better and unthinkably worse.
archive.ph/Vw4Jb#select...
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They cut to this awesome football fan and my dad muttered, “Fentanyl.”
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 AM
They cut to this awesome football fan and my dad muttered, “Fentanyl.”
Unverified:
The caller said a woman was found with her head "blown off" in the small town in northeast Oklahoma days after reporting to police she had been raped by Epstein and Donald Trump. The caller described the death as a murder. www.ibtimes.co.uk/new-epstein-...
The caller said a woman was found with her head "blown off" in the small town in northeast Oklahoma days after reporting to police she had been raped by Epstein and Donald Trump. The caller described the death as a murder. www.ibtimes.co.uk/new-epstein-...
New Epstein Documents Show Unverified FBI Tip Linking Trump to a Murdered 19-Year-Old in 2000
Newly released FBI documents linked to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation include an unverified tip claiming a connection between Donald Trump and the 2000 death of a 19-year-old woman.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Unverified:
The caller said a woman was found with her head "blown off" in the small town in northeast Oklahoma days after reporting to police she had been raped by Epstein and Donald Trump. The caller described the death as a murder. www.ibtimes.co.uk/new-epstein-...
The caller said a woman was found with her head "blown off" in the small town in northeast Oklahoma days after reporting to police she had been raped by Epstein and Donald Trump. The caller described the death as a murder. www.ibtimes.co.uk/new-epstein-...
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A Ukrainian military leader on Putin’s hit-list conned the Kremlin out of $500,000 by faking his own death to collect the bounty.
Putin Humiliated After Ukrainian Commander Fakes Death to Claim Bounty
A military leader considered to be a “personal enemy” of Putin claimed $500,000 from the Kremlin.
trib.al
January 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
A Ukrainian military leader on Putin’s hit-list conned the Kremlin out of $500,000 by faking his own death to collect the bounty.
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we just don’t get awesome guidance like this anymore
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 AM
we just don’t get awesome guidance like this anymore
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NYT editorial board, in an extensive and reflective piece, calls the period we are now living in "a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 PM
NYT editorial board, in an extensive and reflective piece, calls the period we are now living in "a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/o...
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As Switzerland entered a period of national mourning on Friday, the authorities faced the grim task of identifying victims of a deadly fire on New Year’s Day, a painstaking process that the police have said could take days or even weeks.
Swiss Authorities Face the Grim Task of Identifying Fire Victims
Identifying the victims of a New Year’s fire in Crans-Montana that killed more than 40 people could take days or weeks because of the severity of the burns.
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January 2, 2026 at 6:10 PM
As Switzerland entered a period of national mourning on Friday, the authorities faced the grim task of identifying victims of a deadly fire on New Year’s Day, a painstaking process that the police have said could take days or even weeks.
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"2025 was tough. It was painful. This was the year that America broke open. Now the seedy interior of what lies within so many structures of power in our country has been revealed. It is not pretty." -- @sifill.bsky.social
The Year America Broke Open
It would be silly to pretend that 2025 was not among the most challenging years this country has faced in modern times.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"2025 was tough. It was painful. This was the year that America broke open. Now the seedy interior of what lies within so many structures of power in our country has been revealed. It is not pretty." -- @sifill.bsky.social
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Black eyed peas cooked with a smoked turkey leg and andouille sausage and rice. Fried chicken wings & cornbread.
Ode to my mom’s southern roots to start the new year.
Welcome to 2026 🙂
Ode to my mom’s southern roots to start the new year.
Welcome to 2026 🙂
January 2, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Black eyed peas cooked with a smoked turkey leg and andouille sausage and rice. Fried chicken wings & cornbread.
Ode to my mom’s southern roots to start the new year.
Welcome to 2026 🙂
Ode to my mom’s southern roots to start the new year.
Welcome to 2026 🙂
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What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
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What’s the one thing Baker Mayfield has to do to beat Carolina?
Discussed the NFC South battle with @jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social
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Discussed the NFC South battle with @jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social
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January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
What’s the one thing Baker Mayfield has to do to beat Carolina?
Discussed the NFC South battle with @jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social
🎧: apple.co/4jS2Nri
📺: youtu.be/V36d6x3v1Mc?...
Discussed the NFC South battle with @jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social
🎧: apple.co/4jS2Nri
📺: youtu.be/V36d6x3v1Mc?...
Investigators believe (1) this is real, and (2) the couple knew each other; not a random abduction
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Police ask for help after video shows possible abduction of woman in broad daylight
No missing persons report matching the woman’s description has been filed
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Investigators believe (1) this is real, and (2) the couple knew each other; not a random abduction
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...