Josh Mankiewicz
@joshmankiewicz.bsky.social
These hips don’t lie
"In Virginia, our hardworking, law-abiding immigrant neighbors will know that when we say — we’ll focus on the security and safety of all of our neighbors, we mean them too," Spanberger said. www.wvtf.org/news/2026-01...
Spanberger EO "gives new Governor the option" to end relationship between ICE and Virginia State Police
When asked if or when she expected the relationship between the state and federal agencies to end, the spokesperson declined to comment.
www.wvtf.org
January 17, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"In Virginia, our hardworking, law-abiding immigrant neighbors will know that when we say — we’ll focus on the security and safety of all of our neighbors, we mean them too," Spanberger said. www.wvtf.org/news/2026-01...
State-owned media:
“He said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,” Ms. Leavitt said in an even tone, according to a recording of the exchange obtained by the NYT.
“Yeah, we’re doing it, yeah,” Mr. Dokoupil responded.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
“He said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,” Ms. Leavitt said in an even tone, according to a recording of the exchange obtained by the NYT.
“Yeah, we’re doing it, yeah,” Mr. Dokoupil responded.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
State-owned media:
“He said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,” Ms. Leavitt said in an even tone, according to a recording of the exchange obtained by the NYT.
“Yeah, we’re doing it, yeah,” Mr. Dokoupil responded.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
“He said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,” Ms. Leavitt said in an even tone, according to a recording of the exchange obtained by the NYT.
“Yeah, we’re doing it, yeah,” Mr. Dokoupil responded.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
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GOP Adds ‘ICE Kills Everyone’ Pillar To 2026 Platform
GOP Adds ‘ICE Kills Everyone’ Pillar To 2026 Platform
WASHINGTON—Adopting a new set of national policy positions ahead of this year’s midterms, top GOP leaders released an updated party platform Tuesday to introduce their official “ICE kills everyone” ag...
theonion.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
GOP Adds ‘ICE Kills Everyone’ Pillar To 2026 Platform
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Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor
Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor
WASHINGTON—Calling her actions “indefensible,” Vice President JD Vance stated Thursday that Renée Good was brainwashed by the Bible into loving thy neighbor. “The fact of the matter is that Renée Good...
theonion.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Conservatives Say Renée Good Was Brainwashed By Bible Into Loving Thy Neighbor
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Trump Announces the "Great American Healthcare Plan🇺🇸" Patriots Receive Cash For Premiums, But Must Sacrifice Weakest Family Member For God And Glory.
January 16, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Trump Announces the "Great American Healthcare Plan🇺🇸" Patriots Receive Cash For Premiums, But Must Sacrifice Weakest Family Member For God And Glory.
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They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.
January 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.
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I want the Dems to win a single branding campaign. They have every opportunity to do this right now with a powerful, unequivocal message capturing the essence of what is happening in Minnesota.
Which makes me sure that their brain trust will land on something like: "You Ability for Affordability"
Which makes me sure that their brain trust will land on something like: "You Ability for Affordability"
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I want the Dems to win a single branding campaign. They have every opportunity to do this right now with a powerful, unequivocal message capturing the essence of what is happening in Minnesota.
Which makes me sure that their brain trust will land on something like: "You Ability for Affordability"
Which makes me sure that their brain trust will land on something like: "You Ability for Affordability"
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Dems should relentlessly be listing the ridiculous price tags on the ignorant bullshit that the Republicans are doing right now. Whether it is renaming the department of defense, tariffs, remodeling the White House, whatever it is.
Why are they so bad at this???
Why are they so bad at this???
January 17, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Dems should relentlessly be listing the ridiculous price tags on the ignorant bullshit that the Republicans are doing right now. Whether it is renaming the department of defense, tariffs, remodeling the White House, whatever it is.
Why are they so bad at this???
Why are they so bad at this???
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OMG NOTHINGS UP STOP ASKING ME, YOU POS
January 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
OMG NOTHINGS UP STOP ASKING ME, YOU POS
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President Orders America's Free Range Chickens Back Into Cages
January 16, 2026 at 12:39 AM
President Orders America's Free Range Chickens Back Into Cages
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“The obscene gesture Trump made in Michigan was brimming with youthful vitality, not to mention quite a bit of technical finesse,” said Fox News’ Sean Hannity
Pundits Praise Strength, Dexterity Required For Trump To Successfully Lift Middle Finger
NEW YORK—Lauding the commander-in-chief’s response to being heckled at a Ford plant as a stunning physical feat, pundits from multiple media outlets praised President Donald Trump on Thursday for summ...
theonion.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“The obscene gesture Trump made in Michigan was brimming with youthful vitality, not to mention quite a bit of technical finesse,” said Fox News’ Sean Hannity
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'Largest outbreak that we've seen in California.' Death cap mushrooms linked to deaths, hospitalizations
'Largest outbreak that we've seen in California.' Death cap mushrooms linked to deaths, hospitalizations
California officials are warning Northern and Central Coast residents against foraging for mushrooms amid an outbreak of mushroom poisoning.
www.latimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:30 AM
'Largest outbreak that we've seen in California.' Death cap mushrooms linked to deaths, hospitalizations
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Nancy Drew-ass headline
January 17, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Nancy Drew-ass headline
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Trump will pardon Puerto Rico’s former governor
Wanda Vázquez Garced, who endorsed Trump in 2020, faced campaign bribery charges and pleaded guilty last year.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Wanda Vázquez Garced, who endorsed Trump in 2020, faced campaign bribery charges and pleaded guilty last year.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump will pardon Puerto Rico’s former governor
Wanda Vázquez Garced, who endorsed Trump in 2020, faced campaign bribery charges and pleaded guilty last year.
www.politico.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Trump will pardon Puerto Rico’s former governor
Wanda Vázquez Garced, who endorsed Trump in 2020, faced campaign bribery charges and pleaded guilty last year.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Wanda Vázquez Garced, who endorsed Trump in 2020, faced campaign bribery charges and pleaded guilty last year.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Democratic lawmakers urge FTC to investigate Trump phone
Democratic lawmakers urge FTC to investigate Trump phone
The lawmakers questioned whether the Trump phone venture engaged in false advertising with its claims that the phone will be made in the USA.
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Democratic lawmakers urge FTC to investigate Trump phone
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A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
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A healthy democracy cannot have a standing force of vastly-funded, barely trained, heavily armed and masked secret police riven with a not insignificant number of white nationalists just waiting around to brutalize people.
Abolish ICE
Abolish ICE
“ICE, their secret police, is their tool," a former DHS oversight official told us. “Once they have that power, which they have now, there’s nothing stopping them from using it against citizens.”
(Published Oct. 2025)
(Published Oct. 2025)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:19 AM
A healthy democracy cannot have a standing force of vastly-funded, barely trained, heavily armed and masked secret police riven with a not insignificant number of white nationalists just waiting around to brutalize people.
Abolish ICE
Abolish ICE
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I’d venture that many of the ICE officers wearing masks now are the same people who fiercely opposed wearing them during a global pandemic.
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 AM
I’d venture that many of the ICE officers wearing masks now are the same people who fiercely opposed wearing them during a global pandemic.
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DHS blames Minnesota family driving home from kids’ athletic event for their family (including 6-month old baby) being tear-gassed, then deletes tweet.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
2 children, including infant, hospitalized after federal agents deployed tear gas in Minneapolis
Follow for live updates on President Donald Trump’s administration, including unrest in Minnesota over ICE operations.
www.cnn.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
DHS blames Minnesota family driving home from kids’ athletic event for their family (including 6-month old baby) being tear-gassed, then deletes tweet.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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A trivial argument over allegedly fake sneakers in Miami ended with a man trying to stab another: cops. Two men arrested; one faces an attempted-murder charge.
‘Risk to society.’ Miami man tries to stab person over alleged fake sneakers: cops
A trivial argument over allegedly fake sneakers in Miami ended with a man trying to stab another: cops. Two men arrested; one faces an attempted-murder charge.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
A trivial argument over allegedly fake sneakers in Miami ended with a man trying to stab another: cops. Two men arrested; one faces an attempted-murder charge.
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Donald Trump has upended the national tradition of claiming—however hypocritically—that foreign intervention is not about power or profit, Jake Lundberg writes in Time Travel Thursdays:
The Early Days of American Imperialism
Trump has upended the national tradition of claiming, however hypocritically, that foreign intervention is not about power or profit.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Donald Trump has upended the national tradition of claiming—however hypocritically—that foreign intervention is not about power or profit, Jake Lundberg writes in Time Travel Thursdays:
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I really admire how Pennywise sleeps for 27 years at a time
January 17, 2026 at 4:50 AM
I really admire how Pennywise sleeps for 27 years at a time
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a vine compilation could heal this country
January 17, 2026 at 5:22 AM
a vine compilation could heal this country
I mean, from the outside it looks like a completely safe work environment www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Florida man dies in industrial accident with dough mixer at a grocery store
Investigation launched after man’s death at South Florida Kosher Market
www.independent.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I mean, from the outside it looks like a completely safe work environment www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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I’m falling asleep! Help! Bring in the hot chocolate reinforcements (with fat free half and half because I know @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social is gonna hold me accountable)! #Dateline
January 17, 2026 at 3:07 AM
I’m falling asleep! Help! Bring in the hot chocolate reinforcements (with fat free half and half because I know @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social is gonna hold me accountable)! #Dateline