Josh Manning
@joshmanning.bsky.social
Iraq War vet. Former intelligence community Russia then counterterrorism analyst. Now: middling flak.
MI —> MT —> WA. Warren-Occupy core. Social justice warrior.
Opinions, quirks mine.
Words: LA Times, Foreign Policy, Newsweek. Face: MSNBC, Al Jazeera
MI —> MT —> WA. Warren-Occupy core. Social justice warrior.
Opinions, quirks mine.
Words: LA Times, Foreign Policy, Newsweek. Face: MSNBC, Al Jazeera
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Josh Manning
@joshmanning.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States.
https://to.pbs.org/46hft5R
https://to.pbs.org/46hft5R
Venezuela says U.S. warship raided a tuna boat as tensions rise in the Caribbean
Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relation...
www.pbs.org
So here is what I think is happening, because I had a front row seat to Mike Flynn doing this sort of thing at DIA … The agencies are collecting intelligence from bad sources or dictating what they want their sources to say so it ends up in raw reporting. They can then weaponize this intel.
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Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
JCO putting on a masterclass for all to see. Amazing.
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
JCO putting on a masterclass for all to see. Amazing.
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Corrupt af
Housing official Bill Pulte fired ethics workers who were looking into his ally www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Housing official Bill Pulte fired ethics workers who were looking into his ally
The actions have also sowed uncertainty and undermined confidence in Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte across the housing finance industry.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Corrupt af
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The subtext of this statement is a public declaration of appeasement and surrender.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The subtext of this statement is a public declaration of appeasement and surrender.
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@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."
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We are literally mad about your failure to fight the real dangers.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We are literally mad about your failure to fight the real dangers.
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
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No notes….nailed it 🎯
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No notes….nailed it 🎯
Who is it who look like terrorists again?
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Who is it who look like terrorists again?
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
LFG!!!!!
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
LFG!!!!!
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“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“After a year spent organizing to try to convince the Democratic Party to unify and oppose this regime, here’s where I am: The time for convincing is over. We need new leadership.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Demand that your Dem senators call on Schumer to step aside: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
The worst honeypot since that Madison Cawthorn lady from St. Petersburg.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The worst honeypot since that Madison Cawthorn lady from St. Petersburg.
A government for them, by them.
The rest of us get scraps.
The rest of us get scraps.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A government for them, by them.
The rest of us get scraps.
The rest of us get scraps.
Also, write or call them, I need to. But also know that the professional and campaign staffs are watching this site to gauge where people are. So feel free to post a lot too. I think it’s actually noisier.
Today is a great day to make sure you cancel ANY recurring donation to ANY sitting Democratic senator and especially to ANY of the party committees.
Yes, they will notice. Yes, they should all be afraid. Send a signal that they'll be held collectively responsible for this utter betrayal. 🧵
Yes, they will notice. Yes, they should all be afraid. Send a signal that they'll be held collectively responsible for this utter betrayal. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Also, write or call them, I need to. But also know that the professional and campaign staffs are watching this site to gauge where people are. So feel free to post a lot too. I think it’s actually noisier.
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Today is a great day to make sure you cancel ANY recurring donation to ANY sitting Democratic senator and especially to ANY of the party committees.
Yes, they will notice. Yes, they should all be afraid. Send a signal that they'll be held collectively responsible for this utter betrayal. 🧵
Yes, they will notice. Yes, they should all be afraid. Send a signal that they'll be held collectively responsible for this utter betrayal. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today is a great day to make sure you cancel ANY recurring donation to ANY sitting Democratic senator and especially to ANY of the party committees.
Yes, they will notice. Yes, they should all be afraid. Send a signal that they'll be held collectively responsible for this utter betrayal. 🧵
Yes, they will notice. Yes, they should all be afraid. Send a signal that they'll be held collectively responsible for this utter betrayal. 🧵
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I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
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Senate Majority Leader Elizabeth Warren has a nice ring to it, right???
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Senate Majority Leader Elizabeth Warren has a nice ring to it, right???
Happy Veterans Day to all of the bonfire burners here on @bsky.app. We are all just a bunch of entitled kids who have never done anything, not like poker stakes crypto king Nate Silver. That douche canoe served himself, never his country.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Happy Veterans Day to all of the bonfire burners here on @bsky.app. We are all just a bunch of entitled kids who have never done anything, not like poker stakes crypto king Nate Silver. That douche canoe served himself, never his country.
lolz
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
lolz
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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You ever drunk dial your senator?
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
You ever drunk dial your senator?