Josh Richman
@joshrichman.bsky.social
(he/him) Comms for @eff.org; formerly with @ericswalwell.bsky.social, Oakland Tribune/Mercury News, Express-Times, Mizzou Journalism. Booze, books, cats. Opinions here are mine all mine. https://linktr.ee/joshrichman
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Josh Richman
@joshrichman.bsky.social
· Jan 20
Don’t shake hands with Nazis.
And if my aunt had wheels she’d be a bike.
Introduce articles of impeachment. It doesn’t matter if the GOP won’t allow a vote. We want to see you fight for what’s right.
Introduce articles of impeachment. It doesn’t matter if the GOP won’t allow a vote. We want to see you fight for what’s right.
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 AM
And if my aunt had wheels she’d be a bike.
Introduce articles of impeachment. It doesn’t matter if the GOP won’t allow a vote. We want to see you fight for what’s right.
Introduce articles of impeachment. It doesn’t matter if the GOP won’t allow a vote. We want to see you fight for what’s right.
This guy is straight out of "Eddington."
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 AM
This guy is straight out of "Eddington."
These apes are fine with a pedophile occupying the Oval Office, and with a TPUSA halftime Hillbilly Vanilli who sang about "statutory" being "mandatory," but they're taking us back to Elvis the Pelvis days because a U.S. citizen dared to sing in Spanish.
GOP congressman calls for probe of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance
A GOP congressman has requested an investigation of Bad Bunny's history-making Super Bowl LX halftime performance, claiming it was "pure smut."
www.usatoday.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:25 AM
These apes are fine with a pedophile occupying the Oval Office, and with a TPUSA halftime Hillbilly Vanilli who sang about "statutory" being "mandatory," but they're taking us back to Elvis the Pelvis days because a U.S. citizen dared to sing in Spanish.
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Brutal 2025 number.
And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.
And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.
As expected, the annual benchmark revisions sharply lowered estimates of job growth in earlier months. BLS now says we added just 181,000 jobs in 2025, down from the earlier estimate of 584,000. #NumbersDay
February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Brutal 2025 number.
And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.
And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.
What kind of cowardly fuckery is this?
"Gallup’s decision comes as President Trump has escalated his threats against the press, and sued at least one respected pollster..."
"Gallup’s decision comes as President Trump has escalated his threats against the press, and sued at least one respected pollster..."
Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
What kind of cowardly fuckery is this?
"Gallup’s decision comes as President Trump has escalated his threats against the press, and sued at least one respected pollster..."
"Gallup’s decision comes as President Trump has escalated his threats against the press, and sued at least one respected pollster..."
This cannot be reformed, only defunded and abolished.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This cannot be reformed, only defunded and abolished.
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Some personal news
Scoop–CFPB just fired employee alexisgoldstein.bsky.social for allegedly disrupting &documenting a meeting a year ago between CFPB & DOGE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails rev...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Some personal news
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Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.
www.404media.co/government-l...
www.404media.co/government-l...
So:
❌ DoD fired an experimental weapon despite being warned against it by FAA.
❌ DoD mistook a balloon for a drone.
❌ FAA did an unprecedented airspace shutdown without consulting the White House.
❌ Afterward, all of them lied about it.
Do you trust these people to run the country?
❌ DoD fired an experimental weapon despite being warned against it by FAA.
❌ DoD mistook a balloon for a drone.
❌ FAA did an unprecedented airspace shutdown without consulting the White House.
❌ Afterward, all of them lied about it.
Do you trust these people to run the country?
Military’s Use of Anti-Drone Technology Said to Cause El Paso Airspace Closure
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
So:
❌ DoD fired an experimental weapon despite being warned against it by FAA.
❌ DoD mistook a balloon for a drone.
❌ FAA did an unprecedented airspace shutdown without consulting the White House.
❌ Afterward, all of them lied about it.
Do you trust these people to run the country?
❌ DoD fired an experimental weapon despite being warned against it by FAA.
❌ DoD mistook a balloon for a drone.
❌ FAA did an unprecedented airspace shutdown without consulting the White House.
❌ Afterward, all of them lied about it.
Do you trust these people to run the country?
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Yeah. Hey, do you happen to know anyone who is in a position of power, maybe someone in a powerful role in the Senate, who can do something about all that?
A picture is worth a thousand words. How does AG Pam Bondi sleep at night?
Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Yeah. Hey, do you happen to know anyone who is in a position of power, maybe someone in a powerful role in the Senate, who can do something about all that?
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Barabak: There's nothing phony about California elections. The same can't be said for Trump and his enablers
Commentary: There's nothing phony about California elections. The same can't be said for Trump and his enablers
The state's elections are on the up and up, but you wouldn't know it from Republicans like Mike Johnson, who keeps perpetuating falsehoods. The House speaker knows better. Or should.
www.latimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Barabak: There's nothing phony about California elections. The same can't be said for Trump and his enablers
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SWALWELL: Will you apologize to the family of Renee Good for being called a domestic terrorist by the president and his leadership?
LYONS: No sir
SWALWELL: Is she a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I'm not going to comment on an active investigation
LYONS: No sir
SWALWELL: Is she a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I'm not going to comment on an active investigation
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
SWALWELL: Will you apologize to the family of Renee Good for being called a domestic terrorist by the president and his leadership?
LYONS: No sir
SWALWELL: Is she a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I'm not going to comment on an active investigation
LYONS: No sir
SWALWELL: Is she a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I'm not going to comment on an active investigation
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SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
February 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
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Even in stable times, rolling back protection for free speech online would be foolhardy and harmful, EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social wrote for @talkingpointsmemo.com. In a moment when the Executive Branch seeks to censor speech online, it could be a nail in democracy’s coffin.
Behind the Misguided Bipartisan Push to Muzzle Free Speech Online
This story is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Even in stable times, rolling back protection for free speech online would be foolhardy and harmful, EFF’s @aaronmackey.bsky.social wrote for @talkingpointsmemo.com. In a moment when the Executive Branch seeks to censor speech online, it could be a nail in democracy’s coffin.
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Make sure you check out our map of covert ALPRs that the feds have installed near the border! www.eff.org/covertALPRmap
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Make sure you check out our map of covert ALPRs that the feds have installed near the border! www.eff.org/covertALPRmap
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California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as CBP and the DEA to put automated license plate readers along border highways, a coalition of 38 groups led by EFF and the Imperial Valley Equity & Justice Coalition demanded today of @governor.ca.gov and the CA Dept of Transportation.
Coalition Urges California to Revoke Permits for Federal License Plate Reader Surveillance
SAN FRANCISCO – California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to put automated license plate readers al...
www.eff.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as CBP and the DEA to put automated license plate readers along border highways, a coalition of 38 groups led by EFF and the Imperial Valley Equity & Justice Coalition demanded today of @governor.ca.gov and the CA Dept of Transportation.
It was perhaps the bullshittiest of bullshit cases.
Trump administration fails to secure indictment in connection with Democrats involved in 'illegal orders' video
President Donald Trump had accused six Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior" after they urged members of the military and intelligence communities to refuse unlawful orders.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
It was perhaps the bullshittiest of bullshit cases.
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That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
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They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM
They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
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“every single person laid off has been a woman and/or a person of color”
2/9 PM UPDATE: Joining the list of AJC layoffs are:
· Alia Pharr, a metro Atlanta local government reporter
· Maya T. Prabhu, a statehouse reporter whose last day will be the end of the ongoing state legislative session
Again: every single person laid off has been a woman and/or a person of color
· Alia Pharr, a metro Atlanta local government reporter
· Maya T. Prabhu, a statehouse reporter whose last day will be the end of the ongoing state legislative session
Again: every single person laid off has been a woman and/or a person of color
BREAKING: @ajc.com on Tuesday evening said it will lay off approximately 50 staffers, about 15% of its headcount, as it seeks to cut costs and marshal resources to invest in its growth.
The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.
The AJC published its last print edition on 12/31. About half of those laid off will come from the newsroom.
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
“every single person laid off has been a woman and/or a person of color”
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Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump's first year back had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal DHS document obtained by CBS News — undermining the admin's claim that they're primarily targeting dangerous and violent criminals.
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE in Trump's first year back had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal DHS document obtained by CBS News — undermining the admin's claim that they're primarily targeting dangerous and violent criminals.
don't be mad 'cause we doin' us better than you doin' you
‘The worst, ever’: MAGA rages about Bad Bunny’s halftime set
‘The worst, ever’: MAGA rages about Bad Bunny’s halftime set
For an audience of millions, the Puerto Rican superstar put on the NFL’s first-ever Spanish-led show. Trump and his allies said he didn't represent America.
dlvr.it
February 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
don't be mad 'cause we doin' us better than you doin' you
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We’re onto you, Ring
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
We’re onto you, Ring
