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.
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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
Congrats to the Seahawks.
Great show from Bad Bunny.
Fuck the racists.
Great show from Bad Bunny.
Fuck the racists.
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Congrats to the Seahawks.
Great show from Bad Bunny.
Fuck the racists.
Great show from Bad Bunny.
Fuck the racists.
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I’m watching a lot of petty, mean-spirited haters dunking on Kid Rock on every platform and seriously you all rock.
February 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I’m watching a lot of petty, mean-spirited haters dunking on Kid Rock on every platform and seriously you all rock.
Looking forward to hearing the distant "pop-pop-pop" sound of racists' heads exploding as an extra backbeat to Bad Bunny's halftime show.
February 8, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Looking forward to hearing the distant "pop-pop-pop" sound of racists' heads exploding as an extra backbeat to Bad Bunny's halftime show.
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the answer to his hypothetical about a five year old American citizen is his party would like to deny it food and healthcare if its parents are working but poor and that the party would like to tear gas the American child if the parents take the kid to do free speech incorrectly
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
the answer to his hypothetical about a five year old American citizen is his party would like to deny it food and healthcare if its parents are working but poor and that the party would like to tear gas the American child if the parents take the kid to do free speech incorrectly
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I keep trying to figure out wtf he means by "I also think what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
Because I think that 5 year old US citizen is much more harmed by the knowledge that their friends could be kidnapped & disappeared than the fact that a kid in their class's family is seeking asylum.
Because I think that 5 year old US citizen is much more harmed by the knowledge that their friends could be kidnapped & disappeared than the fact that a kid in their class's family is seeking asylum.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I keep trying to figure out wtf he means by "I also think what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
Because I think that 5 year old US citizen is much more harmed by the knowledge that their friends could be kidnapped & disappeared than the fact that a kid in their class's family is seeking asylum.
Because I think that 5 year old US citizen is much more harmed by the knowledge that their friends could be kidnapped & disappeared than the fact that a kid in their class's family is seeking asylum.
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
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I disagree with Congressman Gonzales that 5-year-old American citizen children are helped in any way by their kindergarten classmates being kisbnapped and disappeared by marked, armed thugs.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I disagree with Congressman Gonzales that 5-year-old American citizen children are helped in any way by their kindergarten classmates being kisbnapped and disappeared by marked, armed thugs.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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This just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how to do news. Data helps, but data doesn’t tell a reporter to spend a years-long investigation into child labor or an editor to place staff in a country on the brink of war. What exactly does Bezos think WaPo’s “journalistic mission” is?
Jeff Bezos' statement, his first since last week's layoffs: "The Post has an essential journalistic mission and an extraordinary opportunity. Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus."
February 8, 2026 at 12:39 AM
This just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how to do news. Data helps, but data doesn’t tell a reporter to spend a years-long investigation into child labor or an editor to place staff in a country on the brink of war. What exactly does Bezos think WaPo’s “journalistic mission” is?
When exactly did people start losing their minds whenever they lose elections? When did it become inconceivable that one's opponent could win fair and square, that only massive (and yet invisible) fraud simply HAD to be the explanation?
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 6:36 AM
When exactly did people start losing their minds whenever they lose elections? When did it become inconceivable that one's opponent could win fair and square, that only massive (and yet invisible) fraud simply HAD to be the explanation?
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Checking in on Mar-a-Lago tonight.
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Checking in on Mar-a-Lago tonight.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"What's your deadline?"
"What's your deadline?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Hitler did that, too.”
“Hitler did that, too.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
February 8, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"What's your deadline?"
"What's your deadline?"
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Surveillance isn’t the same thing as safety.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, you can't leave that here."
"No, you can't leave that here."
February 7, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Surveillance isn’t the same thing as safety.
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When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it
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Breaking:
Members of Congress were briefed this week on a whistleblower report about an intelligence intercept of a call between two foreign nationals discussing a person close to Trump.
The whistleblower accused Tulsi Gabbard of limiting who could see the report and blocking wider distribution.
Members of Congress were briefed this week on a whistleblower report about an intelligence intercept of a call between two foreign nationals discussing a person close to Trump.
The whistleblower accused Tulsi Gabbard of limiting who could see the report and blocking wider distribution.
Whistle-Blower Report Involved Intelligence About a Trump Contact
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Breaking:
Members of Congress were briefed this week on a whistleblower report about an intelligence intercept of a call between two foreign nationals discussing a person close to Trump.
The whistleblower accused Tulsi Gabbard of limiting who could see the report and blocking wider distribution.
Members of Congress were briefed this week on a whistleblower report about an intelligence intercept of a call between two foreign nationals discussing a person close to Trump.
The whistleblower accused Tulsi Gabbard of limiting who could see the report and blocking wider distribution.
“Two years of transformation” = two years of journalistic malfeasance and pandering to fascists
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM
“Two years of transformation” = two years of journalistic malfeasance and pandering to fascists
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They should just hire 404Media as the inspector general of government surveillance tech. It would be more efficient and more accurate.
The inspector general is investigating whether ICE’s surveillance is legal. Even if this doesn’t result in any changes it will likely result in more details about how these systems work and that will hopefully be useful: www.404media.co/inspector-ge...
Inspector General Investigating Whether ICE's Surveillance Tech Breaks the Law
DHS's inspector general is probing ICE's biometric and surveillance programs.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
They should just hire 404Media as the inspector general of government surveillance tech. It would be more efficient and more accurate.
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everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
July 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
Because of course
Acive duty military are being ordered to buy a ticket to Melania and watch it, whether they want to, or not. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/mil...
Military Pressured to See ‘Melania’ Against Their Will
A military group has evidence of troops being ordered into theater—the movie theater.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Because of course
He seems to be prancing like a little Nazi show pony.
Just gonna drop this photo of January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang destroying a "Prosecute ICE" sculpture in Minneapolis. He's been arrested for this, btw.
February 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
He seems to be prancing like a little Nazi show pony.
possibly unkind, but definitely 100 percent on-the-nose accurate
Is it unkind to describe our president as a racist pig? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-it-unkind-to-describe-our-president
Is it unkind to describe our president as a racist pig?
His 11 pm post
robertreich.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:04 AM
possibly unkind, but definitely 100 percent on-the-nose accurate