Joshua Smith
@smithmachine.bsky.social
Policy Director, @budget.senate.gov / @merkley.senate.gov
This explains… everything?
January 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
This explains… everything?
*Driving to the airport, 6-year-old son crying because we left the kittens at home*
Wife: We’re flying United
6: We’re not united without the kitties
Wife: We’re flying United
6: We’re not united without the kitties
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
*Driving to the airport, 6-year-old son crying because we left the kittens at home*
Wife: We’re flying United
6: We’re not united without the kitties
Wife: We’re flying United
6: We’re not united without the kitties
I have a feeling that people are going to be smashing that unsubscribe button
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I have a feeling that people are going to be smashing that unsubscribe button
"Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared." Incredible.
Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Profits collapsed. Newsroom morale soared." Incredible.
"President Trump’s chief of staff said she tried to get him to end his 'score settling' against political enemies after 90 days in office, but acknowledged that the administration’s still ongoing push for prosecutions has been fueled *in part* by the president’s desire for retribution."
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"President Trump’s chief of staff said she tried to get him to end his 'score settling' against political enemies after 90 days in office, but acknowledged that the administration’s still ongoing push for prosecutions has been fueled *in part* by the president’s desire for retribution."
What would you do without the filibuster?
Dems: universal health care, child care, voting rights, abortion rights, unicorns 4 all
Trump: make it marginally harder to vote
Dems: universal health care, child care, voting rights, abortion rights, unicorns 4 all
Trump: make it marginally harder to vote
Asked about another reconciliation bill, Trump goes after filibuster again
“You knock out the filibuster, it would all go away. But we have a few people that wouldn't do that. It's crazy. Look, we should knock out the filibuster, and if you did that, we'd get voter ID.”
“You knock out the filibuster, it would all go away. But we have a few people that wouldn't do that. It's crazy. Look, we should knock out the filibuster, and if you did that, we'd get voter ID.”
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
What would you do without the filibuster?
Dems: universal health care, child care, voting rights, abortion rights, unicorns 4 all
Trump: make it marginally harder to vote
Dems: universal health care, child care, voting rights, abortion rights, unicorns 4 all
Trump: make it marginally harder to vote
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The Trump administration is not anti-crime. It is totally for crime done by rich people.
EXCLUSIVE: Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as the Trump administration cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue those cases, a Reuters examination has found.
www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Trump administration is not anti-crime. It is totally for crime done by rich people.
In a million years, you would never guess that this tirade is about…. fonts.
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In a million years, you would never guess that this tirade is about…. fonts.
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Today is the 68th anniversary of the creation of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, and over 200 recent employees have shared an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.
An Open Letter from Former Civil Rights Division Employees
On the 68th anniversary of the Civil Rights Division, former employees share an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today is the 68th anniversary of the creation of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, and over 200 recent employees have shared an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.
I… uh… don’t think the developers of New York’s new soccer stadium have read the book?
December 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I… uh… don’t think the developers of New York’s new soccer stadium have read the book?
Chat: "If you’d be happy with a clean, accurate, AI-generated schematic map (showing all terminals, concourses, and future expansions), I can produce that as an image."
Also Chat:
Also Chat:
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Chat: "If you’d be happy with a clean, accurate, AI-generated schematic map (showing all terminals, concourses, and future expansions), I can produce that as an image."
Also Chat:
Also Chat:
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Take my money amc plus
Rise of the 49ers | Camelot Tease | AMC+
YouTube video by amc+
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Take my money amc plus
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we need to find Prominent Baseball Man and throw him into a volcano. it probably won't work, but I'm out of ideas.
Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we need to find Prominent Baseball Man and throw him into a volcano. it probably won't work, but I'm out of ideas.
Sometimes, justice is best served cold (cuts)
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Sometimes, justice is best served cold (cuts)
Hungry to learn more about every layer and condiment of this trial
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hungry to learn more about every layer and condiment of this trial
Ugh can’t believe I was let down by my favorite base ball squadron the Toronto Blue Jays
Why yes I’ve always been a fan of the [reminds self who’s playing the Dodgers next] uhhh Blue Jays
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Ugh can’t believe I was let down by my favorite base ball squadron the Toronto Blue Jays
Would be news to Russ Vought
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Would be news to Russ Vought
Happy Bat Week to all who celebrate!
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy Bat Week to all who celebrate!
