Tom Joscelyn
@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @justsecurity.bsky.social. Bio: https://www.justsecurity.org/author/joscelyntom/
Former J6 Committee Senior Professional Staffer & principal drafter of committee’s final report. Fan of Tom Paine.
Former J6 Committee Senior Professional Staffer & principal drafter of committee’s final report. Fan of Tom Paine.
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Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
Reposted by Tom Joscelyn
Very important reporting from Politico’s @kyledcheney.bsky.social. More than 300 federal judges have rejected Trump’s “mandatory detention” policy, which locks up people waiting for deportation proceedings. Courts have found it to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Hundreds of judges reject Trump’s mandatory detention policy, with no end in sight
Judges have ruled against the administration in more than 1,600 cases.
www.politico.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Very important reporting from Politico’s @kyledcheney.bsky.social. More than 300 federal judges have rejected Trump’s “mandatory detention” policy, which locks up people waiting for deportation proceedings. Courts have found it to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Very important reporting from Politico’s @kyledcheney.bsky.social. More than 300 federal judges have rejected Trump’s “mandatory detention” policy, which locks up people waiting for deportation proceedings. Courts have found it to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Hundreds of judges reject Trump’s mandatory detention policy, with no end in sight
Judges have ruled against the administration in more than 1,600 cases.
www.politico.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Very important reporting from Politico’s @kyledcheney.bsky.social. More than 300 federal judges have rejected Trump’s “mandatory detention” policy, which locks up people waiting for deportation proceedings. Courts have found it to be “illegal and unconstitutional.”
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
January 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
I’m proud of the work we did on the House January 6th Committee.
January 6th should’ve been the end of a political movement based on a cult of personality, conspiracism, extremism & lies. Instead, it is now in power.
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You can be glad Maduro is no longer in power and still object to the manner in which the U.S. ousted him and be concerned about the lack of a viable plan going forward.
BRENNAN: To be clear, there is no plan for US occupation of this country of nearly 30 million people?
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
January 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
You can be glad Maduro is no longer in power and still object to the manner in which the U.S. ousted him and be concerned about the lack of a viable plan going forward.
You can be glad Maduro is no longer in power and still object to the manner in which the U.S. ousted him and be concerned about the lack of a viable plan going forward.
BRENNAN: To be clear, there is no plan for US occupation of this country of nearly 30 million people?
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
January 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
You can be glad Maduro is no longer in power and still object to the manner in which the U.S. ousted him and be concerned about the lack of a viable plan going forward.
Reposted by Tom Joscelyn
BRENNAN: To be clear, there is no plan for US occupation of this country of nearly 30 million people?
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
January 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
BRENNAN: To be clear, there is no plan for US occupation of this country of nearly 30 million people?
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
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New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
New euphemism for "bottomless corruption and naked abuses of power" just dropped
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My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.
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Trump just launched a regime change war for oil - something that much of his base claimed to reject through three presidential elections.
January 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Trump just launched a regime change war for oil - something that much of his base claimed to reject through three presidential elections.
Trump just launched a regime change war for oil - something that much of his base claimed to reject through three presidential elections.
January 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Trump just launched a regime change war for oil - something that much of his base claimed to reject through three presidential elections.
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Trump ran against regime change wars in three consecutive presidential elections.
In the last 24-36 hours, he commanded the first U.S.-led regime change war in about a decade and a half - if you count U.S. involvement in Libya in 2011 (very different).
Syria wasn’t a U.S.-led regime change war.
In the last 24-36 hours, he commanded the first U.S.-led regime change war in about a decade and a half - if you count U.S. involvement in Libya in 2011 (very different).
Syria wasn’t a U.S.-led regime change war.
January 3, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Trump ran against regime change wars in three consecutive presidential elections.
In the last 24-36 hours, he commanded the first U.S.-led regime change war in about a decade and a half - if you count U.S. involvement in Libya in 2011 (very different).
Syria wasn’t a U.S.-led regime change war.
In the last 24-36 hours, he commanded the first U.S.-led regime change war in about a decade and a half - if you count U.S. involvement in Libya in 2011 (very different).
Syria wasn’t a U.S.-led regime change war.
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The Trump admin has fused the war on terror with the war on drugs to create a framework for justifying its own acts everywhere from Chicago to Caracas.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The Trump admin has fused the war on terror with the war on drugs to create a framework for justifying its own acts everywhere from Chicago to Caracas.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
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Stupid conspiracy theories fuel Trump’s movement.
Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Stupid conspiracy theories fuel Trump’s movement.
Stupid conspiracy theories fuel Trump’s movement.
Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
January 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Stupid conspiracy theories fuel Trump’s movement.
Trump ran against regime change wars in three consecutive presidential elections.
In the last 24-36 hours, he commanded the first U.S.-led regime change war in about a decade and a half - if you count U.S. involvement in Libya in 2011 (very different).
Syria wasn’t a U.S.-led regime change war.
In the last 24-36 hours, he commanded the first U.S.-led regime change war in about a decade and a half - if you count U.S. involvement in Libya in 2011 (very different).
Syria wasn’t a U.S.-led regime change war.
January 3, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Trump ran against regime change wars in three consecutive presidential elections.
In the last 24-36 hours, he commanded the first U.S.-led regime change war in about a decade and a half - if you count U.S. involvement in Libya in 2011 (very different).
Syria wasn’t a U.S.-led regime change war.
In the last 24-36 hours, he commanded the first U.S.-led regime change war in about a decade and a half - if you count U.S. involvement in Libya in 2011 (very different).
Syria wasn’t a U.S.-led regime change war.
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We were promised* no new wars.
*Yes, I know he’s a pathological liar.
*Yes, I know he’s a pathological liar.
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
We were promised* no new wars.
*Yes, I know he’s a pathological liar.
*Yes, I know he’s a pathological liar.
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But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?
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In the Maduro capture operation, the Trump administration relies on Bill Barr’s (discredited) 1989 memo claiming a President can disregard the UN Charter (CNN report).
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
Maduro Capture Operation and the President’s Duty to Faithfully Execute U.N. Charter: Assessment of 1989 OLC Opinion
A decades-old Office of Legal Counsel memorandum claiming the President can disregard the UN Charter does not withstand serious scrutiny.
www.justsecurity.org
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
In the Maduro capture operation, the Trump administration relies on Bill Barr’s (discredited) 1989 memo claiming a President can disregard the UN Charter (CNN report).
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
That is a loaded gun. The legal analysis is utterly flawed.
My assessment just published:
www.justsecurity.org/127962/madur...
The Trump admin has fused the war on terror with the war on drugs to create a framework for justifying its own acts everywhere from Chicago to Caracas.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The Trump admin has fused the war on terror with the war on drugs to create a framework for justifying its own acts everywhere from Chicago to Caracas.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
Remember the helicopter raid on a Chicago apartment building? A key rationale was to go after the Venezuelan TdA.*
Same with Caracas raid.
We were promised* no new wars.
*Yes, I know he’s a pathological liar.
*Yes, I know he’s a pathological liar.
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
We were promised* no new wars.
*Yes, I know he’s a pathological liar.
*Yes, I know he’s a pathological liar.
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The Trump admin broke the “rule of law” when it deprived more than 200 men of due process and sent them to the CECOT torture prison in El Salvador. Bari Weiss killed a 60 Minutes segment on it, falsely claiming there was a “genuine debate” over it.
The rule of law is indeed crucial for America.
The rule of law is indeed crucial for America.
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The Trump admin broke the “rule of law” when it deprived more than 200 men of due process and sent them to the CECOT torture prison in El Salvador. Bari Weiss killed a 60 Minutes segment on it, falsely claiming there was a “genuine debate” over it.
The rule of law is indeed crucial for America.
The rule of law is indeed crucial for America.
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The racist great replacement theory holds that Democrats are allowing immigrants into the country to weaken the power of white voters, increase the power of the Democratic Party and transform society. It’s flat false. A racist lie.
This is what Miller argues regarding the Somalis in Minnesota.
This is what Miller argues regarding the Somalis in Minnesota.
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The racist great replacement theory holds that Democrats are allowing immigrants into the country to weaken the power of white voters, increase the power of the Democratic Party and transform society. It’s flat false. A racist lie.
This is what Miller argues regarding the Somalis in Minnesota.
This is what Miller argues regarding the Somalis in Minnesota.
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On Fox News, Stephen Miller used the white nationalist great replacement theory (GRT) to explain the presence of Somalis in Minnesota.
The MAGA right has been conditioned to interpret current events through that conspiratorial lens. And Miller effortlessly employs the GRT in his hateful rhetoric.
The MAGA right has been conditioned to interpret current events through that conspiratorial lens. And Miller effortlessly employs the GRT in his hateful rhetoric.
January 3, 2026 at 1:28 AM
On Fox News, Stephen Miller used the white nationalist great replacement theory (GRT) to explain the presence of Somalis in Minnesota.
The MAGA right has been conditioned to interpret current events through that conspiratorial lens. And Miller effortlessly employs the GRT in his hateful rhetoric.
The MAGA right has been conditioned to interpret current events through that conspiratorial lens. And Miller effortlessly employs the GRT in his hateful rhetoric.