Josh Caplan
@josh-caplan.bsky.social
Former Hill staffer, now working on getting health care delivery evidence and experts to policymakers more effectively.
"We are firing so many Americans, you wouldn't believe it," says the American president.
Trump: "The only reason our unemployment tucked up and went up to 4.5 percent [it's actually 4.6 percent] is because we are reducing the government workforce by numbers that have never been seen before."
December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"We are firing so many Americans, you wouldn't believe it," says the American president.
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The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
Wait, Biden wasn't empathetic?
And Trump shouting fake numbers as he tanks the economy and Biden talking about real numbers as he made it the envy of the world are, uh, not comparable like this.
And Trump shouting fake numbers as he tanks the economy and Biden talking about real numbers as he made it the envy of the world are, uh, not comparable like this.
the president shouting economic statistics at voters instead of empathizing with them on the cost of living is the type of thing that turned people off of joe biden in 2024
December 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Wait, Biden wasn't empathetic?
And Trump shouting fake numbers as he tanks the economy and Biden talking about real numbers as he made it the envy of the world are, uh, not comparable like this.
And Trump shouting fake numbers as he tanks the economy and Biden talking about real numbers as he made it the envy of the world are, uh, not comparable like this.
Instead of watching someone not actually do a pull up at the airport, could I just get the cash benefits for delayed flights back?
December 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Instead of watching someone not actually do a pull up at the airport, could I just get the cash benefits for delayed flights back?
This is honestly one of the saddest and most pathetic things I have ever seen someone do.
how it feels to try something on in a store you have no right to try on
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is honestly one of the saddest and most pathetic things I have ever seen someone do.
During the last Trump Administration, Tom Cotton called for using the military to execute Americans in the street for opposing Trump.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
During the last Trump Administration, Tom Cotton called for using the military to execute Americans in the street for opposing Trump.
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Why is House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries lying on Donald Trump's behalf?
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Why is House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries lying on Donald Trump's behalf?
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
The US-Mexico border was not insecure last year and secure this year. That is not true.
I just can't.
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I just can't.
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
We are 16 years into the ACA replacement being right around the corner. If the replacement existed, it could drive a car.
NEW: As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative
There is no legislative product yet.
No consensus in the party about a plan.
But top GOP lawmakers and policy figures on Capitol Hill have begun discussing concepts.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
There is no legislative product yet.
No consensus in the party about a plan.
But top GOP lawmakers and policy figures on Capitol Hill have begun discussing concepts.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
As health insurance bills rise, Republicans are still seeking an Obamacare alternative
Premiums for millions of Americans in red and blue states are expected to more than double on average next year unless Congress finds a solution.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We are 16 years into the ACA replacement being right around the corner. If the replacement existed, it could drive a car.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
Nothing more Democratic than stealing defeat from the jaws of victory.
I’m just so tired of being so disappointed, and at this point, it’s on me.
I’m just so tired of being so disappointed, and at this point, it’s on me.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Nothing more Democratic than stealing defeat from the jaws of victory.
I’m just so tired of being so disappointed, and at this point, it’s on me.
I’m just so tired of being so disappointed, and at this point, it’s on me.
Cornell pulled a Columbia and sold out their reputation and credibility in exchange for proving that they are an easy mark.
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cornell pulled a Columbia and sold out their reputation and credibility in exchange for proving that they are an easy mark.
I can’t stand this inflammatory rhetoric from the left.
Tom Emmer describes Mamdani supporters as "the pro-terrorist wing of the party"
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I can’t stand this inflammatory rhetoric from the left.
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
How can you see someone so effortlessly authentic and not think that he is part of the future of the Democratic Party?
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
How can you see someone so effortlessly authentic and not think that he is part of the future of the Democratic Party?
They weren’t negotiating on ACA subsides when the government was open either, for what it’s worth.
THUNE: “I spoke with the president last night. He's happy to sit down with the Democrats next week to talk about Obamacare, but you can't do that when the government is shut down. That would be subject, again, to them voting to reopen the government.”
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They weren’t negotiating on ACA subsides when the government was open either, for what it’s worth.
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any democrat running for the presidency must promise to obliterate trump's ballroom. starting on day one. im serious.
omg!
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
any democrat running for the presidency must promise to obliterate trump's ballroom. starting on day one. im serious.
The people who tear gas elementary schools and traumatize children while tearing families apart has never once been the good guy.
A Chicago teacher said tear gas deployed by ICE drifted toward a school playground, forcing students and recess indoors.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Chicago teachers say immigration enforcement near schools is scaring kids and disrupting class
Staff members are reporting ICE activity and patrolling areas around their schools and, in some cases, escorting families to and from school.
www.nbcnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The people who tear gas elementary schools and traumatize children while tearing families apart has never once been the good guy.
Participation trophy generation.
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."
(It doesn't work like that lol)
(It doesn't work like that lol)
October 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Participation trophy generation.
It shouldn't take years to learn that there is a health care plan.
CNN: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Republicans have no healthcare solutions. What do you say to her?
REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table
REP. PETE SESSIONS: She needs a couple more years in office and she would learn that we do have ideas on the table
October 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It shouldn't take years to learn that there is a health care plan.
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ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.
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The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.
WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
October 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.
Not only is this not how appropriations work, but it is such a great example of why Dems can't vote for an approps bill - Trump just does whatever he wants to do, and doesn't care about the laws. It's about trust!!
Well that's not how appropriations work at all
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not only is this not how appropriations work, but it is such a great example of why Dems can't vote for an approps bill - Trump just does whatever he wants to do, and doesn't care about the laws. It's about trust!!