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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Just going to be an incredible decision if SCOTUS says they needed to make an emergency intervention because of the risk that poor people might get food they are legally entitled to
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Just going to be an incredible decision if SCOTUS says they needed to make an emergency intervention because of the risk that poor people might get food they are legally entitled to
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Trump administration fighting tooth and nail to starve children!
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Trump administration fighting tooth and nail to starve children!
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Is it good politics to ask the Supreme Court if you can continue starving people?
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Is it good politics to ask the Supreme Court if you can continue starving people?
Trump fights to starve 42 million Americans
BREAKING: The Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Trump fights to starve 42 million Americans
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40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
40 billion to Argentina.
40 billion.
40 billion.
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To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
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What’ll Roger Stone call his menswear line?
“Ratfucker Regalia?”
“Felonious Fashion?”
“The Liar’s Livery?”
“Ratfucker Regalia?”
“Felonious Fashion?”
“The Liar’s Livery?”
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
What’ll Roger Stone call his menswear line?
“Ratfucker Regalia?”
“Felonious Fashion?”
“The Liar’s Livery?”
“Ratfucker Regalia?”
“Felonious Fashion?”
“The Liar’s Livery?”
The Trump Administration is tireless in its effort to Make America Hungry Again.
BREAKING: The Justice Department said it would file an appeal after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to pay food stamps in full this month www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Trump Administration is tireless in its effort to Make America Hungry Again.
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The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.
Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," Professor Nick Cull says.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.
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This is shameful and an affront to anyone with eyes
This, in particular, is spectacularly hideous. It's like something you'd see on the wall of a car dealership where they put pictures of their top salespeople every month
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is shameful and an affront to anyone with eyes
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Tisch knew about the Oct 21 ICE raid on Canal Street 4 hours ahead of time & did nothing.
As I outlined in my @wired.com piece yesterday, Mamdani faces a very hard choice b/t living up to his campaign promises & pleading nyc’s shadow govt should he keep Tisch www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
As I outlined in my @wired.com piece yesterday, Mamdani faces a very hard choice b/t living up to his campaign promises & pleading nyc’s shadow govt should he keep Tisch www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch got Trump admin heads up before ICE raid on Canal Street
The revelation that Tisch had advance knowledge of the Trump administration’s Canal St. raids could raise a number of complicated questions for Zohran Mamdani, the mayoral-elect who has said …
www.nydailynews.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Tisch knew about the Oct 21 ICE raid on Canal Street 4 hours ahead of time & did nothing.
As I outlined in my @wired.com piece yesterday, Mamdani faces a very hard choice b/t living up to his campaign promises & pleading nyc’s shadow govt should he keep Tisch www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
As I outlined in my @wired.com piece yesterday, Mamdani faces a very hard choice b/t living up to his campaign promises & pleading nyc’s shadow govt should he keep Tisch www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/06/n...
No, but heart of the Republican Party is fascist and racist.
Ted Cruz: "The heart of the Democratic Party today is communist and jihadist and extremist."
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
No, but heart of the Republican Party is fascist and racist.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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"Hey, man, what message should we push today as we deliberately deny millions of Americans their food benefits?"
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Hey, man, what message should we push today as we deliberately deny millions of Americans their food benefits?"
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Trump’s economy suuuuucks.
🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump’s economy suuuuucks.
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serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
My momma taught me that if you can't say anything nice, let @attackerman.bsky.social say it for you.
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My momma taught me that if you can't say anything nice, let @attackerman.bsky.social say it for you.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Every person who votes for Cuomo today is doing what Donald Trump and Elon Musk told them to do.
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Every person who votes for Cuomo today is doing what Donald Trump and Elon Musk told them to do.
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Woke up today to the news
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Woke up today to the news
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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If you want to know how things are going on the other side, Shawn Zahabian, who runs Nash Dean (a furniture company in California) and some other businesses, jumped into a group chat for Mamdani canvassers here in NYC and began spewing Islamophobic bile at the group of mostly-young volunteers.
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
If you want to know how things are going on the other side, Shawn Zahabian, who runs Nash Dean (a furniture company in California) and some other businesses, jumped into a group chat for Mamdani canvassers here in NYC and began spewing Islamophobic bile at the group of mostly-young volunteers.