Joshua Holland
@joshuaholland.bsky.social
Burned out political writer and podcast/radio host.
I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others.
Scuba diver and dog guy.
https://weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/
I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others.
Scuba diver and dog guy.
https://weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/
It isn’t just infuriating progressives and I wish the press would finally wrap their heads around the reality that the central divide in the Democratic coalition under Trump is fight or don’t fight.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It isn’t just infuriating progressives and I wish the press would finally wrap their heads around the reality that the central divide in the Democratic coalition under Trump is fight or don’t fight.
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I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I know, everybody should leave X, but I think an exception should be made solely for Joyce Carol Oates so she can keep wounding Musk's withered soul on his own site and he can't do a thing about it.
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UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
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This is my favorite part of this cycle we've been repeating for my entire adult life: when they sit backwards on the chair for some real talk and explain that you're a fucking peasant who doesn't understand how things work.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is my favorite part of this cycle we've been repeating for my entire adult life: when they sit backwards on the chair for some real talk and explain that you're a fucking peasant who doesn't understand how things work.
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Ah, creating a legal entitlement for $500K for some elderly millionaires because they being investigated for their role in an insurrection *in exchange for* a show vote to make health care affordable.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Ah, creating a legal entitlement for $500K for some elderly millionaires because they being investigated for their role in an insurrection *in exchange for* a show vote to make health care affordable.
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NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Hanging out with a 4-yo and his mom. Last night, after a few drinks, she said, “the best part of having a kid is touching his butt without consent.” Today this tiny child says to me, “Josh, you know what the best part of having kids is?”
“No, what is it?”
“Touching their butt without consent.”
“No, what is it?”
“Touching their butt without consent.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Hanging out with a 4-yo and his mom. Last night, after a few drinks, she said, “the best part of having a kid is touching his butt without consent.” Today this tiny child says to me, “Josh, you know what the best part of having kids is?”
“No, what is it?”
“Touching their butt without consent.”
“No, what is it?”
“Touching their butt without consent.”
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This week on Reveal: A ‘Goon Squad’ of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
How a ‘Goon Squad’ of Mississippi deputies got away with years of brutality
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
revealnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This week on Reveal: A ‘Goon Squad’ of sheriff’s deputies roamed Rankin County, Mississippi, beating and choking people until they confessed to drug crimes.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
Signs of the violence went ignored for years.
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This was not a surprise to anyone who followed me and other actual reporters who know Supreme Court procedure.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This was not a surprise to anyone who followed me and other actual reporters who know Supreme Court procedure.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
Trump take spaghetti
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Trump take spaghetti
The N.Y. marketplace doesn’t open enrollment until Nov 15 so they folded a week before people here coulda experienced sticker shock.
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The N.Y. marketplace doesn’t open enrollment until Nov 15 so they folded a week before people here coulda experienced sticker shock.
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“I swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person," she says. "I just really, really implore my peers and everybody outside looking in, to just think about that. Really think about that, and think about what that means. And if there are questions, ask them. Keep talking."
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
“I swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person," she says. "I just really, really implore my peers and everybody outside looking in, to just think about that. Really think about that, and think about what that means. And if there are questions, ask them. Keep talking."
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I think tonight shows why “moderate to win elections” is a real risk
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I think tonight shows why “moderate to win elections” is a real risk
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
Saw a couple ahead of me in first class slip the flight attendant a bill and then knock back like 12 drinks each.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Saw a couple ahead of me in first class slip the flight attendant a bill and then knock back like 12 drinks each.
I’m pushing back from a gate at Newark. Pilot came on and basically said that everything is fucked, the crew were scheduled for a different flight this morning and yesterday they sat on a ramp for two hours before returning to the gate. But he’s feeling good about this one 🤞🤞
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I’m pushing back from a gate at Newark. Pilot came on and basically said that everything is fucked, the crew were scheduled for a different flight this morning and yesterday they sat on a ramp for two hours before returning to the gate. But he’s feeling good about this one 🤞🤞
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Dutch province wants to honour African-American WWII soldiers after the US removed a plaque at the militairy cemetery in Margraten highlighting their contributions.
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Elf Limburgse partijen willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders, nadat informatiepanelen over hun bijdrage op de begraafplaats in Margraten zijn verwijderd.
Elf Limburgse partijen willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders, nadat informatiepanelen over hun bijdrage op de begraafplaats in Margraten zijn verwijderd.
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dutch province wants to honour African-American WWII soldiers after the US removed a plaque at the militairy cemetery in Margraten highlighting their contributions.
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
CC: @chadbourn.bsky.social
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When capitalism works against the consumer: www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
Exclusive | Visa and Mastercard Near Deal With Merchants That Would Change Rewards Landscape
The deal under discussion would lower credit-card interchange fees for merchants, but could make it harder for consumers to use rewards cards at the register.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
When capitalism works against the consumer: www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
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Last Saturday we were pepper sprayed & my car was towed, but w many others, spent today at Broadview ICE. It was cold& rained. I gave others whistle kits & trail mix, others gave me gloves & a rain poncho. We shared rapid response info/tips& made connections to help this city more. Never giving up 💚
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Last Saturday we were pepper sprayed & my car was towed, but w many others, spent today at Broadview ICE. It was cold& rained. I gave others whistle kits & trail mix, others gave me gloves & a rain poncho. We shared rapid response info/tips& made connections to help this city more. Never giving up 💚
It’s a fully right-wing paper. WSJ has better reporting.
In a fear-mongering hit piece, the Washington Post Editorial Board calls the newly elected NYC mayor “Generalissimo Zohran Mamdani”:
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It’s a fully right-wing paper. WSJ has better reporting.
What is happening?!?
“The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism into which we’ve fallen.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
Let Them Eat AI-Generated Cake
Elon Musk and the coming twilight of the elites.
www.thebulwark.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
What is happening?!?
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Greg Bovino, a prominent commander of the CBP/ICE responsible for leading kidnapping campaigns nationwide, is seen performing the Nazi “sieg heil” salute and engaging in “rock paper scissors”
Waukegan Neighborhood of Chicago on November 7, 2025
Waukegan Neighborhood of Chicago on November 7, 2025
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Greg Bovino, a prominent commander of the CBP/ICE responsible for leading kidnapping campaigns nationwide, is seen performing the Nazi “sieg heil” salute and engaging in “rock paper scissors”
Waukegan Neighborhood of Chicago on November 7, 2025
Waukegan Neighborhood of Chicago on November 7, 2025
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One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.
I’ve always had someone come and sit with my dogs in their home but tonight I dropped them off at my friend’s house to stay with the super pack.
They’ll be fine; I’m a mess. #dogsofbluesky
They’ll be fine; I’m a mess. #dogsofbluesky
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’ve always had someone come and sit with my dogs in their home but tonight I dropped them off at my friend’s house to stay with the super pack.
They’ll be fine; I’m a mess. #dogsofbluesky
They’ll be fine; I’m a mess. #dogsofbluesky