Josh White
@joshwhite1.bsky.social
On here for mostly history and sports, and to take a break from the news.
Annapolis, MD.
Annapolis, MD.
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Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
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Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now
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What if we spent the $100,000 per person in America setting them up with housing assistance, healthcare, education, etc? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
December 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
What if we spent the $100,000 per person in America setting them up with housing assistance, healthcare, education, etc? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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"If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition.”
-James Mattis as Secretary of Defense testifying before Congress in 2017.
Succeeding with soft power is greatly preferable—and a lot cheaper—than having to address something with hard power.
-James Mattis as Secretary of Defense testifying before Congress in 2017.
Succeeding with soft power is greatly preferable—and a lot cheaper—than having to address something with hard power.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition.”
-James Mattis as Secretary of Defense testifying before Congress in 2017.
Succeeding with soft power is greatly preferable—and a lot cheaper—than having to address something with hard power.
-James Mattis as Secretary of Defense testifying before Congress in 2017.
Succeeding with soft power is greatly preferable—and a lot cheaper—than having to address something with hard power.
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Tow truck driver Bobby Nunez had only moved the ICE vehicle one block away, with the SUV reportedly returned to agents within 13 minutes. Yet, Nunez faced up to 10 years in prison.
A federal jury Sunday refused to indict him, which sent Stephen Miller into a tantrum: trib.al/jvx9a5m
A federal jury Sunday refused to indict him, which sent Stephen Miller into a tantrum: trib.al/jvx9a5m
Stephen Miller Loses It as Jury Acquits Man Who Towed ICE Agent’s Car
The White House adviser is officially having a bad day.
trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Tow truck driver Bobby Nunez had only moved the ICE vehicle one block away, with the SUV reportedly returned to agents within 13 minutes. Yet, Nunez faced up to 10 years in prison.
A federal jury Sunday refused to indict him, which sent Stephen Miller into a tantrum: trib.al/jvx9a5m
A federal jury Sunday refused to indict him, which sent Stephen Miller into a tantrum: trib.al/jvx9a5m
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
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December 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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If I were still teaching US History, I would gather images of the oval office over time and ask students to analyze what the decorations, including the choice of portraits, busts, etc, tells us about how a particular president understands the history of the US. 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A 3-D Look Inside Trump’s Revamped Oval Office (Gift Article)
Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered more than a third of wall space with gold.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If I were still teaching US History, I would gather images of the oval office over time and ask students to analyze what the decorations, including the choice of portraits, busts, etc, tells us about how a particular president understands the history of the US. 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night
December 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night
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Ok how much did the military lose. The USPS is not a business
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ok how much did the military lose. The USPS is not a business
So, concentration camps.
WaPo reports that ICE is planning 7 massive human warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people.
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Recalls the acting ICE director 2015 statement that he wanted to see a “business”-oriented approach to deportations, “like [Amazon] Prime, but with human beings”.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
So, concentration camps.
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He’s lying
December 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
He’s lying
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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A perfect, succinct analysis of Trump's foreign policy. Yet very few US analysts understand what's happening.
December 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A perfect, succinct analysis of Trump's foreign policy. Yet very few US analysts understand what's happening.
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Kash Patel made the FBI buy a custom fleet of armored BMW X5 for him to ride around in. trib.al/9pBbwTB
Patel’s FBI spokesperson claimed—without evidence—that this is actually saving the American taxpayer money. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000.
Patel’s FBI spokesperson claimed—without evidence—that this is actually saving the American taxpayer money. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000.
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Kash Patel made the FBI buy a custom fleet of armored BMW X5 for him to ride around in. trib.al/9pBbwTB
Patel’s FBI spokesperson claimed—without evidence—that this is actually saving the American taxpayer money. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000.
Patel’s FBI spokesperson claimed—without evidence—that this is actually saving the American taxpayer money. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000.
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For some on the right, supporting the advancement of women and minorities has now become a disqualification for being a university president. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Conservative backlash brews over DEI efforts of U-Va.’s next president
Some conservatives criticized the Republican-led board for picking as its next president someone who has overseen diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
For some on the right, supporting the advancement of women and minorities has now become a disqualification for being a university president. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Trump's friends-and-family approach to clemency has spawned a pardon-shopping industry where lobbyists say their going rate is $1 million and some have been offered success fees as high as $6 million, per @rebeccaballhaus.bsky.social Josh Dawsey @cryanbarber.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trump's friends-and-family approach to clemency has spawned a pardon-shopping industry where lobbyists say their going rate is $1 million and some have been offered success fees as high as $6 million, per @rebeccaballhaus.bsky.social Josh Dawsey @cryanbarber.bsky.social www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
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Today - DOJ releases files from redacted Assistant U.S. Attorney flagging that Trump "traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)."
December 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Today - DOJ releases files from redacted Assistant U.S. Attorney flagging that Trump "traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)."
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The State department continues to use false allegations of "censorship" to censor people, or in this case sanction them
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The State department continues to use false allegations of "censorship" to censor people, or in this case sanction them
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
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When defenders of Stonewall Jackson HS claim they are standing up for history, we should take them at their word. They are standing up for the history of the Confederacy and "Massive Resistance" against civil rights. That is the history this school name represents. 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
When defenders of Stonewall Jackson HS claim they are standing up for history, we should take them at their word. They are standing up for the history of the Confederacy and "Massive Resistance" against civil rights. That is the history this school name represents. 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Remember, the president can sue you but he can’t be guilty of criminal acts against you.
It is crazy that the president can sue anyone while he is president by the way. There is always incentive to settle if he is office and it always effectively a bribe. Congress needs to eliminate that possibility
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Remember, the president can sue you but he can’t be guilty of criminal acts against you.
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Pretty soon no one will be allowed into the US.
December 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Pretty soon no one will be allowed into the US.