Josh V

I keep seeing claims that Democrats need to shift more to the center, and I think that’s wrong. I wrote about my thoughts for how Democrats can move forward here: bruiserblog.com/2025/02/07/n...

no matter how sure you are that these guys have broken a whole bunch of laws, you aren't nearly as certain as they are

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

I wrote about Elon Musk's fake flying car and its mid-air collision with lazy "CEO said a thing!" pseudo-journalism:

I know a lot of people are complaining about the Trump regime's plot to kick a sitting member of Congress out of the country, but more people should be screaming about this. Trump thinks he's a dictator, and he is unless we stop him. Vote against all Republicans. Remind your family and friends, too.

For anyone who thinks Chick-fil-A is now A-OK. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/chic...

Every time I mention how much I hate James Carville, even in the context of a joke, someone on here will try to tell me that he's a great fighter for Democracy and he's doing his best to make things better and I need to give him respect. Get it through your head, James Carville is a malignancy.

Meta took down the No Kings organizing page today - the biggest day of protest this fall. They provided zero explanation. It stayed down for the entire afternoon until most of the protests were done. Outrageous. Put this on the January investigation list.

Honestly, there will never be a better time for the entire Democratic Party to get off X. Anything else acts as if this is perfectly normal.

Hey @durbin.senate.gov and @duckworth.senate.gov I sent you messages about this, waiting to see you step up. @quigley.house.gov thank you for standing by your colleague during this unconscionable witch hunt. #IlhanOmar

Donald Trump has spent a decade attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar with disgusting, racist smears, putting her safety at serious risk. This raid was an abuse of power intended to intimidate Rep. Omar and send a message to Trump's political opponents ahead of the midterms. I stand with @ilhanmn.bsky.social

Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The FT, with the data.

I’m outraged by this attack on Representative Omar. Trump and his DOJ have a bizarre obsession with tearing down Minnesota, our leaders and our communities. This latest action, even as voting has already started in Minnesota, is a transparent attempt to interfere in our elections.

And yet, every single Democratic member of Congress and every progressive organization (except @indivisible.org) still uses X as their primary method of breaking news. The pro-democracy movement really needs to boycott X.

LOL Ukraine hit a Russian data center and Russian bot activity immediately dropped to practically zero. Elon is mad hahahahahaha

One of the things Democrats should have started in 2025 is a Trump Impeachable Offenses tracker. Updated regularly with every elected Dem having their talking points they beat over and over like a drum. This question shouldn’t even be asked in 2026, the answer should be common knowledge.

That the US president is actually a Russian agent, and has been for decades, should blow the lid off the Chump presidency. But it's mostly ignored.

Do you like Friday night news dumps? In the last 24 hours Elon dumped another $4,082,655.01 into GOP campaigns. Sad news for Mike Rogers tho. Elon must be disappointed in Mike's debate performance. He added big $ to dozens of races, but not a single dollar in this batch for Mike. Too bad, so sad 😢

Batshit craziness again. I know it’s played out at this point, but just IMAGINE the reaction had Biden said something like this. The press would be writing how he needs to be in an institution. Certainly the 25th Amendment would be discussed at the highest levels of our institutions.

the more Musk spends on the midterm elections, the more ubiquitous this image needs to be

ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.

Private jets. Luxury vacations. Ethical scandals. Thomas, Alito and Roberts demand respect while the Supreme Court’s credibility crumbles. Steve on the Court’s crisis of accountability. Read it here: steveschmidt.substack.com/p/start-with...

I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-bomb

“First of all, he’s got my face as his profile picture, so that right there gave me a high degree of confidence, because I know what I look like.” — Kash Patel

BREAKING: White House defies court order, doesn't reinstate access for banned reporters

Wilber Garces Perez was shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin. Now he's in detention with the bullet still in his body. Today, 100+ Members of Congress are demanding that ICE get him medical care, stop trying to deport a key witness, and immediately release the video footage.

NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.

You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?

here's Sunday's post: "what kind of shithole piss-baby president gets mad at reporters for reporting?" I’ll give you one guess. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —

Ah, Chicago. Where it can be 70 and gross because the humidity is at 95% 😓. I already sweat through one shirt today.

I played as an investor in 'Thin Air,' Real Money. Rank: SAD!. 🎮 My $2,000 → $296.70 (−85%). 💸 His reported 2025 take: $1.4B. His investors: down an estimated $4.7B (@publiccitizen.bsky.social). I tried to win. I couldn't. See for yourself: thinairrealmoney.com

The truth is none of y’all hate Robert Kraft enough. Get on my level. (From February) gillianbrockell.com/the-truth-ab...

We’re encouraged to keep the thermostat to a slightly less comfortable temperature, to use flickery LED lightbulbs, to shift our electricity consumption to off-peak times. Meanwhile…

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Mel Blanc screams are like Greek fire, we lost the technology to make sounds like this

Not all heroes wear capes. Or maybe they did, who knows? #deflock

Went to the grocery store yesterday thinking I’d buy ground turkey for dinner since beef is so expensive, but ground turkey prices have clearly been raised opportunistically as well. The cheapest option, ironically, ended up being 93/7 beef that was on sale. #groceries #gouging

Robert Kraft — who's given millions to pro-Israel orgs like AIPAC — once got a $1M award from Netanyahu for helping stop people from boycotting Israel. "Israel does not have a more loyal friend than Robert Kraft," Netanyahu said. Now, Kraft helps kick Macklemore off Ed Sheeran's tour:

Russian oligarch and close personal friend of Putin Umar Kremlev secretly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward Donald Trump Jr’s May wedding in the Bahamas, ProPublica reports. Kremlev and several other Russians were among the 50 guests.

Here is AOC and Mamdani laughing at the solemn 9/11 commemoration. Oh wait…

Five C-17s delivered King Donald the Mad’s Secret Service motorcade to Ireland: Cadillac SUVs, anti-drone systems, assault vehicles and emergency equipment – all for a 2-day trip including the Irish Open at his own Doonbeg golf resort. And US taxpayers pick up the bill for his private event.