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Joe Walsh

@josephwalsh.bsky.social
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Politics adjunct prof @ American University. Formerly lots of things in government and politics. Obama Admin alum.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/10/2026
Megyn Kelly has been criticizing the Cornell Jane Doe for how she responded after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by multiple men in one night. But Kelly seems to have forgotten what it feels like to be blamed after coming forward with allegations:
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's how "traveling with Natalie" took off - literally the same rhetorical device.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
These things are connected. Changing jobs (or credibly threatening to do so) is one of the best ways to secure a wage increase. A low-turnover job market isn't just bad for people looking to get jobs; it's bad for existing workers too.
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
'What if we did Iran-Contra again, but this time ... just ... tweeted it out?'
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A. Bart Giamatti youtu.be/uH2_dUboyBA?...
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The Green Fields of the Mind
YouTube video by Joe Bongiorno
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart."
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Don't want to read *too* much into this, but in the wake of the GOP midterm convention, Trump's approval rating is unchanged, but the generic congressional vote has moved sharply in the Democratic direction. That is, it didn't change people's view of Trump, it just applied that view to the midterms
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Max Read @maxread.info · 17/09/2026
unabomber clippy
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Same!
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There is so (so!) much that's wrong and unhinged about this. But for some reason I can't get over that they just stole Paul Harvey's classic "So God Made a Farrmer," made a fake AI Paul Harvey ... And completely and aggressively missed the original point of hard work and humility.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Think of it as a pop up monument. It's only going to have a two year run.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Updated Covid vaccines for the 2026-27 season have been approved by the FDA. Article to come.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
That's not how executive orders work and that's not how naming things work and this isn't how political reporting should work either. This event should be covered, yes, but as another sign of the president's steady descent into complete ineffectiveness and utter insanity.
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"and they happened to get measles at the same time" is not quite the answer he thinks it is
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 19/08/2026
*stares in Turkish*
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
And I'm sure the font choice was just a crazy coincidence
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Economist covers from three months before Trump took office, and three months after.
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"Bleak tidbits" could be the subtitle of the book
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I submit this is the most important story of the day. In 2017, a sailor told the President that the old steam carrier catapults were better than the new electric ones, probably in the same way your elderly neighbor says carburetors were better than these new fangled fuel injectors.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’m on vacation but I gotta say, as much fun as it is to debate woke1 and Hasan Piker, the Trump administration is currently engaged in mass murder on the high seas as surely as any serial killer or lynch mob. And viewed from the distance of vacation, The Discourse doesn’t seem to give a shit.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The incentives of the attention economy are related to but fundamentally different from *and often in tension with* building successful political movements and campaigns.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I'm not the best hype man but I have a little project publishing at 5 p.m. And friends, I'm gonna need everyone who has ever liked any story I've ever reported to watch it so I get to do more like it. OK see you at 5! 💗
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
But they will be
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Well I'm no expert on icebreakers, but with unchecked climate change I'm going to take the under
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"It is, of course, hard to have a course correction if it is not entirely clear what the course was to begin with."
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Oh, 1000% an AI map. Now the question is: did no one check it - or did they, but just had no earthly idea where Mozambique is? Or where *any* of these counties are! Just a reminder, this was produced by the *State Department* ...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Have been a member of the @whca.bsky.social almost continuously since the 1990s. Our mission is to defend the First Amendment rights of White House correspondents to report on the president without fear or favor. Unfortunately last night did not advance that cause. Time to rethink the dinner.
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 24/07/2026
95% of my communications from the Democratic Party look like this. I have never in my life signed up to be texted by a campaign or the party, and I spent fruitless months attempting to unsubscribe from these. These are functionally identical to scam texts.
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BREAKING: The House has officially PASSED the SAVE Act, a controversial bill that could...
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• Hey, it's Elaine Luria, Democratic candidate running to flip Virginia's second congression...
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Barack Obama just inspired a House majority
MIRACLE! (Trump is FREAKING OUT!!) Look...
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• ALERT: These four Democrats are our official nominees in these FOUR battleground Senat...
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• This is not a typo - Josh Shapiro
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• It's Jon Ossoff. I don't love asking for money, so I want to pull back the curtain and explain...
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• It's Jon Ossoff. I have some bad news: I'm worried about my campaign's fundraising rig...+1 (645) 234-1563
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Hi, it's Nicole Locklin, Democrat for U.S.
Congress in South Florida's 26th District, the...
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Calling all Virginians!
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I've never run for office - now I'm leading in the polls in Kansas. - Adam Hamilton...
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• Chair of the Democratic Party of Louisiana here with an update on our Governor's State...
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It's Eugene Vindman. I'II be honest, I never thought I would be here today, writing to you...
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Hi, it's Attorney General Eric Holder. It's hard to believe what we just witnessed....
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• It's Chuck Schumer. Please, I'm asking:
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Disgraceful. Simply disgraceful.
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This can't be happening
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Presidents should not salute full stop. Also, it’s Reagan’s fault.
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Exactly! Casablanca had a run time of 1 hr 42 mins and it is an essentially perfect film. I bet most people's favorite movies clock in closer to that time than 3+ hours.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/06/2026
I’m not thrilled that apparently the secret to success in basically every field right now is “be really good at short form video”
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16/07/2026
OK.
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Good point. And regardless, even 2000 was a long while ago (man that hurt to type)
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Jean Carnahan was appointed to serve for her husband Mel in 2000
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The reboot of The West Wing's "Mr Willis of Ohio" is unlikely to be as good as the original, but one can hope
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The polar opposite reactions here to the deaths of Sam Neill and Lindsey Graham are such a reminder that we all have a choice whether to live our lives in a way that brings joy or misery to those around us. I think if you’re remembered fondly as Sam Neill is today, you’ve pretty much won at life.
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This goes so far off the rails that at some point the control room realizes they have to take down the "Trump remembers Graham" chyron and puts up "Trump is on the phone"
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"build at least one affordable house" is my personal favorite
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It really is (as was Lord Buckethead before him - yep, a real thing) but just wait until you see his campaign manifesto
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Joe Walsh @josephwalsh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
McDreamy out.
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Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 06/07/2026
You're laughing... I can't withdraw my Bonk from Kraken and you're laughing?
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I don't think any American--regardless of party, despite fondness for aviation (which I share)--would enjoy being under the nonstop low-altitude, high-speed, incredible-volume of the Caligula overflights of our nation's capital right now. It feels and sounds like being under aerial attack.
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