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Josh Manning

@joshmanning.bsky.social
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Iraq War vet. Former secret 🐿️ on Russia, counterterrorism issues. MI —> MT —> WA. Still wanting to Occupy Wall Street. Opinions, quirks mine. Words: LA Times, Foreign Policy, Newsweek. Face: MSNBC, Al Jazeera ♥️🔒♾️: @jokar.bsky.social

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The Capybaron @thecapybaron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Again, much of Pete Hegseth’s deal is the only skill his job demanded for a long time was keeping a trim figure to be conventionally pretty for stay-at-home moms watching daytime tv. His job was “be pretty,” but he knows that’s a girl job, so he’s deeply insecure and is trying to make it a boy job.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Those in attendance...received a book called “The War Department Field Manual,” a compilation of Hegseth’s past speeches. In a forward written by President Trump, the troops were told: “As your commander in chief, I will not ask you to fight dumb wars.” Perfect www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Five Takeaways From Hegseth’s Speech
The defense secretary gave a “State of the Force” address to hundreds of officers and enlisted servicemembers at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Talk about complicated feelings right now. Two years I spent in Iraq. I did my part to keep my brothers and sisters there safe, I spent every day hunting down those actively trying to harm them, but above all of that … what actually got accomplished? Complicated, yo. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
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After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future (Gift Article)
Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed. Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran.
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Scare Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FATALITY
A tweet from Joyce Carol Oates: overall takeaway from the Curtis Yarvin profile is that there must be millions of smart-aleck show-offy kids who annoy their teachers and go on to annoy other adults through their lives with their “contrarian” pose that hardens to a carapace over their faces; until, as adults, they still harbor a delusion that, if there is a king, or a fuhrer, he’d be impressed with the guys motor mouth and appoint him to his cabinet rather than deleting him with a negligent swipe of his wrist as Stalin did routinely.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The ongoing Iran War — a war of choice. Of one king’s choice.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here’s a gift link for this piece, which hits on so many themes I have been struggling with recently. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We need affordability. And also just a smidgen of serenity? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta muse saying why would I deceive you?
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Tom Leykis @tomleykis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Buh-bye, Bari! #BoycottCBS #BoycottCBSNews #Boycott60Minutes
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EXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'
Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As a taxpayer, I’m outraged by the government paying for this ad. As a Democrat, I’m delighted to see Trump claiming “We will expel the warmongers from our government” and I hope they keep running it until November 3.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
More great analysis by @alanderminna.bsky.social minnalander.substack.com/p/you-will-m...
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“You Will Miss US When We’re Gone”
The weakening of the global US alliance structure is the most significant change in the international order since World War II.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely beautiful close to this chapter.
Picture of JV hugging his daughter after his fantastic last time on the mound.
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Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
goddamn here come the tears
Justin Verlander's daughter removes him from his final startJustin Verlander's daughter removes him from his final startJustin Verlander's daughter removes him from his final start
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What a fantastic finish for one of my favorite @tigers.bsky.social players ever.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolute banger from @faineg.com I’m anti-AI (sorry, GenXer raised on a constant diet of what could go wrong) but I think Faine has the right balance here. I could live with this, sustainability and accountability little-flying-robots.ghost.io/why-we-cant-...
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Why We Can't Let Enormous Weirdos Regulate AI
Imagine if instead of regulating drones via the standard lengthy, boring, and bureaucratic process - which we did - we instead decided, in the name of fostering all-important American drone innovation...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Could we finish bumblefucking our way through the war in Iran before we start one with Cuba? Thanks
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I regret to inform you that there is a piece of commentary about James Carville that you very much need to read.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
GOP = ICE Third Way = ICE
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They’re getting ready to pull a “everyone was against the Iraq war” but with ICE. Democrats let them get away with it on the war. We’re dumb if we do that again.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The worst. They are the absolute worst. Compensate for their mistakes by blaming those they scammed. The Trump Era in a nutshell.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AOC’s obvious play is to run for President, raise money for President, don’t spend a lot money running for President, then flip to Senate with a giant-ass war chest unless she immediately catches fire
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 22/09/2026
I'm sorry, but this pin is amazing and I desperately want one. Or maybe 10. To hand out to people.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
15/ ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and have independently corroborated much of Kao’s account. This is the first piece of an ongoing series:
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’ll always be Comerica. I saw a couple games there many years ago. Seattle’s will always be Safeco to me. I saw a couple there too.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
John Cornyn and George W. Bush are teaming up to make sure that Donald Trump gets the cronies, mediocrities and ideologues he wants in lifetime appointments to the courts.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When you prefer a lighter, but still effective, type of fascism.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
sometimes you've gotta put the watercoloring brush down and give ruining the world another go
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Uhhhmmmmmm … Fieger Law Park “Alllll Weeeeee Do Is WIN!” is right there!
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Could the Detroit Tigers play the Nationals every game next year? Sheesh.
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Becca Wasser @beccawasser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Iran war is rapidly eating US readiness. The blockade is tying up the fleet, forces are stretched, maintenance deferred, and critical munitions are running low — all risking the US military being less prepared for future crises. My research in @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Beijing couldn’t be happier.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
MGP’s bestie!
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Buy potash from the folks who have always been an ally to our north? Nah, let’s go with Lukashenko and his team in the country that Putin wants Ukraine to be — squarely under his thumb and right next door to mainland Europe.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Exactly this.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 21/09/2026
you think it's a coincidence that the most evil and corrupt people alive want you to believe that trans people are the real problem?
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Typical ICE. Abolishing the agency is a bare minimum for any Democratic running for office. DHS, as well. 25 years of this is enough! INS worked fine. Rescind that piece of trash, signed in the dark of night, behind the backs of the American people, The Patriot Act, too. End this failed misery.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The AI Czar …
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Terminator Terminator Robot
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I just think it’s strange that all the gambling companies have ads with athletes and celebrities instead of featuring all their users who have become millionaires betting, very strange indeed
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“People are working 12 to 13 hours a day just to press enter.”
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I am done with this shit. It is over. The state of engineering right now is horrible. It has been half a month since I started a new role at a big company.
Nobody knows anything here. The specs, code, tests, PRDs, tickets, resolution of those tickets, reports, etc., everything is made by Claude Code.
Nobody on my team likes this. They are being forced to ship as much as they can. I have heard multiple times from higher management that pushing code is not a bottleneck, so why are we slow?People are working 12 to 13 hours a day just to press enter. Nobody is reading anything. Humans in corporate are doing nothing on their own. Everyone, literally everyone, from an L1 to an L7 engineer here is doing the same thing.
Talk to Claude. There is no sense of victory. Nobody is resolving bugs. In reality, nobody is thinking anymore.
Everything is done by LLMs. It is so soul-sucking. I would not mind it, to be honest, if we were at least given the time to check out the code and see what is going where. But no, the goal is to just ship. No matter what happens.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
To my Jewish friends and neighbors who will soon be observing Yom Kippur: May you be inscribed for a good year in the book of life. I'm looking forward to continuing to work together to build a better Michigan and a better world.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The USG crusade to destroy the ICC seems primarily motivated by a desire to shield Israeli officials like Netanyahu and Gallant from accountability. Worth recalling that those two face charges related to using starvation as a method of warfare in Gaza.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
One of my favorite words, as it has so many different meanings and they are all meaningful: תְּשׁוּבָה
Post that the word “teshuvah” is about more than reflection. It’s the courage to face what is difficult, the humility to take responsibility and the commitment to choose a different path. Gmar chatimah tovah
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Incredibly disappointing ad from Mary Peltola (D-AK) saying she neither supports "kids getting surgeries to change genders or men in girls bathrooms." Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
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Barbie Girl, Interrupted @leesha.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is the most important post I’ve ever made on here
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You're in charge of a war that you're losing, the Houthi are on the march to Riyadh, you've run the Navy ragged, you've lost almost all your bases in the Middle East, you're out of missiles (mostly) that you need in case China steals a march on Taiwan...and you're at a fucking football game.
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
2 legit. Gamer.
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Trinidaddy Mike Bianco
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
All Im really asking the mainstream political media to do is to cover Trump with the persistently negative tone they use to report daily on Hasan Piker
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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There was a story yesterday that he is doing this because he wants the stocks to stay high, which is just a wild abuse of power and also a harbinger of an inflated bubble that is going to burst sometime soon.
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