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Joshua Smith

@smithmachine.bsky.social
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Policy Director, @budget.senate.gov / @merkley.senate.gov

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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
JFC
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Man, Jack Smith missed a great game. Steph hung 60!
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For those scoring at home... www.gao.gov/products/b-3...
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
GAO: **11 pages of legal reasoning as to what changed in the law since the '70s leading it to reverse itself** Vought: **Snarky tweet**
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
via Politico: "OUT AND ABOUT — Town & Country magazine celebrated its 180th anniversary last night at Library Bar inside Ned’s Club. Guests enjoyed passed hors d’oeuvres by the chef Joshua Smith — including steak tartare croutons, lobster rolls and limoncello cheesecake."
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Remember DOGE? Hahaha 🤦‍♂️
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My favorite anecdote in the GAO report: DOGE claimed $28 billion in savings from narrowing an Air Force contract, but then the Air Force just waited a few months and awarded a $27.4 billion no-bid contract to the same contractor to perform the same work that had been "descoped."
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Reporting for duty 🫡
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Is it just me, or is this simply too many severe weather alerts?
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Somone is taking the France loss hard. (Don't worry, Senator! Spain and England are still in it!)
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Texted this on the group chat literally two days ago. Ah well nevertheless
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Et tu, official MLB app? Somewhere Pete Rose is laughing his ass off
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Fancy Qatari jet just buzzed the neighborhood
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The NASA display was legit cool. But it’d have been cooler if you didn’t turn around to be confronted by the Truth Social booth. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Dying to know who the mystery “Multi-Platinum Hip-Hop Artist” could be. Unless that’s his name?
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Not so much in the way of “people,” but the Faith & Family tent was legit crowded.
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Went down to the Great American State Fair. My personal highlight might have been this Madison cosplayer arguing before literally ones of people that we’re a republic and not a democracy.
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“Note: To activate the account, you enter willingly into an agreement with Robinhood Securities, LLC, which serves as the trustee for Trump Accounts.” 🇺🇸
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I added it up for all the other sickos out there: The Senate has endured 2 days, 18 hours, and 12 minutes of vote-a-rama this Congress.
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
IYKYK
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Also, Carl – I feel this in my bones
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
[absolute cinema]
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This is the most relatable thing a professional athlete has done since LeBron missed time with sciatica pain
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Omg please please please they’re going to Spelunker’s for a Double Cavern Burger
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Pennsylvania Ave. SE. Turn your back to the Capitol and… 🌈
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I feel like the "we're a republic, not a democracy" crowd is really leaning into the "not a democracy" part
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Is it cooked? ✅ Scheme ❌ Pasta
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Graham: "With this budget resolution, we are moving forward — not backward"
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Big “Republicans buy sneakers too” energy
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The day after Amazon lets me know they're bricking my Kindle, it stops being able to hold a charge. Curse you, Bezos!
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers are up just 0.1 percent year-over-year. Not great!
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“A Shaming of the Shoes” – Incredible
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Seems again like we have a clear answer to this “question,” no?
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
lol
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Honestly, props to Sen. Sheehy for reading Caro's "Master of the Senate" whilst presiding.
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Changing the clocks is good, actually; it's good to maximize daylight during most people's waking hours
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I mean...
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
"Raising questions" is the absolute worst journalistic cliche because it usually means the exact opposite. Like here, no questions were "raised." In fact, any question was *answered*! If the question is "did they coordinate," the answer is an emphatic "no shit of course they did."
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
At least it’s nice out
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Incredibly credulous framing here. Republicans have changed Senate rules multiple times this Congress—remember the "current policy baseline"? Or repealing California's EV rules?—to avoid "overruling" the parliamentarian. But go off I guess
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
lol
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
“IRS Form 4547.” Ugh these people are so embarrassing.
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Connections got me today
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Really great analysis of just how much money Republicans pumped into the deportation-industrial complex with last year's reconciliation bill. www.kevinmcnellis.com/posts/ice-cb...
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