Cameron Joseph
@cameronjoseph.bsky.social
Christian Science Monitor senior Washington reporter.
Almanac of American Politics senior author.
Recent work in The Guardian, LA Times, CJR, Rolling Stone, Politico Mag, Bolts Mag, etc.
Formers: VICE News, NY Daily News, The Hill.
Almanac of American Politics senior author.
Recent work in The Guardian, LA Times, CJR, Rolling Stone, Politico Mag, Bolts Mag, etc.
Formers: VICE News, NY Daily News, The Hill.
A little professional news: I'm thrilled to announce I'm joining
@politico.com as Politics Editor with an eye on the midterms and '28. This is gonna be so much fun.
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@politico.com as Politics Editor with an eye on the midterms and '28. This is gonna be so much fun.
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POLITICO Names Cameron Joseph Politics Editor
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A little professional news: I'm thrilled to announce I'm joining
@politico.com as Politics Editor with an eye on the midterms and '28. This is gonna be so much fun.
www.politico.com/blogs/politi...
@politico.com as Politics Editor with an eye on the midterms and '28. This is gonna be so much fun.
www.politico.com/blogs/politi...
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Another wild week really got the going panel today: Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief of CQ-Roll Call, @svdate.bsky.social, Sr. White House Correspondent @huffpost.com and @cameronjoseph.bsky.social, Senior Washington Reporter for the Christian Science Monitor.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Another wild week really got the going panel today: Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief of CQ-Roll Call, @svdate.bsky.social, Sr. White House Correspondent @huffpost.com and @cameronjoseph.bsky.social, Senior Washington Reporter for the Christian Science Monitor.
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Shutdown dealmaking Dem @shaheen.senate.gov on OMB threat not to give federal workers back pay: "Would be a lot easier to resolve the situation if Russ Vought would stop talking."
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Shutdown dealmaking Dem @shaheen.senate.gov on OMB threat not to give federal workers back pay: "Would be a lot easier to resolve the situation if Russ Vought would stop talking."
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SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social
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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
slate.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump is threatening more mass gov't layoffs now that we're in the shutdown. He & Vought may have more to say on that today. But they don't have any more power to fire employees than they did yesterday—and actually may face some restrictions. Here come the lawsuits!
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Trump threatens mass layoffs as shutdown begins. Can he do that?
A government shutdown is underway amid partisan spending disputes. What’s different this time: President Donald Trump is pledging to further reduce the federal workforce.
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October 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump is threatening more mass gov't layoffs now that we're in the shutdown. He & Vought may have more to say on that today. But they don't have any more power to fire employees than they did yesterday—and actually may face some restrictions. Here come the lawsuits!
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Quite a line from @duckworth.senate.gov when I asked her earlier about Trump's pocket rescissions and what Democrats' shutdown position should be:
"Frankly, I don't know why we keep playing by the rules when Republicans are shooting referees in the face."
"Frankly, I don't know why we keep playing by the rules when Republicans are shooting referees in the face."
September 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Quite a line from @duckworth.senate.gov when I asked her earlier about Trump's pocket rescissions and what Democrats' shutdown position should be:
"Frankly, I don't know why we keep playing by the rules when Republicans are shooting referees in the face."
"Frankly, I don't know why we keep playing by the rules when Republicans are shooting referees in the face."
I spent time over the recess talking to Latino voters in New Jersey about Trump & the upcoming gov race.
Some are feeling buyer's remorse after Hispanic areas swung hard to Trump in '24. Even Trump supporters worried about deporting longtime residents.
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Some are feeling buyer's remorse after Hispanic areas swung hard to Trump in '24. Even Trump supporters worried about deporting longtime residents.
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Are Trump’s gains among Latino voters fading? New Jersey is the first big test.
Were Donald Trump’s gains among Hispanic voters an anomaly – or the beginning of a more permanent realignment? The New Jersey governor’s race this year will provide an early test.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I spent time over the recess talking to Latino voters in New Jersey about Trump & the upcoming gov race.
Some are feeling buyer's remorse after Hispanic areas swung hard to Trump in '24. Even Trump supporters worried about deporting longtime residents.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Some are feeling buyer's remorse after Hispanic areas swung hard to Trump in '24. Even Trump supporters worried about deporting longtime residents.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
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Another wild week in Trump 2.0. TX Dems Stand-up. CA-NY-IL Dems Fight Back. Selling the BBB. GOP Town Hall Problems. Trump: Obama Committed Treason. Treason Claims=Epstein Distraction. Tariff Price Hikes are Here.
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August 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Another wild week in Trump 2.0. TX Dems Stand-up. CA-NY-IL Dems Fight Back. Selling the BBB. GOP Town Hall Problems. Trump: Obama Committed Treason. Treason Claims=Epstein Distraction. Tariff Price Hikes are Here.
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Audio bit.ly/Click-2-Listen
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Scoop: @commoncause.org, the preeminent anti-gerrymandering org, is in the midst of a tense internal fight over whether to change its stance in light of California Dems' push to fire back at Trump/Texas/etc.
Would be a big shift—and telling.
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Would be a big shift—and telling.
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Top gerrymandering foe faces internal crisis as Trump pushes to redraw the maps
Common Cause has long argued against partisan redistricting. Now the group faces internal pressure to relax its stance in California, amid concerns that democracy confronts bigger challenges.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Scoop: @commoncause.org, the preeminent anti-gerrymandering org, is in the midst of a tense internal fight over whether to change its stance in light of California Dems' push to fire back at Trump/Texas/etc.
Would be a big shift—and telling.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Would be a big shift—and telling.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
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NEW: The metadata of the "full raw" video from the prison nearby Jeffrey Epstein's cell that DOJ released this week appears to have been modified—but nobody would say how, exactly, which will likely further fuel conspiracy theories. @dmehro.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/metada...
Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified
There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death.
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July 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW: The metadata of the "full raw" video from the prison nearby Jeffrey Epstein's cell that DOJ released this week appears to have been modified—but nobody would say how, exactly, which will likely further fuel conspiracy theories. @dmehro.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/metada...
Steve Bannon took aim at Fox News and hawkish Republicans and warned Trump against heavy US involvement in Iran.
"The Israelis have to finish what they started. They started this. They should finish it."
More from this morning's @csmonitor.bsky.social breakfast:
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"The Israelis have to finish what they started. They started this. They should finish it."
More from this morning's @csmonitor.bsky.social breakfast:
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Steve Bannon warns Trump against heavy US involvement in Iran
MAGA influencer Steve Bannon is warning against the Trump administration getting involved in a lengthy conflict in Iran, lighting into Republicans and conservative talking heads who he describes as be...
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June 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Steve Bannon took aim at Fox News and hawkish Republicans and warned Trump against heavy US involvement in Iran.
"The Israelis have to finish what they started. They started this. They should finish it."
More from this morning's @csmonitor.bsky.social breakfast:
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
"The Israelis have to finish what they started. They started this. They should finish it."
More from this morning's @csmonitor.bsky.social breakfast:
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Local lawmakers in both parties have been facing a huge increase in death threats. In the wake of the Minnesota assassinations, they're scrambling with how to respond to keep themselves safer.
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As political violence hits home, local lawmakers struggle with how to stay safe
Attacks on Minnesota lawmakers are part of a wave of political violence that has local officeholders grappling with how to increase their security.
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June 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Local lawmakers in both parties have been facing a huge increase in death threats. In the wake of the Minnesota assassinations, they're scrambling with how to respond to keep themselves safer.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
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Found out while reporting this that @pelosi.house.gov
knew JB Pritkzer's mom "very well"—they were both senior officials in the Northern CA Dem Party at the same time and shared an office. Called her a "lovely woman" who instilled in JB his "commitment to public service."
knew JB Pritkzer's mom "very well"—they were both senior officials in the Northern CA Dem Party at the same time and shared an office. Called her a "lovely woman" who instilled in JB his "commitment to public service."
@jbpritzker.bsky.social spent a decade working with Holocaust survivors. That experience is fueling his alarm about Trump.
I sat down with him at the museum he helped build to discuss how that and his family story of surviving the pogroms shapes his worldview.
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I sat down with him at the museum he helped build to discuss how that and his family story of surviving the pogroms shapes his worldview.
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How JB Pritzker’s faith and Holocaust work are powering his dire warnings about Trump
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has long invested in helping Americans understand the ongoing relevance of Nazi-era lessons. He says it’s never been more important.
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June 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Found out while reporting this that @pelosi.house.gov
knew JB Pritkzer's mom "very well"—they were both senior officials in the Northern CA Dem Party at the same time and shared an office. Called her a "lovely woman" who instilled in JB his "commitment to public service."
knew JB Pritkzer's mom "very well"—they were both senior officials in the Northern CA Dem Party at the same time and shared an office. Called her a "lovely woman" who instilled in JB his "commitment to public service."
@jbpritzker.bsky.social spent a decade working with Holocaust survivors. That experience is fueling his alarm about Trump.
I sat down with him at the museum he helped build to discuss how that and his family story of surviving the pogroms shapes his worldview.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
I sat down with him at the museum he helped build to discuss how that and his family story of surviving the pogroms shapes his worldview.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
How JB Pritzker’s faith and Holocaust work are powering his dire warnings about Trump
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has long invested in helping Americans understand the ongoing relevance of Nazi-era lessons. He says it’s never been more important.
www.csmonitor.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@jbpritzker.bsky.social spent a decade working with Holocaust survivors. That experience is fueling his alarm about Trump.
I sat down with him at the museum he helped build to discuss how that and his family story of surviving the pogroms shapes his worldview.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
I sat down with him at the museum he helped build to discuss how that and his family story of surviving the pogroms shapes his worldview.
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
RIP, Brian Wilson. Losing him and Sly Stone in quick succession hurts.
June 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
RIP, Brian Wilson. Losing him and Sly Stone in quick succession hurts.
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SCOOP: ICE, HSI, and DHS are getting side-door access to the nationwide system of Flock license plate cameras by asking local police to perform lookups for them, new public records show.
ICE does *not* have a contract to use this surveillance tool itself.
www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
ICE does *not* have a contract to use this surveillance tool itself.
www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.
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May 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
SCOOP: ICE, HSI, and DHS are getting side-door access to the nationwide system of Flock license plate cameras by asking local police to perform lookups for them, new public records show.
ICE does *not* have a contract to use this surveillance tool itself.
www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
ICE does *not* have a contract to use this surveillance tool itself.
www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
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Poignant grafs at the start of this @cameronjoseph.bsky.social interview with Ben Crump, the lawyer for George Floyd's family, on the five-year anniversary of his death.
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May 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Poignant grafs at the start of this @cameronjoseph.bsky.social interview with Ben Crump, the lawyer for George Floyd's family, on the five-year anniversary of his death.
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www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...
Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's murder.
I talked to civil rights lawyer @attorneybencrump.bsky.social, who reps Floyd's family.
"It’s getting more daunting than ever to hold police accountable for excessive force and police brutality."
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I talked to civil rights lawyer @attorneybencrump.bsky.social, who reps Floyd's family.
"It’s getting more daunting than ever to hold police accountable for excessive force and police brutality."
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...
George Floyd’s family lawyer thinks the path to justice is ‘more daunting than ever’
Five years ago, the murder of George Floyd by police sparked a nationwide protest movement. Today, Ben Crump, the lawyer who represented Mr. Floyd’s family, says it’s “more daunting than ever to hold ...
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May 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's murder.
I talked to civil rights lawyer @attorneybencrump.bsky.social, who reps Floyd's family.
"It’s getting more daunting than ever to hold police accountable for excessive force and police brutality."
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...
I talked to civil rights lawyer @attorneybencrump.bsky.social, who reps Floyd's family.
"It’s getting more daunting than ever to hold police accountable for excessive force and police brutality."
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...
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The @trygveolson.bsky.social
Seven Rules for Dealing with Autocrats, Pt. 1
Rule #1: Play the game you are in, not the one you wish you were
w/ @reedgalen.bsky.social
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Seven Rules for Dealing with Autocrats, Pt. 1
Rule #1: Play the game you are in, not the one you wish you were
w/ @reedgalen.bsky.social
www.24sight.news/p/seven-rule...
Seven Rules for Dealing with Autocrats, Pt. 1
Rule #1: Play the game you are in, not the one you wish you were
www.24sight.news
May 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The @trygveolson.bsky.social
Seven Rules for Dealing with Autocrats, Pt. 1
Rule #1: Play the game you are in, not the one you wish you were
w/ @reedgalen.bsky.social
www.24sight.news/p/seven-rule...
Seven Rules for Dealing with Autocrats, Pt. 1
Rule #1: Play the game you are in, not the one you wish you were
w/ @reedgalen.bsky.social
www.24sight.news/p/seven-rule...
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"The U.S. is currently moving faster toward autocracy than any other fully democratic government that has backslid in the 21st century besides El Salvador – faster even than Hungary, Poland, or Venezuela, says Steven Levitsky, [...] co-author of the book 'How Democracies Die.'"
They’ve watched democracies fail. They see it happening under Trump.
They’ve watched democracies fail. They see it happening under Trump.
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May 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"The U.S. is currently moving faster toward autocracy than any other fully democratic government that has backslid in the 21st century besides El Salvador – faster even than Hungary, Poland, or Venezuela, says Steven Levitsky, [...] co-author of the book 'How Democracies Die.'"
With Stephen Miller suggesting Trump might suspend habeas corpus and ICE arresting Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, reupping my magazine cover that ran online yesterday:
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
They’ve watched democracies fail. They see it happening under Trump.
As Donald Trump fights the courts over Kilmar Abrego Garcia, targets law firms, and tests the rule of law, democracy experts warn they’ve seen this before.
www.csmonitor.com
May 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
With Stephen Miller suggesting Trump might suspend habeas corpus and ICE arresting Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, reupping my magazine cover that ran online yesterday:
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
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Well worth a read.
Experts who work in countries where democracy has been gutted are alarmed about what's happening in the US.
Hungarian Prof. Gabor Halmai (who used to work for its constitutional court):
“I don’t see, anymore, such big differences between the U.S. and Hungary."
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Hungarian Prof. Gabor Halmai (who used to work for its constitutional court):
“I don’t see, anymore, such big differences between the U.S. and Hungary."
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
They’ve watched democracies fail. They see it happening under Trump.
As Donald Trump fights the courts over Kilmar Abrego Garcia, targets law firms, and tests the rule of law, democracy experts warn they’ve seen this before.
www.csmonitor.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Well worth a read.
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This was the first semester I taught Democratic Erosion where I taught cases from elsewhere in the world and thought to myself - “that doesn’t actually sound that bad” in comparison to the U.S.
Experts who work in countries where democracy has been gutted are alarmed about what's happening in the US.
Hungarian Prof. Gabor Halmai (who used to work for its constitutional court):
“I don’t see, anymore, such big differences between the U.S. and Hungary."
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Hungarian Prof. Gabor Halmai (who used to work for its constitutional court):
“I don’t see, anymore, such big differences between the U.S. and Hungary."
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
They’ve watched democracies fail. They see it happening under Trump.
As Donald Trump fights the courts over Kilmar Abrego Garcia, targets law firms, and tests the rule of law, democracy experts warn they’ve seen this before.
www.csmonitor.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This was the first semester I taught Democratic Erosion where I taught cases from elsewhere in the world and thought to myself - “that doesn’t actually sound that bad” in comparison to the U.S.