Joe Perticone
@cheetah.bsky.social
Reporting on Congress and sometimes clothes for The Bulwark. [email protected]
📍 D.C.
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If you would like to understand Benny's principles, here's a story. While at IJR on the day of the 2015 Roanoke shooting, Benny cried in the newsroom. Not because of the shooting itself, but because we told him he wasn't allowed to post the video of the murder on the website.
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you would like to understand Benny's principles, here's a story. While at IJR on the day of the 2015 Roanoke shooting, Benny cried in the newsroom. Not because of the shooting itself, but because we told him he wasn't allowed to post the video of the murder on the website.
Will fit right in with the House GOP
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Will fit right in with the House GOP
Everyone has their Star Wars ordering wrong. It starts at "episode 1" and continues from there. They're clearly labeled.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Everyone has their Star Wars ordering wrong. It starts at "episode 1" and continues from there. They're clearly labeled.
My "Not Enron" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
@barrons.com $NVDA
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@barrons.com $NVDA
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November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My "Not Enron" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
The president is focused on what matters most to Americans (reviving the “Rush Hour” franchise) www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The president is focused on what matters most to Americans (reviving the “Rush Hour” franchise) www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Magician?
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
They include a rockstar, six billionaires (including one from Canada), a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Magician?
The thing that matters most to Trump is being perceived as a winner. If he's alongside a winner, he will happily destroy months of Republican talking points to be "in" with the winner. It's that simple.
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The thing that matters most to Trump is being perceived as a winner. If he's alongside a winner, he will happily destroy months of Republican talking points to be "in" with the winner. It's that simple.
This is what all American judges should have to wear like how in the UK they wear powdered wigs
lol come on
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is what all American judges should have to wear like how in the UK they wear powdered wigs
Government working for you www.thebulwark.com/p/senators-s...
Senators Scramble to Disown the Sweetheart Deal They Gave Themselves
Some lawmakers want to repeal the sneaky $500,000 payout.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Government working for you www.thebulwark.com/p/senators-s...
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Saying “I don’t need to see this in a theater because it’s not a big blockbuster” totally misses the point of why going to a theater matters. But don’t take my word for it: take the Pope’s! www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
Pope Leo and Theaters as Cathedrals
The power of Christ compels you (to go to the movies).
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November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Saying “I don’t need to see this in a theater because it’s not a big blockbuster” totally misses the point of why going to a theater matters. But don’t take my word for it: take the Pope’s! www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
Going international
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Going international
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BREAKING: In Major Rebuke to Trump, House Passes Epstein Files Resolution
@cheetah.bsky.social reporting from the Capitol in today's Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
@cheetah.bsky.social reporting from the Capitol in today's Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
In Major Rebuke to Trump, House Passes Epstein Files Resolution
Trump’s grip on his party is beginning to loosen because a group of renegade Republicans.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: In Major Rebuke to Trump, House Passes Epstein Files Resolution
@cheetah.bsky.social reporting from the Capitol in today's Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
@cheetah.bsky.social reporting from the Capitol in today's Press Pass @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
Epstein resolution passes. The sole NO vote was Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.). Now it goes to the Senate. www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
In Major Rebuke to Trump, House Passes Epstein Files Resolution
Trump’s grip on his party is beginning to loosen because a group of renegade Republicans.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Epstein resolution passes. The sole NO vote was Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.). Now it goes to the Senate. www.thebulwark.com/p/in-major-r...
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This whole Epstein ordeal really shows Johnson has only limited skills as a speaker when Trump isn’t a backseat driver.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This whole Epstein ordeal really shows Johnson has only limited skills as a speaker when Trump isn’t a backseat driver.
Almost the entire House Democratic Caucus is united against Marie Gleusenkamp Perez for accurately pointing out that one of their members resurrected Chicago machine politics to pull a fast one on his district. Just gross levels of hypocrisy on election integrity. www.axios.com/2025/11/18/m...
Scoop: House Democrats' infighting is poised to get even worse
Progressive Caucus members are privately discussing a retaliatory measure against Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Almost the entire House Democratic Caucus is united against Marie Gleusenkamp Perez for accurately pointing out that one of their members resurrected Chicago machine politics to pull a fast one on his district. Just gross levels of hypocrisy on election integrity. www.axios.com/2025/11/18/m...
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What If the Trump-Epstein Relationship Was Even Worse Than We Thought? by @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-epst...
What If the Trump-Epstein Relationship Was Even Worse Than We Thought?
Four questions about Trump and Epstein.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
What If the Trump-Epstein Relationship Was Even Worse Than We Thought? by @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-epst...
Also funny that they clearly typed "baby winston churchill" into AI and instead of it just, finding a picture of Churchill as a child, made a grouchy top hat-wearing baby smoking a cigar in an old timey wooden bassinet.
not to absolve them of their other work, but every so often the Bee posts a banger
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Also funny that they clearly typed "baby winston churchill" into AI and instead of it just, finding a picture of Churchill as a child, made a grouchy top hat-wearing baby smoking a cigar in an old timey wooden bassinet.
to be fair this line also applies to Sebastian Gorka
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
to be fair this line also applies to Sebastian Gorka
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Press Pass: @cheetah.bsky.social on Trump kicking the CA Republicans into the abyss bit.ly/4i8RQSM
Receipts: @crampell.bsky.social on how Republicans learned nothing from how badly Dems bungled inflation: bit.ly/49jnP0b
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Press Pass: @cheetah.bsky.social on Trump kicking the CA Republicans into the abyss bit.ly/4i8RQSM
Receipts: @crampell.bsky.social on how Republicans learned nothing from how badly Dems bungled inflation: bit.ly/49jnP0b
Trump Kicks California Republicans Into the Abyss
As their districts disappear and their careers in Congress end, few admit their own party is to blame.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Miss anything on the Bulwark yesterday?
We’ve got you covered.
Press Pass: @cheetah.bsky.social on Trump kicking the CA Republicans into the abyss bit.ly/4i8RQSM
Receipts: @crampell.bsky.social on how Republicans learned nothing from how badly Dems bungled inflation: bit.ly/49jnP0b
We’ve got you covered.
Press Pass: @cheetah.bsky.social on Trump kicking the CA Republicans into the abyss bit.ly/4i8RQSM
Receipts: @crampell.bsky.social on how Republicans learned nothing from how badly Dems bungled inflation: bit.ly/49jnP0b
I have never seen so many Trump era metaphors in a single article
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I have never seen so many Trump era metaphors in a single article
California Republicans have long been a key component to securing House GOP majorities. The backfiring of the Trump-led redistricting stunt has turned them into an endangered species. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kick...
Trump Kicks California Republicans Into the Abyss
As their districts disappear and their careers in Congress end, few admit their own party is to blame.
www.thebulwark.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
California Republicans have long been a key component to securing House GOP majorities. The backfiring of the Trump-led redistricting stunt has turned them into an endangered species. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kick...
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It whips that a bunch of resources and intelligentsia has been pumped into pushing “abundance” a politically specific term that people don’t actually generally understand in a partisan or ideological context any more than they did Latinx, while someone just campaigned on “how bout u afford things”
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It whips that a bunch of resources and intelligentsia has been pumped into pushing “abundance” a politically specific term that people don’t actually generally understand in a partisan or ideological context any more than they did Latinx, while someone just campaigned on “how bout u afford things”