Joshua Tauberer
@joshdata.me
Civic technologist and engineering manager. Founder @govtrack.us. More active at https://mastodon.joshdata.me/@josh.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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Following ICE to find and report news is, of course, journalism, but here's something the administration may not know: activism is also legal in this country!
Also, show us the part where law enforcement is in any way obstructed or impeded.
Also, show us the part where law enforcement is in any way obstructed or impeded.
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Following ICE to find and report news is, of course, journalism, but here's something the administration may not know: activism is also legal in this country!
Also, show us the part where law enforcement is in any way obstructed or impeded.
Also, show us the part where law enforcement is in any way obstructed or impeded.
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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The problem is helicopter fuel is just soooo expensive these days.
The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons
NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning.
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The problem is helicopter fuel is just soooo expensive these days.
She's finally getting it! She's basically a Rand Paul now. Hate her policy positions but at least she's sort of in reality now.
Marjorie Taylor Greene after the latest batch of Epstein Files dropped yesterday:
"Well based on files released and then deleted, I’d say the odds went up on bombing Iran.
It is Friday after all."
"Well based on files released and then deleted, I’d say the odds went up on bombing Iran.
It is Friday after all."
January 31, 2026 at 4:09 PM
She's finally getting it! She's basically a Rand Paul now. Hate her policy positions but at least she's sort of in reality now.
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If government is going to use an AI product, the regulations needs to mandate the inclusion of a bill of materials like CISA’s SBOM concept (www.cisa.gov/sbom)
If your model scraped 4chan or worse maybe it doesn’t need to be used in a government context
If your model scraped 4chan or worse maybe it doesn’t need to be used in a government context
January 30, 2026 at 3:38 AM
If government is going to use an AI product, the regulations needs to mandate the inclusion of a bill of materials like CISA’s SBOM concept (www.cisa.gov/sbom)
If your model scraped 4chan or worse maybe it doesn’t need to be used in a government context
If your model scraped 4chan or worse maybe it doesn’t need to be used in a government context
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"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds
A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.
www.brown.edu
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
Republican Goons: (murders some people)
House Republicans: (goes on vacation)
Senate Republicans: I'm sorry my colleagues murdering people and going on vacation make it very tricky to modify the murder funding.
House Republicans: (goes on vacation)
Senate Republicans: I'm sorry my colleagues murdering people and going on vacation make it very tricky to modify the murder funding.
Schumer says if Thune splits the DHS bill off of the minibus funding package, Democrats will vote for it
Thune says it's risky to "modify" the bill
"You're injecting a lot of uncertainty into the equation here by not moving the package as drafted with the input of the Democrats"
Thune says it's risky to "modify" the bill
"You're injecting a lot of uncertainty into the equation here by not moving the package as drafted with the input of the Democrats"
January 28, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Republican Goons: (murders some people)
House Republicans: (goes on vacation)
Senate Republicans: I'm sorry my colleagues murdering people and going on vacation make it very tricky to modify the murder funding.
House Republicans: (goes on vacation)
Senate Republicans: I'm sorry my colleagues murdering people and going on vacation make it very tricky to modify the murder funding.
Death is not an acceptable public policy position.
Detention for existing is not an acceptable public policy position.
Detention for existing is not an acceptable public policy position.
January 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Death is not an acceptable public policy position.
Detention for existing is not an acceptable public policy position.
Detention for existing is not an acceptable public policy position.
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Don't make Bovino the fall guy when Trump has been advocating for "unshackled" police since '89, urging violence against protesters & immigrants since '15 and turning violent rhetoric into policy as POTUS
My @washingtonmonthly.com look at Trump's long record
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/28/b...
My @washingtonmonthly.com look at Trump's long record
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/28/b...
Don’t Make Bovino the Fall Guy for the Violence Trump Long Craved
The White House is scapegoating Greg Bovino for killings in Minnesota. But Trump has spent years urging police brutality and mob violence.
washingtonmonthly.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Don't make Bovino the fall guy when Trump has been advocating for "unshackled" police since '89, urging violence against protesters & immigrants since '15 and turning violent rhetoric into policy as POTUS
My @washingtonmonthly.com look at Trump's long record
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/28/b...
My @washingtonmonthly.com look at Trump's long record
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/28/b...
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Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
January 28, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
You what? The only way this can be true is if Suozzi has no conception of the role of Congress in the government.
Tom Suozzi, one of the 7 House Dems who voted for the DHS bill: "I failed to view the DHS funding vote as a referendum on the illegal and immoral conduct of ICE in Minneapolis... I have long been critical of ICE’s unlawful behavior and I must do a better job demonstrating that."
January 26, 2026 at 5:08 PM
You what? The only way this can be true is if Suozzi has no conception of the role of Congress in the government.
Rep. Jim Jordan is bouncing in his seat like a toddler who has to pee.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Rep. Jim Jordan is bouncing in his seat like a toddler who has to pee.
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
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Folks the House of Representatives is hiring for three technology roles. Working for the Clerk of the House is probably a dream job for someone. house.csodfed.com/ux/ats/caree... house.csodfed.com/ux/ats/caree... house.csodfed.com/ux/ats/caree
Senior IT Business and Systems Analyst
The Office of the Clerk serves as the official record keeper of the US House of Representatives, and supports the nonpartisan legislative functions of...
house.csodfed.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Folks the House of Representatives is hiring for three technology roles. Working for the Clerk of the House is probably a dream job for someone. house.csodfed.com/ux/ats/caree... house.csodfed.com/ux/ats/caree... house.csodfed.com/ux/ats/caree
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Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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It's 2026 and Schumer is publicly admitting he continues to take Trump at his word
Schumer: “I was in the SCIF on 3 different occasions … I asked them: Are you pursuing regime change? Are you intent on taking military action in Venezuela?"
“And they are assured me they are not pursuing those things”
“And they are assured me they are not pursuing those things”
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
It's 2026 and Schumer is publicly admitting he continues to take Trump at his word
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tHiS iS nOt ChRiStIaN nAtIoNaLiSm.
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tHiS iS nOt ChRiStIaN nAtIoNaLiSm.
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Wild dissenting opinion
Issue is the law was misread by BOTH sides of the suit, but the mistake was caught by a prof
Under Alito-Gorsuch logic, if both sides misinterpret the original intent of the law, the misinterpretation is then law
So much for originalism!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
Issue is the law was misread by BOTH sides of the suit, but the mistake was caught by a prof
Under Alito-Gorsuch logic, if both sides misinterpret the original intent of the law, the misinterpretation is then law
So much for originalism!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
December 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Wild dissenting opinion
Issue is the law was misread by BOTH sides of the suit, but the mistake was caught by a prof
Under Alito-Gorsuch logic, if both sides misinterpret the original intent of the law, the misinterpretation is then law
So much for originalism!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
Issue is the law was misread by BOTH sides of the suit, but the mistake was caught by a prof
Under Alito-Gorsuch logic, if both sides misinterpret the original intent of the law, the misinterpretation is then law
So much for originalism!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...
Squee joins the liberal justices to block the national guard from engaging in protective services in places where the military is prohibited from doing so. Which means still OK in DC.
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Squee joins the liberal justices to block the national guard from engaging in protective services in places where the military is prohibited from doing so. Which means still OK in DC.
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