Josh Manning
@joshmanning.bsky.social
Iraq War vet. Former intelligence community Russia then counterterrorism analyst. Now: middling flak.
MI —> MT —> WA. Warren-Occupy core. Social justice warrior.
Opinions, quirks mine.
Words: LA Times, Foreign Policy, Newsweek. Face: MSNBC, Al Jazeera
MI —> MT —> WA. Warren-Occupy core. Social justice warrior.
Opinions, quirks mine.
Words: LA Times, Foreign Policy, Newsweek. Face: MSNBC, Al Jazeera
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Josh Manning
@joshmanning.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relations with the United States.
https://to.pbs.org/46hft5R
https://to.pbs.org/46hft5R
Venezuela says U.S. warship raided a tuna boat as tensions rise in the Caribbean
Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said on Saturday, underlining strained relation...
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So here is what I think is happening, because I had a front row seat to Mike Flynn doing this sort of thing at DIA … The agencies are collecting intelligence from bad sources or dictating what they want their sources to say so it ends up in raw reporting. They can then weaponize this intel.
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We already knew. We will never see the real Epstein files.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
We already knew. We will never see the real Epstein files.
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The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
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Yes.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations?
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
Actually the whole security establishment pivoted
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Yes.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
And then also fired a ton of senior agents with a ton of counterterrorism experience, including the Acting Director.
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Imagine being, like, a sales manager from Wheeling, and you got shipped off to DC by your dipshit governor to fulfill Trump’s troops-in-the-streets fantasy, and then you spent two months wandering the Mall picking up trash, and then two days before Thanksgiving you got shot outside a Metro station
NEW: DC's Metropolitan Police Dept says it has one suspect in custody after a shooting at 17th and I, near the White House.
AP reports that two members of the National Guard were shot, which DHS sec Kristi Noem confirms in a tweet.
Jeff Mason of Reuters reports that the White House is on lockdown.
AP reports that two members of the National Guard were shot, which DHS sec Kristi Noem confirms in a tweet.
Jeff Mason of Reuters reports that the White House is on lockdown.
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being, like, a sales manager from Wheeling, and you got shipped off to DC by your dipshit governor to fulfill Trump’s troops-in-the-streets fantasy, and then you spent two months wandering the Mall picking up trash, and then two days before Thanksgiving you got shot outside a Metro station
As many, many former counterterrorism analysts and officials said was the danger. Not spiking the ball. Just saying, professionals saw this potential and said don’t go this route. The administration chose a different path.
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
As many, many former counterterrorism analysts and officials said was the danger. Not spiking the ball. Just saying, professionals saw this potential and said don’t go this route. The administration chose a different path.
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
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Maybe this bitch should retire
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Maybe this bitch should retire
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Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
I wasn't aware that in end stage America, one must closely read the frozen pizza box to ensure one is in fact purchasing a frozen pizza and not proof that we have been abandoned by the old gods and the new
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
To do what, exactly?
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
To do what, exactly?
Elon needs some justice, let’s start with him.
Elon believes the US doesn't have enough mass incarceration. His awfulness is boundless.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Elon needs some justice, let’s start with him.
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This is irresponsible
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is irresponsible
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man what the fuck are we doing here you can’t say this shit unless you’re absolutely certain
I hope for their families’ sake he was wrong about them being dead
I hope for their families’ sake he was wrong about them being dead
Annnnnnd now the West Virginia governor says he's not sure about the condition of the National Guardsmen.
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
Maybe best to not tweet out that they are both dead until, you know, you KNOW that is absolutely the case...
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
man what the fuck are we doing here you can’t say this shit unless you’re absolutely certain
I hope for their families’ sake he was wrong about them being dead
I hope for their families’ sake he was wrong about them being dead
Just wanted to send this gif because it still makes me smile.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just wanted to send this gif because it still makes me smile.
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100 percent. What a waste, on so many levels.
Whether this was random street crime or targeted political violence, I think it was bad for the president to unnecessarily put the National Guard in harm’s way like this. They simply don’t need to be there.
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
100 percent. What a waste, on so many levels.
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Wishing today in particular that the President wasn’t using the military for authoritarian theater.
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wishing today in particular that the President wasn’t using the military for authoritarian theater.
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New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
As awful as this will be, the National Guard should not be stationed in DC. This was entirely avoidable.
Could be the result of:
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
As awful as this will be, the National Guard should not be stationed in DC. This was entirely avoidable.
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Could be the result of:
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Could be the result of:
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
- A politically motivated attack
- A robbery
- A negligent discharge
- An argument between Guard members
The point is: Don't assume anything and wait for details
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This Native American Heritage Month, we’re celebrating Rep. Chris Stearns from WA’s 47th LD. A proud Navajo member and the Speaker Pro Tem of the Washington House.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This Native American Heritage Month, we’re celebrating Rep. Chris Stearns from WA’s 47th LD. A proud Navajo member and the Speaker Pro Tem of the Washington House.
“Look, I once had Belarusian brand caviar, plebs. Not the good Russian stuff I get weekly for doing the Kremlin favors. No this was Belarusian off brand caviar. Not even solid gold lids on those jars.
So to say I don’t understand the plight of work people … I am aghast at the accusation.”
So to say I don’t understand the plight of work people … I am aghast at the accusation.”
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Look, I once had Belarusian brand caviar, plebs. Not the good Russian stuff I get weekly for doing the Kremlin favors. No this was Belarusian off brand caviar. Not even solid gold lids on those jars.
So to say I don’t understand the plight of work people … I am aghast at the accusation.”
So to say I don’t understand the plight of work people … I am aghast at the accusation.”
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Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Steve whitkoff is an actual traitor
He doesn’t know what the word is?
Also, TP Publican totally works. TP boldface and accented. 🚽
Also, TP Publican totally works. TP boldface and accented. 🚽
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
He doesn’t know what the word is?
Also, TP Publican totally works. TP boldface and accented. 🚽
Also, TP Publican totally works. TP boldface and accented. 🚽