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...
www.pbs.org
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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This was originally written in summer, but for all of us facing empty chairs this Thanksgiving—the chairs that once were filled and now are not, and the chairs that may be filled one day, with people who’ve not yet been born, or whom we haven’t met yet 💜 www.awritersnotebook.org/p/going-thro...
Going Through Old Notebooks Part 13: Trees and Their Absence
I felt an affinity for that space, where a tree’s branches had swayed for over half a century, if not longer, and now did not
www.awritersnotebook.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This was originally written in summer, but for all of us facing empty chairs this Thanksgiving—the chairs that once were filled and now are not, and the chairs that may be filled one day, with people who’ve not yet been born, or whom we haven’t met yet 💜 www.awritersnotebook.org/p/going-thro...
More importantly, Elon got all the federal government personal data for himself and his Silicon Valley pals. They will harvest it for years to come.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
More importantly, Elon got all the federal government personal data for himself and his Silicon Valley pals. They will harvest it for years to come.
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The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
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Lock her up
NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Lock her up
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As I keep saying, the Founders definitely saw someone like Trump ascending to the Presidency.
They did NOT foresee 70% of Congress rolling over and letting him do whatever he wants.
They did NOT foresee 70% of Congress rolling over and letting him do whatever he wants.
This would normally mean impeachment and charges, but she is safe with the spineless cowards in the Congressional majority.
NEW:
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
As I keep saying, the Founders definitely saw someone like Trump ascending to the Presidency.
They did NOT foresee 70% of Congress rolling over and letting him do whatever he wants.
They did NOT foresee 70% of Congress rolling over and letting him do whatever he wants.
Just the dumbest fucks, who happen to all have access to the nation’s highest secrets and act like they can talk about them openly. The incompetence is astounding, and our adversaries are loving it.
Op sec for Team Trump: always the same. Communications over GSM phone lines, unencrypted. And this means whoever intercepted the Ushakov-Witkoff conversations has plenty more. Beyond amateurish.
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Just the dumbest fucks, who happen to all have access to the nation’s highest secrets and act like they can talk about them openly. The incompetence is astounding, and our adversaries are loving it.
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Stay tuned for the @theins.press story, in collaboration with @spiegel.de, about how we knew Kirill Dmitriev was the architect of this “peace plan.” Drops tomorrow at 5am EST.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Stay tuned for the @theins.press story, in collaboration with @spiegel.de, about how we knew Kirill Dmitriev was the architect of this “peace plan.” Drops tomorrow at 5am EST.
So it’s true.
Update: President Trump tells reporters that despite the rumors he has no plans to fire FBI Director Kash Patel.
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
So it’s true.
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So, ordering enforced disappearance—an international crime.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So, ordering enforced disappearance—an international crime.
When Murkowski steps up, she really can step up and do good things. Doesn’t happen as much anymore, but it’s always good to see.
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
When Murkowski steps up, she really can step up and do good things. Doesn’t happen as much anymore, but it’s always good to see.
I bet “Fight Club” meetings are super cool! What a great squad of change makers in an institution resistant to but in need of massive change.
Keep it up, expand the membership!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Keep it up, expand the membership!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I bet “Fight Club” meetings are super cool! What a great squad of change makers in an institution resistant to but in need of massive change.
Keep it up, expand the membership!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Keep it up, expand the membership!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Happy Monday before Thanksgiving!
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Happy Monday before Thanksgiving!
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Star Wars Opinion Day of 2025
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Star Wars Opinion Day of 2025
cc #mtpol a lot of ads could come from this. A lot.
Report: Montana seeing some of the biggest increased costs under Trump tariffs
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/11/24/report-montana-seeing-some-of-the-biggest-increased-costs-under-trump-tariffs/
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/11/24/report-montana-seeing-some-of-the-biggest-increased-costs-under-trump-tariffs/
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
cc #mtpol a lot of ads could come from this. A lot.
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rare incorrect take from jamelle!!!
(jk, like what you like, i love r1, it's in my top 3 SW, but it's not my job to convince anyone who disagrees)
(jk, like what you like, i love r1, it's in my top 3 SW, but it's not my job to convince anyone who disagrees)
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
rare incorrect take from jamelle!!!
(jk, like what you like, i love r1, it's in my top 3 SW, but it's not my job to convince anyone who disagrees)
(jk, like what you like, i love r1, it's in my top 3 SW, but it's not my job to convince anyone who disagrees)
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Guys let’s all hold hands and simply decide not to listen to James Carville
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Guys let’s all hold hands and simply decide not to listen to James Carville
*stares in Mike Flynn*
*stares in “retired Army officer who was convicted of breaking the law but faced no military justice*
…
Oh, he’s getting $50 mil from the DoJ. Okay then. Got it.
*stares in “retired Army officer who was convicted of breaking the law but faced no military justice*
…
Oh, he’s getting $50 mil from the DoJ. Okay then. Got it.
The Pentagon has opened an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (a retired Navy captain) and is weighing whether to recall him into the military so he can be punished under the UCMJ.
AP has the full story here:
apnews.com/article/pent...
This is not normal — and here’s why it matters. 1/
AP has the full story here:
apnews.com/article/pent...
This is not normal — and here’s why it matters. 1/
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
*stares in Mike Flynn*
*stares in “retired Army officer who was convicted of breaking the law but faced no military justice*
…
Oh, he’s getting $50 mil from the DoJ. Okay then. Got it.
*stares in “retired Army officer who was convicted of breaking the law but faced no military justice*
…
Oh, he’s getting $50 mil from the DoJ. Okay then. Got it.
The fuck?
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The fuck?
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Support for economic populism and support for minority rights are NOT in opposition to one another.
If anything, they should be seen—and politically leveraged—as mutually reinforcing positions. In the most recent elections, Democrats did just that and won overwhelmingly.
The framing here is wrong.
If anything, they should be seen—and politically leveraged—as mutually reinforcing positions. In the most recent elections, Democrats did just that and won overwhelmingly.
The framing here is wrong.
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Support for economic populism and support for minority rights are NOT in opposition to one another.
If anything, they should be seen—and politically leveraged—as mutually reinforcing positions. In the most recent elections, Democrats did just that and won overwhelmingly.
The framing here is wrong.
If anything, they should be seen—and politically leveraged—as mutually reinforcing positions. In the most recent elections, Democrats did just that and won overwhelmingly.
The framing here is wrong.
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People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.