Josh Sternberg
@joshsternberg.com
Executive Editor at Morning Brew
Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday
Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc
Failed musician.
YMMV.
Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
Priors: NBC News, WaPo, Adweek, Digiday
Bylines: The Awl, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, Mashable, etc etc etc
Failed musician.
YMMV.
Tips? Signal: joshsternberg.08
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Josh Sternberg
@joshsternberg.com
· Mar 11
In April 2020, my then-5yo came up with a song called “Join The Team”.
When I get low, this always lifts me up.
When I get low, this always lifts me up.
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
Didn’t want to share until it was confirmed, but I saw last night some people had made the connection to the incident Noem mentioned and found the court records from that case identifying at least his surname.
IOW, Noem botched covering up his identity and gave it away because she’s an idiot.
IOW, Noem botched covering up his identity and gave it away because she’s an idiot.
January 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Didn’t want to share until it was confirmed, but I saw last night some people had made the connection to the incident Noem mentioned and found the court records from that case identifying at least his surname.
IOW, Noem botched covering up his identity and gave it away because she’s an idiot.
IOW, Noem botched covering up his identity and gave it away because she’s an idiot.
Hochul and Mamdani to Announce Road Map to Expand Child Care
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
indeed. terrifying shit.
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
indeed. terrifying shit.
Genuinely curious about advertisers who are still spending money on Twitter.
They complain about "brand safety" with news orgs, threaten to pull spend, but find no issues with their ads and brand running alongside Grok.
bsky.app/profile/elio...
They complain about "brand safety" with news orgs, threaten to pull spend, but find no issues with their ads and brand running alongside Grok.
bsky.app/profile/elio...
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Genuinely curious about advertisers who are still spending money on Twitter.
They complain about "brand safety" with news orgs, threaten to pull spend, but find no issues with their ads and brand running alongside Grok.
bsky.app/profile/elio...
They complain about "brand safety" with news orgs, threaten to pull spend, but find no issues with their ads and brand running alongside Grok.
bsky.app/profile/elio...
We are all faced with hard questions, existential questions, every day. Those
of us lucky to be in a profession that pushes to serve others, a greater good if you will, should, you know, take it seriously. An industry predicated on judgement—ha!
The systemic “cling to the past” is just wrong.
of us lucky to be in a profession that pushes to serve others, a greater good if you will, should, you know, take it seriously. An industry predicated on judgement—ha!
The systemic “cling to the past” is just wrong.
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 AM
We are all faced with hard questions, existential questions, every day. Those
of us lucky to be in a profession that pushes to serve others, a greater good if you will, should, you know, take it seriously. An industry predicated on judgement—ha!
The systemic “cling to the past” is just wrong.
of us lucky to be in a profession that pushes to serve others, a greater good if you will, should, you know, take it seriously. An industry predicated on judgement—ha!
The systemic “cling to the past” is just wrong.
I was 5 and my friend-from-across-the-street’s dad had this car. In white. So this was 1983 in Rosedale, Queens NY, and LOVED going in car rides with them. It smelled like smoke, as did their house, because mom, dad, and grandparents who lived there, smoked. Eyes and throat burned when I went over.
January 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I was 5 and my friend-from-across-the-street’s dad had this car. In white. So this was 1983 in Rosedale, Queens NY, and LOVED going in car rides with them. It smelled like smoke, as did their house, because mom, dad, and grandparents who lived there, smoked. Eyes and throat burned when I went over.
A member of that politician’s family? Maybe.
January 8, 2026 at 3:36 AM
A member of that politician’s family? Maybe.
Examples 👇👇👇 bsky.app/profile/donm...
Come the fuck on. Five hours later and the headline is still about a disputed shooting. Just a basic lack of courage to acknowledge the obvious.
If the headline is "disputed shooting" rather than straightforwardly telling the public what happened this rewards the DHS for lying about these events
January 8, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Examples 👇👇👇 bsky.app/profile/donm...
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
Bodie and I absolutely butchering the National Anthem because These Times™️ call for nothing less than a terrible rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
August 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Bodie and I absolutely butchering the National Anthem because These Times™️ call for nothing less than a terrible rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
That’s a chocolate Bodie!
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 AM
That’s a chocolate Bodie!
I mean, you have the chance to do the funniest thing, help a lot of people make money, and destroy prediction markets all in one fell swoop!
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I mean, you have the chance to do the funniest thing, help a lot of people make money, and destroy prediction markets all in one fell swoop!
Another “breaking news” moment where media takes the gov word as “official” when a) video evidence shows exactly what happened and b) the gov lies every time it opens its mouth.
With all the good and important Big Media can and does do, its willingness to cling to “objectivity” is killing us.
With all the good and important Big Media can and does do, its willingness to cling to “objectivity” is killing us.
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Another “breaking news” moment where media takes the gov word as “official” when a) video evidence shows exactly what happened and b) the gov lies every time it opens its mouth.
With all the good and important Big Media can and does do, its willingness to cling to “objectivity” is killing us.
With all the good and important Big Media can and does do, its willingness to cling to “objectivity” is killing us.
My mother in law swears by this. It’s sooooo good.
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
My mother in law swears by this. It’s sooooo good.
and the media saying 'details remained in dispute' even knowing there are eyewitnesses and videos that say otherwise. always gotta play both sides.
January 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM
and the media saying 'details remained in dispute' even knowing there are eyewitnesses and videos that say otherwise. always gotta play both sides.
ok everything's awful. but you know what's not awful? hot sauce!
tell me: what's your favorite hot sauce?
(fwiw, mine's cholula; i fucking douse it over everything. i love it.)
tell me: what's your favorite hot sauce?
(fwiw, mine's cholula; i fucking douse it over everything. i love it.)
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
ok everything's awful. but you know what's not awful? hot sauce!
tell me: what's your favorite hot sauce?
(fwiw, mine's cholula; i fucking douse it over everything. i love it.)
tell me: what's your favorite hot sauce?
(fwiw, mine's cholula; i fucking douse it over everything. i love it.)
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
Today, Republican senators ramped up their impeachment rhetoric against judges whose rulings they don't like:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republican senators ramp up impeachment rhetoric against judges
Some GOP senators are pushing the Republican-led House to move forward with impeachment proceedings against two judges whose rulings they disagree with.
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Today, Republican senators ramped up their impeachment rhetoric against judges whose rulings they don't like:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Reposted by Josh Sternberg
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
jfc: "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper"
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
Post-Gazette to Shut Down 240-Year-Old Paper After SCOTUS Slaps Down Company’s Bid to Evade Court Order.
newsguild.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:43 PM
jfc: "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper"
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
newsguild.org/pittsburgh-p...
Reminder that for every dollar a company gets in funding, N+1 is expected in return.
Interesting how digital media companies haven't really learned that lesson; over and over and over.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Interesting how digital media companies haven't really learned that lesson; over and over and over.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Media Startup Semafor Raises $30 Million in New Funding Round
The digital media outlet, which aims to inform the “global leadership class,” plans to expand its events business and add journalists.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Reminder that for every dollar a company gets in funding, N+1 is expected in return.
Interesting how digital media companies haven't really learned that lesson; over and over and over.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Interesting how digital media companies haven't really learned that lesson; over and over and over.
www.wsj.com/business/med...