Josh Sheinkman
@j-sheinkman.bsky.social
Hill climbing policy wonk, Dead follower, X files believer, late technology adopter, new frontier seeker
No beards is not a facially neutral policy
Beards don’t compromise military effectiveness, former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Alex Wagner argues. Pete Hegseth’s policy proves he’s failed “to align military policy with evidence, fairness, and the diverse composition of the nation”:
The Origin of Hegseth’s Anti-Beard Obsession
The fierce opposition to facial hair is less about policy and more about memory.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
No beards is not a facially neutral policy
The Christian nationalism is how they excuse the corruption.
It really is about the corruption and not the ideology.
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Christian nationalism is how they excuse the corruption.
Deadhead
I saw a Grateful Dead sticker on a Cadillac
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Deadhead
I saw a Grateful Dead sticker on a Cadillac
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I saw a Grateful Dead sticker on a Cadillac
Good idea for a Ozark episode
If pressed, Cotton would be fine with naval drone strikes on Arkansas drug dealers.
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Good idea for a Ozark episode
Turning the FBI into your personal ride share service
FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting his girlfriend escort one of her allegedly inebriated friends home after a night of partying in Nashville www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
FBI agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resource.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Turning the FBI into your personal ride share service
19. Still have an AOL email address
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
19. Still have an AOL email address
There will be growth in the spring. Chauncey Gardner
Hassett: "Our expectation is that the government shutdown had a bigger negative effect on the economy than we expected, but we're gonna have a bigger rebound in the first quarter."
December 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
There will be growth in the spring. Chauncey Gardner
Calling balls AS strikes
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Calling balls AS strikes
SCOTUS is lawless
As Justice Kagan begins her dissent by pointing out, what is even the point of trial, of fact-finding, of clear error, of standards of review, when the Supreme Court simply ignores every single part of that and decides everything purely on the papers without any real consideration of the facts?
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
SCOTUS is lawless
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Throwing Hegseth under the boat
President Trump says he would not have wanted the second strike.
POTUS's only defense of Hegseth is claim that Hegseth supposedly said he didn't order it.
POTUS's only defense of Hegseth is claim that Hegseth supposedly said he didn't order it.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Throwing Hegseth under the boat
Reposted by Josh Sheinkman
President Trump says he would not have wanted the second strike.
POTUS's only defense of Hegseth is claim that Hegseth supposedly said he didn't order it.
POTUS's only defense of Hegseth is claim that Hegseth supposedly said he didn't order it.
Reporter: If there were a second strike that killed wounded people, would that be legal?
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
Trump: I don’t know that happened and Pete said he did not even know what people were talking about. I wouldn’t have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal. It was fine.
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
President Trump says he would not have wanted the second strike.
POTUS's only defense of Hegseth is claim that Hegseth supposedly said he didn't order it.
POTUS's only defense of Hegseth is claim that Hegseth supposedly said he didn't order it.
Reposted by Josh Sheinkman
Most of these are still crappy, but they're somehow still better than "Strong floor, no ceiling"
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Most of these are still crappy, but they're somehow still better than "Strong floor, no ceiling"
This plan will definitely help address the nursing shortage.
The Trump administration’s plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree would exclude nursing and limit access to student loans, outraging national health care groups.
Trump administration says nursing isn't a professional degree amid new limits on loans
The new student loan caps take effect in July. Here's what that means for students looking to pursue advanced nursing degrees.
nbcnews.to
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This plan will definitely help address the nursing shortage.
Who are the criminals here?
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Who are the criminals here?
Some news outlets claimed the September jobs report was solid www.reuters.com/business/us-...
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Some news outlets claimed the September jobs report was solid www.reuters.com/business/us-...
Trump will endorse a primary challenger and Cassidy will lose his seat.
Why is it so hard for this man to admit that he got it colossally wrong by putting partisan politics ahead of science, medicine and the health and safety of the people of this country?
Politicians would earn so much more respect if more would openly admit when they get things disastrously wrong.
Politicians would earn so much more respect if more would openly admit when they get things disastrously wrong.
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Trump will endorse a primary challenger and Cassidy will lose his seat.
Show me your papers
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Show me your papers
Cancel culture for the economy
BEA:
Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2025 (Advance Estimate) is cancelled. These data were originally scheduled for release on Oct. 30.
Personal Income and Outlays, September 2025, will be released on Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. These data were originally scheduled for release on Oct. 31.
Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2025 (Advance Estimate) is cancelled. These data were originally scheduled for release on Oct. 30.
Personal Income and Outlays, September 2025, will be released on Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. These data were originally scheduled for release on Oct. 31.
November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Cancel culture for the economy
The grand conspiracy is the investigation hatched by Trump’s lawyers, a prosecutor and a judge he appointed.
[email protected] explains forum in Trump's grand conspiracy probe. Key grand jury sits in Judge Cannon's Fort Pierce. Ex-Trump atty Blanche oversees US Atty thru aide who clerked for Cannon when she dism'd Trump's case.(gift) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The grand conspiracy is the investigation hatched by Trump’s lawyers, a prosecutor and a judge he appointed.
Bessent: я не знаю
WELKER: Was this 28 point plan written by Russia?
BESSENT: I have no information on that
BESSENT: I have no information on that
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Bessent: я не знаю
If you count the Teslas that caught on fire it’s probably a 96% reduction in cars on the road
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If you count the Teslas that caught on fire it’s probably a 96% reduction in cars on the road
Punishable by death . . . And buried
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Punishable by death . . . And buried
Too soon
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Too soon