Joshua Busch
@joshbusch.bsky.social
Nonprofit comms director in Los Angeles. People over profit. Go #Lakers.
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There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There's really interesting social science on how white people significantly overestimate the number of people of color in a room or in a picture. A room with, like, 20% POC will be perceived as majority POC.
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the second polls close in California, CNN projects that Proposition 50 passes
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
the second polls close in California, CNN projects that Proposition 50 passes
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There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
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A Tennessee woman is studying to be a nurse and works nights cleaning buildings. ICE recently deported her husband, leaving her alone with three kids and another child on the way. She's about to lose her car and home. Would you consider donating to help?
www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
June 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A Tennessee woman is studying to be a nurse and works nights cleaning buildings. ICE recently deported her husband, leaving her alone with three kids and another child on the way. She's about to lose her car and home. Would you consider donating to help?
www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...
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here’s the moment LASD advanced on protestors with horses and used flash-bangs as we reported live yesterday. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...
NBC's Jacob Soboroff reports from the Los Angeles protests as law enforcement fires flash bangs
NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff was reporting on the ground in Los Angeles when law enforcement started using crowd control tactics against protesters, including firing flash bangs. Soboroff spe...
www.msnbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
here’s the moment LASD advanced on protestors with horses and used flash-bangs as we reported live yesterday. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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"You don't deserve due process if you're a criminal" has got to be among the least "American" arguments the government has put forward in a century
April 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"You don't deserve due process if you're a criminal" has got to be among the least "American" arguments the government has put forward in a century
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I really think people have absolutely no idea how difficult legal immigration is to navigate in this country. Just one example of the impossible situations our laws create:
Because he entered illegally he is barred from getting a green card through his wife without leaving the country. And because of that, and the fact that he has a removal order, if he left to get a visa, he might not be allowed back in for a decade, as the removal order is a 10-year bar on reentry.
If he is married to a US citizen and they have children, why is that not enough for him to remain in the US and eventually become a citizen?
appreciate your patience with answering (i haven't seen this explained anywhere). 🙏
appreciate your patience with answering (i haven't seen this explained anywhere). 🙏
April 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I really think people have absolutely no idea how difficult legal immigration is to navigate in this country. Just one example of the impossible situations our laws create:
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?
April 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?
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"...because of Trump’s business celebrity, many saw him as a potential creator of opportunities."
This is a key point and why much of my extended Latino family voted for him. They believe the lie that he's a successful businessman who wants to help small business owners like them.
This is a key point and why much of my extended Latino family voted for him. They believe the lie that he's a successful businessman who wants to help small business owners like them.
The small city of Reading in central Pennsylvania is around 70 percent Latino.
In 2024, it shifted toward Trump by a staggering net 16 points.
I spent some time trying to figure out why that happened. The result is this piece. I hope you'll check it out:
newrepublic.com/article/1908...
In 2024, it shifted toward Trump by a staggering net 16 points.
I spent some time trying to figure out why that happened. The result is this piece. I hope you'll check it out:
newrepublic.com/article/1908...
This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes
Latino voters shifted dramatically toward Trump in the last election. Reading, Pennsylvania offers a clue to how Democrats can claw them back.
newrepublic.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"...because of Trump’s business celebrity, many saw him as a potential creator of opportunities."
This is a key point and why much of my extended Latino family voted for him. They believe the lie that he's a successful businessman who wants to help small business owners like them.
This is a key point and why much of my extended Latino family voted for him. They believe the lie that he's a successful businessman who wants to help small business owners like them.
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This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.
January 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.