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Josh Richman

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(he/him) Comms for @eff.org; formerly with @ericswalwell.bsky.social, Oakland Tribune/Mercury News, Express-Times, Mizzou Journalism. Booze, books, cats. Opinions here are mine all mine. https://linktr.ee/joshrichman

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ironically, repealing Section 230 would make it so that idiots like Dick Durbin can't post their stupid ideas on Bluesky

03.03.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The literal definition of being in over one’s head.

03.03.2026 04:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Iran could’ve detonated a nuclear bomb in a U.S. city and it wouldn’t have ended our nation’s existence.

Trump is working feverishly to end our democratic republic.

02.03.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only because you’ve made them so.

02.03.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The final power grab to end free and fair elections.

02.03.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I take this to mean he never had any candidates at all.

02.03.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Be wary. For the next few weeks likely every mugging and car accident is going to have suspected ties to Iran.

01.03.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Government Just Made it Harder to See What Spy Tech it Buys On Wednesday, the government stopped supporting FPDS.gov, an indispensable resource for finding what ICE, the FBI, and every other agency is buying. Its replacement site completely sucks.

The U.S. government on Wednesday shut down a vital resource for keeping tabs on what powerful spying tools its agencies are buying, making it harder to reliably find out how agencies including ICE are spending taxpayers’ dollars. www.404media.co/the-governm...

28.02.2026 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

The Trump regime has made the United Stares into a rogue nation.

It’s up to us as Americans to put a fast, decisive end to this. Nobody else is coming to save us.

28.02.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lionel Hutz from the simpsons editing a business card which reads "PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST - NO MORE FOREVER WAR" to read "PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST? NO, MORE FOREVER WAR"

Lionel Hutz from the simpsons editing a business card which reads "PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST - NO MORE FOREVER WAR" to read "PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST? NO, MORE FOREVER WAR"

28.02.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1685    πŸ” 470    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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It’s wrong to vaporize school children even if Congress votes to approve it.

28.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3904    πŸ” 906    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 22
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#OnThisDay

FEBRUARY 28, 1933: THE REICHSTAG FIRE DECREE

Following the arson of the German parliament building, President von Hindenburg issued the β€œDecree for the Protection of People and State” at Hitler’s urging. Cause/Consequences: The decree suspended key civil liberties, providing the […]

28.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The hidden surveillance network sending Californians' license plates to Border Patrol California residents are noticing new license plate readers that appear to be operated by the Border Patrol. Some have had confusing encounters with agents.

The hidden surveillance network sending Californians' license plates to Border Patrol

California residents are noticing new license plate readers that appear to be operated by the Border Patrol. Some have had confusing encounters with agents.

28.02.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

The lack of consequences for Caribbean boat murders and the operation against Venezuela brought us to this point. Trump pushed the envelope and paid no price for it. (In fact, elected officials and the press were mesmerized by the Maduro raid.)

Many of us said this would happen and it did.

28.02.2026 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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President Obama had a deal with Iran that trump ripped up without replacing, and now we're in an unnecessary war with Iran that he started without Congress, because he's a small, petty, envious punk.

28.02.2026 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1847    πŸ” 606    πŸ’¬ 119    πŸ“Œ 28

I look forward to Tulsi Gabbard resigning in protest from this administration any decade now.

28.02.2026 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œOperation Epstein Forget” will soon become β€œOperation Epic Fail”

28.02.2026 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't let these assholes forget.

28.02.2026 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are two lawless criminals who will kill civilians to distract from their own corruption.

28.02.2026 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2501    πŸ” 729    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 36

The Scout Law says a Scout is:
⚜️Trustworthy
⚜️Loyal
⚜️Helpful
⚜️Friendly
⚜️Courteous
⚜️Kind
⚜️Obedient
⚜️Cheerful
⚜️Thrifty
⚜️Brave
⚜️Clean
⚜️Reverent
Pete Hegseth is none of these things. He wouldn't have made it past Tenderfoot.

27.02.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
27.02.2026 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A planet shrouded in floating shit seems like the legacy Elon Musk was destined to leave.

27.02.2026 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe the gang that couldn’t shoot straight shouldn’t be trusted with laser guns.

27.02.2026 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody is coming to save us. We’ll have to do this ourselves, which requires the political will to do hard things. I hope we’re up to the task.

26.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kansans must present a photo ID to vote.

26.02.2026 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2405    πŸ” 1215    πŸ’¬ 214    πŸ“Œ 103

so fun fact: recently during the fraud investigations being redone by this season’s feds, MN’s rate of medicaid/medicare fraud was well below the national average

nationally, it’s β‰ˆ 6% each year; in minnesota it’s like β‰ˆ 2.5%

we know this is vindictive at this point

25.02.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2203    πŸ” 686    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 26

I live in Minnesota and I want the federal government to stop trying to kill us. And hurt us. I want them to stop attacking us.

It sucks.

We’re just trying to live our lives and take care of each other and we don’t deserve all this.

I kid around sometimes here but I’m not kidding now.

25.02.2026 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4101    πŸ” 883    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 35

Illegal. Immoral. Inhumane. Unforgivable.

25.02.2026 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being β€œgood stewards” of the money.

In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it.

Taxation without representation.

25.02.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5970    πŸ” 1992    πŸ’¬ 157    πŸ“Œ 57