Josh Sheinkman
@j-sheinkman.bsky.social
Hill climbing policy wonk, Dead follower, X files believer, late technology adopter, new frontier seeker
Why isn’t DOJ investigating and arresting ICE agents for disturbing a religious ceremony?
what, uh, are they arresting people for?
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Why isn’t DOJ investigating and arresting ICE agents for disturbing a religious ceremony?
@nytimes.com had to report the story because their reporters couldn’t go to Minneapolis diners to interview Trump supporters. They were all closed.
The Minnesota strike has made it to the top story on NYT. I am not a knee jerk NYT hater, but imo this is noteworthy given the paper’s relative lack of interest in other recent anti-Trump protest activity
January 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
@nytimes.com had to report the story because their reporters couldn’t go to Minneapolis diners to interview Trump supporters. They were all closed.
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A month after the deadline has passed, only about 12,000 Epstein file documents have been made public.
Epstein files: Judge blocks lawmakers’ effort to oversee release
A month after the deadline has passed, only about 12,000 Epstein file documents have been made public.
www.oregonlive.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A month after the deadline has passed, only about 12,000 Epstein file documents have been made public.
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Here's the note that Elissa Slotkin got in the middle of a Novemer briefing on Venezuela:
Mark Kelly on peeking at it: “I’m like, ‘Oh shit. .. Five minutes later, she comes back in, she looks at me and she goes, ‘Well, he called for your execution too.’” www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/p...
Mark Kelly on peeking at it: “I’m like, ‘Oh shit. .. Five minutes later, she comes back in, she looks at me and she goes, ‘Well, he called for your execution too.’” www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/p...
January 21, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Here's the note that Elissa Slotkin got in the middle of a Novemer briefing on Venezuela:
Mark Kelly on peeking at it: “I’m like, ‘Oh shit. .. Five minutes later, she comes back in, she looks at me and she goes, ‘Well, he called for your execution too.’” www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/p...
Mark Kelly on peeking at it: “I’m like, ‘Oh shit. .. Five minutes later, she comes back in, she looks at me and she goes, ‘Well, he called for your execution too.’” www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/p...
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"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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I have heard from someone in Oregon that this is ICE related
January 20, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I have heard from someone in Oregon that this is ICE related
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US citizen says he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing half-dressed.
He was later returned home without explanation or apology, he said.
He was later returned home without explanation or apology, he said.
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
A Minnesota man told Reuters he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and Crocs.
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:09 PM
US citizen says he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing half-dressed.
He was later returned home without explanation or apology, he said.
He was later returned home without explanation or apology, he said.
The 90 deals in 90 days we were promised are among other countries excluding the US
EU free-trade deal with India.
EU free-trade deal with LatAm.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
EU free-trade deal with LatAm.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
January 20, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The 90 deals in 90 days we were promised are among other countries excluding the US
Senator Van Hollen called out this bigotry bsky.app/profile/vanh...
Not headline news. No real fuss by Democratic leaders. No calls to censure. No pushback. No questions asked of GOP leadership by the press.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
Just totally accepted anti-Muslim bigotry across the board.
January 19, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Senator Van Hollen called out this bigotry bsky.app/profile/vanh...
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
@nytimes.com scorecard is inaccurate. Debt increased
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
@nytimes.com scorecard is inaccurate. Debt increased
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Monday marks one month since the deadline for the DOJ to release all of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein, but only a fraction of the records have been made public.
One month after the Epstein files deadline, only a fraction of the DOJ's records have been released
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., one of the co-authors of the Epstein Transparency Act, called the Justice Department's delay in releasing the files "an obstruction of justice."
nbcnews.to
January 19, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Monday marks one month since the deadline for the DOJ to release all of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein, but only a fraction of the records have been made public.
Lawless
The DOJ is not investigating ICE agent Jonathan Ross for the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a top official said Sunday.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Justice Department says it has no plans to investigate ICE agent who killed Renee Good and confirms Walz, Frey probe
Frey and the governor’s office both said Sunday that the DOJ has not contacted them about the investigation.
bit.ly
January 18, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Lawless
Warning comes after he got his share of Trump’s $4 trillion in tax cuts
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink delivers blunt warning on US national debt
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Warning comes after he got his share of Trump’s $4 trillion in tax cuts
1 unpopular thing + 1 unpopular thing = ?🤔
There's no shortage of problems with this, but I'm especially struck by the domestic political implications:
Trump wants to do one unpopular thing (impose tariffs that are likely to push consumer prices higher), in pursuit of a different unpopular thing (acquiring Greenland).
Trump wants to do one unpopular thing (impose tariffs that are likely to push consumer prices higher), in pursuit of a different unpopular thing (acquiring Greenland).
BREAKING: Trump says eight European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing U.S. control of Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
1 unpopular thing + 1 unpopular thing = ?🤔
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Such an important article. Auto-renewed enrollees may not be willing or able to pay the (much higher) 2026 premiums. We won't have early 2026 effectuation numbers until this summer. And with 90-day grace periods, policies won't terminate until April. Drop offs are coming, but it will take time.
January 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Such an important article. Auto-renewed enrollees may not be willing or able to pay the (much higher) 2026 premiums. We won't have early 2026 effectuation numbers until this summer. And with 90-day grace periods, policies won't terminate until April. Drop offs are coming, but it will take time.
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Another journalist assaulted by ICE in Minnesota.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Another journalist assaulted by ICE in Minnesota.
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New Bellingcat investigation: Five Shots in Five Minutes. We analyse video evidence showing a federal agent firing a 40mm “less-lethal” launcher at protesters in Minneapolis repeatedly, including apparent head-level shots, following the killing of Renee Nicole Good
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Analysing One Federal Agent’s Use of Less-Lethal Launcher in Minneapolis
After the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Border Patrol agent "EZ-17" was filmed shooting less-lethal munitions at protesters five times in five minutes.
www.bellingcat.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
New Bellingcat investigation: Five Shots in Five Minutes. We analyse video evidence showing a federal agent firing a 40mm “less-lethal” launcher at protesters in Minneapolis repeatedly, including apparent head-level shots, following the killing of Renee Nicole Good
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Another grift
Kevin Hassett on Trump's 10% cap on credit card interest rates: "Our expectations is that it won't necessarily require legislation because there will be great new Trump Cards provided voluntarily by the banks."
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Another grift
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So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Trump Releases Healthcare Framework Aimed at Lowering Costs
@wsj.com does not pretend to be balanced with reporting onTrump “health framework”. No criticism included. Acting as State media
@wsj.com does not pretend to be balanced with reporting onTrump “health framework”. No criticism included. Acting as State media
January 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Trump Releases Healthcare Framework Aimed at Lowering Costs
@wsj.com does not pretend to be balanced with reporting onTrump “health framework”. No criticism included. Acting as State media
@wsj.com does not pretend to be balanced with reporting onTrump “health framework”. No criticism included. Acting as State media
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Dear White House press secretary,
Donald Trump referred to the FBI as the “Gestapo” repeatedly a few years ago. Did his rhetoric also lead to violence?
Follow-up question: If Trump compared federal agents to the “Gestapo,” why is it beyond the pale for others to do the same thing now?
Donald Trump referred to the FBI as the “Gestapo” repeatedly a few years ago. Did his rhetoric also lead to violence?
Follow-up question: If Trump compared federal agents to the “Gestapo,” why is it beyond the pale for others to do the same thing now?
January 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Dear White House press secretary,
Donald Trump referred to the FBI as the “Gestapo” repeatedly a few years ago. Did his rhetoric also lead to violence?
Follow-up question: If Trump compared federal agents to the “Gestapo,” why is it beyond the pale for others to do the same thing now?
Donald Trump referred to the FBI as the “Gestapo” repeatedly a few years ago. Did his rhetoric also lead to violence?
Follow-up question: If Trump compared federal agents to the “Gestapo,” why is it beyond the pale for others to do the same thing now?
Do they not teach contracts at University of Arkansas Law School?
For better or worse, public law schools have to account for state politics when making decisions about who to hire as their next dean.
But hiring someone and *then* rescinding the offer is something else altogether, and ought to be a huge black eye for the University of Arkansas.
But hiring someone and *then* rescinding the offer is something else altogether, and ought to be a huge black eye for the University of Arkansas.
The University of Arkansas's law school just withdrew the appointment of its new dean six days after hiring her because conservative politicians complained that she filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of transgender students
January 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Do they not teach contracts at University of Arkansas Law School?