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Josh Manning
@joshmanning.bsky.social
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Iraq War vet. Former intelligence community Russia then counterterrorism analyst. Now: middling flak.

MI —> MT —> WA. Warren-Occupy core. Social justice warrior.

Opinions, quirks mine.

Words: LA Times, Foreign Policy, Newsweek. Face: MSNBC, Al Jazeera
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Happy Monday before Thanksgiving!
Picture of a text I wrote that a lady flipped off in the parking lot. Then I helped a nice old guy pick up a heavy bag of dog food.
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Trump Offers a Ukraine Peace Plan the Kremlin Wrote

(Fixed it!)
Headline from the NYT: “Trump Offers an Ukraine Peace Plan the Kremlin Can Love.”
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Ah! Right then! “Much will remain classified,” aka classy fries. That’s the fix. Figured as much.
NYT headline that Trump signed the Austin files bill but with so many exceptions much will remain redacted.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Years ago I scored an original @occupywallstnyc.bsky.social poster and had it hanging in my closet as a daily inspiration to go out and fight. For reasons, bad ones, it got destroyed during a major life change. Now, I have reclaimed it. Not an OG poster but a good print using the OG Ad Busters photo
Photo of a poster for OWS call to action. A ballerina on the bull with the words “What is our one demand?” and a date to meet with the words “Bring Tent.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Mayor @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social!!!!
Photo of the Seattle Times headlines, one of which is that Mayor Harrell concedes to Katie Wilson.
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Happy Veterans Day to all of the bonfire burners here on @bsky.app. We are all just a bunch of entitled kids who have never done anything, not like poker stakes crypto king Nate Silver. That douche canoe served himself, never his country.
Picture of me in Iraq in desert uniform next to an Iraqi army tracked vehicle.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Trumpian.
Picture of a headline that security for Bari Weiss costs $10k a day as she lays off and camels CBS talent.
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Ukrainian flag emblazoned with the words for “Glory to Ukraine.”
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
Picture of Stephen Miller.
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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#200 👸🏽 🐝
Picture of my spelling bee badge and queen bee today.
October 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Same newspaper:
Two headlines from the NYT about low income Americans missing car payments and another about wealthy people spending more.
October 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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#NoKings in little and wonderful Polebridge, Montana. The town mercantile in the background. I love rural Montana.
Picture of a few folks in inflatables in Polebridge, Montana.
October 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Oh, I had company too. Very good company. @jokar.bsky.social

Then we had an oven-fired pizza with lemon slices on it and a local IPA. Highly recommend.
Picture of me with Joanna.
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Vancouver, Washington. #NoKings
More inflatable creatures holding signs. Two inflatables laughing. Picture of a decent-side crowd at the rally. Picture of a man wearing a costume of an alien holding a man wearing an ICE shirt.
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Pairs well with clutch homeruns! #CalForMVP
Picture of a can of big dumper beer. Passable lager.
October 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Picture of a witch in a mariners jersey riding a salmon across the finish line
October 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Picture of an inflatable frog costume with the caption: “Trump announces 5,000% tariff on inflatable frog costumes.”
October 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Counterpoint:
Picture of Johnny Cash flipping the bird.
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Ummmm… he is like the definition of cool.
Picture of Johnny Cash throwing the middle finger birdie.
October 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Picture of a young boy with the word bubble “Fucking legend.”
October 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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It me! (Though I called it being an introverted extrovert. Or an extroverted introvert.) (also i prefer outroverts to otroverts.)
Photos of a story about psychologists working on a new personality type called “otroverts.”
October 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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🤔 🥰 Looks familiar …
Picture of my account page with the same photo of two Warren mugs. Because they are the same mugs as pictured above. We took a photo of them together.
October 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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And I am NOT a hater. Took my daughter to see TS in Salt Lake City during the 1984 tour. That album is top notch. The show was fantastic too.
Picture of Taylor on a raised stage above the crowd during that Salt Lake City show.
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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During a shutdown, fed agencies have to figure out and argue what is “mission essential” — law enforcement, medical work or intelligence like say counterterrorism.

Trump: “Shutdown? My ballroom is mission essential!”

Others endure hardship while he lives the regal life. Our American king.
Headline noting White House ballroom work will continue during the shutdown.
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Well my September is closing awesome, so I dunno man. Don’t want to risk a bad October. (This is my 2025 theme.)
Cartoon of a pencil waking with a nut and a pencil sharpener walking with a screw. Text from the poet laureate and all around badass Joy Harjo: “Just because — and, make good choices this next year.” Been trying, man.
October 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM