Joshua Smith
@smithmachine.bsky.social
Policy Director, @budget.senate.gov / @merkley.senate.gov
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we need to find Prominent Baseball Man and throw him into a volcano. it probably won't work, but I'm out of ideas.
Sometimes you run across an old quote that stops you cold. From a Jayson Stark article in January 2000:
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we need to find Prominent Baseball Man and throw him into a volcano. it probably won't work, but I'm out of ideas.
Sometimes, justice is best served cold (cuts)
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Sometimes, justice is best served cold (cuts)
Hungry to learn more about every layer and condiment of this trial
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hungry to learn more about every layer and condiment of this trial
Ugh can’t believe I was let down by my favorite base ball squadron the Toronto Blue Jays
Why yes I’ve always been a fan of the [reminds self who’s playing the Dodgers next] uhhh Blue Jays
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Ugh can’t believe I was let down by my favorite base ball squadron the Toronto Blue Jays
Would be news to Russ Vought
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Would be news to Russ Vought
Happy Bat Week to all who celebrate!
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy Bat Week to all who celebrate!
Thinking this more and more
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Thinking this more and more
lol nothing matters
October 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
lol nothing matters
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Trump’s Beautiful for Billionaires Bill isn’t cutting any deficits.
The truth is he’s adding TRILLIONS to our national debt.
All to give the wealthy another massive tax giveaway.
The truth is he’s adding TRILLIONS to our national debt.
All to give the wealthy another massive tax giveaway.
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Trump’s Beautiful for Billionaires Bill isn’t cutting any deficits.
The truth is he’s adding TRILLIONS to our national debt.
All to give the wealthy another massive tax giveaway.
The truth is he’s adding TRILLIONS to our national debt.
All to give the wealthy another massive tax giveaway.
"Mr. Merkley said his view was that he needed to make the case against the authoritarian tack of the Trump administration sooner rather than later.
"'The longer you are in an authoritarian state,' he said, “it becomes more and more entrenched.'"
"'The longer you are in an authoritarian state,' he said, “it becomes more and more entrenched.'"
Senator Merkley Rings ‘the Alarm Bells’ on Authoritarianism in Nearly 23-Hour Speech
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Mr. Merkley said his view was that he needed to make the case against the authoritarian tack of the Trump administration sooner rather than later.
"'The longer you are in an authoritarian state,' he said, “it becomes more and more entrenched.'"
"'The longer you are in an authoritarian state,' he said, “it becomes more and more entrenched.'"
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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, is about to cross 20 hours of continuously holding the Senate floor and speaking to "ring the alarm bells" about authoritarianism.
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, is about to cross 20 hours of continuously holding the Senate floor and speaking to "ring the alarm bells" about authoritarianism.
14 hours in, Sen. Merkley is still going strong.
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
14 hours in, Sen. Merkley is still going strong.
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TUNE IN: I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy. We cannot pretend this is normal.
youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...
youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...
Merkley Holds Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
TUNE IN: I’m holding the Senate floor to protest Trump’s grave threats to democracy. We cannot pretend this is normal.
youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...
youtube.com/live/bE37g0m...
Why yes I’ve always been a fan of the [reminds self who’s playing the Dodgers next] uhhh Blue Jays
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Why yes I’ve always been a fan of the [reminds self who’s playing the Dodgers next] uhhh Blue Jays
Go Niners. And also kittens.
October 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Go Niners. And also kittens.
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Straight from the horse’s mouth.
Russ Vought has been angling for this shutdown so he can execute more of his extreme Project 2025 Agenda.
Meanwhile, Americans are suffering under this Republican circus and watching their health insurance bills SKYROCKET.
Russ Vought has been angling for this shutdown so he can execute more of his extreme Project 2025 Agenda.
Meanwhile, Americans are suffering under this Republican circus and watching their health insurance bills SKYROCKET.
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Straight from the horse’s mouth.
Russ Vought has been angling for this shutdown so he can execute more of his extreme Project 2025 Agenda.
Meanwhile, Americans are suffering under this Republican circus and watching their health insurance bills SKYROCKET.
Russ Vought has been angling for this shutdown so he can execute more of his extreme Project 2025 Agenda.
Meanwhile, Americans are suffering under this Republican circus and watching their health insurance bills SKYROCKET.
Here's Russell Vought 3 years ago, planning ahead for this very moment:
"'We have to have a Speaker that goes into these funding fights with a love for the shutdowns,' Vought said during a November, 2022, briefing call, 'because they create an opportunity to save the country.'"
"'We have to have a Speaker that goes into these funding fights with a love for the shutdowns,' Vought said during a November, 2022, briefing call, 'because they create an opportunity to save the country.'"
Read @andykroll.bsky.social ’s report on how Russell Vought is working to dismantle the federal bureaucracy and increase the power of the Presidency.
Donald Trump’s Deep-State Wrecking Ball
Russell Vought is using the White House budget office to lay waste to the federal bureaucracy—firing workers, decimating agencies, and testing the rule of law.
www.newyorker.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Here's Russell Vought 3 years ago, planning ahead for this very moment:
"'We have to have a Speaker that goes into these funding fights with a love for the shutdowns,' Vought said during a November, 2022, briefing call, 'because they create an opportunity to save the country.'"
"'We have to have a Speaker that goes into these funding fights with a love for the shutdowns,' Vought said during a November, 2022, briefing call, 'because they create an opportunity to save the country.'"
Ok, time for the shutdown to end
October 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ok, time for the shutdown to end
"I know more than you" – Ron Swanson
October 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"I know more than you" – Ron Swanson
But, like, why? Who wants this? Who does this benefit?
October 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
But, like, why? Who wants this? Who does this benefit?