Joshua Smith

Currently: Policy Director, @SenateBudget / @SenJeffMerkley. When I grow up: Major League Baseball-Playing Supreme Court Justice.

[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

Sen. Merkley says immigration enforcement agencies are still sitting on $95 billion from the OBBB in addition to the $70 billion immigration enforcement bill just passed

"Of the $75 billion provided to ICE in OBBBA, $62 billion remain. The Secure America Act provided another $38.5 billion.
Of the $65 billion provided to CBP in OBBBA, $33 billion remain. The Secure America Act provided another $26 billion"

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

E.g. https://t.co/9USHXNGrsD

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

Great op-ed in the Times today about serendipitous scientific discoveries.

I think about this every time a certain Senator pretends we could balance the budget if only we would stop funding experiments where we give quails cocaine. https://t.co/F1xLAeTvBl

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

So the guy who won a no-bid contract to ruin the reflecting pool is a major Trump donor (!) who years ago pled guilty to bribing a Congressman (!!) and his firm is called Greenwater Services (!!!)

Stop this ride I want off. https://t.co/dUYnJLYEgq

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

“Note: To activate the account, you enter willingly into an agreement with Robinhood Securities, LLC, which serves as the trustee for Trump Accounts.”

🇺🇸

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

He really is the luckiest man to have ever lived

[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

Watch: Storm cells miss downtown DC to the north and south…

[Alex Pavlovic @PavlovicNBCS]

Bryce Eldridge is the youngest player in MLB history to hit a walk-off grand slam. The previous youngest was Roberto Clemente.

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

@Brendan_Duke Brendan, don’t you dare manifest this into existence

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

I added it up for all the other sickos out there: The Senate has endured 2 days, 18 hours, and 12 minutes of vote-a-rama this Congress.

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

Idly reminiscing about this dumb take from one Mr. Nick Bilton. https://t.co/CufrbtKosE

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

@CJennings804 @PardonMyTake @PardonMyMeme

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

Now the Post is spinning off the weather guys? What are we doing here. https://t.co/rZ5c8qNzY5

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

IYKYK

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

This is the dumbest timeline

[Anna Kramer @anna_c_kramer]

SCOOP: Trump admin is paying millions to quickly cover four enormous bronze horses with extra-thick 23.75 karat gold leaf.

The money for the rush job is coming from National Park Service. In total, I found ~$100 mil spent on new DC beautification projects
https://t.co/iCgnL1sFon

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

I find it strange the things that backbench members of Congress do to humiliate themselves in order to win re-election when it seems that former members are having a much better time.

[Jacob Wasserman @jacob_wass]

Exclusive: Rep. Thomas Massie is vacationing with Marjorie Taylor Greene in Costa Rica.

TMZ DC obtained a photo of Massie and Greene alongside their significant others during a beachfront dinner Tuesday night.

https://t.co/fZP8sjCb71

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Ferrari executives knew there would be haters of their first-ever electric car. They might not have expected the critics to come at them so hard.

🔗: https://t.co/JYL9f8v96J

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

Also, Carl – I feel this in my bones

[Joshua Smith @smithmachine]

This is an excellent column about how the Senate has evolved in the last ~ decade. https://t.co/1EsYUBoK4b

[Bobby Kogan @BBKogan]

New from @SenateBudget: as of the end of April, ICE and CBP still have $100 billion left over and completely unused from the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Congressional Republicans are in the midst of trying to provide another $69 billion to ICE and CBP despite this.

[Senate Budget Democrats @SenateBudget]

🚨🚨NEW DATA from @SenateBudget: Republicans are moving to give ICE and Border Patrol $70 BILLION, but the agencies are already sitting on $100 BILLION.

All while families are struggling to afford the basics.
https://t.co/qyNxceXYfe