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Jacob Aden 🇺🇦🥥🌴🇺🇸 Desert Fella
@bygjacob.bsky.social
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ADHD, physics, hurricanes, Saints/Pelicans/Cubs and Tucson native
Proud democrat
One day I’ll be rid of Juan Ciscomanio
Long live the fellas #NAFO
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lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social
I'd shove Schumer out the first available airlock and replace him with someone who knows how to wield a knife (stapler) like Klobuchar.
donlinn.bsky.social Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 9h
I’m one of many who wants Schumer out as Leader. I’d take pretty much anyone else except for the defectors. Just curious if you see a front runner and/or have a favorite of your own.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social
I'd have put Fetterman's head through window. Maybe another clot would shock some sense back into him.
meadia.bsky.social meadia.bsky.social @meadia.bsky.social · 9h
Can you imagine LBJ letting this happen? Smh they don’t make them like they used to
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social
Picking up the soap in the prison shower.
deromaaliisque.bsky.social Nicolaus De Missuria @deromaaliisque.bsky.social · 1d
Interested in @lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social take on tonight’s developments
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social
Zipping up your own cock.
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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@lyndonbajohnson.bsky.social
Thoughts on what happened in the senate?
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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It’s affordability week
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
bygjacob.bsky.social
And this is the people showing up on Election Day
polltracker.bsky.social Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 6d
CNN preliminary exit poll

President Trump approval (New Jersey )
Disapprove 55%
Approve 43%

President Trump approval (Virginia)
Disapprove 56%
Approve 41%
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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gelliottmorris.com
a man with long hair and a beard looks angry
ALT: a man with long hair and a beard looks angry
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November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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This is painfully accurate
tzipshmil.bsky.social Tzippy Shmilovitz @tzipshmil.bsky.social · 19d
if only Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris got the amount of grace given by some "progressives" to a man with nazi tattoo.
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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tzipshmil.bsky.social
if only Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris got the amount of grace given by some "progressives" to a man with nazi tattoo.
October 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
bygjacob.bsky.social
Doesn’t appear the Trump admin paused the tariffs
April 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
bygjacob.bsky.social
Fuck yeah. Dems are finally gonna win a senate seat in NC
the-downballot.com The Downballot @the-downballot.com · Apr 9
Some big news this AM: Former Rep. Wiley Nickel will announce this morning that he's running to take on Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, making him the first prominent Democrat to seek North Carolina's Senate seat #NCSEN
Morning Digest: Democrats land first major candidate for top 2026 Senate race
Former Rep. Wiley Nickel launches a bid to unseat Republican Thom Tillis in perennially swingy North Carolina
www.the-downballot.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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heidicatlady.bsky.social
My neighbors are on the NC voter purge and the winner, Justice Riggs— the person I voted for—is still not sitting on the bench.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Republicans are stealing a North Carolina judicial race. They won't stop there.
It's January 6 without the insurrection.
www.motherjones.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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heidicatlady.bsky.social
My former US Congressman, Wiley Nickel was gerrymandered out of his US House seat.

abc11.com/post/north-c...
NC redistricting may have been key to national GOP House win
As votes continue to be counted across the country, ABCNews now projects Republicans will narrowly keep control of the U.S. House.
abc11.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Down we go
jburnmurdoch.ft.com John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · Apr 4
9/9 And another angle on the same dynamic:

Trump’s approval is holding up very well with Maga, but he’s rapidly losing support among the rest of the coalition who voted for him in November.

Or to put it another way, the view from inside the Maga echo chamber remains rosy. Outside, not so much...
April 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Been a long time since we’ve had a blowout in the midterms on the scale we are going to see in2026
joshtpm.bsky.social Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 3
This is an important message for anyone running or planning to run against a GOP incumbent who can't figure it out themselves. President have no power of tariffs. Trump is only able to do this because Congress gave the President the power. Congress cld take that power back at ...
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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I’m mad I didn’t come up with this
April 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Elon lighting his money on fire to lose in a landslide. Get fucked nerd
April 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Hell of an ass beating. We might win by 15+
dworkin.bsky.social Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · Apr 2
BREAKING: Susan Crawford wins election to Wisconsin Supreme Court--called by Decision Desk HQ, Elon Musk's candidate got absolutely trounced.
April 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
bygjacob.bsky.social
It’s all downhill for the GOP from here.
the-downballot.com The Downballot @the-downballot.com · Apr 2
With most votes counted in both #FL01 & #FL06, we're looking at about 12-point margins for the GOP in both races. Plugging those (preliminarily) into our Big Board boosts the average D overperformance from D+10.3 before tonight to D+11.7 now.

In 2017-18, it was D+10.6 for the cycle.
The Downballot's special elections Big Board for the 2025-26 cycle
docs.google.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
bygjacob.bsky.social
No, the Republican party is totally fine guys.
April 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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AP calls it for Fine, but a huge Democratic over performance in heavily exurban district
April 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Weil with lead
April 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
bygjacob.bsky.social
Josh Weil is in position to pull off the upset
April 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
bygjacob.bsky.social
Tech bros are deep in the koolaid, holy shit.
peark.es George Pearkes @peark.es · Apr 1
There are pages and pages of this stuff. Hard to overstate how badly the White House is torching potential for economic activity rn.
www.dallasfed.org/research/sur...
Professional, scientific and technical services Erratic behavior by the current administration makes us increasingly uncertain about the economy and our business. Our business specializes in shopping malls, so if consumer spending dips, our business will suffer. If the price of building materials or tariffs for commercial real estate developers skyrocket, our business will suffer. Our company relies heavily on specialized subcontractors. The market for these resources had been tight throughout 2023 and the first half of 2024; however, it continues to soften, and many of these resources are communicating availability for the second half of this year. That makes us believe that broader demand for their services from our competitors is weakening. There is a lot of speculation regarding government regulations changing in many sectors as well as uncertainty being shared by clients due to this and cuts to the federal agencies. The increase in our uncertainty is based entirely upon the inconsistent and unclear policies of the current administration. The on-again-off-again tariffs, especially with regards to steel and aluminum, and inconsistent and probably unconstitutional immigration and deportation actions have pushed the markets into correction territory. Our business, which is the design of buildings, stands to be impacted by steel and aluminum tariffs and by immigration policy, since the construction industry workforce relies significantly on immigrant labor. Developers will not invest when faced with significant but uncertain increases in building materials and labor costs. They will hold off until costs stabilize in order to maximize their profit potential. Radical and erratic changes in U.S. government policies, budgets and funding priorities are creating uncertainty and havoc among government and industry clients. Energy clients are more optimistic, inflation worries have declined somewhat, but still there are concerns over the potential impact of tariffs on the e… While we are somewhat optimistic for future revenue, it is not linked to our current base of contracts. Per the presidential executive orders, most civilian government agencies have suspended contract award and renewals. We have had one order canceled and renewal delays from the Centers for Disease Control. One watch item is executive order on February 26, 2025, which requires agencies to review existing contracts and grants, with directives to terminate or modify them to reduce spending. The implications from the loss of federal contracts for small business suppliers and small business technical service firms are still unknown. We anticipate loss of high-end technical talent. The executive order on March 20, 2025 mandates the consolidation of procurement for common goods and services under the General Services Administration, which is not a new idea. However, under the current environment without a clearly defined plan, this will not be an easy transition. We are beginning to hear anecdotally of a slowdown in transactions, particularly bank lending. Until our current administration stops sending mixed messages, transactions in the real estate market will remain sluggish. This, coupled with developers and purchasers having a difficult time pricing real estate transactions due in part to the tariffs being imposed, has caused companies to take a pause. Our clients are, for the most part, cautiously optimistic, and we reflect that optimism. Tariffs are having an impact already. The uncertainty generated by the current administration has created a future that has absolutely no predictability or stability. We see a mixed picture in Texas. In 2024, our firm touched probably $12.5 billion worth of infrastructure projects, from land development to LNG facilities to skyscrapers. We are the engineer of record for the geotechnical scopes for most mega projects coming online in 2025. Many of the data centers are in our scope, mega factories, and we are at nearly every single LN… Interest rates not being lowered and the uncertainty of tariffs are definitely impacting our business. The uncertainty of how the new trade directives will affect the economy makes it hard to forecast the business environment. Real estate markets are not recovering as we expected, and mortgage lending is still slow. Pending and potential tariffs are not affecting our customers at this time, at least in the aerospace end of our business. However, this could change any time. The current style of government is causing tons of distress for our clients. We would all prefer that the negotiations went on behind closed doors as opposed to us seeing the back-and-forth in real time. Personal and laundry services We have general concern about the economy and the first quarter GDP. Accommodation These last few months have been a lot about uncertainty, from the tariffs to rising unemployment due to layoffs. People are not sure of what the next change will be, and that is reflecting in everyone starting to hold back unnecessary spending. It may eventually be OK, but gaining certainty on what to expect is a necessity. The uncertain economic conditions are starting to impact leisure travel and group bookings for future dates. Management of companies and enterprises Growth has not materialized as anticipated during the first quarter of 2025. Educational services Federal and state policy changes are impacting us significantly. The threat of inflation due to tariffs and market uncertainty will hurt our bottom line. Concerns about immigration and federal funding cuts are impacting our workforce and our clients. Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional and similar organizations What to say? Trade wars hurt everyone, starting with us. Rental and leasing services Obviously, the lack of consistent direction regarding tariffs is causing us all sorts of unknowns that then result in price increases from our suppliers as they fear tariff impacts and they are all trying to anticipate the impact on their business. The uncertainty regarding trade policy is greatly impacting our industry and our business. Government could really do a better job of signaling clearly what their intentions are and then sticking to them. Specialty trade contractors We see spending falling in our sector. People are nervous about tariffs. Air transportation We absolutely see a softening in the economy and in consumer demand in particular. If it persists, we will adjust. Pipeline transportation We see tariff uncertainty, both in energy (Canada and Mexico) and in the broader supply chain, steel, pipe, transformers. Warehousing and storage Tariffs are creating considerable uncertainty across a variety of fronts. The potential surcharge on Chinese-made ships will be a devastating hit to Texas ports and likely the Texas economy in general. Finally, all of South Texas is in a horrific drought that could lead to industry cutbacks by the fall. All in all, it’s a pretty pessimistic time right now. Publishing industries (except internet) Continued uncertainty around tariffs, combined with an interest rate environment that remains tight, continues to generate uncertainty across our client base and within our company. This has effectively frozen spending and forward investment decisions throughout our industry, muting growth opportunities. The main issue remains uncertainty affecting companies’ budgets and ability to spend as was planned. We're worried about our European customers who may decide to stop doing business with American companies. Data processing, hosting and related services Purchasing budgets of prospects and current customers are still tight in the marketplace. Hopefully, the decreasing regulations will improve confidence i…
April 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM