Steven T. Dennis
@steventdennis.bsky.social
I cover the U.S. Senate for Bloomberg News. You may know me from #FridayNightZillow, but C-SPAN is more my natural habitat. #Introduction
I'm also @steventdennis on the other places. Opinions mine. Email: [email protected]
I'm also @steventdennis on the other places. Opinions mine. Email: [email protected]
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There will be no #FridayNightZillow this week thanks to another shutdown showdown, but I leave you with this video I took of horses dancing in the snow.
DEBT BOMB: Federal interest payments to hit ~$1T this year — about $3K per US resident, doubling in a decade, per CBO.
Trump worsening deficits, including $500B hit re: immigration, $4.7T hit from GOP tax bill, only partially offset by $3T from tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump worsening deficits, including $500B hit re: immigration, $4.7T hit from GOP tax bill, only partially offset by $3T from tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM
DEBT BOMB: Federal interest payments to hit ~$1T this year — about $3K per US resident, doubling in a decade, per CBO.
Trump worsening deficits, including $500B hit re: immigration, $4.7T hit from GOP tax bill, only partially offset by $3T from tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump worsening deficits, including $500B hit re: immigration, $4.7T hit from GOP tax bill, only partially offset by $3T from tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I see like a thousand accounts all had the same thought about Stephen Miller and the halftime show.
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I see like a thousand accounts all had the same thought about Stephen Miller and the halftime show.
Bezos: "Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus."
The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.
The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Bezos: "Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus."
The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.
The most-read story on the WaPo website was written by a team Bezos' leadership just sent to the unemployment line.
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Whew, this new ending to the updated story
February 8, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Whew, this new ending to the updated story
Getting a sense that regular people are starting to pay attention to politics in a way I haven't seen in a non-presidential year.
February 8, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Getting a sense that regular people are starting to pay attention to politics in a way I haven't seen in a non-presidential year.
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RESULT: Democrat Chasity Martinez wins a special election for a legislative seat in Louisiana, 62% to 38%.
This was a district that Trump carried by 13% last year, so a big overperformance by Dems, but the seat was already Dem-held.
This was a district that Trump carried by 13% last year, so a big overperformance by Dems, but the seat was already Dem-held.
February 8, 2026 at 3:14 AM
RESULT: Democrat Chasity Martinez wins a special election for a legislative seat in Louisiana, 62% to 38%.
This was a district that Trump carried by 13% last year, so a big overperformance by Dems, but the seat was already Dem-held.
This was a district that Trump carried by 13% last year, so a big overperformance by Dems, but the seat was already Dem-held.
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
I would pay extra to NOT have a list of horrible side effects of cancer drugs at every Olympics commercial break.
February 8, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I would pay extra to NOT have a list of horrible side effects of cancer drugs at every Olympics commercial break.
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Ghislaine Maxwell is set to finally give a deposition in front of the Oversight Committee on Monday—and I will be there. We are being told that she is blanket pleading the 5th for every single question. What is she hiding and who is she protecting?
We will not stop until we get to the truth.
We will not stop until we get to the truth.
February 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell is set to finally give a deposition in front of the Oversight Committee on Monday—and I will be there. We are being told that she is blanket pleading the 5th for every single question. What is she hiding and who is she protecting?
We will not stop until we get to the truth.
We will not stop until we get to the truth.
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ICE blamed this guy’s eight skull fractures on a brick wall.
They actually beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash car windows.
“There was never a wall.”
They actually beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash car windows.
“There was never a wall.”
Immigrant whose skull was broken in eight places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked
A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked.
apnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
ICE blamed this guy’s eight skull fractures on a brick wall.
They actually beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash car windows.
“There was never a wall.”
They actually beat him with the same metal rod they used to smash car windows.
“There was never a wall.”
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The response has been AMAZING!!! Now, I have an even more ambitious goal to get to **2,000** subscribers before I officially launch on MONDAY. (I decided not to go on Super Bowl Sunday.) It’s FREE!
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February 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The response has been AMAZING!!! Now, I have an even more ambitious goal to get to **2,000** subscribers before I officially launch on MONDAY. (I decided not to go on Super Bowl Sunday.) It’s FREE!
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Britain has dethroned a prince, forced Mandelson to resign, & lost confidence in Starmer because Rep. Thomas Massie & I forced the release of the Epstein files.
What is America doing to hold the Epstein class accountable?
We need to haul these powerful men before Congress.
What is America doing to hold the Epstein class accountable?
We need to haul these powerful men before Congress.
February 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Britain has dethroned a prince, forced Mandelson to resign, & lost confidence in Starmer because Rep. Thomas Massie & I forced the release of the Epstein files.
What is America doing to hold the Epstein class accountable?
We need to haul these powerful men before Congress.
What is America doing to hold the Epstein class accountable?
We need to haul these powerful men before Congress.
Worst-performing large-cap cryptocurrency this week: World Liberty Financial's token WLFI. Down 31% in 7 days, per Coinmarketcap. You may have heard of World Liberty Financial, which is one of the Trump family crypto projects.
February 7, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Worst-performing large-cap cryptocurrency this week: World Liberty Financial's token WLFI. Down 31% in 7 days, per Coinmarketcap. You may have heard of World Liberty Financial, which is one of the Trump family crypto projects.
One issue when you've lit your credibility on fire repeatedly is that people might stop believing you.
February 7, 2026 at 12:43 AM
One issue when you've lit your credibility on fire repeatedly is that people might stop believing you.
I can think of some things I'd want disclosed on Zillow.
* Does the house smell like cats, mold or cigarettes?
* Did anyone die there from environmental toxins?
* Are the neighbors crazy people?
* What was the most recent year's cost for utilities?
* Does the house smell like cats, mold or cigarettes?
* Did anyone die there from environmental toxins?
* Are the neighbors crazy people?
* What was the most recent year's cost for utilities?
A couple bought a house on a quiet street. Then they found a swastika in the basement. The discovery prompted a legal battle over what, exactly, a home seller is required to disclose.
A couple bought a house on a quiet street. Then they found a swastika in the basement.
www.inquirer.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I can think of some things I'd want disclosed on Zillow.
* Does the house smell like cats, mold or cigarettes?
* Did anyone die there from environmental toxins?
* Are the neighbors crazy people?
* What was the most recent year's cost for utilities?
* Does the house smell like cats, mold or cigarettes?
* Did anyone die there from environmental toxins?
* Are the neighbors crazy people?
* What was the most recent year's cost for utilities?
Flashback to that time in 2015 Trump posted a bogus, racist crime stat graphic and his excuse then was that it was "a retweet" "from sources that are very credible"
www.factcheck.org/2015/11/trum...
www.factcheck.org/2015/11/trum...
Trump Retweets Bogus Crime Graphic - FactCheck.org
Trump retweeted a bogus graphic purporting to show the percentage of whites killed by blacks and other homicide data delineated by race. Almost every figure in the graphic is wrong.
www.factcheck.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Flashback to that time in 2015 Trump posted a bogus, racist crime stat graphic and his excuse then was that it was "a retweet" "from sources that are very credible"
www.factcheck.org/2015/11/trum...
www.factcheck.org/2015/11/trum...
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BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
The racist ape video has been taken down after a parade of Rs led by Tim Scott complained…WH now blaming a staffer for posting…(!)
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The racist ape video has been taken down after a parade of Rs led by Tim Scott complained…WH now blaming a staffer for posting…(!)
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There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
February 5, 2026 at 11:53 PM
There are drawdowns. And then there’s Melania Coin.
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An update on our projection for the Democratic primary in New Jersey's 11th congressional district.
February 6, 2026 at 3:59 AM
An update on our projection for the Democratic primary in New Jersey's 11th congressional district.
Trump's meme coin keeps falling. Now $3.36. It was >20X higher around Inauguration Day last year. If you bought then and held, you've gotten crushed.
February 6, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Trump's meme coin keeps falling. Now $3.36. It was >20X higher around Inauguration Day last year. If you bought then and held, you've gotten crushed.
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OH DeWine says Ramaswamy-backed plan to abolish property taxes "devastating," diverges sharply w/ him on immigration, yet backed him uber early in non-existent GOP primary, while presumed D nom, Dr. Amy Acton, health dir in his admin & he admires her — 🤷♀️ politics www.cleveland.com/open/2026/02...
DeWine warns sales tax could hit 20% if property taxes abolished
If a proposed constitutional amendment abolishing property taxes were to pass, Ohioans might see sales taxes skyrocket to help replaced lost tax revenue, Gov. Mike DeWine said cautioned.
www.cleveland.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
OH DeWine says Ramaswamy-backed plan to abolish property taxes "devastating," diverges sharply w/ him on immigration, yet backed him uber early in non-existent GOP primary, while presumed D nom, Dr. Amy Acton, health dir in his admin & he admires her — 🤷♀️ politics www.cleveland.com/open/2026/02...
Bitcoin hit a high of $126,000 last year. Then it dropped to $120K, $110K, $100K, $90K, $80K, $70K and is no hovering around $60K.
More than a trillion in notional "value" wiped out.
There is no Fed or Treasury ready to bail it out.
But Congress is close to blessing it...
More than a trillion in notional "value" wiped out.
There is no Fed or Treasury ready to bail it out.
But Congress is close to blessing it...
Bitcoin Break Below $80,000 Signals New Crisis of Confidence Bloomberg
finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin...
finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin...
Bitcoin Break Below $80,000 Signals New Crisis of Confidence
Bitcoin has failed to respond to geopolitical stress, dollar weakness, or risk rallies. Bitcoin fell nearly 11% in January, marking its fourth straight monthly decline — the longest losing streak sin...
finance.yahoo.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Bitcoin hit a high of $126,000 last year. Then it dropped to $120K, $110K, $100K, $90K, $80K, $70K and is no hovering around $60K.
More than a trillion in notional "value" wiped out.
There is no Fed or Treasury ready to bail it out.
But Congress is close to blessing it...
More than a trillion in notional "value" wiped out.
There is no Fed or Treasury ready to bail it out.
But Congress is close to blessing it...
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The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing their 600,000-strong network of suburban women to support Haitians in Springfield. 19thnews.org/2026/02/wine... via @19thnews.org
The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield.
Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.
19thnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing their 600,000-strong network of suburban women to support Haitians in Springfield. 19thnews.org/2026/02/wine... via @19thnews.org