Andy Flach
@andyfromtucson.bsky.social
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Also, when your political strength is built on the idea that no one is allowed to say no to you, being successfully told "no" is potentially very, very bad
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Also, when your political strength is built on the idea that no one is allowed to say no to you, being successfully told "no" is potentially very, very bad
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Vance and Trump Jr., reinforcing weeks of death threats against independent-minded Indiana Republicans, are pressuring them to help rig next year’s midterms.
The Trump regime is a Mafia-style criminal enterprise.
The Trump regime is a Mafia-style criminal enterprise.
It’s all hands on deck today for the MAGA mob threats and intimidation.
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Vance and Trump Jr., reinforcing weeks of death threats against independent-minded Indiana Republicans, are pressuring them to help rig next year’s midterms.
The Trump regime is a Mafia-style criminal enterprise.
The Trump regime is a Mafia-style criminal enterprise.
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They will do the same mindless, cowardly thing over and over until we get a real leadership turnover.
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
They will do the same mindless, cowardly thing over and over until we get a real leadership turnover.
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I can't emphasize enough that the public sees Trump as a regular partisan president rather than a threat to the Republic because Democrats consistently act like he's a regular president and not a threat to the Republic.
They will do the same mindless, cowardly thing over and over until we get a real leadership turnover.
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I can't emphasize enough that the public sees Trump as a regular partisan president rather than a threat to the Republic because Democrats consistently act like he's a regular president and not a threat to the Republic.
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The Democratic Party needs leaders who understand the gravity of this moment.
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Democratic Party needs leaders who understand the gravity of this moment.
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I was going to give her the benefit of the doubt and figured she had the annualized m/m figure in front of her. But no, that's +3.8%. Or maybe she was looking at core CPI? No, that's also +3.0% y/y. So no, not +2.5%, by any common measure I can find.
Q: You acknowledged that CPI in January was 3%. In September, the last month we have data, it was also 3%
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
LEAVITT: It's 2.5%
Q: Not in September. It was 3%
LEAVITT: I have it in front of me
December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I was going to give her the benefit of the doubt and figured she had the annualized m/m figure in front of her. But no, that's +3.8%. Or maybe she was looking at core CPI? No, that's also +3.0% y/y. So no, not +2.5%, by any common measure I can find.
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There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
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Obviously a system where the leader forces the rest of the country to elect his own party is not in any real sense democratic.
But US elites are terrified of acknowledging the enormity of what's occurring in America. So instead, bizarrely, many pretend not to see what's happening at all.
But US elites are terrified of acknowledging the enormity of what's occurring in America. So instead, bizarrely, many pretend not to see what's happening at all.
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Obviously a system where the leader forces the rest of the country to elect his own party is not in any real sense democratic.
But US elites are terrified of acknowledging the enormity of what's occurring in America. So instead, bizarrely, many pretend not to see what's happening at all.
But US elites are terrified of acknowledging the enormity of what's occurring in America. So instead, bizarrely, many pretend not to see what's happening at all.
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Makes you wonder
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Makes you wonder
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47 states & Puerto Rico have now recovered to pre-COVID employment levels
Fastest: Idaho (+14.2%), Utah (+13.2%), Texas (+10.8%), Florida (+10.7%), N. Carolina (+10.1%)
Slowest: Virgin Islands (-7.8%), DC (-5.6%), Hawaii (-1.7%), Massachusetts (-0.7%), Vermont (-0.4%),
Fastest: Idaho (+14.2%), Utah (+13.2%), Texas (+10.8%), Florida (+10.7%), N. Carolina (+10.1%)
Slowest: Virgin Islands (-7.8%), DC (-5.6%), Hawaii (-1.7%), Massachusetts (-0.7%), Vermont (-0.4%),
December 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
47 states & Puerto Rico have now recovered to pre-COVID employment levels
Fastest: Idaho (+14.2%), Utah (+13.2%), Texas (+10.8%), Florida (+10.7%), N. Carolina (+10.1%)
Slowest: Virgin Islands (-7.8%), DC (-5.6%), Hawaii (-1.7%), Massachusetts (-0.7%), Vermont (-0.4%),
Fastest: Idaho (+14.2%), Utah (+13.2%), Texas (+10.8%), Florida (+10.7%), N. Carolina (+10.1%)
Slowest: Virgin Islands (-7.8%), DC (-5.6%), Hawaii (-1.7%), Massachusetts (-0.7%), Vermont (-0.4%),
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You can't feel bad for Trump, but this chart is INSANE AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE and should be a giant flashing red alarm that the systems feeding into our media and cultural environment have flown off some kind of cliff.
State of the Economy:
Poor: 39%
Fair: 34%
Good: 20%
Excellent: 3%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Poor: 39%
Fair: 34%
Good: 20%
Excellent: 3%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You can't feel bad for Trump, but this chart is INSANE AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE and should be a giant flashing red alarm that the systems feeding into our media and cultural environment have flown off some kind of cliff.
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The cost of Trump's tariffs continues to hit new highs in data released this morning—import taxes are running at a $350B/yr pace for the first time in history, nearly 5x what they were this time last year
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The cost of Trump's tariffs continues to hit new highs in data released this morning—import taxes are running at a $350B/yr pace for the first time in history, nearly 5x what they were this time last year
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Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats.
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with overperformances in special elections, foreshadowed the blue wave of the......
boltsmag.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats.
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:
boltsmag.org/legislative-...
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Y'all *both* chambers in AZ are on the map to flip to Dem control! Help us win that Dem trifecta here: secure.actblue.com/donate/adlcc...
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December 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Y'all *both* chambers in AZ are on the map to flip to Dem control! Help us win that Dem trifecta here: secure.actblue.com/donate/adlcc...
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...
Donald Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns
Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tractor maker Deere has warned that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are backfiring on American farmers, prompting cash-strapped producers to delay replacing aging equipment. Deere has had to cut production and workers and says it is likely to cut more jobs in 2026. www.ft.com/content/523a...
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ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
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If you’re someone who was brought to the States as a child and spent your entire life working to build houses or run a local business, we send masked men to expel you from America.
If you’re a rich scumbag who made millions on shady overseas deals, Trump will eagerly sell you a place in America.
If you’re a rich scumbag who made millions on shady overseas deals, Trump will eagerly sell you a place in America.
An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If you’re someone who was brought to the States as a child and spent your entire life working to build houses or run a local business, we send masked men to expel you from America.
If you’re a rich scumbag who made millions on shady overseas deals, Trump will eagerly sell you a place in America.
If you’re a rich scumbag who made millions on shady overseas deals, Trump will eagerly sell you a place in America.
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Disgusting.
Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Disgusting.
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This is such a stunning example of how far we’ve fallen. In his first term, he said this in a private meeting, it was front-page news everywhere, he denied saying it, Republicans criticized him.
Now he repeats it in front of cheering rally crowd, nobody blinks, it’s not even reported in the news.
Now he repeats it in front of cheering rally crowd, nobody blinks, it’s not even reported in the news.
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is such a stunning example of how far we’ve fallen. In his first term, he said this in a private meeting, it was front-page news everywhere, he denied saying it, Republicans criticized him.
Now he repeats it in front of cheering rally crowd, nobody blinks, it’s not even reported in the news.
Now he repeats it in front of cheering rally crowd, nobody blinks, it’s not even reported in the news.
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Hello Mr. President this is your political consultant speaking I am advising you to please keep posting this shit
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Hello Mr. President this is your political consultant speaking I am advising you to please keep posting this shit
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I am tired of South Africans who don't understand the values or traditions of this country moving here and wrecking the place.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I am tired of South Africans who don't understand the values or traditions of this country moving here and wrecking the place.
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Old system: China pays us lots of money for our goods
New system: We pay lots more money for Chinese goods, China pays us no money for our goods, and then we pay even more money to support the people that China is no longer paying
New system: We pay lots more money for Chinese goods, China pays us no money for our goods, and then we pay even more money to support the people that China is no longer paying
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Old system: China pays us lots of money for our goods
New system: We pay lots more money for Chinese goods, China pays us no money for our goods, and then we pay even more money to support the people that China is no longer paying
New system: We pay lots more money for Chinese goods, China pays us no money for our goods, and then we pay even more money to support the people that China is no longer paying
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