The Democratic Difference
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An account focused on highlighting the differences in economic outcomes under Democratic and Republican policies, often with charts.
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POST-ELECTION ECONOMIC NEWS:
ADP's latest private-sector jobs report was released this morning, and the numbers help explain why voters are so worried about the economy and why they went so heavily Democratic last night.
Job growth has collapsed under Trump's tariffs.
#EconSky #NumbersDay
ADP's latest private-sector jobs report was released this morning, and the numbers help explain why voters are so worried about the economy and why they went so heavily Democratic last night.
Job growth has collapsed under Trump's tariffs.
#EconSky #NumbersDay
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Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
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Not sure who needs to hear this but a US President can not pardon someone being charged for war crimes at The Hague.
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Not sure who needs to hear this but a US President can not pardon someone being charged for war crimes at The Hague.
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
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This article lays out just how clear the case was against Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran president convicted of trafficking cociane to the US was. He primised ro “shove cocaine up the nose of gringos”
Trump promises to pardon him. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Trump promises to pardon him. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This article lays out just how clear the case was against Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran president convicted of trafficking cociane to the US was. He primised ro “shove cocaine up the nose of gringos”
Trump promises to pardon him. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Trump promises to pardon him. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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A reminder that there’s a perfectly good bill with *bipartisan* support to resolve the ACA tax credit crisis which could easily be passed THIS WEEK.
It won’t get a vote, of course.
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
It won’t get a vote, of course.
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
Hope Floats? Bipartisan House team introduces ACA enhanced tax credit extension bill which...isn't terrible!
It's reasonable, fair & well thought out, which means Thune & Johnson will never put it to a floor vote.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A reminder that there’s a perfectly good bill with *bipartisan* support to resolve the ACA tax credit crisis which could easily be passed THIS WEEK.
It won’t get a vote, of course.
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
It won’t get a vote, of course.
open.substack.com/pub/charlesg...
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Corrupt AF.
Kushner manifesting Conflict of Interest, his family wealth at stake & exercising public power without any of the usual checks.
Kushner manifesting Conflict of Interest, his family wealth at stake & exercising public power without any of the usual checks.
The Russian delegation at the Geneva 'peace' plan negotiations with Ukraine on Sunday
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Corrupt AF.
Kushner manifesting Conflict of Interest, his family wealth at stake & exercising public power without any of the usual checks.
Kushner manifesting Conflict of Interest, his family wealth at stake & exercising public power without any of the usual checks.
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I would like Twitter to have stronger border security.
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I would like Twitter to have stronger border security.
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
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Trump isn’t just firing more Veterans than any President in history—
He’s cancelling contracts with Veteran-owned small businesses that help cancer patients…
…and forcing them to consider selling their cars just to pay their employees.
Truly despicable.
He’s cancelling contracts with Veteran-owned small businesses that help cancer patients…
…and forcing them to consider selling their cars just to pay their employees.
Truly despicable.
Almost a year into Trump's second term, veterans doing business with DC are feeling the sting of the president's efforts to shrink the federal government and DOGE’s crusade to combat what it calls waste, fraud and abuse.
Veteran-owned businesses are feeling burned by Trump’s contract cutting
Among the contracts DOGE canceled under the Department of Veterans Affairs alone, two-thirds were with veteran-owned businesses.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trump isn’t just firing more Veterans than any President in history—
He’s cancelling contracts with Veteran-owned small businesses that help cancer patients…
…and forcing them to consider selling their cars just to pay their employees.
Truly despicable.
He’s cancelling contracts with Veteran-owned small businesses that help cancer patients…
…and forcing them to consider selling their cars just to pay their employees.
Truly despicable.
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Quite like this question about the issues people say they're looking at when evaluating Trump's presidency
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Quite like this question about the issues people say they're looking at when evaluating Trump's presidency
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...
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How can you say that?
After all, Lutnick bought another house, in DC, for $25 million.
In cash.
From Brett Baier. Of Fox.
Nothing says "in touch with average American working family" like that! /s
washingtonian.com/2024/12/20/b...
After all, Lutnick bought another house, in DC, for $25 million.
In cash.
From Brett Baier. Of Fox.
Nothing says "in touch with average American working family" like that! /s
washingtonian.com/2024/12/20/b...
Bret Baier’s DC House Sells for Record $25 Million—in Cash - Washingtonian
Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary pick, buys the Foxhall estate as team Trump rolls into town.
washingtonian.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How can you say that?
After all, Lutnick bought another house, in DC, for $25 million.
In cash.
From Brett Baier. Of Fox.
Nothing says "in touch with average American working family" like that! /s
washingtonian.com/2024/12/20/b...
After all, Lutnick bought another house, in DC, for $25 million.
In cash.
From Brett Baier. Of Fox.
Nothing says "in touch with average American working family" like that! /s
washingtonian.com/2024/12/20/b...
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Every time I listen to Trump, Bessent or Lutnick talk about economic conditions, it is always completely obvious how utterly disconnected they are from the everyday struggles the average American working family is dealing with right now. They simply can’t relate to normal people.
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Every time I listen to Trump, Bessent or Lutnick talk about economic conditions, it is always completely obvious how utterly disconnected they are from the everyday struggles the average American working family is dealing with right now. They simply can’t relate to normal people.
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The harmful policies of Trump and rubber stamp Republicans are crushing the American people.
-Grocery prices are up
-Car prices are up
-Healthcare prices are up
And what is Trump focused on? His parties with billionaires, his used jet from Qatar, and his Epstein ballroom.
-Grocery prices are up
-Car prices are up
-Healthcare prices are up
And what is Trump focused on? His parties with billionaires, his used jet from Qatar, and his Epstein ballroom.
Ahead of Thanksgiving and amid frustration among American consumers over affordability, President Trump has recently insisted, often wrongly, that prices and costs were coming down. Here is a fact-check of some of his recent claims.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Latest Claims on Affordability
The president has made misleading statements about the cost of a Thanksgiving meal, breakfast and gasoline and about prices in general.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The harmful policies of Trump and rubber stamp Republicans are crushing the American people.
-Grocery prices are up
-Car prices are up
-Healthcare prices are up
And what is Trump focused on? His parties with billionaires, his used jet from Qatar, and his Epstein ballroom.
-Grocery prices are up
-Car prices are up
-Healthcare prices are up
And what is Trump focused on? His parties with billionaires, his used jet from Qatar, and his Epstein ballroom.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Every one of these posts makes me giggle at the very serious pundits who say BlueSky is in a bubble
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every one of these posts makes me giggle at the very serious pundits who say BlueSky is in a bubble
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Rubio told senators that the so-called Ukraine peace plan, which reads like a list of Russian demands. was actually given to the Trump team by Moscow, according to a Republican senator. Now Rubio's denying it and insisting it really is a US plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Rubio told senators that the so-called Ukraine peace plan, which reads like a list of Russian demands. was actually given to the Trump team by Moscow, according to a Republican senator. Now Rubio's denying it and insisting it really is a US plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Someone is having concerns about Twitter privacy all of a sudden
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
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This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is a story about how America’s world-leading cancer and dementia research system was destroyed by frauds and naifs who broke the law.
There must be consequences.
There must be consequences.
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Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
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This is incoherent blather
WELKER: If tariffs help consumers, why is the administration rolling them back?
BESSENT: You know how much you weigh. You get on the scale every morning. Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything. We try to push down the things we can control.
BESSENT: You know how much you weigh. You get on the scale every morning. Inflation is a composite number and we look at everything. We try to push down the things we can control.
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is incoherent blather
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Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Don't. Host. Lying. Liars. On. The. Teevee. Shows.
If you've screwed up & done that, immediately end the interview when they performative lie in public on your teevee shows.
Congrats again to everyone who told us this guy was a credible Treasury Secretary.
Don't. Host. Lying. Liars. On. The. Teevee. Shows.
If you've screwed up & done that, immediately end the interview when they performative lie in public on your teevee shows.
Congrats again to everyone who told us this guy was a credible Treasury Secretary.
WELKER: Inflation has gone up. It's at 3% now up from 2% in April when the tariffs were imposed--
BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel
BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Don't. Host. Lying. Liars. On. The. Teevee. Shows.
If you've screwed up & done that, immediately end the interview when they performative lie in public on your teevee shows.
Congrats again to everyone who told us this guy was a credible Treasury Secretary.
Don't. Host. Lying. Liars. On. The. Teevee. Shows.
If you've screwed up & done that, immediately end the interview when they performative lie in public on your teevee shows.
Congrats again to everyone who told us this guy was a credible Treasury Secretary.
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They should definitely keep putting this highly relatable down-to-earth dude worth $600 million in front of cameras to keep explaining to all the dumb poors that the economy is good, actually. He's got the magic touch.
WELKER: Inflation has gone up. It's at 3% now up from 2% in April when the tariffs were imposed--
BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel
BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
They should definitely keep putting this highly relatable down-to-earth dude worth $600 million in front of cameras to keep explaining to all the dumb poors that the economy is good, actually. He's got the magic touch.
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An inconvenient chart for Bessent:
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
An inconvenient chart for Bessent:
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Really important for everyone to dress up while they stand in the customer service line figuring out how to manage their cancelled flight
Duffy: "Trump talks about the golden age of transportation. But the golden age in transportation truly begins with you ... People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly ... so we want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season: Help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Really important for everyone to dress up while they stand in the customer service line figuring out how to manage their cancelled flight