| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Dave Barry year in review! | 2023-12-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1740992393800024442 | 1740992393800024442 |
| That was the week that wasn't | 2023-12-15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1735795494692233351 | 1735795494692233351 |
| That was the week that wasn't - | 2023-12-08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1733199026936512972 | 1733199026936512972 |
| That was the week that wasn't - | 2023-12-02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1730939839011553652 | 1730939839011553652 |
| That was the week that wasn't - | 2023-11-24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1728180964223021174 | 1728180964223021174 |
| Musk drives Twitter further into the ground. | 2023-11-18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1725707888616988930 | 1725707888616988930 |
| That was the week that wasn't | 2023-11-17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1725610661311570127 | 1725610661311570127 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-11-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1723088345734222185 | 1723088345734222185 |
| https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.9123042.8591/flat,1000x1000,075,f.jpg | 2023-11-03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1720588143181935091 | 1720588143181935091 |
| The fall of the man who would be king - | 2023-11-01 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1719706360974025114 | 1719706360974025114 |
| Mike Johnson and the 12th Amendment - | 2023-11-01 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1719571937465417931 | 1719571937465417931 |
| Does 14th Amendment apply to Trump or not? | 2023-10-30 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1719121331311284462 | 1719121331311284462 |
| What's more important than defending Israel and Ukraine? | 2023-10-30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1719120658716827785 | 1719120658716827785 |
| Same story as Pence - not Trumpist enough for Trump base, | 2023-10-30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1719120038417064383 | 1719120038417064383 |
| "Elon Musk’s version of free speech was for him and | 2023-10-30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1718794343870533998 | 1718794343870533998 |
| Pence's time has come! - and gone. | 2023-10-30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1718791372399071373 | 1718791372399071373 |
| Pennsylvania Supreme Court election draws national | 2023-10-30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1718788457848558055 | 1718788457848558055 |
| All the things that everybody got wrong. | 2023-10-28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1718096447785320826 | 1718096447785320826 |
| That was the week that wasn't. | 2023-10-28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1718067759018602987 | 1718067759018602987 |
| The case against Mike Johnson. | 2023-10-26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717381303060795764 | 1717381303060795764 |
| Fail to respond just encourages fanatics. So does | 2023-10-26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717380015481131483 | 1717380015481131483 |
| Trump doesn't need to talk much about culture wars. | 2023-10-25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717221644312498464 | 1717221644312498464 |
| Somebody, somewhere down the line is going to have to | 2023-10-25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717213637549646133 | 1717213637549646133 |
| If you repeat it often enough, it doesn't have to be true! | 2023-10-25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717211310772084994 | 1717211310772084994 |
| Flashback - | 2023-10-25 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717210153534263802 | 1717210153534263802 |
| Will Johnson ever give a straight answer to a straight | 2023-10-25 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1717202055646060675 | 1717202055646060675 |
| Will GOP coalesce this morning - around an election denier? | 2023-10-25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717199210398056689 | 1717199210398056689 |
| A monolithic cult of personality to rival Mao's? | 2023-10-25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717197813971624150 | 1717197813971624150 |
| Trump would never define "our religion". That way | 2023-10-25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716980247453933708 | 1716980247453933708 |
| Immunity from what? one wonders! | 2023-10-25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716975144609140801 | 1716975144609140801 |
| Didn't take long to take care of Emmer. | 2023-10-25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716974124273447146 | 1716974124273447146 |
| They should have asked John Dean for advice! | 2023-10-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716966466896232624 | 1716966466896232624 |
| People are beginning to understand that the GOP is not a | 2023-10-24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716965062580281707 | 1716965062580281707 |
| "We don’t deserve the majority if we give the Democrats | 2023-10-24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716964663987208602 | 1716964663987208602 |
| Another Trump lawyer pleads guilty. | 2023-10-24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716817015397306653 | 1716817015397306653 |
| GOP megadonors and their propaganda channels have convinced | 2023-10-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716816300356538574 | 1716816300356538574 |
| The brown shirts are doing their utmost to rid the country | 2023-10-23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716326180549488733 | 1716326180549488733 |
| Unpleasant fallout of Belt-and-Road money. | 2023-10-23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716324866444624016 | 1716324866444624016 |
| A potential turning point - if moderate House GOP will | 2023-10-23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716316384542822699 | 1716316384542822699 |
| The tax system for people with simple situations should be | 2023-10-23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716313611084415200 | 1716313611084415200 |
| A long way to fall. | 2023-10-22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715927858395365494 | 1715927858395365494 |
| A fully-planned terrorist assault. | 2023-10-22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715922324434928118 | 1715922324434928118 |
| How the Keystone Cops tried to rig the 2020 election | 2023-10-22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715921030169186499 | 1715921030169186499 |
| It's no wonder the modern GOP is so Dixiecrat - | 2023-10-20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715471714715578702 | 1715471714715578702 |
| The democratization of weapons of mass destruction - | 2023-10-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715462134199669116 | 1715462134199669116 |
| House GOP discovering their backbones need to get their | 2023-10-20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715460079787680176 | 1715460079787680176 |
| Poor Mike Pence - nobody thinks anybody will vote for him! | 2023-10-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715458499550011441 | 1715458499550011441 |
| That was the week that wasn't - | 2023-10-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715437420387475530 | 1715437420387475530 |
| What's the priority for consideration - state or Federal | 2023-10-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715436009352303008 | 1715436009352303008 |
| "it’s not a normal majority" Maybe the seventh try will | 2023-10-20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715435264213201377 | 1715435264213201377 |
| Those tweets can come back to bite. | 2023-10-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715432730509582488 | 1715432730509582488 |
| Another Trump lawyer turns. | 2023-10-20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715431964118073522 | 1715431964118073522 |
| Will nobody rid me of this turbulent priest? | 2023-10-20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715230915235054033 | 1715230915235054033 |
| In politics, money talks! | 2023-10-19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715022054448370110 | 1715022054448370110 |
| Another Trumpist makes a deal - | 2023-10-19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715019701171216697 | 1715019701171216697 |
| Building a career out of lies - | 2023-10-19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715019102665023704 | 1715019102665023704 |
| Essential Trumpism - the truth about what you FEEL is | 2023-10-19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714814099681681646 | 1714814099681681646 |
| Non-Trumpist GOP find their backbones. | 2023-10-19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714813150045082055 | 1714813150045082055 |
| Voters favor Supreme Court reform. Reactionary | 2023-10-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714678904840208745 | 1714678904840208745 |
| The rank-and-file House GOP need to decide who's going to | 2023-10-18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714676069503234158 | 1714676069503234158 |
| There's big money and big media behind the Freischütz | 2023-10-18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714672632547967009 | 1714672632547967009 |
| Who needs crypto currencies? | 2023-10-18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714669245764939887 | 1714669245764939887 |
| Personality cults always require tireless enemies that | 2023-10-18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714660979164987712 | 1714660979164987712 |
| Reduce Federal government or shut it down completely? | 2023-10-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714658784050851895 | 1714658784050851895 |
| How best to elect Trump? | 2023-10-18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714658241018536336 | 1714658241018536336 |
| Play-by-play in the House GOP conference. | 2023-10-14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1713047079256469916 | 1713047079256469916 |
| The Speaker's job is to say yes when it's possible | 2023-10-14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712993352881405982 | 1712993352881405982 |
| Speaker Jordan? | 2023-10-14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712987027493544132 | 1712987027493544132 |
| That was the week that wasn't - | 2023-10-13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712939292396597664 | 1712939292396597664 |
| Culture wars have united reactionary megadonors who don't | 2023-10-13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712691792448037273 | 1712691792448037273 |
| Will ranked-choice voting in the Virgin Islands change | 2023-10-13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712689853144645758 | 1712689853144645758 |
| Forget about third-party presidential candidates. They | 2023-10-13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712687159650681238 | 1712687159650681238 |
| Albion's Seed continues to bear strange fruit - | 2023-10-13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712686033375277066 | 1712686033375277066 |
| Migrants don't vote - despite what the GOP says - and | 2023-10-13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712683948751647058 | 1712683948751647058 |
| You can tell RFK Jr is making progress against Trump if | 2023-10-13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1712682964860236049 | 1712682964860236049 |
| Tom Emmer for Speaker? Can he get ANY Democratic | 2023-10-13 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1712681415413002406 | 1712681415413002406 |
| The chronicler of the Dixiecrat takeover of the GOP. | 2023-10-13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712679492194554201 | 1712679492194554201 |
| Putin models revisionism for DeSantis and others who don't | 2023-10-13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712677325937233983 | 1712677325937233983 |
| If the House GOP could get organized enough to elect a | 2023-10-13 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1712666060355403942 | 1712666060355403942 |
| If only he'd included Hunter Biden! | 2023-10-13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712665293808599118 | 1712665293808599118 |
| A lucky day for Steve Scalise! | 2023-10-13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712662929584345178 | 1712662929584345178 |
| How do you get elected Speaker? | 2023-10-12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712360196138529078 | 1712360196138529078 |
| Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell have established minority | 2023-10-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712305676511568302 | 1712305676511568302 |
| Ranked-choice voting could have avoided a constitutional | 2023-10-12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712302957163909152 | 1712302957163909152 |
| Voter suppression in Texas | 2023-10-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712299621962453418 | 1712299621962453418 |
| You can't compromise with fanatics - they then want | 2023-10-10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1711892584824786976 | 1711892584824786976 |
| Why wouldn't a Trumpist steal campaign contributions for | 2023-10-10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1711888787259986293 | 1711888787259986293 |
| How to get rich off Trump! | 2023-10-10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1711757118158811369 | 1711757118158811369 |
| Insurrection and defending Trump are expensive hobbies. | 2023-10-07 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1710660432871211361 | 1710660432871211361 |
| That was the week that wasn't - | 2023-10-06 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1710351643139821992 | 1710351643139821992 |
| They finally figured out who leaked Trump's tax returns. | 2023-10-04 | 193 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1709425516388987124 | 1709425516388987124 |
| Plausible deniability? Maybe he didn't buy the gun, but | 2023-10-04 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709424525627330652 | 1709424525627330652 |
| Insulting court officers and exposing them to his dangerous | 2023-10-04 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709423095885558000 | 1709423095885558000 |
| The pot calls the kettle black! | 2023-10-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709421907660165204 | 1709421907660165204 |
| Utterly inexcusable? | 2023-10-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709369024621260991 | 1709369024621260991 |
| For a personality cult, there's no such thing as bad news. | 2023-10-04 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709368270363738216 | 1709368270363738216 |
| One minute he says - | 2023-10-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709367455997640817 | 1709367455997640817 |
| The Freischütz Caucus hits its mark again! They aimed | 2023-10-03 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709355960605823480 | 1709355960605823480 |
| What happens when politicians give single-issue | 2023-10-03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709352303080448333 | 1709352303080448333 |
| Has the Freischütz Caucus shot its seventh bullet? | 2023-10-02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1708664598734508499 | 1708664598734508499 |
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========== Dave Barry year in review! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dave-barry-year-in-review-2023-was-the-year-that-ai-and-pickleball-came-for-humanity/ar-AA1m90Uy #PS1media ===== impress 1 time 2023-12-30 07:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1740992393800024442 ========== That was the week that wasn't https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Lowlights https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-b17dd3acc23d199557af144625d0b404 #PS1media ===== impress 1 time 2023-12-15 22:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1735795494692233351 ========== That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fake-news-misinformation-transgender-swimmer-zelenskyy-arlington-explosion-48dda946b274d3a9240f74c8c4fa3191 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-12-08 18:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1733199026936512972 ========== That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-fact-check-99ccb985d8e06b6cc7cd21fba1689a1c #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-12-02 13:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1730939839011553652 ========== That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-f3c1d54f2d059de0532360d638335e99 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-11-24 22:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1728180964223021174 ========== Musk drives Twitter further into the ground. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/17/elon-musk-x-companies-pulling-ads-anti-semitism/ It's just a hobby for him - he doesn't really care if he trades reputable advertisers for disreputable. #PS1media ===== impress 4 time 2023-11-18 02:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1725707888616988930 ========== That was the week that wasn't https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-27fd16a605dd2d2ef78b7ee1d6afcc36 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-11-17 20:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1725610661311570127 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-election-kentucky-pennsylvania-ukraine-e0b8109b52f85fe2cbf6e7fc56985fe4 #PS1media ===== impress 2 time 2023-11-10 21:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1723088345734222185 ========== https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.9123042.8591/flat,1000x1000,075,f.jpg That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights! https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-499f23c895a28dc6e564b3bce01e79b6 #PS1media ===== impress 1 time 2023-11-03 23:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1720588143181935091 ========== The fall of the man who would be king - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/tucker-carlsons-ugly-exit-from-fox-news Nobody's irreplaceable! It's good to keep in mind that we all get replaced, sooner or later. #PS1media ===== impress 4 time 2023-11-01 13:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719706360974025114 ========== Mike Johnson and the 12th Amendment - https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/mike-johnson-is-now-the-most-powerful That should give you nightmares! #PS1gop ===== impress 7 time 2023-11-01 04:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719571937465417931 ========== Does 14th Amendment apply to Trump or not? https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-ballot-14th-amendment-colorado-f5d6c6174476ec414208323785df6e15 #PS1insurrection ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 replies 1 time 2023-10-30 22:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719121331311284462 ========== What's more important than defending Israel and Ukraine? Defending GOP megadonors, of course! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/30/house-gop-demands-irs-budget-cuts-pay-israel-aid/ The LAST thing they want is the IRS examining their tax avoidance strategies. How important could foreign affairs be compared to THAT? #PS1tax ===== impress 10 time 2023-10-30 22:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719120658716827785 ========== Same story as Pence - not Trumpist enough for Trump base, too Trumpist for everybody else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/10/30/desantis-struggles-presidential-trump-republicans/ #PS1gop ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-30 22:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1719120038417064383 ========== "Elon Musk’s version of free speech was for him and his friends to be able to do hate speech without getting in trouble" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/elon-musk-twitter-x-anniversary/ #PS1media ===== impress 4 time 2023-10-30 00:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718794343870533998 ========== Pence's time has come! - and gone. https://apnews.com/article/pence-2024-republican-presidential-campaign-trump-f0e228548820373f779b3dc7157d6635 Too Trumpist for many, not Trumpist enough for the rest. #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-30 00:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718791372399071373 ========== Pennsylvania Supreme Court election draws national attention. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/the-stakes-in-pennsylvanias-supreme #PS1justice ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-30 00:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718788457848558055 ========== All the things that everybody got wrong. https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-palestinians-gaza-biden-65427884b38bac77249f280fa8c796c8 #PS1mideast ===== impress 5 time 2023-10-28 02:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718096447785320826 ========== That was the week that wasn't. https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-maine-shooting-israel-hamas-iran-9a7e89cbb64dd080d8a916d25c50f1c2 #PS1media ===== impress 5 time 2023-10-28 00:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718067759018602987 ========== The case against Mike Johnson. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/speaker-mike-johnson-election-denier/ #PS1insurrection ===== impress 8 time 2023-10-26 03:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717381303060795764 ========== Fail to respond just encourages fanatics. So does responding. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/25/iran-militias-attack-american-forces-gaza-israel/ #PS1mideast ===== impress 8 time 2023-10-26 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717380015481131483 ========== Trump doesn't need to talk much about culture wars. He's already got those constituencies in his base. He talks about the economy in an attempt to woo those outside his base - as if he had done anything for anybody except GOP megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/republicans-trump-economy-issues/ #PS1trump ===== impress 13 time 2023-10-25 16:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717221644312498464 ========== Somebody, somewhere down the line is going to have to deal with a six foot rise in sea level. Bad news for coastal areas with millions of inhabitants today. https://apnews.com/article/antarctica-climate-change-doomed-melt-ice-946bb44fbef027186f80f8992ebfc064 #PS1climate ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-25 16:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717213637549646133 ========== If you repeat it often enough, it doesn't have to be true! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/opinion/crime-public-opinion.html Especially if it's the truth about how you FEEL, rather than truth about facts. #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-25 16:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717211310772084994 ========== Flashback - "In statements justifying their votes, about three-quarters relied on the arguments of a low-profile Louisiana congressman, Representative Mike Johnson, the most important architect of the Electoral College objections" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/politics/republican-election-objectors.html #PS1insurrection ===== impress 31 time 2023-10-25 16:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717210153534263802 ========== Will Johnson ever give a straight answer to a straight question? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/johnson-speaker-republicans/ Probably not in public! Will House GOP choose him anyway? No Democratic votes. #PS1gop ===== engage 2 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 67 likes 1 time 2023-10-25 15:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717202055646060675 ========== Will GOP coalesce this morning - around an election denier? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/mike-johnson-may-be-next-speaker-then-what/ #PS1gop ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-25 15:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717199210398056689 ========== A monolithic cult of personality to rival Mao's? https://apnews.com/article/china-politics-xi-jinping-foreign-relations-0b9a867861c719456778bf5a8eee95ca #PS1china ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-25 15:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717197813971624150 ========== Trump would never define "our religion". That way every audience can suppose Trump agrees with it. Basic salesmanship! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/trump-religion-immigration/ He has no apparent non-political, personal interest in any religious values. #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-10-25 00:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716980247453933708 ========== Immunity from what? one wonders! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/24/mark-meadows-trump-overturn-election-tesitmony-immunity #PS1insurrection ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-25 00:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716975144609140801 ========== Didn't take long to take care of Emmer. https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-c7ddb6abf4c7322f9fc44fdaa07791fc Anybody supportive of or supported by the Freischütz won't get any Democratic votes. And will lose enough GOP votes to get... nowhere. #PS1gop ===== impress 13 time 2023-10-25 00:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716974124273447146 ========== They should have asked John Dean for advice! https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/trumps-attorneys-turn-on-him #PS1insurrection ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-24 23:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716966466896232624 ========== People are beginning to understand that the GOP is not a party but a dysfunctional coalition of two mostly opposed parties. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/23/hakeem-jeffries-house-speaker-gop-division Better coalitions are possible. #PS1gop ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-24 23:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716965062580281707 ========== "We don’t deserve the majority if we give the Democrats control over the House of Representatives" https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/24/government-shutdown-house-speaker/ GOP doesn't HAVE a majority - neither Freischütz Caucus nor the duck-and-cover GOP. #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-24 23:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716964663987208602 ========== Another Trump lawyer pleads guilty. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/24/jenna-ellis-plea-deal-georgia/ And spares no bitterness toward Trump, who wouldn't pay her legal bills or admit he'd done anything wrong. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-24 14:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716817015397306653 ========== GOP megadonors and their propaganda channels have convinced many GOP voters that they don't need a Federal government. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/23/republicans-speaker-polling/ #PS1gop ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-24 13:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716816300356538574 ========== The brown shirts are doing their utmost to rid the country of impartial election officials. https://apnews.com/article/election-workers-turnover-threats-trump-2024-8497130b5bbeae503d8f675e3b809d4f #PS1democracy ===== impress 7 time 2023-10-23 05:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716326180549488733 ========== Unpleasant fallout of Belt-and-Road money. https://apnews.com/article/china-southeast-asia-cyberscam-criminal-myanmar-4d749243cd4c95d697060d8cef59cabb #PS1china ===== impress 5 time 2023-10-23 05:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716324866444624016 ========== A potential turning point - if moderate House GOP will recognize the opportunity. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/22/house-speaker-jordan-republicans-blessing/ #PS1gop ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-23 04:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716316384542822699 ========== The tax system for people with simple situations should be free and automatic. IRS is finally getting started. https://apnews.com/article/irs-direct-file-taxes-taxpayer-revenues-f2b3595b408229511a14400278534764 Of course, the companies that make commercial tax software are furious. #PS1tax ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-23 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716313611084415200 ========== A long way to fall. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/21/sidney-powell-trump-georgia-election-case/ Sometimes it's better not to reach too high. #PS1insurrection ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-22 03:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715927858395365494 ========== A fully-planned terrorist assault. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/21/hamas-documents-plans-israel-attack/ #PS1mideast ===== impress 5 time 2023-10-22 02:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715922324434928118 ========== How the Keystone Cops tried to rig the 2020 election in Georgia. https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-electors-205d1fc6a02e1225c8c51214980a1232 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 4 time 2023-10-22 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715921030169186499 ========== It's no wonder the modern GOP is so Dixiecrat - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/19/republican-civil-war-house-gop-jim-jordan-speaker-fight/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/20/threats-havent-saved-jordan-trump-era-intimidation-has-had-an-impact/ Because that's where it reinvented itself - Thurmond-Wallace-Nixon-Gingrich-Trump- https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/20/george-wallace-presaged-donald-trump-republicans/ #PS1gop ===== impress 22 time 2023-10-20 20:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715471714715578702 ========== The democratization of weapons of mass destruction - and pinpoint destruction - continues apace. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/19/hamas-weapons-drones-submersible-missiles/ #PS1technology ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-20 20:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715462134199669116 ========== House GOP discovering their backbones need to get their colleagues to define the GOP - is it about shutting down the Federal government or is it about making it better? https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-jim-jordan-threats-54eeecef0188edfcb9903e45019f190f And they have to stand up to the megadonors who've bought into Fox fantasy. #PS1gop ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-20 20:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715460079787680176 ========== Poor Mike Pence - nobody thinks anybody will vote for him! https://apnews.com/article/pence-2024-election-fundraising-iowa-trump-50caaf71b004b25d866aa0dace68b1ec #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-20 20:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715458499550011441 ========== That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-israel-hamas-war-qatar-ronaldo-lebanon-1010b2b68d37f807ef9c59340272c1a5 #PS1media ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-20 18:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715437420387475530 ========== What's the priority for consideration - state or Federal constitution first? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/new-mexico-supreme-court-hints-at #PS1justice ===== engage-rate NaN time 2023-10-20 18:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715436009352303008 ========== "it’s not a normal majority" Maybe the seventh try will be the charm! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz Like Trump, despite all rational evidence, Jordan is convinced that the people are with him, and the few holdouts can be bullied into line. https://apnews.com/article/jim-jordan-house-speaker-mccarthy-trump-f2b2bf9dc834742bde93d5fc918d9940 #PS1gop ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-20 18:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715435264213201377 ========== Those tweets can come back to bite. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-letitia-james-fraud-contempt-new-york-ce593e3ee07d95bb6ec7e2de23f47dc9 It's always best to blame somebody way down the food chain who can't afford as many lawyers! #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-10-20 18:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715432730509582488 ========== Another Trump lawyer turns. https://apnews.com/article/chesebro-jury-selection-georgia-election-indictment-2e558eefdffd9c1eaa7ec8c31bf76044 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-20 18:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715431964118073522 ========== Will nobody rid me of this turbulent priest? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3F Dirty work and jail risk for the soldiers, plausible deniability for il capo dei capi. Same as it ever was! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/opinion/trump-gag-order-violence.html #PS1trump ===== impress 7 time 2023-10-20 04:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715230915235054033 ========== In politics, money talks! https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-trump-republicans-fundraising-a07e78b814376d635f53ea17aa704d1d Trump's base is well-protected from other GOP, but it's not a national majority and it's not growing. Will he take the Senate and House down with him? #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-10-19 15:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715022054448370110 ========== Another Trumpist makes a deal - https://apnews.com/article/sidney-powell-plea-deal-georgia-election-indictment-ec7dc601ad78d756643aa2544028e9f5 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-19 14:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715019701171216697 ========== Building a career out of lies - https://apnews.com/article/rfk-kennedy-election-vaccines-2ccde2df146f57b5e8c26e8494f0a16a It's really a very Trumpist personality-cult thing to do. #PS1politics ===== impress 9 time 2023-10-19 14:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715019102665023704 ========== Essential Trumpism - the truth about what you FEEL is the only truth that matters. Who cares about facts and logic? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/18/cole-jordan-honesty/ #PS1trumpism ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-19 01:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714814099681681646 ========== Non-Trumpist GOP find their backbones. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/18/jim-jordan-maga-intimidation-threats/ It's about time! Time to realize that compromise with fanatics only encourages them to demand more. Same in Gaza, same in House. #PS1gop ===== impress 7 time 2023-10-19 01:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714813150045082055 ========== Voters favor Supreme Court reform. Reactionary megadonors do not. It was a long hard road to build a reactionary court. It will be a long hard road to undo it. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-justices-are-not-untouchable 18 year term limits would be a good start. #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-18 16:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714678904840208745 ========== The rank-and-file House GOP need to decide who's going to be in their coalition - those worried about being primaried by some even crazier MAGA, or those worried about losing a tossup general election to a Democrat. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/18/house-gops-two-disruptive-poles/ #PS1gop ===== impress 4 time 2023-10-18 16:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714676069503234158 ========== There's big money and big media behind the Freischütz Caucus. The megadonors have noticed that the Federal government can't do anything now - and that's just what they always wanted. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/17/sean-hannity-jim-jordan-speaker/ #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-18 15:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714672632547967009 ========== Who needs crypto currencies? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/11/crypto-fraud-sam-bankman-fried-bitcoin/ Mostly just its promoters - and criminals. Ultimately just another chocolate covered cotton. #PS1other ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-18 15:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714669245764939887 ========== Personality cults always require tireless enemies that can somehow never quite be defeated. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/11/trump-jesus-why-he-casts-himself-martyr-why-fans-go-along/ That's how they explain that they haven't been able to do most of the things they promised. #PS1trump ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-18 15:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714660979164987712 ========== Reduce Federal government or shut it down completely? Split in GOP politicians reflects split in GOP megadonors. https://apnews.com/article/republicans-house-leadership-chaos-states-infighting-bb5d9287214cd5aa0a1fdf03b56bebcb #PS1gop ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-18 15:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714658784050851895 ========== How best to elect Trump? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/11/mitt-romney-gop-challenger-trump/ Non-Trump GOP nominee - so Trump runs as a third party or write-in? Third-party nominee to run against Trump and Biden? Either way, the non-Trump draws votes from Biden, not from the Trump base. #PS1gop ===== impress 10 time 2023-10-18 15:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714658241018536336 ========== Play-by-play in the House GOP conference. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/13/scalise-jordan-house-gop-speaker-chaos/ #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2023-10-14 04:20 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1713047079256469916 ========== The Speaker's job is to say yes when it's possible and prudent and no when it's not. McCarthy never learned that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/13/pelosi-lessons-next-gop-speaker-house As LBJ once told MLK Jr, "You can have anything you want if you got the votes. How many votes you got?" #PS1democracy ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-14 00:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712993352881405982 ========== Speaker Jordan? https://apnews.com/article/house-republicans-scalise-jordan-mccarthy-trump-ced017e71de967a7e327cba7e502926a That's definitely crossing the Jordan, toward a GOP that isn't interested in anything except defending minority rule by shutting down the Federal government, lowering taxes for megadonors, and lowering benefits for the masses. #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-14 00:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712987027493544132 ========== That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-weapons-israel-hamas-draft-5a12af9e78e5cbd42d74b026cb4e566c #PS1media ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-13 21:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712939292396597664 ========== Culture wars have united reactionary megadonors who don't like how a complex modern industrial democracy works, with reactionary blue-collar voters who don't understand how a complex modern industrial democracy works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/01/understanding-electorate-diploma-divide/ #PS1theory ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-13 04:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712691792448037273 ========== Will ranked-choice voting in the Virgin Islands change the GOP presidential dynamic? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/03/virgin-islands-trump-republican-caucus-election/ National ranked-choice voting - especially combined with multi-member districts - could really threaten minority rule. #PS1gop ===== impress 9 time 2023-10-13 04:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712689853144645758 ========== Forget about third-party presidential candidates. They backfire - the Greens elected Trump and the Libertarians elected Biden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/09/third-party-gallup-poll-politics/ Start at the grass roots - state legislatures - and figure out how to win there. #PS1theory ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-13 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712687159650681238 ========== Albion's Seed continues to bear strange fruit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion's_Seed When the Dixiecrats took over the GOP, they brought with them their Southern strategy of convincing poor white men to do the dirty work for the rich ruling class. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/09/republican-working-class-chaos/ #PS1gop ===== impress 9 time 2023-10-13 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712686033375277066 ========== Migrants don't vote - despite what the GOP says - and they're not megadonors - so it's safe for GOP to use them as scapegoats for all the world's problems. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/10/jim-jordan-house-gop-government-shutdown/ #PS1gop ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-13 04:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712683948751647058 ========== You can tell RFK Jr is making progress against Trump if Bannon and Carlson stop saying nice things about him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/12/rfk-jr-independent-run-makes-sense/ Generally though, third-party candidates are just Trump enablers if they draw off more Biden voters than Trump voters. #PS1election ===== engage 1 engage-rate 9% impress 11 time 2023-10-13 04:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712682964860236049 ========== Tom Emmer for Speaker? Can he get ANY Democratic votes? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/12/steve-scalise-house-speaker-race/ #PS1gop ===== engage 6 engage-rate 10% expands 1 impress 61 time 2023-10-13 04:07 +0000 urlclicks 5 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712681415413002406 ========== The chronicler of the Dixiecrat takeover of the GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/12/southern-strategy-kevin-phillips-republican-party-trump/ Phillips explained what Thurmond was doing, and Nixon jumped on board, all to defend minority rule. #PS1gop ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-13 03:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712679492194554201 ========== Putin models revisionism for DeSantis and others who don't like facts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/12/karamurza-putin-russia-history-dictators/ It's an ancient Russian tradition, and one well known to Dixiecrats and others defending minority rule. #PS1minority ===== impress 5 time 2023-10-13 03:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712677325937233983 ========== If the House GOP could get organized enough to elect a Speaker, then they could offer a deal to the Senate - they expel Santos if the Senate expels Menendez. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/12/senator-menendez-fara-new-indictment-egypt/ They each deserve their day in court - just not on the public dime. #PS1justice ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 96 likes 1 time 2023-10-13 03:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712666060355403942 ========== If only he'd included Hunter Biden! https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/10/12/trump-tax-leak-guilty-plea/ Then the GOP House might have issued him a pardon... if it could ever get organized enough to elect a Speaker. #PS1tax ===== impress 26 time 2023-10-13 03:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712665293808599118 ========== A lucky day for Steve Scalise! https://apnews.com/article/kevin-mccarthy-ousted-speaker-jordan-scalise-1492ca6b58604c51186015c23f7efccd Healthier to be rejected quickly behind closed doors than slowly over 15 ballots. Can any GOP find some moderate Democrats who will vote for a GOP candidate who renounces the Freischütz Caucus forever? #PS1gop ===== impress 36 time 2023-10-13 02:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712662929584345178 ========== How do you get elected Speaker? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/11/trump-jordan-scalise-speaker/ Fundraise, fundraise, fundraise. As McCarthy did, as Scalise did, as Jordan didn't. But it's all for nought, until the House GOP disowns the Dixiecrat Freischütz Caucus once and for all. #PS1gop ===== impress 14 time 2023-10-12 06:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712360196138529078 ========== Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell have established minority rule in the Federal judiciary, that now their allies want to do the same in the states. All it takes is money! https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/elections-are-the-wrong-way-to-pick Maybe elections aren't the best way to pick supreme courts. #PS1justice ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-12 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712305676511568302 ========== Ranked-choice voting could have avoided a constitutional crisis in the House. https://fairvote.org/report/the-motion-to-vacate-and-electoral-incentives/ But personality cult candidates oppose ranked-choice voting, hoping their many opponents will split the vote against them and insure their victory. #PS1democracy ===== impress 7 time 2023-10-12 03:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712302957163909152 ========== Voter suppression in Texas https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/voter-suppression-on-trial-in-texas #PS1democracy ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-12 02:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712299621962453418 ========== You can't compromise with fanatics - they then want even more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz House Democrats - and moderate GOP - should vote against any GOP Speaker candidate who wants to include the Freischütz Caucus in his coalition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/10/kevin-mccarthy-steve-scalise-jim-jordan-house-speaker/ #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 23 time 2023-10-10 23:52 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1711892584824786976 ========== Why wouldn't a Trumpist steal campaign contributions for his own personal use? https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-credit-card-fraud-f723e69a777b02a2e6b87595f45c21ce It's the Trumpist thing to do! And the GOP House won't do anything - they need his reliable vote to defend minority rule. #PS1trumpism ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-10 23:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1711888787259986293 ========== How to get rich off Trump! https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-trump-turning-point-maga-d08a98e439fa4e902cb756d7e35153db It's the Trumpist thing to do! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 8 time 2023-10-10 14:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1711757118158811369 ========== Insurrection and defending Trump are expensive hobbies. https://apnews.com/article/mike-lindell-mypillow-no-money-election-lawsuits-047932c7207734c080b07dca8d8868a5 #PS1insurrection ===== impress 8 time 2023-10-07 14:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1710660432871211361 ========== That was the week that wasn't - https://apnews.com/ap-fact-check Just the lowlights - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-maui-migrants-vaccines-c04f01217a1efffeca4436804d5ce47d #PS1media ===== impress 8 time 2023-10-06 17:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1710351643139821992 ========== They finally figured out who leaked Trump's tax returns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/29/trump-tax-leak-charges-littlejohn-irs/ If it had been Hunter Biden's, the House GOP would have given the leaker a medal. #PS1tax ===== engage 2 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 193 time 2023-10-04 04:29 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709425516388987124 ========== Plausible deniability? Maybe he didn't buy the gun, but maybe he hoped his base would think he did. Maybe one of them would have bought it for him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/29/trump-gun-special-counsel-gag-order/ He lies about everything else, so why not this? But it certainly supports a gag order. #PS1trump ===== impress 9 time 2023-10-04 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709424525627330652 ========== Insulting court officers and exposing them to his dangerous followers is good politics and fund-raising but bad behavior in court. But Trump has always believed in hitting back twice as hard - letting one of his followers do it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/trump-civil-fraud-trial-ny/ #PS1trump ===== impress 7 time 2023-10-04 04:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709423095885558000 ========== The pot calls the kettle black! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/03/newt-gingrich-matt-gaetz-remove/ And just who was the leading oppose-everything-shut-it-down guy 30 years ago? Gaetz is just the culmination of everything Thurmond and Gingrich stood for, laid bare in all its ugliness. #PS1gop ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-04 04:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709421907660165204 ========== Utterly inexcusable? https://apnews.com/article/pence-foreign-policy-ap-georgetown-2024-7909c44b2bfb38db5224b73bf324cf3f It's the same old Trump that it's always been. Pence knew that when he joined the team. #PS1trump ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-04 00:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709369024621260991 ========== For a personality cult, there's no such thing as bad news. https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-fraud-trial-2024-campaign-court-fb73b4275be2d43b0f92031737d3e9eb They are all opportunities to send out fund-raising pleas - to pay for his lawyers. #PS1trump ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-04 00:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709368270363738216 ========== One minute he says - “Why is it that Republicans are always fighting among themselves?" and the next minute he picks a fight - https://apnews.com/article/trump-debates-republicans-2024-rnc-a3ff8c83bd605876b4b53bbebfb7ed7f #PS1trump ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-04 00:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709367455997640817 ========== The Freischütz Caucus hits its mark again! They aimed their rifles in January and pulled their triggers today, and immediately began bragging in fund-raising appeals to their megadonors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz Was this their seventh bullet? https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555 #PS1gop ===== engage 1 engage-rate 33% expands 1 impress 3 time 2023-10-03 23:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709355960605823480 ========== What happens when politicians give single-issue constituencies what they want? They want MORE! Even Trump has figured out that being vaguely pro-life is better than being specific. Anything definite will be used against you. https://apnews.com/article/abortion-constitutional-amendment-ohio-election-messaging-e578a62dd968a5112f92563e969ce5c7 #PS1theory ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-03 23:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709352303080448333 ========== Has the Freischütz Caucus shot its seventh bullet? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz Or does it have more bullets to go? https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-house-republicans-speaker-remove-shutdown-aa4efca3c68895283b4219ed3e8064ff "more interested in securing TV interviews than doing something" The essence of Trumpism - the photo-op is all you get! #PS1trumpism ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-02 02:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1708664598734508499