#  @WakeUp2Politics Gabe Fleisher Gabe Fleisher posts on X about donald trump, white house, in the, kamala harris the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::928744998/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] -36% - [--] Month [---------] +226% - [--] Months [---------] -20% - [--] Year [----------] -74% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::928744998/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] -33% - [--] Month [--] -9.40% - [--] Months [---] +318% - [--] Year [---] -36% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::928744998/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.23% - [--] Month [------] +1.10% - [--] Months [------] +2.50% - [--] Year [------] +2.90% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::928744998/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [us election](/list/us-election) [countries](/list/countries) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [finance](/list/finance) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [currencies](/list/currencies) [musicians](/list/musicians) **Social topic influence** [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump), [white house](/topic/white-house), [in the](/topic/in-the), [kamala harris](/topic/kamala-harris), [dems](/topic/dems), [joe biden](/topic/joe-biden), [the first](/topic/the-first), [georgetown](/topic/georgetown), [tariffs](/topic/tariffs), [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) **Top assets mentioned** [Dogecoin (DOGE)](/topic/doge) [Dana Incorporated (DAN)](/topic/$dan) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Spotted from inside Dick Cheneys funeral: Rachel Maddow and Anthony Fauci sitting together. Also: Mitch McConnell. John Boehner sitting with Nancy Pelosi. George Conway. Bill Kristol. Bob Woodward. James Carville. Adam Schiff. Several of Liz Cheneys former colleagues from the January 6th committee. And many others" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991528847502659801) 2025-11-20T15:27Z 32K followers, 513.8K engagements "@cwarzel Fair enough. I understand not wanting to seem like a few voices are representative of an entire generation but I still think it's important to at least include some Gen Z voices speaking for themselves if you're trying to ascertain how Gen Z feels. I appreciate the response" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1275429077042769920) 2020-06-23T14:02Z 31.8K followers, [--] engagements "Seven lessons learned (or re-learned) in the last [--] hours [--]. TV is (still) the president. Trump sacked Bovino because he didnt like what he saw on television and as @brianstelter notes elevated Tom Homan after Fox & Friends suggested it" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2016199109045071973) 2026-01-27T17:18Z 31.8K followers, 52.9K engagements "This is true as a literal sign of how decisions are made but also an apt metaphor. TV is by nature moderate a sign of what is considered acceptable discourse. As much as Trump may be surrounded by extreme advisers he is often constrained by the instinct to paddle back to what will play on television and wont scare off too many viewers" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2016199110756307449) 2026-01-27T17:18Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements "2. Trump is (still) influenced by the last person he spoke to. Weve seen it with Putin and Zelensky. Weve seen it with Zohran. Now Trumps calls with Walz and Frey led to him strikingly softening his rhetoric towards them and seemingly contributed to changing his stance in MN" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2016199113394503903) 2026-01-27T17:18Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements "We cant trust our government anymore Kristi Noem told Dana Bash last year. But you are the government Bash had to remind her. What happens when a small-government party becomes the government They often drop many of their anti-gov commitments as weve seen from the Trump admin on censorship states rights gun rights and more. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/does-anybody-believe-anything https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/does-anybody-believe-anything" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2016930986475311225) 2026-01-29T17:46Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements "Republican officials are questioning gun rights. And Democratic governors are championing the 2nd Amendment. These events are a good reminder that party ideologies are fluid and often ebb and flow depending on which party is wielding power" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2016932684589572325) 2026-01-29T17:53Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements "Would have been very funny if Trump had just announced Kevin as his Fed pick like when he endorsed Eric for Missouri Senate and left it to senators to figure out if he meant Hassett or Warsh. Well it's Kevin-- President Donald Trump announces that former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh will be his pick for Fed Chair writing "I have known Kevin for a long period of time and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen maybe the best." https://t.co/wQeZi6ZgWy Well it's Kevin-- President Donald Trump announces that former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh will be his pick for Fed Chair" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2017213055566827748) 2026-01-30T12:27Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements "And all of this caps off a month in which the U.S. captured the president of Venezeula Trump threatened (and dropped) tariffs against allies over Greenland a criminal probe was opened into the Fed chair and two Americans were killed by immigration officers" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2017274340232819010) 2026-01-30T16:30Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements "NEW: Donald Trump is trying to force Congress to name things for him. [--] years ago Congress unanimously tried to name a building for a different president. He vetoed it. I know of no Federal office buildings that have been named for a President while still in office Gerald Ford wrote. This legislation might begin a precedent I believe it best not to establish. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020918875148124301 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020918875148124301" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2020918875148124301) 2026-02-09T17:53Z 32K followers, 469.6K engagements "Something very jarring about the president switching between talking about his new ballroom the new documentary about his wife and also the ongoing situation where agents under his authority have killed two citizens of the country he leads" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2015834313741238658) 2026-01-26T17:08Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements "We cant trust our government anymore Kristi Noem told Dana Bash last year. But you are the government Bash had to remind her. What happens when a small-government party becomes the government Their ideological commitments start to fade: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/does-anybody-believe-anything https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/does-anybody-believe-anything" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2016933030577774940) 2026-01-29T17:54Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements "According to Morning Consult the United States has [--] popular governors and then Kim Reynolds (Iowa) and Dan McKee (Rhode Island). They are the only two governors in MCs polling with net-negative approval ratings" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2016981368719258015) 2026-01-29T21:06Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements "11% of Americans who currently describe themselves as far-left say they were once far-right. 8% of Americans who currently describe themselves as far-right say they were once far-left. 🐎👟" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2018099787547971664) 2026-02-01T23:10Z 32K followers, 54K engagements "Yet another Trump clash with a MAGA woman in Congress following his feud with MTG his split with Lauren Boebert over a Colorado water bill and the Epstein discharge petition (signed by Greene Boebert and Mace). Trump v. Luna I wonder how this one will end Trump v. Luna I wonder how this one will end" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2018443785441882216) 2026-02-02T21:57Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "If you want to see the full list of [--] and see when they broke with Trump here you go: And read more about the extinction-level event coming for Trump-skeptical Republicans here: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cc_UXrp9zCU9Sg5TFN-BGCyWA3vrPIj721NPZTkMXY4/editusp=sharing https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cc_UXrp9zCU9Sg5TFN-BGCyWA3vrPIj721NPZTkMXY4/editusp=sharing" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2019085345602584801) 2026-02-04T16:27Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "NEW: How many Republicans willing to break with Trump are left in Congress I ran the numbers. Out of the [---] GOP lawmakers since [----] only [--] have ever broken with Trump on a key vote. By [----] only [--] were left. By this time next year the group shrink as low as 22" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2019083888841146783) 2026-02-04T16:21Z 32K followers, 343.7K engagements "Of the [--] Republicans who have cast at least [--] major vote against Trump since 2017: [--] retired [--] lost their seats [--] resigned [--] died in office That leaves [--] still there -- [--] of whom are retiring this year plus [--] who face potential defeat. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2019102983439757503) 2026-02-04T17:37Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "An earlier draft of Fords statement was even more pointed. I would hope our Presidents will be remembered for their labors in building better Government rather than for their efforts in constructing public works projects to themselves Ford initially wrote. More on the history of things being named for presidents: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-presidents-who-refused-to-name https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-presidents-who-refused-to-name" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2020919164458680713) 2026-02-09T17:54Z 32K followers, 30.9K engagements "Previous presidents have recognized that putting their names on projects would only politicize them -- and chosen to prioritize getting the policies enacted even at the expense of securing their personal legacies. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-presidents-who-refused-to-name https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-presidents-who-refused-to-name" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2020920522734026866) 2026-02-09T17:59Z 32K followers, 12.7K engagements "Pretty amazing admission from the leader of the legislative branch that he believes policy on tariffs long considered the domain of his branch should be worked out between the executive branch and the judicial branch without any congressional involvement. Speaker Johnson says reason for extension of tariff ban language in rule is due to a pending SCOTUS ruling: I think the sentiment is that we allow a little bit more runway for this to be worked out between the executive branch and the judicial branch. Says he expects the rule Speaker Johnson says reason for extension of tariff ban language" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2021251965636780224) 2026-02-10T15:56Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "NEW: The modern presidency comes with a gamble. You are usually able to pass some big bills in your first two years; then you lose control of Congress. Donald Trump is also likely to lose control of Congress but when he does so he will have achieved almost no lasting policy change the worst of both worlds. He has built no sturdy edifices only sandcastles many of which are already collapsing. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2021657060237041752) 2026-02-11T18:46Z 32K followers, [---] engagements "Mostly he hasnt. If legislation builds sturdy structures then Trump has been building sandcastles. Many have already been knocked down. Hes gotten all the political negatives of united govt without any of the benefits of long-term policy change. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2021661383251964317) 2026-02-11T19:03Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "Trump like his predecessors entered office with political capital and positive approval ratings. Unlike his predecessors Trump has gambled it away not by shepherding through a legislative agenda but thru exec actions unlikely to stand the test of time https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2021661942205870453) 2026-02-11T19:05Z 32K followers, [---] engagements "For what its worth I use the paid version of ChatGPT and find that it still hallucinates *a lot* and (when Ive tried to see how it would do writing newsletters as an experiment) rarely produces anything close to a product that I think my readers would pay for. That said I have been saying this to fellow academics for months now: Part of the problem is that most people are using the free version of AI tools. The free version is over a year behind what paying users have access to. Judging AI based on free-tier ChatGPT is like evaluating the state I have been saying this to fellow academics for" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2021668678589460876) 2026-02-11T19:32Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "The other day I wanted to write about the history of things being named for sitting presidents. I had a few examples in mind: the Hoover Dam; Washington DC; FDR wanting a statue only the size of his desk. I asked ChatGPT if there were any other examples I should include. Almost all of them were made up. BUT one wasnt: it linked to a statement from Gerald Ford vetoing a federal building that would have been named for him. I ended up using that as the lead anecdote in my story and in the below tweet which fetched almost [------] views. No one has written about this veto in the context of" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2021668681332535644) 2026-02-11T19:32Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "The legendary scholar Richard Neusdtat wrote that presidents derive power from their ability to persuade. By that metric Donald Trump is very weak. He hasnt persuaded the Senate to end the filibuster. Or judges to uphold many of his EOs. Or grand juries to indict his political rivals. Or the public to support his policies. And he largely hasnt even *tried* persuading Congress to codify his agenda. The result is a list of ephemeral achievements that seem dazzling in the moment but will mostly be wiped away. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2021670757504303477) 2026-02-11T19:40Z 32K followers, [---] engagements "Im not someone who believes that independent media can fix everything in journalism but this is one place it can soar: when you have a small or medium-sized audience (or in this case a city of 700K residents) hungry for news on a niche topic married with reporters who know the subject matter and can deliver. All it takes is a driven subscriber base and I could see more than one operation like that springing out of the Post wreckage. So depressing to see so many talented journalists laid off and hoping new models will emerge to sustain their vital reporting. The number of Substacks I subscribe" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2019108826767597885) 2026-02-04T18:00Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "OK lets look at Article II It explicitly says that Congress may vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers as they think proper in the President alone OR in the Courts of Law. (And DOJ has previously said U.S. attorneys = inferior officers.) Judges dont pick U.S. Attorneys @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired Donald Kinsella. Judges dont pick U.S. Attorneys @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired Donald Kinsella" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2021783782324367744) 2026-02-12T03:09Z 32K followers, 16.5K engagements "Cant help but notice that this piece by @cwarzel purporting to explain how Gen Z feels about politics and activism fails to quote a single member of Gen Z. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/opinion/trump-protest-gen-z.htmlreferringSource=articleShare https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/opinion/trump-protest-gen-z.htmlreferringSource=articleShare" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1275423530310684678) 2020-06-23T13:40Z 31.8K followers, [--] engagements "The @businessinsider DC team is doing awesome work with an impressive lineup of journalists. I subscribed recently and have not regretted it 2/ I joined [--] month ago. There are now [--] of us including: @dsamuelsohn @elvina_nawaguna @KaylaEpstein @tomlobianco @rbravender @TinaSfon Together we've reported for the @AP @CNN @politico @Suntimes @publicintegrity @dallasnews @Reuters & @CQRollCall b/f signing on. 2/ I joined [--] month ago. There are now [--] of us including: @dsamuelsohn @elvina_nawaguna @KaylaEpstein @tomlobianco @rbravender @TinaSfon Together we've reported for the @AP @CNN @politico" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1289593104954056704) 2020-08-01T16:05Z 31.4K followers, [--] engagements "Notable: Just a few days after @tarapalmeri flagged JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg as a young person to watch hell be speaking before Biden at the Kennedy Library today. Tara notes that Schlossberg has the hair the Kennedy name and pedigree plus two Harvard degrees" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1569430354469224448) 2022-09-12T20:58Z 31.6K followers, [--] engagements "Jack Smith cant resist a $5 footlong. Thats according tonew and exclusive CNN video of the special counsel at Subway" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1681356652224692233) 2023-07-18T17:33Z 31.6K followers, 125.7K engagements "@samstein Dont forget https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4355971-trump-digital-trading-cards-mugshot/amp/ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4355971-trump-digital-trading-cards-mugshot/amp/" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1772681133659914315) 2024-03-26T17:44Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements "Spotted by the New York delegation: Kennedy scion Vogue correspondent and viral TikToker Jack Schlossberg (pictured here chatting with @PeterAlexander) He declined to be interviewed" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1825686819616461039) 2024-08-20T00:10Z 31.6K followers, 20.5K engagements "I was a TikTok sensation Marianne Williamson says" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1885147947597521307) 2025-01-31T02:07Z 31.1K followers, [----] engagements "Very well put by Yuval Levin on @ezraklein:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1887285096694075855) 2025-02-05T23:40Z 32K followers, 206.9K engagements "Three of the men reshaping the government with DOGE: Gavin Kliger 25: reposted Nick Fuentes and other white supremacists Marko Elez 25: says he was racist before it was cool Edward Coristine 19: fired from past job for sharing internal information with a competitor" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1887960971240686023) 2025-02-07T20:25Z 32K followers, 354.2K engagements "What does Donald Trump actually want out of the second Trump administration Ive started following a simple rule to find out: pay attention to what Maggie Haberman is covering. The resulting portrait is a POTUS much more animated by White House redesigns than anything at DOGE" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1892606661929431229) 2025-02-20T16:06Z 31.1K followers, 41K engagements "Things Donald Trump has not made clear - if he supports cuts to Medicaid one of the biggest programs in the federal budget Things Donald Trump *has* made clear - he wants Air Force One to be red white and blue and a chandelier in the Oval Office https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-haberman-rule https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-haberman-rule" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1892638324143050757) 2025-02-20T18:11Z 31.1K followers, [---] engagements "Worth noting: Jimmy Kimmel has now been back on the air for about two weeks. Brendan Carr said not long ago that if Kimmel stayed on the air he would pull broadcast licenses of ABC affiliates. So. wheres Carr He seems to have backed down after pressure from Ted Cruz and other Republican senators. The episode has fallen into the background but I think its important to swell on: its probably the most significant example of GOP lawmakers saying the Trump administration has gone too far. and winning" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1976018761548431456) 2025-10-08T20:16Z 32K followers, 114.3K engagements "The year was [----]. Rhode Island was split into two competing factions -- the Dorrites and the Charterites -- both claiming to be the legitimate government of Rhode Island. Heres how a Supreme Court case on their dispute plays into President Trumps deployments of the National Guard: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/more-humpty-dumpty-cases-trump-and https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/more-humpty-dumpty-cases-trump-and" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1976342680918466767) 2025-10-09T17:43Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements "A fairly damning paragraph: A top federal prosecutor was installed despite the Attorney General believing she would be unqualified to carry out important national security cases all because the president wanted someone who would go after two of his political rivals" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1977863299086635332) 2025-10-13T22:25Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements "In other words: Trumps own AG believes his drive for revenge could potentially endanger national security https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/todd-blanche-justice-department-trump.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/todd-blanche-justice-department-trump.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1977863513017135291) 2025-10-13T22:26Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements "NEW: Senate Republicans have signed off on many controversial Trump nominees. But away from the spotlight his confirmation record isnt as sterling: Trump has had to withdraw more nominees in [----] than any recent president in a single year. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trump-has-withdrawn-a-record-number https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trump-has-withdrawn-a-record-number" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1980678536961589414) 2025-10-21T16:52Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements "If Paul Ingrassia withdraws his nomination which now seems likely he will be the 49th Trump nominee to withdraw this year. No president has had to withdraw as many picks in their first *two* years as Trump has in his first" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1980680317389402122) 2025-10-21T16:59Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements "Matt Gaetz. Ed Martin. EJ Antoni. Paul Ingrassia While Trump has boasted about his confirmation successes he has also notched a less flattering record this year: Most nominees withdrawn by a recent president in a single year. See for yourself:" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1980702404783050948) 2025-10-21T18:27Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements "Ingrassia is the 49th Trump nominee to withdraw this year. No president in recent history had had to take back that many nominations in a single year. I will be withdrawing myself from Thursdays HSGAC hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time. I appreciate the overwhelming support that I have received throughout this process and will continue to I will be withdrawing myself from Thursdays HSGAC hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time. I" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980776628415287690) 2025-10-21T23:22Z 32K followers, 153K engagements "List is here Number at that link is [--] but I removed duplicates (eg people nominated to both be chair and member of a commission) which I did for all administrations in my count and also added Ingrassia though as you note he isnt formally withdrawn yet https://www.congress.gov/searchq=%7B%22source%22%3A%22nominations%22%2C%22nomination-status%22%3A%22Withdrawn+by+President%22%2C%22congress%22%3A%22119%22%7D&pageSort=actionAsc" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1980798991974465828) 2025-10-22T00:50Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements "Lawmakers dont seem to be talking about ways to end the government shutdown. Is it time to start talking about ways to end *all* government shutdowns I take a look at some of the proposals on the table: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-to-end-shutdowns-forever https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-to-end-shutdowns-forever" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1981767631591133667) 2025-10-24T16:59Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements "NEW: The House has never taken a break like this before. Since the advent of the modern congressional calendar the House has only ever recessed for 40+ days due to summer or campaigning during an election year. Until now: were on Day [--]. More analysis in the link below" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1983930232387064251) 2025-10-30T16:13Z 31.6K followers, 109.1K engagements "Since [----] the House has taken [--] recesses lasting 40+ days. [--] were regular summer recess. [--] were for the longstanding practice of breaking during fall of an election year. We are living in the only outlier and Mike Johnson has no plans to return: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-house-is-on-an-unprecedented https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-house-is-on-an-unprecedented" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1983930661376229701) 2025-10-30T16:15Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements "Surely they have other work they could be doing Do they ever Per my analysis there are [---] bills ready for a House vote: measures on rural health care veterans Russia sanctions and more. But the chamber has left Washington for [--] days instead. https://x.com/SheevaAzma/status/1983944118389641234 @WakeUp2Politics At a time when unemployment keeps trending upward it is wild to see Congress not work for [--] whole weeks. Surely they have other work they could be doing I wonder how this will weigh into the [----] midterms or if we'll have forgotten and/or normalized all of this by then." [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1983945016222364015) 2025-10-30T17:12Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "Next week the Trump administration will argue before the Supreme Court that his tariffs are consistent with the will of Congress. And yet For the 3rd time this week a Senate majority has voted to invalidate Trump's tariffs. First on Brazil (52 votes). Then on Canada (51). Then the global tariffs (51). For the 3rd time this week a Senate majority has voted to invalidate Trump's tariffs. First on Brazil (52 votes). Then on Canada (51). Then the global tariffs (51)" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1983987244722774245) 2025-10-30T19:59Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements "I think this depends on what your goal is. Could Democrats without changing much conceivably win 50.1% in the next presidential election Yes absolutely. Could they win anywhere close to [--] Senate seats the number currently* needed to enact a full agenda No. *Unless they eliminate the filibuster. now here's a good take https://t.co/nbbCb6tGLy now here's a good take https://t.co/nbbCb6tGLy" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1984052131486171149) 2025-10-31T00:17Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements "Reminder: if Republicans won every Senate seat in states carried by Donald Trump in [----] they would have a 62-seat majority. If Democrats won every Senate seat in states carried by Joe Biden in [----] they would have a 50-seat majority" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1984052363825721393) 2025-10-31T00:18Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements "Why are cameras banned at the Supreme Court According to the late historian Michael Kammen the prohibition started in [----] when the court banned cameras after one of the justices was photographed dozing off during oral arguments" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1985136904199635079) 2025-11-03T00:08Z 31.5K followers, [----] engagements "The book is A Machine That Would Go Of Itself" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1985137242738946390) 2025-11-03T00:09Z 31.5K followers, [---] engagements "Trump referring to Biden and his pardons: He didnt have a clue. Trump asked about one of his pardons later in the same interview: I dont know who he is. My sons are into it. I know nothing about the guy other than I hear he was a victim of weaponization by government" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985166958094860674) 2025-11-03T02:07Z 32K followers, 108.6K engagements "Like there are a lot of the other party is so much more ruthless than us takes from both parties but this one is probably correct Dems were two votes away from doing this last time and those two votes are no longer in the Senate (or the party). Idk when the next time Dems will have [--] senators will be but they will probably all support ending the filibuster" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1985177029763813579) 2025-11-03T02:47Z 31.5K followers, [---] engagements "As a side note - Ive found it amusing watching Dems try to bait Republicans into ending the filibuster during the shutdown Its the outcome Ds want but want Republicans to do it . because theyre afraid to do it themselves out of fear of the political hit theyd take for getting rid of something only one-third of Americans can define (And I doubt that third are exactly undecided voters)" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1985178254144102889) 2025-11-03T02:52Z 31.5K followers, [----] engagements "I think they will ultimately do it but the fact that some Dems are trying to goad Republicans into doing it despite the fact that that would mean policy losses on a range of issues for them suggests they would rather Republicans do it out of a fear of the political consequences of being the party to pull the trigger (which I think would be minor) Doesnt mean Dems wont ultimately pull that trigger if GOP dont but will come with hemming and hawing and theyd clearly rather Republicans do their dirty work for them" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1985186745118285855) 2025-11-03T03:26Z 31.5K followers, [--] engagements "If Democrats end up winning only a vote on Obamacare subsidies it will continue the pattern of every modern shutdown: No matter how long a shutdown lasts the party that forces it walks away with basically nothing. 1995-96 shutdowns: Republicans won a balanced budget plan from Clinton (which they didnt end up liking) 2013: Rs won cosmetic changes to Obamacare (basically certifying something that was already required) 2018: Ds won a vote on DREAM Act (ended up failing) 2018-19: Trump won nothing from Congress just funded border wall himself A big question will be if Dems can accept a future" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1985757883678486739) 2025-11-04T17:15Z 31.6K followers, 80.2K engagements "Seeing a lot of conversation on X today (on Dems moving/not moving to the left and also about campaigning with Dick Cheney) that would benefit from this reminder: If you thought Kamala Harris was too conservative for your taste you are joined by 6% of the country. And theres nothing wrong with that Everyone is entitled to their opinion even a minority one. But know that your political commentary is coming from a place of deep deep disconnect with almost the entire American electorate" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1985769445747310926) 2025-11-04T18:01Z 31.6K followers, 59.7K engagements "Yes there are people to your right in this country and people to Trumps right too Would guess that this group is some combination of evangelicals who opposed Trumps moderation on abortion (think Mike Pence) and hawks who oppose his foreign policy (think Nikki Haley) Trump moved away from Republican Party orthodoxy on a number of issues so not surprising that some of them might not approve of it" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1985819216021422316) 2025-11-04T21:19Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "Just got out of the Supreme Court where the Trump admins tariffs got a tough hearing. Some SPOTTEDs: Scott Bessent Howard Lutnick Amy Klobuchar Mike Lee Ed Markey And comedian John Mulaney who was sitting towards the back listening along" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1986130113482600450) 2025-11-05T17:54Z 32K followers, 184.3K engagements "Lee and Klobuchar walked out together both expressed optimism to me about their respective sides arguments Just got out of the Supreme Court where the Trump admins tariffs got a tough hearing. Some SPOTTEDs: Scott Bessent Howard Lutnick Amy Klobuchar Mike Lee Ed Markey And comedian John Mulaney who was sitting towards the back listening along. Just got out of the Supreme Court where the Trump admins tariffs got a tough hearing. Some SPOTTEDs: Scott Bessent Howard Lutnick Amy Klobuchar Mike Lee Ed Markey And comedian John Mulaney who was sitting towards the back listening along" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1986130466802704725) 2025-11-05T17:56Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "Will have much more inside the room analysis in tomorrows newsletter You want want to miss it subscribe: http://wakeuptopolitics.com http://wakeuptopolitics.com" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1986135480254017615) 2025-11-05T18:16Z 31.6K followers, 15.3K engagements "Sitting at the Supreme Court I couldnt help but wonder what Tea Partiers c. [----] would make of a Republican president trying to take power from Congress so he could raise taxes. And then I ran into Mike Lee. See what he told me here: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme NEW: Yesterday at SCOTUS a GOP admin argued to expand executive power in service of a tax hike. Two Democratic lawyers drew on conservative doctrine to embrace limited government and lower taxes. It was the Upside Down the Oregon AG told me https://t.co/2IKrNFxF4i" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1986519959128637867) 2025-11-06T19:44Z 31.6K followers, 37.6K engagements "All four times Neil Gorsuch poked holes in the Trump administrations tariff arguments yesterday: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1986524151948202343) 2025-11-06T20:00Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "With a Republican president pushing to raise taxes and expand executive power at Congress expense did the Tea Party revolution officially come to an end at the Supreme Court on Wednesday https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1986525736715374852) 2025-11-06T20:06Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Here is the complete list of what every party to force a government shutdown has won from the experience (tldr: cosmetic victories every time). This shutdown was longer than any of those but ultimately came to the exact same end" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1987712273691918762) 2025-11-10T02:41Z 31.6K followers, 52.4K engagements "From my piece a day before the shutdown started https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-we-got-to-a-government-shutdown https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-we-got-to-a-government-shutdown" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1987712365509386495) 2025-11-10T02:42Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Dem dream was that this shutdown would yield a healthcare deal. But the votes werent there for that. Trumps dream was this shutdown would end the filibuster. But the votes werent there for that. Therefore a deal along these lines was always the only real escape hatch. Here is the complete list of what every party to force a government shutdown has won from the experience (tldr: cosmetic victories every time). This shutdown was longer than any of those but ultimately came to the exact same end. https://t.co/jHEW8dLnbU Here is the complete list of what every party to force a government shutdown" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1987715194798080321) 2025-11-10T02:53Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "These two statements cant both be true BTW. How can the shutdown have ended by Democrats stopping fighting if it was Trump who started it One of the stranger subplots here: Dems are now upset about a fight being over that they claimed to have never started" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1987920480175534581) 2025-11-10T16:29Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Trump continues to step on his own admins legal argument. His lawyer said tariffs raising revenue was only incidental. Trump says that losing the revenue would be a National Security catastrophe. It cant be both- I imagine the justices wont appreciate the contradiction" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1987979386402795821) 2025-11-10T20:23Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Congress never enacted appropriations bills last year so the new CR will be extending spending levels from *two fiscal years ago* That means for [--] of [--] approps bills spending first approved in March [----] will extend into Jan [----] *and very likely longer* A broken Congress" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1987991891502419999) 2025-11-10T21:12Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "The record should be corrected here: The person who came up with government shutdowns was actually a Maryland congresswoman named Gladys Spellman who lobbied Carters AG with her legal analysis and eventually he was like Yeah looks right to me. The Carter WH was very mad at him about it but he stuck to his guns. @DrewSav a truly incredible number of modern day problems can be traced back to Jimmy Carter having a horrible relationship with Congress @DrewSav a truly incredible number of modern day problems can be traced back to Jimmy Carter having a horrible relationship with Congress" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1988375846244044863) 2025-11-11T22:38Z 31.6K followers, 10.5K engagements "With this order Ketanji Brown Jackson continues her streak of never having ruled with the Trump admin in a single shadow docket case. She is the only justice to have always ruled in the same direction in Trump cases. (Thomas/Alito both joined rulings I code as mixed.) BREAKING: SCOTUS extends Justice Jacksons administrative stay in the SNAP benefits case through 11:59p Thursdaypresumably hoping to moot out the request if the shutdown ends. Jackson wouldnt have extended the admin stay and would deny DOJs stay request. https://t.co/CZAHJBtQhv BREAKING: SCOTUS extends Justice Jacksons" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1988424175430889740) 2025-11-12T01:50Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "In one NYT interview out today Jack Schlossberg says his strength as a candidate is his authenticity on social media. In another he essentially says its all performance art designed to get attention. Which is it" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1988666535989371089) 2025-11-12T17:53Z 31.6K followers, 25.4K engagements "First article here - Second here - (Not many congressional candidates get two NYT profiles the day they announce their bids.) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/style/jack-schlossberg-congress-kennedy-family.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/nyregion/jack-schlossberg-congress-run.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/style/jack-schlossberg-congress-kennedy-family.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/nyregion/jack-schlossberg-congress-run.html" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1988666684547428767) 2025-11-12T17:54Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "It looks like were stuck in a pretty poisonous cycle of presidential administrations prosecuting their political rivals and then those defendants getting taxpayer-funded payouts as soon as their party takes power unless some sort of bipartisan guardrails are imposed at some point. NEW The Department of Justice is in settlement talks with Michael Flynn. Flynn is seeking $50 million for what he says is wrongful prosecution. Full Story: https://t.co/HQLn8sZocf https://t.co/9FQ7mxxEXm NEW The Department of Justice is in settlement talks with Michael Flynn. Flynn is seeking $50 million for what he" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1989430829894807613) 2025-11-14T20:30Z 31.6K followers, 133.8K engagements "Theres just no way Trump will be able to stop himself from saying something the next time Glenn is in the Oval Office I love this woman. I love this country. God bless America. @RepMTG https://t.co/JqZAvgq5Rq I love this woman. I love this country. God bless America. @RepMTG https://t.co/JqZAvgq5Rq" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1989815943426424869) 2025-11-15T22:01Z 31.6K followers, 35.4K engagements "Ron DeSantis. Jeff Sessions. Mike Pence. Steve Bannon (briefly). Liz Cheney. Elon Musk. The list of Trump-era Republicans who thought they could thrive outside of Trumps orbit -- only to learn otherwise -- is long. Two reasons MTG might be different: [--]. She can authentically stake a claim to be on the more MAGA side of all her splits with Trump. [--]. Shes breaking with Trump just as his lame-duck status is coming into view. If she runs for president in [----] he wont be on the ballot to stop her -- giving him less power over her" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1990474840164233555) 2025-11-17T17:39Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "The first proxy battle of the post-Trump era has already arrived. Itll be over the Epstein Files and the score is already in. Greene [--] Trump [--]. Many more rounds to go. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1990475091587789206) 2025-11-17T17:40Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "But make no mistake: the Trump/Greene split isnt just about the Epstein Files. Foreign policy is the subtext of their fight with tensions dating back to Trumps strikes on Iran. Even Greene has explicitly suggested this is about Israel -- at same time as Israel politics are roiling the right more broadly. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1990475343937868179) 2025-11-17T17:41Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "In this again MTG might have an advantage. Trump was always an odd fit for isolationism: as it turns out theres nothing he likes more than being in charge of world affairs globetrotting striking deals being flattered by world leaders. If the GOP is truly turning against interventionism then it might be Trump who brought them there -- but could take someone like MTG who *actually* buys into it (rather than Trump who loves the trappings of foreign policy) to complete the evolution. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1990475713120530894) 2025-11-17T17:42Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Trump has to pick: either the Epstein Files are a hoax or they expose major Democratic scandals. And if he picks the latter as hes doing here not clear its a fight hell win: texts from unknown Dems like Stacey Plaskett (though concerning in their own right) wont be able to compete in the public imagination with pictures of Trump and Epstein" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1990494470995894300) 2025-11-17T18:57Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "You can really just call yourself a U.S. senator huh" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1990499477057384862) 2025-11-17T19:17Z 31.6K followers, 26.7K engagements "@Cory_Ellis His office is in fact in the Wilson Building" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1990582574532698182) 2025-11-18T00:47Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Jamie Raskin called the Epstein petition perhaps the most famous discharge petition in history That could be but some very consequential pieces of legislation have become law because of discharge petitions including the first-ever federal minimum wage and the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. A discharge petition was also used to pressure southern Democrats to agree to hold a vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1964" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1990849303993053378) 2025-11-18T18:27Z 31.6K followers, 12K engagements "@Bencjacobs That will lowkey be my newsletter tomorrow Theyre already calling it the least interesting story written about the Epstein Files of all time" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1990864577194504461) 2025-11-18T19:27Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "NEW: Its not just Epstein. Another discharge petition hit [---] this week this one to overturn a Trump order on unions. Three discharge petitions have succeeded so far this year a 75-year record and a historic string of setbacks for Mike Johnson. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-theutm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=234771&post_id=178493427&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=exwl&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991169032603746492) 2025-11-19T15:37Z 31.6K followers, 40.2K engagements "Are these the last discharge petitions well see this year Lawmakers I spoke to yesterday dont think so. Thomas Massie who led the Epstein effort says hes brainstorming more. Dem said same. And Anna Paulina Luna planning one on stock trading. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-theutm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=234771&post_id=178493427&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=exwl&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991172383877775477) 2025-11-19T15:51Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "Its the tool that helped give us the minimum wage the Civil Rights Act and now the Epstein Files. But how much do you know about discharge petitions from the two this week to a [----] effort to let voters decide when the US goes to war Learn more: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-the https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-the" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991189748866601276) 2025-11-19T17:00Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "After giving it some thought I think my list (with a low degree of confidence in the exact rankings) would be: [--]. Civil Rights Act (1964) [--]. Bonus Army bill (1932 involved literal occupation of the capital) [--]. Equal Rights Amendment (1970) [--]. This one [--]. Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) [--]. Ludlow Amendment (1938 huge public pressure campaign) [--]. McCain-Feingold (2002) [--]. Anti-busing amendment (1979) [--]. School prayer (1971) [--]. Making discharge petition signatures public (1993 championed by Ross Perot)" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991222427716649464) 2025-11-19T19:09Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "I mean I dont think any of these individuals are likely to be the [----] nominee but just as a general rule its not insane to think you could be nominated despite being passed over previously. See: Biden Harris Hillary Clinton Romney McCain GHW Bush Reagan Dole etc I mean. what do the likes of Cory Booker Amy Klobuchar or Kirsten Gillibrand think is going to happen Democratic primary voters will suddenly say "oh we were so wrong to not nominate you back in 2020" Nearly [--] Percent of Senate Democrats Are Thinking of Running for I mean. what do the likes of Cory Booker Amy Klobuchar or Kirsten" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991490776870842866) 2025-11-20T12:56Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "In the last month Ive seen John Mulaney at the Supreme Court and Rachel Maddow at Dick Cheneys funeral and I really dont know which one caught me off guard more" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991584119093100666) 2025-11-20T19:07Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "NEW: Dick Cheneys death brought Trumps enemies list to life. Attendees I spotted: Maddow Fauci McConnell Kristol (George) Conway Milley Bolton Brennan Tim Miller Pelosi + the January [--] Committee. It felt like walking into a Truth Social post. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991937069300752834) 2025-11-21T18:29Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "The guest list was such a searingly specific recitation of everyone Trump despises most that it almost felt intentional. (Were Cheney + George Conway really that close) Or a signal that Liz is staying in closer touch w/ other Never Trumpers than we knew https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991937791182377044) 2025-11-21T18:32Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "The gathering made for a Rorschach test of sorts: friendly throwback or evidence of kayfabe Principled opposition to Trump or evidence if a swamp ganging up against him Everyone will see it differently. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991938203457401082) 2025-11-21T18:34Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "MCCONNELL: Putin has spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool. WICKER: This so-called peace plan has real problems and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace. Senate GOPs (diminished) hawk wing takes aim at Trumps Ukraine proposal" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1991994940130463899) 2025-11-21T22:19Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "Wake Up To Politics is running its first-ever Black Friday sale If you follow me on here and have been thinking about signing up for a paid subscription now is the time to do it Subscriptions are 25% off at this link all week: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/subscribecoupon=00775504 https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/subscribecoupon=00775504" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1993704493503135777) 2025-11-26T15:32Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Is Herbert Hoover the only president to have (sort of) won a presidential primary held by the other party In the [----] New Hampshire Democratic primary Hoover was the only candidate to win delegates (the rest went unpledged)" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1994819170262016248) 2025-11-29T17:22Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Interestingly NYT later reported that FDR urged Hoover to run as a Democrat in [----] and there were even talks that year of Democrats nominating a Herbert Hoover-Franklin Roosevelt ticket. FDR did end up that years Dem VP nominee. Then the two men would face each other in [----]. https://www.nytimes.com/1932/11/20/archives/hooverroosevelt-a-1920-ticket-plan-friends-of-both-sought-to-have.html https://www.nytimes.com/1932/11/20/archives/hooverroosevelt-a-1920-ticket-plan-friends-of-both-sought-to-have.html" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1994819775092932690) 2025-11-29T17:24Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Hoover would ultimately declare in [----] he was a Republican the Times noted that this made sense because he was a progressive and that was not a word in the Democratic dictionary. Funny how things change. https://www.nytimes.com/1920/03/11/archives/hoover-as-a-candidate.html https://www.nytimes.com/1920/03/11/archives/hoover-as-a-candidate.html" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1994820223736926697) 2025-11-29T17:26Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Out of all the controversial actions taken by the second Trump administration almost none have sparked investigations by Republican-led congressional committees. Pete Hegseths alleged kill everybody order is the rare exception. I wrote about why: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/did-pete-hegseth-give-an-illegal https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/did-pete-hegseth-give-an-illegal" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1995560399824191660) 2025-12-01T18:27Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "If their discharge petition notches [---] signatures this will be the first Congress to see *four* discharge petitions reach that threshold since [----]. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-the News: GOP Reps. Luna and Burchett tell me they just filed their discharge petition to ban congressional stock trading. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-the News: GOP Reps. Luna and Burchett tell me they just filed their discharge petition to ban congressional stock trading" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1995939216648482861) 2025-12-02T19:32Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "In last [--] hours: - Top Republicans have said the Defense Secretary may have committed a war crime. - An IG report said same SecDef may risked endangering troops with Signal texts. - President pardoned someone who helped [---] tons of cocaine get into US. - Republicans underperformed in Tennessee special election. - A member of Mike Johnsons leadership team has declared war on him. Trumps veneer of dominance continuing to crack" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1996277088005882293) 2025-12-03T17:55Z 31.6K followers, 33K engagements "There are [---] GOP House seats that Trump won by less than he won TN-07. [--] he won by 20-22 points. [--] seats he won by 10-19 points. [--] seats by 5-9 points. [--] seats by 0-4 points. [--] he didnt win at all. (Note: District lines expected to shift by 2026.) https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/republicans-won-in-tennessee-the https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/republicans-won-in-tennessee-the" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1996285028108513469) 2025-12-03T18:26Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Out of that enormous universe of opportunities Democrats only need to flip three GOP House seats to win the majority in [----]. But last nights results are making Republicans worry about how large a majority Dems might gain: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/republicans-won-in-tennessee-the https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/republicans-won-in-tennessee-the" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1996285748476072176) 2025-12-03T18:29Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Embarrassing media error. An ABC News story this week claimed that @PressSec said that President Trump had ordered everybody be killed aboard the alleged drug boat. But she never said that. The quote attributed to her was a restatement of a reporters *question* to Leavitt" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1996316263228858373) 2025-12-03T20:31Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "I emailed ABC reps yesterday about the error inquiring about the editing process for the piece and whether AI was involved. I never heard back. Theyve now updated the piece with this editors note: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-account-strike-alleged-drug-boat-odds/storyid=128006261 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-account-strike-alleged-drug-boat-odds/storyid=128006261" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1996316429361074328) 2025-12-03T20:31Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "The relevant exchange from Mondays briefing starts at around 15:53 in this video: The false Leavitt quote was the main piece of evidence supporting the pieces original headline (White House account of 22nd strike on alleged drug boats at odds with what Trump said) which at one point yesterday was on the ABC News front page. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QwgDZhS289M&t=716s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QwgDZhS289M&t=716s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QwgDZhS289M&t=716s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QwgDZhS289M&t=716s" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1996317229500211227) 2025-12-03T20:34Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "22 U.S. Code [----] states that There is hereby established the United States Institute of Peace. Where is the statutory authorization to rename it the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace Unlike with the DOD there has not (as far we know) even been an EO authorizing the use of an alternative name. NEW: It's now the "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace" This comes as Trump is in midst of a legal fight over firing members of IOP Board. In June an appeals court paused a lower court's ruling allowing the dismantling of the IOP while appeals continue. https://t.co/FW1zrTakro NEW: It's now the "Donald" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1996319168782840264) 2025-12-03T20:42Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "NINE Republicans have signed @RepLunas discharge petition to ban congressional stock trading. That would be more than enough to force a House vote if all Dems sign on -- but so far only five have. Many House Dems support a different bill on member stock trading" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1996348584309211413) 2025-12-03T22:39Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "Should the proper acronym for the Supreme Court be SCUS as it apparently calls itself (per a parking sign outside the building) or SCOTUS Discuss" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1998171683971023022) 2025-12-08T23:23Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Is there still a penalty for inflammatory candidates in the age of Trump Well lets look at how Trump imitators tend to do in battleground elections: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/do-scandals-still-matter-in-the-trump https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/do-scandals-still-matter-in-the-trump" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1999560988475994268) 2025-12-12T19:24Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Hillary Clinton won the [----] popular vote is the banal observation that punches a hole in all other takes about the Trump era On one hand bring it up and you walk into a response like this. On the other it is a true fact you have to grapple with if you want to think through the electoral success of Trumpism: although all takes on the [----] election are interpreted through the lens of his stunning victory and what it meant (and how terrible of a candidate Clinton was) he did not in fact win the most votes in that election and she did not in fact win fewer. Q: "You do realize Hillary Clinton got" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2000982662001930588) 2025-12-16T17:33Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "To put this another way the fact that Donald Trump either won or came within striking distance of winning the White House three times is incredible relative to anyones expectations of what he would accomplish in say [----] and nothing can take away from that. But also relative to a normal political baseline this electoral dynamo has won the national popular vote exactly one of the three times hes been on the ballot. He is fairly unpopular and if anything his greatest talent might be convincing people (on both sides) hes such an electoral star when hes really not though it probably has a lot to" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2000984747317846083) 2025-12-16T17:41Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "You gotta wonder how Reince Priebus feels reading things like this considering he has loosely stuck around the Trump orbit and (unlike say John Kelly) remained a loyal supporter/surrogate Susie Wiles is by far the most effective and trustworthy Chief of Staff that my father has ever had. When Susie took over my father's political operation after J6 people forget how many "Republicans" were treating him like a pariah. Countless operatives consultants and Susie Wiles is by far the most effective and trustworthy Chief of Staff that my father has ever had. When Susie took over my father's" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2000985446684189119) 2025-12-16T17:44Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "Wow. Another huge embarrassment for Mike Johnson. This is the fourth discharge petition to reach [---] signatures this Congress -- the first time that has happened since the 75th Congress which met from [----] to [----]. 🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS JEFFRIES OBAMACARE DISCHARGE PETITION HAS REACHED [---] PENNSYLVANIA REP. RYAN MACKENZIE has signed the discharge petition. THE HOUSE will now vote on a clean three-year extension of the Obamacare premium subsidies. 🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS JEFFRIES OBAMACARE DISCHARGE PETITION HAS REACHED [---] PENNSYLVANIA REP. RYAN MACKENZIE has signed the discharge petition. THE HOUSE" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2001309130871415104) 2025-12-17T15:10Z 31.6K followers, 52.5K engagements "Not sure though I want to do more research on it. Interestingly this was right *after* the House moved the threshold for signatures back to [---] so thats not it. I wrote about two of the 75th Congress discharge petitions in this piece - minimum wage + an attempt to make every war declaration subject to nationwide referendum - but have yet to find the other tow https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-theutm_source=publication-search https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-theutm_source=publication-search" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2001356960256717246) 2025-12-17T18:20Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "NEW: Voters said before Maduro capture that Trump admin hadnt explained position on Venezuela and how could it when it doesnt have one Officials have offered competing explanations for capture each one suggesting different future. No sign of a https://open.substack.com/pub/wakeuptopolitics/p/there-is-no-trump-doctriner=exwl&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/wakeuptopolitics/p/there-is-no-trump-doctriner=exwl&utm_medium=ios" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2008208951507055006) 2026-01-05T16:08Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "Rubio says Trump wants democracy in Venezuela. But Trump seems uninterested in elections. Then he said Trump only wants regime change in this hemisphere. But Trump is also eyeing Iran. No plan for post-Maduro or for whether to use force elsewhere. https://open.substack.com/pub/wakeuptopolitics/p/there-is-no-trump-doctriner=exwl&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/wakeuptopolitics/p/there-is-no-trump-doctriner=exwl&utm_medium=ios" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2008209876779196664) 2026-01-05T16:12Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "The best way to think of the Trump admin is as a coalition govt. Like with tariffs different officials supported Maduros ouster for different reasons. But: each diagnosis suggests a different prescription. We cant know what Trump wants next till we know why we got here" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2008243608210866672) 2026-01-05T18:26Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements "Yes the mainstream media covered the Minnesota fraud story. But it couldnt make it viral. That only came with a video from 23-year-old Nick Shirley which has captured a stunning 138M views on X. Tim Walz is the first political death by influencer. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2008586482639151608) 2026-01-06T17:08Z 31.7K followers, 18.5K engagements "The New York Times hasnt posted a YouTube video that has received as many views as Shirleys (3.3 million) since [----] despite boasting [----] million subscribers on the platform to Shirleys [----] million (many of whom are new). https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2008587083603206279) 2026-01-06T17:10Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Yes the mainstream media covered the Minnesota fraud story. But it couldnt make it viral. That only came with a video from 23-year-old Nick Shirley which has captured a stunning 138M views on X. Tim Walz is the first political death by influencer" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2008589335604719632) 2026-01-06T17:19Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Its a phenomenon familiar in entertainment world: a celebrity scandal starts w/ mainstream reporting then goes viral courtesy of influencers who may or may not have their facts straight. With Walz influencers have entered the political realm as well https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2008589922933108911) 2026-01-06T17:22Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "More on the veto override votes -- by far the ones that have gotten the least attention -- here: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trump-vs-every-member-of-congress https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trump-vs-every-member-of-congress" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2009305323287310815) 2026-01-08T16:44Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "During Trumps first term TWO war powers resolutions passed the House + Senate: one on Yemen and another on Iran. Neither passed with veto-proof majorities and both were vetoed. Same will likely happen with Venezuela res if it passes. A Greenland res on the other hand" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2009306206146298134) 2026-01-08T16:48Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "Its true that presidents vetoing double-unanimous bills is rare but its happened much more recently than that. In [----] Barack Obama vetoed a bill that would have limited pensions for former presidents (just months before he would become a former president). It had passed House + Senate unanimously. House opted not to hold an override voted. GOP Hill staffers say that the last time they can track a president vetoing bills that passed both chambers unanimously -- as Trump has done and the House will vote to override today -- was during reconstruction under the Johnson Administration. GOP Hill" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2009313067574702262) 2026-01-08T17:15Z 31.7K followers, 156.8K engagements "It is impossible to lead a lasting political movement when Trump blasts lawmakers for supporting a resolution he almost certainly would have scorned them for opposing just [--] years ago. This unideological highly personalist style may work for Trump while hes in office but it also guarantees that Trumpism as a movement wont mean much once he leaves the stage. Is Trumpism interventionist Isolationist No one knows because its all up to Trump in the moment. But one day there wont be a Trump which will spark huge fights between those two wings of the GOP. Everyone will lay claim to his mantle" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2009327189934686540) 2026-01-08T18:11Z 31.7K followers, 18.5K engagements "Vance says that this new position will be: Titled Assistant attorney general (although later says associate attorney general) Senate-confirmed Run out of the White House But Assistant (or Associate) AG positions are created by statute -- how can the Senate confirm someone to an office that hasnt been created by law And how can a Justice Department position be placed within the White House VANCE at todays press briefing announces the admin is creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud. A nomination will be made in next few" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2009335526650704319) 2026-01-08T18:44Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements "Vance did not seem to think the War Powers Resolution was fake or unconstitutional in [----] when he endorsed Steve Bannons calls for Biden to have to use the law to consult Congress on Ukraine https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/02/sen-jd-vance-backs-maga-media-personalitys-push-for-vote-on-ukraine-support.html JD Vance just now told reporters that the administration has been in touch with some of the Senate Rs who voted in favor of the war powers resolution today and downplayed any policy disagreements. "Every president Democrat or Republican believes the War Powers Act is a" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2009346301159440569) 2026-01-08T19:27Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "UPDATE: Neither veto was overridden a victory for Trump who was able to get almost all House Rs to flip their votes on both measures. Here is a chart with every bill in the 21st century that was passed with veto-proof majorities then vetoed and then given a veto override vote. Each bill has the % support in their original vote and then in the veto override vote. It is rare for those two votes to look much different -- but not unheard of. (Altho I would note that on the two [----] examples the closest parallels there were events that changed in between original passage and the veto override vote" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2009362188205797535) 2026-01-08T20:30Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "@summerpard Supreme Court opinions usually take months to write Getting a ruling in the tariffs case now would be unusually early not unusually late" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2009664564036772296) 2026-01-09T16:32Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "@mcbc Yeah Barrett did the same thing when announcing a different opinion on the day Roberts announced Trump v US and I remember thinking the same thing about it being like the 4th wall breaking https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/i-was-inside-the-supreme-court-yesterday https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/i-was-inside-the-supreme-court-yesterday" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2009692971386679623) 2026-01-09T18:25Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "With Mary Peltola now in the race Polymarket prediction market now give Dems 49% odds (to GOPs 47% odds) of winning Alaskas Senate seats. With favorable odds for Dems in Maine and North Carolina as well but not Ohio that means bettors are now eyeing a 50-50 Senate" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010783572047823223) 2026-01-12T18:38Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements "Will Jay Powell stay on the Fed board after his term as chair ends If hes looking for inspiration he wont have to look far. The Fed building thats causing so much furor is named for Marriner Eccles the last Fed chair to do just that. Eccles was also a key player in a 1950s clash with Harry Truman that seeded the way for modern Fed independence https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010788898633629713) 2026-01-12T19:00Z 31.7K followers, 25.3K engagements "Three ways Trumps legal threat against Powell could backfire: [--]. Trumps revenge prosecutions have so far largely fallen flat -- and if charge are brought here as well they would likely lead to another embarrassing legal loss. The theory behind charging Powell relies on parsing the definition of the phrase serious renovation and other alleged lies that will be difficult to convict on. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010836142334284237 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010836142334284237" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010836142334284237) 2026-01-12T22:07Z 31.7K followers, 42.3K engagements "2. It could make it harder to confirm a successor to Powell as weve already seen from Tillis. Senate Banking Committee is split 13-11. A nay vote from Tillis = a 12-12 vote. A 12-12 vote in committee = no Fed chair nominee makes it to the Senate floor. Simple as that. Tillis is making Trump choose: he can continue this investigation or he can pick the next Fed chair but he cant do both. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010836619797151797 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010836619797151797" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010836619797151797) 2026-01-12T22:09Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "3. It could make Powell dig his heels in. In the short term that could mean defying Trumps wishes of cutting interest rates. In the long term that could mean staying on the Fed board. Powells term as chair ends in May -- but his term on the board goes until [----]. If Powell stays on as governor even after hes done as chair Trump only gets to fill [--] Fed seat this year not 2" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010837406455644632) 2026-01-12T22:12Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "Only two Fed chairs have ever stayed on the board after being done as chair: the very first Fed chair Charles Sumner Hamlin and Marriner Eccles the namesake of the very building that has become so controversial lately. https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010788898633629713 Will Jay Powell stay on the Fed board after his term as chair ends If hes looking for inspiration he wont have to look far. The Fed building thats causing so much furor is named for Marriner Eccles the last Fed chair to do just that. Eccles was also a key player in a" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010837820751888711) 2026-01-12T22:14Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "Also in this mornings newsletter: A brief history of presidents trying to push Fed chairs around -- including the incident when LBJ *literally* shoved the Fed chair in an attempt to get him to cut interest rates. Read all about it here: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010838152462709085) 2026-01-12T22:15Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "Another note of interest: What happens if Tillis blocks Trumps pick and no Fed chair is confirmed by May The board is able by law to pick one governor to serve as chair pro tempore. The three times thats happened the board has chosen the outgoing chair -- so the DOJ investigation could inadvertently lead to Powells chairmanship being extended. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010838581041111134) 2026-01-12T22:17Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "Trump posted this week that hes Acting President of Venezuela. But the day before US govt told citizens of the *other* country Trump leads to leave VZ immediately due to risk of wrongful detention torture civil unrest poor health infrastructure + more. Hard to square" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2011544347083489675) 2026-01-14T21:01Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements "Just checking in on how Donald Trumps isolationist presidency is going" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2012571330382553301) 2026-01-17T17:02Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements "On the last year" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2013635947154247942) 2026-01-20T15:33Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "And the last weekend. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/one-year-of-trump-two https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/one-year-of-trump-two" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2013636120542609832) 2026-01-20T15:33Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements "Back in April [----] the Boston Globe produced a fake front page imagining what a Trump presidency would be like. The predictions mostly failed to materialize in Trumps first term but many have come true and then some in his second. This year has been the presidency that both Trump and his critics long imagined: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/one-year-of-trump-two https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/one-year-of-trump-two" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2013660716306174222) 2026-01-20T17:11Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "JUST NOW: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook leaving the Supreme Court after oral arguments on whether she can keep her job. She did not respond to my question on how she felt the session went" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2014025381347475962) 2026-01-21T17:20Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements "U.S. House members are paid $174000 a year and generally only hold votes 3-4 days a week. Why should they have to be told by the Speaker of the House that their vote is needed rather than assuming they should show up for a vote by default A Rep. Hunt spox on missing the rule vote today: The Speaker of the House contacted Congressman Hunt approximately [--] minutes ago to inform him that his vote is needed this afternoon. Congressman Hunt is en route to Washington D.C. as we speak and will be present to cast his A Rep. Hunt spox on missing the rule vote today: The Speaker of the House contacted" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2014407821970821204) 2026-01-22T18:40Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements "The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti increasingly seem to be ballooning into a political crisis for Trump and yet it can hardly be said that his undivided attention seems to be on the situation" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2015834528837751020) 2026-01-26T17:09Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements "A reminder in here to take public opinion polls with a grain of salt 21% of people who havent heard about the MN shooting still hazard an answer on whether or not it was justified Hard to know what theyd be basing that on since they havent heard about it. Good reminder for those of us who parse polls closely that sometimes people are just saying whatever jumps to mind. % who say the shooting of Alex Pretti was wasn't justified U.S. adults 20% 48% Saw video of shooting 25% 63% Heard about it; didn't see video 22% 41% Didn't hear about or see video 5% 16% Democrats 4% 83% Republicans 44% 13%" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2015898843393753511) 2026-01-26T21:25Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements "About to take my first-ever final exam Wish me luck" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/808316650797797376) 2016-12-12T14:24Z 31.4K followers, [--] engagements "@NolanDMcCaskill @politico Congratulations Looking forward to seeing your name in my inbox" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/941704528470175744) 2017-12-15T16:20Z 31.7K followers, [--] engagements "From the Deputy Attorney General to a Saudi journalist to Taylor Swift: pool reports in the Trump era" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1049411921059954688) 2018-10-08T21:31Z 31.1K followers, [--] engagements "FERGUSON Mo. Im here at the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis office where @SpeakerPelosi and @LacyClayMO1 will speak about the Voting Rights Advancement Act in about an hour. Heres the set-up complete with St. Louis Missouri and American flags:" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1107696960427966464) 2019-03-18T17:35Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "#Breaking: The House of Representatives has approved the first of two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump charging him with abuse of power" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1207471714415894528) 2019-12-19T01:24Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "A quickly tightening race here in #MO01. Lacy Clay has represented the district for [--] terms and his father did for [--] before that but Ferguson activist Cori Bush gave him a serious challenge in [----] and has gained momentum in her second bid this year" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1290845784674631681) 2020-08-05T03:03Z 31.3K followers, [---] engagements "SCOOP: I've obtained the first comment from the Clay family since the longtime dynasty was defeated last night. "The Clays' years of elected public service.has ended" says frmr Rep. Bill Clay (father of Lacy) blaming "outside money from sources associated w/ Bernie Sanders"" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1291022215782309889) 2020-08-05T14:44Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "Bernie Sanders' reaction when his wife tells him to "stand up straight" before his DNC speech is priceless. (Full video via @bubbaprog)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1295589348394635264) 2020-08-18T05:12Z 32K followers, 20.6K engagements "After signing a pardon earlier in the night President Trump is now hosting a naturalization ceremony from the White House as part of the Republican National Convention's primetime programming" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1298441856796196865) 2020-08-26T02:07Z 31.1K followers, [--] engagements "@DavidNir @politico I believe Politico calls a state either when AP has or all of the networks have" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1324115757777723396) 2020-11-04T22:26Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "@DavidNir @politico Yeah that it is weird. Heres this from a few days ago though: Politico editor @cbudoffbrown explains how we handle election results: we report once either three networks or the AP call a race. https://t.co/iTrJOjw4nZ Politico editor @cbudoffbrown explains how we handle election results: we report once either three networks or the AP call a race. https://t.co/iTrJOjw4nZ" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1324116172481220608) 2020-11-04T22:27Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "New: With projections in Georgia and North Carolina @NBCNews has become the first network to make calls in the presidential race in every state. Final electoral count: 306-232 the exact inverse of 2016" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1327330834416852997) 2020-11-13T19:21Z 32K followers, [----] engagements "Biden is considering three candidates for DOD: veteran Pentagon official Michle Flournoy former DHS chief Jeh Johnson & retired Army general Lloyd Austin. Johnson or Austin would be the first Black Defense Secretary Flournoy would be the first woman. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/biden-defense-secretary/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/biden-defense-secretary/index.html" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1333421297443999750) 2020-11-30T14:43Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "Biden to announce Defense Secretary & Atty General picks this week he tells pool. DOD contenders: Former undersecretary Michle Flournoy former DHS Secy Jeh Johnson Gen. Lloyd Austin AG contenders: Former Gov. Deval Patrick Sen. Doug Jones former deputy AG Sally Yates" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1336061794528407552) 2020-12-07T21:35Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "Hard to see President Trump taking the same approach at his rally tonight. There are some more shouts about the election certification. Well have our day in Congress. Well hear the evidence" Pence says. "But tomorrow is Georgias day. There are some more shouts about the election certification. Well have our day in Congress. Well hear the evidence" Pence says. "But tomorrow is Georgias day" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1346195547519131648) 2021-01-04T20:43Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "The official @POTUS account now follows [--] people all of them Biden aides or accounts and then @chrissyteigen" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1352071471347224576) 2021-01-21T01:52Z 32K followers, 32.4K engagements "LEAHY confirms that he will preside over former President Trump's trial as Senate president pro tempore. https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/comment-on-presiding-over-the-impeachment-trial-of-president-donald-trump https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/comment-on-presiding-over-the-impeachment-trial-of-president-donald-trump" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1353796728282091525) 2021-01-25T20:07Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "In which the White House chief of staff retweets a message endorsing Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg as Bidens successors. 👀👀 https://t.co/eCPo2XVJoc 👀👀 https://t.co/eCPo2XVJoc" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1358517288593477633) 2021-02-07T20:45Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "Breaking: TJ Ducklo has resigned as deputy White House press secretary after reports that he threatened and verbally harassed a Politico reporter. First high-profile departure from the Biden White House" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1360742205300817920) 2021-02-14T00:06Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "In the same weekend: The Senate Republican campaign committee gave former President Trump a Champion for Freedom Award Trump called the Senate Republican leader a dumb son of a bitch" and a "stone cold loser."" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1381603955214594051) 2021-04-12T13:43Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "BREAKING: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces he will resign effective in two weeks after facing allegations of sexual harassment from [--] women. His lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul will become the first female governor in the states history" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1425126875605749760) 2021-08-10T16:08Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "Keep going on behalf of human rights civil rights womens rights for a better future @HillaryClinton addresses hundreds of Georgetown students gathered to watch her depart after her speech here earlier today" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1467934675175936008) 2021-12-06T19:11Z 32K followers, 18.8K engagements "In todays edition of parsing the Manchin tea leaves: His office is now downplaying a nod he gave in response to a question on the Child Tax Credit per @sahilkapur in the Hill pool" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1471187202382118912) 2021-12-15T18:35Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "Not a good sign for Biden that the Democrats going public about ambivalence (or opposition) to him running in [----] are mainly moderates his natural base in the party" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1553025840044204032) 2022-07-29T14:33Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements "Just how few people pick up the phone for pollsters If you were employed as one of our interviewers at a call center you would have to dial numbers for two hours to get a single completed interview @Nate_Cohn writes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/upshot/midterms-polling-phone-calls.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/upshot/midterms-polling-phone-calls.html" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1580223454887890945) 2022-10-12T15:46Z 31K followers, [--] engagements "To recap: Just four days before the deadline a handful of lawmakers dropped a 4000-page bill at 1:30am that accounts for $1.7 trillion in spending. And it was almost derailed by a dispute over where in the DMV to build a building. Only in America http://wakeuptopolitics.com/december-20-2022 http://wakeuptopolitics.com/december-20-2022" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1605251824663019523) 2022-12-20T17:20Z 30.8K followers, [----] engagements "Truly bizarre pair of takeaways from Fox News especially considering SCOTUS justices have routinely skipped SOTUs in recent years" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1623161027964829697) 2023-02-08T03:25Z 31.3K followers, [----] engagements "Biden this morning: I never called it Bidenomics. I dont go around beating my chest Bidenomics. The White House this morning: Bidenomics Is Working" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1674088404663820292) 2023-06-28T16:12Z 31.3K followers, [----] engagements "At the end of her read dissent Sotomayor moved beyond the courts decision and spoke to society including directly urging colleges to use race in admissions in whatever way they can. We shall overcome she pointedly said" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1674432687137001473) 2023-06-29T22:11Z 29.8K followers, 105K engagements "@stevenmazie Hi Steven any chance you have any additional info on how often it is for justices to read concurrences form the bench Do you know when the last time was" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1674579645746782211) 2023-06-30T00:44Z 29.9K followers, [--] engagements "No country has clung to formal military neutrality longer to Sweden which first adopted the policy in [----]. That is about to end as Turkey clears the way for Sweden to join NATO. More on the agreement and why NATO isnt also moving to add Ukraine:" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1678764800040648707) 2023-07-11T14:47Z 29.9K followers, [---] engagements "A quirk of House procedure on display yesterday as an anti-DEI amendment failed 216-216 because the House was voting as the Committee of the Whole which includes territorial delegates. The House then gaveled back in as itself (sans delegates) & voted 214-213 for the amendment" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1679899644157997062) 2023-07-14T17:04Z 29.8K followers, [----] engagements "The House has [--] delegates who can participate in Committee of the Whole (often used for amendment votes) but not full House. Dem delegates from DC Northern Mariana Islands and Virgin Islands voted against amendment. GOP delegate from Guam voted for. (Samoan delegate absent.)" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1679900375900467213) 2023-07-14T17:07Z 29.9K followers, [--] engagements "Some of the people who have reached the GOP debate donor threshold before Mike Pence: Doug Burgum the governor of North Dakota Vivek Ramaswamy a first-time political candidate Nikki Haley who served in a lower position in the Trump administration" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1681672094004674562) 2023-07-19T14:27Z 29.9K followers, [----] engagements "WASHINGTON Heres the scene outside Prettyman courthouse as law enforcement officials reportedly meet inside to prepare for a possible Trump indictment. Walked past a group of officers talking and overheard the press will be pissed but unclear what they were discussing" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1684629990317420545) 2023-07-27T18:21Z 29.9K followers, [----] engagements "DEAN PHILLIPS: The poll numbers and the Hunter Biden special counsel together areextraordinarily consequential and I think horrifying in combination. More from my interview with the lone House Democrat calling for Biden to retire:" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1691110196083572736) 2023-08-14T15:31Z 29.8K followers, [----] engagements "As we wait for the Camp David trilateral presser TV correspondents are doing their standups in front of the podium. Notably the White House correspondents here for all five networks are women" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1692612519162974572) 2023-08-18T19:00Z 29.9K followers, 43.9K engagements "Most interesting part about this episode was that much of the Obama orbit often praised for their political savvy were reportedly pushing Patrick to run because they were so worried about Biden. Then Patrick collapsed and Biden whom they thought couldnt win won" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1693370437525176780) 2023-08-20T21:12Z 29.8K followers, 10.9K engagements "It actually isnt that uncommon Bob Dole in [----] and George W. Bush in [----] both did it (and Dole skipped the first three). Also Mitt Romney in [----] (technically he hadnt announced yet but he has been invited and other candidates who hadnt announced showed up)" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1694545131435688112) 2023-08-24T03:00Z 29.8K followers, 47.3K engagements "There it is (via @CNN)" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1694871841351856329) 2023-08-25T00:38Z 29.9K followers, [----] engagements "Morning Consult post-debate poll: Trump DeSantis no change Ramaswamy Christie up [--] Everyone else stable Nothing changed" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1695499473768894579) 2023-08-26T18:12Z 29.9K followers, [----] engagements "Dont think this is fair. At one of the low points of Bidens life when his son Beau died in [----] McConnell was the lone Senate Republican to attend the funeral" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1697368279134724308) 2023-08-31T21:58Z 29.9K followers, 10.5K engagements "Mirror split in both parties: Democratic elites want a second Biden term think he has a relatively good shot; Dem voters want someone else think hes doomed. Republican elites think Trump could screw the party; GOP voters think hes guaranteed victory" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1699825515337769206) 2023-09-07T16:42Z 29.8K followers, [---] engagements "ROMNEY calls it quits. The Senate GOP loses one of its last remaining dealmakers. My message to Utahns on my Senate reelection plan: https://t.co/kgbsfIxMeR My message to Utahns on my Senate reelection plan: https://t.co/kgbsfIxMeR" [X Link](https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/1702014677998313783) 2023-09-13T17:41Z 31.3K followers, [----] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Social Influence
Social category influence us election countries celebrities finance travel destinations technology brands social networks automotive brands currencies musicians
Social topic influence donald trump, white house, in the, kamala harris, dems, joe biden, the first, georgetown, tariffs, ukraine
Top assets mentioned Dogecoin (DOGE) Dana Incorporated (DAN)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Spotted from inside Dick Cheneys funeral: Rachel Maddow and Anthony Fauci sitting together. Also: Mitch McConnell. John Boehner sitting with Nancy Pelosi. George Conway. Bill Kristol. Bob Woodward. James Carville. Adam Schiff. Several of Liz Cheneys former colleagues from the January 6th committee. And many others"
X Link 2025-11-20T15:27Z 32K followers, 513.8K engagements
"@cwarzel Fair enough. I understand not wanting to seem like a few voices are representative of an entire generation but I still think it's important to at least include some Gen Z voices speaking for themselves if you're trying to ascertain how Gen Z feels. I appreciate the response"
X Link 2020-06-23T14:02Z 31.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Seven lessons learned (or re-learned) in the last [--] hours [--]. TV is (still) the president. Trump sacked Bovino because he didnt like what he saw on television and as @brianstelter notes elevated Tom Homan after Fox & Friends suggested it"
X Link 2026-01-27T17:18Z 31.8K followers, 52.9K engagements
"This is true as a literal sign of how decisions are made but also an apt metaphor. TV is by nature moderate a sign of what is considered acceptable discourse. As much as Trump may be surrounded by extreme advisers he is often constrained by the instinct to paddle back to what will play on television and wont scare off too many viewers"
X Link 2026-01-27T17:18Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements
"2. Trump is (still) influenced by the last person he spoke to. Weve seen it with Putin and Zelensky. Weve seen it with Zohran. Now Trumps calls with Walz and Frey led to him strikingly softening his rhetoric towards them and seemingly contributed to changing his stance in MN"
X Link 2026-01-27T17:18Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements
"We cant trust our government anymore Kristi Noem told Dana Bash last year. But you are the government Bash had to remind her. What happens when a small-government party becomes the government They often drop many of their anti-gov commitments as weve seen from the Trump admin on censorship states rights gun rights and more. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/does-anybody-believe-anything https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/does-anybody-believe-anything"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:46Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Republican officials are questioning gun rights. And Democratic governors are championing the 2nd Amendment. These events are a good reminder that party ideologies are fluid and often ebb and flow depending on which party is wielding power"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:53Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Would have been very funny if Trump had just announced Kevin as his Fed pick like when he endorsed Eric for Missouri Senate and left it to senators to figure out if he meant Hassett or Warsh. Well it's Kevin-- President Donald Trump announces that former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh will be his pick for Fed Chair writing "I have known Kevin for a long period of time and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen maybe the best." https://t.co/wQeZi6ZgWy Well it's Kevin-- President Donald Trump announces that former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh will be his pick for Fed Chair"
X Link 2026-01-30T12:27Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements
"And all of this caps off a month in which the U.S. captured the president of Venezeula Trump threatened (and dropped) tariffs against allies over Greenland a criminal probe was opened into the Fed chair and two Americans were killed by immigration officers"
X Link 2026-01-30T16:30Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements
"NEW: Donald Trump is trying to force Congress to name things for him. [--] years ago Congress unanimously tried to name a building for a different president. He vetoed it. I know of no Federal office buildings that have been named for a President while still in office Gerald Ford wrote. This legislation might begin a precedent I believe it best not to establish. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020918875148124301 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020918875148124301"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:53Z 32K followers, 469.6K engagements
"Something very jarring about the president switching between talking about his new ballroom the new documentary about his wife and also the ongoing situation where agents under his authority have killed two citizens of the country he leads"
X Link 2026-01-26T17:08Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements
"We cant trust our government anymore Kristi Noem told Dana Bash last year. But you are the government Bash had to remind her. What happens when a small-government party becomes the government Their ideological commitments start to fade: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/does-anybody-believe-anything https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/does-anybody-believe-anything"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:54Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements
"According to Morning Consult the United States has [--] popular governors and then Kim Reynolds (Iowa) and Dan McKee (Rhode Island). They are the only two governors in MCs polling with net-negative approval ratings"
X Link 2026-01-29T21:06Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements
"11% of Americans who currently describe themselves as far-left say they were once far-right. 8% of Americans who currently describe themselves as far-right say they were once far-left. 🐎👟"
X Link 2026-02-01T23:10Z 32K followers, 54K engagements
"Yet another Trump clash with a MAGA woman in Congress following his feud with MTG his split with Lauren Boebert over a Colorado water bill and the Epstein discharge petition (signed by Greene Boebert and Mace). Trump v. Luna I wonder how this one will end Trump v. Luna I wonder how this one will end"
X Link 2026-02-02T21:57Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"If you want to see the full list of [--] and see when they broke with Trump here you go: And read more about the extinction-level event coming for Trump-skeptical Republicans here: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cc_UXrp9zCU9Sg5TFN-BGCyWA3vrPIj721NPZTkMXY4/editusp=sharing https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cc_UXrp9zCU9Sg5TFN-BGCyWA3vrPIj721NPZTkMXY4/editusp=sharing"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:27Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"NEW: How many Republicans willing to break with Trump are left in Congress I ran the numbers. Out of the [---] GOP lawmakers since [----] only [--] have ever broken with Trump on a key vote. By [----] only [--] were left. By this time next year the group shrink as low as 22"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:21Z 32K followers, 343.7K engagements
"Of the [--] Republicans who have cast at least [--] major vote against Trump since 2017: [--] retired [--] lost their seats [--] resigned [--] died in office That leaves [--] still there -- [--] of whom are retiring this year plus [--] who face potential defeat. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:37Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"An earlier draft of Fords statement was even more pointed. I would hope our Presidents will be remembered for their labors in building better Government rather than for their efforts in constructing public works projects to themselves Ford initially wrote. More on the history of things being named for presidents: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-presidents-who-refused-to-name https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-presidents-who-refused-to-name"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:54Z 32K followers, 30.9K engagements
"Previous presidents have recognized that putting their names on projects would only politicize them -- and chosen to prioritize getting the policies enacted even at the expense of securing their personal legacies. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-presidents-who-refused-to-name https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-presidents-who-refused-to-name"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:59Z 32K followers, 12.7K engagements
"Pretty amazing admission from the leader of the legislative branch that he believes policy on tariffs long considered the domain of his branch should be worked out between the executive branch and the judicial branch without any congressional involvement. Speaker Johnson says reason for extension of tariff ban language in rule is due to a pending SCOTUS ruling: I think the sentiment is that we allow a little bit more runway for this to be worked out between the executive branch and the judicial branch. Says he expects the rule Speaker Johnson says reason for extension of tariff ban language"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:56Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"NEW: The modern presidency comes with a gamble. You are usually able to pass some big bills in your first two years; then you lose control of Congress. Donald Trump is also likely to lose control of Congress but when he does so he will have achieved almost no lasting policy change the worst of both worlds. He has built no sturdy edifices only sandcastles many of which are already collapsing. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:46Z 32K followers, [---] engagements
"Mostly he hasnt. If legislation builds sturdy structures then Trump has been building sandcastles. Many have already been knocked down. Hes gotten all the political negatives of united govt without any of the benefits of long-term policy change. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:03Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump like his predecessors entered office with political capital and positive approval ratings. Unlike his predecessors Trump has gambled it away not by shepherding through a legislative agenda but thru exec actions unlikely to stand the test of time https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:05Z 32K followers, [---] engagements
"For what its worth I use the paid version of ChatGPT and find that it still hallucinates a lot and (when Ive tried to see how it would do writing newsletters as an experiment) rarely produces anything close to a product that I think my readers would pay for. That said I have been saying this to fellow academics for months now: Part of the problem is that most people are using the free version of AI tools. The free version is over a year behind what paying users have access to. Judging AI based on free-tier ChatGPT is like evaluating the state I have been saying this to fellow academics for"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:32Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"The other day I wanted to write about the history of things being named for sitting presidents. I had a few examples in mind: the Hoover Dam; Washington DC; FDR wanting a statue only the size of his desk. I asked ChatGPT if there were any other examples I should include. Almost all of them were made up. BUT one wasnt: it linked to a statement from Gerald Ford vetoing a federal building that would have been named for him. I ended up using that as the lead anecdote in my story and in the below tweet which fetched almost [------] views. No one has written about this veto in the context of"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:32Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"The legendary scholar Richard Neusdtat wrote that presidents derive power from their ability to persuade. By that metric Donald Trump is very weak. He hasnt persuaded the Senate to end the filibuster. Or judges to uphold many of his EOs. Or grand juries to indict his political rivals. Or the public to support his policies. And he largely hasnt even tried persuading Congress to codify his agenda. The result is a list of ephemeral achievements that seem dazzling in the moment but will mostly be wiped away. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-sandcastle-presidency"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:40Z 32K followers, [---] engagements
"Im not someone who believes that independent media can fix everything in journalism but this is one place it can soar: when you have a small or medium-sized audience (or in this case a city of 700K residents) hungry for news on a niche topic married with reporters who know the subject matter and can deliver. All it takes is a driven subscriber base and I could see more than one operation like that springing out of the Post wreckage. So depressing to see so many talented journalists laid off and hoping new models will emerge to sustain their vital reporting. The number of Substacks I subscribe"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:00Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"OK lets look at Article II It explicitly says that Congress may vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers as they think proper in the President alone OR in the Courts of Law. (And DOJ has previously said U.S. attorneys = inferior officers.) Judges dont pick U.S. Attorneys @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired Donald Kinsella. Judges dont pick U.S. Attorneys @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired Donald Kinsella"
X Link 2026-02-12T03:09Z 32K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Cant help but notice that this piece by @cwarzel purporting to explain how Gen Z feels about politics and activism fails to quote a single member of Gen Z. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/opinion/trump-protest-gen-z.htmlreferringSource=articleShare https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/opinion/trump-protest-gen-z.htmlreferringSource=articleShare"
X Link 2020-06-23T13:40Z 31.8K followers, [--] engagements
"The @businessinsider DC team is doing awesome work with an impressive lineup of journalists. I subscribed recently and have not regretted it 2/ I joined [--] month ago. There are now [--] of us including: @dsamuelsohn @elvina_nawaguna @KaylaEpstein @tomlobianco @rbravender @TinaSfon Together we've reported for the @AP @CNN @politico @Suntimes @publicintegrity @dallasnews @Reuters & @CQRollCall b/f signing on. 2/ I joined [--] month ago. There are now [--] of us including: @dsamuelsohn @elvina_nawaguna @KaylaEpstein @tomlobianco @rbravender @TinaSfon Together we've reported for the @AP @CNN @politico"
X Link 2020-08-01T16:05Z 31.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Notable: Just a few days after @tarapalmeri flagged JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg as a young person to watch hell be speaking before Biden at the Kennedy Library today. Tara notes that Schlossberg has the hair the Kennedy name and pedigree plus two Harvard degrees"
X Link 2022-09-12T20:58Z 31.6K followers, [--] engagements
"Jack Smith cant resist a $5 footlong. Thats according tonew and exclusive CNN video of the special counsel at Subway"
X Link 2023-07-18T17:33Z 31.6K followers, 125.7K engagements
"@samstein Dont forget https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4355971-trump-digital-trading-cards-mugshot/amp/ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4355971-trump-digital-trading-cards-mugshot/amp/"
X Link 2024-03-26T17:44Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Spotted by the New York delegation: Kennedy scion Vogue correspondent and viral TikToker Jack Schlossberg (pictured here chatting with @PeterAlexander) He declined to be interviewed"
X Link 2024-08-20T00:10Z 31.6K followers, 20.5K engagements
"I was a TikTok sensation Marianne Williamson says"
X Link 2025-01-31T02:07Z 31.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Very well put by Yuval Levin on @ezraklein:"
X Link 2025-02-05T23:40Z 32K followers, 206.9K engagements
"Three of the men reshaping the government with DOGE: Gavin Kliger 25: reposted Nick Fuentes and other white supremacists Marko Elez 25: says he was racist before it was cool Edward Coristine 19: fired from past job for sharing internal information with a competitor"
X Link 2025-02-07T20:25Z 32K followers, 354.2K engagements
"What does Donald Trump actually want out of the second Trump administration Ive started following a simple rule to find out: pay attention to what Maggie Haberman is covering. The resulting portrait is a POTUS much more animated by White House redesigns than anything at DOGE"
X Link 2025-02-20T16:06Z 31.1K followers, 41K engagements
"Things Donald Trump has not made clear - if he supports cuts to Medicaid one of the biggest programs in the federal budget Things Donald Trump has made clear - he wants Air Force One to be red white and blue and a chandelier in the Oval Office https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-haberman-rule https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-haberman-rule"
X Link 2025-02-20T18:11Z 31.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Worth noting: Jimmy Kimmel has now been back on the air for about two weeks. Brendan Carr said not long ago that if Kimmel stayed on the air he would pull broadcast licenses of ABC affiliates. So. wheres Carr He seems to have backed down after pressure from Ted Cruz and other Republican senators. The episode has fallen into the background but I think its important to swell on: its probably the most significant example of GOP lawmakers saying the Trump administration has gone too far. and winning"
X Link 2025-10-08T20:16Z 32K followers, 114.3K engagements
"The year was [----]. Rhode Island was split into two competing factions -- the Dorrites and the Charterites -- both claiming to be the legitimate government of Rhode Island. Heres how a Supreme Court case on their dispute plays into President Trumps deployments of the National Guard: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/more-humpty-dumpty-cases-trump-and https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/more-humpty-dumpty-cases-trump-and"
X Link 2025-10-09T17:43Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements
"A fairly damning paragraph: A top federal prosecutor was installed despite the Attorney General believing she would be unqualified to carry out important national security cases all because the president wanted someone who would go after two of his political rivals"
X Link 2025-10-13T22:25Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements
"In other words: Trumps own AG believes his drive for revenge could potentially endanger national security https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/todd-blanche-justice-department-trump.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/us/politics/todd-blanche-justice-department-trump.htmlsmid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"
X Link 2025-10-13T22:26Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements
"NEW: Senate Republicans have signed off on many controversial Trump nominees. But away from the spotlight his confirmation record isnt as sterling: Trump has had to withdraw more nominees in [----] than any recent president in a single year. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trump-has-withdrawn-a-record-number https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trump-has-withdrawn-a-record-number"
X Link 2025-10-21T16:52Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements
"If Paul Ingrassia withdraws his nomination which now seems likely he will be the 49th Trump nominee to withdraw this year. No president has had to withdraw as many picks in their first two years as Trump has in his first"
X Link 2025-10-21T16:59Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Matt Gaetz. Ed Martin. EJ Antoni. Paul Ingrassia While Trump has boasted about his confirmation successes he has also notched a less flattering record this year: Most nominees withdrawn by a recent president in a single year. See for yourself:"
X Link 2025-10-21T18:27Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Ingrassia is the 49th Trump nominee to withdraw this year. No president in recent history had had to take back that many nominations in a single year. I will be withdrawing myself from Thursdays HSGAC hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time. I appreciate the overwhelming support that I have received throughout this process and will continue to I will be withdrawing myself from Thursdays HSGAC hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time. I"
X Link 2025-10-21T23:22Z 32K followers, 153K engagements
"List is here Number at that link is [--] but I removed duplicates (eg people nominated to both be chair and member of a commission) which I did for all administrations in my count and also added Ingrassia though as you note he isnt formally withdrawn yet https://www.congress.gov/searchq=%7B%22source%22%3A%22nominations%22%2C%22nomination-status%22%3A%22Withdrawn+by+President%22%2C%22congress%22%3A%22119%22%7D&pageSort=actionAsc"
X Link 2025-10-22T00:50Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Lawmakers dont seem to be talking about ways to end the government shutdown. Is it time to start talking about ways to end all government shutdowns I take a look at some of the proposals on the table: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-to-end-shutdowns-forever https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-to-end-shutdowns-forever"
X Link 2025-10-24T16:59Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements
"NEW: The House has never taken a break like this before. Since the advent of the modern congressional calendar the House has only ever recessed for 40+ days due to summer or campaigning during an election year. Until now: were on Day [--]. More analysis in the link below"
X Link 2025-10-30T16:13Z 31.6K followers, 109.1K engagements
"Since [----] the House has taken [--] recesses lasting 40+ days. [--] were regular summer recess. [--] were for the longstanding practice of breaking during fall of an election year. We are living in the only outlier and Mike Johnson has no plans to return: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-house-is-on-an-unprecedented https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-house-is-on-an-unprecedented"
X Link 2025-10-30T16:15Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Surely they have other work they could be doing Do they ever Per my analysis there are [---] bills ready for a House vote: measures on rural health care veterans Russia sanctions and more. But the chamber has left Washington for [--] days instead. https://x.com/SheevaAzma/status/1983944118389641234 @WakeUp2Politics At a time when unemployment keeps trending upward it is wild to see Congress not work for [--] whole weeks. Surely they have other work they could be doing I wonder how this will weigh into the [----] midterms or if we'll have forgotten and/or normalized all of this by then."
X Link 2025-10-30T17:12Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Next week the Trump administration will argue before the Supreme Court that his tariffs are consistent with the will of Congress. And yet For the 3rd time this week a Senate majority has voted to invalidate Trump's tariffs. First on Brazil (52 votes). Then on Canada (51). Then the global tariffs (51). For the 3rd time this week a Senate majority has voted to invalidate Trump's tariffs. First on Brazil (52 votes). Then on Canada (51). Then the global tariffs (51)"
X Link 2025-10-30T19:59Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements
"I think this depends on what your goal is. Could Democrats without changing much conceivably win 50.1% in the next presidential election Yes absolutely. Could they win anywhere close to [--] Senate seats the number currently* needed to enact a full agenda No. *Unless they eliminate the filibuster. now here's a good take https://t.co/nbbCb6tGLy now here's a good take https://t.co/nbbCb6tGLy"
X Link 2025-10-31T00:17Z 31.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Reminder: if Republicans won every Senate seat in states carried by Donald Trump in [----] they would have a 62-seat majority. If Democrats won every Senate seat in states carried by Joe Biden in [----] they would have a 50-seat majority"
X Link 2025-10-31T00:18Z 31.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Why are cameras banned at the Supreme Court According to the late historian Michael Kammen the prohibition started in [----] when the court banned cameras after one of the justices was photographed dozing off during oral arguments"
X Link 2025-11-03T00:08Z 31.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The book is A Machine That Would Go Of Itself"
X Link 2025-11-03T00:09Z 31.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Trump referring to Biden and his pardons: He didnt have a clue. Trump asked about one of his pardons later in the same interview: I dont know who he is. My sons are into it. I know nothing about the guy other than I hear he was a victim of weaponization by government"
X Link 2025-11-03T02:07Z 32K followers, 108.6K engagements
"Like there are a lot of the other party is so much more ruthless than us takes from both parties but this one is probably correct Dems were two votes away from doing this last time and those two votes are no longer in the Senate (or the party). Idk when the next time Dems will have [--] senators will be but they will probably all support ending the filibuster"
X Link 2025-11-03T02:47Z 31.5K followers, [---] engagements
"As a side note - Ive found it amusing watching Dems try to bait Republicans into ending the filibuster during the shutdown Its the outcome Ds want but want Republicans to do it . because theyre afraid to do it themselves out of fear of the political hit theyd take for getting rid of something only one-third of Americans can define (And I doubt that third are exactly undecided voters)"
X Link 2025-11-03T02:52Z 31.5K followers, [----] engagements
"I think they will ultimately do it but the fact that some Dems are trying to goad Republicans into doing it despite the fact that that would mean policy losses on a range of issues for them suggests they would rather Republicans do it out of a fear of the political consequences of being the party to pull the trigger (which I think would be minor) Doesnt mean Dems wont ultimately pull that trigger if GOP dont but will come with hemming and hawing and theyd clearly rather Republicans do their dirty work for them"
X Link 2025-11-03T03:26Z 31.5K followers, [--] engagements
"If Democrats end up winning only a vote on Obamacare subsidies it will continue the pattern of every modern shutdown: No matter how long a shutdown lasts the party that forces it walks away with basically nothing. 1995-96 shutdowns: Republicans won a balanced budget plan from Clinton (which they didnt end up liking) 2013: Rs won cosmetic changes to Obamacare (basically certifying something that was already required) 2018: Ds won a vote on DREAM Act (ended up failing) 2018-19: Trump won nothing from Congress just funded border wall himself A big question will be if Dems can accept a future"
X Link 2025-11-04T17:15Z 31.6K followers, 80.2K engagements
"Seeing a lot of conversation on X today (on Dems moving/not moving to the left and also about campaigning with Dick Cheney) that would benefit from this reminder: If you thought Kamala Harris was too conservative for your taste you are joined by 6% of the country. And theres nothing wrong with that Everyone is entitled to their opinion even a minority one. But know that your political commentary is coming from a place of deep deep disconnect with almost the entire American electorate"
X Link 2025-11-04T18:01Z 31.6K followers, 59.7K engagements
"Yes there are people to your right in this country and people to Trumps right too Would guess that this group is some combination of evangelicals who opposed Trumps moderation on abortion (think Mike Pence) and hawks who oppose his foreign policy (think Nikki Haley) Trump moved away from Republican Party orthodoxy on a number of issues so not surprising that some of them might not approve of it"
X Link 2025-11-04T21:19Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Just got out of the Supreme Court where the Trump admins tariffs got a tough hearing. Some SPOTTEDs: Scott Bessent Howard Lutnick Amy Klobuchar Mike Lee Ed Markey And comedian John Mulaney who was sitting towards the back listening along"
X Link 2025-11-05T17:54Z 32K followers, 184.3K engagements
"Lee and Klobuchar walked out together both expressed optimism to me about their respective sides arguments Just got out of the Supreme Court where the Trump admins tariffs got a tough hearing. Some SPOTTEDs: Scott Bessent Howard Lutnick Amy Klobuchar Mike Lee Ed Markey And comedian John Mulaney who was sitting towards the back listening along. Just got out of the Supreme Court where the Trump admins tariffs got a tough hearing. Some SPOTTEDs: Scott Bessent Howard Lutnick Amy Klobuchar Mike Lee Ed Markey And comedian John Mulaney who was sitting towards the back listening along"
X Link 2025-11-05T17:56Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Will have much more inside the room analysis in tomorrows newsletter You want want to miss it subscribe: http://wakeuptopolitics.com http://wakeuptopolitics.com"
X Link 2025-11-05T18:16Z 31.6K followers, 15.3K engagements
"Sitting at the Supreme Court I couldnt help but wonder what Tea Partiers c. [----] would make of a Republican president trying to take power from Congress so he could raise taxes. And then I ran into Mike Lee. See what he told me here: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme NEW: Yesterday at SCOTUS a GOP admin argued to expand executive power in service of a tax hike. Two Democratic lawyers drew on conservative doctrine to embrace limited government and lower taxes. It was the Upside Down the Oregon AG told me https://t.co/2IKrNFxF4i"
X Link 2025-11-06T19:44Z 31.6K followers, 37.6K engagements
"All four times Neil Gorsuch poked holes in the Trump administrations tariff arguments yesterday: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme"
X Link 2025-11-06T20:00Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"With a Republican president pushing to raise taxes and expand executive power at Congress expense did the Tea Party revolution officially come to an end at the Supreme Court on Wednesday https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/with-trumps-tariffs-at-stake-supreme"
X Link 2025-11-06T20:06Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Here is the complete list of what every party to force a government shutdown has won from the experience (tldr: cosmetic victories every time). This shutdown was longer than any of those but ultimately came to the exact same end"
X Link 2025-11-10T02:41Z 31.6K followers, 52.4K engagements
"From my piece a day before the shutdown started https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-we-got-to-a-government-shutdown https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-we-got-to-a-government-shutdown"
X Link 2025-11-10T02:42Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Dem dream was that this shutdown would yield a healthcare deal. But the votes werent there for that. Trumps dream was this shutdown would end the filibuster. But the votes werent there for that. Therefore a deal along these lines was always the only real escape hatch. Here is the complete list of what every party to force a government shutdown has won from the experience (tldr: cosmetic victories every time). This shutdown was longer than any of those but ultimately came to the exact same end. https://t.co/jHEW8dLnbU Here is the complete list of what every party to force a government shutdown"
X Link 2025-11-10T02:53Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"These two statements cant both be true BTW. How can the shutdown have ended by Democrats stopping fighting if it was Trump who started it One of the stranger subplots here: Dems are now upset about a fight being over that they claimed to have never started"
X Link 2025-11-10T16:29Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Trump continues to step on his own admins legal argument. His lawyer said tariffs raising revenue was only incidental. Trump says that losing the revenue would be a National Security catastrophe. It cant be both- I imagine the justices wont appreciate the contradiction"
X Link 2025-11-10T20:23Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Congress never enacted appropriations bills last year so the new CR will be extending spending levels from two fiscal years ago That means for [--] of [--] approps bills spending first approved in March [----] will extend into Jan [----] and very likely longer A broken Congress"
X Link 2025-11-10T21:12Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The record should be corrected here: The person who came up with government shutdowns was actually a Maryland congresswoman named Gladys Spellman who lobbied Carters AG with her legal analysis and eventually he was like Yeah looks right to me. The Carter WH was very mad at him about it but he stuck to his guns. @DrewSav a truly incredible number of modern day problems can be traced back to Jimmy Carter having a horrible relationship with Congress @DrewSav a truly incredible number of modern day problems can be traced back to Jimmy Carter having a horrible relationship with Congress"
X Link 2025-11-11T22:38Z 31.6K followers, 10.5K engagements
"With this order Ketanji Brown Jackson continues her streak of never having ruled with the Trump admin in a single shadow docket case. She is the only justice to have always ruled in the same direction in Trump cases. (Thomas/Alito both joined rulings I code as mixed.) BREAKING: SCOTUS extends Justice Jacksons administrative stay in the SNAP benefits case through 11:59p Thursdaypresumably hoping to moot out the request if the shutdown ends. Jackson wouldnt have extended the admin stay and would deny DOJs stay request. https://t.co/CZAHJBtQhv BREAKING: SCOTUS extends Justice Jacksons"
X Link 2025-11-12T01:50Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"In one NYT interview out today Jack Schlossberg says his strength as a candidate is his authenticity on social media. In another he essentially says its all performance art designed to get attention. Which is it"
X Link 2025-11-12T17:53Z 31.6K followers, 25.4K engagements
"First article here - Second here - (Not many congressional candidates get two NYT profiles the day they announce their bids.) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/style/jack-schlossberg-congress-kennedy-family.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/nyregion/jack-schlossberg-congress-run.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/style/jack-schlossberg-congress-kennedy-family.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/nyregion/jack-schlossberg-congress-run.html"
X Link 2025-11-12T17:54Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"It looks like were stuck in a pretty poisonous cycle of presidential administrations prosecuting their political rivals and then those defendants getting taxpayer-funded payouts as soon as their party takes power unless some sort of bipartisan guardrails are imposed at some point. NEW The Department of Justice is in settlement talks with Michael Flynn. Flynn is seeking $50 million for what he says is wrongful prosecution. Full Story: https://t.co/HQLn8sZocf https://t.co/9FQ7mxxEXm NEW The Department of Justice is in settlement talks with Michael Flynn. Flynn is seeking $50 million for what he"
X Link 2025-11-14T20:30Z 31.6K followers, 133.8K engagements
"Theres just no way Trump will be able to stop himself from saying something the next time Glenn is in the Oval Office I love this woman. I love this country. God bless America. @RepMTG https://t.co/JqZAvgq5Rq I love this woman. I love this country. God bless America. @RepMTG https://t.co/JqZAvgq5Rq"
X Link 2025-11-15T22:01Z 31.6K followers, 35.4K engagements
"Ron DeSantis. Jeff Sessions. Mike Pence. Steve Bannon (briefly). Liz Cheney. Elon Musk. The list of Trump-era Republicans who thought they could thrive outside of Trumps orbit -- only to learn otherwise -- is long. Two reasons MTG might be different: [--]. She can authentically stake a claim to be on the more MAGA side of all her splits with Trump. [--]. Shes breaking with Trump just as his lame-duck status is coming into view. If she runs for president in [----] he wont be on the ballot to stop her -- giving him less power over her"
X Link 2025-11-17T17:39Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The first proxy battle of the post-Trump era has already arrived. Itll be over the Epstein Files and the score is already in. Greene [--] Trump [--]. Many more rounds to go. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about"
X Link 2025-11-17T17:40Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"But make no mistake: the Trump/Greene split isnt just about the Epstein Files. Foreign policy is the subtext of their fight with tensions dating back to Trumps strikes on Iran. Even Greene has explicitly suggested this is about Israel -- at same time as Israel politics are roiling the right more broadly. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about"
X Link 2025-11-17T17:41Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"In this again MTG might have an advantage. Trump was always an odd fit for isolationism: as it turns out theres nothing he likes more than being in charge of world affairs globetrotting striking deals being flattered by world leaders. If the GOP is truly turning against interventionism then it might be Trump who brought them there -- but could take someone like MTG who actually buys into it (rather than Trump who loves the trappings of foreign policy) to complete the evolution. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/the-trumpmtg-break-isnt-just-about"
X Link 2025-11-17T17:42Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Trump has to pick: either the Epstein Files are a hoax or they expose major Democratic scandals. And if he picks the latter as hes doing here not clear its a fight hell win: texts from unknown Dems like Stacey Plaskett (though concerning in their own right) wont be able to compete in the public imagination with pictures of Trump and Epstein"
X Link 2025-11-17T18:57Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"You can really just call yourself a U.S. senator huh"
X Link 2025-11-17T19:17Z 31.6K followers, 26.7K engagements
"@Cory_Ellis His office is in fact in the Wilson Building"
X Link 2025-11-18T00:47Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Jamie Raskin called the Epstein petition perhaps the most famous discharge petition in history That could be but some very consequential pieces of legislation have become law because of discharge petitions including the first-ever federal minimum wage and the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. A discharge petition was also used to pressure southern Democrats to agree to hold a vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1964"
X Link 2025-11-18T18:27Z 31.6K followers, 12K engagements
"@Bencjacobs That will lowkey be my newsletter tomorrow Theyre already calling it the least interesting story written about the Epstein Files of all time"
X Link 2025-11-18T19:27Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"NEW: Its not just Epstein. Another discharge petition hit [---] this week this one to overturn a Trump order on unions. Three discharge petitions have succeeded so far this year a 75-year record and a historic string of setbacks for Mike Johnson. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-theutm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=234771&post_id=178493427&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=exwl&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email"
X Link 2025-11-19T15:37Z 31.6K followers, 40.2K engagements
"Are these the last discharge petitions well see this year Lawmakers I spoke to yesterday dont think so. Thomas Massie who led the Epstein effort says hes brainstorming more. Dem said same. And Anna Paulina Luna planning one on stock trading. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-theutm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=234771&post_id=178493427&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=exwl&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email"
X Link 2025-11-19T15:51Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Its the tool that helped give us the minimum wage the Civil Rights Act and now the Epstein Files. But how much do you know about discharge petitions from the two this week to a [----] effort to let voters decide when the US goes to war Learn more: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-the https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-the"
X Link 2025-11-19T17:00Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"After giving it some thought I think my list (with a low degree of confidence in the exact rankings) would be: [--]. Civil Rights Act (1964) [--]. Bonus Army bill (1932 involved literal occupation of the capital) [--]. Equal Rights Amendment (1970) [--]. This one [--]. Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) [--]. Ludlow Amendment (1938 huge public pressure campaign) [--]. McCain-Feingold (2002) [--]. Anti-busing amendment (1979) [--]. School prayer (1971) [--]. Making discharge petition signatures public (1993 championed by Ross Perot)"
X Link 2025-11-19T19:09Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"I mean I dont think any of these individuals are likely to be the [----] nominee but just as a general rule its not insane to think you could be nominated despite being passed over previously. See: Biden Harris Hillary Clinton Romney McCain GHW Bush Reagan Dole etc I mean. what do the likes of Cory Booker Amy Klobuchar or Kirsten Gillibrand think is going to happen Democratic primary voters will suddenly say "oh we were so wrong to not nominate you back in 2020" Nearly [--] Percent of Senate Democrats Are Thinking of Running for I mean. what do the likes of Cory Booker Amy Klobuchar or Kirsten"
X Link 2025-11-20T12:56Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"In the last month Ive seen John Mulaney at the Supreme Court and Rachel Maddow at Dick Cheneys funeral and I really dont know which one caught me off guard more"
X Link 2025-11-20T19:07Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"NEW: Dick Cheneys death brought Trumps enemies list to life. Attendees I spotted: Maddow Fauci McConnell Kristol (George) Conway Milley Bolton Brennan Tim Miller Pelosi + the January [--] Committee. It felt like walking into a Truth Social post. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps"
X Link 2025-11-21T18:29Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"The guest list was such a searingly specific recitation of everyone Trump despises most that it almost felt intentional. (Were Cheney + George Conway really that close) Or a signal that Liz is staying in closer touch w/ other Never Trumpers than we knew https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps"
X Link 2025-11-21T18:32Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"The gathering made for a Rorschach test of sorts: friendly throwback or evidence of kayfabe Principled opposition to Trump or evidence if a swamp ganging up against him Everyone will see it differently. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/dick-cheneys-death-brought-trumps"
X Link 2025-11-21T18:34Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"MCCONNELL: Putin has spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool. WICKER: This so-called peace plan has real problems and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace. Senate GOPs (diminished) hawk wing takes aim at Trumps Ukraine proposal"
X Link 2025-11-21T22:19Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Wake Up To Politics is running its first-ever Black Friday sale If you follow me on here and have been thinking about signing up for a paid subscription now is the time to do it Subscriptions are 25% off at this link all week: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/subscribecoupon=00775504 https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/subscribecoupon=00775504"
X Link 2025-11-26T15:32Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Is Herbert Hoover the only president to have (sort of) won a presidential primary held by the other party In the [----] New Hampshire Democratic primary Hoover was the only candidate to win delegates (the rest went unpledged)"
X Link 2025-11-29T17:22Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Interestingly NYT later reported that FDR urged Hoover to run as a Democrat in [----] and there were even talks that year of Democrats nominating a Herbert Hoover-Franklin Roosevelt ticket. FDR did end up that years Dem VP nominee. Then the two men would face each other in [----]. https://www.nytimes.com/1932/11/20/archives/hooverroosevelt-a-1920-ticket-plan-friends-of-both-sought-to-have.html https://www.nytimes.com/1932/11/20/archives/hooverroosevelt-a-1920-ticket-plan-friends-of-both-sought-to-have.html"
X Link 2025-11-29T17:24Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Hoover would ultimately declare in [----] he was a Republican the Times noted that this made sense because he was a progressive and that was not a word in the Democratic dictionary. Funny how things change. https://www.nytimes.com/1920/03/11/archives/hoover-as-a-candidate.html https://www.nytimes.com/1920/03/11/archives/hoover-as-a-candidate.html"
X Link 2025-11-29T17:26Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Out of all the controversial actions taken by the second Trump administration almost none have sparked investigations by Republican-led congressional committees. Pete Hegseths alleged kill everybody order is the rare exception. I wrote about why: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/did-pete-hegseth-give-an-illegal https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/did-pete-hegseth-give-an-illegal"
X Link 2025-12-01T18:27Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"If their discharge petition notches [---] signatures this will be the first Congress to see four discharge petitions reach that threshold since [----]. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-the News: GOP Reps. Luna and Burchett tell me they just filed their discharge petition to ban congressional stock trading. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-the News: GOP Reps. Luna and Burchett tell me they just filed their discharge petition to ban congressional stock trading"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:32Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"In last [--] hours: - Top Republicans have said the Defense Secretary may have committed a war crime. - An IG report said same SecDef may risked endangering troops with Signal texts. - President pardoned someone who helped [---] tons of cocaine get into US. - Republicans underperformed in Tennessee special election. - A member of Mike Johnsons leadership team has declared war on him. Trumps veneer of dominance continuing to crack"
X Link 2025-12-03T17:55Z 31.6K followers, 33K engagements
"There are [---] GOP House seats that Trump won by less than he won TN-07. [--] he won by 20-22 points. [--] seats he won by 10-19 points. [--] seats by 5-9 points. [--] seats by 0-4 points. [--] he didnt win at all. (Note: District lines expected to shift by 2026.) https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/republicans-won-in-tennessee-the https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/republicans-won-in-tennessee-the"
X Link 2025-12-03T18:26Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Out of that enormous universe of opportunities Democrats only need to flip three GOP House seats to win the majority in [----]. But last nights results are making Republicans worry about how large a majority Dems might gain: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/republicans-won-in-tennessee-the https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/republicans-won-in-tennessee-the"
X Link 2025-12-03T18:29Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Embarrassing media error. An ABC News story this week claimed that @PressSec said that President Trump had ordered everybody be killed aboard the alleged drug boat. But she never said that. The quote attributed to her was a restatement of a reporters question to Leavitt"
X Link 2025-12-03T20:31Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"I emailed ABC reps yesterday about the error inquiring about the editing process for the piece and whether AI was involved. I never heard back. Theyve now updated the piece with this editors note: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-account-strike-alleged-drug-boat-odds/storyid=128006261 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-account-strike-alleged-drug-boat-odds/storyid=128006261"
X Link 2025-12-03T20:31Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"The relevant exchange from Mondays briefing starts at around 15:53 in this video: The false Leavitt quote was the main piece of evidence supporting the pieces original headline (White House account of 22nd strike on alleged drug boats at odds with what Trump said) which at one point yesterday was on the ABC News front page. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QwgDZhS289M&t=716s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QwgDZhS289M&t=716s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QwgDZhS289M&t=716s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QwgDZhS289M&t=716s"
X Link 2025-12-03T20:34Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"22 U.S. Code [----] states that There is hereby established the United States Institute of Peace. Where is the statutory authorization to rename it the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace Unlike with the DOD there has not (as far we know) even been an EO authorizing the use of an alternative name. NEW: It's now the "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace" This comes as Trump is in midst of a legal fight over firing members of IOP Board. In June an appeals court paused a lower court's ruling allowing the dismantling of the IOP while appeals continue. https://t.co/FW1zrTakro NEW: It's now the "Donald"
X Link 2025-12-03T20:42Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"NINE Republicans have signed @RepLunas discharge petition to ban congressional stock trading. That would be more than enough to force a House vote if all Dems sign on -- but so far only five have. Many House Dems support a different bill on member stock trading"
X Link 2025-12-03T22:39Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Should the proper acronym for the Supreme Court be SCUS as it apparently calls itself (per a parking sign outside the building) or SCOTUS Discuss"
X Link 2025-12-08T23:23Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Is there still a penalty for inflammatory candidates in the age of Trump Well lets look at how Trump imitators tend to do in battleground elections: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/do-scandals-still-matter-in-the-trump https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/do-scandals-still-matter-in-the-trump"
X Link 2025-12-12T19:24Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Hillary Clinton won the [----] popular vote is the banal observation that punches a hole in all other takes about the Trump era On one hand bring it up and you walk into a response like this. On the other it is a true fact you have to grapple with if you want to think through the electoral success of Trumpism: although all takes on the [----] election are interpreted through the lens of his stunning victory and what it meant (and how terrible of a candidate Clinton was) he did not in fact win the most votes in that election and she did not in fact win fewer. Q: "You do realize Hillary Clinton got"
X Link 2025-12-16T17:33Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"To put this another way the fact that Donald Trump either won or came within striking distance of winning the White House three times is incredible relative to anyones expectations of what he would accomplish in say [----] and nothing can take away from that. But also relative to a normal political baseline this electoral dynamo has won the national popular vote exactly one of the three times hes been on the ballot. He is fairly unpopular and if anything his greatest talent might be convincing people (on both sides) hes such an electoral star when hes really not though it probably has a lot to"
X Link 2025-12-16T17:41Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"You gotta wonder how Reince Priebus feels reading things like this considering he has loosely stuck around the Trump orbit and (unlike say John Kelly) remained a loyal supporter/surrogate Susie Wiles is by far the most effective and trustworthy Chief of Staff that my father has ever had. When Susie took over my father's political operation after J6 people forget how many "Republicans" were treating him like a pariah. Countless operatives consultants and Susie Wiles is by far the most effective and trustworthy Chief of Staff that my father has ever had. When Susie took over my father's"
X Link 2025-12-16T17:44Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Wow. Another huge embarrassment for Mike Johnson. This is the fourth discharge petition to reach [---] signatures this Congress -- the first time that has happened since the 75th Congress which met from [----] to [----]. 🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS JEFFRIES OBAMACARE DISCHARGE PETITION HAS REACHED [---] PENNSYLVANIA REP. RYAN MACKENZIE has signed the discharge petition. THE HOUSE will now vote on a clean three-year extension of the Obamacare premium subsidies. 🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS JEFFRIES OBAMACARE DISCHARGE PETITION HAS REACHED [---] PENNSYLVANIA REP. RYAN MACKENZIE has signed the discharge petition. THE HOUSE"
X Link 2025-12-17T15:10Z 31.6K followers, 52.5K engagements
"Not sure though I want to do more research on it. Interestingly this was right after the House moved the threshold for signatures back to [---] so thats not it. I wrote about two of the 75th Congress discharge petitions in this piece - minimum wage + an attempt to make every war declaration subject to nationwide referendum - but have yet to find the other tow https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-theutm_source=publication-search https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/this-century-old-tool-enabled-theutm_source=publication-search"
X Link 2025-12-17T18:20Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"NEW: Voters said before Maduro capture that Trump admin hadnt explained position on Venezuela and how could it when it doesnt have one Officials have offered competing explanations for capture each one suggesting different future. No sign of a https://open.substack.com/pub/wakeuptopolitics/p/there-is-no-trump-doctriner=exwl&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/wakeuptopolitics/p/there-is-no-trump-doctriner=exwl&utm_medium=ios"
X Link 2026-01-05T16:08Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Rubio says Trump wants democracy in Venezuela. But Trump seems uninterested in elections. Then he said Trump only wants regime change in this hemisphere. But Trump is also eyeing Iran. No plan for post-Maduro or for whether to use force elsewhere. https://open.substack.com/pub/wakeuptopolitics/p/there-is-no-trump-doctriner=exwl&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/wakeuptopolitics/p/there-is-no-trump-doctriner=exwl&utm_medium=ios"
X Link 2026-01-05T16:12Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"The best way to think of the Trump admin is as a coalition govt. Like with tariffs different officials supported Maduros ouster for different reasons. But: each diagnosis suggests a different prescription. We cant know what Trump wants next till we know why we got here"
X Link 2026-01-05T18:26Z 31.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Yes the mainstream media covered the Minnesota fraud story. But it couldnt make it viral. That only came with a video from 23-year-old Nick Shirley which has captured a stunning 138M views on X. Tim Walz is the first political death by influencer. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death"
X Link 2026-01-06T17:08Z 31.7K followers, 18.5K engagements
"The New York Times hasnt posted a YouTube video that has received as many views as Shirleys (3.3 million) since [----] despite boasting [----] million subscribers on the platform to Shirleys [----] million (many of whom are new). https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death"
X Link 2026-01-06T17:10Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Yes the mainstream media covered the Minnesota fraud story. But it couldnt make it viral. That only came with a video from 23-year-old Nick Shirley which has captured a stunning 138M views on X. Tim Walz is the first political death by influencer"
X Link 2026-01-06T17:19Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Its a phenomenon familiar in entertainment world: a celebrity scandal starts w/ mainstream reporting then goes viral courtesy of influencers who may or may not have their facts straight. With Walz influencers have entered the political realm as well https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/tim-walz-is-the-first-political-death"
X Link 2026-01-06T17:22Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"More on the veto override votes -- by far the ones that have gotten the least attention -- here: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trump-vs-every-member-of-congress https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trump-vs-every-member-of-congress"
X Link 2026-01-08T16:44Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"During Trumps first term TWO war powers resolutions passed the House + Senate: one on Yemen and another on Iran. Neither passed with veto-proof majorities and both were vetoed. Same will likely happen with Venezuela res if it passes. A Greenland res on the other hand"
X Link 2026-01-08T16:48Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Its true that presidents vetoing double-unanimous bills is rare but its happened much more recently than that. In [----] Barack Obama vetoed a bill that would have limited pensions for former presidents (just months before he would become a former president). It had passed House + Senate unanimously. House opted not to hold an override voted. GOP Hill staffers say that the last time they can track a president vetoing bills that passed both chambers unanimously -- as Trump has done and the House will vote to override today -- was during reconstruction under the Johnson Administration. GOP Hill"
X Link 2026-01-08T17:15Z 31.7K followers, 156.8K engagements
"It is impossible to lead a lasting political movement when Trump blasts lawmakers for supporting a resolution he almost certainly would have scorned them for opposing just [--] years ago. This unideological highly personalist style may work for Trump while hes in office but it also guarantees that Trumpism as a movement wont mean much once he leaves the stage. Is Trumpism interventionist Isolationist No one knows because its all up to Trump in the moment. But one day there wont be a Trump which will spark huge fights between those two wings of the GOP. Everyone will lay claim to his mantle"
X Link 2026-01-08T18:11Z 31.7K followers, 18.5K engagements
"Vance says that this new position will be: Titled Assistant attorney general (although later says associate attorney general) Senate-confirmed Run out of the White House But Assistant (or Associate) AG positions are created by statute -- how can the Senate confirm someone to an office that hasnt been created by law And how can a Justice Department position be placed within the White House VANCE at todays press briefing announces the admin is creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud. A nomination will be made in next few"
X Link 2026-01-08T18:44Z 31.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Vance did not seem to think the War Powers Resolution was fake or unconstitutional in [----] when he endorsed Steve Bannons calls for Biden to have to use the law to consult Congress on Ukraine https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/02/sen-jd-vance-backs-maga-media-personalitys-push-for-vote-on-ukraine-support.html JD Vance just now told reporters that the administration has been in touch with some of the Senate Rs who voted in favor of the war powers resolution today and downplayed any policy disagreements. "Every president Democrat or Republican believes the War Powers Act is a"
X Link 2026-01-08T19:27Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"UPDATE: Neither veto was overridden a victory for Trump who was able to get almost all House Rs to flip their votes on both measures. Here is a chart with every bill in the 21st century that was passed with veto-proof majorities then vetoed and then given a veto override vote. Each bill has the % support in their original vote and then in the veto override vote. It is rare for those two votes to look much different -- but not unheard of. (Altho I would note that on the two [----] examples the closest parallels there were events that changed in between original passage and the veto override vote"
X Link 2026-01-08T20:30Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@summerpard Supreme Court opinions usually take months to write Getting a ruling in the tariffs case now would be unusually early not unusually late"
X Link 2026-01-09T16:32Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@mcbc Yeah Barrett did the same thing when announcing a different opinion on the day Roberts announced Trump v US and I remember thinking the same thing about it being like the 4th wall breaking https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/i-was-inside-the-supreme-court-yesterday https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/i-was-inside-the-supreme-court-yesterday"
X Link 2026-01-09T18:25Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"With Mary Peltola now in the race Polymarket prediction market now give Dems 49% odds (to GOPs 47% odds) of winning Alaskas Senate seats. With favorable odds for Dems in Maine and North Carolina as well but not Ohio that means bettors are now eyeing a 50-50 Senate"
X Link 2026-01-12T18:38Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Will Jay Powell stay on the Fed board after his term as chair ends If hes looking for inspiration he wont have to look far. The Fed building thats causing so much furor is named for Marriner Eccles the last Fed chair to do just that. Eccles was also a key player in a 1950s clash with Harry Truman that seeded the way for modern Fed independence https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire"
X Link 2026-01-12T19:00Z 31.7K followers, 25.3K engagements
"Three ways Trumps legal threat against Powell could backfire: [--]. Trumps revenge prosecutions have so far largely fallen flat -- and if charge are brought here as well they would likely lead to another embarrassing legal loss. The theory behind charging Powell relies on parsing the definition of the phrase serious renovation and other alleged lies that will be difficult to convict on. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010836142334284237 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010836142334284237"
X Link 2026-01-12T22:07Z 31.7K followers, 42.3K engagements
"2. It could make it harder to confirm a successor to Powell as weve already seen from Tillis. Senate Banking Committee is split 13-11. A nay vote from Tillis = a 12-12 vote. A 12-12 vote in committee = no Fed chair nominee makes it to the Senate floor. Simple as that. Tillis is making Trump choose: he can continue this investigation or he can pick the next Fed chair but he cant do both. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010836619797151797 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2010836619797151797"
X Link 2026-01-12T22:09Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"3. It could make Powell dig his heels in. In the short term that could mean defying Trumps wishes of cutting interest rates. In the long term that could mean staying on the Fed board. Powells term as chair ends in May -- but his term on the board goes until [----]. If Powell stays on as governor even after hes done as chair Trump only gets to fill [--] Fed seat this year not 2"
X Link 2026-01-12T22:12Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Only two Fed chairs have ever stayed on the board after being done as chair: the very first Fed chair Charles Sumner Hamlin and Marriner Eccles the namesake of the very building that has become so controversial lately. https://x.com/WakeUp2Politics/status/2010788898633629713 Will Jay Powell stay on the Fed board after his term as chair ends If hes looking for inspiration he wont have to look far. The Fed building thats causing so much furor is named for Marriner Eccles the last Fed chair to do just that. Eccles was also a key player in a"
X Link 2026-01-12T22:14Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Also in this mornings newsletter: A brief history of presidents trying to push Fed chairs around -- including the incident when LBJ literally shoved the Fed chair in an attempt to get him to cut interest rates. Read all about it here: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire"
X Link 2026-01-12T22:15Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Another note of interest: What happens if Tillis blocks Trumps pick and no Fed chair is confirmed by May The board is able by law to pick one governor to serve as chair pro tempore. The three times thats happened the board has chosen the outgoing chair -- so the DOJ investigation could inadvertently lead to Powells chairmanship being extended. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/how-trumps-war-on-powell-could-backfire"
X Link 2026-01-12T22:17Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump posted this week that hes Acting President of Venezuela. But the day before US govt told citizens of the other country Trump leads to leave VZ immediately due to risk of wrongful detention torture civil unrest poor health infrastructure + more. Hard to square"
X Link 2026-01-14T21:01Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Just checking in on how Donald Trumps isolationist presidency is going"
X Link 2026-01-17T17:02Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements
"On the last year"
X Link 2026-01-20T15:33Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"And the last weekend. https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/one-year-of-trump-two https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/one-year-of-trump-two"
X Link 2026-01-20T15:33Z 31.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Back in April [----] the Boston Globe produced a fake front page imagining what a Trump presidency would be like. The predictions mostly failed to materialize in Trumps first term but many have come true and then some in his second. This year has been the presidency that both Trump and his critics long imagined: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/one-year-of-trump-two https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/one-year-of-trump-two"
X Link 2026-01-20T17:11Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"JUST NOW: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook leaving the Supreme Court after oral arguments on whether she can keep her job. She did not respond to my question on how she felt the session went"
X Link 2026-01-21T17:20Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements
"U.S. House members are paid $174000 a year and generally only hold votes 3-4 days a week. Why should they have to be told by the Speaker of the House that their vote is needed rather than assuming they should show up for a vote by default A Rep. Hunt spox on missing the rule vote today: The Speaker of the House contacted Congressman Hunt approximately [--] minutes ago to inform him that his vote is needed this afternoon. Congressman Hunt is en route to Washington D.C. as we speak and will be present to cast his A Rep. Hunt spox on missing the rule vote today: The Speaker of the House contacted"
X Link 2026-01-22T18:40Z 31.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti increasingly seem to be ballooning into a political crisis for Trump and yet it can hardly be said that his undivided attention seems to be on the situation"
X Link 2026-01-26T17:09Z 31.8K followers, [---] engagements
"A reminder in here to take public opinion polls with a grain of salt 21% of people who havent heard about the MN shooting still hazard an answer on whether or not it was justified Hard to know what theyd be basing that on since they havent heard about it. Good reminder for those of us who parse polls closely that sometimes people are just saying whatever jumps to mind. % who say the shooting of Alex Pretti was wasn't justified U.S. adults 20% 48% Saw video of shooting 25% 63% Heard about it; didn't see video 22% 41% Didn't hear about or see video 5% 16% Democrats 4% 83% Republicans 44% 13%"
X Link 2026-01-26T21:25Z 31.8K followers, [----] engagements
"About to take my first-ever final exam Wish me luck"
X Link 2016-12-12T14:24Z 31.4K followers, [--] engagements
"@NolanDMcCaskill @politico Congratulations Looking forward to seeing your name in my inbox"
X Link 2017-12-15T16:20Z 31.7K followers, [--] engagements
"From the Deputy Attorney General to a Saudi journalist to Taylor Swift: pool reports in the Trump era"
X Link 2018-10-08T21:31Z 31.1K followers, [--] engagements
"FERGUSON Mo. Im here at the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis office where @SpeakerPelosi and @LacyClayMO1 will speak about the Voting Rights Advancement Act in about an hour. Heres the set-up complete with St. Louis Missouri and American flags:"
X Link 2019-03-18T17:35Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"#Breaking: The House of Representatives has approved the first of two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump charging him with abuse of power"
X Link 2019-12-19T01:24Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"A quickly tightening race here in #MO01. Lacy Clay has represented the district for [--] terms and his father did for [--] before that but Ferguson activist Cori Bush gave him a serious challenge in [----] and has gained momentum in her second bid this year"
X Link 2020-08-05T03:03Z 31.3K followers, [---] engagements
"SCOOP: I've obtained the first comment from the Clay family since the longtime dynasty was defeated last night. "The Clays' years of elected public service.has ended" says frmr Rep. Bill Clay (father of Lacy) blaming "outside money from sources associated w/ Bernie Sanders""
X Link 2020-08-05T14:44Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"Bernie Sanders' reaction when his wife tells him to "stand up straight" before his DNC speech is priceless. (Full video via @bubbaprog)"
X Link 2020-08-18T05:12Z 32K followers, 20.6K engagements
"After signing a pardon earlier in the night President Trump is now hosting a naturalization ceremony from the White House as part of the Republican National Convention's primetime programming"
X Link 2020-08-26T02:07Z 31.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@DavidNir @politico I believe Politico calls a state either when AP has or all of the networks have"
X Link 2020-11-04T22:26Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"@DavidNir @politico Yeah that it is weird. Heres this from a few days ago though: Politico editor @cbudoffbrown explains how we handle election results: we report once either three networks or the AP call a race. https://t.co/iTrJOjw4nZ Politico editor @cbudoffbrown explains how we handle election results: we report once either three networks or the AP call a race. https://t.co/iTrJOjw4nZ"
X Link 2020-11-04T22:27Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"New: With projections in Georgia and North Carolina @NBCNews has become the first network to make calls in the presidential race in every state. Final electoral count: 306-232 the exact inverse of 2016"
X Link 2020-11-13T19:21Z 32K followers, [----] engagements
"Biden is considering three candidates for DOD: veteran Pentagon official Michle Flournoy former DHS chief Jeh Johnson & retired Army general Lloyd Austin. Johnson or Austin would be the first Black Defense Secretary Flournoy would be the first woman. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/biden-defense-secretary/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/biden-defense-secretary/index.html"
X Link 2020-11-30T14:43Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Biden to announce Defense Secretary & Atty General picks this week he tells pool. DOD contenders: Former undersecretary Michle Flournoy former DHS Secy Jeh Johnson Gen. Lloyd Austin AG contenders: Former Gov. Deval Patrick Sen. Doug Jones former deputy AG Sally Yates"
X Link 2020-12-07T21:35Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Hard to see President Trump taking the same approach at his rally tonight. There are some more shouts about the election certification. Well have our day in Congress. Well hear the evidence" Pence says. "But tomorrow is Georgias day. There are some more shouts about the election certification. Well have our day in Congress. Well hear the evidence" Pence says. "But tomorrow is Georgias day"
X Link 2021-01-04T20:43Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"The official @POTUS account now follows [--] people all of them Biden aides or accounts and then @chrissyteigen"
X Link 2021-01-21T01:52Z 32K followers, 32.4K engagements
"LEAHY confirms that he will preside over former President Trump's trial as Senate president pro tempore. https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/comment-on-presiding-over-the-impeachment-trial-of-president-donald-trump https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/comment-on-presiding-over-the-impeachment-trial-of-president-donald-trump"
X Link 2021-01-25T20:07Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"In which the White House chief of staff retweets a message endorsing Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg as Bidens successors. 👀👀 https://t.co/eCPo2XVJoc 👀👀 https://t.co/eCPo2XVJoc"
X Link 2021-02-07T20:45Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Breaking: TJ Ducklo has resigned as deputy White House press secretary after reports that he threatened and verbally harassed a Politico reporter. First high-profile departure from the Biden White House"
X Link 2021-02-14T00:06Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"In the same weekend: The Senate Republican campaign committee gave former President Trump a Champion for Freedom Award Trump called the Senate Republican leader a dumb son of a bitch" and a "stone cold loser.""
X Link 2021-04-12T13:43Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"BREAKING: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces he will resign effective in two weeks after facing allegations of sexual harassment from [--] women. His lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul will become the first female governor in the states history"
X Link 2021-08-10T16:08Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Keep going on behalf of human rights civil rights womens rights for a better future @HillaryClinton addresses hundreds of Georgetown students gathered to watch her depart after her speech here earlier today"
X Link 2021-12-06T19:11Z 32K followers, 18.8K engagements
"In todays edition of parsing the Manchin tea leaves: His office is now downplaying a nod he gave in response to a question on the Child Tax Credit per @sahilkapur in the Hill pool"
X Link 2021-12-15T18:35Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Not a good sign for Biden that the Democrats going public about ambivalence (or opposition) to him running in [----] are mainly moderates his natural base in the party"
X Link 2022-07-29T14:33Z 31.3K followers, [--] engagements
"Just how few people pick up the phone for pollsters If you were employed as one of our interviewers at a call center you would have to dial numbers for two hours to get a single completed interview @Nate_Cohn writes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/upshot/midterms-polling-phone-calls.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/upshot/midterms-polling-phone-calls.html"
X Link 2022-10-12T15:46Z 31K followers, [--] engagements
"To recap: Just four days before the deadline a handful of lawmakers dropped a 4000-page bill at 1:30am that accounts for $1.7 trillion in spending. And it was almost derailed by a dispute over where in the DMV to build a building. Only in America http://wakeuptopolitics.com/december-20-2022 http://wakeuptopolitics.com/december-20-2022"
X Link 2022-12-20T17:20Z 30.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Truly bizarre pair of takeaways from Fox News especially considering SCOTUS justices have routinely skipped SOTUs in recent years"
X Link 2023-02-08T03:25Z 31.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Biden this morning: I never called it Bidenomics. I dont go around beating my chest Bidenomics. The White House this morning: Bidenomics Is Working"
X Link 2023-06-28T16:12Z 31.3K followers, [----] engagements
"At the end of her read dissent Sotomayor moved beyond the courts decision and spoke to society including directly urging colleges to use race in admissions in whatever way they can. We shall overcome she pointedly said"
X Link 2023-06-29T22:11Z 29.8K followers, 105K engagements
"@stevenmazie Hi Steven any chance you have any additional info on how often it is for justices to read concurrences form the bench Do you know when the last time was"
X Link 2023-06-30T00:44Z 29.9K followers, [--] engagements
"No country has clung to formal military neutrality longer to Sweden which first adopted the policy in [----]. That is about to end as Turkey clears the way for Sweden to join NATO. More on the agreement and why NATO isnt also moving to add Ukraine:"
X Link 2023-07-11T14:47Z 29.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A quirk of House procedure on display yesterday as an anti-DEI amendment failed 216-216 because the House was voting as the Committee of the Whole which includes territorial delegates. The House then gaveled back in as itself (sans delegates) & voted 214-213 for the amendment"
X Link 2023-07-14T17:04Z 29.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The House has [--] delegates who can participate in Committee of the Whole (often used for amendment votes) but not full House. Dem delegates from DC Northern Mariana Islands and Virgin Islands voted against amendment. GOP delegate from Guam voted for. (Samoan delegate absent.)"
X Link 2023-07-14T17:07Z 29.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Some of the people who have reached the GOP debate donor threshold before Mike Pence: Doug Burgum the governor of North Dakota Vivek Ramaswamy a first-time political candidate Nikki Haley who served in a lower position in the Trump administration"
X Link 2023-07-19T14:27Z 29.9K followers, [----] engagements
"WASHINGTON Heres the scene outside Prettyman courthouse as law enforcement officials reportedly meet inside to prepare for a possible Trump indictment. Walked past a group of officers talking and overheard the press will be pissed but unclear what they were discussing"
X Link 2023-07-27T18:21Z 29.9K followers, [----] engagements
"DEAN PHILLIPS: The poll numbers and the Hunter Biden special counsel together areextraordinarily consequential and I think horrifying in combination. More from my interview with the lone House Democrat calling for Biden to retire:"
X Link 2023-08-14T15:31Z 29.8K followers, [----] engagements
"As we wait for the Camp David trilateral presser TV correspondents are doing their standups in front of the podium. Notably the White House correspondents here for all five networks are women"
X Link 2023-08-18T19:00Z 29.9K followers, 43.9K engagements
"Most interesting part about this episode was that much of the Obama orbit often praised for their political savvy were reportedly pushing Patrick to run because they were so worried about Biden. Then Patrick collapsed and Biden whom they thought couldnt win won"
X Link 2023-08-20T21:12Z 29.8K followers, 10.9K engagements
"It actually isnt that uncommon Bob Dole in [----] and George W. Bush in [----] both did it (and Dole skipped the first three). Also Mitt Romney in [----] (technically he hadnt announced yet but he has been invited and other candidates who hadnt announced showed up)"
X Link 2023-08-24T03:00Z 29.8K followers, 47.3K engagements
"There it is (via @CNN)"
X Link 2023-08-25T00:38Z 29.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Morning Consult post-debate poll: Trump DeSantis no change Ramaswamy Christie up [--] Everyone else stable Nothing changed"
X Link 2023-08-26T18:12Z 29.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Dont think this is fair. At one of the low points of Bidens life when his son Beau died in [----] McConnell was the lone Senate Republican to attend the funeral"
X Link 2023-08-31T21:58Z 29.9K followers, 10.5K engagements
"Mirror split in both parties: Democratic elites want a second Biden term think he has a relatively good shot; Dem voters want someone else think hes doomed. Republican elites think Trump could screw the party; GOP voters think hes guaranteed victory"
X Link 2023-09-07T16:42Z 29.8K followers, [---] engagements
"ROMNEY calls it quits. The Senate GOP loses one of its last remaining dealmakers. My message to Utahns on my Senate reelection plan: https://t.co/kgbsfIxMeR My message to Utahns on my Senate reelection plan: https://t.co/kgbsfIxMeR"
X Link 2023-09-13T17:41Z 31.3K followers, [----] engagements
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