Since everyone’s talking about allegations of abuse by politicians, don’t overlook Republican @MaxMillerOH being accused by his ex-girlfriend and ex-wife of violently assaulting them, including in front of his own daughter. #OH07
"Last fall, some farmers told @BohannanIowa...that they waited to buy fertilizer until spring because of high costs caused by tariffs. 'Then we went to war with Iran, and the fertilizer prices spiked even more,' Bohannan said. 'So our farmers are really struggling.'"
Republicans get the wrong Zach in Iowa.
Zach Wahls loses to Josh Turek on the Democratic side, and far-right candidate Zach Lahn beats incumbent congressman Randy Feenstra, despite Feenstra having a Trump endorsement.
Worst two outcomes Republicans could have hoped for. Yikes.
@RepOgles@Bencjacobs Sure Jan. Why would said employee ever thing this would be appropriate conduct in your office? Why would you ever employ someone so hateful or incompetent?
BREAKING
CBS has fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley for cause.
This comes after Pelley confronted 60 Minutes’ new executive producer, Nick Bilton, in a meeting yesterday and said Bari Weiss was trying to murder the program.
.@jamestalarico on having 4,000 people show up to his rally in Collin County - @KenPaxtonTX's home: "It proves that even in Ken Paxton's own backyard, Texans across the political spectrum are hungry for change."
Scoop: Rep. Ashley Hinson said last week that the Iran war will become a "political liability" if it extends much longer, according to audio obtained by POLITICO.
https://t.co/9fizy1aOaD
Notably both Sherrill and Spanberger won over 7% of 2024 Trump voters, per exit polls — with the former winning over roughly 1 in 5 2024 Latino Trump voters. I hear there are many of those in Texas.
That also was pre-Iran War…
Read @gelliottmorris on James Talarico's path to victory in Texas. It's quite hard but doable. Basically Morris calculates that if independents keep breaking for Dems by 55% or 65%, Talarico doesn't need to win over *that* many Rs, maybe 6%:
https://t.co/fkI80DFRni
Screwworms coming back into the U.S. cattle herd/stock is going to potentially devastate the industry and jack up meat prices. Worst part is, this was preventable. Trump & DOGE pushed funding cuts on/destroyed agencies that were directly responsible for fighting this pest
Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.
Economy then vs now:
GDP growth:
2024 2.8%
2026 1.6%
Inflation:
2024 2.9%
2026 3.8%
Wages:
2024 rising faster than inflation
2026 rising slower than inflation
Unemployment rate:
2024 4%
2026 4.3%
Jobs added per month:
2024 >120,000
2026 76,000
Jobs vs Unemployed:
2024 7.6 million job openings vs 6.9 million unemployed
2026 6.8 million job openings vs 7.2 million unemployed
National Debt
2024 $35.5 trillion
2026 $39 trillion
Deficit
2024 $1.8 trillion
2026 CBO projection $2 trillion
Uninsured Americans:
2024 27 million
2026 CBO projection 30 million
Gas prices per gallon:
December 2024 ~$3.00
Today $4.43
Context: TX Lt. Gov @DanPatrick was the Judge at the trial. Patrick took $3M from Paxton backers before the trial. Patrick is a Paxton donor himself. He ruled to limit testimony & blocked motions to compel Paxton & others to testify. @KenPaxtonTX wasn't "cleared", the fix was in.
The family of a child who was repeatedly raped by a man who Ken Paxton let off with no new jail time is speaking out:
“The fact that Attorney General Ken Paxton allowed this man to get away with molesting and sexually abusing [our] son for three years is completely disqualifying.
Adam Hoffman could have faced life in prison. Instead, Ken Paxton and his office offered him a deal that kept him off the sex-offender registry and included no new jail time.”