tpagator

Husband. Dad. UF / Johns Hopkins Alum. Defense dude. SoFla ➡DC➡TPA. Politics, gators, bourbon.

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

Aged like milk.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

1,000 New Yorkers won our lottery for affordable tickets to the World Cup.

Today, we celebrated in the stands for the first NY/NJ game of the tournament.

The beautiful game belongs to everyone.

[Kanye East @FuckedUpYogis]

Dude he literally running New York like the average joe in a movie who gets elected into office as a gag and then fixes everything simply because he is not a politician and an earnest regular guy.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I’m just going to post this every few days rather than arguing with faceless, nameless trolls in the comments.

[Fred Guttenberg @fred_guttenberg]

Everyone should condemn this. However, this is indicative of what the Republican party in Florida has become.

Time for change. Time for decency. Time for candidates who will govern for all. Time for @davidjollyfl and @GwenGraham as our next Governor and LG.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

Well Done, ESPN.

[tpagator @DCGATOR15]

Jesus christ you are a historical embarrassment. Youre grand kids will read about their pathetic, boot licking Abuelo

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

UFC has become a global phenomenon by embracing values that resonate far beyond the Octagon: excellence, discipline, opportunity, and meritocracy.

Proud to launch a new Sports Diplomacy partnership with @UFC and grateful to host @DanaWhite for the signing of our MOU.

[tpagator @DCGATOR15]

@SecRubio @ufc @danawhite Jesus christ you are a historical embarrassment. Youre grand kids will read about their pathetic, boot licking Abuelo

[Kevin Baron @DefenseBaron]

This UFC event is a national policy failure. Let’s be real. The entire world is watching the #FIFAWorldCup and instead of maximizing that moment, the Trump admin created a competing, lesser event. Clear mismanagement, costing American revenue, prestige, and global leadership. Sad

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

MLK Jr. stood here and gave his speech. And here we are today. This is so stupid.

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

Doug Burgum is a great example of how Trump turns everyone around him into a painfully sycophantic hack. When Burgum ran for president in 2024, he seemed like a reasonably serious traditional conservative. Now he's on TV saying extraordinarily silly things all the time.

[Doug Landry @douglandry]

we are going to reach immeasurable, off the charts, incomprehensible levels of "can you imagine if Barack Obama did this?" on Sunday night

[tpagator @DCGATOR15]

Great job @FloridaGOP

[Realtor.com @realtordotcom]

Florida's net gain of just 815 retirees in 2025 signals a growing trend of older residents leaving the state for South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee, driven by soaring insurance costs, extreme heat, and a cost of living that has outpaced expectations.

Read: https://t.co/IzF8iNSKb0

[Thomas Kennedy @tomaskenn]

But the state of Florida can spend a billion in taxpayer dollars on Alligator Alcatraz.

[Political Punk @actingliketommy]

This is West Virginia. They are super excited America has its first trillionaire.

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

The legacy of the world’s first trillionaire isn’t wealth. It’s mass murder.

[S.V. Dáte @svdate]

And this is where you end up when you sign to defend our criminal president.

[Jeff Brandes @JeffreyBrandes]

This started as a tax debate.

It isn’t anymore.

For months, we’ve argued about whether property taxes are too high, whether homeowners deserve relief, and whether local governments have grown too comfortable with rising property values.

Those are fair questions.

But the state’s own Revenue Estimating Conference now projects roughly $11.9 billion in recurring reductions to local government revenue.

That shifts the conversation.

Because governments that cannot fund themselves eventually have to ask someone else to do it.

And when that happens, the debate is no longer about taxes.

It’s about who makes the decisions.

Who decides whether a sheriff’s budget grows?

Who decides whether a fire station stays open?

Who decides whether a county can pave roads, maintain parks, or expand services?

Today, those decisions are made locally.

Tomorrow, they may depend on annual decisions made hundreds of miles away in Tallahassee.

Supporters see tax relief.

Critics see budget cuts.

Both may be missing the bigger story.

This isn’t really a debate about taxes anymore.

It’s a debate about governance.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

They have turned the Lincoln Memorial into white fucking trash