Christopher Fisher

Principal/Founder, Spinnaker Government Relations. Lobbyist for the good guys.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Only one chance in this lifetime…

Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.

I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

@StephenM “the party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. it was their final, most essential command." - george orwell, 1984

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Noem 2/2 “…Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around, an agent fired defensive shots.”

Is that what you see?

[Stats @redsoxstats]

This shot from NFL Films is unbelievable

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Murphy: "It's not designed as economic policy. It's designed as political policy. Because Donald Trump gets really excited when people have to come to him, petition the king for relief. That's what he's doing with law firms, that's what he's doing with universities. And I think that may be what he's doing with American businesses."

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

unprecedented protests this morning on heard and macdonald islands, as the population rises up against trump imposition of 10% across the board tariffs.

[Sarah Saadian @SarahSaadian]

During his address to Congress, @POTUS celebrated efforts by DOGE decimate federal agencies. Let's review their plans for HUD.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

We are barreling toward a full blown constitutional crisis.

Trump's announcement that he's ending thousands of aid contracts FUNDED BY CONGRESS is unconstitutional and illegal - and horrible for our security.

1/ A quick🧵on what's going on.
https://t.co/2KaPRykzs3

[John Bresnahan @bresreports]

Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS - The Washington Post https://t.co/Z2gWVKtXc4

[Christopher Fisher @Fishtopher_DC]

@ShepJoel https://t.co/Sm8hhe4DHk

[End Homelessness @naehomelessness]

Giving birth is hard.
Being homeless is hard.
And state camping bans don't make either of those things easier.

This woman deserved to be taken to Labor and Delivery - not to be delivered a citation instead. https://t.co/gQLKxBw1Zy

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Getting a real sense of what the next 4 years will be like

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I talked with @chrislhayes tonight about my belief that Democrats have to return to being an aggressively economically populist party that builds a wide tent, asking working class voters to come inside even if they don't align with us on every social and cultural issue.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

10/ Those are hard things for the left.

A firm break with neoliberalism.

Listen to poor and rural people, men in crisis. Don't decide for them.

Pick fights. Embrace populism.

Build a big tent. Be less judgmental.

But we are beyond small fixes.

[Christopher Fisher @Fishtopher_DC]

@ShepJoel The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is a nonpartisan thinktank you might look to for more information. I’m not endorsing everything they propose, but they will offer you more context than Musk. https://t.co/JRga8FDGqF

[Christopher Fisher @Fishtopher_DC]

@ShepJoel If Musk were to suggest we focus on going to Mars at the expense of all other scientific research, you might raise an eyebrow at that as impractical and counterproductive. I’d suggest that is a more accurate analogy for aiming to cut $2 trillion annually.

[Christopher Fisher @Fishtopher_DC]

@ShepJoel The U.S. government’s financial data is publicly available for you to review. See Table 1-6 of the June 2024 10-year Budget Projections: https://t.co/2vYaUjqCmL

[Christopher Fisher @Fishtopher_DC]

@ShepJoel I like your Spiral Wars books. I tend to think authors are more introspective than most, so I’m hoping you’ll read this with an open mind. Complex issues require complex solutions. People who tell you they can solve complex problems easily are often trying to sell you something.