Ford O'Connell

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[Ford O'Connell @FordOConnell]

You got to be kidding me.

—> Hiring US citizens is what American companies are supposed to do.

[Daily Wire @realDailyWire]

DOJ Targets Elon Musk’s SpaceX For Allegedly Preferring To Hire U.S. Citizens https://t.co/e9kPHAScgH

[Ford O'Connell @FordOConnell]

Correct.

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

Biggest takeaway from this Graham Platner disaster: Even if you're the most liberal Republican in the world-- somebody who votes with Democrats as much, if not more than Republicans while having an 'R' next to your name-- the Democrat Party will still do whatever it takes to replace you with a degenerate buffoon who will vote with them 100% of the time.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Graham Platner's odds have collapsed in the Maine Senate race following sexting allegations.

Republicans now favored to take the seat — 51% chance.

[Ford O'Connell @FordOConnell]

This.

[Daily Caller @DailyCaller]

Democrat Strategist Wrapped Up In Plot To Confuse Voters By Running Candidate With Same Name As GOP Incumbent: 'They know they can’t beat Dan Sullivan on his record' https://t.co/HfQBnt1edJ

[Insider Wire @InsiderWire]

#BREAKING: CBP intercepts boat carrying 240 Haitian nationals attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.

[Election Wizard @ElectionWiz]

Florida routinely counts and reports nearly all of its 10+ million votes very quickly, with the vast majority done on Election Night or within 24 hours.

LA can’t even count under 1 million votes in days.

Same country, wildly different competence.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

DELANEY HALL 100: Fox News Digital investigation reveals network of roughly 100 groups with $825 million in combined annual revenue coordinating Newark ICE protests through encrypted Signal chats, strategic comms documents and military-style supply operations.

The groups — including the ACLU, Indivisible and Democratic Socialists of America — direct activists to call the detention center a 'concentration camp' and detainees 'captives' who were 'kidnapped.' About 70 of the organizations enjoy tax-exempt nonprofit status, now under congressional investigation for alleged abuse of those designations.

[Breitbart News @BreitbartNews]

Former Gov. @MainePaulLePage tells @slaterradio: “What people don’t realize, Graham Platner is very wealthy... He is really not what he portrays himself to be."

"He’s only got one client... he supplies the oysters to his mother’s little restaurant."

“He’s an elitist who just has gone off the grid. That’s it. And it’s gonna catch up to him.”

[Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs]

Trump at 3 pm today will announce $700 million for 13 current coal plants plus two new ones, sources told @saraecook @RichardEscobedo and me. He's using Defense Production Act. @CBSNews

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

Bessent exemplifies my favorite form of the political animal. He’s an articulate, clubbable, well-coiffed, bloodthirsty, savage beast. You love to see it.

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

Last week, the state of New Jersey’s health inspectors went to Delaney Hall and didn’t find one SINGLE violation.

Compare this to the “DEPLORABLE” conditions of the New Jersey state prison system.

See for yourself ⬇️

https://t.co/rivUrDtJUd

[New York Post @nypost]

President Trump plans to attend Game 3 at MSG as Knicks host first NBA Finals contest in 27 years https://t.co/alGRfrj4c4

[Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 @ChristinaPushaw]

Ah yes, the Soviet Union. Famous for cutting taxes and protecting private property rights.

[Ford O'Connell @FordOConnell]

That thing that I’m told doesn’t happen just happened again…

[John Solomon @jsolomonReports]

Canadian who voted illegally in 9 US elections will go to prison https://t.co/F2Di0o8gjX

[Barry @BarryOnHere]

The last time the Knicks had a lead in the NBA Finals was June 17th, 1994.

Yes, the same day as this:

[Katie Miller @KatieMiller]

The Democrats are about to steal the LA mayoral race once again using mail-in voting.

“Only an estimated 60% of votes have been counted across California, and the remaining vote-by-mail ballots are expected to skew in Democrats’ favor.”

If we don’t have secure elections, we don’t live in a Democracy.

[New York Post @nypost]

Fewer than 1 in 5 Dems feel proud to be American ahead of 250th birthday - compared to 2 in 3 of Republicans https://t.co/erC504p5Rp

[Rob Schmitt @SchmittNYC]

Keep counting until you get the result you want..

[Ford O'Connell @FordOConnell]

Third World, banana republic!

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 NOW: A late mail-in ballot drop just came in and Republicans LOST it by a LOT, and the total votes remaining to count WENT UP

CALIFORNIA IS INSANE

California Gov ballot drop, LA, per VoteHub

🔵 Xavier Becerra: 26,434 (35.4%)
🔵 Tom Steyer: 22,025 (29.5%)
🔴 Steve Hilton: 12,759 (17.1%)
🔴 Chad Bianco: 3,449 (4.6%)

Only 55% COUNTED per NBC

California elections are a DISGRACE!

Becerra is moving toward taking 1st place over Hilton (R), while Steyer also gains

[OSZ @OpenSourceZone]

New Crystal Ball 2026 House Ratings

🔴 Republicans: 213
🔵 Democrats: 206
🟡 Tossup: 16

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

An internal poll showing +4 is not super reassuring given that internal polls typically exaggerate their candidate's standing by 4 points or so. And that's smaller than Platner's lead in most public polls before.