Jim Jinks 🇺🇸

Candidate for State Senate. Vice Chair, Cheshire Town Council. Advocate @BikeCheshire VP @Mediabids. Proudly pro-democracy & pro-America. UConn & Trinity Alum.

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

I was wondering about this. Since when is less than 200k jobs a strong or encouraging sign?

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

NYT headline when the economy added 266,000 jobs under Biden vs. NYT headline when BLS says the economy added 172,000 jobs under Trump.

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

This is why it makes far more sense to ask a little more of the wealthiest rather than asking a lot more of people that can't afford rent. Never mind five figure sports tickets. #fairness

[David Petersen @typesfaster]

The amount of wealth in NYC is unimaginable.

[Acyn @Acyn]

AOC: When people see a ballroom and, at the same time, see their health insurance getting cut off, they know that they are paying for that ballroom with no health care, higher grocery prices, and increasingly unaffordable housing.

And so I think people are pissed off about it, and they should be. It’s wrong. This is a complete theft of our money. This is what I want people to understand: this is our money. When you pay your taxes, that money is being stolen to pay for a vanity project like a ballroom, or to renovate the Kennedy Center, or whatever it is that this guy wants to do, instead of what it should be used for—paying for things that actually benefit you: better roads, health care, and more affordable groceries.

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

Ya. I mean that’s gonna happen.

[Spencer Hakimian @SpencerHakimian]

Nearly 60 people in Idaho have contracted bacterial infections after drinking raw milk.

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

@DrCatharineY @shannonrwatts Great. Now how many times can I get Shingrix?

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

Good.

[John Craven @johncraven1]

NEW: CT will supply one-time $300 grocery cards to around 25k people losing SNAP benefits because of new work requirements

Benefits will be loaded onto a phone app by August

Money is coming from the $500 million fund lawmakers set aside to offset federal cuts

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

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[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

In cities and suburbs, e-bikes are going to have way more of a positive impact on human flourishing than e-cars.

📈 @zeitonline

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

It’s a good thing we’re ‘energy independent’ and we have ‘more oil than anyone else.’

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

total US inventories of petroleum are down ~4% from a year ago- sounds small- but that's ~64 million barrels or 26.8 billion gallons. oil inventories are down 47 million barrels (thanks, SPR), with gasoline inventories 13.3 million barrels (559 million gallons) lower.

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

Yes. Well. It’s a little late for buyer’s remorse.

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

This is brutal.

A new Harvard/Harris poll shows Americans now say the economy was better under @JoeBiden by a +12 margin.

But among Independents?

Biden is up a massive +40.

The media spent years lying about Biden’s record while giving Trump endless free passes. Now Americans are living with the consequences, and they know the truth:

Joe Biden was a damn good president, and this country was stronger, safer, and better off under his leadership.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.

As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.

Go Knicks.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Vaccines didn't get rid of bubonic plague it's true. There was no vaccine.

It ended by itself.

After wiping out half of Europe's population.

[John Fanta @John_Fanta]

Half of the starters in the NBA Finals are out of the Big East:

Knicks:
Jalen Brunson (Villanova)
Mikal Bridges (Villanova)
Josh Hart (Villanova)

Spurs:
Stephon Castle (Connecticut)
Julian Champagnie (St. John’s)

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

The self-dealing is at staggering terms. Meanwhile we’re all paying $1.50 more per gallon if gas, housing beyond reach, health care is not an option for 30 million Americans and the ‘American Dream’ is more like a cruel joke. #Election2026

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Follow the money on this one. It is rotten to the core.

The Pentagon just lent $620,000,000 to a tiny North Carolina startup called Vulcan Elements. The company is two years old.

It had fewer than 50 employees.

And three months before the deal was announced, Donald Trump Jr.’s venture firm quietly took a stake in it.

Here is the part the administration tried to bury.

Of the dozens of companies the Pentagon was weighing, Vulcan was the only deal initiated by a top White House aide. That aide was Peter Navarro, a close friend of Trump Jr. The order came down to move fast.

One official put it plainly: The call came from the White House. We have to get this done.

Staff worked late nights to push it through in weeks. Deals like this normally take many months of vetting. And when it closed, Vulcan’s valuation jumped from about 200 million dollars to roughly 2 billion.

A windfall for the investors, including the president’s son.

This is public money. Your money.

Routed through the Pentagon to enrich the president’s family and their friends. The Bush administration’s own chief ethics lawyer called it corruption we pay for.

And there is more coming.

A drone parts company Trump Jr. holds a stake in is also under Pentagon review.

This is not a one-off. It is a pattern. The president’s family is treating the federal Treasury like a private bank, and the bill lands on every taxpayer.

https://t.co/4kB1cZNmlE

[Jon Kent @jonkentcomrade]

Zohran is just showing that Dems could have been doing this shit the entire time, while they were going oh but our hands are tied bullshit.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

BREAKING: The Freedom 250 concert is now going to be held at Four Seasons Total Landscaping

[UConn Men's Basketball @UConnMBB]

Win or go home for Steph and the @spurs 🔥

Game 7 tonight at 8:00 p.m. on NBC/Peacock 📺

[Jared Ryan Sears @JaredRyanSears]

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

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

Very good.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Under the leadership of Governor Ned Lamont, ICE agents can now be prosecuted for civil rights violations in Connecticut. Good.

[Jim Jinks 🇺🇸 @JimJinksCT]

As it turns out, if the President is dumb enough, he can have a major impact on the economy.

[Eric Levitz @EricLevitz]

Trump could have presided over a very strong economy. All he had to do was...nothing: Inflation was trending downward, the AI boom was raising growth.

Instead, he engineered a global trade war and energy shock, while shrinking America's labor force. https://t.co/JvvlsQ83R8