@mrddmia In addition, President Trump should sign an EO withdrawing qualified immunity from Every federal judge that Does not uphold the Constitution re presidential powers. Allow them to be civilly sued. Including every judge that allowed the J6ers civil rights to be violated.
@The_DrJ3ckyll@JamieBonkiewicz How long are we going to tolerate reporters that show their bias when asking loaded questions? Whatever happened to the standard, who, what, when, where and how?
Hello, Mr. Desiderio,
Punchbowl News sells access to Capitol Hill for corporate clients. Their senior Senate reporter is you, Andrew Desiderio.
Here's how the access works: Punchbowl has a weekly show called "Fly Out Day," taped at the Punchbowl News Townhouse and described on their own site as an "exclusive first look" for Premium subscribers. Those Premium subscribers are the K Street corporate government affairs staff and trade association officials whose legislative interests depend on what Senate leadership decides to schedule… or kill.
The second-ever guest was Senate Majority Leader John Thune, on September 11, 2025. This is documented in your own webste.
Now let’s go over your post carefully.
You say Mike Lee "primed the GOP base to believe" something. That’s manipulative framing, the language of a man working a crowd. But Thune "pointed out" something. That’s the language of a man correcting the record, establishing fact.
This is not a one-off phrasing choice on your part.
Your Punchbowl coverage consistently frames Thune's positions as institutional reality and conservative alternatives as base management. Thune "declared" that the talking filibuster is dead. Lee and his allies "captivated Trump's base." Thune "had enough." The SAVE Act push is "a self-inflicted wound." These are not neutral verbs. They are a point of view… and it's Thune's point of view, delivered with a byline.
There's a structural reason this happens.
Jake Sherman described Punchbowl's business model in his own words on The Rebooting podcast (January 2022): nearly 90% of the outlet's revenue comes from corporate sponsorships… "trade groups and companies looking to get their public affairs messaging in front of those making public policy." The sponsors documented at Punchbowl include PhRMA, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Facebook, JPMorgan, Blackstone, the American Investment Council (private equity lobby), and others.
These sponsors need the goodwill of the Senate Majority Leader, who controls which of their legislative priorities come to the floor. Thune controls the floor. Thune sits in Punchbowl's townhouse. You reports Thune's framing as conventional wisdom.
When Desiderio writes that the talking filibuster "will ultimately fail" ... not might fail, not Thune argues it will fail, but when it ultimately fails ... is that journalism? Or is it the view from Thune's Fly Out Day chair?
You are busted, Mr. Desiderio.
Here’s a way to prove the elections are stolen. Allow independent tabulators recount every paper ballot and remove Dominion Voting Systems. That would prove it’s not the ballots. It’s the system counting the votes! @realDonaldTrump@DNIGabbard@JDVance@marcorubio
White privilege.
Is communist propaganda. It is designed to be divisive.
Divide and conquer.
Communism 101.
The communist manifesto stole numerous ideas from The Art of War.
@ChiefEngineerCE@BernieSanders Exactly! These companies hiring foreign workers should foot the bill for student loan defaults. Another thing, they should have to pay into social security, Medicare and federal taxes for all the employees they Didn’t Hire.
@Moonbellykamala@elonmusk Argh! Elon should take the Boring Company up there and make a tunnel for Teton Pass. Help the people in Teton Valley Idaho out. Most of the workers in Jackson Hole live in Idaho and have to commute over Teton Pass. Help!