Stephen Best

Christian, husband, father, semi-retired appraiser, huge sports fan, political moderate.

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

It has been my observation over 66 years of life that strong leaders do not claim to be a victim time and time again. That type of person is consumed only with self and has neither the inclination nor the ability to truly lead other people to meaningful and productive ends.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

I am more and more convinced that - even though Trump's piss-poor polling to date is largely economically related (about gas prices and kitchen table issues), THE thing that WILL bring him down, that even MAGA is beginning to see and deplore, is his CORRUPTION.
And in that vein, he's going to be sorry he decided to f*ck with Newsom on investigative BS, because Newsom don't play and he knows how to get a narrative across eloquently, and he WILL advance the TRUTHFUL representation that Trump is maximally corrupt, like nothing we've ever seen before, nor will again.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump surrendered to Iran, and now you're going to pay to rebuild them.

Had enough yet?

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Some thoughts on the new Epstein Files revelations:

I’ve now read everything that’s come out from the new Haberman and Swan book, and the thing I keep coming back to is the Situation Room. They held multiple meetings in the Situation Room about the Epstein files. That room is for war. It’s for national security emergencies. It is not for figuring out how to spin a scandal you’re telling the country is a hoax.

While the President was deflecting or calling this old news, his own Vice President and Chief of Staff were huddled in the most leak-proof room in America because they knew how bad it really was.

You don’t take a nothingburger to the Situation Room.

And I have to be honest, reading all this brings back a lot of frustration about what happened in the House of Representatives. I sat there and watched Mike Johnson send the House home early to dodge a vote on releasing these files. I watched him refuse to swear in a duly elected colleague for months just to stall the discharge petition. Month after month of excuses, arm twisting, and procedural games, all to keep this information from the public. We only got the files because survivors, families, and a handful of members in both parties simply refused to let it go.

So when people ask me why I talk so much about transparency and accountability, this is why. The truth eventually comes out. It always does.

The only question is whether your leaders helped reveal it or helped bury it.

Everyone who voted to keep these files hidden should have to answer for that.

Finally, notice what’s missing from all of this is any sign that Trump’s DOJ will actually investigate the powerful men named in these files.

Draw your own conclusions about why a Justice Department run by the President’s former defense lawyers might not be eager to pull that thread.

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

@HQNewsNow That won't stand up in the courts.

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

But Johnson isn't mentally ill as is Trump.

[Larry Sabato @LarrySabato]

The Speaker is just as irresponsible as the President. Pitiful.

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

@marklevinshow Why don't you move to Israel?

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

Always weird to me that conservatives act like he’s the toughest man in America when literally a follow up question is enough to make him turn completely beet red and crash out

[Pat Forde @ByPatForde]

No Triple Crown bid for Golden Tempo ... because the sport's calendar is outdated and he understandably skipped the Preakness. Fix it. https://t.co/SIGfrkziga

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

@TheOnlySweeney Piss poor coverage

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

@CincyProblems Incapable of beating teams in their division.

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

Rational people trust everyday election officials way more than Fox evening story tellers. $787.5 million out of pocket shows what Fox is.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ingraham: So until we have a complete end investigation into California's mail in ballot counting, vote processing, chain of custody—we the people will have serious doubts about whether the will of the voters in California is being respected

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

It is called counting the votes. Period.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Schmitt: I do think there needs to be an investigation. What California is doing here in this crazy Democrat scheme, to sort of rig the elections here and I don't know what else you call it…

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ossoff: There is no world in which Todd Blanche could earn my vote. As far as I'm concerned, he should resign. Todd Blanche is a crony. Todd Blanche is a loyalist. He has no business as the nation's top law enforcement official.

If we want to stop these spectacularly incompetent nominees from getting confirmed, we're going to have to stop relying on a few Republican senators to suddenly discover their courage and integrity. We're going to have to win the majority in the senate.

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

@PrimeVideo M. uu

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

@patriottakes NFL franchises rarely win with a QB that is not grounded in reality. Good luck, Giants, with this kid at the helm.

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

RETWEET if you support Scott Pelley after CBS News has just fired him.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Trump appoints a totally unqualified political crony who's shown a willingness to violate ethics rules and probably the law to go after Trump's political opponents as Acting Director of National Intelligence.

A ludicrous appointment, but a very dangerous one.

[Stephen Best @SteveBest1]

Kentucky must improve their pitching before next year. Way too many pitching flops in game threes and late innings this year.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

The vicious responses from MAGA to artists who don’t want to participate in anything connected to Trump shows exactly why artists don’t want anything to do with him or his movement of whiny, vindictive snowflakes. You get lied to, used, abused & discarded - it is never worth it.

[Zaid Jilani @ZaidJilani]

The other guy demanded Ten Commandments in public schools while boinking a lady who wasn’t his wife