Received my Long Way Home by @jeremybooth through @iconic__culture. Love this work as it reminds me of my view growing up in Colorado looking at Long's Peak.
🚨 RINO UPDATE: 25 Republican Senators have now pledged to use a standing talking filibuster to force a vote on the SAVE America Act.
But these 25 GOP Senators still HAVE NOT joined.
CALL THEM TODAY and demand they support election integrity!
John Barrasso (WY) – (202) 224-6441
John Boozman (AR) – (202) 224-4843
Shelley Moore Capito (WV) – (202) 224-6472
Susan Collins (ME) – (202) 224-2523
Tom Cotton (AR) – (202) 224-2353
Kevin Cramer (ND) – (202) 224-2043
Mike Crapo (ID) – (202) 224-6142
John Curtis (UT) – (202) 224-5251
Steve Daines (MT) – (202) 224-2651
Deb Fischer (NE) – (202) 224-6551
Lindsey Graham (SC) – (202) 224-5972
Chuck Grassley (IA) – (202) 224-3744
John Hoeven (ND) – (202) 224-2551
Jim Justice (WV) – (202) 224-3954
John Kennedy (LA) – (202) 224-4623
James Lankford (OK) – (202) 224-5754
Mitch McConnell (KY) – (202) 224-2541
Jerry Moran (KS) – (202) 224-6521
Lisa Murkowski (AK) – (202) 224-6665
Pete Ricketts (NE) – (202) 224-4224
Tim Scott (SC) – (202) 224-6121
John Thune (SD) – (202) 224-2321
Thom Tillis (NC) – (202) 224-6342
Roger Wicker (MS) – (202) 224-6253
Todd Young (IN) – (202) 224-5623
This is 100% based on Mark Meadows’ latest public whip count from yesterday.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE RINO CAUCUS LED BY @LeaderJohnThune?
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.
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.
Turns out that @LeaderJohnThune was totally projecting when he said the SAVE Act was an influencer campaign.
Senator John Thune is compromised by a company that literally exists to sell access to himself.
Pass it on.
I’m VOTING NO on the SAVE ACT because it will:
➡️ Require proof of citizenship at poll sites — like a passport or birth certificate — documents millions of Americans don’t carry with them
➡️ Charge Americans up to $130 to obtain paperwork
➡️ Target women whose names don’t match their birth certificates, seniors, military families & rural voters - disenfranchising millions!
➡️ Cost $19 billion nationwide
➡️ Make voting harder on purpose and intimidate those newly naturalized.
That’s not election security - that is voter suppression and an erosion of our democracy.
"Grow Baby Grow" — the 3 words that sent shockwaves through Davos.
Treasury Secretary Bessent and Commerce Secretary Lutnick didn't negotiate with the global elite. They delivered a reality check.
Watch @SJKokinda break down Trump's economic revolution!
@RSherman_25 It is the equivalent of the receiver bobbling the ball and losing after hitting the ground. Just so happens McMillan grabbed it before it hit the ground.