Tres Watson

Sometimes witty & occasionally potty-mouthed
-Lexington Herald-Leader; Founder of @CapitolReinsPR; host of @KYPolWeekly Podcast

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

I love a good "An Act Relating To...". The clear winner early in #KYGA25 was "An Act Relating to Balloons" from Kim Banta but Josh Bray is in the running with "An Act Relating to Poultry."

I'll try to update this thread through session if I remember.

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

@DReeves96

[New York Post @nypost]

Pols send chilling warning to White House about China fueling anti-AI data center protests in US https://t.co/4vyqWT6oRW

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

Want to know why we have crazy ass election conspiracy theorists? Stupid shit like this.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: California officials are warning that counting votes in the primary could take *weeks.*

Just 54% of the votes for the governor's race have been counted, and the next 46% could take weeks, according to the Associated Press.

"Officials are urging patience as results could take weeks, yes, weeks to settle," Fox News' Trace Gallagher reported.

Ridiculous.

[New York Post @nypost]

NATO chief warns young Russians against signing up for army: 'High chance you'll die' https://t.co/FrRyUTGbyu

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

@CarolGRogers It's like concert riders. If the all the M&M's aren't brown, you probably messed up something on the technical side because you didn't read it. If you can't pass the entry exam, you don't get to be State Rep

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

Local woman bad at paperwork, news at 11

[Lexington Herald-Leader @heraldleader]

District 88 voters deserve a real choice in November | Opinion https://t.co/irCI6uWhf1

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

Wtf

[ABC News @ABC]

President Trump is floating the possibility of keeping the UFC arena on the White House South Lawn — built for a series of fights on his birthday and Flag Day — permanently.

Read more: https://t.co/PdI3ZarEYr

[Foster @foster_type]

Rubio's habit of dropping rap lyrics into very serious situations shows that he understands that life is fundamentally absurd.

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

Outstanding..

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Sen. Tillis: "Did you actually tell Pulte you were going to punch him in the face?"

Bessent: "No, sir. I actually said I was going to kick his ass."

Tillis: "Good, I share the emotion…I'm not going to support Pulte for DNI…He lost me when he went after Powell."

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

Beshear Family Budgeting 101: Transfer financial obligations from today to the future for short-term political gain. Differed maintenance= increased costs. I understood a 30 day freeze, extending it is the same type of thinking that brought us the pension crisis.

[Kentucky Today @KyTodayEditor]

OP-ED: Easing pain at pump means more pain on roadways https://t.co/aDxC1alTPy via @kytodayeditor

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

Democrat polling firm has Democrat leading race.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

In a poll taken over the past two days: we lead by four.

Susan Collins is spineless and corrupt. And in 153 days, we will defeat her.

[Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen]

Sen. Tillis (R-N.C.), who supported Pulte to be FHFA director via the Senate Banking Committee, tells reporters: “I thought most of his experience was in the building industry. I didn't know he had any national security experience.”

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

Thank god.

[On3 @On3]

BREAKING: Iowa State star transfer forward Milan Momcilovic has committed to Kentucky, @JoeTipton reports😼

Momcilovic averaged 16.9 points per game shooting 48.7% from three last season.

https://t.co/QCU3mKfO2A

[The Reagan Caucus @NewReaganCaucus]

What percent of Never Trumpers in 2016 thought it meant they'd have to support a Nazi-tattoo bearing communist to defeat Susan Collins ten years later?

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

NEW: Mamdani-backed congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier deleted posts and reposts calling for abolishing police, prisons and borders, seizing private property, nationalizing industries, and one declaring, “Israel doesn’t exist!”

[Political Polls @PpollingNumbers]

🔵 Gov. Janet Mills says she never withdrew from Maine's Democratic Senate primary and remains on the ballot, pushing back on claims that she dropped out: “I am still on the ballot.”

[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

Russia: Rubles in circulation have more than doubled since 2021.

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

It was never and is never about peace with Iran. It's always about biding time for a future attack. Trump is being played for a fool.

[New York Post @nypost]

Iran digs out underground missile sites during cease-fire with US: report https://t.co/H3BOfH8uY1

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

Graham Platner getting mad about people talking about shit he's said in the past would be like me applying for a job and being mad about not getting it because they found out I've been a loud mouthed jackass on social media. 🤷‍♂️

[Tres Watson @treswatson]

Say what you want about 2010 Republicans, at least when we fucked up our nominations we mostly dropped those people. Not a lot of effort was put into sending the witch to DC.