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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.
@SeminOLDschool@TruthFairy131 The world has been so propagandized, that "they" have literally reversed the meaning of racist, and the sheeple fall in line.
More justification to support the fact that the responsibility to protect others who can't protect themselves should be expected from everyone who is levelheaded, responsible, and well trained. #2A
“The first person I see in this mall that looks white I’m killing”
“As long as she has blonde hair & blue eyes, she’s going to die” said Antiwhite Black killer & convicted rapist Phillip Grant.
Connie Russo-Carriero was killed simply for having WHITE skin & blonde hair.
Gripping a steak knife as he crouched in a parking garage stairwell, Phillip Grant was on a mission.
Grant was determined to start a race war & his devotion to his cause was such that he lurked in his hiding place for hours, watching and waiting for the right kind of victim to cross his path.
“The first person I see in this mall that looks white I’m killing,” Grant said in a videotaped confession that shocked the community of White Plains, New York. “As long as she has blonde hair & blue eyes, she was going to die.”
The woman he murdered on June 29 would have been the first of many, Grant boasted, if police hadn’t caught him so quickly.
“There are a lot of white people that really need to die, I don’t give a f— what public opinion is about that”.
“I have no remorse whatsoever because she was white” he told Police.
Grant expressed no remorse, except to lament that his race war had only one white casualty. “My only regret is that I don’t know anything about biological weapons” Grant said.
There are so many stories just like this. They have been hidden & suppressed until now.
They show a distinct pattern of behaviour & a clear motive.
Pure visceral blind hatred that is being fuel by Western governments, their institutions & via media.
Antiwhiteism is fatal.
R.I.P Connie 🤍🕊️
@nynole55@DanClarkSports Why should he or anyone be required to participate in anything{movement, event, whatever} that he doesn't stand for? Individual liberty shouldn't be frowned upon.
🚨PRIDE MONTH🚨
The Texas Rangers are the ONLY MLB team not acknowledging “Pride Month.”
The Rangers are again not hosting an LGBT night event.
Instead, on June 18, they will be hosting a Faith and Family Night.
According to their website, the event will feature “personal testimonies from Rangers players Wyatt Langford, Josh Jung, Cody Bradford, Jacob Latz, Jalen Beeks, and others, sharing how faith impacts their lives both on and off the field.”
@LeaderJohnThune how do you look yourself in the mirror? Your assistants write complete BS on your socials, all the while you're doing your best to take care of your cronies and thumbing your nose at the will of We The People. Disgusting
Today’s floor votes will demonstrate a clear difference between the parties. Republicans want to fund law enforcement so officers have the tools and resources they need to protect our communities. Democrats want to defund law enforcement to appease their far-left base.
I know which side the American people are on.
It’s hard to believe that our ancestors staged a revolution over a small tax on tea. Yet today we smile and give up nearly half of our earnings to an out of control government.
For all who are complaining about the @SpaceX valuation for its IPO, it’s a free market. Don’t buy it.
For those who believe in future and @elonmusk , it’s a free market, buy it.
RT If you are going to invest
These are the stories The American People want to see more of. Thank you @iamrodneysmith for being an amazing American, and human. Changing lives 1 yard, and soul at a time.
Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration.
More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸
@FoxEbenBrown@RonDeSantis@GovGoneWild As a long time member of my county's planning commission, I can tell you most of the anger and mistrust local governments deal with is due to lack of education. Most people don't read the entire article/packet, or take the time to understand the nuances.