Brandon Koontz

** Mind The Snap: a new Marvel podcast series** Loves writing, sports, family and all things nerd. @poundingtherock contributor

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

Epic troll post but also Trump declining his POTUS salary was the best $1.6 million investment he ever made in his lifetime.

[Dr. Hank Desmond @HankDesmondPhD]

The same people concerned about Trump “enriching himself” from the presidency are SILENT on Joe Biden gaining $1.6 million dollars during his term.

[More Luigis Needed @LisaA311]

We're all born left wing.

Ask any kid if homeless people should be fed and housed, if everyone deserves healthcare, if bombing families is wrong, if racism is bad, if air and water should be clean, if trees and nature are good...

[Point Made Basketball @pointmadebball]

Victor Wembanyama with a consistent Dirk fade is probably the most unguardable player in the league because this is basically uncontenstable

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

The scary thing is he 100% believes this

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Trump: I know more about inflation, I know more about everything than anybody in this room. Anybody anywhere in the world.

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

@zach_koontz1701 Definitely 🤦‍♂️

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

Gee, another shocker

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Trump’s longtime outside allies are urging him to take control of the midterms, with martial law being considered, if they deem "midterms rigged," per Axios

[Xæc @zach_koontz1701]

Surprise surprise

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

You could make a case that this is sinful behavior. I absolutely hate theatrics from the pulpit. Just preach, man.

[Protestia @Protestia]

Pastor Brian Tome pouring hot coffee on the church carpets for a sermon illustration, while the janitorial staff looks on in horror while making these faces 🧐😳🫣😭😭🤬🤬🤬

[Jared Ryan Sears @JaredRyanSears]

These are the economic numbers going into the midterms:

Inflation when Trump took office: 3%.
Inflation today: 3.7%.

Wage gains when Trump took office: 4%
Wage gains today: 3%

Real wage gains when Trump took office: 1%
Real wage gains today: -0.7%

Cost of a gallon of gas when Trump took office: $3.13
Cost of a gallon of gas today: $4.33

Average monthly job creation in 2024: 122,000
Average monthly job creation since Trump took office: 39,000

Unemployment rate when Trump took office: 4%
Unemployment rate today: 4.2%

GDP growth 2024: 3%
Most recent quarter GDP growth: 2.2% (2026 average so far: 2.3%)

Deficit in 2024: $1.83 trillion
Deficit for 2026: $1.99 trillion

National debt 2024: $35.5 trillion
National debt 2026: $40.1 trillion

30-year mortgage rate when Trump took office: 7%
30-year mortgage rate today: 7.45%

Defense spending 2024: $874 billion
Defense spending 2026: $966 billion* (current OMB estimate)
Republican defense spending request for 2027: $1.5 trillion

[dan ushman @danushman]

Unpopular opinion; No one - literally not a soul - actually enjoys the taste of beer. Not a single human. Those who claim to enjoy beer, don’t actually. It’s really just a social ritual, a form of self deception… the impact of decades of stacked marketing to convince you that beer is anything but an alcohol delivery mechanism. You can enjoy getting sloshed. You can enjoy the social liberation that alcohol offers. You can enjoy the party. But don’t act like you actually like the taste of beer. You don’t. You might think you do. But you don’t. Because it tastes like it looks: bitter dehydrated piss, with bubbles. In the case of Guinness, like diarrhea, with bubbles. And you know it.

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

I get that someone will have nerves the first day on the job but…this is really bad and this is a very high-pressure role…

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

😬 Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad 😬

Trump managed to find a press secretary who can barely read, but she does have the number one qualification -- looking like Ivanka

Here's a supercut from Zacharia's first briefing, which made Karoline Leavitt seem like Ronald Reagan

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

@zach_koontz1701

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

@zach_koontz1701 I just saw that too and actually grimaced

[Lance Corporate @lance_corporate]

Being a dad is just telling yourself “it’s been an expensive month, we’ll get back on track next month” over and over again until you die

[Sam Biddle @samfbiddle]

[guy with Christ Is King in his bio] I can't wait to watch this guy get shot to death

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

You know which world leaders LOVE public executions?

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: The execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad will be "made public so people can watch it," per Pete Hegseth.

It will happen on December 3, at the same base where he carried out the massacre.

[Nick Timiraos @NickTimiraos]

New from the New York Fed: "By February 2026, tariffs had contributed 2.9 pp to goods price inflation, and without them goods prices would have fallen slightly."

About one quarter of every point in higher tariff rates shows up in consumer prices within one year.

• A 10% across-the-board tariff yields a 2.6% rise in consumer goods prices after one year.
• About two thirds of the increase comes from pricier imports, which get passed through quickly.
• Another third comes from U.S. made goods, as producers face higher input costs and less import competition. This takes longer, about 6-12 months, to filter through.

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

@zach_koontz1701 Trump to Putin:

[Brandon Koontz @bwkoontz]

That’s some esteemed company right there…

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades.

The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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