Mick McGibbon

I'm a semi-retired truck driver, not a retired semi-truck driver. And someone thinks I'm a pretty good grandpa.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

There is not a single mention of Gaza in the 192 page DNC autopsy report. As someone who campaigned in Michigan and Wisconsin, let me tell you- one of the main reasons we lost was our blank check to Israel while they committed a genocide.

Our party must put human rights first.

[Braden Taylor @BradenTaylorTV]

Full footage of trainer Cherie DeVaux watching Golden Tempo win the Kentucky Derby!

DeVaux is the first female trainer to ever win the Kentucky derby.

[Mick McGibbon @mickster60]

A 'natural haven' is about to become Afton's newest park — thanks, in part, to two dogs named Mike and Millie https://t.co/Xzithi2Rur via @pioneerpress

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Warren Buffett, in his first sit-down since stepping down as Berkshire CEO, gave the cleanest indictment of legalized gambling in a decade. He called it a tax cut for the wealthy. The math proves him exactly right.

Americans wagered $165 billion at legal sportsbooks in 2025. They lost $16 billion of that. FanDuel pulled $6 billion of the losses. DraftKings pulled $5.3 billion. Every state with legal mobile sports betting collected a tax on the bettor side. New York alone took in over $1.2 billion in 2025 sports betting tax revenue.

Layer the lottery on top. State lotteries generate over $90 billion a year. The bottom half of income earners account for roughly 70% of total spend. The average lottery player makes $38,000. A household earning $20,000 spends three times more on tickets than one earning $30,000. The implicit tax rate, meaning whatever the state keeps after prizes, runs 30 to 50% depending on the game. No other revenue source in America has that base and that rate.

The structural design is the engine. A single straight sports bet carries a hold of 4 to 5%. A four-leg parlay carries a hold above 30%. FanDuel and DraftKings spent five years rebuilding their apps to make parlays the default product. FanDuel's blended hold rate hit 11.4% in 2025, up from roughly 7% in 2022. The product got worse for the customer and the customer wagered more anyway.

Now look at the substitution. Nine US states have no state income tax. Seven of those nine run state lotteries. Seven of those nine have legalized sports betting. The states most committed to never taxing wealth are the same states running the largest extraction machines on people who cannot afford to lose. Read it as policy.

Here is what Buffett is actually pointing at. The state needs revenue. It can raise income tax on the top decile, or it can run a lottery plus a sports betting tax. The second option raises the money from the people who can least afford it. The first option becomes politically optional. New York's $1.2 billion in 2025 sports betting tax is $1.2 billion the state did not have to ask of someone earning $5 million.

DraftKings and FanDuel sell a privatized collection mechanism for a regressive tax that the state never has to defend at the ballot box again. Voters approve legalization once. Collection runs forever. The state takes a cut. The wealthy get a quieter top bracket. The bettor's cut shrinks every quarter as the parlay menu gets pushed harder.

The function of a government, Buffett said, is not to play its people for suckers.

Thirty-nine state governments now do.

[Mick McGibbon @mickster60]

Why has Sen. @amyklobuchar, who is running for gov of MN, and if elected will be in position to opt MN into the new federal private school voucher program, NOT co-signed, along with 32 other senators @SenMarkKelly’s senate bill that would halt that plan? https://t.co/rIJ8QEZXZE

[Mick McGibbon @mickster60]

@BisforBerkshire @amyklobuchar @jpcoolican @stevetimmer @roblevine82 @bzosiad @imanicruzen

[Mick McGibbon @mickster60]

“The Blue State Voucher Express, the Democrats’ pro-voucher wing is pressing blue, democratic governors to embrace Trump’s voucher program.” Buried in last year’s tax bill was the nation’s first ever Federal school voucher program. And #DFER loves it! https://t.co/Ra74uYGwH3

[Mick McGibbon @mickster60]

“The Blue State Voucher Express, the Democrats’ pro-voucher wing is pressing blue, democratic governors to embrace Trump’s voucher program.” Buried in last year’s tax bill was the nation’s first ever Federal school voucher program. And #DFER loves it! https://t.co/Ra74uYGwH3

[Peter Greene @palan57]

So much for accountability being provided by a free and open market

[Mick McGibbon @mickster60]

Why is Minnesota Senator @amyklobuchar, who is the leading candidate for Governor of Minnesota, not on this list of supporters for this amendment to rollback Federal School Vouchers?

[Peter Greene @palan57]

Senate Bill Proposes Rollback Of Federal School Vouchers via @forbes https://t.co/jTNfhlLmb4

[Mick McGibbon @mickster60]

FAA drops ban on drones near DHS operations following Minnesota photojournalist’s lawsuit https://t.co/ERWDqT293Z

[Medea Benjamin @medeabenjamin]

Today in the House, members voted down a measure to restrict Trump's authority to continue attacking Iran by a vote of 214-213.

We paid a visit to the office of the only Democrat who voted with Republicans, Rep. Jared Golden from Maine. Had he voted with his party, the bill would have passed.

There is no good reason to have voted against this bill. This is an unjustified, unprovoked war is destabilizing the region and the global economy. It should be ended immediately.

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

Democrats will never speak this frankly about Muslims. Why not.

[Richard W. Painter @RWPUSA]

Getting in a fight with the Pope is never good politics, particularly on an issue such as an unpopular and unnecessary war, where most Americans agree with the Pope.
https://t.co/NI8lWVhVam via @NCRonline

[Robert Wright @robertwrighter]

Just posted: My take on the ceasefire. https://t.co/QNNNsX54m1

[Common Dreams @commondreams]

The current political climate demands the powerful emergence of the four previous presidents of our country, writes @RalphNader. https://t.co/ynbWkiIe0F

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

I’m working on typing up notes from the hearing, but first: please enjoy this highly detailed, totally lifelike rendering of today’s proceedings!

[Steve Timmer 📷🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 @stevetimmer]

My endorsement of Aaron Klemz for Minnesota House District 39A.

https://t.co/9PesbhG8s8

[Mick McGibbon @mickster60]

Proposed federal tax credit risks hanging up education debate at MN Capitol https://t.co/qD6ovc86R2

[Mick McGibbon @mickster60]

Opting into Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill’s Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program is just opting into a school voucher program “dressed up to look nice,” per co-chair of the MN House Education Finance Committee. And that’s putting it mildly! Don’t do it! https://t.co/qD6ovc86R2