elsbelles52

Just a small town girl, living in a fucked up world, I could go on and on and on and on, but enough about me.

[Cali @CaliforniaActi2]

@lisakrstin Love how Costco treats its employees! They also donate to Democrats more than many other businesses!

[Make it Stop! - Liberty and Justice for All 💙 @mcarr2021]

@_InfoGram_ Obama got a nuclear agreement without killing a bunch of people or closing the Strait of Hormuz. J/S

[InfoGram @_InfoGram_]

Obama has just dropped the biggest bombshell on Trump 🔥

🇺🇸Trump at 3:00 PM: “I'm bringing the United States back. Obama deal was BS."

🇺🇸Obama at 4:00 PM— "We had a deal to stop Iran’s nukes. Trump tore it up.
Iran sped up. He started a war. Wasted billions. Broke the military. People died. Inflation spiked.

And now we’re worse off than before. Wow what a back. Only a fool cheers this." 🔥

Absolute brutal by Obama 💪🔥

[Make Speed Limit 45 @No_Mo_Diversity]

@lisakrstin ???? So you think it's GOOD that costco persecutes white people?

[Lisa Ericsson-Murphy 🌊🌊Trump Is A Pervert. 🇺🇦 @lisakrstin]

@No_Mo_Diversity How do they do that? There are plenty of white people that work at Costco. Of all the stupid tweets I’ve read today, yours takes the cake.

[Lisa Ericsson-Murphy 🌊🌊Trump Is A Pervert. 🇺🇦 @lisakrstin]

#DemsUnited
Not only does Costco pay their employees well, they are eligible for full healthcare after 90 days. And while other companies caved to Trump's demand to get rid of DEI, Costco's entire board voted no and refused.
In a world of Walmarts and Targets, be a Costco.

[Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 @AVindman]

I served this nation for 21 years under presidents of both parties.

Six years ago today, I was forced to retire, following months of retaliation for a decision I made to defend our Constitution.

I’ll always call out corruption, regardless of party — it’s the right thing to do.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

John Harwood is spot on! 👍

[mommawassi ☮️💟🌺🇺🇸👩🏼‍🍳🌊🌊🌊 @mommawassi]

@PressSec

[U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy]

Democrats' health care plan keeps insurers in control. Republicans trust the PATIENT to be in charge instead of the giant insurance company. That’s how we lower costs and Make Health Care Affordable Again.

[Caring Guy💙🇺🇸🌈✌🏻 @caringguy1957]

Billy boy, shouldn't a doctor actually understand how insurance works?

That claim turns reality upside down.

Republicans saying they “trust the patient” is rhetoric, not policy. In practice, Republican health care proposals consistently weaken or remove the only rules that actually limit insurer power. When you repeal coverage standards, eliminate limits on out of pocket costs, allow bare bones plans, and weaken protections for pre existing conditions, insurers gain more control, not patients. The patient does not negotiate prices with hospitals, drug manufacturers, or insurers. Large insurance companies do.

Democrats’ health care approach, especially under the Affordable Care Act, is the first time insurers were meaningfully constrained. Insurers must cover essential health benefits. They cannot deny coverage or charge more because of pre existing conditions. They are capped on how much of your premium they can keep as profit through the medical loss ratio rule. Premium subsidies and cost sharing reductions directly limit what patients pay, even when insurers raise sticker prices. That is not “insurers in control,” that is insurers operating under strict rules.

Republican “patient choice” almost always means deregulation. That translates into higher deductibles, surprise billing, narrower networks, uncovered services, and medical debt. A patient with a $7,000 deductible and no bargaining power is not “in charge.” They are exposed. Insurers, meanwhile, are free to design plans that shift risk onto patients while protecting profits.

If Republicans actually trusted patients, they would support caps on out of pocket costs, limits on premium growth, drug price negotiation, network adequacy rules, and bans on junk plans. They oppose all of those. What they support lowers insurer obligations and increases patient risk.

Health care costs are lowered by regulating prices and insurer behavior, not by pretending individuals have leverage in a market dominated by massive insurance companies, hospital systems, and pharmaceutical firms. Calling deregulation “patient control” does not make it true.

[Congressman John Rose @RepJohnRose]

Joe Biden created the worst inflation crisis of my adult lifetime. President Trump is using PRODUCTIVITY to fix what the Democrats broke. Let me explain:

1) The ultimate antidote to inflation is PRODUCTIVITY.

2) Unfortunately, Joe Biden spent trillions and overregulated every industry, especially energy, which killed PRODUCTION in this country.

3) This led to fewer available goods and services in an overbearing regulatory environment, driving up demand while driving down supply, which fueled INFLATION to over 9%.

4) President Trump is doing the opposite: bringing PRODUCTION back onshore, expanding the economy, and deregulating to boost output.

5) Ultimately, this will enhance economic activity, raise incomes, and drive DOWN inflation.

[Caring Guy💙🇺🇸🌈✌🏻 @caringguy1957]

You're lying or stupid, and you're doing it by stitching together buzzwords while ignoring what actually caused inflation and what actually reduces it.

Inflation did not spike because production collapsed under President Joe Biden. U.S. industrial output, oil production, manufacturing capacity, and labor force participation all recovered rapidly after the pandemic shock. The inflation surge was global, hit every advanced economy regardless of party or regulation, and was driven by pandemic supply chain breakdowns, massive pent up demand after lockdowns, corporate price setting, and energy shocks from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That is why inflation spiked in Europe, the UK, and Canada right alongside the United States. Claiming it was uniquely caused by Democratic policy is flatly false.

The idea that regulation “killed production” is also nonsense. The United States reached record oil and gas production under Biden. Manufacturing construction surged due to semiconductor, battery, and clean energy investment. Goods shortages eased as ports unclogged and supply chains normalized. Inflation peaked in mid 2022 and then fell steadily as supply recovered and demand cooled, largely due to Federal Reserve rate policy, not deregulation fairy dust.

Productivity is not some instant inflation cure, and it certainly is not created by tariffs, trade wars, or blowing up supply chains. Productivity gains take years, require stable investment, skilled labor, infrastructure, and technology. Slapping tariffs on imports, threatening trading partners, and injecting uncertainty into global markets does the opposite. It raises input costs immediately, which pushes prices up, not down. Every serious economist understands this.

The claim that the convicted felon is “bringing production back onshore” and therefore lowering inflation is backwards. Tariffs are taxes paid by U.S. companies and consumers. They raise the cost of cars, appliances, building materials, and food. Onshoring without workforce capacity, supplier ecosystems, and time does not magically lower prices, it increases them in the short and medium term. That is why tariffs are inflationary, full stop.

Finally, inflation had already come down dramatically from its peak before the convicted felon implemented any of his policies. Inflation was at 2.9% the day he took office. Inflation actually rose month over month from Nov to Dec. That alone destroys the argument. You cannot take credit for fixing a problem that was already easing, then pretend your policies that raise costs will somehow push prices lower.

This is not an economic argument. It is a slogan wrapped around selective memory and ignored facts.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

I spoke with Mitch McConnell today for about 20 min. He apologized for not convicting Trump for January 6th and said that Lindsey Graham is a sissy who is too scared to bring Russian sanctions forward despite promising it for a year.

It was a pleasant conversation

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

JD Vance: “The November midterms give us a choice: keep fighting fraud with Republicans or send criminal fraudsters a life boat from the Democrats.”

Just a quick reminder, this administration has pardoned more fraudster than every other administration combined.

Here is an incomplete list of fraudsters pardoned by Trump/Vance. It’s incomplete because the list is so long it exceeds the X post character limits.

• Dinesh D’Souza: Convicted of campaign contribution fraud via illegal straw donations.
• Conrad Moffat Black: Convicted of mail fraud and obstruction related to business dealings.
• Michael Robert Milken: Convicted of conspiracy, securities fraud, mail fraud, and tax fraud in the 1980s junk bond/insider trading scandal.
• Philip Esformes: Convicted in one of the largest Medicare/Medicaid fraud schemes (over $1 billion in fraudulent claims via nursing homes and kickbacks).
• Salomon Melgen: Convicted of health care fraud involving tens of millions in fraudulent Medicare billing as an eye doctor.
• Faustino Bernadett (and similar health care figures like those in large-scale schemes): Convicted in health care fraud with sham contracts and kickbacks exceeding $900 million in fraudulent bills.
• Michael Ashley: Convicted of bank fraud tied to a mortgage company collapse.
• John Duncan Fordham: Convicted of health care fraud as a pharmacist.
• Steve Stockman: Convicted of mail and wire fraud, campaign finance violations, and money laundering (misusing charitable donations).
• Chris Collins: Convicted of securities fraud and insider trading (providing material nonpublic information).
• Sholom Rubashkin: Convicted of bank fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering in a large-scale meatpacking financial scheme.
• Judith Negron: Convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, kickbacks, money laundering, and structuring (part of a major scheme).
• Fred Davis Clark Jr.: Convicted of bank fraud and false statements in connection with federally insured loans.
• Albert J. Pirro Jr.: Convicted of conspiracy, tax evasion, and multiple counts of fraud.
• Additional health care executives/doctors (at least 10 total in first term): Convicted in large-scale Medicare fraud schemes involving false billing and kickbacks.
• Trevor Milton: Convicted of securities fraud and wire fraud (false statements to investors about Nikola Corp. technology).
• Devon Archer: Convicted of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud (defrauding a Native American tribe in a bond scheme).
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States and aiding excessive campaign contributions.
• Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley: Convicted of bank fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy to defraud banks (over $30 million in fraudulent loans).
• George Santos: Convicted of wire fraud, identity theft, aggravated identity theft, and embezzlement/fraud from campaign donors and unemployment benefits.
• Michael Grimm: Convicted of tax fraud (underreporting income and filing false tax returns).
• Jacob Deutsch: Convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud (mortgage fraud scheme).
• Adriana Isabel Camberos (aka Adriana Shayota): Convicted of mail and wire fraud in a counterfeit 5-Hour Energy scheme (millions in restitution; previously had a related sentence commuted in first term).
• Andres Enrique Camberos: Convicted alongside his sister in the mail and wire fraud counterfeit product scheme.
• Terren Peizer: Convicted of insider trading and securities fraud (health care company scheme).
• Wanda Vázquez Garced: Convicted of campaign finance violations tied to bribery and wire fraud scheme.
• Julio Herrera Velutini: Convicted of wire fraud and related bribery/conspiracy.
• Mark Rossini: Convicted of wire fraud in the same bribery scheme.
• Michele Fiore: Convicted of wire fraud and charity fraud (misusing funds for slain officers).
• Glen Casada

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

"The government doesn't get to sit in the editor's chair." ABC just filed a blistering 35-page defense of The View against Brendan Carr's FCC.

And 77,000+ Americans flooded the agency with comments backing them up. https://t.co/oNwHKOgf6O

[TheFrenchie @ML3democrats]

this might be the first time in US history a city mayor is more popular nationally than the president

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

“WHAT DID JOE BIDEN EVEN DO⁉️”
I’m so glad you asked 💙

✅ Added more than 16 million jobs —the strongest job growth of any modern president

✅ Drove unemployment near a 50-year low, with record lows for Black and Hispanic Americans

✅ Delivered four straight years of record small-business growth

✅ Approved more than $140 billion in student debt relief for nearly 4 million Americans

✅ Signed the Inflation Reduction Act — the largest climate investment in U.S. history and a major step to reduce the deficit

✅ Lowered prescription drug costs for millions of Americans

✅ Capped insulin at $35 a month for seniors on Medicare

✅ Expanded Affordable Care Act coverage to a record number of Americans

✅ Made historic investments in HBCUs, community colleges, and workforce training

✅ Signed the American Rescue Plan, helping cut poverty and accelerate economic recovery

✅ Signed the PACT Act, expanding health care and benefits for millions of veterans

✅ Signed the first major federal gun safety law in nearly 30 years

✅ Nominated and confirmed Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson — the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court

✅ Protected reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, and voting access through executive action

✅ Signed the CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen American manufacturing and innovation

✅ Signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to rebuild roads, bridges, water systems, and broadband nationwide

✅ Signed the Respect for Marriage Act, protecting same-sex and interracial marriage

✅ Created the White House Office of
Gun Violence Prevention

✅ Launched the White House Initiative on Women's Health Research

✅ Led the national recovery from COVID-19 and helped drive the global vaccination effort

✅ Rebuilt U.S. alliances, rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, and strengthened
NATO

BONUS: Had ZERO felonies, grifted ZERO dollars, and was a leader our kids could look up to 💙

THAT’S what President Biden did.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

We just hit a harrowing milestone. There are now 1,000 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics that have closed or are on the verge of closing since Republicans gutted Medicaid and the ACA to fund tax cuts the wealthy.

Billionaires over patients. With deadly consequences.