Philip Bates

I enjoy economics, politics, good beer, and college football!

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

‼️ This is Trump’s Watergate Moment.

For months the Vice President, White House Chief of Staff, Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel and other top officials colluded in the Situation Room to break the law and BURY the Epstein investigation.

This is what went down ⬇️

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 NEW: 97 pardoned Jan. 6 rioters have already been returned to prison for new crimes.

[Americans For Tax Fairness @4TaxFairness]

The Federal Reserve released data on Trump's tariffs.

They found that corporations passed tariff costs off to consumers almost entirely.

That raised inflation of core goods by 3.1%.

We won't get a penny of the refunds, though. The corporations will.

It's a tax scam.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Trump’s price increases over the last year:

Gasoline: +41%
Airline fare: +27%
Energy: +24%
Tobacco: +8%
Fruits & veggies: +6%
Car repair: +6%
Clothing: +5%

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Inflation is up to 4.2%. Trump and his rich friends will tell you they're working to bring it down. It's all bullshit.

[CNN @CNN]

Annual US inflation hit a three-year-high in May, according to new data, as many Americans struggle with elevated prices and high cost of living.
https://t.co/poqYx3dSoo

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: U.S. inflation surged to a 4.2% annual rate in May, as higher energy prices put more pressure on the economy. https://t.co/f5ZEMpwzRy

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Inflation just hit a three-year high.
Gas is up over 40% in a year.
Groceries at their biggest price hike in years.

Trump’s chaos is driving this.

In Illinois, we’re fighting in the other direction: eliminating the grocery tax, capping insulin costs, lowering energy bills.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: The US Consumer Price Index CPI (Inflation) Year-over -year: 4.2%

Trump did that!

Thank him for your higher prices across the board.

Trump is the INFLATION and WAR President.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Brutal economic report for Team Trump

Inflation has surged to 4.2%

[Steven Rattner @SteveRattner]

Inflation spiked to its highest level in 3 years last month: 4.2%.

Trump’s tariffs and the Iran War are undoubtedly hurting Americans’ pocketbooks.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

The inflation rate in Biden's last month in office was 2.9%. Trump (supported by a Republican Congress) has driven it up to 4.2%.

Thank you, voters, for your attention to this matter.

https://t.co/2BWtpX5aEf

[Steven Rattner @SteveRattner]

The inflation story in one chart: gas +40% y/y, energy +24%.

An entirely self-inflicted wound caused by Trump’s War on Iran.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

New reporting reveals Republican nominee for Iowa Governor Zach Lahn lives full time in Kansas.

Lahn says he plans to move to Iowa only if he is elected.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Congress thinks $83 an hour isn’t enough for them…
but $7.25 an hour is enough for you.
That’s not public service. That’s class warfare.

[Dad to the Bone @Dad_2_The_Bone]

Things for which he has cut funding
1. Cancer research
2. National Parks
3. Dept of Education
4. Public Broadcasting
5. Research grants
6. Centers for Disease Control
7. National Institute of Health
8. Housing and Urban Development
9. USAID
10. Medicare, Medicaid, SS
11. FEMA/EPA/NOAA
12. Everything that helps people

Things that cost more:
1. Everything

Things that are better:
1. Nothing

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Not enough people know that the DOJ is keeping the part of Trump's IRS settlement in place that shields Trump and his family from IRS audits.

That's *extraordinarily* corrupt. Don't let it fly under the radar. https://t.co/4I2ovkLZQq

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent.

Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.

[WABE News @wabenews]

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is facing new scrutiny following an investigation by Courier Georgia. The report examines a series of lakefront property sales made by a company tied to Kemp during his first term in office. https://t.co/7Vuy522YEF

[Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

I asked Senate Republicans who among them thought Trump’s slush fund was a good idea. None replied and silence filled the chamber.

I then offered Republicans a chance to shut it down by voting for my amendment.

They chose not to. They are simply too scared of crossing this corrupt president.