Scott Stephan

WI transplant. Constitutionalist. Policy over personality. Cut spending & balance the budget. You're not poor because Elon is rich.

[Congressman Randy Fine @RepFine]

.@TimBurchett’s bill to defund the Taliban passed the House over 11 months ago.

The Senate still won’t bring it up for a vote.

They’re also still sitting on the SAVE America Act.

Senate Leadership apparently has no problem funding terrorists and no interest in securing our elections.

They refuse to do their job and they’re failing the American people.

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

Did you know that the parliamentarian can be dismissed at ANY moment?

The parliamentarian serves at the pleasure of the Senate Majority Leader.

Thune has the sole authority to remove AND replace the parliamentarian w/o a vote from the Senate.

Fire Elizabeth MacDonough!

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

California is letting people register to vote with GYM MEMBERSHIPS

This is not a joke

How is this real?!

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

"A net swing of more than 43,000 votes since Tuesday.."

43,000, huh? Where have I seen that number before...?

Probably nothing. 🤷

[American Dude🐊2.0🐊 @JuiceTheGator]

@RonDeSantis @rittmeister_11 It's amazing how so many are programmed to think government can only grow....and any tiny restraint will lead to disaster.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

The H1B program is rife with fraud. How many Americans have been hurt by this farce?

[Scott Stephan @ScottStephan]

That thing that never happens is happening again @SenAshleyMoody & @SenRickScott. @LeaderJohnThune @SenateGOP Pass the SAVE America Act!

Noncitizens on voter rolls in Democrat-run state exposed as RNC chair pledges secure elections https://t.co/NxQB96Wtgv #FoxNews

[Anna Paulina Luna @realannapaulina]

The Save America Act needs to be passed.

Senate is currently working a deal with the House to move bills in both chambers without passing Voter ID!

Every House member should be a NO until they move the Save America Act.

[Catherine Herridge @C__Herridge]

EDITORIAL DOUBLE STANDARD: When I was a senior investigative correspondent at CBS News (2019–2024) I was stunned by how little due diligence some colleagues did on Southern Poverty Law Center's claims....

Versus their “attack dog” mentality applied to right-leaning non-profits and think tanks.

More for subscribers In this week's @X Article!

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 Meet Doris, she lives in California and is registered as a 126 year old who has voted in 51 elections and has NO IDEA.

California’s voting system is so corrupt that by simply knocking on the door of the “126 year old” proves election fraud.

EXPOSE IT ALL.

[Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY]

10 years. 10 years. I’ve listened to every Dem & never Trump pundit call Trump, Elon and anyone else who voted Republican a Nazi. And now they line up behind Platner, with an actual Nazi tattoo. Unbelievable.

[DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @1Nicdar]

Property taxation is theft too.

[Chip Roy @chiproytx]

The Senate must pass the SAVE America Act.

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

What you see democrats doing in California right now is exactly why they won’t pass the SAVE ACT.

And the 4 POS Republican Senators who won’t pass it are lowlife traitors.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

This is the only way to save democracy in America

[Scott Stephan @ScottStephan]

@EricLDaugh THAT is how you deal with Liberal BS.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

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.

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

Turns out that @LeaderJohnThune was totally projecting when he said the SAVE Act was an influencer campaign.

Senator John Thune is compromised by a company that literally exists to sell access to himself.

Pass it on.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

📍 Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

“Every day my administration is fighting to protect and defend the jobs and livelihood of our GREAT farmers.” – President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

[John R Lott Jr. @JohnRLottJr]

According to James Carville, it is OK to support Platner despite his Nazi tattoo, his extreme left wing views, and his behavior with women (after all, he didn't go to jail) because the alternative with the Susan Collins is so completely unacceptable and such a threat to the US.