Sholom Blake

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Trump is now reportedly responsible for roughly 27.7% of the entire U.S. national debt accumulated under all presidents combined.

That is an astonishing figure historically.

The national debt just crossed $39 trillion.

President Trump has added roughly $12–13 trillion to the debt across his two terms in office.

That’s approximately 30% of ALL U.S. national debt accumulated since 1789.

In 2016, Trump said he would pay down the national debt “over a period of eight years.”

Instead:

- First term: +$7.8 trillion
- Second term: roughly +$4–5 trillion already

And yes, COVID affected first-term spending.

It does not explain adding another trillion dollars every five months without a pandemic.

A political movement built on:
“fiscal conservatism”
“small government”
“balanced budgets”

has now overseen the largest debt expansion tied to any single presidency in American history.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

Sit back, take an edible, and think about how "Obama needs $1 billion for a ballroom" would get covered in 2011.

[Chip Scoggins @chipscoggins]

My hope is that every parent in Minnesota reads this story. I would appreciate it if you share it with your circle of friends.

[Justin Gaard @Gaardsy]

I’m at the age where if you tell me how to dress in a party invitation I’m probably not coming.

[Golf Digest @GolfDigest]

"What happened here this week is not acceptable."

Rory McIlroy speaks on the fans at Bethpage Black.

[Andrew Dukowitz @adukeMN]

Cheryl Reeve on the school shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School

“It’s such an indictment of our society, our lack of regard for life. There are things that we can do about it, and we don’t, but for some reason as Americans we value something different. It’s sickening, it’s sad for the kids, it’s sad for the kids that have to grow up like this. It’s sad for the kids to walk through the door and not know what’s going to happen. So hearts go out to the lives lost, kids that are hurt, teachers that have to go through this, families that drop their kids off at schools and don’t have their kid come home. Hearts go out to them. The sad thing is we can’t sit here and tell them that help is on the way, because we’re not going to do a damn thing about it”

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Donald Trump’s greatest legacy is the destruction of truth. And this is his game, it’s always been his game. Use tariffs to threaten WWIII with Mexico, get Mexico to agree to buy him lunch, and then he declares a HUGE win. And his followers believe him and shout “hosanna!”

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

One thing people seem to forget about The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that at the end of the story, there's a real wolf

[Melvin E. Edwards @edwards21228]

We never had blizzard warnings from the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of America sucks.

[Heath Mayo @HeathMayo]

Mitt Romney was right on foreign policy.

Paul Ryan was right on the need to reduce our debt.

Bill Clinton was right on NAFTA.

Joe Biden was right on the importance of character.

And just because Americans keep voting against these things doesn’t make the ideas any less right.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

The liberals telling you to wear special glasses to protect yourself from the eclipse are the same people who told you to wear a mask to defend yourself from a perfectly harmless virus.

[Henderson Silver Knights @HSKnights]

⚔️ A knight is always battle ready ⚔️

Join Jake Bischoff as he talks about the first few days of Silver Knights training camp, offseason training, and his goals for the year! #ForgeTheKnight

https://t.co/5QkrZGBEUV

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

One of the most meaningful failures of the 1970s-80s social policy. Lots of fault, but the results are with us on every street and prison.

[Sholom Blake @SholomB]

@ThatsALottaGs 11 :)

[Allison Chapman @AlliRaine22]

KY Senator Berg passionately explained her no vote on KY Drag ban.

"My proud trans child. The last thing he did at work before he went home and killed himself was to send out press release... warning us what was coming. Warning the world of this!"

Take a listen

[Sholom Blake @SholomB]

@Michele_Tafoya That’ll teach em

[Sholom Blake @SholomB]

@duluthhockey @HockeyDayMN Back when the game was actually played on a lake - the way it was meant to be @GRhockeyHS

[John Della Volpe @dellavolpe]

@JoeNBC Fact that 70% of America’s GDP comes from Biden/blue counties still doesn’t seem to be well understood.

[Sholom Blake @SholomB]

@GopherHole 1.1

[Patrick Reusse @Patrick_Reusse]

Super Bowl Parade will start at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in downtown Minneapolis & wind up at State Capitol. Bud Grant will greet Vikings there in short sleeves.
BULLETIN: Gov. Walz just announced public schools will close at 11:30 a.m.