Steve

IM WI 2x Finisher, cyclist, skier, surfer, hiker, enjoys outdoors, fitness, and lake life.

[Steve @sjstorer06]

@JordanReffett Was thinking the same thing…

[Tonya Stadlman 🇺🇸✝️🥇 @TonyaStadlman]

Let's talk about who actually set the expiration date.

The enhanced ACA tax credits were created by Democrats in 2021.
Extended by Democrats in 2022.
With an end date of 2025. Chosen by Democrats.

They had the House. The Senate. The White House.
They could have made it permanent.
They didn't.

You wrote the deadline. Now you're blaming someone else for it.

And even with the credits, premiums keep climbing. Washington's own Insurance Commissioner said the 2027 increase is mainly driven by the rising cost of care itself.

Subsidies don't fix a price problem. They hide it.

Washington families aren't props in a political game.
They deserve leaders who fix the problem, not leaders who schedule a crisis and campaign on it.

Audit before ask.

Source: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; WA Office of the Insurance Commissioner

#VoicesUpWashington #RestoreWashington

[Katie Miller @KatieMiller]

Elon has nearly 160,000 direct employees throughout his companies and supports almost 870,000 jobs.

Over five years, based on conservative estimates, @elonmusk’s companies have injected $338 billion into the US economy.

@Tesla makes the first and second most American made cars.

@SpaceX made the first fully reusable rocket and the world’s largest satellite internet constellation.

As Axios says: his “companies are central to America's technological and military power.”

In the end, the only people the Democrats will hurt are the American people.

[Steve @sjstorer06]

@TaraBull 🙄

[Based Bandita @BasedBandita]

This young woman was asked, “How do you think we can stop our kids from becoming socialists?” and in less than 15 seconds, gives the perfect answer as to what exactly the Democrat Party is trying to usher in and force onto our nation:

[Kristen Mag @kristenmag]

Hi Bob, just wanted to clear something up…

The reason our budget remains extremely challenging is because YOUR SPENDING IS EXTREMELY OUT OF CONTROL!

[Steve @sjstorer06]

@RichCheeseCFB Really going out on the limb with this post….

[Tonya Stadlman 🇺🇸✝️🥇 @TonyaStadlman]

Senator Murray says THIS is the Social Security election.

She's been in the Senate since 1993. That's 33 years.

Democrats controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress in 1993, 2009, and 2021. She was there every time.

Today, the law already on the books cuts benefits about 22% for every retiree when the trust fund runs dry in 2032.

Not a Republican plan. Current law. The result of decades of doing nothing.

33 years. 3 chances. 0 fixes.

Fear isn't a plan. Blame isn't a fix.

Audit this.

Source: 2026 Social Security Trustees Report
#VoicesUp #VoteTonya44 #RestoreWashington

[Tonya Stadlman 🇺🇸✝️🥇 @TonyaStadlman]

Senator Murray says Republicans "cut over $1 trillion from health care."

Let's audit that.

That's a 10 year number. Not one year.
The nonpartisan CBO puts the Medicaid reduction at about $911 billion over 10 years.
More than 3/4 of it doesn't hit until the back half of the decade.

And federal Medicaid spending still goes up.
2025: $656 billion.
2035: $941 billion.

Not cut below today. Growing slower than DC planned.

What's actually changing?
Able-bodied adults asked to work, train, study, or volunteer 80 hours a month.
Eligibility checked twice a year instead of once.

Big number. Missing context.

Audit this.

Source: Congressional Budget Office; KFF
#VoicesUp #VoteTonya44 #RestoreWashington

[Tonya Stadlman 🇺🇸✝️🥇 @TonyaStadlman]

The Governor says 200,000 Washingtonians will lose Apple Health because of the federal bill.

Let's audit that.

What's the requirement?
80 hours a month of work, school, training, or volunteering.
Or about $580 a month in earnings.

Parents of kids under 14? Exempt.
Pregnant women? Exempt.

And for all of 2027, you can self-report.
No pay stubs. No proof. Just say it.

So why would 200,000 people lose coverage?

The state's own analysis says it: red tape.
Paperwork. Missed notices. Renewals that fall through the cracks.

Who runs the paperwork?
Olympia.

Now look at what Olympia chose to fund.

Apple Health for adults here illegally. 100% state dollars.
About $150 million, kept in the budget during a $16 billion deficit.

Gender transition care. If federal money stops, state money covers it.

Abortion. Covered with state dollars.

So when they say they can't protect working families' coverage, remember what they paid for first.

Not just a spending problem.
A priorities problem.

Audit before ask.

Source: WA Health Care Authority; WA State Standard
#VoicesUp #VoteTonya44 #RestoreWashington

[Tonya Stadlman 🇺🇸✝️🥇 @TonyaStadlman]

Imagine your roof is leaking.

You hire a contractor to fix it. He tells you what it will cost. You pay him.

The next day? Drip. Drip. Drip. 💧

You call him back.

He says he needs more money.

So you pay him again.

Another day passes. Same leak.

More money.

Another week. Same leak.

More money.

Your ceiling is falling apart. Your floors are damaged. The buckets are overflowing.

And every time you ask why the roof isn't fixed, the contractor tells you:

"I just need a little more money."

At what point do you stop writing checks?

At what point do you ask where all the money went?

And at what point do you FIRE THE CONTRACTOR?

Now replace the contractor with government.

The invoices?

Capital gains tax.
Estate tax.
B&O tax increases.
Gas tax increases.
Climate-related taxes and charges.

And now another invoice: a 9.9% income tax on income over $1 million.

Different taxes. Different promises. More revenue.

But here's the question nobody should be afraid to ask:

WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR OUR MONEY?

Washington's operating budget has more than doubled over the past decade.

So what did all that MORE money get us?

🧾 Dead last in police officers per capita.
🧾 #1 in retail theft.
🧾 #2 in the nation for chronic homelessness. #1 in the share of homeless who are chronic.
🧾 48th in road quality.
🧾 45th in tax competitiveness.
🧾 Top in the nation in K-12 spending per student. 27th in 4th grade math.
🧾 Mississippi now beats us in 4th grade reading.
🧾 Only 1 in 4 families can afford a median-priced home.

That's not a roof getting fixed. That's a ceiling caving in.

And the answer we keep hearing?

More money.

I'm not saying we shouldn't pay to fix the roof.

I'm saying we should know where the money went, what repairs were actually made, and why the roof is still leaking BEFORE we approve another invoice.

Because when you keep paying for results you aren't seeing, eventually you have to question the management, not just the price.

More money. Same problems. Where's the accountability?

That's why I believe in AUDIT BEFORE ASK.

Before government asks taxpayers for another dollar, show us what happened to the dollars we've already given you.

We're not undertaxed. We're underaudited.

And remember, November 3rd is your opportunity to evaluate the people managing the repairs.

The roof is still leaking.

How many more invoices are you willing to approve?

Sources: WA LEAP operating budget data; HUD 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report
#AuditBeforeAsk #VoicesUp #VoteTonya44 #RestoreWashington

[Ryan @tslryn]

The sheer fucking hypocrisy surrounding Elon Musk is breathtaking.

For decades, billionaire-funded foundations have financed advocacy groups, political campaigns, legal organizations, and efforts to reshape public policy.

George Soros is one of the most prominent examples.

And somehow that influence is routinely presented as enlightened philanthropy.

Then Elon Musk enters politics, spends openly, challenges powerful institutions, and suddenly the entire establishment discovers the dangers of billionaire influence.

Give me a fucking break.

The man has built companies that launch rockets, connect the world through satellites, manufacture vehicles, and advance technologies with enormous implications for humanity.

His long-term ambition is to make civilization multiplanetary.

He has a profound personal interest in a future where technological progress remains possible.

You can disagree with his politics.

But pretending he’s just another billionaire looking for influence ignores the extraordinary scale of what he’s actually trying to accomplish.

[Tonya Stadlman 🇺🇸✝️🥇 @TonyaStadlman]

"Washington hospitals will lose 6 billion dollars.
Thanks, Trump."

That's the headline.

Here's what it left out.

That 6 billion is over 7 years.

Before any federal cut,
our hospitals had already lost 4.5 billion dollars.

Why?

Olympia pays them about half
of what it costs to treat a Medicaid patient.

Then in 2025, Olympia raised their taxes.

The hospital association says hospitals were
one of the only groups hit with cuts
and new taxes.

240 million dollars a year.

The biggest piece came through
the House Finance Committee.

The chair of that committee?

April Berg.

Gas got an exemption.
Groceries got an exemption.

Hospitals didn't.

And every 2 years,
the state uses 452 million dollars
from a tax on hospitals
to cover its own Medicaid bill.

Now they want you outraged
that someone else is squeezing hospitals.

Audit before ask.

[Steve @sjstorer06]

B10 referees consistently screw up pass interference and roughing the passer.

[Steve @sjstorer06]

@JordanReffett Despite the mistakes….I’ll still take Brown at QB.

[Steve @sjstorer06]

@MarkMadDogDavis Dumb take, Mark…

[Steve @sjstorer06]

@MarindaVannoy1 🎯💯

[Steve @sjstorer06]

@JordanReffett B10 Refs suck

[Ben Shapiro @benshapiro]

Elon’s flying Tesla is the kind of thing that happens only in America. Because free market capitalism is awesome. And it’s no coincidence that all the same people who hate Elon want to destroy it.

[Steve @sjstorer06]

@brivael 🎯💯