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Oh wow. This is the sort of thing which voters absolutely HATE (well, except for Trump who gets away with it all the time). And the contrast with Marshall suing & arresting his patients for similar amounts of past-due invoices is absolutely perfect.

BREAKING: Roger Marshall stiffed a local Kansas business who baked cookies for his campaign, refusing to pay a $678 bill - a bill larger than debts for which Roger Marshall had patients sued, arrested, and jailed, which ran as low as $114.49!

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 16h

You’ve got to be kidding. Really?

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 19h

By my calculations: Medicaid/CHIP: ⬇️ ~6.22 million Medicare: ⬆️ ~1.76 million ACA exchange: ⬇️ 4.57 - 6.09 million BHP enrollment: ⬇️ ~272K Population growth: ⬆️ ~1.57 NET DIFFERENCE: ⬇️ ~10.9M - 12.4M

Medicaid/CHIP: ~6.22 million lower
Medicare: ~1.76 million higher
ACA exchange: 4.57 - 6.09 million lower
BHP enrollment: ~272K lower
Population growth: ~1.57 million

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 21h

Sorry, strong disagree. Not honorable to only apologize when something horrible you said "breaks containment."

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 22h

"We are the 9%." Fuck this person now and forever.

"Onion Person" (@juniper.beer on Bluesky):

"We are the 9%" in response to a poll showing that only 9% of Americans think Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023 against Israel was "justified."

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 22h

Apology not accepted. Go fuck yourself.

"we are the 9%"

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Polling USA
@USA_Polling
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Oct 6
"Do you think Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023 against Israel was justified or not?"

Not Justified: 54%
Justified: 9%

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026

#MeanwhileInMichigan, over 297,000 people have voted in the November 2026 general election (4.01%). I've broken it out between counties won by Trump & Harris. As of yesterday, Harris counties were at 4.3% vs. 3.7% in Trump counties.

Breakout of Michigan voter turnout thru 10/07/26 between Trump & Harris counties

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026

I guess Steven Spielberg is gonna have to re-edit the title sequence.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 08/10/2026

Someone’s gonna die at this rate.

BREAKING: Fully masked Islamists are now chasing down Zohran Mamdani, and threatening him.

You have to laugh at the irony of this.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 07/10/2026

I've often described this guy as being just an asshole with a large megaphone and diarrhea of the mouth. He really just can't help himself, can he? Abdul did exactly the right thing: He called Piker and *personally* asked him to STFU for just 30 more days, and Piker just couldn't do it.

Hasan Piker: "Merger ink hasn't dried yet and Dovere is already writing concern trolling hit pieces."

(in response to the CNN story stating that Abdul El-Sayed recently called Piker and warned his rhetoric was costing El-Sayed votes, asking him to stop.)

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 07/10/2026

Hey, at least he finally took my advice! #ThankUNext

I'm actually gonna say good for Abdul unironically.

While not a complete disavowal--he's still trying to thread the needle--he at least made it clear that only reason he sucked up to Piker so much was to win the primary.

In other words, thank u, next.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 07/10/2026

This email made my day. A reminder that in addition to raising money for ~70 Democratic House candidates in competitive districts, I'm also raising money for another ~170 #UnlikelyHeroes running in deep red seats who deserve some attention as well. secure.actblue.com/donate/house...

Hi Charles,

I’m XXXXX, the Democratic nominee for Congress in XXXXX District, running against XXXXX.

A voter recently asked me whether I was on “Charles Gaba’s list.” I knew your work on the ACA, but I wasn’t familiar with Blue26. I looked it up and was pleasantly surprised to find that you had included me among the House Unlikely Heroes.

I wanted to personally thank you for including my campaign and for the work you’re doing to help candidates across the country.

Thanks again for including me. I’d be glad to keep you updated on what we’re doing here in XXXXX as we head into the final stretch.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

Awww that’s so sweet! They added me twice! Thanks, @ilhanomargundam.bsky.social!

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

Update: This is from someone who voted for Abdul in the primary. Amazing, isn’t it?

Tbh I voted for him in the primary but am not planning to in the general. He immediately pivoted hard to the right. It will cost him his hardcore supporters

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

#MeanwhileInMichigan, over 200,000 people have voted in the November 2026 general election (2.73%).

2.7% (201,909) percentage of active registered voters who cast a ballot

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

This is a typical Kia Niro EV charging speed graph (this varies from EV to EV but the pattern is generally the same). The speed peaks at around 10%, starts to slow down at around 40%, gradually drops off until around 80% at which point it *dramatically* drops off.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

For that matter, you can even drive from Bangor, ME to Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA to Miami, FL and back to Bangor!

EV route from Bangor, ME to Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA to Miami, FL & back to Bangor

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

#FunFact: Yes, it's now possible to drive a standard, mainstream EV from New York to Los Angeles in a reasonable amount of time without getting stranded with a dead battery and WITHOUT having to use a Tesla station!

Map of mainland U.S. with EV route from NYC to LA

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

“You guys literally attacked him.” I’ve come to the conclusion that some of these people *literally* don’t understand how primaries work.

All those Reagan democrats did not support him in the beginning. And the DNC most certainly made it clear they did not support him as they are still trying to get rid of progressives and Democratic socialists. But nice try

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

ROFLMAO!! I *knew* it would come to this.

Palestine Activist Nerdeen Kiswani SLAMS Abdul El-Sayed for campaigning with Obama.

She says Abdul is complicit in genocide.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026

--I looked up an Amazon drone pic and it looks pretty close to what I saw this morning, so I think I can safely conclude that's what it was. --Possible "innocent" explanation: The drone was misrouted to the wrong house, paused & corrected its trajectory (or returned to base to be rerouted).

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 05/10/2026

“Childish” is certainly accurate.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 05/10/2026

Point of information: The Republican Party has already spent far more on protecting a single U.S. Senate seat in Texas than the TOTAL cost of the 2000 Presidential election for BOTH Al Gore and George W. Bush COMBINED. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

The Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee together spent $79.9 million on television ads in the 2000 presidential campaign, far more than the $67.1 million spent by the campaigns of Gov. Bush and Vice President Gore, the study says.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 03/10/2026

#MeanwhileInMichigan, over 122,000 people have voted in the November 2026 general election (1.66%).

1.7% (122,376) active registered voters have cast a ballot in the election

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 03/10/2026

Typo: Nevada instead of Nebraska

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 02/10/2026

NOTEWORTHY: In the City of Detroit itself, turnout is already at 3.6%...nearly 3x the rate of the state as a whole.

Detroit City: 3.6% voter turnout (14,909 ballots cast)

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 02/10/2026

#MeanwhileInMichigan, over 93,000 people have voted in the November 2026 general election (1.26%).

1.3% (93,154) percentage of active registered voters who cast a ballot in the selected election.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 02/10/2026

And JUST TODAY, the DCCC added 8 MORE "safe" GOP-held seats to their "targeted" list! (I already added TX-09) KS-02 (R+10): Don Coover MI-01 (R+11): Callie Barr NJ-02 (R+05): Zack Mullock NC-13 (R+09): Paul Barringer OK-05 (R+09): Jena Nelson VA-06 (R+12): Beth Macy WA-05 (R+05): Carmela Conroy

KS-02
MI-01
NC-13
NJ-02
OK-05
TX-09
VA-06
VA-06
WA-05

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 02/10/2026

Here's the breakout of how much Blue26.org has raised for STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES to date.

Blue26.org State Party Fundraising Totals thru 9/30/26
State Amount State Amount
Georgia $12,183.35 New Hampshire $392.57
Arizona $11,869.75 Oregon $353.66
Michigan $11,574.58 Missouri $258.07
Nevada $10,930.37 Hawaii $170.00
Pennsylvania $10,881.83 Maryland $161.03
Wisconsin $10,703.51 Utah $148.35
North Carolina $10,642.44 West Virginia $147.89
New Jersey $4,213.79 Kansas $147.58
Virginia $3,940.81 Idaho $142.78
Minnesota $2,862.17 New Mexico $125.28
Maine $1,272.85 Washington $109.15
Texas $1,233.92 Colorado $101.52
Florida $1,167.86 Montana $98.36
Alabama $1,119.52 Indiana $95.75
Connecticut $847.58 South Dakota $80.33
Arkansas $699.87 Wyoming $73.12
Tennessee $699.38 Oklahoma $62.28
South Carolina $675.69 North Dakota $60.80
Nebraska $602.01 Illinois $60.13
Alaska $535.87 New York $59.06
Iowa $445.65 Delaware $53.77
Louisiana $441.15 Kentucky $46.63
Mississippi $440.08 Rhode Island $17.00
Ohio $423.82 Massachusetts $12.00
California $405.58 Vermont $11.20
Total $103,801.74

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 02/10/2026

UPDATE: As promised, here's the breakout of how much Blue26.org has raised for STATE LEGISLATIVE Democrats in every state so far. Note that Virginia and New Jersey held their legislative elections in 2025; Connecticut has a strict public finance system for state races.

State by state breakout of funds raised for state legislative Democrats thru 9/30/26

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 02/10/2026

This is the face of a millennial watching Watership Down for the first time. cc: @cinebinge.bsky.social

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026

charlesgaba.substack.com/p/one-more-t...

At 16.66% interest, it would take 568 monthly payments of $50 apiece to pay off…or more than 47 years. Ms. Zimmerman would presumably be on Medicare at this point, and her child would be a middle-aged man.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026

A reminder that I've raised over $22 million for thousands of Democrats down to the state legislative level and all I got was a lousy T-shirt. (and a coffee tumbler with a missing lid)

"He hosts and organizes fundraising events and campaigns fro Republicans from the president all the way down to state races."

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026

For U.S. HOUSE races, I've raised money for nearly 300 candidates, although nearly half of them have received less than $100 apiece so far. Here's the House candidates who I've raised at least $1,000 for to date:

Committee Amount Committee Amount
Josh Weil for Congress (2025 special) $30,512.06 Mitchell Berman for Congress $4,843.86
Gay Valimont For Congress (2025 special) $25,540.35 Susie Lee for Nevada $4,717.78
Blake for the North Country $13,018.92 Kristen for Michigan $4,712.92
Cooke for Congress $7,771.22 Denise Powell for Congress $4,390.65
Kaptur for Congress $7,237.48 Sean McCann for Congress $4,322.42
Adam Gray for Congress $6,913.39 Landsman for Congress $4,190.95
Vicente Gonzalez For U.S. Congress $6,511.84 Bobby Pulido for Texas $4,097.23
Christina Bohannan for Congress $6,236.34 Josh Riley for Congress $3,921.91
Bob Brooks for Congress $6,094.81 Gillen for NY $3,821.02
Paige for PA $6,046.66 Sam for Montana $3,718.79
Gabe Vasquez for Congress $6,035.90 Marni von Wilpert for Congress $3,577.92
Manny Rutinel for Congress $6,035.44 Poindexter for Congress $3,536.18
Friends of Janelle Stelson $6,007.53 Johnny Garcia For Congress $3,418.41
Villegas for Congress $5,988.33 Lindsay for Iowa $3,412.35
Don Davis for NC $5,883.31 Jeremy Moss for Congress $3,378.83
Cait For New York $5,877.57 Emilia Sykes for Congress $3,238.38
Sarah for Iowa $5,776.95 Vindman for Congress $3,173.74
Mendoza For Congress $5,768.48 SUOZZI FOR CONGRESS $3,154.34
Jared Moskowitz for Congress $5,693.81 Jonathan Nez for Congress $3,042.66
Rebecca Bennett for Congress $5,685.64 Ager for Congress $2,948.99
Friends of William Lawrence $5,678.21 Dunlap for Congress $2,884.35
Amish for Arizona $5,664.62 Shannon Taylor for VA $2,708.68
Elaine Luria for Congress $5,530.83 Shawn Harris for Congress $2,655.37
Derek Tran for Congress $5,236.11 Marie for Congress $2,624.49
Bob Harvie for Congress $5,218.57 Nellie Pou for Congress $2,570.28
Texans for Henry Cuellar $5,172.53 Castor for Congress $2,559.04
Christina for Congress $5,169.73 Killin for Colorado $2,401.79
Dave Min for Congress $2,286.75
FL-13 2026 Democratic …

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026

Here's an updated breakout of my U.S. SENATE fundraising thru the end of September: --Top Tier Races average ~$22.1K apiece --2nd Tier Races average ~$11.9K apiece --3rd Tier Races average ~$4.1K apiece* (actually ~$4.6K apiece since I can't raise $ for Todd Achilles as he doesn't use ActBlue)

Breakout of Blue26.org fundraising for U.S. SENATE races

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026

Here's the breakout to date: U.S. Senate: $353,531 (22.5%) U.S. House: $365,232 (23.3%) State Legislative: $576,959 (36.8%) State Executives*: $105,479 (6.7%) Courts: $62,513 (4.0%) State Dem Parties: $101,466 (6.5%) Local/Other: $3,274 (0.2%) TOTAL: $1,568,454

U.S. Senate: $353,531 (22.5%)
U.S. House: $365,232 (23.3%)
State Legislative: $576,959 (36.8%)
State Executives*: $105,479 (6.7%)
Courts: $62,513 (4.0%)
State Dem Parties: $101,466 (6.5%)
Local/Other: $3,274 (0.2%)
TOTAL: $1,568,454

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026

As of the end of September 2026, I've raised 76% MORE for Democratic candidates than I had at the same point in 2022: $1.57M vs. $892K. I'm hoping to crack $2.0 MILLION by Election day, which will require raising over $13,000/day for the remaining 33 days of the election cycle.

Line graph showing Blue26.org cumulative fundraising over time compared to the 2022 & 2024 cycles

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026

Even so, after removing them from the page at their request, I double-checked just to be sure, and here's the response:

Thank you!

We will have knocked 10,000 doors by the election and have a robust gotv texting, phone banking, and canvassing plan.

I have signs everywhere. Digital ads running.

My opponent has not done a single thing.

So we will have done all we can do as a VERY grassroots campaign!

I will only know the results on November 4th, but I do feel it is possible for me to win this.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026

😳 HOLY CRAP. UNPRECEDENTED. While I've had a few cases where candidates asked me to remove them for legal/personal reasons (they accept public financing or had to drop out), I've NEVER had a candidate straight up say "nah, I don't need any more money, I'm good!" before...especially for STATE HOUSE.

Hi!

I am one of your Blue 26 candidates, and I want to say thank you so much for including me and for all the donations this has brought.

I have decided to suspend any new contributions to my campaign. I have the money I need to finish strong, which will take a bit off my shoulders since I have been serving as my own treasurer.

Can you remove me as a recipient of contributions on your form?

Thanks!

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 01/10/2026

OK...a few of them don't have ActBlue accounts but most of them do. It looks like they're mostly judicial positions. Will see what I can do tomorrow.

District Judge, 432nd Judicial District Courtney Miller
District Judge, 297th Judicial District Fred Howey
District Judge, 236th Judicial District Katherine “Kate” Kim
District Judge, 231st Judicial District Lyndsay Newell
Criminal District Judge, Court No. 1 Cindy Stormer
Family District Judge, 325th Judicial District Andy Griffin
Family District Judge, 323rd Judicial District Brian Willett
Family District Judge, 324th Judicial District Crystal Gayden
Criminal District Attorney Tarrant County Tiffany Burks
County Judge Alisa Simmons
Judge, County Criminal Court, No. 5 Julya Billhymer
District Clerk Nathan Smith
County Clerk Lydia Bean
County Commissioner, Precinct No. 2 Jared Williams
County Commissioner, Precinct No. 4 Nydia Cardenas
Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 2 Celina Vasquez
Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 7 Kenneth D. Sanders
Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 4 Rodney Lee

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