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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Schmitt is an idiot for thinking that any voter is idiotic enough to buy his line that he was just asking questions.

Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There is no recent precedent for how unpopular Trump is and how deeply that cuts into support among voters of the president’s party.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Susan Collins is responding to the reporting on her ethics scandal just as Donald Trump would.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How stupid does Husted think Ohioans are? He has voted 13 times against procedural motions, amendments, and resolutions in the U.S. Senate to limit or end the war. Ashley Hinson has voted seven times to continue the war. Iowans will recognize her b.s. too.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Is it too late for the Republican Party to replace Susan Collins on the ballot in Maine?

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There is a reason why Trump can count on Susan Collins when her vote actually matters

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The culture wars are not working out quite the way the Republicans had planned, with more voters seeing the GOP than the Democratic Party as a threat to their culture and way of life, per today's CBS News poll.

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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

NEW POLL shows a four-point race in TN-09: 🟦 Pearson, 44% 🟧 Taylor, 48% Tennessee is ready for a fighter for the working class, not another career politician like my Trump-endorsed opponent whose been bought by big corporations for years. Join us! votejustinj.com

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This one from yesterday seems more fucked up and deranged than the New Mexico one.

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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’ve been a member of five labor unions in my life. I’ve seen firsthand what working people can accomplish when we stand together. The rights and protections workers have today weren’t handed to us. Generations of workers and organizers fought for them, stood their ground, & refused to back down.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

NYT: “Trump Threatens to Halt Some Trade Unless the Fed Cuts Rates”

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Economist/YouGov poll ➡️ By 60% to 29%, voters oppose raising tariffs on goods imported from Canada ➡️ By 44% to 36%, voters say the US will be hurt more than Canada by a US-Canada trade war ➡️ 70% of voters say Trump's tariffs have hurt average Americans, including 51%who say "hurt a lot"

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

You know who had standing to stop Trump's illegal ballroom? The g-d Supreme Court, that's who.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Trump and Republicans did not come close to winning a "supermajority" in 2024. They won a trifecta (control of the White House, Senate, and House) - but not so "rare" in that Biden and Democrats did that in the prior presidential election, albeit because of Harris's tie-breaking vote in the Senate.

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Companies are using your data to set "personal" prices, & the FTC is finally starting to take notice. Some states like MD & CA are passing laws to protect consumers, but it's not nearly enough in the face of corporate greed. Even the Good Morning America anchors seem shocked this is legal.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Susan Collins' expressions of concern about the damaging Canadian tariffs are another example of her performative posturing. Jamieson Greer had already threatened a trade war with Canada when he was confirmed. Collins should have voted against him then - instead she voted with Trump and her party.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Trump's desperate need for Natalie Harp is more concerning than Natalie Harp's desperate need for Trump.

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Senate Majority PAC @majoritypac.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The next United States Senator from the great state of Michigan: Abdul El-Sayed! Never stop believing!

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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A third straight poll shows us what we already know. No amount of billionaire money can overcome an organized movement of working Mainers fighting for an economy that works for us. Susan Collins should be very concerned.

NEW U.S. SENATE POLL
TROY LEADS SUSAN COLLINS IN THIRD STRAIGHT POLL.

JACKSON 49%
COLLINS 45%

HART RESEARCH - JULY 27 TO AUG 1, 2026 - N=802 LIKELY GENERAL ELECTION VOTERS IN MAINE

LOGGER - MAINER - LABOR CHAMPION

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Republicans are making life worse for almost everyone.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

@cnbc.com poll: Disapproval of Trump on the economy is 24 points higher today than at a similar point in his first midterm election cycle.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“More than 20,000 Haitian TPS holders work as direct caregivers and nursing assistants in the U.S. long-term care industry. Overall, immigrants make up roughly 28% of the nation's long-term care workforce, with over 112,000 Haitian-born individuals employed in the broader healthcare sector.”

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ignore what Trump says in Pennsylvania. Here is the truth about what he done to the economy and why very large majorities of Americans now disapprove of his handling of the economy

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Then Trump should pay for it, not taxpayers

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My colleague sent me this photo she took yesterday of Trump’s “blue” Reflecting Pool. She wrote: “I walked down there and took that photo (no filters). And they have loud machines and tubes trying to filter it/get rid of the algae — it is not working. “ Your tax dollars at work.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

It is totally an example of media bias that Republicans are not asked as often to defend Ken Paxton’s corrupt and immoral conduct.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/06/2026

Sen. Jack Reed: "Reuters is reporting that part of the deal is $24 billion in sanctions relief for the Iranians. So this is not a 'we win and you do what we say.' This is, 'how can we open up the straits? What will it cost us?'"

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"I love the inflation" is his new middle name DONALD I LOVE THE INFLATION TRUMP

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The historian Gordon Wood, who died yesterday after being run over by a motorist in East Providence, was my dissertation advisor. He was 92. Here are some memories of him. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/gordo...

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Gordon Wood Dies at 92

I just heard the news that Gordon Wood, a towering figure in...

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Now do Republicans and Ken Paxton

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The White House Correspondents Association would be weak and foolish to reschedule its dinner with Trump. He is a danger to a free press and the WHCA should not pretend otherwise.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The cost of Trump’s war: $100 billion and counting.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Based on his sexism and racism - saying it is based on "his anti-diversity stance" obscures rather than clarifies.

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Conor Lamb @conorlambpa.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Especially on the day we learn workers’ share of GDP is the lowest it’s ever been since they started counting. He simply does not care about wage earners in the country that elected him.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is a sloppy and sleazy summary of events in Gorsuch's dissent in the Pitchford decision. He can't say that Pitchford shot the store manager because Pitchford did not - his accomplice (who received a lesser sentence) did. So Gorsuch says instead, "At the end of it the store manager lay dead."

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Here are some results from this week’s Economist/YouGov poll that caught my attention.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

And the crowd goes wild - NOT. A tableau of the GOP enthusiasm deficit personified.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Trump already has burnished the image of Republicans as a pro-corruption party, but Paxton's victory in the runoff adds another powerful proof point. Republican senators and Republican Senate candidates will be forced to defend Paxton and his record of corruption from now until Election Day.

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Geoff Garin @geoffgarin.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Talarico got over 1.2 million votes in his competitive primary with Crockett. Paxton did not come close that that in March and certainly won't come close that that tonight.

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