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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 2h
#Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to #tariffs, NY Fed says www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/i...
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Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says
Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 3h
Also, someone who’s in the “party of fiscal responsibility” running up a $100,000 Amex bill and can’t pay it. Why didn’t she pull herself up by her bootstraps?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h
Pe[low]te Hegseth can’t keep up with women he claims aren’t strong enough to compete with men in his “warrior” military.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 18h
Hey look, more blatant corruption. I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 20h
In case you missed this on Friday: #Trump just soft-launched higher #inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
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Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt
“You know, inflation, certain levels of inflation, will also pay off that debt very rapidly. Very rapidly.”
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A simple, factual, and effective message.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It never was
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why don’t they reuse the Kennedy Center tarp?
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It didn’t help Kamala win , but I’m still happy to have him.
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iBRAR 🍉 @ibrar-dev.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Do you remember the conspiracy about the suspicious body count around the Clinton's? There are no coincidences.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You’re both right.
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Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That’s the new “Get your Government hands off of my Medicare” from Tea Party 2009.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Voters don’t buy gas and groceries wth “the economy”, they buy them with their hard-earned money, and it increasingly takes more.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#ChristaPike is unconscious on ventilator with terribly-burned arms after failed execution attempt that saw seven needles plunged into her body, killer's lawyers say www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/a...
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Christa Pike is on ventilator after failed execution, lawyers say
Christa Pike remains in a hospital, where she is unconscious and on a ventilator, with severe burns on her arms after her botched execution, her lawyers say.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 02/10/2026
The White House is coordinating with the Justice Department to hide its abortion agenda from voters until after they've voted in order to try to influence the results of the election.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Labor market faltered in September as #jobs increased by just 29,000, #unemployment rate rose to 4.2% www.cnbc.com/2026/10/02/j...
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Labor market faltered in September as jobs increased by just 29,000, unemployment rate rose to 4.2%
Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 84,000 in September while the unemployment rate held at 4.1%.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mass Layoffs, Trucking Bankruptcies Mount Amid #Diesel Price Shock www.newsweek.com/trucker-firm...
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Mass layoffs, trucking bankruptcies mount amid diesel price shock
Diesel has inched down from its recent record highs, but the freight economy continues to feel the effects of elevated fuel.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t forget the criminals getting pardoned by The Criminal.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
At this point, desperate farmers would welcome some extra workers.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey MAGAs: Are you ok with obsessing about other people’s bathroom use while the price of gas and food explodes?
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The hell is going on with his legs?
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Also, that Hitler fellow really got a bad rap ….”
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How about that it's unreasonable and sociopathic to hold an American cultural icon hostage to one man's toddler ego?
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More Trump administration focus on things Americans don't care about (in fact I don't want our TSA agents in pain), while ignoring things like gas & food prices that we care a lot about.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing #ReflectingPool apnews.com/article/trum...
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DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool
A judge in Washington has agreed to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Facing #midterms losses, #Republicans scramble to look like they’re doing something messagingmatters.com/2026/10/01/f...
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Facing midterms losses, Republicans scramble to look like they're doing something - Messaging Matters
Democrats have hammered Republicans on affordability, especially gas and food prices, as the main issue of the 2026 midterms. They picked a good theme, as a plurality of 47% of registered voters call ...
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Barbarity in our name. Tennessee Fails to Execute Woman After 2 Doses of Lethal Injection www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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John Dandridge @jonthetherapist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tennessee Gov Halts Executions After Inmate Survives Lethal Injection Attempt Christa Gail Pike, 50, was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and was taken by ambulance from the prison, her attorneys said. Kim Chandler and Kristin M. Hall www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-...
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Tennessee Gov Halts Executions After Inmate Survives Lethal Injection Attempt
Christa Gail Pike, 50, was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and was taken by ambulance from the prison, her attorneys said.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think you’re missing the big story. It’s Republicans who are having the real awkward time with this. They’re not exactly the pro-consumer party. And their own president says “let data reign.”
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And also, what’s going on with Trump’s legs?
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 30/09/2026
Passengers intervened to stop a cockpit fight on a FlyDubai flight to Israel that left at least one pilot stabbed and bloody and sent the airplane into a steep dive before it made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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Passengers Intervene in Cockpit Stabbing on Israel-Bound Flight
At least one pilot was stabbed in a fight that saw the plane enter a steep dive before landing in Saudi Arabia.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/09/2026
Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw
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Four Legs Good @4legsrgood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty funny that ESPN provided the video proving that Jack Smith was at the Iowa-Maryland game. The GOP is a clown car wreck.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here's NYT story w/recording of Ken Paxton describing what a dead weight Trump has been, including the convention. “So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Ken Paxton, G.O.P. Nominee in Texas, Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WATCH: #JackSmith says he would prosecute #Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation' www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation'
Smith, who in 2022 led investigations into Trump and secured two indictments, said he made decisions in the case "without regard” for Trump’s “political association activities, beliefs, or candidacy i...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How clear is it that Trump's taxpayer funded ads are illegal? I explain why it is 10/10 clear. Senate in passing the law: Ban is designed to stop public funds used for "glorification" of an individual official. GAO: funds can not be used for "self-aggrandizement" nor partisan political purposes.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
U.S. consumer sentiment is sinking to a four-month low as #inflation fears deepen qz.com/university-m...
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University of Michigan consumer sentiment index, September 2026
Year-ahead inflation expectations jumped to 4.6% in September, the highest reading since June and up from 3.4% before the Iran conflict began
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#GOP chair of #Georgia Peanut Commission backs #Ossoff for #Senate thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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GOP chair of Georgia Peanut Commission backs Ossoff for Senate
The Republican chair of the Georgia Peanut Commission is backing Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.) in his bid for a second full term.  “We don’t necessarily elect a party,” commission Chair Don…
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mick is 83
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Make the voting turnout #TooBigToRig
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump started “renovating” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April. After spending $19.2 million of taxpayers’ money, it appears he’s abandoned it.
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@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gavin Newsom: “What the hell is going on in America?”…
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
But people on the left said Kamala would be worse for the people of Gaza. SMH
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#PopeLeo draws 800,000 people to central #Paris for open-air Mass on iconic square www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to central Paris for open-air Mass on iconic square
The turnout testified to the church’s lasting influence in France despite declining attendance and secularizing trends that have emptied churches across Europe.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The #Republicans Are Bolting From #Trump www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Republicans Are Bolting From Trump
A president who demanded loyalty is no longer getting it.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
US #SupremeCourt bars #Republican -drawn map in #Missouri for third time www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...
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US Supreme Court bars Republican-drawn map in Missouri for third time
The US Supreme Court, acting for a third time in a fierce battle over the makeup of Missouri's congressional ​districts, barred the state on Friday from using a redrawn map designed to favor Republica...
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Where Are the Cameras?”: #Trump, 80, Is Confused About Own Media Ban newrepublic.com/post/215871/...
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“Where Are the Cameras?”: Trump, 80, Is Confused About Own Media Ban
Donald Trump appeared to forget he’d banned the press from the White House grounds.
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Messaging Matters @messagingmatters.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Error"
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