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Mike Gehrke

@mikegehrke.bsky.social
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Look, I'll level with you. This is a prank that sort of backfired, and I'd like to bail out right now. Sr Flack/Hack/Geek www.gpsimpact.com

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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 9h
Economic issues matter, but Kansas consistently punches above its weight for a state that should never be competitive. It does it with fraction of the attention and "infrastructure" investment other get from donors and groups. Credit smart dedicated folks grinding it out year after year.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Guys earned the right to do whatever he wants, but I still hope somebody gave him "is THAT what you're wearing" before he left the house.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This will go down as one of history's greatest blind quotes. Bravo, Senior WH Official.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've suspected for a while that Hasan Piker was developed in a lab in the basement of the DNC building as a way to lure Rs into attacking someone that practically no voters knew or cared about. Worlds biggest political flea-flicker. Turns out that's exactly what it was. Good job guys. They bit hard.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got a job interview today. Wish me luck.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All of the Eric Schmitt dunks are hilarious. But it was a vicious planned effort to engineer a perjury indictment. The fact it was incompetent doesn't make it less malicious. If that isn't weaponization, I don't know what is. The Senate should censure Eric Schmitt.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pitchers and catchers report in 139 days wapo.st/4xJOyLH
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As Nationals wrap up season, they have plenty of reason for optimism
Washington’s win over the New York Mets sealed its best record since the 2019 championship season.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Old enough to remember when Republicans were famous for demanding endless proof of military service and honors. Somebody's got a vetting problem. Trump-backed Nevada Republican exaggerated Bronze Star award in two campaigns www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
Trump-backed Nevada Republican exaggerated Bronze Star award in two campaigns
Congressional hopeful David Flippo said his staff made a mistake in an announcement video in 2023. The video was deleted three years later.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ok, but maps like this overweight geography and underweight population density.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republican voters divided on Ken Paxton:
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If feeding the pet lizard makes the list of horribles, sign me up. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Mary Peltola’s Campaign in Alaska Senate Race Is Rocked by Tumult, With Angry Outbursts and Slurs
Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Has anybody seen any polls lately?
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Wile E. Coyote with Binoculars in Looney Tunes
ALT: Wile E. Coyote with Binoculars in Looney Tunes
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A lot of people said Rs would give Trump a pass for meeting with Mamdani. Not all Rs! www.mediaite.com/politics/tru...
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Laura Loomer Says She’s ‘Pissed’ at Trump for Meeting With ‘Islamic Jihadist’
Laura Loomer, the conspiracy theorist and unofficial adviser to President Donald Trump, said she is "pissed off" because Trump met with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whom she called an "Islamic jihad...
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Put a drone on it" should not be an acceptable legal strategy.
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Do It
ALT: Do It
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Washington Monument was completed in 1884 after extended delays and funding challenges when Chester A. Arthur was president. It's still not called The Chester A. Arthur and The George Washington Monument. That's not how any of this works.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Roger Marshall is one guy who knows it's nice to have friends you can lien on.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mitch McConnell came back from the dead to warn us about AI.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Trump Admin had its cabinet secretaries comptete for swing district visits, and you'll never guess who's winning.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The volume of records you'd need to go through and follow these cases to the end is huge, likely impossible to complete in a reasonable timeframe without some assistance from AI. That probably explains why it didn't come up in 2020.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Crooked all the way down wapo.st/4xPWyMd
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In posts attacking ChatGPT, Katie Miller didn’t disclose her stake in its rival
Conservative podcaster Miller, a former top aide to Elon Musk, is the latest political influencer to comment on public issues without fully disclosing financial ties.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's not going to move polls much, and of course, he won't do it. But it gives them something else to talk about for a few days, which they desperately need. Campaigns are a conversation, and their candidates had run out of things to say.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 07/09/2026
"Ted Cruz took gifts from millionaires last year that included a $76,000 private jet flight to the tropics " Sanford Nowlin for @sacurrent.bsky.social
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Ted Cruz took gifts from millionaires last year that included a $76,000 private jet flight to the tropics
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at a 2022 conservative conference. Private jets, primo sports tickets and free concerts for the whole family. Membership
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
At the beginning of the summer Trump talkers argued that the world cup, a successful nasa moon mission, the buzz from the 250th anniversary, a conclusion to the Iran War, and winning votes in congress would have the president's ratings surging as he went into a midterm convention. They're worse.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If somebody wants to write the article about how Hasan and Rogan are just slightly different flavors of tedious, I will read the hell out of it.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One of the most transparent blind quotes Rahm has ever given.
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
WSJ: "Earlier this year, at Trump’s direction, Harp posted a video that included racist imagery depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, and an AI-generated image of Trump as a Christ-like figure"
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Tweets that aged... interestingly
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
There's a lot happening with the war and the inflation on, but I'd really like someone to follow up with what happened with this $10M cash that Egypt allegedly shipped to Donald Trump. wapo.st/4cuFkKJ
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$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt
Then political appointees shut the case down.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you never stop checking your feed, it's always chronological.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is how you do that
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
These letters are nuts. But the president surrounds himself with people who tell him the same thing, and he rewards them with real power. From the FBI to the CIA to the Pentagon. Its Natalies all the way down.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We all remember what a cakewalk the 2008 primary was.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Actual printers are not this reliable. "Paper jam in area 7. Cyan toner low. Use approved cartridges only. Try again later" would be the response you would expect.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New Kalshi hack just dropped.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The biggest ad $ in the primary was a Superpac that spent $2.2M on positive TV ads for her. So, no. Lack of TV was not her problem. Bigger Q is how she lost with that advantage.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yes, please. Trump team tells GOP to lean in on health care www.axios.com/2026/08/13/m...
axios.com
Scoop: Trump team tells GOP to lean in on health care
One of the GOP's strongest potential campaign messages: going after health insurance companies.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's fun to dunk on how wrong public polling and prediction markets are. But below is the real issue here. Bad data is changing reality. Narratives, coverage, fundraising, campaign behavior, staffing, and even policy. So dunk away. Maybe someday takes will account for reasonable uncertainty too.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Prediction markets are only as smart as the people who play them.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's not going great.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Which polling miss will be bigger? Michigan or Wisconsin?
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
An astounding 40-point gap and the wrong results. You'd have done better with an ouija board and a set of dungeons and dragons dice.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So it goes to penalty kicks?
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Y'all just go to your rooms and think about what you've done.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I thought it would never end.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Crazy what makes it into the Friday News Dump these days.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
More campaigns should hire me. There's a lot more where this came from.
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In this day and age, who keeps a diary?
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Mike Gehrke @mikegehrke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This won't satisfy the folks who wanted Beshear to march into the hospital with the Marshal of the US Supreme Court and declare sky law or whatever. But it's the right thing to do www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Kentucky governor tells Mitch McConnell to prove he can serve or ‘resign’ from Senate
Gov. Andy Beshear issued his ultimatum in letters to McConnell and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., warning that he may begin the process of replacing him.
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kalibomeli.bsky.social @kalibomeli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1/ This is Nick Adams. He’s a big deal in MAGA world. He’s got 638K followers on X and 2.1M on Facebook. President Trump even appointed him to a role at the State Dept. But when I started digging into Adams' nonprofit for "civics" education, something didn't look right ... 🧵
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