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Paul Begala

@paulbegala.bsky.social
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Dad, Longhorn, Democrat, CNN contributor, Clinton WH alum, Diane’s Plus One

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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
My latest review for @nytimes.com. Jeff Roche's engaging political history of West Texas. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...
nytimes.com
First They Drove Out the Comanches. Then They Changed the Country.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
I reviewed The Gunfighters by Bryan Burrough. Burrough blows up Old West myths like Butch Cassidy blew up safes. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/b...
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Even the Cowboys Are Bigger in Texas
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Maybe if we called it the MAGA Carta, Kristi Noem would study it. You may say that I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
In case you were wondering, there is a 39% chance you will be diagnosed with cancer in your lifetime. Think about that: a better than 1 in 3 chance you get cancer. The budget for the National Cancer Institute is $7.2 billion - and Pres. Trump and the GOP are talking about cutting it.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
President Joe Biden is a man of profound, powerful faith. May God bless him and his family as he fights cancer.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Price tag for Trump’s military festival could reach $45 million, while he cuts children’s health, cancer research, and Medicaid.
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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Republicans worked late into the night... to solidify their support to cut Medicaid and food security for children. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
House works into the night as Republicans push ahead on Trump's big bill
Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion. But also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps for older Americans and green energy strategies to fight climate change.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Qatar GDP = $213 Billion U.S. GDP = $23.5 Trillion Our economy is 110 times the size of Qatar’s. So why does Trump think the richest country on earth needs foreign aid? No #AirQatar
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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Mitch Landrieu, pollster Margie Omero and Ian Sams are going live at 11AM Eastern to talk about The Working Class Project and their new research on working class voters' relationship with both parties. Tune in here: workingclassproject.substack.com
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The Working Class Project | Substack
To win the working class, Democrats must listen to and learn from them. This project is the biggest effort to do so in 2025. Click to read The Working Class Project, a Substack publication.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Trump’s approval is 41% - the lowest 100-day mark in 70 years. But he’s even worse with Independents, with an anemic 31% approval. Weak, weak, weak.
cnn.com
CNN Poll: Trump’s approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades | CNN Politics
Donald Trump won back the Oval Office and took charge of the government amid the strongest poll numbers of his political career, but as the 100-day mark of his presidency approaches, Americans’ views ...
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
From Cardinal Re’s beautiful homily for Pope Francis: “The guiding thread of his mission was also the conviction that the Church is a home for all, a home with its doors always open. He often used the image of the Church as a “field hospital” after a battle in which many were wounded; …
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Reuters poll: Trump approval 37% approve 57% disapprove U.S. adults
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Voters disapprove of Trump’s handling of every single issue. And this is supposed to be the honeymoon.
nytimes.com
Voters See Trump’s Use of Power as Overreaching, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Skepticism has grown of his efforts to expand his authority and of his handling of issues long seen as strengths for him, including the economy and immigration.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
No es bueno para el gran cheeto.
pewresearch.org
Trump’s Job Rating Drops, Key Policies Draw Majority Disapproval as He Nears 100 Days
Trump's approval rating stands at 40%, and Americans mostly disapprove of his tariffs and government cuts.
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
MEMBERS OF THE DC BAR: THIS MESSAGE IS FOR YOU—PLEASE VOTE FOR DIANE SELTZER (@whatajlp.bsky.social) 👉👉👉👉👉
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/04/2025
Of course they want to help Russia www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
politico.com
White House debates lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets, Nord Stream
The debate pits Steve Witkoff against State Department and U.S. energy export proponents.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The Holy Father lived St. Francis’s maxim: “Go forth and preach the Gospel. When necessary, use words.” Pope Francis preached Christ’s love, mercy, and acceptance.
americamagazine.org
Pope Francis, trailblazing Jesuit with a heart for the poor, dies at 88
When the cardinals voted to elect Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the 265th successor of St. Peter on the evening of March 13, 2013, few of them imagined what kind of pope he would be.
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth is equally responsible and owns this. Your confirmation served as a stamp of approval and your judgment shouldn't be trusted. This goes for every failure of any official confirmed by the Senate.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Joe Rogan explains to his audience why due process is important and quotes Ben Franklin — "it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer.” He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/04/2025
Trump tariffed every country, even penguins, but not Russia. He said it’s because he’s negotiating the wars end. But he DID tariff Ukraine. Hmmm
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
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Governor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Reality is actually very uplifting. While Trump is afraid of anything even possibly good for our health, clean energy is now more economical than coal, and all Trump’s bombastic proclamations will not change this reality. Our states will continue this progress. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
theguardian.com
US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically – study
It is cheaper to build solar panels or cluster of wind turbines and connect them to the grid than to keep operating coal plants
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Pro tip for Dem pols offering nuanced commentary on Trump’s catastrophic trade policy: when an arsonist is burning down someone’s house, it’s not a good time to lecture them that, “in the right hands, fire can be a useful tool.”
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Opinion: The National Cancer Institute’s Investigational New Drug program is imperative for public good www.statnews.com/2025/04/10/n...
statnews.com
The National Cancer Institute’s Investigational New Drug program is imperative for public good
The National Cancer Institute’s Investigational New Drug program facilitates collaboration, not collusion, with industry for the public good
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
$721m to help Louisiana protect itself from Natural Disaster, gone Red Rural Recession. www.fox8live.com/2025/04/10/l...
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Louisiana officials lament Trump administration’s cuts to FEMA grant programs for storm impacts
Hundreds of millions in expected project grants evaporating
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
On the day Trump took office, regular gas was $2.95 a gallon (according to the St. Louis Fed). Today, it's $3.12 a gallon. #SoMuchWinning
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
On the day Trump took office, consumer confidence was 109.5. On Monday it was 90.6. #SoMuchWinning
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
On the day Trump took office, the NASDAQ was 19,630. Today it's 16,387. #SoMuchWinning
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
On the day Trump took office, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 43,487. Today it's 39,593. #SoMuchWinning
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
On the day Donald Trump took office, eggs were $4.14 a dozen (according to data from the St. Louis Fed). Today, they're $6.23. #SoMuchWinning
apnews.com
Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing
U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump’s predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbr...
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Brilliant column that captures the true grit of Houston. Even in Defeat, Kelvin Sampson and his Cougars Did Houston Proud thebarbedwire.com/2025/04/08/e...
thebarbedwire.com
Even in Defeat, Kelvin Sampson and his Cougars Did Houston Proud
On Monday night, the Gators eked out a nailbiter win over Houston to claim their third championship in school history.  The University of Houston Cougars basketball team was about as big of an underdo...
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A reminder that all of this tariff damage would end if congressional Republicans would grow a spine and reassert Congress’s constitutional role of setting tariffs. They own this debacle as much as Pres. Trump does.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Thinking about this quote, from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalist, today: www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Trump is hitting our closest allies and best customers with tariffs. He’s even placing tariffs on uninhabited islands off Australia. But no new Trump tariffs on Russia. Why so rough on our friends and so weak with our enemy?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Oh, this is gonna make the rounds. 🤡 #PenguinTariff 🐧
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This was….five months ago
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 02/04/2025
There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Helpful to remember: sometimes news can be good
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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
#VAGov candidate Winsome Earle-Sears shows no compassion for Virginians being laid off by Trump's DOGE, claiming this actually "happens to everybody all the time." Virginians deserve a governor who will actually fight for them, not against them.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Turnout yesterday was two-thirds of presidential level; a half a million more voters than the 2023 WI Sup Court race: huge turnout for an off-year, springtime judicial race. I ascribe it to Musk. He is a turnout machine for our folks. Dems may not have a hero, but we damn sure have a villain.
jsonline.com
Which Wisconsin counties flipped from Donald Trump in 2024 to Susan Crawford in 2025?
Several Wisconsin counties that voted for Donald Trump in 2024 flipped for Susan Crawford in a race seen as a referendum on Trump's second term.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Some of the wealthiest and most powerful corporations, law firms, and senators have bent the knee to Trump. Not the people of Wisconsin. They know how to stand up to a bully.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It's getting a lot of attn today. But even before today most of the country had very little idea of what has happened at NIH or through it the entire ecosystem of biomedical research in the US. Simply put, Musk, Kennedy & Trump exploded a bomb right in the middle of cancer cure research in the US.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford, @benwikler.bsky.social and the tens of thousands of grassroots Wisconsin badgers who just whipped the richest man in the world.
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
How they react to losing Wisconsin will tell us a lot about the Trump-Musk GOP. Will they look honestly at how they failed, as the Dems have done since November, or will they lie, deny, and spin?
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people. Blazing your own path for the W 👏👏👏👏👏
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
#Flaverification - Welcome over to the blue skies @hillaryclinton.bsky.social
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hillary clinton is sitting at a table in front of a microphone and making a funny face .
Alt: hillary clinton is sitting at a table in front of a microphone and making a funny face .
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Paul Begala @paulbegala.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Strom Thurmond’s 24-hour filibuster was fueled by hate. @booker.senate.gov has broken that record in a marathon speech fueled by love: love of country, love of freedom, love of his neighbor.
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