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David Close retweeted
Just weeks before Election Day, Texas Republicans shut down 92 polling locations in Tarrant County.
Now voters will have to struggle with hours-long lines at the polls and chaos leading up to November 3rd.
THIS IS WHAT TO FOCUS ON.
NOT CROWD SIZES.
David Close retweeted
Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:
"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."
David Close retweeted
James Talarico: “All of our communities have been left behind by the billionaire megadonors and corrupt politicians. We’re all getting screwed. Whether you’re Black, white or brown, whether you’re a little more conservative or progressive, all of us are getting screwed by the people at the very top. They don’t care who we are. They don’t see red or blue, they only see green”
David Close retweeted
.@AOC is right about this.
"On taxing tips, as one of the few here who lived on tips, I want to tell you the scam...The cap is $25,000 while raising taxes on people earning under $50,000 across the U.S.... while kicking them off Affordable Care Act."
David Close retweeted
Anonymous megadonors have spent over $1 billion to buy the 2026 election.
Elon Musk has spent over $90 million.
Billionaires buying elections is not democracy—it's oligarchy.
ENOUGH.
We need to end Citizens United, get super PACs out of primaries & publicly fund elections.
David Close retweeted
President Trump tried to kill the single biggest transportation project in America — the Hudson Tunnel project — for nakedly political reasons, eliminating tens of thousands of jobs.
That’s illegal, so the courts stopped him.
Now he's appealing. America deserves so much better than a President putting political revenge ahead of jobs and safety.
David Close retweeted
Trump said he was "draining the swamp" and fired 3,000 people at CDC... 3,500 at FDA... and 11,000 food safety officials.
Now: 160+ food recalls... 24,000 sick... 740 hospitalized... and several dead.
The corruption is killing us. Literally.
David Close retweeted
The Ravens have shown Tyler Loop as much faith as they possibly can. They've said all the right things. They haven't brought in competition. It isn't even clear if they've had a kicker in for a workout.
But it's getting increasingly harder to justify their stance.
David Close retweeted
Trump ran on 3 major promises:
1. Lower prices
2. No new wars
3. Cut the national debt.
1. Everything cost more today under Trump (gas, food)
2. We are at war with Iran
3. Debt at all time high: $40 trillion.
Imagine if the media actually just told this story.
David Close retweeted
Trump, his billionaire friends, DOGE, and the GOP robbed America blind and left you with the check.
Trump promised to balance the budget.
Musk projected $2 trillion in savings.
This year, the deficit grew by 18% — with $200 billion of that due to refunds of his illegal tariffs.
My @nytopinion Chart
David Close retweeted
$900 million for White House vanity projects? Approved.
$1 trillion tax cut for the 1%? Approved.
$1 trillion for war with Iran? Approved.
Lower grocery, housing or gas prices? Sorry, you're on your own.
Money for billionaires. Money for war. Nothing for working people.
David Close retweeted
Bernie Sanders: “We’re in a moment in history where we have the most dangerous president in the history of the USA. A guy who happens not to believe in democracy, happens to be an authoritarian, doesn’t believe in the Constitution or the rule of law. A president who is a kleptocrat. He’s made some $2B in personal wealth since he’s been president this term”
David Close retweeted
The Trump Agenda:
4 million people kicked off nutrition assistance
15 million will be kicked off healthcare
$1 trillion in tax cuts for the top 1%
$1.5 trillion for the Pentagon
$2.2 billion into his own pocket
This is what a government by and for the billionaire class looks like. Obscene.
David Close retweeted
Netanyahu: I need $12 billion
Trump: Approved
Elon Musk: SpaceX needs $4.16 billion
Trump: Approved
Jeff Bezos: Amazon needs $17.5 billion
Trump: Approved
Top 1%: We need a $1 trillion tax cut
Trump: Approved
Average Joe: My wife has cancer. Can we get Medicaid?
Trump: Denied
David Close retweeted
BREAKING: U.S. economic growth slowed to just 1.5% this quarter. Here’s a clip of Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick from December saying that growth this quarter would be “amazing.”
The “Golden Age” never came. It was a lie.
David Close retweeted
Inflation was 3% when Biden left. He's been in for 550 days and it's now 3.5%, the highest of any G7 country.
Had enough yet, MAGA?
Trump: I haven't been here very long. I inherited the worst inflation in history from Biden
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
US inflation peaked at 9.1% under Biden in 2022 (highest in 40 years, not history) and was 3% when Trump took office in 2025, far below the record 23.7% in 1920. investopedia.com/us-inflation-r… cnn.com/2026/02/05/pol… factcheck.org/2026/02/a-pre-…
David Close retweeted
Elon Musk Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2026: $719 billion
Jeff Bezos Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2026: $255 billion
Mark Zuckerberg Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2026: $212 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Obscene. We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage.
David Close retweeted
Graham Platner: “The fact that we’ve got people in Eastern Maine who work three jobs and can barely afford their rent and the fact that Elon Musk is now a trillionaire, those are the exact same story. The reason this has happened, it’s not because Elon worked hard, it’s not because Peter Thiel comes up with better ideas, it’s because they and those like them bought politics”