𝐓𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐎’𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄 — 𝐒𝐎 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐎 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 Tucker Carlson went on a livestream claiming he had proof — private texts from Dan Bongino — that President Trump 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 into the Butler ass∗ssination attempt. So Bongino did the one thing Tucker didn't plan for: he 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐢𝐫. Nowhere in them does Bongino say Trump shut down the probe. He says the opposite — that Trump is a victim who was briefed and satisfied, and that the case stays open but inactive only because no new leads have panned out. Then came the receipts. A November 21 Fox News report — published 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 Tucker claims the two even spoke — quotes the FBI calling the Crooks case “𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦,” not closed. Trump himself told the Daily Caller he is satisfied with the Butler findings. One man brought screenshots and dates. The other brought a story. 𝐓𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐜. 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐬.

Every single Senate Republican better be ready on Monday morning to demand John Thune NUKE the filibuster and immediately pass the SAVE Act full election integrity laws. No excuses. No more delays. No more weak bullshit. If they won’t kill the filibuster and secure our elections right now, then the entire Senate GOP is compromised and fully part of the Uniparty.

Steven Spielberg says his new movie, Disclosure Day, about aliens will have Christians and people of faith second-guessing their own religion. Spielberg says the movie will take the position of the Church. "Is God our God only on this planet, or is God a God for every system where there's civilization?" "That would mess up a lot of people."

Hello, Mr. Desiderio, Punchbowl News sells access to Capitol Hill for corporate clients. Their senior Senate reporter is you, Andrew Desiderio. Here's how the access works: Punchbowl has a weekly show called "Fly Out Day," taped at the Punchbowl News Townhouse and described on their own site as an "exclusive first look" for Premium subscribers. Those Premium subscribers are the K Street corporate government affairs staff and trade association officials whose legislative interests depend on what Senate leadership decides to schedule… or kill. The second-ever guest was Senate Majority Leader John Thune, on September 11, 2025. This is documented in your own webste. Now let’s go over your post carefully. You say Mike Lee "primed the GOP base to believe" something. That’s manipulative framing, the language of a man working a crowd. But Thune "pointed out" something. That’s the language of a man correcting the record, establishing fact. This is not a one-off phrasing choice on your part. Your Punchbowl coverage consistently frames Thune's positions as institutional reality and conservative alternatives as base management. Thune "declared" that the talking filibuster is dead. Lee and his allies "captivated Trump's base." Thune "had enough." The SAVE Act push is "a self-inflicted wound." These are not neutral verbs. They are a point of view… and it's Thune's point of view, delivered with a byline. There's a structural reason this happens. Jake Sherman described Punchbowl's business model in his own words on The Rebooting podcast (January 2022): nearly 90% of the outlet's revenue comes from corporate sponsorships… "trade groups and companies looking to get their public affairs messaging in front of those making public policy." The sponsors documented at Punchbowl include PhRMA, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Facebook, JPMorgan, Blackstone, the American Investment Council (private equity lobby), and others. These sponsors need the goodwill of the Senate Majority Leader, who controls which of their legislative priorities come to the floor. Thune controls the floor. Thune sits in Punchbowl's townhouse. You reports Thune's framing as conventional wisdom. When Desiderio writes that the talking filibuster "will ultimately fail" ... not might fail, not Thune argues it will fail, but when it ultimately fails ... is that journalism? Or is it the view from Thune's Fly Out Day chair? You are busted, Mr. Desiderio.

HISTORY LESSON ON YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD: Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn’t know this. It’s easy to check out, if you don’t believe it. Be sure and show it to your family and friends. They need a little history lesson on what’s what and it doesn’t matter whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are FACTS. Up until the 1980's, Social Security cards expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes. Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION" message was removed. Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. His promises are in black, with updates in brackets. 1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary [No longer voluntary], 2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program [Now 7.65% on the first $90,000, and 15% on the first $90,000 if you’re self-employed], 3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year [No longer tax deductible] 4.) That the money the participants put into the independent ‘Trust Fund’ rather than into the general operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program [Under Johnson the money was moved to the General Fund and spent] 5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income [Under Clinton & Gore up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed]. Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to ‘put away’ — you may be interested in the following. Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent ‘Trust Fund’ and put it into the general fund so that Congress could spend it? A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate. Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding? A: The Democratic Party. Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities? A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the ‘tie-breaking’ deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US AND MY FAVORITE: Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants? A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party. Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it! Now, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away! And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it! If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not, though. Some Democrats are awfully sure of what isn’t so but it’s worth a try. How many people can YOU send this to?

In all the screeching over the Virginia Supreme Court redistricting decision, it’s getting lost that the decision was written by Justice Arthur Kelsey, who was put on the appellate bench by Democratic Gov. Mark Warner& confirmed to the Supreme Court by EVERY legislative Democrat.