Andrew Bower
@andrewbower.bsky.social
Legislative Director for Congressman Robert Garcia
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It is unambiguously good, for Germany and Europe, that the CDU did a 180° turn on fiscal policy and broke its election promises even before day 1 of formal coalition talks. Not sure how its voters will take it, but voters overakk were ahead of the conservatives on debt for a while now.
March 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It is unambiguously good, for Germany and Europe, that the CDU did a 180° turn on fiscal policy and broke its election promises even before day 1 of formal coalition talks. Not sure how its voters will take it, but voters overakk were ahead of the conservatives on debt for a while now.
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Yeah me too buddy
EU SAYS IT 'DEEPLY REGRETS' THE UNITED STATES’ DECISION TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON IMPORTS FROM MEXICO AND CANADA
March 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yeah me too buddy
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One thing that popped out of YouGov polling this week: The idea of Musk making money off his access is VERY unpopular.
February 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
One thing that popped out of YouGov polling this week: The idea of Musk making money off his access is VERY unpopular.
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You know? I still find it remarkably easy to remain patriotic throughout this administration.
Trump and the MAGA crowd are a repudiation of every single civic ideal that the United States is meant to represent—and I see no reason to stop believing in those ideals because of them.
Trump and the MAGA crowd are a repudiation of every single civic ideal that the United States is meant to represent—and I see no reason to stop believing in those ideals because of them.
February 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You know? I still find it remarkably easy to remain patriotic throughout this administration.
Trump and the MAGA crowd are a repudiation of every single civic ideal that the United States is meant to represent—and I see no reason to stop believing in those ideals because of them.
Trump and the MAGA crowd are a repudiation of every single civic ideal that the United States is meant to represent—and I see no reason to stop believing in those ideals because of them.
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we do the "working toward the fuhrer" comparison but this is actually paying a compliment to the Trump II administration
February 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
we do the "working toward the fuhrer" comparison but this is actually paying a compliment to the Trump II administration
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Elon Musk and Nancy Mace think they are going to scare me and silence me with a censure. They don’t want opposition as they raid the social safety net. Democrats need to fight harder, not retreat. I’m not backing down folks, I’m from Long Beach.
February 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Elon Musk and Nancy Mace think they are going to scare me and silence me with a censure. They don’t want opposition as they raid the social safety net. Democrats need to fight harder, not retreat. I’m not backing down folks, I’m from Long Beach.
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There are lots of NGOs that use the NH primary to get candidates to commit on video to their goals. In 2008/2012/2016 I kept seeing activists use town halls to get Rs on record that they would support PEPFAR. Used to think "why ask that, who's against it?" And now we know!
big reason why George freaking Bush came up with PEPFAR, it:
a) strikes against a major public health threat
b) makes America look good
c) saves a shit ton of lives
d) costs almost nothing
that Musk and Trump are trying to tear it up is evidence of inoperable brain rot
a) strikes against a major public health threat
b) makes America look good
c) saves a shit ton of lives
d) costs almost nothing
that Musk and Trump are trying to tear it up is evidence of inoperable brain rot
February 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There are lots of NGOs that use the NH primary to get candidates to commit on video to their goals. In 2008/2012/2016 I kept seeing activists use town halls to get Rs on record that they would support PEPFAR. Used to think "why ask that, who's against it?" And now we know!
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“Actually it’s good that a bunch of teenagers are unilaterally firing thousands of government employees because they have ChatGPT”
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
February 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Actually it’s good that a bunch of teenagers are unilaterally firing thousands of government employees because they have ChatGPT”
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is
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Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”
February 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
I hope folks remember that the statute of limitations is long, Dems will regain power, and Merrick Garland is seen as a clear failure in our party. Act accordingly.
There's a very real question as to whether federal law will apply to Trump's allies at all during Trump's term. The atmosphere of impunity may be like nothing we've seen in our lifetimes.
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors based in Nashville have withdrawn from the criminal investigation of Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, an unprecedented move that could signal plans by the Trump administration to drop the case against a Republican ally. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
February 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I hope folks remember that the statute of limitations is long, Dems will regain power, and Merrick Garland is seen as a clear failure in our party. Act accordingly.
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Think your grocery bill is high now? Trump just said he’s going to put a 25% tax on all food and goods from Mexico, here’s what that means.
January 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Think your grocery bill is high now? Trump just said he’s going to put a 25% tax on all food and goods from Mexico, here’s what that means.
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.
Full text, per government source:
Full text, per government source:
January 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
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Believe it or not, Colombia is an important export market for US wheat, which is already under pressure from climate change. This will probably impact the Great Plains the most.
January 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Believe it or not, Colombia is an important export market for US wheat, which is already under pressure from climate change. This will probably impact the Great Plains the most.
This guy justifiably believes that he’s been released to vomit extralegal violence for Trump, we’ll see what he does with that!
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, whose sentence for seditious conspiracy was recently commuted by Donald Trump, stood front and center behind the Republican US president during his rally yesterday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Photos via @afpnews.bsky.social.
Photos via @afpnews.bsky.social.
January 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This guy justifiably believes that he’s been released to vomit extralegal violence for Trump, we’ll see what he does with that!
Glad to see some fight
NEW: Inspectors general say Trump's removals may be illegal since they fail to comply with 2022 law requiring 30 days notice to Congress
WH will likely argue this is unconstitutional, but it will be a fight
w/ @meganmesserly.bsky.social @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
WH will likely argue this is unconstitutional, but it will be a fight
w/ @meganmesserly.bsky.social @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
January 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Glad to see some fight
The J6 pardon story is not going to go away. Emboldened violent lunatics have been given a license to commit crimes on behalf of the state. This will get worse.
January 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The J6 pardon story is not going to go away. Emboldened violent lunatics have been given a license to commit crimes on behalf of the state. This will get worse.
Attention Federal Workers: if you encounter one of these folks, contact your friendly Oversight Committee Democrats. We’re always happy to chat.
The plan is for a cohort of unpaid, unofficial volunteers to live within federal agencies for six months, working 80 hours per week on undefined tasks, conspire with one another on Signal, and get nearly everyone around them fired. It doesn’t sound fully baked to me. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...
January 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Attention Federal Workers: if you encounter one of these folks, contact your friendly Oversight Committee Democrats. We’re always happy to chat.
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Response of the President of Panama
January 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Response of the President of Panama
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4 years ago a mob incited by Donald Trump attacked the Capitol to overturn the election.
Now, Trump wants to pardon these insurrectionists.
In 2023, I visited these prisoners at the DC jail on behalf of the Dems on the Oversight Committee. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there.
Here's what happened: 🧵
Now, Trump wants to pardon these insurrectionists.
In 2023, I visited these prisoners at the DC jail on behalf of the Dems on the Oversight Committee. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there.
Here's what happened: 🧵
January 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
4 years ago a mob incited by Donald Trump attacked the Capitol to overturn the election.
Now, Trump wants to pardon these insurrectionists.
In 2023, I visited these prisoners at the DC jail on behalf of the Dems on the Oversight Committee. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there.
Here's what happened: 🧵
Now, Trump wants to pardon these insurrectionists.
In 2023, I visited these prisoners at the DC jail on behalf of the Dems on the Oversight Committee. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there.
Here's what happened: 🧵
Attn DC runners/cyclists/others I guess! A brand new road opened south of the Lincoln which restores access to the tidal basin while Ohio drive is closed! Woooo
January 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Attn DC runners/cyclists/others I guess! A brand new road opened south of the Lincoln which restores access to the tidal basin while Ohio drive is closed! Woooo