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covering Capitol Hill and campaigns for Business Insider
"Digital content creators" are among the 68 occupations that the Treasury Department has deemed eligible for the "no tax on tips" deduction.

They explicitly name streamers, influencers, podcasters as illustrative examples.

via @danwhateley.bsky.social and me
www.businessinsider.com/influencers-...
September 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trump hasn't committed to sending out "DOGE checks" or tariff rebates — or even pushing for it. Republicans in Congress are largely opposed.

He's still fundraising off of it.

Here's one from today that somehow mentions *both*.

Subject line: "Do you want a DOGE check?"
August 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It appears that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was wearing her famous "Dangerous Creature" sweater on Capitol Hill yesterday when she and Sen. Joe Manchin voted against renominating Lauren McFarren to the NLRB, denying Democrats a major on the top labor board.
December 12, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren offering some conditional praise for Trump's nominee for Labor Secretary, outgoing GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
December 3, 2024 at 2:02 PM
he’s not wrong about the Chad imagery
July 2, 2023 at 12:52 PM
Today, the White House crossed Insider Union’s digital picket line.

Within hours, they threw their support behind our strike — and journalist strikes happening in newsrooms around the country.

https://www.insiderunion.org/business-outsider/white-house-press-apologizes-insider-union-picket-line
June 9, 2023 at 3:25 AM
Come for the campaign finance wonkery, stay for Ted Cruz declaring that Ron Johnson’s campaign self-funding is actually an “interest-free loan to the American people.”
May 17, 2023 at 6:00 PM
May 16, 2023 at 6:30 PM
one of the more random hate mails i have received lol
May 7, 2023 at 4:28 PM
look how fast @tonyromm.bsky.social got an invite
May 6, 2023 at 2:24 PM
when mfs who follow me on Twitter won’t follow me back on here
May 5, 2023 at 11:08 PM