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Greg Eschinger

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Greg Eschinger
Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@KabulFiasco @SenateBudget As are Republicans. They claim to care about the deficit when they are out of power but as soon as they are in power they spend like drunken sailors. It’s been that way for decades. Only difference between the two parties is what the excessive spending is on.
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K. Martin
K. Martin@KabulFiasco·
@SenateBudget Since when did Democrats start caring about the deficit? You've been spending like drunken sailors for decades. You're a bunch of damn hypocrites and liars.
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Senate Budget Democrats@SenateBudget·
MERKLEY: You didn't include deficit numbers in the budget. Why not? VOUGHT: We didn't want to confuse the country. MERKLEY: The deficit can be extracted if you do the math—it's $2.2 TRILLION in 2027. Perhaps you didn't include it because you didn't want to draw attention to it.
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@starryplough67 @akidderz @AdamCrafton_ Agreed, much better if they took train. But if wasn’t part of the bid the FIFA should compensate for any of the costs (extra trains) above and beyond what is provided for other events at that stadium.
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Adam Crafton
Adam Crafton@AdamCrafton_·
FIFA have responded to this - and strongly. “We are quite surprised by the NJ Governor’s approach today on fan transportation. The original FIFA World Cup 2026 Host City Agreements signed in 2018 required free transportation for fans to all matches. Recognizing the financial strain this placed on the host cities, back in 2023 FIFA adjusted the Host Agreement requirements across all host cities as follows: All Match Ticket holders and accredited individuals shall be able to access transport (public or additionally planned transport) at cost to allow travel to Stadiums on match days.   “FIFA worked for years with host cities on transportation and mobility plans, including advocating for millions of dollars in federal funding to support host cities for transportation.   “FIFA World Cup will bring millions of fans to North America along with related economic impact. Many fans will travel to NYNJ to enjoy the eight matches scheduled. FIFA is not aware of any other major event previously held at NYNJ Stadium, including other major sports, global concert tours, etc., where organizers were required to pay for fan transportation.”
Governor Mikie Sherrill@GovSherrillNJ

We inherited an agreement where FIFA is providing $0 for transportation to the World Cup. And while NJ TRANSIT is stuck with a $48 million bill to safely get fans to and from games, FIFA is making $11 billion. I’m not going to stick New Jersey commuters with that tab for years to come. FIFA should pay for the rides. But if they don’t – I’m not going to let New Jersey get taken for one.

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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@akidderz @AdamCrafton_ More info needed - Did the bid include FIFA creating a security perimeter so large it eliminated the ability for fans to drive and park - dramatically increasing the number of required trains? If no, then NJ complaints are valid and FIFA should pay. If yes, hard to take NJs side.
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akidderz@akidderz·
I get all the “we hate FIFA” and “we hate America” crap gets rolled into every discussion about the upcoming World Cup. But no one seems interested in the raw deal for New Jersey here. (I’m a New Yorker, so I naturally dislike Jersey.). People coming for the games in the Meadowlands will be staying in and spending money in NYC. They will not be doing anything in NJ other than taking whatever transport they can find to the game and back. That sucks for NJ. They will get nothing.
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@Jason @shrikant_deo It’s noticeable how much less the debt it’s brought up recently. Might be unfair, but impression I get is w/Trump making it clear he doesn’t care about the debt there is some self censoring to avoid anything that could be seen as critical of the admin and put access at risk.
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@jason@Jason·
@shrikant_deo The inflation just came back to a 3 handle, so we will talk about it in the coming weeks We’ve brought up the surging debt consistently, but at this point I’m guessing folks are sick of hearing us say “this is gonna kill us”
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@JoelKatz @ronrule I think the scenario presented is not uncommon if instead of steak it used alcohol as an example. $50/$100/$200 bottles of wine take the same effort to serve but the baseline expected tip amount per bottle is dramatically different despite the quality of service being identical.
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David 'JoelKatz' Schwartz
David 'JoelKatz' Schwartz@JoelKatz·
@ronrule Right. But meal price usually correlates with the expected quality of service, the number of parties one person can serve at a time, the time spent eating the meal, and many other factors. You carefully crafted a scenario where the normal factors don't apply.
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Ron Rule@ronrule·
Percentages make no sense for tipping. I go to a restaurant and order a $20 steak. Guy at the table next to me orders a $100 steak. If I tip $5 I’m considered a great tipper, but he’s expected to tip at least $20. Why? The server literally did the same amount of work!
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@Jason @RoKhanna @GavinNewsom It’ll be overshadowed by continuing pardons of white collar criminals ending any chance of restitution. It’s good to find and prosecute fraud but if the criminal can give Trump a donation and walk away w/a pardon and the rest of their ill gotten gains what has been accomplished?
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@jason
@jason@Jason·
Brilliant checkmate by President Trump… @RoKhanna and @GavinNewsom better start eliminating fraud and arresting criminals quick, because who allowed and who prosecuted fraud is gonna be the entire political agenda in 2026 and 2028
FBI Director Kash Patel@FBIDirectorKash

Led by @realDonaldTrump and @VP’s Task Force, this FBI will be working 24/7 with our partners across the country to root out fraud and eliminate the criminal networks who take advantage of taxpayers

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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@Jason @EnvoyNoem Not sure if baseline competency is a consideration for roles in this admin if the rumors are true that Lee Zeldin is a possible replacement.
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@jason
@jason@Jason·
As I predicted on the pod… President Trump is holding his executives accountable… and he’s willing to upgrade positions where people aren’t performing or are damaging his presidency (seen clearly in the lowest ratings since the celebrity apprentice!): ✅ @EnvoyNoem ☑️ @PamBondi 🔥 💨 … ☑️ @StephenM ☑️ @FBIDirectorKash Hiring for loyalty is fine, but you need a baseline of competency.
Polymarket@Polymarket

BREAKING: Trump projected to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi "imminently" 93% chance.

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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@Mr72Capital @Jason Isn’t a bit naive to think the SEC would be on them in a millisecond? They aren’t going to investigate any of their own the same way the DOJ buries / ends any potential investigation of anything DHS or anyone else in this admin has done that may have crossed a line.
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alastair clayton
alastair clayton@Mr72Capital·
@Jason We keep being told of these so-called "insider Trump trades" by the FT. No real evidence but lots of innuendo. The SEC would be on them in a millisecond. Anyone who has any knowledge of markets would know this. All I can conclude is that these stories are completely untrue.
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@Rex_Karz @Aleigvi @ianbremmer It draws down US influence and opens things up for countries like China to fill the void. As the two sides drift further apart the calculus on who to do business with and/or who to avoid changes and I’m not sure that benefits the US.
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Victor Poulos
Victor Poulos@Rex_Karz·
@Aleigvi @ianbremmer This is about as America First as a president can get. The pivot to drawing down US military involvement in Europe.
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ian bremmer@ianbremmer·
carter doctrine = dead
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@bret8202 @Phonix71977763 @funder What fines/penalties would actually be recovered when this administration is constantly pardoning anyone convicted of medicare fraud, wiping out any restitution?
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Scott Dworkin
Scott Dworkin@funder·
A federal judge just ruled that videos of DOGE staffers must stay up — and they are devastating. Under oath, they couldn't define DEI. They admitted they never reduced the deficit. And they wiped out $100 million in humanities grants — including a Holocaust documentary — using ChatGPT. The regime tried to bury this. It didn't work. dworkinsubstack.com/p/shut-it-down…
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@bret8202 @Phonix71977763 @funder Local govt officials patting themselves on the back for token efforts to pretend they are addressing it don't make Florida any less the epicenter of healthcare fraud. I'm glad they made those arrests, but stopping $65k doesn't move the needle on the fraud in that state.
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Bret Seufert
Bret Seufert@bret8202·
@geschinger @Phonix71977763 @funder Fraud exists in every state. The only difference is red states are willing to expose & eliminate it, whereas blue states fight to protect it.
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@Phonix71977763 @bret8202 @funder Not to mention that it hasn't really slowed down. If there were any serious attempts to expose fraud, they'd all be in Florida, where the amount of healthcare fraud will make the amounts in CA and MN look quaint in comparison.
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Phonix@Phonix71977763·
@bret8202 @funder You know the biggest healthcare fraud in the US was in Florida and the scam was run by Republican Rick Scott? Dude literally stole billions.
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@SovEconomy @sowht1992 @TheMaineWonk That’s fine if accessibility is ignored. In a free market competitive market providers will compete for the healthy w/no pre-existing conditions and not offer policies to others. Problem is people want it both ways - benefits of pooled policies at rates of unspooled policies.
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Sovereign Economy
Sovereign Economy@SovEconomy·
@sowht1992 @TheMaineWonk The idea is that there are more insurance companies which drive prices down by undercutting each other to gain more customers. Monopolies breed corruption and anti consumer practices. I’m not against single payer but other issues must be solved first.
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Maine
Maine@TheMaineWonk·
Make payments directly to the people so they can purchase their own health insurance… ….. checks notes….. FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@jswriter65 @yosemitehker @jeremymbarr It moves the overton window and principles, or not, neither party is going to engage in unilateral disarmament. The pendulum swing with an admin of the other party will decimate the talk radio and do severe damage to orgs like Sinclair that Carr has been changing the rules for.
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John in the Shelter
John in the Shelter@jswriter65·
@yosemitehker @jeremymbarr What a childish view of the world: We'll go against Our Principles to Get You, because YOU did it. You're admitting that democrats are just waiting for excuses to do the very things they claim they hate.
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Jeremy Barr
Jeremy Barr@jeremymbarr·
Joe Biden-appointed FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel dismissed a complaint made against a Fox affiliate over the cable channel’s 2020 election coverage, saying: “This agency should not be the president's speech police and this agency shouldn't be journalism's censor-in-chief.” npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-…
Brendan Carr@BrendanCarrFCC

Biden’s FCC did go after Fox. Biden’s FCC went after Sinclair broadcasting too. In fact, the Biden FCC failed to renew hundreds of routine licenses for that broadcaster — something that the agency had never done before. The Biden FCC also determined and wrote that broadcasters have a “obligation … to take all reasonable measures to eliminate any false, misleading, or deceptive matter.” At the same time, Democrats in Congress pressured cable companies to drop Fox News, OAN, and Newsmax for their newsroom decisions. And that pressure worked in many cases. Those were cable channels, too, that have no broadcast public interest obligations. Earlier, Democrats in Congress wrote the FCC and called on it to investigate the news activities of a conservative broadcaster, including under the FCC’s news distortion policy. Democrats also called on the FCC to block the sale of a radio station in Florida on the grounds that they thought the buyer was conservative, stating “To win in 2022, this must stop!” The sale didn’t go through. The list goes on and on and I have no doubt that it will go on and on again at some point in the future. Remind me - which one of these Democrat actions did you consider weaponization and push back on ?

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InteractivePolls@IAPolls2022·
Trump approval (ages 18-29 only) Approve: 23% Disapprove: 76% —— Net Approval 🟡 Feb 2025: (-1) 🟤 Dec 2025: (-23) 🔴 Mar 2026: (-53) @QuantusInsights | 3/25-26 | LV
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InteractivePolls@IAPolls2022

🇺🇸 National Poll by Quantus Insights Pres. Trump Approve: 42% [-2] Disapprove: 57% [+2] —— Generic Ballot 🟦 DEM: 47% [=] 🟥 GOP: 41%[-1] — • Dem: Dem 93-2 • GOP: GOP 88-4 • Indie: Dem 45-30 —— 1,472 LV | 3/25-26 | ±2.8%

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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@BobSpeaksTruth @SarahLongwell25 How do you get 95%? Cable is ~50/50 with FoxNews, Newsmax/MSNow/CNN. Newspapers heavily lean left, talk radio heavily leans right. National Broadcast news left, Local Broadcast news (Sinclair, etc.) right. Overall, still likely left-leaning but much closer to 50/50 than 95/5.
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Bob Garrow
Bob Garrow@BobSpeaksTruth·
@SarahLongwell25 95% of all media has been the mouthpiece of the DNC for decades! If it shifts to 90% because shareholders realize that demonizing half of their audience is bad for business...then liberals will still dominate almost all we see and hear. And you all will cry...
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Sarah Longwell
Sarah Longwell@SarahLongwell25·
Important to note, the FCC Chairman himself is stating that CBS’s new ownership is “Trump winning.” That should deeply embarrass and offend CBS’s leadership. When the FCC Chair brags that you’re state TV for the Trump administration, a reassessment of one’s values is in order.
Acyn@Acyn

FCC Chair: Trump is winning. Look at the results—PBS and NPR defunded. Joy Reid, Sleepy-Eyed Chuck Todd, Jim Acosta, John Dickerson are gone. Colbert is leaving. CBS is under new ownership, and soon enough CNN will have new ownership as well.

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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@cmcartman @stevenQ78611072 @jhouse678 @fbermingham Perfectly reasonable not to care as long as you also don't care when they make deals with other countries, including China. It's similar to Canada - can't say we don't want to be a partner with industries like autos and then cry and complain when they make a deal w/BYD (China).
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Chris Cartwright
Chris Cartwright@cmcartman·
@geschinger @stevenQ78611072 @jhouse678 @fbermingham Their idea of a partnership seem to be to let that partner do it all so they can go on their merry way. Why should we care what happens the them at this point? They're largely full of ungrateful socialist that are only concerned about their own needs.
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Finbarr Bermingham
Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham·
A little line in Politico that says a lot about how quickly the world has changed “Current advice from [European] Council is that no electronics are taken to the US or China,” said a senior EU official. “When this isn't possible, electronics that are brought back must be wiped”
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@DoctorGonzo__ @CthulhuHulu @BMeiselas That was/is the problem. The assumption that because he is great at doing X he had the capability/skills/intellect to be great at Y when Y is dramatically different than X goes a long way towards explaining why he failed so badly at Y.
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Doctor Gonzo
Doctor Gonzo@DoctorGonzo__·
@CthulhuHulu @BMeiselas Yeah dude. He is a complete failure. Those rockets and brain chips are pretty embarrassing. Even a loser like you can build rockets.
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Brett Meiselas
Brett Meiselas@BMeiselas·
My guy this was literally your job
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Greg Eschinger@geschinger·
@cmcartman @stevenQ78611072 @jhouse678 @fbermingham Of course there is an in between. There is still a US interest in the EU not falling under the influence of a country like China. The calculus on visits to the US is this admin can’t be trusted not to try to exfiltrate data so they make recommendations accordingly.
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Chris Cartwright
Chris Cartwright@cmcartman·
@stevenQ78611072 @jhouse678 @fbermingham You either trust the US or not. There's no in between where you accept things like the nuclear umbrella and then complain about how it's provided. He's called out the weakness of Europe and you call it an attack.
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Jelajahi

@KabulFiasco @SenateBudget @starryplough67 @akidderz @AdamCrafton_ @Jason @shrikant_deo @JoelKatz