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@epaleezeldin @guypbenson @NewsNation @bungarsargon It is one thing to say it is there and quite another to actually mine it. People in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont will fight to the end to prevent huge open pit mines in the pristine forest we have.

A MASSIVE new lithium deposit was just discovered in Appalachia that ramps up our domestic supply chain for this critical mineral. This is a big win for America’s economy and national security. Was just on @NewsNation with @bungarsargon to discuss.

@Jerrykalin1 @smerconish @SpiritAirlines @CNN @cnni @profgalloway Biden DOJ field the lawsuit.

@JimTeeman @smerconish @SpiritAirlines @CNN @cnni @profgalloway The merger was stopped by a federal judge, appointed by Reagan, due to antitrust concerns. Spirit said they shutdown due to dramatic increases in fuel costs, I wonder how that happened? Trump has been in office for a year and a half; but wait; it must be Biden’s fault. Hilarious

Tweet me your thoughts on @SpiritAirlines closing and I will read some @CNN @cnni when @profgalloway joins me 9am ET cnn.com/2026/05/02/bus…

@Jerrykalin1 @smerconish @SpiritAirlines @CNN @cnni @profgalloway They had filed for bankruptcy twice way before fuel prices had increased. JetBlue was willing to pay 1 billion for them. Biden and the Democrats tanked the plan. This lies at the feet of the Democrats. Typical Democrat, can’t make a point without insulting the other person.

@JimTeeman @smerconish @SpiritAirlines @CNN @cnni @profgalloway The merger likely would have taken down Spirit AND Jet Blue. Spirit Airlines has lost billions of dollars over the years. Suggesting the merger would somehow save them defies logic. They specifically said hi jet fuel prices were the reason for their demise.

Today’s version of NBA basketball is unwatchable. Nothing but spread it out and jack up threes. Earlier today I watched 1981 game seven between Boston and Philly. Now that was basketball.

GRAHAM PLATNER: RELEASE THE RECORDS After three days of exposing the lies, it's time for transparency. Graham Platner has made his military service, his veteran status, and his "working-class oyster farmer" identity the centerpiece of his Senate campaign. So prove it, Graham. Release the records. Every veteran candidate releases their DD214. John Kerry did. John McCain did. Tammy Duckworth did. Dan Crenshaw did. Your DD214 would show your exact deployment dates and locations (you claim 3 Iraq tours + 1 Afghanistan), your awards and decorations, your Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) and rank progression, your character of discharge, and the reason you left the Maryland Army National Guard in 2016. Release your DD214, Graham. You claim 100% VA disability and you've made it central to your "working-class" narrative. Your VA rating letter would show whether you have 100% Schedular or TDIU (Total Disability Individual Unemployability), your specific disability percentages per condition (PTSD vs. physical injuries), whether your rating is "Permanent and Total," whether you're classified as "unemployable," the effective dates of your ratings, and whether your rating has ever been appealed, challenged, or reduced. If you're claiming you're unemployable (TDIU), how are you running for U.S. Senate? If you have 100% Schedular (no income restrictions), why did your campaign say you avoid income to protect your benefits? Release your VA rating letter, Graham. And while you're at it, release your Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) records. Veterans with 100% P&T VA disability often qualify for SSDI as well. If you're receiving SSDI on top of your VA disability, that would explain why you avoid income from the oyster farm. SSDI has strict income limits in 2026: you cannot earn more than $1,690/month ($20,280/year) or you lose your benefits. Average SSDI is $1,624/month ($19,488/year). Maximum is $4,130/month ($49,560/year). If you're receiving both VA disability and SSDI, your total disability income could be $77,088 to $107,160 per year before Amy's campaign salary. Are you collecting SSDI, Graham? Release the records. You campaign as a "working-class oyster farmer" but there's no public record showing you own the farm. The ownership agreement would show who actually owns the oyster farm, what's the equity split between you, Amy, and Rob Cushman, how much you paid for the farm (if anything), whether the Cushman family has financial stake beyond Rob's partnership, and any loans or grants used to acquire or operate the farm. There is no deed, no sale record, no transfer documentation in the Hancock County Registry showing you bought this farm from Jock Crothers. Release the ownership agreement, Graham. Prove you own it. You worked in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2018 as a State Department security contractor for Constellis, the successor company to Blackwater. Then you came back to Maine and ran for Senate as an "anti-war progressive." Your Constellis contract would show your exact role and responsibilities, how long you worked there, how much they paid you (private military contractors in Afghanistan made $100,000-$200,000+ in 2018), and your performance records. You chose to go back to Afghanistan in 2018 as a private contractor after leaving military service "disillusioned" in 2016. Release the contract, Graham. Show us what Blackwater's successor paid you. You claim the farm "doesn't make much money" and you're "working-class." Your tax returns would show the profit/loss history of the oyster farm, how much personal income you take vs. reinvest, your wife's salary vs. your draws, and your total household income (which we already know exceeds $100,000 from campaign salary + VA disability alone). Release your tax returns, Graham. Your campaign was packaged by Fight Agency and Morris Katz (NYC political consultants). Bernie Sanders endorsed you 11 days after you announced. You raised $1 million in 9 days. Detailed campaign spending would show how much went to NYC consultants vs. Maine operations, how much went to family members (we know Amy gets $43,200/year), how much is self-funded vs. small donors, and any coordination with national progressive groups. Release the detailed campaign spending, Graham. You claim you left the Maryland Army National Guard in 2016 for PTSD treatment in Maine. The exit documents would show whether it was medical separation vs. voluntary separation, any administrative documentation, and whether you were discharged or you chose to leave. Release your National Guard exit documents, Graham. Here's the bottom line: You've made your military service, your veteran status, your disability, and your "working-class oyster farmer" story the reason Maine should send you to the U.S. Senate. Prove it. Every claim you've made can be verified with documentation that you control. Release the records, or admit you're hiding something. Other veteran candidates release their DD214s. Other business owners release their ownership agreements. Other Senate candidates release their tax returns. Why won't you, Graham? After three days of exposing your $200,000 from your lawyer father, your business partner whose family owns islands, your recruitment by NYC political consultants, your $100,000+ household income from campaign donations and VA disability, and your work for Blackwater's successor company, your word isn't worth much anymore. The records will tell the truth. Release them. Release your DD214. Release your VA rating letter. Release your SSDI records. Release the oyster farm ownership agreement. Release your 2018 Constellis contract. Release your tax returns. Release your campaign spending breakdown. Release your National Guard exit documents. Or admit you're not who you claim to be. Maine voters deserve transparency. You're asking them to send you to the U.S. Senate. Prove you're fit for office. Release the records, Graham. @SenatorCollins

Spirit Airlines died tonight at the hands of the socialist crusader, Elizabeth Warren She must be so proud to add another casket to her achievements. Tonight at 3am, Spirit turns off the lights. 14,000 jobs gone. 30+ smaller airports lose service. JetBlue offered $3.8 BILLION in cash to buy Spirit in 2022. Shareholders, flight attendants union, literally everyone voted yes. The combined company would have held 9% of the US market against a Big 4 that already owned 80%. For anyone who understands numbers: 9% isn’t a monopoly against 80%. Warren said no. She wrote letters. She pressured Buttigieg. Biden’s DOJ sued. A federal judge killed the deal in January 2024. Her argument: the merger would cost consumers $1 billion a year. Now look at her collateral damage she dusts under the rug. 510 pilots gone in the months after. 1,800 flight attendants furloughed in December. 14,000 jobs in 2023. 7,500 last week. Zero tonight. And that’s just the people in Spirit uniforms. Catering goes. Fuel guys go. Baggage crews, gate agents, airport coffee shops, hotels and rental cars in 70 cities Spirit flew to. Every airline job carries 3 more on its back. 40,000 people out of work because of one woman’s moronic crusade against the market. And the math ain’t mathing. Spirit abandoned 90 routes during the death spiral. Fares on those routes are up 14% on average. Oakland to Newark: $135 to $288. Fort Myers to San Juan: $92 to $219. Kansas City to Newark up 66%. That’s reality. Not some BS number from a “study.” So @SenWarren tell me how this saves the consumer money? Cheap carriers in a market drop fares 21% across the board. Southwest did this in the 90s and saved Americans $68 BILLION over 20 years. Warren killed it. That’s what moronic politicians led by socialism do. Then with her own blind arrogance, she tweeted Spirit’s collapse is “a Biden win for flyers.” A win. 14,000 people are reading termination letters tonight. And she’s taking credit. This is socialism in 2026. A senator who’s never made payroll thinks she knows how to run a market better than the people who own and work in the company. She saved you a billion on imaginary paper. She cost you ten times that in real life. She didn’t protect consumers from anything. 14,000+ will go from working to welfare. She will make sure to blame billionaires, hardworking tax payers, AI, capitalism and whatever monster they will make up tomorrow hiding under your bed. Higher taxes. Fewer jobs. More expensive everything. She called it a win. I hope you enjoy winning.

We have a new slogan for @grahamformaine’ senate campaign! Graham Planter - Maine Kampf

@SenatorCollins Shame on you. Your actions severely limit the effectiveness of our military mission to end the threat posed by Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapon.

As I have said since these hostilities with Iran began, the President’s authority as Commander-in-Chief is not without limits. The Constitution gives Congress an essential role in decisions of war and peace, and the War Powers Act establishes a clear 60-day deadline for Congress to either authorize or end U.S. involvement in foreign hostilities. That deadline is not a suggestion; it is a requirement. Our military has performed magnificently and with great courage and sacrifice in diminishing the threat that Iran poses to our country, our allies, the broader Middle East, and the world. Further military action against Iran must have a clear mission, achievable goals, and a defined strategy for bringing the conflict to a close. I voted to end the continuation of these military hostilities at this time until such a case is made.

BOOM! Couldn't have said it better myself🤣 Kill the Kill Switch!

@AndrewCFollett @karol There needs to be a law that a district can have a maximum of 6 corners. I would say 4, but I’ll give them a little wiggle room.

You literally drew this atrocity.

@RepGoodlander Why do you post his answer? All you posted was your stupid question.

@RepGoodlander You are an idiot and obviously know nothing about the Constitution. Your incompetence makes you more dangerous than any ruling by the Supreme Court.

The right to vote is the fundamental right from which all of our rights flow. The Supreme Court's decision to dilute the voting rights and power of freedom-loving Americans by gutting critical provisions of the Voting Rights Act is dead wrong and downright dangerous. This decision undermines a fundamental promise that we make to one another as Americans: that every American deserves a fair shot to participate in our democracy.

What do you think of Southwest Airlines new paint scheme? I think it’s patriotic as hell! I doubt I’ll be flying in one, but very cool!

@NewHampJournal Thus will require large open-pit mines. People in these areas will never allow it.

This includes New Hampshire—>

@3YearLetterman @bonchieredstate Fish & Chips

I literally cannot name one thing that Great Britain does better than America

𝐎𝐈𝐋 𝐈𝐒𝐍'𝐓 𝐀 𝐅𝐀𝐔𝐂𝐄𝐓. 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐃. People keep asking the same question about the U.S. naval blockade of Iran: If they cannot ship the oil, why do they not just stop pumping it? The answer is that they cannot. The reason involves physics, geology, and three quarters of a century of accumulated reservoir damage that the regime cannot undo. Let me walk through it. 𝐀𝐧 𝐎𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐭 A faucet has a valve. You close the valve, water stops, you open it, water flows. Same as before. An oil well does not work that way at all. An oil reservoir is a high-pressure system. Crude sits trapped in porous rock — typically sandstone or limestone — under pressure measured in thousands of pounds per square inch, mixed with natural gas above and saltwater below. When you drill into that rock, you are creating a controlled leak. The oil flows up the well because the underground pressure is pushing it. When you shut the wellhead, the pressure does not stay still. It redistributes. Water from below pushes upward. Gas from above expands. The oil column gets disturbed — sometimes permanently. Petroleum engineers have a term for this: 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭-𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮 "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟" Three categories of damage start the moment you shut in a producing well. The first is 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. While the well is producing, the pressure drawdown holds the oil-water and oil-gas interfaces in roughly stable positions. Stop production, and water begins to rise into the producing zone while gas migrates downward. When you eventually restart, the well now produces salt water and natural gas instead of oil — sometimes permanently. The second is 𝐰𝐚𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Crude oil contains paraffin waxes and heavy asphaltenes that stay liquid only because the oil is hot and moving. Stop the flow, and these solids precipitate inside the wellbore, the production tubing, and the surface flowlines. Restart attempts plug the well shut. Iranian crude is notoriously waxy. The third is 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. The perforations through the steel casing — the holes through which oil enters the well from the rock — clog with sand, fines, and asphaltene sludge during shut-in. Restart cuts flow rate, sometimes to zero, until a workover crew is deployed at six-figure cost per well to clean each one out. For an old field — and Iran's giant fields are old: 𝐀𝐡𝐯𝐚𝐳, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐧, 𝐆𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧, all producing since the 1950s and 60s — shut-in damage is brutal. Texas and Oklahoma operators in low-price periods routinely keep pumping at a loss rather than shut in, because the damage from shutting in costs more than the lost revenue. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 There are three additional factors making Iran's situation worse than a typical producing nation's. Decades of sanctions have starved the industry of Western technology. Halliburton, Schlumberger, and Baker Hughes were the global leaders in well stimulation, workover, and reservoir management until they were forced out of Iran between 2010 and 2018. The National Iranian Oil Company has limped along on Chinese-supplied equipment of significantly lower quality, plus reverse-engineered Russian and pre-revolution American gear. Restoration after a shut-in requires precisely the high-end services Iran no longer has. Iran also depends on water injection to maintain reservoir pressure. Most of Iran's giant fields are on secondary recovery — meaning seawater is pumped down injection wells to push oil toward producers. Shut in the producers and you must also shut in the injectors, or the field over-pressurizes. Stopping injection lets pressure decline. Restarting injection costs hundreds of millions of dollars and typically returns the field to lower output than before. There is no clean reset button. And oil is 𝟑𝟎-𝟒𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭. Stop pumping for 90 days and the Iranian currency collapses, subsidies on bread and electricity vanish, and the regime faces a domestic crisis worse than the 2022 protests. They cannot stop. They are physically and politically incapable of stopping. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰 Iran continues pumping because it must. The U.S. blockade, which began February 28, prevents shipment. Iranian onshore storage at Kharg Island and Bandar Abbas filled up within weeks. After that, the regime began using its own fleet of aging Very Large Crude Carriers as floating storage, anchored off the Strait of Hormuz with their AIS transponders dark. The floating storage filled up next. What happens then is what petroleum engineers call a 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬. Each pumping platform is producing oil that has nowhere to go — and gas associated with that oil that, if not flared, will over-pressurize the entire system. So Iran is now flaring increasing quantities of associated gas (visible from NASA VIIRS night satellite imagery), burning off the secondary product into the sky just to keep the primary product moving. Flaring is wasteful, expensive, and visible from orbit. It is what countries do when they have run out of options. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 Even when this war ends, Iran's oil sector will not return to where it stood on February 27, 2026. A reservoir engineer can model the damage. Estimates range from 𝟐𝟎-𝟑𝟓% 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 across Iran's giant fields, depending on how long the chaos continues and how badly the wells are mishandled while it is going on. That is hundreds of billions of dollars of reserves that will sit underground forever, because the regime did not have the technology, the time, or the strategic patience to manage a controlled shut-in properly. This is what makes the U.S. naval blockade strategically devastating in a way that ordinary sanctions are not. Sanctions reduce demand for Iranian oil. The blockade physically prevents its movement. And because Iranian oil cannot be turned off and cannot be shipped, every barrel pumped now becomes either flared waste or reservoir-damaging backpressure. The Islamic Republic is not facing a financial squeeze. It is facing a 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 — the kind that does not get undone with a ceasefire, a sanctions waiver, or a billion-dollar Qatari escrow account. It is the kind of damage that the rocks themselves remember. 𝐀 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞-𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲.

@laralogan I hated when people post articles that cannot be read because they are behind a paywall.

A view of the Iran war you don’t hear much amidst the information campaign to make this a millstone around Trump’s neck. nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad…

This is quite the back story !

BUILD THE BALLROOM