Michael Winter

Bioleninism strikes again

The Senate's institutional hollowness was exposed when Thune and Schumer pushed through a 3 AM vote to strip ICE funding with only 5 senators present. I no longer take seriously any appeals to procedure or tradition. The rules are engineered to serve K Street, preserve lawmakers' comfort, and sideline the public they claim to represent.

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LET ME JUST GET THIS STRAIGHT… THE GOP ARE OUT THERE: 1) BLOCKING TRUMP'S RECESS APPOINTMENTS 2) SPENDING 60% OF THEIR TIME ON VACATION 3) NOT VOTING ON ANY DOGE CUTS 1) NOT PASSING THE SAVE ACT 4) NOT FUNDING DHS IS THIS THE “MAJOR REFORM” THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VOTED FOR?!!!

I’m quickly becoming a one issue voter and that one issue is my country being handed over to foreigners.

At this rate, it’s not even about being a Democrat or Republican anymore. It’s literally the American people versus a uniparty establishment that is corrupt to the core. It’s time for voters to wake up when they go to vote on Election Day. Stop sending the same garbage to the Senate.

South Dakota PLEASE stop voting for John Thune. Time to take out the trash in 2028.

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@BlueBoxDave @KeenanPeachy I refuse to accept that.

@KeenanPeachy How? Noem and Bovino got sent home, concessions are being made. It’s not happening. It’s over. We lost.

Conservatives have to accept the real possibility that doing what it takes to carry out mass deportations is more than the public will tolerate. The administration is clearly bending to that popular pressure, and it might be a political reality that can’t be changed.

@BlueBoxDave Last chance to do it Next Dem president re-opens border, naturalizes everyone game over

@PunchbowlNews @rposhaughnessy I say deport them all.

Most K Street leaders (88%) say the Trump administration’s approach to immigration enforcement will harm Republicans in the midterms, according to our latest Canvass survey results. Full breakdown from @rposhaughnessy: punchbowl.news/article/k-stre…

Hello Punchbowl News, The central finding: "Most K Street leaders (88%) say the Trump administration's approach to immigration enforcement will harm Republicans in the midterms." Eighty-eight percent of K Street leaders. Let me introduce you to Main Street. McLaughlin & Associates conducted a national survey of 2,000 likely voters between February 27 and March 3, 2026 — the same window as your K Street poll. Here is what actual Americans said: 🔹 Seventy-two percent say addressing illegal immigration is an important priority. 🔹 Eighty-two percent agree immigration policy should serve the interests of American citizens, including 71% of Democrats and 81% of independents. 🔹 Seventy-eight percent agree immigration to the United States is a privilege and not a right, including 60% of Democrats and 70% of Hispanics. 🔹 Seventy-six percent agree the first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens, including 57% of Democrats and 72% of Hispanics. 🔹 Two-thirds support deporting migrants who enter the country illegally, including 62% of independents and 59% of Hispanics. Your 88% says immigration enforcement hurts Republicans. America's 72% says it's an important priority. Your 88% says the GOP is in danger. America's 66% says deport them. Your K Street leaders are not predicting the midterms. They're telling you what they want, and you're publishing it as news. Now let's talk about who's in the room. Your article identifies the survey partner as "independent public affairs firm, LSG," hyperlinked to teamlsg[.]com... which redirects to locuststreet[.]com, the Locust Street Group. LSG is a Washington, D.C. public affairs firm whose website describes its services as "integrated strategic communications and public affairs campaigns." That is not an independent research firm. That is a lobbying and public affairs shop with registered LDA filings, running legislative campaigns for corporate clients who need things from Congress. And you called them "independent" in the same sentence where you presented their survey of K Street lobbyists as a news finding about American politics. You surveyed the lobbying industry, in partnership with a lobbying firm, many of whose partners also sponsored Punchbowl, and reported the result as though it were a measure of political reality. Eighty-eight percent of K Street wants immigration enforcement to stop. That is an interest declaration from the people who profit from the status quo, laundered through a press credential. About that credential. Senate Standing Rule VI governs the congressional press galleries. The rules require that credentialed members are "(a) not engaged in paid publicity or promotion work" and "(b) not engaged in any lobbying activity and will not become so engaged while a member of the gallery." Your 2026 sales deck offers corporations $300,000 for custom content "mutually agreed upon" between sponsor and outlet. It prices "Fly Out Day" lawmaker appearances at $75,000 to $100,000 a month. It sells newsletter sponsorships at $225,000 per week. Goldman Sachs, PhRMA, ExxonMobil, Meta, JPMorgan, Blackstone, and the American Investment Council (all documented sponsors) are not buying journalism. You are conducting paid publicity for corporate clients under a credential whose rules explicitly prohibit paid publicity. No wonder why John Thune felt comfortable passing a bill at 2 AM that defunded immigration enforcement while 76% of the country, including 57% of Democrats, agrees the government's first duty is to protect American citizens. He didn't need to read the polls. He read Punchbowl. The Standing Committee of Correspondents should review whether Punchbowl News meets the requirements for congressional press gallery credentials. If "mutually agreed upon" content for $300,000, lawmaker appearances priced at $100,000 a month, and surveys conducted in partnership with a registered lobbying firm do not constitute "paid publicity" or "lobbying activity" under Rule VI... then the rule has no meaning, and the press gallery is just another K Street address with better hallway access. You are the story, Punchbowl News.

@BlueBoxDave This defeatist attitude deserves only the scorn of the American people.

@EvelinaHahne I see it.

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Americans and Japanese trading WWII jokes in good humor may be simultaneously one of the most amusing and hopeful things I've seen on this platform in a long time.

Every single Senator should be as fired up about the SAVE Act as @BasedMikeLee. He says he will keep fighting and will never give up fighting for the citizens of America to make sure illegals can’t vote in our elections. This is an INCREDIBLE 60 seconds.

With “friends” like Senate Republicans, who needs enemies? Utterly useless pussies.

花粉症って何がイラつくかって 植物のエッチに巻き込まれてるのが クソイライラしてくる。

alright, i'm convinced. japanese tweets are better.

Movement on the national inquiry into the rape gangs. I have made it clear to ministers that our independent rape gang inquiry will work with the national effort where appropriate. This is an issue that is so far above any party politics. We will help where possible.