Steve Middlebrook

@nycsouthpaw twitter.com/stmdc/status/1…

@stephanpastis Thank you.

@mikulaja @jacksongates The proponents for interchange caps lie constantly, so why shouldn’t the opponents?

@jacksongates Oh for sure, terrible policy effort. I’m mostly just pointing out the disingenuous messaging effort in Politico Morning Money. Unrelated; regulators and legislators also read my newsletter, if anyone wants to place disingenuous policy adverts!

Remind me how requiring dual routing for credit cards issued by banks w/ >$100Bn in assets would "impair small business' ability to access the credit they need"?

@washingtonmovie This seems like a really stupid ad for a Washington bio pic.

Yes, William Franklyn-Miller is British. And no, Kelsey Grammer is not 😂 Young Washington releases in theaters Independence Day for America’s 250th anniversary. Get your tickets today!

@mike_deluna @MerriamWebster Halcion (with an I instead of a y) is a brand name for a type of benzodiazepine prescribed for insomnia. It was addictive and had side effects and isn’t used anymore.

@MerriamWebster this word sounds like a prescription medication for seasonal allergies

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘halcyon.’ ow.ly/GyIl50YSvih

@_newspapers @HeraldandNews My mother was an orphan. On Mother’s Day, every kid at church wore a red carnation in honor of their mother, but she had to wear a white carnation because her mother was dead. She hated being singled out and for that reason she always disliked Mother’s Day.

Did you know it used to be a custom in the U.S. and Canada to wear a carnation on Mother's Day? This clipping from 1962 explains the tradition. See it in the @heraldandnews on our site: newspapers.com/article/herald…

@BrendanPedersen Spirit Airlines announces new one-way flights to El Salvador, Panama, Costa Rica, Congo, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, and Eswatini..

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@MerriamWebster Is that the origin of “speed the plow?”

'Speed' derives from the Old English 'spēd,' which referred to prosperity, good fortune, and success. It comes from 'God spede you,' which meant "God prosper you."

@BrendanPedersen “some made up ‘journalistic’ reason” They gave you an on the record statement; it was just an on the record statement made to someone else about something else.

The quote provided did not meet our editorial standards for relevancy, since it was identical to a quote given to Breitbart in October. We appreciate the CFPB’s readership.

@BrendanPedersen A guy making a $50 bet to learn how Kalshi works. I don’t care. Where are the actions against the White House insiders making millions on bets related to Trump’s war on Iran? Can we bet on whether Kalshi will ever go after Trump insiders abusing their office for personal gain?

Kalshi just put out a press release saying they caught three instances of candidates for public office betting on / against themselve in Minnesota, Texas and Virginia

@metzgov The stunt was a joint effort by the White House and Door Dash to commemorate the first anniversary of the No Tax on Tips policy. about.doordash.com/en-us/news/das…

currently at the White House:

@john_mason_ And they all look like staffers.

There might be 3-5 people in this video who are under 50 years old. #gapol #gagop #rickjackson

@kolobmoon @BeschlossDC “All the President’s Men” isn’t about Nixon. It’s about the reporters. There can’t be an equivalent movie about Trump because the mainstream media has not exposed Trump the way Woodstein did Nixon. The real question is, in a modern version of ATPM, who would be the heroes?

@BeschlossDC After all that art imitating reality & reality of it, no one would think it could only get worse as it has around corrupt politics. If they make a film about DJT, it won't be viewed by me.

Fifty years ago this week:

@MerriamWebster @ZachLowe_NBA What exactly is the optimum level of strangulation for a modern language? Historically, experts said anything under 6.2% was acceptable, but more recent analysis has concluded anything under 9% is not epic.

Thank you @ZachLowe_NBA for this evergreen clip.

April 2, 1926: Charles Ponzi is convicted in a Jacksonville, Fla., court of illegal real estate sales in the state, where he has been trying to market swampland as valuable property. The notorious con man is already facing a prison sentence in Massachusetts for schemes there.

@MerriamWebster Is “bimbofication” going to get added to the dictionary?

We’d like to have a word with you.

@mikulaja Ask Donald Trump.

“Under U.S. law” doesn’t mean *compliant* with U.S. law though, does it?

@MerriamWebster can it be the federal agency of the day, too? @FiscalService

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘fiscal.’ ow.ly/6rwP50YvzCy

@ThePunnyWorld This photo is old.

Righttttt

That red mark? That's the stamp, as required by the 1765 Stamp Act.

@irritatedpleb @davidplazas @EWErickson @ajc It requires the consumer to give you some of their personal information. That isn’t free. A community-centered journalist should know this.

@davidplazas @EWErickson @ajc What you have offered is not a gift, it is a transaction.

Our top opinion column today involves a bill passed by the Georgia State Senate that would petition the federal government to move the Peach State from the Eastern Time to yearround Atlantic Standard Time. For part of the year, that would put us an hour ahead of New York and two hours ahead of Nashville. @ajc contributor @EWErickson minces no words about what he believes is bipartisan foolishness. That would make for very late nights anytime University of Georgia plays Alabama, he argues. This is a gift link so you can get a taste of the AJC and I welcome you to check out the breadth and depth of the coverage. ajc.com/opinion/2026/0…