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Jon Perr

@Perrspectives

Bringing light to the darkness of American politics.

 Portland, OR
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1/ I'll explain exactly how this happened because I'm the person at Forbes who calculates these numbers. This is going to take some unraveling, but here's a spoiler: The president's answer here is nonsense.
60 Minutes (@60Minutes) profile picture60 Minutes
@60MinutesNov 8
Ross Douthat asks the President how his net worth rose by nearly $3 billion, according to a Forbes estimate, since he returned to office. Watch the interview Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on 60 Minutes.
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Percentage of Republican voters who voted for Democratic candidates (Party ID) US Senate 🟦Kansas: Adam Hamilton 12% 🟦South Carolina: Annie Andrews 11% 🟦Texas: James Talarico 11% 🟦North Carolina: Roy Cooper 10% 🟦Louisiana: Jamie Davis 9% 🟦Georgia: Jon Ossoff 8% 🟦Florida: Angie Nixon 7% 🟦Iowa: Josh Turek 7% 🟦Maine: Troy Jackson 7% 🟦Mississippi: Scott Colom 6% 🟦Alaska: Mary Peltola 5% 🟦Michigan: Abdul El-Sayed 5% 🟦Minnesota: Peggy Flanagan 4% Source: CNN exit poll
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Acyn (@Acyn) profile picture
Acyn
@AcynNov 7
Blanche: You have Garcia saying, “lawyer up.” Stephen Miller has a lawyer. It's me, it's me and the entire DOJ.
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It's Election Day and Donald Trump is calling for the Democratic Party's leading election lawyer, someone who has humiliated him and his lawyers in scores of cases, to be jailed. This is not normal and yet here we are.
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What Republican voter suppression looks like in Ohio.
Brad Thomas (@bradleywthomas) profile pictureBrad Thomas@bradleywthomasNov 2
The area in red has 1,335,977 residents and 40 early voting locations The area in blue has 1,370,416 residents and only 1 early voting location.
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Mike Rogers has consistently supported extreme abortion bans and this radical agenda is out of touch with Michiganders. His position was rejected last year on Election Day and we'll do the same in 2026. bit.ly/3KDjudD
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Holy hell, is this ever wrong.
Department of State (@StateDept) profile pictureDepartment of State
@StateDeptOct 27
America, more than any other nation in world history, was shaped by the Christian tradition of spreading the gospel unto all nations. Join us in celebrating International Religious Freedom Day.
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It was actually our 250th anniversary. Not that you would know — you spent it with the British.
Acyn (@Acyn) profile pictureAcyn
@AcynOct 27
Paxton: On July 4th, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of our country.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
July 4 2026 marked the 250th anniversary of US independence not the 200th as claimed in the video. Multiple reports placed Paxton in London England that weekend with videos of the trip. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St… thedailybeast.com/must-win-maga-… ibtimes.co.uk/ken-paxton-lon… washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns…
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After sending the National Guard and Marines to occupy California, Donald Trump is now saying our foreign enemies should “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego. He is deranged and dangerous.
Acyn (@Acyn) profile pictureAcyn
@AcynOct 5
Trump on War/High Prices: It's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay. They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego…
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Trump’s net worth hit $7 billion in 2026. That’s triple where it was in early 2024, according to Forbes data.
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Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) profile picture
Ben Mullin@BenMullinAug 29
scoop: Reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg have been barred from next week's G20 meeting in Asheville, N.C. nytimes.com/2026/08/29/busin…
Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting (Gift Article)

Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting (Gift Article)

Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C.

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The Wreck of the Cantor Fitzgerald Howard Lutnick is more Gordon Gekko than Gordon Lightfoot, and he's shipwrecked US-Canada relations while his boss Sundowns. If you could read my mind, you'd know I'd like the Gales of November 2026 to sink them to the bottom of "Lake America." by Maureen Dowd
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It's a healthcare economy, and the rest of us are just living in it.
Line chart titled "Effectively all of the net job creation has been in healthcare and social assistance, and jobs are shrinking in the rest of the economy" shows change in employment since January 2025. Healthcare and social assistance has added 952,000 jobs through July 2026 with consistent monthly growth, while the rest of the economy has lost 362,000 jobs over the same period, meaning all net job creation has come from a single sector in an unusually unbalanced labor market.

ALT Line chart titled "Effectively all of the net job creation has been in healthcare and social assistance, and jobs are shrinking in the rest of the economy" shows change in employment since January 2025. Healthcare and social assistance has added 952,000 jobs through July 2026 with consistent monthly growth, while the rest of the economy has lost 362,000 jobs over the same period, meaning all net job creation has come from a single sector in an unusually unbalanced labor market.

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Seems relevant: Canada is creating jobs at a rate that is roughly 4x that in the United States.
Line chart titled "The pace of job growth in Canada has outpaced job growth in the United States" showing cumulative percent change in employment since December 2024 for Canada and the United States. Canada's employment has grown 1.34% while US employment has increased just 0.34%, meaning Canadian job growth has outpaced the United States by nearly four to one. Canada's employment growth accelerated sharply from 0.98% in June 2026 to 1.34% in July 2026, the highest rate in the period shown, while US employment growth has remained relatively stable between 0.3% and 0.36% from April through July 2026.

ALT Line chart titled "The pace of job growth in Canada has outpaced job growth in the United States" showing cumulative percent change in employment since December 2024 for Canada and the United States. Canada's employment has grown 1.34% while US employment has increased just 0.34%, meaning Canadian job growth has outpaced the United States by nearly four to one. Canada's employment growth accelerated sharply from 0.98% in June 2026 to 1.34% in July 2026, the highest rate in the period shown, while US employment growth has remained relatively stable between 0.3% and 0.36% from April through July 2026.

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Happy 4th 🇺🇸 #notAI #ykn #historicallyaccurate
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PBS News
@NewsHourJul 2
Wednesday marked one year since the Trump administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, as an independent agency. What remained of its foreign assistance work was folded into the U.S. State Department. USAID was a central tool of American foreign policy for more than six decades, delivering humanitarian aid, fighting disease, responding to disasters and advancing U.S. interests around the world. The administration called the move a necessary overhaul. Critics called it the dismantling of one of America’s most important instruments of global influence. Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) discussed more with Samantha Power, the last confirmed administrator of USAID under former President Joe Biden.
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Middle East analysts say Trump's deal with Iran is a humiliating defeat for the United States. A guy who shits himself in public and thinks windmills cause cancer says it's an amazing foreign policy triumph. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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This is a 6-minute Republican video outlining Ken Paxton’s corruption. This now “unlisted” YouTube video was repeatedly sent out by the NRSC. It’s devastating.
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Economy then vs now: GDP growth: 2024 2.8% 2026 1.6% Inflation: 2024 2.9% 2026 3.8% Wages: 2024 rising faster than inflation 2026 rising slower than inflation Unemployment rate: 2024 4% 2026 4.3% Jobs added per month: 2024 >120,000 2026 76,000 Jobs vs Unemployed: 2024 7.6 million job openings vs 6.9 million unemployed 2026 6.8 million job openings vs 7.2 million unemployed National Debt 2024 $35.5 trillion 2026 $39 trillion Deficit 2024 $1.8 trillion 2026 CBO projection $2 trillion Uninsured Americans: 2024 27 million 2026 CBO projection 30 million Gas prices per gallon: December 2024 ~$3.00 Today $4.43
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Under Trump, the highest income Americans are getting wealthier and spending more. The bottom 80% are seeing their wealth eroded by inflation, forcing them to cut back drastically. My @Morning_Joe Chart
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