The View from Afar: Thursday, June 26, 2025

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Tweets#

About the Fed.#

Someone tell Jerome Powell to stop subverting hard-working Americans. — Income up 8 times inflation, by @donsurber https://t.co/RSrvG1JZH2 [Link]#

About the Senate parliamentarian.#

@LeaderJohnThune Please make the Senate parliamentarian explain, item by item, the explicit justification for deleting each provision she rejected in @realDonaldTrump ’s Big Beautiful Bill. [Link]#

Woke is sad.#

Woke is a fantasy that reality exposes. — Woke Jane and the Empaths, by @utahprez https://t.co/fhTiBI6TT4 [Link]#

Iran, or is it now Persia?#

If you read one analysis of the collapse of Islamist Mullah’s, let it be the credible one of Prof. @VDHanson. — In the End, Everyone Hated the Iranian Theocracy https://t.co/oo2detmqYd [Link]#

Retweets#

How about the President of the Senate, J.D. Vance? Will he?#

RT @jsolomonReports: Majority Leader Thune says he will not overrule Senate parliamentarian on GOP Medicaid cuts https://t.co/27GvOazog4 [Link]#
RT @CynicalPublius: Please repeat after me, three times:... ... Cutting fraud, waste and abuse from a federal program is not the same thing as cu… [Link]#
RT @TonySeruga: The Senate Parliamentarian serves at the pleasure of the Senate leader, @LeaderJohnThune. The last time a United States Sen… [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

RT @LegInsurrection: Fox News senior political analyst pointed out on X, “That CNN report on this left out the part about this intelligence… [Link]#
RT @charliekirk11: Imagine going to the mat to defend Natasha "Intel Community Stenographer" and "51 Spies Who Lied" Bertrand.... ... Even by CNN… [Link]#
RT @townhallcom: 🚨 @SecDef Pete Hegseth to Fox News‘ Jennifer Griffin: "You‘ve been about the worst, the one who misrepresents the most — I… [Link]#
RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 BREAKING: SecDef Pete Hegseth stares right at the press and goes scorched earth, spelling out their insanity. I could wat… [Link]#

Stopping congressional spin.#

RT @SecVetAffairs: Senator, you know the language was removed. What you fail to acknowledge is that the change had NO effect on operations… [Link]#

Accountability.#

RT @AGAndrewBailey: I gave Sheriff Montgomery the chance to do what is right by the people of St. Louis and he declined. I just filed a quo… [Link]#

Calling out the Fed.#

RT @JDVance: I’d love to hear an argument for why Powell cut rates 50 points right before an election but can’t do it now with inflation lo… [Link]#
RT @wesbury: Many of my economist friends are upset at President Trump for going after Jay Powell. They chant “Fed Independence”! I used… [Link]#

NYC elections.#

RT @LHSummers: I am profoundly alarmed about the future of the @DNC and the country by yesterday’s NYC anointment of a candidate who faile… [Link]#

SCOTUS rules.#

RT @jsolomonReports: Breaking: SCOTUS upholds South Carolina ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood https://t.co/eC6Q4kFMkM [Link]#
RT @JonathanTurley: Justice Thomas recently warned his colleagues not to allow “elite sentiment” to “distort and stifle democratic debate.”… [Link]#

Elections.#

RT @DC_Draino: Abolish Ranked Choice voting in Alaska and Maine and we’ll pick up 2 MAGA Senate seats... ... Goodbye RINO Murkowski... ... Goodbye RINO… [Link]#

In the news.#

RT @zerohedge: Top Overnight News... ... The dollar sold off to a 3 year low and treasury yields fell on bets that US rate cuts may come sooner t… [Link]#

Follow the money.#

RT @DataRepublican: 🧵 THREAD: The history of Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODE PINK... ... Jodie Evans gets most of the attention as the co-foun… [Link]#

Our military.#

RT @C__Herridge: Pentagon Assessment Operation Midnight Hammer : Planned Over 15 Years... #Iran... ... Chairman Joint Chiefs GEN Dan Caine @thejoint… [Link]#

The EU.#

RT @PM_ViktorOrban: ❌ The Hungarian people have spoken: 95% said NO to dragging Ukraine into the EU! ❌... ... They said NO to war, NO to economic… [Link]#

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Tweets#

About the Fed.#

Someone tell Jerome Powell to stop subverting hard-working Americans. — Income up 8 times inflation, by @donsurber https://t.co/RSrvG1JZH2 [Link]#

About the Senate parliamentarian.#

@LeaderJohnThune Please make the Senate parliamentarian explain, item by item, the explicit justification for deleting each provision she rejected in @realDonaldTrump ’s Big Beautiful Bill. [Link]#

Woke is sad.#

Woke is a fantasy that reality exposes. — Woke Jane and the Empaths, by @utahprez https://t.co/fhTiBI6TT4 [Link]#

Iran, or is it now Persia?#

If you read one analysis of the collapse of Islamist Mullah’s, let it be the credible one of Prof. @VDHanson. — In the End, Everyone Hated the Iranian Theocracy https://t.co/oo2detmqYd [Link]#

Retweets#

How about the President of the Senate, J.D. Vance? Will he?#

RT @jsolomonReports: Majority Leader Thune says he will not overrule Senate parliamentarian on GOP Medicaid cuts https://t.co/27GvOazog4 [Link]#
RT @CynicalPublius: Please repeat after me, three times:... ... Cutting fraud, waste and abuse from a federal program is not the same thing as cu… [Link]#
RT @TonySeruga: The Senate Parliamentarian serves at the pleasure of the Senate leader, @LeaderJohnThune. The last time a United States Sen… [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

RT @LegInsurrection: Fox News senior political analyst pointed out on X, “That CNN report on this left out the part about this intelligence… [Link]#
RT @charliekirk11: Imagine going to the mat to defend Natasha "Intel Community Stenographer" and "51 Spies Who Lied" Bertrand.... ... Even by CNN… [Link]#
RT @townhallcom: 🚨 @SecDef Pete Hegseth to Fox News‘ Jennifer Griffin: "You‘ve been about the worst, the one who misrepresents the most — I… [Link]#
RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 BREAKING: SecDef Pete Hegseth stares right at the press and goes scorched earth, spelling out their insanity. I could wat… [Link]#

Stopping congressional spin.#

RT @SecVetAffairs: Senator, you know the language was removed. What you fail to acknowledge is that the change had NO effect on operations… [Link]#

Accountability.#

RT @AGAndrewBailey: I gave Sheriff Montgomery the chance to do what is right by the people of St. Louis and he declined. I just filed a quo… [Link]#

Calling out the Fed.#

RT @JDVance: I’d love to hear an argument for why Powell cut rates 50 points right before an election but can’t do it now with inflation lo… [Link]#
RT @wesbury: Many of my economist friends are upset at President Trump for going after Jay Powell. They chant “Fed Independence”! I used… [Link]#

NYC elections.#

RT @LHSummers: I am profoundly alarmed about the future of the @DNC and the country by yesterday’s NYC anointment of a candidate who faile… [Link]#

SCOTUS rules.#

RT @jsolomonReports: Breaking: SCOTUS upholds South Carolina ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood https://t.co/eC6Q4kFMkM [Link]#
RT @JonathanTurley: Justice Thomas recently warned his colleagues not to allow “elite sentiment” to “distort and stifle democratic debate.”… [Link]#

Elections.#

RT @DC_Draino: Abolish Ranked Choice voting in Alaska and Maine and we’ll pick up 2 MAGA Senate seats... ... Goodbye RINO Murkowski... ... Goodbye RINO… [Link]#

In the news.#

RT @zerohedge: Top Overnight News... ... The dollar sold off to a 3 year low and treasury yields fell on bets that US rate cuts may come sooner t… [Link]#

Follow the money.#

RT @DataRepublican: 🧵 THREAD: The history of Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODE PINK... ... Jodie Evans gets most of the attention as the co-foun… [Link]#

Our military.#

RT @C__Herridge: Pentagon Assessment Operation Midnight Hammer : Planned Over 15 Years... #Iran... ... Chairman Joint Chiefs GEN Dan Caine @thejoint… [Link]#

The EU.#

RT @PM_ViktorOrban: ❌ The Hungarian people have spoken: 95% said NO to dragging Ukraine into the EU! ❌... ... They said NO to war, NO to economic… [Link]#

Last update: Thursday June 26, 2025; 4:54 PM EDT.