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Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
NEW: Adam Hamilton, the incoming Senate Dem who beat Roger Marshall in Kansas, won’t be voting to end the filibuster
I looked into where next year’s Dem freshmen stand on the issue, and not surprisingly, most are OK weakening/abolishing it
The other possible outlier is Roy Cooper, who recently called the filibuster a firewall against “bad legislation.” Chris Pappas sang a similar tune last year, but told @burgessev in June that he supports reforms
Among current senators, Fetterman has developed a Manchin-like fervor for the filibuster. Angus King is also one to watch — he told @theodoricmeyer earlier this year that he regrets his 2022 vote to weaken it washingtonexaminer.com/news/…
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
Fwiw, @AbdulElSayed wore a limited edition @grandseikousa Spring Drive GMT Chronograph last night, reference SBGC249.
Only 700 made, retailed for $12k when released in 2022.
Absolutely an "if you know, you know" choice.
cc: @watchesofespion
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
New: Grassley, 93, won't be stepping down early after Democrat Rob Sand won the governorship in Iowa.
Spox dismissing speculation that he might resign to allow Kim Reynolds, the outgoing Republican, to appoint his successor before leaving office:
"Senator Grassley is not resigning. He remains committed to delivering for the people of Iowa, who overwhelmingly elected him to a six-year term in 2022." washingtonexaminer.com/news/…
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New - Cooper and Ossoff's huge wins allowed Democrats to pull millions from NC and GA and plow them into the rest of the map. Senate Majority PAC pulled down $22 million from NC and $11 million from GA over last few weeks and shipped that money to other battlegrounds
DSCC also cut ads and put in money elsewhere. DSCC also put $500k in South Carolina (previously unreported) in addition to the $500k in Mississippi last week
semafor.com/article/11/03/20…
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Just in: Fed holds interest rates steady at meeting just before midterms -- Fed Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack both dissented, preferring a rate hike
washingtonexaminer.com/polic…
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
SCOOP: Democrats have insisted they have nothing to do with the other Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot.
But aides with the Mary Peltola campaign and DSCC were part of a monthslong secret plan to recruit him to run -- as well as other candidates.
nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/po…
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
SCOOP: AIPAC will no longer endorse congressional candidates or earmark donations to congressional campaigns. The group's super PAC, United Democracy Project, will continue to operate and it will urge members to donate directly to pro-Israel candidates. jewishinsider.com/2026/10/ai…
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
This election keeps getting weirder
Today, Republicans' 2022 Senate nominee Don Bolduc endorsed Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas in New Hampshire's Senate race and Democrats' 2020 Senate nominee Al Gross* endorsed Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska
*Gross was an Indy but had DSCC/Dem support
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
Defending Main Street PAC says its vendor will be refunding the ~$25k it placed on anti-Troy Jackson ads in the Portland, Oregon, media market
"No donor funds will be lost as a result of the vendor’s error."
Full statement: "During a recent independent expenditure, our media vendor mistakenly placed approximately $25,000 in digital advertising in the Portland, Oregon media market instead of Portland, Maine. The error was identified, the ads were immediately stopped and corrected, and the vendor is refunding Defending Main Street the full amount of the misplaced spend. No donor funds will be lost as a result of the vendor’s error." washingtonexaminer.com/news/…
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
A @WhiteHouse spokesperson confirms to @dcexaminer that POTUS will not reimburse the federal government for the money it has already spent on its PSAs: "The President’s Truth was not referring to reimbursement."
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
I was curious whether calling data centers by a different term might change people felt toward them.
Behold, the split sample!
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
Scoop: Enviros held a call Thurs in which progressive opponents tried to rally fence-sitters against the permitting bill. I obtained the transcript.
"We really have to have a pretty clear agreement by all parties that this is an effort to stop this bill, not to make it better"
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"I can't believe what you're asking me," says Grassley, who brought up the issue over the weekend, reports @DISivak
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Thune pushes back on these taxpayer funded ads: “It’s a great message. I like the message, but it shouldn't be paid for with taxpayer dollars.”
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Thune says the WH needs to follow the court order when asked about Politico/MS Now/CNN continuing to be denied press access
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
“It’s looking that way,” Thune says of whether the Senate will be in session next week
Thune’s midterm crossroads: Keep the Senate working or let candidates campaign, w/@DISivak
No commitment to stay next week amid pressure to vote on measures members can take home to voters, like insulin cap from Collins & data center energy bill from Husted.
Collins has "compelling argument," Thune says, & Husted's has a "significant level of interest in having a vote."
washingtonexaminer.com/news/…
Ramsey Touchberry retweeted
News: Rand Paul tells me he'll support James Comer's widely expected run for governor of Kentucky
Also notable: Paul says there's a "reasonable chance" Comer runs for the GOP nomination unopposed (SoS Michael Adams took his name out of consideration last month) washingtonexaminer.com/news/…
