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Scott Matter

@scottamatter

Don't make excuses. Make results.

 New York City and Des Moines
Joined September 2009
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Jake Tapper 🦅
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Clearly heeding the cries of a frustrated public, the president is in the Brady Briefing Room with UFC’s Dana White talking about how Pete Rose deserves a pardon.
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Getty Images: Newly elected US Senators walk toward an orientation meeting inside the US Capitol.
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Kaitlan Collins
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Trump nearly a week after the midterms: "Does anybody really believe that this 'Election' was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong???"
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Iowa Midterm Races (EV vs. E-Day) - Sands final margin matches EV margin - Sand barely lost E-Day vote (insane) - Fewer Sand/Hinson split-ticket voters than I thought - Appears that more Sand voters voted for Laehn (L) or didn't vote at all rather than giving their vote to Hinson
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Prairie Populist (@IAPrairiePop) profile picturePrairie Populist@IAPrairiePopNov 3
Iowa Early Vote (Nov. 3) In-Person: 🟦 - 165,081 (44.9%) 🟥 - 120,690 (32.8%) 🟨 - 80,347 (21.9%) Mail Returns: 🟦 - 59,653 (45.4%) 🟥 - 50,530 (38.5%) 🟨 - 20,652 (15.7%) Total EV: 🟦 - 224,734 (45%) 🟥 - 171,220 (34.3%) 🟨 - 100,999 (20.2%) #Iowa #Early #Vote
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Tommy Vietor
@TVietor08Nov 8
Brutal story here for @JDVance. Republicans have so little confidence in him that they’re floating his return to the Senate instead of the 2028 presidential.
Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) profile picturePhilip Melanchthon Wegmann
@PhilipWegmannNov 8
On election night, @JDVance’s phone buzzed. A confidant texted with uncomfortable advice: perhaps he should consider sitting out 2028. Some allies now tell the VP they no longer believe any Republican can win a presidential election in two years. Story with @natalieandrews: wsj.com/politics/elections/j…
Election Drubbing Complicates Vance’s Calculation on Whether to Run in 2028

Election Drubbing Complicates Vance’s Calculation on Whether to Run in 2028

Some people close to the vice president worry any Republican would struggle to win a presidential election in two years.

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60 Minutes
@60MinutesNov 9
“I do hate some of my enemies, and I always will,” says President Trump. cbsn.ws/4epCFnt
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Swamp Tracker
@Swamp_TrackerNov 7
NEW: GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson lost Iowa's Senate race after a GOP super PAC spent nearly $51 million. That's nearly $80 for every vote she got.
Ashley Hinson and scattered $100 bills

ALT Ashley Hinson and scattered $100 bills

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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1Nov 7
The cover of next week's The New Yorker: "Sea Change" by Barry Blitt. It features James Talarico, Abdul El-Sayed, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Amy Acton, Troy Jackson, and Gina Hinojosa.
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David Axelrod
@davidaxelrodNov 6
Few did more to contribute to the debacle the @gop just endured than Stephen Miller. The backlash to his brutal ICE raids and nativist rants can be seen in returns all over the country. And for that, he's.:.PROMOTED?!?! nytimes.com/live/2026/11/06/… via @NYTimes
Live Updates: Trump Names Stephen Miller His Chief of Staff, Replacing Susie Wiles

Live Updates: Trump Names Stephen Miller His Chief of Staff, Replacing Susie Wiles

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Yashar Ali 🐘
@yasharNov 6
Mississippi Update Democrat Scott Colom has expanded his lead. Scott Colom (D): 49.08% Cindy Hyde-Smith (R): 48.82% Colom leads Hyde-Smith by 2,493 votes with more than 95% of the estimated vote reported.
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Stephen Miller is the most dangerous person in Trump’s administration and should be fired instead of promoted. Americans overwhelmingly voted to end the chaos and lower costs. Stephen Miller has done nothing but sow hatred and foster corruption.
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Bring it home!
Gerard (@Gerard_Hen) profile pictureGerard@Gerard_HenNov 5
Good morning from Mississippi! Our lead continues to grow, and we're now up by roughly 1,100 votes! We're confident Scott's lead will continue to grow as the remaining votes are counted. We're staying focused and protecting the integrity of our election.
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Aaron Rupar
@atruparNov 4
the president is a complete lunatic. get a load of this stuff. ranting like a madman to nobody about anecdotes he's made up in his head
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Chuck Todd
@chucktoddNov 4
The GOP mayor of Oklahoma City.
Mayor David Holt (@davidfholt) profile pictureMayor David Holt@davidfholtNov 4
A political party that is morally and intellectually bankrupt deserves the rebuke of the American people. It is now time to make America good again. That is an endeavor to which all Americans can contribute, for we are not Democrats, Republicans or Independents. We are humans, and the things that unite us far exceed the things that divide us. We are the caretakers of the American experiment, and the experiment has been rejuvenated tonight.
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AtlasIntel poll | 10/28-11/1 LV US Senate Iowa 2026 🟦Josh Turek 50.5% 🟥Ashley Hinson 46.4%
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"If the pool was finally operating as the administration always hoped it would, it’s not clear the president was," @Kevinliptakcnn reports. "His speech, billed as his final message to the electorate before a new Congress is chosen this week, was not the high-level contrast with Democrats some Republicans had hoped for. It was instead a subdued, very granular accounting of all the problems Trump said he fixed in the plumbing of the 2,000-foot-long pool, including rusty pipes, old joints, regraded rebar and 'tremendous algae.'" cnn.com/2026/11/02/politics/…
Trump’s closing message hits a topic close to his heart — but not voters’ minds | CNN Politics

Trump’s closing message hits a topic close to his heart — but not voters’ minds | CNN Politics

By the time President Donald Trump had concluded his hourlong closing argument speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, the water in the basin behind him had become still, a...

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New - Senate poll - Iowa 🔵 Josh Turek 51 🔴 Ashley Hinson 46% AtlasIntel (A) - LV - 11/1
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New - Senate and Governor poll - Iowa 🔵 Josh Turek 51% 🔴 Ashley Hinson 46% 🔵 Rob Sand 54% 🔴 Zach Bahn 44% AtlasIntel - LV - 11/1
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Iowa is in the midst of a cancer crisis, and what is Miller-Meeks doing? Lying to Iowans. Enough is enough. #IA01
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