wvua23.bsky.social

21 October 2026 00:46

McConnell is retiring at the end of January. Republicans have nominated U.S. Rep. Andy Barr to replace him, while Democrats have nominated former state lawmaker Charles Booker. He said he is determined to finish out his term.

tomwellborn3rd

wellborn.net

21 October 2026 00:38

AOC is 36, publicly weighing 2028, unafraid to name the actual barriers, and Chuck Schumer's seat is on the table too if she wants it. This is what a serious politician sounds like when the moment is bigger than her deference to a party leadership that stopped fighting years ago.

tomwellborn3rd

wellborn.net

20 October 2026 23:56

Maybe they were busy doing family values things together.

Qasim Rashid, Esq.

qasimrashid.com

20 October 2026 23:43

EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.

tomwellborn3rd

wellborn.net

20 October 2026 23:00

AOC's point lands harder than the usual slogan: a privatized detention system with quarterly profits to hit will always need more bodies to fill beds, and the members funding it are invested in the stocks that profit from it. That's not law enforcement; that's a feeding ground.