@PrettyGoodIdeas

I never pay full price for anything. Retired Money columnist for @SunSentinel, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

 South Florida
Joined February 2009
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“They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.”
Acyn
@AcynOct 25
TRUMP on HIGH GAS PRICES: We’re making money like we’ve never made before. They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.
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Miami Herald
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Florida election supervisors contact FBI about immigration agents at voting sites miamiherald.com/news/politic…

Florida election supervisors contact FBI about immigration agents at voting sites

Federal law prohibits armed federal agents from conducting activities in and around polling places unless force is necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.

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Trump: “I don’t give a damn.”
Acyn
@AcynOct 25
TRUMP on HIGH GAS PRICES: We’re making money like we’ve never made before. They’ll say: President Trump is bragging about all the money they're making while people are suffering at the pump. I don’t give a damn. We’re making a freaking fortune.
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ProPublica
@propublicaOct 24
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández credited our reporting as the catalyst for the Justice for Citizens Wrongfully Detained by ICE Act. We revealed that 500+ U.S. citizens have been detained in warrantless arrests since Trump returned to office. propublica.org/article/ameri…

Citing ProPublica, Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Help U.S. Citizens Sue ICE for Wrongful Detentions

We recently reported that more than 500 American citizens have been detained by immigration agents. Now House members are moving to make it easier for those detained to seek justice through the...

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The lies are so outrageous and outlandish. WHO believes this???
Aaron Rupar
@atruparOct 23
Trump: "Angie Nixon was the lead sponsor of a bill to let schools turn children, all of them, transgender without parental consent"
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The Wall Street Journal
@WSJOct 24
Republican campaign operatives worry that a series of damaging stories have contributed to voter concerns about alleged government corruption less than two weeks before the midterm elections on.wsj.com/4i4CWyx

Grift Becomes Bigger Issue for Voters in Final Days Before Midterms

Democrats have spent $182 million this year highlighting corruption as an issue in House and Senate races.

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Here we go! Justice Dept. Moves to Block Certification of Alaska Senate Result if Republican Loses nytimes.com/live/2026/10/23/… via @NYTimes

Election Dispatches:: Eyeing Return to Power, Democrats Are Crafting a Plan to Dismantle Trump’s...

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Metaphor
Bill Kristol
@BillKristolOct 22
"Ordinarily, moving historical items within the building is a deliberate process overseen by curators. Hegseth’s staff dispatched its own team to relocate an Eisenhower globe. They dropped it...The resulting gash appears to be several inches wide." wapo.st/3WF2YQo

Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.

Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.

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The Lincoln Project
@ProjectLincolnOct 23
Republicans control every branch of government and what did they give you? Higher gas prices. Higher cost of living. Higher healthcare costs. Higher inflation.

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The New Republic
@newrepublicOct 23
Kushner also failed to disclose himself as an agent of a foreign government, having been paid nearly $2 billion in total by foreign leaders. trib.al/OTkGEv6

Kushner Phone Hack Reveals How Middle East Dictators Bought Him Off

Middle East dictators created a massive slush fund for Jared Kushner.

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In case you need a write-in.
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Developer Allen Morris Co. got no-bid Coral Gables park deal, Mayor Lago got $53K in PAC, campaign contributions floridabulldog.org/2026/10/d… via @Florida_Bulldog

Developer got no-bid Coral Gables deal, mayor got $53K for run

By Francisco Alvarado, FloridaBulldog.org - Developer Allen Morris Co. got no-bid Coral Gables deal, Mayor Lago got $53K for PAC, campaign

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The Wall Street Journal
@WSJOct 20
Breaking: Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine on.wsj.com/4sgcpBv

Exclusive | Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine

The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions.

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Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/po… via @NYTimes

Trump Pushes to Evict White House Press Corps

President Trump has talked about replacing the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room with an indoor swimming pool.

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Hummm. Sounds like socialism.
Aaron Rupar
@atruparOct 20
Trump: "I'm pleased to announce that the Department of Agriculture will be launching a new harvest fuel relief program providing our farmers with $8 billion in support to offset diesel costs during this harvest season. And Roger Marshall is the leader who fought for that to happen."
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ProPublica
@propublicaOct 20
Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security wanted CISA, an agency that protects election systems, to acquire and hack a voting machine, which shocked staffers. “This goes against everything CISA represents,” a former official said. propublica.org/article/cisa-…

Trump Appointees Asked a Federal Cybersecurity Agency to Secretly Acquire a Voting Machine — and...

Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for its own ends while draining it of resources to help its...

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As a Floridian, this is a concern
CNN
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The Trump administration’s cuts to weather satellites will set the country back nearly a decade, experts say. The loss of data used to observe, forecast and research extreme weather could prevent the US from making major advances in weather prediction in the coming years. cnn.it/4k6eD4o

Trump admin cuts to satellites will set back US weather forecasting by a decade | CNN

The Trump administration reduced the number of planned US weather satellites and removed key tools. Experts say it will set our weather forecasts back nearly a decade, especially for extreme weather...

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Florida Supreme Court bumped ‘woke’ ABA from huge role in Bar admissions with no backup plan floridabulldog.org/2026/10/f… via @Florida_Bulldog

Florida Supreme Court bumped ‘woke’ ABA from huge role in Bar admissions with no backup plan -...

By Noreen Marcus FloridaBulldog.org The Florida Supreme Court has escalated the state’s war on the allegedly way-too-woke American Bar Association by inviting other law school accreditors to operate...

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“This course is for the public, the people of Washington, D.C.,” he said. “Just leave it alone.” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Residents bash Trump’s high-end golf plans for East Potomac Park

The president’s proposal to turn the affordable golf facility and surrounding park into an elite golf course arrives in the middle of a federal court battle.

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The point of the exercise.
Paula Dockery@Paula_DockeryOct 18
YES!
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