
Web designer/developer, born UU, choral singer, cider lover. Former Co-lead MA CD 2 #TeamPeteForever
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If you are looking for reasons to #VoteBlue26, here you go:
These are the economic numbers going into the midterms:
Inflation when Trump took office: 3%.
Inflation today: 3.7%.
Wage gains when Trump took office: 4%
Wage gains today: 3%
Real wage gains when Trump took office: 1%
Real wage gains today: -0.7%
Cost of a gallon of gas when Trump took office: $3.13
Cost of a gallon of gas today: $4.33
Average monthly job creation in 2024: 122,000
Average monthly job creation since Trump took office: 39,000
Unemployment rate when Trump took office: 4%
Unemployment rate today: 4.2%
GDP growth 2024: 3%
Most recent quarter GDP growth: 2.2% (2026 average so far: 2.3%)
Deficit in 2024: $1.83 trillion
Deficit for 2026: $1.99 trillion
National debt 2024: $35.5 trillion
National debt 2026: $40.1 trillion
30-year mortgage rate when Trump took office: 7%
30-year mortgage rate today: 7.45%
Defense spending 2024: $874 billion
Defense spending 2026: $966 billion* (current OMB estimate)
Republican defense spending request for 2027: $1.5 trillion
Gas in Western Mass is more than $4.50/gallon, which is definitely not sustainable. #TrumpsGasFailure
TWEEPS: Americans are getting crushed by $4.55 gas while trump and Republicans lie about prices falling.
We know the truth when we pull up to the pump.
I need 1,000 fast RTs and replies using #TrumpsGasFailure
Please and thank you! 🙏💪
THIS is 🔥🔥🔥
I absolutely LOOOOVVVEEEE HER! These are the White aunties we need out here educating the masses 👏🏽❤️ I don’t know who she is yet but sending her flowers 🌺 nonetheless! #NoKingsProtest #kings
I absolutely LOVE how triggered MAGA is about the #NoKings protests.
A personal note - my mom is dying at home, in hospice, and my brother and I just had to fire the live-in caregiver because she was drunk on the job. This caring for aging parent thing is TOUGH.
I adore this woman’s way with words @TheAmandaGorman #JusticeForAlexPretti
A truly great man #MLKDay2026
Woke up this morning to this at the end of the bed #bondedsisters #Caturday























