Matt McDermott
Democratic Pollster & Strategist • Senior Vice President @ Whitman Insight Strategies • LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Board
- Wow: Omaha's Republican mayor Jean Stothert is trailing Democrat John Ewing 54-46% with a large chunk of the vote in. Ewing would be the first Democrat to lead the city in 12 years, and would also be the city’s first Black mayor.
- Chuck Schumer plans to block all DOJ nominees in response to Trump’s $400 million luxury jet bribe from Qatar. A critical first step. Every elected Democrat should be treating this for what it is: a brazen, unconstitutional scandal.
- NEW: Report from the nonpartisan Yale Budget Lab finds that, despite trade ‘deals’ with China and the UK, Trump’s tariffs will still cost American families $2,800 more this year. It’s the highest tariff tax in nearly 100 years.
- Scathing new op-ed from the Wall Street Journal editorial board torches Trump’s economic failure: “Rarely has an economic policy been repudiated as soundly, and as quickly, as President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs.” www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-...
- Really can’t get over the fact that Trump is trying to score a $400 million luxury jet for himself on the same day his party announces a budget that’d rip health insurance from 13.7 million Americans.
- For those confused by the China tariff news: • Trump caved and got zero in return • No manufacturing moved back to the USA • 30% tariff is still a huge tax on Americans • 90 day pause still causes uncertainty • Trump lost all negotiating leverage
- Fox News Business Analyst: Trump caved.
- While America slept, House Republicans quietly unveiled their Medicaid plan. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says it strips health insurance from 13.7 million Americans.
- House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that will leave millions without care
- The DOJ memo approving Trump’s Qatari jet? Written by Pam Bondi. Her last job? Lobbying for Qatar. efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
