conv.politics

“The tax cuts in President Trump's signature achievement were the Republicans' answer to voters' economic struggles, but its health care and food assistance…”— Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times reporter · Mastodon · full quotes →

“A war has sent up the price of diesel. These guys said, 'We don't know if we're going to keep the farm.'”— Adam Hamilton · full quotes →

“if you are in a +15 district you're within the margin for error, if you're in a +10 district you're underwater”— Iowa House Republican pollsters (via Steve Deace) · full quotes →

“The No 1 thing was the economy, cost of living, fuel prices, healthcare and food costs.”— Shay Blodgett, Alaska Airlines worker and IAM Arizona political program leader · full quotes →

“These actions to lower costs are needed ASAP, and the war needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end.”— Ashley Hinson, Republican Senate nominee for Iowa · Press · full quotes →

“Georgia looks like it's pretty close to done. And North Carolina seems to be close to that.”— Sen. John Cornyn, Outgoing Republican Senator, Texas · Press · full quotes →

“We don't know what's going to happen in the midterms. But we know for a fact that today you can watch the hilarity of the collapse of so many of Trump's plans…”— Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo editor · full quotes →

“They don’t like it. Even the people that love the president don’t like it.”— Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana · The Washington Sun · full quotes →

“isn't the bigger story the fact that the leader of what used to be the world's most powerful nation… has clearly and undeniably lost his mind?”— Paul Krugman · full quotes →

“Legislatively enacted laws are just on firmer footing when there are political changes at the executive level.”— Amanda Barrow, UCLA Law Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy · full quotes →

“Political parties in the United States are facing growing internal divisions, while voters increasingly question the two-party system.”— Al Jazeera · full quotes →

“For those watching, let me be clear that what just happened here, a majority of the committee voted to seek the truth. All Republicans voted to seek the…”— Rand Paul · full quotes →

“It's extraordinarily unusual to see this many undecided voters at this point in the race.”— Mark DiCamillio, Poll director, UC Berkeley Institute of Government Studies · Fox News · full quotes →

“Él siempre creyó en un mundo mejor. Podemos hacerlo realidad con igualdad y justicia”— Zohran Mamdani, Democratic mayor of New York · elDiario.es Bluesky · full quotes →

“Kaitlan Collins deserves an award. The idiot hurls insult after insult at her and despite it all that she does NOT waver from her journalistic mission.”— canuck666.bsky.social · full quotes →

“we'll look after you”— Donald Trump (per lip reader) · full quotes →

“I'm embarrassed to say I live in Minnesota. This state has gone so far left it's amazing any of the snow still sticks.”— Michele Tafoya, GOP Senate candidate · full quotes →

“While Senate offices have access to chatbots like ChatGPT, they are not authorized to use any of the more advanced tools that are at the center of regulatory…”— NPR · full quotes →

“He's the only one that I know for sure has the understanding of the severity of it.”— Peter Ticktin, Attorney and Trump confidant · Mastodon · full quotes →

“The European Commission has unlocked €4.2 billion in cohesion funds for Hungary and reopened Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe access, after PM Péter Magyar's…”— Euronews · full quotes →

“La red articuló dos vías para el fraude. Por una parte, "perfeccionando" el fraude a la Hacienda Pública y, por otra, habilitando un sistema para el blanqueo…”— UCO / Guardia Civil · full quotes →

“Fifty six percent of the country, across a survey of 23,000 people, just said the rule of law is weaker than it was a decade ago. Even 43 percent of…”— wellborn.net@bsky.brid.gy · full quotes →

“zum Schaufenster einer umfassenden Remigrationspolitik”— Sellner's policy paper · full quotes →

“I Tell Him the Truth”— Melania Trump · full quotes →

“This isn't really about sovereignty and protecting sovereignty. It's about trying to evade accountability for actions that they are taking.”— Amanda Klasing · full quotes →

“A bitcoin firm in which Nigel Farage holds a stake is set to buy the gold dealer that pays him as its 'brand ambassador' – further entrenching the Reform UK…”— Byline Times · full quotes →

“You need to own values that are where the center of the party is”— Adam Frisch · full quotes →

“Governors, former Cabinet officials and Congress members are among those making moves — subtle and otherwise — in their party's shadow primary.”— Washington Post, News outlet · Press · full quotes →

“Partners are working with Canada because Canada's predictable, reliable and principled in a world that's anything but.”— Mark Carney · full quotes →

“It will make Australia poorer, weaker and less secure from global shocks”— Chris Bowen · full quotes →

“Families are freaking out because they think the person has been deported and they don’t know where the person might be.”— Greg Chen, Senior director of government relations, AILA · Philadelphia Inquirer / AP · full quotes →

“Trump approval falls to record low of 32% as high costs bite — yep. that pretty much says it. The current #CostOfLiving totally bites.”— @Nonilex · full quotes →

“Wir protestieren gegen die Politik der CDU-geführten Bundesregierung, die Klimaschutz hinten runterfallen lässt und keine Konzepte hat, um den Aufstieg der…”— Robin Wood · full quotes →

“That's devastating”— Joel Payne · full quotes →