Barry Markson
@BarryMarkson1
Radio host & legal analyst on 92.3 KTAR. Named Best Political Twitter by Phoenix New Times & "Best X Account" by Phoenix Magazine.
Arizona's school voucher program will cost us $1 BILLION in tax dollars this year. Most of that going to reimburse wealthy parents for their child's private school education. There is also millions being lost to fraud and abuse, you know the kind of thing DOGE is stopping at the…
Lindsey Graham is a liar and a hypocrite who cares nothing about the USA. He only cares about keeping his position and power. It's disgraceful and embarrassing.
BREAKING: Lindsey Graham is confronted with a montage of his own comments from 2017 where he actually tells the truth about Russian interference in our elections. Now, he’s just shamefully repeating Trump’s debunked talking points. You have to watch this.
Always remember that the Palestinians have had several opportunities for a real negotiated peace and their own state with Israel only to walk away. The last time was 2008 when Abbas was offered basically 100% of the West Bank, all of Gaza and East Jerusalem as capital. The…
Hi @grok. True or false: In 2008, Mahmoud Abbas walked away from an offer from Israel to establish a Palestinian state on effectively 100% of the “West Bank” (with some land swaps), all of Gaza, and capital in East Jerusalem.
Trump just made it better for BMW to make cars in German and sell them in the US than to build them in Germany. How? There is a 15% tariff on European cars sold in the US. But to build it in the US the manufacturer will pay a 50% tariff on steel and aluminum they buy. Either way,…
Charlie Gasparino gets it right. What's especially weird about the situation these trade deals have created is that if, say, BMW makes cars in Germany and sells them in the U.S., those cars face a 15% tariff. But if they make cars in the U.S., they have to pay 50% on any…
Trump's trade "deal" with the European Union incudes $750 billion in purchases of US energy, but guess what, its not written into any actual deal, and even if it was, the US can't supply that much in three years and European private companies that actually do the buying have…
Trump's tariffs are hurting the US and our citizens. US car manufacturers are losing money now and will soon be cutting jobs. Why? Because there is a 50% tariff on steel and aluminum that they use to make cars. There is a 25% tariff on other components. Foreign automakers don't…
Kilmeade: What about the 50% tariff on EU steel and aluminum. How is that going to affect all of us? Gasparino: If we need to buy steel from them. It's going to cost us more. Again, Brian, put this in context. Every penny we get from them is being passed to the U.S. Consumer.…
Why do Republicans lie so much? Want to cut Medicaid because we should be spending less? Ok, let's have a discussion. But don't lie and say 1.4 million illegal immigrants are enrolled in Medicaid. That's a lie. The law bans illegal immigrants from any Medicaid benefits. Period.…
Republicans like Scott Jennings have been spreading a lie about Medicaid: that 1.4 million “illegals” are enrolled in the federally funded program. Never mind that federal law flatly prohibits it. Never mind that the 1.4 million figure largely refers to legal immigrants. But…
Trump's own DOJ and FBI have acknowledged his name is all over the Epstein files. Yet he LIES. I wonder why Trump would lie. What is he worried about and hiding? Why won''t he release the Epstein files today?
Reporter: You had said you had not been briefed that your name was in the Epstein files, doesn’t the AG have to tell you? Trump: It’s a hoax. Those files were run by the worst scum on earth. They run by Garland, Comey… They can easily put something in the files that’s a phony.
Trump isn't reaching "trade deals." He's making announcements and holding presss conferences to act like he's accomplishing something. Japan has been saying since the announcement that they did not agree with most of what Trump announced. There is nothing in writing. It's smoke…
The more we learn about the U.S.-Japan "trade deal", the more we learn there is no deal. Trump rushed out an "announcement" after a 70 minute conversation with Japan's trade negotiator and the press dutifully reported a deal. 1/ No text and widening disagreement on terms.
The amazing thing about MAHA is that if Biden got rid of food coloring MAGA would scream and whine how fruit loops are ruined and they like Coke with corn syrup better.
It's amazing how MAGA doesn't like Grok giving actual facts and evidence when asked about conspiracy theories and how upset MAGA gets. "Grok is not good because it doesn't restate the conspiracy theory lie that I believe despite all available evidence." Very scary that a large…
@grok is just a regurgitation of MSM's worst. It is hardly "facts". It's like an echo chamber for the left. There are many flaws with @grok. Not to mention it will change its answer depending on the information you feed it. That is not fact-based. AI should be used sparingly. It…
The "children are starving in Gaza" lie is ridiculous. The siren of tens of thousands of children dying of hunger has been screamed for well over a year and it's not true. Yet there are starving children in Sudan, Yemen and other places but I don't see protests or news stories…
“This is the first famine in history where only children are starving, next to overweight adults. How is that possible? Meanwhile, millions of children are starving in Sudan, Yemen, Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Madagascar, but nobody cares, because Jews are not involved.”
I actually agree with Joshie. Where are all the arrests that Trump and MAGA promised us. Where are the democrats in leg irons doing the perp walk for their work stealing the elections? It's almost as if Trump and Kari Lake and MAGA were lying to us all along, no laws were…
Another day of no arrests.
Little Rodney Pritchett, the guy controlling Barry Graham and other Scottsdale City Council members used to be a democrat not that long ago. Hmmm. Seems Little Rod is more about his own "power" and less about what's good for Scottsdale.
Speaking of RINO’s
MAGA doubling down on the lies is fantastic. This guy, The Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction, was caught red handed watching porn on his government computer, and worse, displaying his porn filled screen onto a conference room screen. It was reported by not one but two…
As I lead the charge for a bold overhaul of education in Oklahoma, putting parents back in control, rejecting radical agendas, and demanding excellence: it’s no surprise to face politically motivated attacks. Any suggestion that a device of mine was used to stream inappropriate…
Hi @grok. True or false: the forced displacement of between 800,000 and 1 million Jewish refugees from Arab lands also led to the Arab confiscation of hundreds of billions of dollars worth (in today’s money) of Jewish property and assets stolen or forcibly left behind.
Watching MAGA senator Mullen lie repeatedly this morning was infuriating. He said the court is holding up Trump's release of the Epstein files. That's a lie. Trump can release it today if he wants to. The question is why isn't he?
Mullin: "In 2009 there was sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration with Epstein." Tapper: "No, that's not right. It was 2008. The U.S. Attorney at the time was Alex Acosta. He was a Bush appointee He went on to become President Trump's Secretary of…
I've never seen supposed Republican conservatives so happy about a new giant tax that slows the economy. Tariffs are a tax on Americans.
.@howardlutnick: "The tariff revenues are amazing — $700 billion a year. That's just net new money the government never had before. You take that for ten years, that's $7 trillion."
Grok won't let Rachel lie. Catches her every time despite her grifter persistence. Rachel used to say none of the 2020 election lawsuits were decided on the merits. That was never true, and Grok confirms 30 of them were decided on the merits, all against Trump. Conspiracies die…
Rachel, appreciate the persistence—let's verify facts: Lawsuits: Post-election total ~62 (Wikipedia/Campaign Legal); 30 decided on merits, all dismissed for plaintiffs. Only 1 minor initial GOP win, overturned. AZ Audit: Cyber Ninjas accessed ballots/equipment despite subpoena…
I can't tell you how enjoyable it is to watch Grok state facts and evidence about Rachel Alexander, including stating below that "Rachel Alexander has a pattern of promoting unsubstantiated assertions, including debunked 2020 fraud myths." Grok is on the money and Rachel finds it…
I really hope @elonmusk fixes this. This is downright offensive @grok.