Ernest Lee Luning
@eluning
Reporter covering politics in Colorado
At NGA, @GovofCO on stage w/Education Secretary Linda McMahon. After recapping Trump administration has unfrozen $5 billion in education funding, Polis asks about chaos and uncertainty: “How can we prevent communciation gaps.” McMahon: “No guarantees from me.” #copolitics
Sen. Tuberville blocked hundreds of military officer nominations for months in the Senate when Biden was in office.
When a new coach is hired, they get to pick their team. It’s that simple. 77 million Americans PICKED President Trump to lead our country. And yet, radical Democrats continue to BLOCK over 150 of his nominees. RIDICULOUS. It’s time we buckle up and get @POTUS’s team confirmed.
This story is insane. The FBI violated a warrant & took an innocent woman’s life savings. They never told her why—because they don’t have to. She sued to stop that. Her case was thrown out last week. So the feds can keep seizing people’s property without charges or explanation.
The FBI took her $40,000 without explaining why. She fought back—and lost. reason.com/2025/07/28/the…
This isn’t only going to devastate political fundraising, it’s going to hurt GOTV and polling. Now that almost everyone has switched to cell phones, pollsters increasingly rely on texting. Really big problem.
NEWS: NRSC warns that a new Apple iOS update could cost them $25M+ in fundraising revenue & hurt GOTV The fear: Apple's new Message filter will punt political texts to a separate inbox w/ no alert or notification NRSC memo: punchbowl.news/nrsc-letter/ More in @PunchbowlNews Midday
NEWS: NRSC warns that a new Apple iOS update could cost them $25M+ in fundraising revenue & hurt GOTV The fear: Apple's new Message filter will punt political texts to a separate inbox w/ no alert or notification NRSC memo: punchbowl.news/nrsc-letter/ More in @PunchbowlNews Midday
Free advice to profile subjects: do not ever do this theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
NERD NOTE - the Senate cannot 'fully recess' and allow recess appointments without a vote in the House on an adjournment resolution. The House did not pass an adjournment resolution and isn't coming back until September 2.
The Senate has 3 choices. 1) fully recess & allow POTUS to recess appoint. 2) NOT recess & do its job. 3) recess & do fake sessions to prevent recess appointments. Only 1 & 2 are acceptable.
I can't fathom the editorial meetings that went into deciding to run this story
The Senate has 3 choices. 1) fully recess & allow POTUS to recess appoint. 2) NOT recess & do its job. 3) recess & do fake sessions to prevent recess appointments. Only 1 & 2 are acceptable.
An absolute genius whose stuff would undoubtedly get cancelled today. RIP nytimes.com/2025/07/27/art…
So sad to see that Tom Lehrer died. Musical and math prodigy and iconoclastic star of the conformist 1950s who totally rejected fame, one of the most interesing people I've ever written about
impressively, the below is not a full sampling of accounts that tweeted some version of the same praise for Trump:
I see the orders came through.
the pitch to carmakers right now seems to be “build in the US and you’ll have to pay a 50% tariff on your steel and a 25% tariff on your car parts. Or build in EU/Japan and you’ll only have to pay a 15% tariff” What are we even doing here
Lauren Boebert has made Family Guy
straight from #sdcc: here's a sneak peek at #familyguy season 24 👀 new episodes return to #FOX in 2026. stream the holiday specials only on @hulu.
Can confirm the New York Times report today that Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims, the director of the Joint Staff, had a promotion to four-star general seemingly secured and then pulled back by Secretary Hegseth. Sims seen in Pentagon by most as nonpartisan, straightforward and bright.
Am I the only one who finds this kind of creepy? x.com/crsamra/status…
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CBS becomes the first major US broadcaster to be controlled by the US government. Putinisation continues apace.
Trump's FCC Chair says he will put a "bias monitor" in place who will "report directly" to Trump as part of the deal for Sky Dance to acquire CBS
Venezuelan Little League team denied travel visas to U.S. for World Series washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/07…
Spox for Chuck Grassley says the Judiciary chairman is “unaware” of an additional whistleblower complaint and says his office has reached out to @wbaidlaw about the alleged new claims. Whistleblower Aid has said they were submitted to DOJ’s inspector general.
BREAKING: A new whistleblower, whose disclosures haven't been publicized, has evidence that Emil Bove wasn't truthful during his confirmation hearing. The whistleblower has tried to share info with Republican senators for weeks and they haven't responded. We urge senators to…
NEW - Ghislaine Maxwell, who sources told ABC News initiated the meetings with the Department of Justice, answered questions for about nine hours over two days after being granted a limited form of immunity, sources tell me & @AaronKatersky
'Irregardless' is a word.
Hit me with the harshest reality truth.