The Big Picture
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The Big Picture provides a deep dive into the cultural, political, and societal issues shaping our world today, from a variety of unique perspectives. thinkbigpicturesubstack.com
El-Sayed ripped Rogers on pharma. Jackson owned Collins on Kavanaugh. Ossoff wiped the floor with his opponent. Trump’s approval, unsurprisingly, hit a new low. The final stretch to the midterms is looking good. But our work is not over. Full breakdown at The Big Picture.
Our Wins Of The Week
This week we saw many top tier candidates take to the debate stage, and it did not go well for Republicans.
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A Russian oligarch paid for Don Jr.’s wedding afterparty. Kushner and Witkoff went to Moscow to negotiate peace and came back with a business deal. The Trump family says none of this is a conflict of interest. The facts tell a different story. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-fami...
Unprecedented Corruption—and How We End It
The Trump family syndicate is in full corrupt swing, but it remains vulnerable and can be checked just like other autocratic regimes
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Diesel prices will be coming down "in record numbers, and fast." Mark your calendar, right next to the health care plan that's coming in two weeks.
This week: Trump told a Nebraska rally crowd missiles should hit Los Angeles and San Diego. They cheered. Condemnation followed Hegseth’s announcement of a livestreamed public execution. And Cook Political Report shifted 18 House races toward Democrats. All three stories at The Big Picture.
Trump says Iran could take out CA cities. Pentagon to livestream execution. GOP abandons races as Democrats expand map.
MAGA Crowd Cheers as Trump Suggests California Cities Could Get Nuked by Iran
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Here’s to hoping karma does its thing when it comes to Hegseth.
Mike Nellis@mikenellis.bsky.social · 3d agoIt’s a parade of idiots, but Pete Hegseth is the most pathetic cabinet secretary I’ve ever seen. Just a top-to-bottom insecure loser who never should have been confirmed in the first place. A disgrace to everyone who has served this country.
Fathers across America are inspired. They too will now consider carrying their children down stairs.
Comic Sands@comicsandsnews.bsky.social · 3d agoConservative influencer Anna Lulis praised Vice President JD Vance for carrying his newborn baby down the steps of an airplane, claiming he's "single-handedly humanizing fatherhood"—and the mockery was swift.
A public execution streamed live for the first time in modern American history. Whatever you think of the man facing it, this is not who we are supposed to be.
Trump promised DOGE checks, tariff rebates, and a $5,000 dividend if Republicans hold Congress. Most of it was noise. But $500 checks are quietly going out to ACA enrollees just weeks before the midterms. The fine print may be his most brazen vote-buying scheme yet.
Trump Has Resorted to Bribing Voters Ahead of the Midterms. But Will It Work?
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MAGA leaders assume their audience is stupid. That’s how little they respect them.
Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 3d agoKen Paxton on politicians disclosing their financial ties to corporations: “I don't see why it would help taxpayers to know that.”
Every generation has its scapegoat. Every time, the fear is manufactured. When you vote this November, reject it.
Most of the attention has gone to Trump's $5,000 "Trump dividend," but a quieter scheme is already underway: $500 ACA rebate checks, many landing in states with this year's most competitive races. The line between government benefit and campaign tactic gets very thin.
Trump Has Resorted to Bribing Voters Ahead of the Midterms. But Will It Work?
The checks are literally in the mail.
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Trump once again proving that he has his finger on the pulse of what matters most to voters ahead of the midterms.
Trump is sending $500 checks to select Americans weeks before the election. And he is turning the presidency into a corrupt family business. Two stories this week about a man who has never met a system he did not want to exploit. Both at The Big Picture. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-big-p...
This Week In The Big Picture
Last week, we learned that the Trump administration had begun sending out $500 checks to Obamacare recipients to reimburse them for so-called “user fee” overcharges.
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"Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay." A real quote from our sitting president, Donald J. Trump, on letting Iran destroy our cities and murder our citizens.
The men sent to negotiate peace in Ukraine sat down with Putin, and he pitched them a business deal. That's not a glitch. It's how a family-run regime works: public office becomes private opportunity. But regimes like this have weak points, and this one is showing them.
Unprecedented Corruption—and How We End It
The Trump family syndicate is in full corrupt swing, but it remains vulnerable and can be checked just like other autocratic regimes
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The GOP helped bring this narcissist into power and now they're in the FO phase of the consequences. Thoughts and prayers.
Mike Nellis@mikenellis.bsky.social · 6d agoTrump is planning rallies over the final month in basically every battleground state, even though Republicans have been begging him to stay away. He simply cannot help himself.
The algorithm doesn't want you calm, informed, or connected. It wants you angry, addicted, and isolated. Because that's what lines the pockets of folks like Musk and Zuckerberg.
Trump demanded red states redraw their maps. They did. But one month out, those redraws are looking less like a firewall and more like a gift to Democrats. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/republican...
How's Trump's Mid-Decade Redistricting Ploy Looking Right About Now?
Republicans are fretting that their gerrymander scheme may be backfiring hard
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Trump’s own words are coming back to bite him in Red states. And we love to see it. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-progr...
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