Retired political reporter @KCBSRadio. Ex-NYT & AP. Won 250+ news awards. Author (DougSovern.com). Bassist, songwriter, dad, coach.Doing my best to help.
Oakland, California
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At the start of this year, I was paying $3.89 a gallon for gas. Today I’m paying $6.09. That’s a 56% increase! No matter what Trump says about the economy, that’s what people are feeling, and it’s caused directly by his actions. That’s why he’s losing the midterms.
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Watergate was “fake”? Nixon was “framed”? Says a man who wasn’t even alive at the time. I watched those hearings every day all summer. There was no “coup.” A criminal president resigned rather than be removed from office. End of story.
.@RepRileyMoore (R-WV) on the Watergate scandal: "Richard Nixon was absolutely couped out of office and was framed. All of this was fake."
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What an unbelievable waste of time and money.
BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct.
A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly. wsj.com/us-news/law/decades-…
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So his staff is throwing him under the bus, after everyone assumed this was a staff error…
SCOOP: Judiciary Committee staff warned Sen. Eric Schmitt's office that the Jack Smith texts were "unvetted," per source.
Schmitt used them anyway.
w/ @CarolLeonnig @KDilanianMSNOW @MSNOWNews
ms.now/news/eric-schmitt-jac…
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Watching the CA Governor debate on @cnn and puzzled as to why @Elex_Michaelson isn’t one of the moderators. Jake & Dana are great, but Elex knows and covers our state’s politics better than anyone, and has done it for years.
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It’s late 2026. You’d think by now @Apple would’ve figured out how to teach Siri that you pluralize a word by adding an S, not an apostrophe S.
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Well, that’s null and void then. Clearly some “super intelligence” at work. Maybe they used an auto pen.
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This is incredibly embarrassing for the “Charlie Kirk Show,” whoever this host is, for making it look like Smith, not Schmitt, was the fool here, since it turns out Smith was indeed not in ATL but in Maryland at a Hawkeyes game—not a Hawks game. And they still had Schmitt on??
CHARLIE KIRK SHOW: Gotta give you some flowers. Dang! So you had text messages from Jack Smith's team confirming he was going to a Hawks game, and he sat there acting dumbfounded?
ERIC SCHMITT: It was the only NBA game going on at that time in Atlanta. He claimed later that he was at another game. Here's the thing -- my job is to ask the questions
(All of Schmitt's facts were wrong and were debunked during the hearing in near real time, but The Charlie Kirk Show hosts won't acknowledge that)
Community note
Sen. Eric Schmitt mixed up references to the Iowa Hawkeyes women's college basketball game with the Atlanta Hawks NBA game when questioning Jack Smith. Smith attended the Feb. 3, 2024 Hawkeyes game in Maryland (not Atlanta).
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Incredibly embarrassing and appalling moment for Missouri Senator Schmitt, who calls Jack Smith a perjurer and a dirtbag when he thinks he caught him lying…only for Schmitt to be proven to be a poorly informed fool.
A phenomenal moment in the Senate.
Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta.
Smith denies it.
Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury.
Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland.
Watch the whole thing:
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What does this ad purport to be for? How is this a legally justifiable expense of my (and your) tax dollars? This looks like autocratic state propaganda to me. Let’s hear a “conservative” defend this.
The U.S. Government is up on TV with this spot --
It aired nationally on FOX yesterday during Illinois at #7 Ohio State and also during Fox News Sunday this morning
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My friend Nick, a farmer & 3rd generation Air Force veteran who served in Afghanistan, told me today that Trump’s policies are killing him. “This is not what I voted for,” he said. “This is not what I fought for. I hope he dies soon.”
He actually said that. He wants Trump to die.
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My God, does this movie look terrible. Nicolas Cage in a fat suit, sounding absolutely nothing like John Madden (with whom I worked for 20 years). It almost looks like an SNL spoof.
Nicholas Cage as Madden might be the WORST casting ever. His speech affect is WAY off and the "make him heavy" makeup is comical. The trailer alone makes this look like a bomb. Even Christian Bale as Al Davis can't save this. If this is the best 2 minutes of the film, My God.
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40 years later, still gives me chills. Greatest game in #Mets history and maybe the greatest World Series game of all time.
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These are crazy numbers for Iowa. If this is really what’s happening, then we are definitely moving into Blue Wave territory. I’ve been skeptical of the “Republican bloodbath” scenario, but it sure looks like it’s coming. House, Senate and Governors.
Marist poll | 9/17-9/20 RV
Iowa statewide races 2026
US Senate
🟦Josh Turek 50%
🟥Ashley Hinson 42%
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Iowa Governor
🟦Rob Sand 54%
🟥Zach Lahn 42%
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Generic congressional ballot 2026 (IA)
🟦Democratic 50%
🟥Republican 45%
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President Trump approval
❌Disapprove 58%
✅Approve 41%
Link to poll: maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-con…
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