There's already a 1,000-capacity golden ballroom just a mile from the White House www.newsweek.com/inside-dc-me...

Of course, trump just wants to fund his private militia

Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)

From McSweeney's but sadly not a humor article. The "Atrocity Key" is wild

Nothing to see here, move along.

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

Hey George Will, NFW should former AZ Gov Ducey be POTUS. He blew a gigantic hole in AZ’s budget with his tax cuts for the wealthy and his unfunded school voucher program (which also primarily padded the pocketbooks of the wealthiest). Credit to @arizonaagenda.bsky.social

AZ voters, PLEASE pay attention to every race/referendum on your ballots, importantly including the ACC seats that set your utility rates

It is genuinely disturbing how much of the current economy is based on having to pretend everything random rich guys say is true.

Between Dudley and Bob Rubin, no shortage of macro warnings today. @bloomberg.com @financialtimes.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

So good…https://open.substack.com/pub/midlifeshift/p/aging-out-of-fucks-the-neuroscience?r=r7pjv&utm_medium=ios

Maybe you know you’re the most crime-committing president *ever* when you have to get your Supreme Court to give you immunity for committing crimes and then you have to get your IRS to give you immunity for committing fraud.

Truth hurts.

The New York Times editorial board: “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals.”

The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”

GIFT LINK NYT 5/11/24: www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/u...

Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.

This plastic monster must never get closer to the Presidency than he is today

Jesus, look at this thing: www.justice.gov/opa/media/14... The IRS is apparently "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from investigating Trump, his companies, and his family ever again because the Acting Attorney General (his old personal attorney) says so.

Notice they keep calling it a settlement agreement. Over and over. Sane washing the fact that this isn’t a settlement. It’s not pursuant to a lawsuit. It not approved by a court. It JUST THEFT.

Trump Corruption —so far—defined with receipts. Impeachable? Not until Congress changes hands or GOP grows a spine open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

There is no settlement. No matter how much and how often Trump and the DoJ say this is a settlement, the judge in the case says otherwise.

Well the Trump / Vance Admin just stole $1.7 billion of our money to hand out to criminals.

“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...

This @ft graphic shows that trump suddenly got very interested in trading stocks

Trump bought up to $5 million in NVIDIA stock in February. This week, he flew the NVIDIA CEO to Beijing on Air Force One. On day one of the trip, his administration approved NVIDIA chip sales to 10 Chinese companies. 🧵

Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )

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“.. This is an insane amount of trades,” he said, adding that it looks more like something done by “a hedge fund with massive algo trades” that buys and shorts securities than a personal account. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Where the hell is GW Bush? I thought this was his proudest accomplishment?? Silence is complicity.

If only we had a name for a regime that waived legal consequences for antidemocratic extremists and set up a payroll for its paramilitary wing.

Elect a criminal, expect him to commit crimes.

Trump is negotiating to settle his lawsuit against his own IRS, and one of the remedies being floated (along with almost 2 billion dollars) is the IRS dropping all audits of Trump, his family, and his businesses. Just absolutely staggering corruption.

Republicans can now tell every voter that the leader of their party is going to make them pay $1.7 billion of their hard-earned money in taxes to Oathkeepers & Proud Boys convicted of crimes on J6 as well as others convicted of beating police. All of us have to pay J6 criminals.

Elect a criminal, get crime.

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The President is telling the IRS to give him $10 billion rn

Oil inventories are falling around the world at a record pace and will continue to drop for months due to the disruption to Middle East supplies, according to the International Energy Agency www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US sells 30-year bonds at 5% yield for first time since 2007 www.ft.com/content/1123...

Bottom line: djt has clear mental health issues. Why the hell are We The People accepting this?

rare moment of absolute honesty from Trump He doesn’t care about the struggles of everyday Americans.

While Trump is building a ballroom and unveiling golden statues, families are struggling to keep up with rising costs on everything from gas to food to health care. Americans deserve a leader who is actually focused on lowering costs.

Literally a heist from government coffers and/or de jure instead of de facto impunity for tax crimes. We fought a revolution to not be ruled by a king.

Wishing all moms a day to remember you matter open.substack.com/pub/joshuaco...

Trump's deals with pharmaceutical companies are “one-off agreements made for publicity purposes,” said a Harvard professor who studies drug prices. "They don’t change anything about the way drugs are priced."

Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill

Peace in our time?

Trump’s second attempt at imposing illegal tariffs has been struck down thanks to the case brought my office and our coalition of attorneys general. Another big win in our fight against federal overreach.

High-income workers outpace lower earners in wage growth www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...