Yesterday I said DJT’s $1.8 billion to pay J6ers and other Trumpists might be the most corrupt act in US gov’t history & also one of the most dangerous. I’ve had a day to think it over. On sober consideration: it might be the most corrupt act in US gov’t history & also one of the most dangerous.

Early morning #WhiskersWednesday

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This made my day

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I intend to file claims for many of my clients targeted for retaliatory retribution by the Trump Administration, as well as my own claim for this Administration's unlawful weaponization of security clearance powers. No doubt we'll all be rich! 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

A story about KY GOP Senate nominee Andy Barr: In 2019 he got mad at AOC and demanded she come to his district to visit a coal mine. She said yes, which he didn't expect, so he withdrew the invitation. Then it turned out there were no working coal mines in his district. Because he's an idiot. 1/3

As standards editor, Healy ought to be putting an end to the nyt blatant theft of stories broken and reported by independent and student outlets like @boltsmag.org, @mississippifreepress.org and @cornellupress.bsky.social. The nyt takes their work wholesale without credit

You can't rule out Trump believing this will help keep South Florida red.

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"The media have produced one-off stories about various aspects of Trump’s crooked financial tricks, but they rarely connect the dots into a sweeping portrait of corruption that might actually break through to the broader public," writes @markjacob.bsky.social for COURIER's Stop the Presses.

Greg Sargent is the best. Always on point, always pushing back on the regime's cruelty and corruption.

1. On March 11, Trump toured a Thermo Fisher Scientific facility in Ohio and repeatedly praised the company. On *the same day* Trump bought between $15,000 and $50,000 of Thermo Fisher stock. The purchase was "UNSOLICITED," meaning it was requested by the customer, not recommended by an advisor.

Darin Smith's Misconduct Endangered a Murder Prosecution; 46 Republicans Confirmed Him Anyway emptywheel.net/2026/05/19/d...

Most people will only see the spin around Trump’s $1.8b settlement fund. But once you walk through the timeline, the level of corruption becomes impossible to dismiss. Read this one all the way through. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Here’s the bottom line. Donald Trump wants to take $1.8 billion dollars of money that taxpayers like you and me have paid to the government, and he wants to give it to his most hardcore followers. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

It’s Election Day, ‘Bama (hoping this guy will be my next governor)

I'm excited that Bolts has the space & opportunity to translate some of our articles. Today, we published in Spanish our article on how immigrant organizing in Whittier — the California city that flipped blue in April. boltsmag.org/inmigrantes-...

super curious to see how this election resolves... tomorrow. (one of dozens of key elections happening this Tuesday: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...)

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So, I am but a humble Law Dork ... Trump voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit with prejudice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Blanche says there's a settlement. www.justice.gov/opa/media/14... Is there a secret settlement, unmentioned in the dismissal filing, or were there crossed wires?

And one reason this is REALLY important is bc if your response to this is to say WAH WAH MERRICK GARLAND instead of "I will hang the slush fund for terrorists, cop assailants, and child sex predators on every GOP candidate," you will continue to lose. Bc it's how we lost in 2024.

Breathtakingly corrupt and indefensible theft of taxpayer money. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

signed by an acting attorney general who just happens to be his own personal lawyer and who he (recently!) publicly praises as his fixer

On the other hand this is really in the nick of time for J6ers. A lot of those guys need to pay the lawyers to appeal their child porn convictions.

Like this guy: “A Florida handyman who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children.”

This.

Every GOP member of Congress should be asked by the press whether they agree Trump can use $1.7b that we, the taxpayers, paid so gov’t could work for us, as reward money to his supporters.

D+11 on a generic ballot probably looks something like 40 seats gained in the House - IF we don’t get complacent. Have you registered to vote yet? Have you double checked to make sure you’re still registered? Do you have any documentation you need to vote? Start planning now.

Darin Smith, the US Attorney involved in this case, is a former member of the Wyoming State Senate whose entire resume, that position aside, consists of two failed primary runs for Congress in 2016 and 2022, and eleven years as an executive at the Christian Broadcasting Network.

A judge in WY just dismissed 9 cases w/o prejudice bc Trump's US Attorney told the GJ: 1) They were all murderers (just one is accused of murder) 2) They “did what you are going to hear about.” Deliberations won't take long 3) Told grand jurors they were getting slam dunks.

Seriously, if you have ANY GOP (or live in PA) Senators, call and make sure they know Smith's corruption has endangered cases against an alleged murderer, a child abuser, and several accused drug dealers.

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This tweet, for a Ross Barkan story that copied my lede and reporting, now has more than 10x the views of the original. Ross hasn't apologized or acknowledged it; maybe he's just waiting for me to shut up. Without any explanation, I'm left to wonder how many times he's done this

Source after source told 60 Minutes they fear today’s insider trading scandal about military secrets is tomorrow’s national security scandal. If market-watchers can spot irregular trades, surely enemies can, too. And they’ll make their war plans accordingly. cbsn.ws/4uSxuCf

A judge in California ruled the Kars4Kids jingle can no longer be broadcast there, finding the nonprofit violated false advertising laws. The funds don’t go to needy children. Instead, the organization bought a $6.5 million building in Israel and uses the donations to send Jewish teenagers there.

Boebert is straight up admitting that the commutation was extorted by withholding federal funding: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump is floating plan to resolve his lawsuit v IRS seeking $10B by setting up fund to “compensate” his political henchmen. He has yet to show $10B worth of harm. And if he wants to be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, a payout is a conflict of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)