Richard Hanania @RichardHanania A little remarked upon fact: The Biden administration prosecuted the guy who leaked Trump's tax records and he got sentenced to five years in prison. Imagine someone leaking something damaging about Biden and the Trump administration prosecuting them.

Steve Schmidt:

"What we need is a rebirth of the American spirit. And the way we achieve that is by standing up for what's good in our system, our democracy, people doing the right thing, and talking about what public service means. ... That's one of the forgotten functions of Congress.

satire? no one knows anymore

Brett Meiselas @BMeiselas If any of us had predicted that Trump would demolish a third of the White House and build a UFC ring on the South Lawn, we would have been dismissed as the most unhinged conspiracy theorists to ever exist.

Matt Wuerker, Politico

Covie @covie_93 Why don't they get kash patel's country singer girlfriend to perform at trump's 'great American state fair' thing???

💙🌊 Zero Dark Twenty-Nine 🌊🌊🖋️🧫@herotimeszero We were in a park yesterday and my 5-year-old immediately recognized a squirrel. I started crying. My baby Einstein just passed a presidential cognitive test.

U.S. GDP Growth Revised Lower for First Quarter - Economy grew at a 1.6% annual rate, below earlier estimates, www.wsj.com/economy/q1-g...

Shoot, they’re spending so much money gilding and/or rubberizing everything in sight I worry there won’t be enough left in the Treasury to compensate those poor domestic terrorists for that justice they all too briefly faced. ~John Luzar's Friday night Shower Cap blog~

Officials from the Department of Idolatry propose a new $250 bill (John Luzar's Friday night Shower Cap blog)

In March, Trump purchased TKO Group stock, the parent company of UFC & WWE. The purchase was revealed through financial disclosures & has drawn scrutiny due to the massive publicity the company will receive from a UFC event Trump is hosting at the White House. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-cashes...

Trump cruise in lieu of Trump train - sign up - MAGA (snark)

The Pentagon is moving to recruit troops to appear as spectators at Trump’s UFC cage-fighting event at the White House, and requiring those who attend to pay their own way and meet height and weight requirements. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The ruling also orders the arts institution to halt plans to close for two years starting in July. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

@beatwithari.bsky.social Question: This question is for my Republican friends. If Black Lives Matters people beat cops and destroyed property in the US Capitol, at any time after, would any president create a fund to pay them? I’ll wait…

William Buecker @wcbuecker Quick question Republicans do know that holding a huge outdoor event on the White House lawn totally invalidates their arguments for a ballroom Correct?

Covie @covie_93 Trump is spending $5 million of your money to put gold on horse statues. newrepublic.com/post/211083/...

TheRealThelmaJohnson @TheRealThelmaJ1 Reminder that Donald Trump votes by mail and the January 6 pardon documents were signed with an autopen.

A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years. The report also showed, in addition to gasoline, prices for groceries, clothing and electricity are also on the rise, indicating that inflation may be growing more entrenched. apnews.com/article/econ...

Samuel Alito's son, Philip Alito, has been secretly working as a political appointee attorney in the US Treasury Dept's Office of the General Counsel since 2025 raising conflict of interest concerns as high-stakes cases go before the Supreme Court. www.thedailybeast.com/scotus-justi...

Adam Rifkin 🐼 ”Trump is running a crypto scam where he can receive millions of dollars anonymously. Meanwhile the DOJ has shut down the crypto investigations unit. Truly no corruption scheme like this in our history — at least out of the White House.” fortune.com/crypto/2025/...