Morning everyone. Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws? You are subject to the law. Now he is not. No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.

Trump’s IRS lawsuit didn’t even target the Biden administration. It happened under his *own* administration. His tax returns were leaked to ProPublica and the NYT in 2019 and 2020, under his IRS

Trump in China, flanked by CEOs and family members, doing business-adjacent diplomacy like it’s a private enterprise. And we remember the endless national outrage over Hunter Biden… The hypocrisy is staggering. Where is Congress now? Where are the hearings? Where’s the “concern”?

President Donald Trump, asked during an event at the Oval Office if he was losing control of the Senate, shrugged. "I really don't know," the president said. https://to.pbs.org/43pHK9i

In a rare show of global unity, countries adopt landmark climate ruling

He is standing back and standing by for his corrupt payout.

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He promised to release his tax returns as soon as there were no more audits pending, and now there are no more audits pending.

New from @senatebudget.bsky.social : as of the end of April, ICE and CBP still have $100 billion left over and completely unused from the “Big Beautiful Bill.” Congressional Republicans are in the midst of trying to provide another $69 billion to ICE and CBP despite this.

Towns don’t HAVE to say yes. Y’all, don’t forget, Big Tech already figured out, by spending millions of $ on teams who created climate action & emission reduction plans, how to operate efficiently & cleanly. That they’re building these pollution factories in your towns. It’s because you let them.

Todd Blanche says he thinks all taxpayers would want this slush fund. I am writing him a postcard to tell him what I think. Here’s his mailing address: Office of the Attorney General (Acting) U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

BREAKING: The judge in the $1.7B slush fund suit has dismissed the case, but she says THERE IS NO SETTLEMENT OF RECORD. As I said earlier, the media must stop reporting that this slush fund is a settlement. It's just plain THEFT. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump’s “financial self-dealing is a profound betrayal of the citizens he is supposed to serve."

Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick says he is exploring ways to end the Trump Justice Department’s move to establish a tax-payer fueled “anti-weaponization” fund, a move likely to draw the ire of President Donald Trump. https://cnn.it/4doLFZW

A federal judge said that White House staff must preserve their official records, including communications that they send via non-official text message services, pushing back on attempts to free President Donald Trump from record-keeping obligations that were set by Congress.

REID: The Times has reported that Trump could have owed up to $100 million because of ongoing audits. So are you saying this is not an effort to help him avoid financial liability? BLANCHE: That's the definition of completely made up fake news, and then it becomes real news because they repeat it

Massie voted straight GOP the vast majority of the time. His only real break with Trump was over the Epstein files. Kentucky voters rejected the guy who wanted to expose the truth about a sex offender because Trump told them to. Think about what that means.

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NEW: The judge has weighed in on the $1.7 slush fund. I promised an update when she did. Please share widely.

Buckle up for a very busy election night tonight. Do you know the top races to watch? Here's my personal top 10 that I have my eyes on. A 🧵:

Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Democracy Docket has published more than 80 pieces of content covering the ongoing and fast-paced redistricting battle. Be the first to know when developments arise, and support independent and pro-democracy media:

NEW: 300+ Colorado Dems including elected officials, candidates, and organizers have signed a formal complaint asking the Colorado Democratic Party to censure Gov Jared Polis and block him from speaking at party events after he gave clemency to Tina Peters (first by @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social)

It would probably kill these guys to abstain from blaming Biden for everything.

At least 15 former elected officials and co-conspirators with corruption offenses have been pardoned by President Trump in the last year, undermining the fight against public corruption.

For those keeping score, the money Trump wants to give to his January 6th felons is more than 3 times the annual appropriation for public broadcasting, before he nixed it. Good use of taxpayer dollars!

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Farmers across the Midwest are entering planting season under mounting financial pressure, as the Iran conflict drives up diesel and fertilizer prices — deepening an agricultural downturn that some say is the worst since the crisis of the 1980s.

Earlier this year, Trump released a bizarre executive order touting the controversial herbicide glyphosate (a.k.a. Roundup). Why? Our new investigation shines light on that—and a whole lot more.

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2. Do NOT assume your voter status is active. Triple check that you and your community are registered to vote and have a voting plan for November — Republicans have been purging voter rolls across the country. Go here to check your voter status: livefreelovefree.com/letsvotenow/

This proposed MAGA-bro slush fund of money Donald Trump gets to hand out to his most loyal fans on a patronage basis, of money not allocated by Congress, is just an astounding new level of corruption for the most corrupt President in history.

Wisconsin Republicans knew voting to cut Medicaid would cost us our money and our health, but they didn’t care. Read more now: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/medicaid-cuts-impact-to-cost-wisconsin-7-billion-in-10-years-advocacy-group-says/

To stop Americans from electing a pro-worker majority, Republicans are taking us back to a time before the Voting Rights Act. Outrageous. Restore the Voting Rights Act. Ban gerrymandering nationwide.

Headlines today: -Trump DOJ drops fraud case against a billionaire who pledged an investment in U.S. business, which the billionaire will profit from -Trump drops lawsuit against his own executive branch in exchange for a $1.7B fund for his criminal allies -Trump personally insider traded

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.

NEW: President Donald Trump bought and sold millions of dollars worth of stock in tech companies and government contractors including Nvidia and Palantir. Some of those trades overlapped with regulatory decisions that were favorable to these companies. www.notus.org/money/donald...

Republicans want minority rule—and they'll reinvent Jim Crow to get it.

#BTTC - "We need somebody who's focused on solving criminal cases, not passing out branded bourbon." "If you want to pass out liquor or pop bottles in a locker room, STICK TO PODCASTING; leave law & order to people who care about justice." Patel just got WRECKED by Sen. Murray. Finally!✊️

Sen. Murray: Earlier this morning, your team testified Trump's war with Iran cost $29 billion so far. It seems clear that cost estimate is suspiciously low. Your acting comptroller suggested that damage to U.S. facilities was not factored into that figure.

Sen. Murray: Trump has said, "We're fighting wars, we can't take care of daycare." Is it your position that American families should be forced to give up childcare and health coverage so that you can have $1.5 trillion for this war? Hegseth: That's not my department

Sen. Murray presses Hegseth on the need for $1.5 trillion for war while not prioritizing U.S. healthcare and childcare first. Hegseth becomes agitated.

what part exactly mike

Every Republican in Congress needs to be asked whether Luis Fernando deserves to sit in a detention cell instead of graduating high school. People didn’t vote for this. Make them answer. youtu.be/wVpysqSvCGg

CNN poll: 77% — including a majority of Republicans — say Trump's policies have increased the cost of living in their own community Roughly two-thirds of Americans say Trump's policies have worsened economic conditions Trump's approval stands at 30% on the economy — a career low

US to defer $1.3 billion in Medicaid funds for California, Vance says reut.rs/3PEGpbu

Mike Johnson defends egregiously gerrymandered maps like the new one in Tennessee, but then in the very next breath claims the Virginia map that was struck down "was a hastily drawn gerrymander that was unconstitutional"

It’s all free and clear now. No preclearance, no effects test, and no partisan gerrymandering claims. Of course, this could still have other problems, but this is absolutely the kind of bullshit John Roberts and Sam Alito have been making possible.

Yet another reminder that rampaging through the government going "What does this thing do? Looks useless! Get rid of it!" is profoundly unconservative as well as damaging to the stuff of governing.

virgnia foxx is one of those low key members who has been abjectly horrible her entire time in office. a total degenerate.