This so-called "settlement" has somehow gotten even worse and more corrupt. This was not in the agreement that was released yesterday, by the way. "I.R.S. Must Drop Audits of Trump and Family" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

Friends, I’ve been around politics for over 50 years. I’ve never seen anything as brazenly crooked and corrupt as what Trump and his cronies did today.

Excellent point!

Mainstream media should be covering Trump with fewer political reporters and more crime reporters.

P.S. Trump just also pardoned himself for all tax crimes

ICE argues the current fine for immigrants who missed court hearings doesn't cover its costs to locate, detain, and deport them.

Well let’s test that theory and…… Release the Epstein Files!!!!

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Yikes. This is who Tennessee Republicans are getting their marching orders/slate of hate from

MOULTON: I'm not asking you to talk about the Iran nuclear program. I'm asking you to talk about the English language. What's the difference between 'obliterated' and 'significantly degraded'? Are they the same? ADM COOPER ... MOULTON: Why did we start this war? Was President Trump lying to us?

The IRS was fighting Trump's $10 billion theft of taxpayer money & $1.776 billion theft to give criminals. Trump personal attorney, Blanche, ignored IRS prepared defense & proceeded knowing he was committing illegal acts. He worked with Trump to steal your money www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-18b-s...

The US ... is hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims, counterclaims, causes of action [etc]... whether presently known or unknown, that... have been or could have been asserted [by the US against Trump, his family, and his companies] out of.. Lawfare 1/

This is, I think, a better reading than others are doing. 1) It is retrospective, nor prospective. 2) But it is not limited to tax crime. It includes all crime. 3) And it likely explains why Todd Blanche got SO freaked out when @vanhollen.senate.gov noted he was Trump's former defense attorney.

“Trump would like to turn the entire federal budget into a collection of political slush funds. We want to get Congress to take responsibility over our spending power back.” —Representative Jamie Raskin trib.al/jaR54ui

Sen. Gillibrand: This Great American Road Trip reality TV show is inappropriate on every level. You should explain to the American people why you spend your time going on a vacation that is paid for by companies that you regulate. The American people can't afford their vacation at all.

“The government” is just Trump and his former criminal defense lawyer who is now running the DOJ anyway Trump desires. No court, no judge nor congress was involved. Trump just dropped his pointless lawsuit on his own, signed a memo with Blanche and called it a settlement. #TrumpCrimeFamily.

NEW Economist/YouGov May 15-18: The economy 63% of Americans say the economy is getting worse, the highest share to say that since summer 2022 and more than had said that at any time while Donald Trump has been president Only 15% say the economy is getting better yougov.com/en-us/articl...

We've had a lot of tire-kicking in the last year and a half but if this fully goes through I think we can ultimately abandon the premise that we're operating in a rules-based democracy

People missed this, but Trump openly declared yesterday that the illegal $1.8 billion fund will be used to reward people who helped him try to overturn the election, and to cement the narrative that they are the real victims. Let Republicans vote to defend that. newrepublic.com/article/2106...

Important: Dems will seek to force Republicans to vote on a bill blocking Trump's illegal $1.8 billion slush fund, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me. Dems will use discharge petition. Hakeem Jeffries is supportive of Raskin's efforts, I'm told. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2106...

The judge who oversaw President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service questioned whether the government was being transparent about a settlement.

We're at war in Iran. Inflation is rising. It costs $100 to fill your gas tank. Energy, housing and health care costs are skyrocketing, and Trump won't stop yapping about his ballroom.

Donald Trump just TACO'd again. On Sunday he was threatening to strike Iran. Yesterday on Truth Social, he backed off. This is the pattern — talk a big game, threaten the world, then back down at the last minute. He continues threatening war while gas prices keep climbing.

NAACP calls for boycott of Southern college sports programs over voting rights www.wabe.org/naacp-calls-...

From the new issue: Will computers based on quantum physics really change the world?

Todd Blanche lied under oath to congress when he claimed he'd met with the Epstein survivors and their attorneys. He has not, despite months of repeated attempts on their part. It's not the only time he's lied under oath about something related to the Epstein files. newrepublic.com/post/210613/...

I wondered: How much has the legalization of online sports gambling transformed watching sports on TV? We got an AI to watch fifty hours of sports to find out. Every single game had gambling ads, promotions or other references. Every single one! But some sports had far more than others.

The agreement between Trump and his former criminal defense lawyer also bans the IRS from tax claims against Trump’s companies or his family. #TrumpCrimeFamily

So, Trump was going to sue the DOJ for 10 billion, but has now decided to stick taxpayers with a bill for 1.8 billion to pay off all of the people he pardoned instead? Fuck this guy!

Yes, you should be outraged by Trump‘s ballroom. And yes, you should absolutely do something about it:

Raskin’s bill to create a congressional 25th amendment commission is way overdue. It’s already written in the amendment. Let’s make it a reality. Write your members here:

Todd Blanche won't rule out payments to Jan. 6 rioters #UPI

Carney downplays Pentagon pulling out of US-Canada military board #TheHill

Any Constitution is only as meaningful and powerful as the people subject to it mutually agree. We have entered the space where who is bound by the Constitution and what the Constitution binds us to are open questions.

BREAKING: Elon Musk's baby mama reveals that he used "space technology" in the 2024 election and implies that he STOLE it for Donald Trump. This deserves a full federal investigation by Democrats... www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocr...

The Right needs new talking points and a check on their California Derangement Syndrome. California is the top-performing economy in the US. We dominate in EVERY category — from manufacturing to venture capital, engineering, and research. We are writing the rules of the future.

White southerners have worked very hard to make it seem like they're the real Americans. Here AOC refuses to let them have the center. Indeed, she pushes them out by making it clear that *the north* has a say in what *the south* chooses to do. Trump is America southernized. We can unsouthernize it.

No lies.

Screw tax claims. Seize all their assets…

And then there's this: The settlement gets sweeter for Team Trump In a newly-posted, one-page document, the Justice Dept details that it is now prohibited from pursuing tax claims against Trump or his family in the future Signed by Todd Blanche

Let's also not forget that the same administration that's preparing to hand off all of this money also pulled the plug on USAID, potentially causing at least hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...

No court or judge was involved in creating Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for his cronies. The deal is between Trump and his acting acting AG who was previously Trump’s criminal defense lawyer. The deal also bans the IRS from action against the Trump family www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

📌REMEMBER: If Trump hadn't unilaterally withdrawn from the Iran nuclear agreement crafted by Obama it would NOT have a stockpile of highly enriched uranium today. Iran was IN FULL COMPLIANCE with the agreement. This mess was created ENTIRELY by Trump. This isn’t reported enough.

"At least nine of the cases involve child sexual abuse, three are rape charges and two people have been convicted of murder while driving under the influence of alcohol – in addition to at least 19 weapons charges and nine violent assaults." www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-jan-6t...

FAA says it failed to address warning signals before fatal 2025 Washington D.C. collision reut.rs/4ucGbaC