AGREED!

Law enforcement responded to an active-shooter situation at the Islamic Center of San Diego this afternoon. At least one member of the mosque was killed, per the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Police said the threat was “neutralized.”

All together now: "BUT THAT'S ILLEGAL!"

Maybe a dumb question, but can DOJ just fork over $1.7 bn dollars to a slush fund without congress appropriating that money? Maybe it's already appropriated for some other purpose? Geninely not clear to me how they actually do it.

A President has no authority whatsoever to settle a case to using government funds without statutory authorization from Congress. That is an appropriation.

If I am Jamie Raskin and Joe Neguse, I am suing tomorrow on this corrupt compensation fund. I would rely on Justice Souter’s concurrence in Raines v. Byrd, which that while a private litigant may have a concrete injury in a bill passed by Congress, a claim raising separate of powers can survive.

Slava Ukraini!

A jury ruled in favor of Sam Altman in the culmination of a long and bitter legal battle that pitted the richest person in the world against a leader of the AI boom

The nine-member panel took only two hours to return a verdict in favor of OpenAI on Monday, which the judge quickly adopted as her own final decision. www.wired.com/story/musk-v...

Curious to see how large the public payout is going to be for Enrique Tarrio, the man convicted of seditious conspiracy who was pardoned by Trump and has now moved on to promoting Mein Kampf reading groups led by white nationalists.

Todd Blanche approved this corrupt deal to pay Trump's Jan 6 rioters for attacking the Capitol, injuring 140+ police, and causing the death of 5 officers. Trump and his Roy Cohn are take abuse of power to a whole new level. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

This is insane. The terms of DOJ's slush fund appear to transfer control of $1.8 billion beyond US government entirely. Unless I'm misreading this, that would circumvent Congress *entirely* and put the money outside of *any* constitutional and/or legal constraints ofany kind. Straight up theft.

Unreal. Now that Trump dropped IRS lawsuit, DOJ just announced a new slush fund for alleged victims of "weaponization." Two Qs: *Will there be *any* congressional oversight? Most reporting suggests not. *Would payments to J6ers violate 14A? Raskin explains here: newrepublic.com/article/2105...

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They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

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.

Oh my.

1. These threats remain insane and impeachable and we should resist normalizing them 2. How many bluffs will it take before Axios stops reporting them credulously?

Good. Let them feel the pain. No relief. Pay more.

It's infuriating when Trump pardons MAGA lawbreakers, but a Democratic governor? Christ. Just the worst, most feckless, pathetic kind of Democrat.

🇺🇦 Ukraine just hit Russia hard: One of its largest drone strikes in months set the massive Ryazan oil refinery on fire and struck military targets across multiple regions. The refinery — which processes 17 million tons of oil per year — is located just 110 miles from Moscow. 🔥Keep going, Ukraine!

Top: Trump with leader of democratic Ukraine. Bottom: Trump with leader of authoritarian China.

Not only will they not face any consequences for attempting a coup Donald Trump is getting set to PAY them

Trump and Hegseth thought this war was going to be won with bombs. Iran had a different plan.

The cost.

I’m pro-freedom, pro-law and order, pro-limited government, and pro-the Declaration and the Constitution. And so today I’m a Democrat.

BREAKING: SCOTUS has denied Democrats' request for a stay on the Virginia redistricting case. This means that the VA Supreme Court ruling stands. This is what Democrats get for asking permission. It is beyond absurd that they asked a 6-3 MAGA fascist court for permission. They need to ACT ASAP.

That's right. Our single member districts are another anachronism that was, at the time it was introduced, a wholesome innovation. Congress forced states to use them starting in the mid-1800s to end the unfair practice of states allocating all seats to the party who controlled the state legislature.

In the last 72 hours, Taiwan has gotten a heavy dose of the reality that Ukraine, Poland, Denmark and others have seen up close and personal. Just because you have been an ally for decades through admins of both parties, the US is not your friend as long as Trump is president.

Hegseth is asking for a record $1.5 trillion defense budget. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. The military industrial complex is cheering right now.

The President of the United States consistently makes absolutely no sense in his sentences.

MADDOW: “Williamson County still has a Confederate flag on their county seal — but they’ll have JUST the right size of a slice of Black voters in MEMPHIS to make sure they can never elect a member of Congress of their choosing again… this really is Jim Crow 2.0.”

If you know *anything* about US relations with PRC and Taiwan, what Trump says in the second half of this clip is horrifying. The combination of pig-ignorance, changing fundamental US policy on a whim, and parroting PRC talking points. This rivals "what has NATO ever done for us?"

1/ A convicted tax felon walked free after his mom bought a million-dollar dinner at Mar-a-Lago. That is not a joke. It happened. And somehow it is not even the worst thing on this list. Here are 10 moments you forgot. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

To MAGA: I do not care what your opinion is of how NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani successfully eliminated a $12B deficit left to him by the previous administration. Why do I not care? Because you worship a rapist President who is responsible for 25% of all debt in American history. Your Opinion Is Void.

Again, I promise I will stop banging on about this once these people cannot leave their houses without constant questions about why they are violating their oaths & not doing their jobs. 20 questions for them for everyone 1 for Democrats about Jeffries or Schumer or even Fetterman.

Regular reminder: there are two minyanim's worth of people in 🇺🇸 who can literally end everything about the lawless authoritarianism tomorrow, & they are all Republicans in Congress, & they get free passes daily from the press & everyone else, while we all yell at Democrats. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

The NY Times quotes late-arriving war opponent Lisa Murkowski as saying Republican lawmakers “in a roundabout way” let the illegal war happen. No, it was in a very direct way, by their dereliction of duty. And they could still stop it if they wanted to. They don’t.

The New York Times treats Republican lawmakers like hapless bystanders rather than willing co-conspirators in the illegal war with Iran.

Those questions? The answer is Trump. Trump Corruption.

ALERT

Nothing says cult quite like MAGA spending hundreds of dollars for a tacky gold phone from a billionaire criminal fraudster in his latest scam, which has already been plagued by delays, in order to relieve them from more of their money.

Trump’s effort to sue the IRS — which he controls — for $10 billion is both outrageous and unconscionable. American taxpayers — who will be forced to foot the bill — should be outraged.

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This is just plain irresponsible. Recklessly irresponsible. We aren't playing games here. This is our government.

Starting to wonder if people on Wall Street are stupid — the sort that has no idea how the world works, but firmly believes they do. I know incentives are very short-term and bankers can ride volatility to daily profits, but still. Many seem to really think Trump is getting Hormuz open any day now.

Famed psychiatrist sounds fresh alarm as Trump's speech deteriorates: 'This is dangerous'

The Ohio pattern, for decades: 1) scandal 2) they all blame each other 3) nothing changes 4) repeat The real answer: it’s time for new leadership.

1. In the absence of fundamental change, especially among Democratic leaders, I can't say I have a lot of hope these days. That's in spite of all the polling showing that Donald Trump is the most unpopular president ever.