A Griffin

Medical coder and biller. Colorado native

[James Henry @Jameshenry1970]

As a DC9 union painter with 30+ years in coatings, I’m looking at the failure not a conspiracy theory.
When a coating is lifting off in large sheets like this, that points to an adhesion failure: improper surface preparation, contamination left behind, the wrong coating system, poor recoat timing, or water introduced before the system fully cured.

A quality two-part epoxy system can perform well but the product is only as good as the prep and application. The substrate has to be properly profiled/cleaned, the specified primer or first coat applied correctly, recoat windows followed, and the full system allowed to cure before being put back into service.

That is not “vandals.” That is a coating failure that deserves a real independent inspection and an explanation of exactly what system was specified and how it was applied.

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[A Griffin @Ang8836442]

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[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Stephen Colbert against Donald Trump!

[Spencer Althouse @SpencerAlthouse]

this was so sweet. Stephen Colbert just ended his final episode of The Late Show while singing "Hello, Goodbye" with Paul McCartney. his family and the show's crew then joined them on stage before Paul turned off the lights to the Ed Sullivan Theater

[Rep. Jason Crow @RepJasonCrow]

Trump just created a $1.7 billion slush fund for himself.

He wants to use your taxpayer dollars to pay off January 6th insurrectionists & his political allies.

It’s outright corruption.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

During his campaign, when Trump said “Make America Great Again,” a lot of Black folks heard “Make America White Again.”

That’s why so many of us warned people, and WE WERE RIGHT.

The Trump administration has targeted DEI, rolled back anti-discrimination protections, pushed out high-level Black officials, and treated Black advancement like a national crisis.

[A Griffin @Ang8836442]

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[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

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This is beyond outrageous.
Openly, shamelessly, without fear of anyone, he is robbing America right in front of the entire country — robbing all of us.
Kaitlan Collins, host of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, described the situation this way:
“Imagine suing the government for $10 billion while also being the person who controls that very government. That’s exactly what is happening right now. Donald Trump, sitting in the White House, has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Treasury Department and the IRS — the very Treasury he controls, the very IRS he oversees, the very government he leads.
He is effectively both the plaintiff and the defendant, and he wants taxpayers — you, me, every working family in America — to hand him $10 billion. Just think about that.”
Trump even appeared on television boasting that he had already “won,” essentially bragging that he was negotiating a settlement with himself.
Then his lawyers walked into federal court asking for a 90-day delay — not to fight the lawsuit, but to “reach an agreement.” An agreement between Donald Trump and Donald Trump, paid for with your money.
But then something unexpected happened.
Judge Kathleen Williams looked at this circus and basically said: “Wait a second. You are telling me you are suing yourself and expect me to approve a $10 billion payment from the U.S. Treasury directly into your personal pocket? Absolutely not.”
She rejected the 90-day delay. She demanded separate reports from both sides — despite both sides effectively being controlled by the same person. Then she took the extraordinary step of appointing three of the nation’s most respected law firms as independent advisers to the court.
Why?
Because $10 billion of taxpayer money is at stake.
What is really happening here is terrifying: a sitting president allegedly using the power of his office, and a Justice Department under his influence, to settle a personal lawsuit with himself and funnel public money into his own bank account.
Constitutional law already has a name for this: a collusive lawsuit.
The Supreme Court ruled on this principle more than 200 years ago. If both sides are effectively the same party, the courts have no authority to proceed. The Constitution requires a real conflict, real opposing sides — not a friendly deal between a man and his reflection in the mirror.
And this is not some isolated stunt. Critics argue it is part of a broader strategy: stage a fake legal battle, force a surrender, cash the check, and walk away.
But this time the number is staggering: $10 billion.
Money that could repair roads, fund schools, support veterans, or feed hungry children.
Instead, critics say it is being redirected through one of the most transparent legal scams America has ever witnessed.
And the people supposed to defend the public interest? The Justice Department. Government officials whose job is to protect taxpayers.
They are not fighting. They are not even pretending to fight.
The judge sees it. Top legal scholars see it. The Constitution itself sees it.
The only remaining question is whether the system still has enough courage to say “No.”
Because if a president can sue himself and pay himself with public money, then the word “government” no longer means anything.
It simply means: the person holding the pen writes the check — and everyone else pays the bill.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Republican Congressman Thomas Massie exposes Trump for choking off water to Colorado to punish Lauren Boebert after she voted to release the Epstein files.

This is a jaw-dropping revelation...

"Lauren Boebert, they took her over to the Situation Room, right? Like this is where if they're trying to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, this is where they are at the White House," Massie said during an interview with Tucker Carlson. "They took her into the Situation Room and tried to whip her into taking her name off of the discharge petition."

"Over Epstein?" asked Carlson.

"Over Epstein. Yep," confirmed Massie. "And then the president vetoed a bill that would have brought water to a large portion of Colorado."

"Over Epstein," Carlson repeated.

"Over Epstein," said Massie. "And this isn't even— At this point, it's not just about Lauren Boebert. Why are people in Colorado deprived of water because their representative wants to expose a sex trafficking ring?"

"I mean, none of this makes any sense at all," said Carlson.

Unfortunately, it makes all too much sense. Trump is a deeply vindictive man. He wouldn't hesitate to punish an entire state if he thought that it would hurt Boebert's political career. Hell, he wouldn't hesitate to punish the entire country if he thought it would hurt an enemy.

As for why he didn't want the Epstein files released, that's even more obvious. His name is all over those documents. We still don't have the full files, but the ones we have seen include allegations that Trump raped and sexually abused minors with his long-time friend Epstein.

The bill that Trump vetoed to punish Boebert was related to a 130-mile pipeline aimed at carrying water from the Pueblo Reservoir to roughly 50,000 rural Coloradans. Currently, those people struggle to obtain adequate water and what water they do have access to is often contaminated with salt, radioactive waste, and toxic chemicals.

The bill would have extended repayment periods for local municipalities and it passed unanimously in Congress before Trump vetoed it. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the measure would have added a relatively measly (by federal spending standards) $500,000 to the government's costs for the project. Trump vetoed it anyway. This is the same man who's now seeking $1 billion in taxpayer funds for his ballroom.

In other words, Trump chose to make innocent Americans drink harmful water because he was upset that his pedophilia had been exposed.

This is an impeachment worthy offense.

Please ❤️ and share to thank Thomas Massie!

[A Griffin @Ang8836442]

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[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

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[Masu Zafi 🔥🔥 @masuzafi]

🚨 Rachel Maddow nailed it: Republicans just voluntarily gave Jack Smith the biggest platform in Congress to spell out in public, under oath every piece of evidence of Trump’s criminal behavior.
What an absolutely brain-dead own-goal.
The evidence, the documents, the witnesses, the recordings… all coming straight from the man who investigated him.
This is going to be brutal. 🍿

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[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"An 85-year-old widow picked up the phone because she was cold. She didn't call family; she called a local tree service man and asked, “Do you have any firewood I could buy? I’m running out, and I don’t know how I’ll stay warm.”

The man who answered was Paul Brittain, the owner of the company.

When he heard her voice, he didn’t quote a price. He loaded up his truck and drove to her home.

He brought her firewood — free of charge.

But when Paul arrived, he saw more than an empty woodpile. He saw a woman who had been quietly holding everything together on her own. Her car wasn’t working properly. Her roof needed repairs. Her heating system was struggling.

So he stayed.

He fixed her car.
He repaired her roof.
He made sure her heat was working.

All of it, at no cost.

And he still wasn’t finished.

Paul shared her story online — not for praise, but because he knew others would care if they knew. Within days, strangers from everywhere donated. A GoFundMe was created, and more than $20,000 poured in to help her stay safe, warm, and secure.

All because one person answered a call with compassion instead of convenience.

The truth is, there are people like her everywhere. Quietly struggling. Not asking for much. Hoping someone will listen.

You don’t have to fix everything.
You don’t need money or a platform.
Sometimes helping looks like showing up.
Sometimes it’s making one phone call.
Sometimes it’s sharing a story so others can help too.

Pay attention to the small requests.
They’re often standing in for much bigger needs.

And if you can — be the person who shows up."

- Kindly Therapy

[A Griffin @Ang8836442]

@Rockies 👏🫶 Awesome! Congratulations

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

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