Oy Vey

Long-suffering Mets fan • Lawyer • Learned a lot briefly working for the Evil Empire • Theater/music/dance lover • Weary politics junkie

[Oy Vey @BW1899]

This long-suffering #Mets fan is tired.

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

A Senate investigation found Iran relied on digital dollars issued by Tether to bypass U.S. sanctions, a company that Commerce Dept Sec. Howard Luntick has deep financial and political ties to. Much of the money Lutnick has made since joining Trump's second regime came from his investment in Tether.

[Reed Galen @reedgalen]

FDR outlawed buybacks as financial manipulation. Reagan changed the rule in the 1980s. Voila.

[Senator Mazie Hirono @maziehirono]

An ad this bad should be illegal.
Oh wait... It is.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

This guy puts out incredible content. It’s like he does oppo on himself.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

A Russian strike against the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. A rescue operation is underway: crews are putting out the fire and searching for people who may have been trapped inside. All services are deployed. Today in Kyiv, a pharmaceutical company and gas stations were also attacked; in Dnipro, a business center; and in other cities and regions, civilian facilities, businesses, and communications infrastructure were targeted as well. Sadly, people have been killed… My condolences to their families and loved ones. Russia will definitely face a response to this. And every one of Ukraine’s partners must see from this terror, from these strikes, that supporting Ukraine means truly supporting people’s lives – supporting the principle that terror must never be normalized, anywhere. Russia must be held accountable for all of this and face real consequences. I thank everyone who helps Ukraine!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

In effect, the Russians have already begun additional mobilization – they are increasing the number of people they recruit through various means. They also plan to increase the recruitment of foreigners, and it is important that the governments of the countries from which Russia recruits people into its ranks counter this. We will inform every relevant government.

We also have new data on the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia. There are currently more than 8,000 North Korean troops on Russian territory. In addition, preparations are underway to deploy another 10,000 troops – they are being selected for training and subsequent deployment to Russia.

In return, Russia is paying, among other things, with technology: production of shahed-type attack drones has been established in North Korea with Russian technical support. This is how evil encroaches, and how a threat to life in one part of the world spreads to other parts. This can only be overcome together.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Another fossil fuel con job. Any savings on the front end get eaten up and spat out by excess costs of fuel, which go to — oh, right — Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. Fuel economy standards have saved drivers hundreds of billions of dollars.
https://t.co/awnhCkLSbg

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Imagine if @CNN and @MSNOWNews went into those homes and interviewed those children and their parents.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Dems: make the midterms a bloodbath so that the Republicans never think of trying this again. Are you in the settle-the-score camp?

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Huge. Slava Ukrainii

[Jamie Raskin @jamie_raskin]

The President has no power to impose martial law. Only Congress can suspend habeas corpus. Stand strong for the Constitution everybody and keep fighting for strong democracy. And don’t be deterred by all the static — send in your mail-in ballot or get ready to vote early!

[Terry Moran 🇺🇸 @TerryMoran]

There is no precedent for the federal government taking an incumbent president’s actual campaign material, purchasing national TV airtime for it during a campaign, and putting “Paid for by the U.S. Government” at the end.

It’s wrong. It’s theft. It’s un-American.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

January 6th defendants attacked our democracy and were rightly held accountable in court.

They absolutely should NOT get restitution from American taxpayers.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

FYI this bill does nothing. It contains no new mandatory rules restricting data centers.

It's just fakery to try to fool voters into forgetting that Republicans spent the entire term trying to stop states from regulating AI (as requested by the AI companies).

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Le régime de Vladimir Poutine a frappé la plus grande institution de recherche scientifique ukrainienne : l’Académie nationale des Sciences d’Ukraine.

Ces frappes sont une nouvelle illustration du mépris hostile du régime russe à l’égard de la science et de la vérité.

Elles s’ajoutent à la barbarie des frappes quotidiennes qui traquent les civils ukrainiens.

Nous partageons la souffrance des victimes et de leurs familles. La France et l’Europe se tiendront aussi longtemps que nécessaire aux côtés du peuple ukrainien, qui résiste avec courage.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters. https://t.co/ldZGOpl442

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today alone, and in Kyiv alone, Russian jet-powered drones “vanquished” two kindergartens and two schools, an ordinary residential building, an auto repair shop, several warehouses, and communications facilities. Anywhere in the world, this choice of targets would be called by one word – terrorism. Russia has no military objective whatsoever in doing this – it is purely an attempt to break people and inflict as much harm as possible on our society. Tragically, there are people killed… My condolences to their families and loved ones. Dozens of people were injured. Overall, since yesterday, the Russians have used 277 attack drones of various types, 155 of them jet-powered. Among the damaged sites is also a building used as the residence of the Saudi Arabian Ambassador. In the Dnipro region, a sports school is among the damaged facilities. In the Sumy region, the building of a regional children’s home was damaged.

If Russia were truly preparing for any real steps toward de-escalation – as it claims, particularly to American negotiators – this wave of “shahed” terror would not be happening. And we need to take a sober view of the situation. Russia knows how to send the kind of encouraging diplomatic signals that the world simply wants to hear… It knows how to send such signals in order to delay tough steps by the world in response to the war.

In America, the important Lindsey Graham sanctions and tariffs law has already reached the implementation stage. It is a law that can change a lot for the better if fully implemented. This law needs to be implemented – and everyone in the world can see that there is EVERY REASON to apply it and A CLEAR PURPOSE for doing so. We are counting on effective decisions from the world and stronger pressure from our partners, so that Russia sees that manipulating diplomatic signals will not allow it to keep winning more and more time for war and terror. It is important that our other partners in the G7 and G20 also take a principled stance.

New sanctions packages are being prepared – specifically targeting financial networks, supply chains for components and equipment used in the production of Russian weapons, and specific companies and individuals primarily involved in the production of Russian ballistic missiles. The new sanctions must take effect as early as October to provide a stronger foundation for changing the situation and pushing Russia toward real diplomacy. Thank you to everyone who helps Ukraine! Thank you to everyone working 24/7 to provide greater protection for Ukrainians and our state!

[Rep. Allison Tant @AllisonTantFL]

The money Wilson was applying for was part of a settlement over the state's overbilling under the Florida Healthy Kids program, meaning the $10 million diverted to the Hope Florida Foundation should have been returned to the state to help poor, sick children.

[Doug Jones @DougJones]

Interesting title Tommy. Are you going to reimburse veterans for the fraud you committed when you promised to donate your Senate salary to them and then didn’t send a penny? Or when you voted against the PACT Act or blocked the promotions of generals? That could get expensive.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

When Jesus healed the sick, he didn’t ask for a deductible.

When he fed the hungry, he didn’t price gouge for a profit.

When the Hebrew prophets saw corruption, they spoke truth to power.

When I take on this corrupt system, I’m doing it on biblical grounds.