Benjamin Gehring

Husband - Father - Washburn Alumnus, Baker Postgraduate - United States History Teacher, former Football Coach

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump has a meltdown and ends the interview

Welker: Just to be very clear, there's no evidence of what you're saying.

Trump: There’s a lot of evidence. There’s tremendous evidence. There’s nothing but evidence. The election was rigged. And it’s happening again in California. They’re cheating.

Welker: Do you have evidence?

Trump: All I have to do is look.

Welker: That’s not evidence. The local officials acknowledge they are slow

Trump: They’re crooked. Just like you’re crooked. You’re either crooked or stupid.

[🦅 @JayZ0verrat3d]

after all them years of calling dude sleepy joe is CRAZY

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

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[BrooksBayer @brooksbayer2027]

Thank you for the write up @cargile_wade !

[Acyn @Acyn]

Murphy: Can you commit to us that if judge finds that what DHS is illegal, that you will comply with the court order?

Mullin: If we didn't think courts were politicized, then I would probably be able to answer that

Murphy: You’re going to pick and choose what court orders you obey?

Mullin: Don’t put words in my mouth.

Murphy: You just said you may not follow court orders—

Mullin: Don’t put words in my mouth.

Murphy: Will you implement court orders?

Mullin: You're making an assumption on court orders I haven't seen

Murphy: If you're a Republican or a Democrat on this committee, you should be really, really freaked out—

Mullin: We should be really concerned about the rulings that come out of the courts.

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: “Hey, remember this little guy? His name is Greg Bovino. He led Donald Trump’s chaotic, violent, inept paramilitary invasions of multiple U.S. cities until he was fired a couple of months ago. Mr Bovino has been spending his retirement lamenting that he was not able to achieve his personal dream of deporting nearly A THIRD of the U.S. population. He’s also posted photos like this one on social media [Hitler salute]. He posted that photo just before jetting off to a White supremacist conference in Portugal this weekend. He was the special guest at a gathering of European far far far right politicians and activists who advocate for making Europe more White.”😳

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

Let me get this straight.

Howard Lutnick, Trump’s Commerce Secretary, got caught lying about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats grilled him about it and finally got him to agree to testify before the House Oversight Committee.

Four weeks later, Lutnick wrote a $5 million check to the super PAC that funds House Republicans, including members who sit on that committee. Then he showed up for a closed-door interview where, despite pushback from Democrats, no cameras or recordings were allowed.

This is the most corrupt administration in American history and it’s not even close.
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[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Folks, these are the rantings of a crazy person. Note how Trump resorts to attacking the wives of men he doesn’t like. The president is a lunatic.

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Trump has pardoned Paul Walczak, who stole $10 million.

His mother paid $1 million to attend Mar-a-Lago just 3 weeks before the pardon.

[Benjamin Gehring @BenjaminGehring]

@CDonnick1 Miami picked a center in the first round? lol

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

This year, Trump purchased more than $1 million of Dell stock.

This week, Trump's Pentagon announced a $9.7 billion contract with Dell.
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[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Trump has pardoned Trevor Milton, a man convicted of stealing $695 million from investors.

This pardon came after Milton donated nearly $1 million to Trump's PAC.

[Kurt Andersen @KBAndersen]

I'd never seen this -- MAD Magazine, 1991. Really good.

[Benjamin Gehring @BenjaminGehring]

@jbchoknows @tvBartonek Tyreek Hill still got it.

DeVonta Smith in for a big year

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Trump's stock trading is even worse than you thought.

One trade after another was followed by Trump making suspiciously timed comments boosting the companies he invested in.

Boeing, Robinhood, Palantir — in each case Trump bought the stock then publicly praised the companies.

[Benjamin Gehring @BenjaminGehring]

@MYTHOTROPOS Thank you, seems about right.

[Benjamin Gehring @BenjaminGehring]

@EchoesofWarYT "I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse."

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

GOP Senator Thom Tillis slams Trump’s $1.8B slush fund:

“I think it’s stupid on stilts… Taxpayer dollars will compensate someone who assaulted a police officer, got convicted…and now we’re going to pay him for that? This is absurd!”

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it.

Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago.

IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued.

The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk.

The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit.

Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.” 

Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million.

The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out.

This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president.

Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues?

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