D Smith

[Bloomberg @business]

“You’re going to see a spike like you never saw before.” Oil market expert @Dan_Dicker predicts oil could surge up to $135/barrel unless a lasting agreement is reached with Iran, as global stockpiles near dangerously low levels.

[Brennan Center @BrennanCenter]

With the FBI raid of a prominent Ohio voting organization, the Trump administration’s intimidation tactics are escalating to new heights.
https://t.co/6A227luMqS

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

NEW: This week, for Trump’s crack down on mail voting, the DHS confirmed the 1st phase of its national mail voter list will soon be complete.

Meanwhile, the GOP is pushing states to purge during the 90-day "quiet period," which should be unlawful.
https://t.co/nI8Ov4W55p

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Jennifer Welch: “Trump and Epstein socialized in New York and Palm Beach for years. Think about the birthday letter, the intimacy of knowledge in the drawing. Donald Trump started the war in Iran to wag the tail of the dog away from this. We have to keep the pressure on the Epstein Files because this is a sitting president who is covering up the crimes of his best friend and his own potential involvement in it”

[Bloomberg @business]

Iran said it is halting talks with the US after President Donald Trump threatened fresh strikes over the actions of Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. https://t.co/smkT0s4dSq

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Park Service officials have threatened to discipline employees who refuse to wear Freedom 250 swag. https://t.co/OrGrNDTkNm

[POLITICO @politico]

FEC filings confirm GOP meddling in Dem primaries https://t.co/I6CdRHt8fl

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE dress up like city utility workers—trick homeowner into coming outside to detain him.

2 agents lied saying he had to move his parked truck so they could "fix the street light."

Then 8 agents jumped out of hiding to tackle him.

"It was literally a kidnapping," said lawyer.

"That's why I'm always telling you—please my people don't open the door for anyone."

Incident occurred in the Florence neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

She does not have account on this platform—so posting this here first because she asked to share the information.

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Florida’s shame: It is outrageous that nothing has changed at this Florida women’s prison since my 2015 investigation. We treat animals better than these women. It is truly cruel and unusual punishment. 😢

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

Just refreshing this in everyone’s feed

[Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire]

“Ever since the hostage crisis ruined Jimmy Carter’s reelection campaign, Tehran has prided itself on sabotaging American chief executives. This time it may get a two-for-one: the presidency of Donald Trump, and the presidential ambitions of J. D. Vance” https://t.co/MAqGsxyhDD

[Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal]

Trump’s minions might have checked Green Waters’ record before hiring it for the Reflecting Pool. Its “mixed results” would have been an ominous warning. Ultimately, it’s main qualification seemingly was as a Trump campaign contributor & buddy.
https://t.co/aCg9NTjIc1

[😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 @aintscarylarry]

So let me get this straight: Pulling a chunk of paint out of the Reflecting Pool gets you arrested for vandalism, but trump’s terrorists who attacked the Capitol, killed cops, broke windows, stole shit, and smeared their feces on the walls get to go free?

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Dear @USNationalGuard: What laws, if any, are being violated if a person touches the water in the reflecting pool?

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

SCOOP: A priest who is close to Trump lobbied him to grant clemency to David Gentile.

Gentile privately indicated Father Frank Mann was paid.

EDNY prosecutors opened an investigation into the commutation.

But it was closed by Trump political appointees. https://t.co/nKDryl6D3I

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Lawrence: “…award-winning journalist Julie K Brown, whose work helped lead to the 2019 arrest of Jeffrey Epstein and 2020 arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, reports in the Miami Herald: Sarah Kellen, a longtime personal assistant to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has disclosed for the first time that Epstein’s preferential treatment at the Palm Beach County Jail may have been the result of him PAYING OFF Palm Beach Sheriff’s Deputies. Kellen during her interview with the House Oversight Committee last month was questioned about perks that Epstein received while he was incarcerated at the Palm Beach County Stockade…from 2008-2009. She said she visited Epstein several times at the jail and one time when she was home, he was able to use Skype from a jail computer to contact her. He used that jail computer to get her to undress for him on camera while he was in the jail…She was then asked by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, a Democrat who represents the Orlando area, whether she knew of any other ways that Epstein used to get special treatment while in jail. I know that he arranged to have cash and…Disneyland tickets taken to the officers in the jail and I’m not sure what he received with that, Kellen replied…She identified the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Deputy as Michael Fox…”😳

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Republicans looked the country in the eye and made a promise. When they rewrote the food stamp program last year, they said children would not be touched.

Pregnant women would not be touched.

Families with young kids would not be touched. They said it on the House floor, on the record, in front of everyone.

A year later we know the truth.

More than 776,000 children have been cut off from food assistance. In the states that track participation by age, kids make up nearly half of everyone who lost benefits.

These are kids who went to bed hungry because a politician wanted a talking point. 

We must be a country that feeds its children. We used to believe that was the bare minimum. Take care of the kid who is hungry through no fault of their own.

The people who broke that promise should have to answer for it, and in November they will.
https://t.co/yZK7shO05q

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

US troops would die during any ground invasion of Iran. It would also be brazenly illegal without Congressional authorization.

And if US troops took over the Straight, Iran would try to kill them every day in a forever war.

Iran knows these are empty threats by trump.

[D Smith @DSmith2120]

@HouseGOP We work hard for our money! Why do #GOPFascistTraitors hand it out to billionaires and the #TrumpCrimeFamily while protecting pedophiles and pushing fascism! #NeverForgetJan6th #StandAgainstFascism

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Trump is trying to shift the decision about who gets to vote from the states to his administration, using benign sounding administrative procedures, and an executive order that few people are paying attention to. There’s nothing more important to be aware of right now than this. Details here: https://t.co/8dvrOO8Zy6