David Smith

[Crossing Broad @CrossingBroad]

15 years ago this week, the Phillies were linked to Carlos Beltran at the trade deadline.

According to Jon Heyman, the Mets were interested in prospect Dom Brown:

"There has been buzz over the past few days about Beltran and the Phillies, who do have a decent prospect stash. While most of Philly's better prospects are pitchers, two people with knowledge of the talks said the Mets' first target with Philly would be top outfield prospect Domonic Brown. That may seem at first blush like a big asking price, but the Phillies are probably the World Series favorite and are clearly going for it this year, they need to get more righthanded (Beltran is a switch hitter while Brown is a lefty), Beltran is the best hitter on the market and they can fit him onto their team without paying a cent."

[Rep. Jared Huffman @RepHuffman]

Every American should be outraged by what Trump has done to our nation's 250th birthday celebration. What should have been a once-in-a-generation moment to unite the country has been turned into another vehicle for division, propaganda, and political gain.

We uncovered how he hijacked America 250 – watch to see how.

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

America 250 was going to be like a World Fair that would have attracted millions of people.

But Trump stole the money, denied permits, & renamed it Freedom 250 so he could make it all about himself & Republicans.

Trump stole America's Birthday from you! 🤬

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: Psaki: “…I have to start tonight with a story that in any other administration, would be grounds for opening an impeachment inquiry, because today ProPublica reported that the White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied to President Trump’s adult son @DonaldJTrumpJr…the deal in question involved a startup focused on rare earth magnet production called Vulcan Elements and last Summer, Don Jr’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in that company, and wouldn’t you know…three months later, the Pentagon announced that it was giving Vulcan Elements a $620 million loan.”🙄🤦‍♀️

[Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach]

As the Trump DOJ mass-deletes government information about the Jan. 6 cases, reminder that you can still access NPR's database covering every single prosecution.

We also provide access to hundreds of videos presented in court.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Trump has now officially broken every campaign promise he made to MAGA rubes about China. What a bunch of gullible suckers. Thanks a lot, morons.

[Christina Jewett @By_CJewett]

SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe.

In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication:

https://t.co/C5MjYizVTF

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

The Orbanization of America.
This is exactly how it worked in Hungary—until it didn’t.

These people must go to prison.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

So the Trump administration’s two goals in peace talks with Iran are:

1. A commitment by Iran not to develop a nuke (This was part of the Obama deal that Trump canceled)

2. Opening the Strait of Hormuz. (Was open before war.)

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Big-name universities are so popular they turn away all but a fraction of the students who apply.

Meanwhile, small private colleges facing extinction offer massive discounts to fill seats.

🔗: https://t.co/j9KzqHnsEV

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Every time he gets a question he doesn’t want to answer it’s the same playbook: “Who are you with? Fake news, I’m not answering.” Who they are with is irrelevant - his PAC sent out a fundraiser using a photo of a coffin to raise money. I don’t care who the reporter is.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

In the middle of a war with gas prices spiking, Trump’s main priority today is to campaign in the district against the Republican who got the Epstein files released.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

The fragile insecure flower is crying again.

[Zach Costello @ZachCostello_]

Erika Kirk has been appointed to the Air Force Academy Board where she will help advise the Defense Department on issues affecting the academy.

What in the actual hell are we doing?

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

At least some Americans are benefiting from Trump’s Iran War.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

A year ago we were supposed to be getting $2,000 rebate checks, DOGE was going to find $2 trillion in waste to balance the budget, we were going to pay no income taxes because tariffs would pay for everything, gas & home electric bills would be cut in half, and no new wars.

[ProPublica @propublica]

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
https://t.co/dCildIliRo

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

The Justice Department has withheld thousands of documents from the Epstein files, including FBI documents that detailed a woman’s unverified allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, according to a review by WSJ. https://t.co/eHyb4LcnRs

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as “Votors”
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Even the Trump administration realizes Elon's Grok is biased trash: