N.A. M.Ed

Veni vidi ergo cogito. Independent threadbearer. Prior military analyst, BBA, M.Ed, citizen of U.S. and Earth.

[Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw]

From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle.

"The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

https://t.co/I82ba60KI5

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this.

Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign.
https://t.co/Dkesyxv0NG

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

State murder

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a ballot discrepancy. https://t.co/CQGkvYLtHP

[Rahm Emanuel @RahmEmanuel]

Washington needs a good power washing top to bottom. Five things I would do today to end corruption in Washington across all three branches of government:

1. Ban all stock trading.
2. Ban all participation in prediction markets.
3. Mandatory retirement at 75 years old.
4. Mandatory blind trust for individuals with a net worth more than $1 million.
5. Ban all foreign gifts to public officials, including foreign investments in their businesses or other entities.

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

JD Vance says the Administration is removing 760,000 people who are enrolled in Affordable Care Act coverage to fight fraud.

If this Administration has real evidence of fraud, by all means, prosecute every last one of these brokers who committed it.

But explain this to me: Trump pardoned a man convicted of health care fraud. He commuted the sentence of another who orchestrated a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme.

If this Administration is so concerned about fraud in our health care system, why is Trump granting clemency to people convicted of committing it?
https://t.co/HbQbsH11ru

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Chris Murphy: "On April 30 -- a Thursday -- Reynolds, one of the biggest tobacco countries in the country, makes an $8 million donation to the president. Two days later on Saturday, they have lunch with the president and tell him they want a change in FDA rules, especially regarding flavored vapes. The presidents calls the FDA commissioner and secretary of HHS, and three days later, on Tuesday, new guidance is issued that paves the way to the sale of flavored vapes. That is not a coincidence."

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

If European countries & other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they'd sanction Rubio & Trump for obstructing investigations of Netanyahu's war crimes.

https://t.co/cl1tkGUXUm

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Has any news outlet agree to boycott the White House until CNN, MSNOW and Politico are reinstated? Has WHCA said no more black tie dinners honoring Trump?

If not the"solidarity" of the legacy media reminds me of Susan Collins showing "concern."

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Internal emails and documents obtained by The New York Times demonstrate President Trump’s political capture of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. https://t.co/GtwwEUkdWL

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

NEW: SCOTUS allowed a court block of a USPS rule restricting mail voting order to stand, meaning voters can vote by mail this Nov as they typically have.

Also, a whistleblower reported that DHS is illegally accessing state voting records.
https://t.co/SomONl0SS9

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Trump panics about widespread revulsion at his Arch, so is trying to cloak it in national security to steamroll the normal approval process and Congress.

It's even more important to stop it now, as a test case of not letting him use "national security" to do anything he wants.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The Department of Homeland Security's focus on mass deportations resulted in a dramatic drop in investigations into illicit fentanyl, according to a federal watchdog report. https://t.co/w73zB5OHkl

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

ICE violated nearly 100 orders issued by Minnesota’s Federal District Court during the month of January.

That is staggering. And it is a real threat to our democracy. https://t.co/gAJ84jJfye

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Britain now considers that “settler terrorists” are carrying out ethnic cleansing, often with Israeli government acquiescence. It also endorsed the International Court of Justice’s ruling that Israel’s occupation is unlawful and should end ASAP. https://t.co/a8K1VG1O3j

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

MAJOR: Trump has abruptly returned to the White House a day early as the State Department warns Americans across the Middle East that the conflict “has the potential to escalate rapidly.”

The move comes days after Trump said he faces a “big decision” over whether to launch another massive assault on Iran: “Do I want to go in and annihilate them or do I not?”

At the same time, Netanyahu has scrapped a planned Texas stop and reduced his upcoming U.S. visit to only a few hours in New York, while Iran says it has sent Washington terms to end the war.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Thanks to Trump, a new poll finds that Canadians, Indonesians, Brazilians, Turks, Mexicans and others all see the United States as more of a “major threat” than either Russia or China. https://t.co/jh3ThwbriW

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Nearly every Democrat in the Senate just signed onto Senator Elissa Slotkin’s letter demanding Pete Hegseth provide a full accounting of the cost of war in Iran. Democrats are demanding accountability for Hegseth’s incompetence.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The U.S. war against Iran has cost the Department of Defense more than $38 billion through Aug. 1, and will continue costing up to $3 billion a month or more depending on the intensity of the conflict, according to an assessment released by the Congressional Budget Office. https://t.co/8LeaPCSxMU

[CSPAN @cspan]

U.S. Sen. candidate @AbdulElSayed (D-MI) says he is not a member of the Democratic Socialists of America: "I'm not a part of the organization... We need morals back in our government and you don't have to a socialist or a member of DSA to be able to believe that."