Justin Cross

my name has been in @GQMagazine, @Playboy, @CBS, @TimeOut, @KCRW, @bigcatcountry, and on various bathroom walls. the algorithm doesn't like me anymore. go vegan

[Justin Cross @FakeJustinCross]

My dog, Minna, passed away on Monday. She was absolutely amazing and meant the world to me. With all the bullshit going on in politics and the world, she gave me clarity and pure joy.

If you have a pet, please give them a hug for Minna. And cherish every moment.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

With all the corruption flooding out of this administration, you may have missed this one.

The Trump DOJ just killed a criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Senator Jim Justice, a Republican and one of Trump’s closest allies.

Prosecutors and EPA investigators were probing whether his family’s mining companies criminally violated the Clean Water Act after racking up tens of thousands of alleged pollution violations over the past decade. The arsenic and other dangerous chemicals coal mines leach into our water are exactly what these laws exist to stop.

Career prosecutors believed they had a strong case.

They had begun gathering evidence and issuing subpoenas. Then the Deputy Attorney General’s office, run at the time by Todd Blanche, told them “pencils down.” A former prosecutor of 24 years said he had never heard of a criminal probe being shut down like this. There should be no untouchables list.

This is the pattern, plain as day.

Go after the President’s enemies, protect his friends. And now Trump wants to make Blanche his permanent Attorney General.

The man who shut this down should not be running the Justice Department. For this and so many other reasons, Todd Blanche must not be confirmed.
https://t.co/m6NWrq0ZEy

[Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta]

Turning Point sent seven buses with 350 people to the Capitol on January 6.

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

Seems like Texas becomes more in play for Democrats with each passing day.

[CNN Politics @CNNPolitics]

The Trump administration has spent days heavily promoting the finished renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, crediting the president with making Washington, DC, look “better than ever.”

But a day after the reservoir was filled post-renovations, there was already quite a bit of algae visible from the water’s edge. https://t.co/lyJK05zq9y

[Mike Young @micyoung75]

The man running the agency responsible for 340 million Americans' health arrives at 10am, leaves by 4pm, skips his own division chief meetings, and when he does show up - scrolls his phone and gets described by colleagues as "checked out."

Ebola is spreading. Six Americans already exposed. He has not briefed himself with CDC scientists. His response to a reporter asking if he was worried: "Yeah, we're working on it."

The CDC is being run by a health economist with no public health experience who already has another full-time job running NIH. Half of the 27 NIH institutes have no permanent director. The top FDA drug regulator got fired in May - Kennedy found out after it happened.
When measles killed two children in Texas, the CDC official leading the response asked repeatedly to brief Kennedy. He was rebuffed every time.

The person actually running HHS operations is a longtime personal adviser whose policy spreadsheet - more than 50 items - is hidden from the department's own policy team. When Kennedy gets asked a question, his standing answer is "just run that by Stefanie."

This is not a management philosophy. This is a vacancy wearing a title.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: Are you concerned, Mr. President, about the latest inflation number which came out this morning?

Trump: No, I love it. I love the inflation.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

The inflation rate in Biden's last month in office was 2.9%. Trump (supported by a Republican Congress) has driven it up to 4.2%.

Thank you, voters, for your attention to this matter.

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[Acyn @Acyn]

Platner: Redemption is not just some simple or easy destination. It's a journey. I've made mistakes in my life. Mistakes that I regret, that I live with and that I continue to learn from. And I'm still far from perfect. But every day I wake up and I try to be a little bit better and a little bit kinder than I was before.

And if you give me the chance, I will be a senator for the people who cannot afford to buy a senator

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Yes, he posted it.
Yes, it’s real.

Yes, He honestly thinks this is a flex.

We are ruled by the dumbest fucking people in America.

[Tina Smith @TinaSmithMN]

Graham Platner is gonna win because he has connected with Mainers on what they really care about: How this country can work for them, not just the wealthy.

He’ll win because he’s not part of the Washington establishment.

If I voted in Maine he’d have my support, no question.

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Trump said something outside a press gaggle that I don’t think enough people caught.

A reporter called him out on the corruption. He gave three responses.

1. I have the right to do it.
2. He’s not stealing that much. A billion or two billion dollars. Not that much money. Classic Trump.
3. People don’t care.

That’s the permission structure. Our collective apathy is what they’re using to justify everything happening in Washington right now.

Please stand up and prove him wrong.

[Christopher C. Cuomo @ChrisCuomo]

Is it masculine to run from a storm? Is it masculine to allow a man to insult you, call your wife ugly, and call your father a criminal...and then kiss his ass?

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Hey DOGE and NEWSMAX, can we get an update here?  

Turns out preventing a flesh-eating parasite from invading U.S. livestock wasn’t government waste…

[Lauren @cabsav456]

It's confusing that Trump constantly warns about the security of our elections & foreign interference, yet his administration has taken several steps to dismantle or divert resources away from key safeguards that were in place:

- Gutted the DOJ's Public Integrity Section (went from ~30-40 lawyers down to just 2)

- Left the Election Crimes Branch director position vacant

- Canceled all election integrity training for prosecutors & FBI agents

- Deleted the official 281-page Federal Prosecution of Election Offenses guide from the DOJ website

He disbanded the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force, which targeted foreign efforts to meddle in U.S. politics & elections.

He also severely cut CISA (the agency for election cybersecurity), firing or transferring dozens of election security specialists, freezing key support programs for states, and proposing to eliminate the entire federal Election Security Program in future budgets.

You would think that if he were ACTUALLY concerned about the integrity & security of our elections, he would be allocating MORE resources, not less — or at least wouldn't be leaving these critical positions vacant & programs dismantled right before the midterms.

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

Leaving this here, in case anyone is wondering why we have screwworm in the US for the first time since the 1960s.

The DOGE stupidity from Trump and Rollins will end up COSTING taxpayers money.

[Justin Cross @FakeJustinCross]

are you high?

[Steve Krakauer @SteveKrak]

This instinct to dunk on those who authentically wanted change in Los Angeles - many who are Democrats - seems counterproductive. Spencer Pratt decided to run because his house burned down and there was no accountability or even effort to help him rebuild.

Jon voted for Katie Porter because some things are bigger than winning... because the message matters to people. The smug dismissiveness about the Pratt movement - which really wasn't about Pratt himself, but about his priorities and policies - is unfortunate.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨HOLY SHIT: The boos just happened AGAIN and Trump stops clapping as they get even LOUDER by the end of the clip.

This is humiliating.

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

Trump literally shut down New York and canceled watch parties just to fall asleep during the game and curse the Knicks to a loss smh. Generational L.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

WAKE TF UP

[Justin Cross @FakeJustinCross]

@WUTangKids @frankdpi A real who's who of assholes at the Garden