Susan Rice: One interesting test will be how the Republicans respond to Bill Pulte. Here is somebody that has literally no national security and no intelligence experience. The statute says that's required by law. He has never had a security clearance. He's never touched classified material.
That kind of character with the mission that the president has overtly given him to go and find evidence of rigged elections. That's quite worrying.
Democrats are making something clear: if concerns about a candidate are legitimate, they should be addressed. But we are not going to be lectured by the party of Donald Trump, Ken Paxton, or other Republicans who have been accused of things like putting boiling water on their wives during a fight.
Dismissing the allegations against Platner is a mistake. But the NYT left the door wide open to the argument that Platner’s ex girlfriend is politically motivated. Heritage Foundation, Independent Women, Ladies for Kavanaugh.
Ultimately, what we think in NYC and DC doesn’t matter. Maine voters aren’t terminally online. They like his platform - it may be enough!
Amanda Ungaro, ex-girlfriend of Paolo Zampolli and mother of his son, claims that Paolo Zampolli did NOT introduce Melania to Donald Trump. Jeffrey Epstein did:
“She (Melania) was an escort of Jeffrey Epstein. That’s how she met Donald Trump"
WOW! Imagine if Hunter Biden invested in a company and three months later the White House rushed a $620,000,000 Pentagon loan to it.
That’s exactly what Don Jr. did with Vulcan Elements. Stephanie Ruhle calls it corruption. Republicans call it “Tuesday.” The valuation jumps from $200 million to $2 billion.
Your tax dollars. Their bank account.
🚨 BOMBSHELL! Former Judge Shira Scheindlin exposes Donald Trump's massive $1.8B scam. She confirms he sued his own agency to orchestrate a fake, collusive lawsuit.
He intentionally committed a fraud on the court to secretly fund his projects and secure his own immunity!
President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison term of David Gentile, who led GPB Capital, less than two weeks after he began serving a seven-year sentence in a $1.6 billion fraud that prosecutors said harmed more than 10,000 investors. https://t.co/0JGqpVj7JW
Donald Trump needs a midterms deal more than a nuclear deal and whatever happens in the next few days should be understood in that context.
It’s why he is about to give Iran a ton of money to save face as Trump’s approval ratings are as low as ever, gas is 4.50, and our farmers are begging for fertilizer.
And it’s pretty clear that Iran no longer believes Trump when he threatens them. Too many tweets and too much punting.
It’s a mess that this President can’t get out of.
Trump is in power to make autocracies predominate. America must be wrecked so thoroughly it will take generations to recover: helping diseases to spread is part of this.
The Trump administration says it is going to go after fraud.
It should redirect its attention to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Everything is a scam to get richer. He’s made $3 billion since coming back into office!
I've got nothing against King Charles personally—in fact, he seems like a decent and thoughtful man—but why the heck are we inviting the 77-year-old monarch of a medium-sized nation that committed something close to national suicide with Brexit to address a joint session of Congress? "Of more worth is one honest man to society," wrote Thomas Paine, "than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived." We are the nation that threw off a crowned ruffian and ended hereditary privilege to create a republic where the people rule. Happy 250th Birthday America.
I regret to inform the junior coders that I, an economist with Wi-Fi, have gone on a Claude code bender. Great for productivity. Slightly less great if you’re the young worker trying to get a foot in the door.
Dean: Your sons figured out how to profit off of the tariffs by buying refund rights for pennies on the dollar just as you were out there cheerleading the tariffs. As a result, federal taxpayers like my constituents may now owe your family hundreds of millions. I wonder if Trump is concerned about you and your family profiteering off of the illegal tariffs.
Lutnick: That is false. It is not true.
The PBS NewsHour has documented the Trump family's unprecedented conflicts of interest. Jared Kushner, a 'volunteer' with no official position, has $6 billion in assets from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar-the same governments he is negotiating with on Middle East peace. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have invested in drone companies that are now competing for Pentagon contracts in the war their father started.
Forbes estimated that Eric and Don Jr., they were worth about $40, $50 million each before the 2024 election. About a year later, Eric at $400 million and Donald Trump Jr. at about $300 million.
They're using war and diplomacy to enrich themselves