Joe

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[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

A whistleblower reports that the Trump admin planned to classify 2.7M living people as dead, nullifying their Social Security numbers, to force them out of the country.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

In appeals court fight over the White House ballroom, DOJ says the federal government could quickly bulldoze the statute of liberty and no one would have standing to sue over the changes once the demolition is done.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

The President is not well. He can’t stay awake at important White House events and cabinet meetings.

@WhiteHouse needs to come clean about why trump takes so many trips to the hospital and why doctors keep giving trump cognitive tests.

[Terry Moran 🇺🇸 @TerryMoran]

We’re all supposed to pretend this isn’t happening a lot?

How does this make us look to the rest of the world?

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

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[Rep. James Walkinshaw @Rep_Walkinshaw]

.@PamBondi accused me of “misrepresenting” her Epstein files interview.

Then the transcript dropped.

Turns out I quoted her word for word, 100% accurate.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Kennedy Center ordered employees to remove President Trump’s name from the performing arts venue, strip all references from signs, brochures, the website and other materials — and to update email signatures and letterhead immediately. https://t.co/1J2FEPH33q

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: TOTAL SURRENDER! The Kennedy Center moves to fully comply with a federal judge by removing Donald Trump's name from every inch of the building.

He's so defeated that he's not even putting up a fight...

The center's general counsel sent out an official memo earlier today directing employees to begin stripping Trump's name from all materials including brochures, signs, and the official website. Email signatures and letterhead must be changed immediately.

The sweeping direction comes less than a week after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the Kennedy Center Board — which is staffed with MAGA hatchet men — did not have the authority to tack their cult leader's name onto the beloved institution. The new memo is the first time that the Board has publicly conceded that they will heed the judge's order.

In his ruling, Cooper tore into the board for using “an insufficient, one-sided presentation of information” when it moved to close the center. Additionally, federal law “makes crystal clear” that the center is named after JFK and only JFK.

“Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name and only Congress can change it," wrote Cooper.

Beyond just directing the removal of Trump's name, the memo provides specific deadlines for compliance. This is not some abstract "we'll get to it eventually" response. This is concrete compliance.

This victory over MAGA is particularly sweet because the renaming of the Kennedy Center, as petty as it is, is something that Trump cares deeply about. It's part of his broader obsession with building and renovating structures after himself. He knows that his presidency is a historic failure and he's desperately grasping for some semblance of a legacy. Now, he's being denied even that.

Please ❤️ and share if you're thrilled to see the Kennedy Center restored to its dignity!

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

NEWS: A @lawfare report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.

Incredible work from Katherine Pompilio:
https://t.co/AJMPxwb1al

[James E. Clyburn @RepJamesClyburn]

I’m glad that some Republicans finally grew a spine and said no to Trump’s $1.8 billion pot of money for January 6 rioters.

But let’s be clear: that’s only half of this corrupt deal.

The other half is the DOJ giving Trump immunity from any tax crimes he, his family, or businesses may have committed. This includes negating an audit that could have cost him an estimated $100 million. That part of the deal stands.

Republicans need to grow a spine and reject this dirty deal in its entirety.

The American people pay their taxes or suffer consequences. The President should too.
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[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

DEAN: You're under oath. When will you comply with the law and release all the Epstein files?

BLANCHE: We have complied with the law

DEAN: There are 3 million more documents. And you know what you said to me? 'They include another guy named Epstein.' Nobody is buying it

*the time of the gentlelady has expired*

DEAN: I beg your pardon? How do I get cut off 2 minutes into this? What is true is that the president has lied about being on Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove that. There's a lot in here. It's all covered up.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨 MAGA child predator Cecil Spangler, 37, from Roanoke, IN is sentenced to federal prison for 60 YEARS and never getting out.

This right-wing Trump fan pleaded guilty to s*xually exploiting a minor and photographing the abuse for over 2 years.

His Facebook? Packed with Ben Shapiro, PragerU, Hodge Twins, and anti-socialist fearmongering.

Not trans, not a drag queen, not an immigrant. Yet another usual suspect the right will ignore.

Every. Damn. Day.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨A 40-year-old Florida Trump supporter who posted racist cotton-picking memes and meme’s calling America’s first black First Lady a man on social media, Trent Plather, has been arrested for the second time on child s*xual abuse materials charges.

Police found 42,000 explicit images of children on his devices and he illegally possessed firearms as a convicted felon.

Prather also posted images of George Floyd’s face printed on pillows calling them “knee pads.” Floyd is a black man who died in Minneapolis after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for almost 10 minutes.

More of his disgusting Facebook posts are in the thread👇

[Joe @JLP44611]

@sox_leo @sox_leo Imagine calling a Senator “not very bright” when you don’t even know the difference between “to” & “too”. 🤣When you’re unable to pass a 5th grade English class embarrassing yourself by posting childish insults on public platforms is NOT an effective use of your time 🤡

[Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @JudiciaryDems]

BREAKING: Funding for Trump’s ballroom and weaponized Trump-Blanche Justice Department officially REMOVED from reconciliation bill, in win for Democrats.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: WHITE FLAG! Republicans suddenly drop funding for Trump's $1 billion ballroom from their immigration bill as public backlash grows.

Are we tired of winning yet folks?

The Senate bill originally contained $1 billion of your tax dollars for “security adjustments and upgrades” to Trump's vanity project ballroom. In reality, it was a blatant scheme to siphon away money to fund a monument to Donald's bloated ego.

Republicans feared that the provision would totally collapse their efforts to pass their massive immigration bill, which prioritizes an insane $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol — a complete waste of money aimed at pandering to the xenophobic MAGA base. They realized that the ballroom has become politically radioactive and chose to prioritize "immigration enforcement."

Keeping the ballroom funding in the legislation would have made it vulnerable to filibustering from Democrats due to procedural rules.

More broadly, Republicans realized that wasting massive sums of money on a ballroom for Trump, his family, and unindicted Epstein co-conspirators would be spitting in the eye of a public that's struggling to even afford groceries thanks to the President's disastrous policies.

This is another major setback for Trump who just can't seem to stop losing these days. He's become increasingly obsessed with erecting and renovating structures, desperately grasping for a legacy as his presidency disintegrates into total failure. We can't allow him to succeed.

Keep up the pressure and speak out!

Please ❤️ and share if you staunchly oppose the ballroom!

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Despite being under Republican control, the House just defied President Trump on the Iran war.

No amount of lying or bullying by the White House can make Americans forget we're paying for a senseless war.

Now even some GOP Members of Congress are recognizing they ultimately answer to us - not him. 

Keep up the pressure.

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

A bipartisan majority in the House voted to rein in President Trump's lawless, profligate and blood-soaked war in Iran. Only Congress can declare war and no such declaration has been made. This is a win for the powers and the wisdom of the legislative branch.

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Republican Mayor Erin Stewart stole over $207,000 in taxpayer dollars.

She has now dropped out of the race for Connecticut Governor.

[Larry Sabato @LarrySabato]

Under any other president, this would be Scandal of the Year. Under Trump, it is merely the Scandal of the Hour.