Jim Fry

Retired journalist, editor, press freedom advocate. ‘76 Mizzou grad. Married to Maureen Thompson! Tigers, Cubs, Bears & Boston sports fan.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: Maryland Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to gain access to state voter data. A big victory for our clients Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans and democracy.

DOJ is now 0-9 in these cases. We are undefeated.🗳️💪⚖️ https://t.co/ksCZx1rudO

[😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 @aintscarylarry]

So let me get this straight: Pulling a chunk of paint out of the Reflecting Pool gets you arrested for vandalism, but trump’s terrorists who attacked the Capitol, killed cops, broke windows, stole shit, and smeared their feces on the walls get to go free?

[Jim Fry @JimFryVA]

@SenRandPaul Yup. Single payer.

[The Halfway Post @HalfwayPost]

BREAKING: Donald Trump is reportedly furious that the annual ranking of US presidents by a committee of 50 top presidential historians was released today, and the committee almost unanimously ranked Trump’s second term as the worst in US history.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

The Trump administration just paid Invenergy $765 million to cancel four wind projects. That brings the running total to roughly $2.5 billion in taxpayer money spent to stop energy from being built.

Think about that.

At a time when electricity demand is rising, the Trump administration is spending billions to reduce the amount of power that could reach the grid.

Trump has spent years attacking wind turbines as ugly and inefficient. He is entitled to his opinions about how they look. He is not entitled to make taxpayers finance those opinions.

Seven states have already sued over earlier agreements. Federal courts have repeatedly found legal defects in this administration’s efforts to halt offshore wind development. The administration has cited national security concerns while providing little public evidence to support them, and judges have said they were not convinced.

Strip away the politics and what remains is hard to defend.

Billions in taxpayer money paid to private companies to cancel planned energy projects during a period of rising demand.

Governments usually spend money to build things.

This administration is spending billions to make sure some things never get built.
https://t.co/rB2naxc27j

[Jim Fry @JimFryVA]

@kayleighmcenany Thank you for bringing it up Kayleigh. Please return to the taxpayers the money spent on this boondoggle.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The plan is for this plane to be in service for two years and then Trump will take if for himself. No President has ever stolen an Air Force for himself.

And you paid for it. The total cost could be $1 billion of your money for a new luxury jet for Trump and his family.

[Lawfare @lawfare]

The Justice Department quietly deleted thousands of press releases about the Jan. 6 insurrection
So Lawfare restored them: more than 5,700 pages recovered and publicly archived.

@TylerMcBrien, Michael Feinberg, and Benjamin Wittes explain how. https://t.co/qtcxOnOmfa

[Jim Fry @JimFryVA]

@mjfree @nicksortor @grok The only proper use 👆of AI — going after the lying liars.

[Jim Fry @JimFryVA]

@atrupar @SenWhitehouse Iran

[Jim Fry @JimFryVA]

@atrupar @SenWhitehouse International nuclear inspectors were already inside Iraq, under the JCPOA. Seems better to me.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Ro Khanna on Maria Bartiromo's show makes the case for why Trump's deal with Iran is far inferior to the JCPOA (Note that Bartiromo acknowledges he's making "important points, and good ones")

[Jim Fry @JimFryVA]

@SouthPoint1000 Note the response Talarico in Texas is getting with his anti-corruption platform. People are ready to hold them accountable.

[Jim Fry @JimFryVA]

@ShowMeFB Rigged.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

So refreshing to hear a Democrat making the fight against corruption the centerpiece of his campaign for office. I’ve been saying for a while that Dems need to be laser-focused on the corruption issue, an issue which unites almost all Americans.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

This is not a surprise to anyone who works on military readiness. The fact that Hegseth thought that implementing a political agenda at the cost of readiness suggest that immediate impeachment would be appropriate since he won’t have the decency to resign.

[Jim Fry @JimFryVA]

Kari Lake held accountable for her campaign lies👇👇

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

wow -- Tim Kaine demolishes Kari Lake

KAINE: She accused one of our sitting colleagues of being controlled by the cartels. You had no evidence then nor do you have any now that Sen. Gallego is controlled by cartels, do you?

LAKE: Well, we provided the receipts--

KAINE: This was rated pants on fire. You have no evidence. Isn't that right?

LAKE: I don't know

KAINE: How about an apology to our colleague?

[Jim Fry @JimFryVA]

@mjfree It’s always projection with these “geniuses” — ALWAYS.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

In recent years, we have all learned that Russians are evidently the most repulsive people on the planet.

When you are already down on the ground, they kick you in the stomach. If you fight back, they start whining and accusing you.
After today's Ukrainian attacks on Moscow, the Russians will scream: "Ukrainian terrorists, murderers..."

Stop.

Russia started this war, which violates international law. For over four years, Russians have destroyed Ukrainian cities, killed, raped, and abducted people.
And the entire Russian population was fine with that.

Have no pity for the Russians in Moscow—they must end the war.

[Ann Johnson @VoteAnnJohnson]

There are two people who know Ken Paxton best: his wife and his defense lawyer.

Both have walked away from him.

That tells you everything you need to know about Ken Paxton.