Left Twitter but came back so rebuilding follows/followers. NC native. Resister. Can’t abide the moron in the WH. Cussing helps. #RecoveryPosse 8/11/98
🚨BREAKING: The Secretary of Homeland Security just admitted, on camera, that he is going to violate your First Amendment right to free speech.
He said, “I have ZERO tolerance. If you verbally assault our officers… we will find you, we will arrest you.”
Except… that’s not how the First Amendment works.
Unless someone is making a credible threat of violence, speech… even rude, angry, or insulting speech… is still protected.
That’s the whole point of a free speech clause… to protect the people from situations where those in power don’t like what’s being said.
So, when a top federal official starts framing “verbal assault” as something you can be arrested for, without clearly defining it as an actual threat…
It stops sounding like protecting officers, and starts sounding like a government trying to silence people who speak out against it.
NEW LAWSUIT: Kash Patel said his Olympic adventure was a work trip.
We filed a FOIA request to see the proof.
But the FBI told us it'd get back to us in... 2,010 days!
Public Citizen isn't waiting that long. We've sued.
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy just personally blamed Donald Trump for the rise in healthcare costs in our country. Woah.
In America today, we rank 34th out of 35 countries in childhood poverty and millions of children are food insecure.
Maybe, just maybe, my Republican colleagues would consider holding a single hearing about how we improve the lives of American kids.
🚨 stop scrolling.. do you understand what a frozen bank account actually does to a $4 billion resort project..
because most people are watching the protest footage and missing the math..
Albania Land Development — the Qatari-owned company that holds the coastal land Affinity Partners needs to build — had its bank accounts seized by SPAK on June 2, 2026..
no bank accounts means no transactions..
no transactions means no construction financing can move.. not $1 billion.. not $100 million.. not a single wire..
you don't freeze the land vehicle for an environmental complaint.. you freeze it when prosecutors believe the underlying property titles are fraudulent and you're afraid the money moves before you can stop it..
and here's the part nobody's connecting..
the 2024 land reclassifications that made this project legally possible are now the subject of a criminal investigation.. the titles are under fraud review.. the bank accounts are frozen.. and the probe opened and the freeze landed within 24 hours of each other..
that's not a slow regulatory process.. that's prosecutors running..
Kushner announced this deal in August 2024.. visited the site with Ivanka in early 2026.. called it a vision for the Albanian coast..
the Senate was already scrutinizing Affinity's foreign deals before any of this..
a frozen land company with allegedly fraudulent titles and a widening criminal probe is not a permitting delay..
it's the structural end of the project as currently built.
I'll keep you updated. Turn on notifications. 🚨
@JamieBonkiewicz And blue! BLUE! There has never been such a beautiful blue! Many people are saying it’s the best blue they have ever seen. Ignore what low-IQ people are saying. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Something that’s been difficult while writing about NIH cuts is that we won’t see the full impact of them for years
But the termination of an infectious disease network preceding the recent Ebola outbreak offers a view into some of what was lost:
https://t.co/FULLYD9NUf
Exciting news: my legislation, the BARK Act, is now one step closer to becoming law! The bill will help pet food manufacturers and pet food stores donate usable, surplus food and supplies to shelter cats and dogs in need.
I joined my friends Penny and Julie at the Big Bad Woof, a beloved local business, to celebrate our progress.
President Trump is referenced in FBI interview summaries tied to a woman who accused him of sexual assault decades ago, yet three of those summaries are absent from the Justice Department’s public release of its Epstein files. https://t.co/iINXihLTJz
@HunterBiden Hunter, these jackass trolls can post all the videos of a stumble they want.
This is the man I remember, the one I voted for, who's better on his worst day than trump is on his best.
Meet Alena Analeigh McQuarter, a 17-year-old phenomenon and unstoppable young queen rewriting history in STEM and medicine! 👏🏽
At just 13 years old, she made history as the youngest Black student ever accepted into a U.S. medical school (University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine).
Now at 17, this powerhouse has already achieved what most only dream of:
• Graduated high school at 12
• Earned her Bachelor’s in Biomedical Sciences and Master’s in Biological Sciences (both Summa Cum Laude) from Arizona State University by age 15
• Became the youngest person of color to intern at NASA (at just 12)
• Founded The Brown STEM Girl and The Brown STEM Girl Foundation — creating scholarships, mentorship programs, and global opportunities for girls of color in STEM
• Conducting advanced research in cancer immunology, virology, and global health
• Pursuing her PhD in Integrated Biomedical Sciences (focus on infection, immunity & inflammation) at Loma Linda University while on the path to her MD/PhD
• Initiated into Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. as one of the youngest members
From Texas to NASA to the frontiers of medicine — Alena’s journey is a powerful testament to discipline, brilliance, and purpose. She’s not just breaking barriers… she’s building bridges for every young Black girl behind her.
Her story is a powerful one. Keep shining, Queen! 👏🏽