DOE Sec. Chris Wright said that his agency did not aim to punish states that Trump lost the 2024 election in when it canceled clean energy projects in them.
BUT his lawyers said otherwise—causing a judge to order the grants be restored.
https://t.co/bROiKVe33D
Wow! Raskin just sent Kash Patel this letter. It’s umm… interesting. Read it twice. 👀
The House Judiciary minority says Patel has handed out more than $1 million in “bonus” payments to agents on his Director’s Advisory Team and his security detail. The letter calls it a personal slush fund.
Here’s the mechanism. Federal pay is capped by statute. The letter alleges Patel routed money around that cap. Nearly $8,000 per agent, every two-week pay period. Some collected five in a row. Roughly $40,000 each.
Then the accounts ran dry. Raskin says some of the payments bounced.
Who got paid? The letter points to the unit NOTUS reported as the “Payback Squad.” And it ties the cash to silence, alleging agents were polygraphed over whether they helped cover up Patel’s drinking.
Now the other column. The agents he fired include an FBI Medal of Valor recipient, the official who led the Jan 6 law enforcement response, a Marine combat veteran cut weeks after his wife died of cancer, and a counterintelligence unit that tracked Iranian threats.
Reward the loyal. Purge the rest.
Raskin wants every bonus, every authorization, and every legal memo on whether this broke federal law. Deadline June 29.
CBS has been forced to pay a fine after Stephen Colbert played an unlicensed Peanuts song on air during his last episode.
The owner of the rights to Peanuts has donated the fee to José Andrés' charity, World Central Kitchen.
While Americans are paying more for health care, gas, groceries, and energy, Trump is taking more than $300 million taxpayer dollars and forcing it toward his vanity ballroom project.
🚨 BOMBSHELL! MS NOW confirms Trump's FBI Director Kash Patel used over $1M in taxpayer funds to illegally reward a secret "Payback Squad" of loyalist agents.
Rep. Raskin reveals they were paid to carry out unlawful orders and cover up Patel's misbehavior!
Markwayne Mullin had the FDA delete warnings about the dangers of kratom, an addictive and sometimes lethal drug found in gas stations.
Mullin holds an up to $1 million stake in a major kratom company.
"The President may not ignore statutory mandates." Federal Judge Richard Mark Gergel didn't mince words when he legally forced the EPA to restore $2.8 BILLION in climate grants the regime tried to quietly erase. Read the historic ruling: 👇 https://t.co/OL1hX4buYA
Former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe says Benjamin Netanyahu is about to release the real Epstein files in an effort to sabotage the peace deal.
He says the material would include never-before-seen material involving a majority of U.S. government officials.
He says Netanyahu will do anything to derail peace.
He sent 13 service members to their deaths over “not very valuable stuff”?
168 Iranian school girls.
Thousands of civilians killed.
Our bases badly damaged.
Stockpiles depleted.
$80 billion price tag.
$6 gas.
For “not very valuable stuff”?
🚨 BREAKING: Gavin Newsom Just Escalated His Fight With Trump’s Justice Department.
Newsom’s office has formally requested emails, texts, memoranda, and Signal messages involving top DOJ officials that reference either Gavin Newsom or Jennifer Siebel Newsom.
The request specifically names senior Trump Justice Department figures, including Pam Bondi, Emil Bove, and Todd Blanche.
And it covers every communication from January 20, 2025, to the present.
$300 BILLION DOLLARS TO IRAN??!!!
Trump agreed to give Iran $300 BILLION dollars for reconstruction cost after Trump bombed Iran.
Are you kidding me? What an embarrassment!
Americans are getting screwed again!!
BREAKING: Governor Kathy Hochul has signed sweeping legislation banning ICE agents from wearing masks and entering sensitive locations like churches and schools. This is huge.
🚨 For everyone insisting Trump’s UFC event isn’t costing taxpayers a dime:
Maryland State Police.
The National Guard.
Federal agents.
D.C. police officers.
All are reportedly providing security for the event.
That’s before you even get to the debate over sponsorship packages, VIP access, advertising, and the use of public property.
You can support the event.
You can oppose the event.
But let’s not pretend public resources aren’t involved.
When multiple law enforcement agencies and military personnel are providing security, taxpayers are already part of the equation.