Jasmin Leuthold

Ex- dancer, Stage Manager. Avid family historian. IHGS student.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively and openly as Trump has. https://t.co/51Kfi70LJ2

[David Frum @davidfrum]

I said on @MSNOW just now:

What *is* the Trump slush fund?

It's not an appropriation: Congress did not vote.

It's not a settlement: There was no valid litigation because (as the judge said) Trump was suing himself.

On what basis is this money leaving the Treasury?

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Two Sisters. Twelve and Seventeen. Buried Together in Kyiv Today.

Liubava was 12. Vira was 17. This morning they were laid to rest side by side in Kyiv, killed along with 22 others when a Russian missile struck the residential building where they lived.

Their father, Yevhen Yakovlev, was killed in combat in 2023 defending Ukraine. He never came home. Now their mother has lost her husband, her daughters, and her home.
One family. Completely gone.

When we talk about missile strikes on residential buildings, we are talking about this. Not infrastructure. Not statistics. Families. Children who had names, ages, futures. A mother who now has none of them.

Russia does not accidentally hit apartment buildings. It targets them.

Remember Liubava and Vira.

[Jasmin Leuthold @LeLeuthold]

@SocGenealogists Very sad news. His work on non-conformist records was so important. May he rest in peace.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Convicted by a jury of his peers.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

After Nixon’s “I am not a crook” tax scandal, the IRS mandated that the president’s tax returns be audited yearly.

Every president since Nixon (except Trump) publicly released theirs.

With the new DOJ settlement ending his audits, Trump is essentially announcing “I am a crook.”

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it.

Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago.

IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued.

The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk.

The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit.

Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.” 

Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million.

The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out.

This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president.

Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues?

https://t.co/La0nlLuz1r

[Tibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs]

"I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority."

— Barney Frank, 1940-2026

Rest in peace, Congressman. We'll miss your sharp wit, humor, and fierce advocacy for democracy and civil rights.

💔🕯️🕊️

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

We’re so lucky to have a President who is always looking out for the American people.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Jeffrey Epstein survivor Miss Rosa, just eviscerated the Trump Administration for releasing her name to the public 500+ times.

"I kept my identity protected as Jane Doe. I Woke up one day with my name mentioned over 500 times,while the rich and powerful remain protected by redactions. My name was exposed to the world. Now reporters from across the globe contact me. I cannot live without looking over my shoulder. I can only imagine the long-term impact this mistake will have on my life."

[David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold]

Also: President Trump previously said he had personally chosen the contractor to fix the Reflecting Pool, because of the good work they did on his golf club's swimming pools.

Now, Trump says does not know them.

[Senator Peter Welch @SenPeterWelch]

I’m launching an investigation into President Trump’s pardons.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨HOW DISGRACEFUL: Trump just polled the crowd: who do you prefer for 2028 — JD Vance or Marco Rubio?

Then told Vance he has his endorsement under “no circumstance.”

The Vice President of the United States.

Standing right there.

Being humiliated by his own boss.

In public.

On camera.

This is the man one heartbeat from the presidency.

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

BREAKING: watchdog group is suing the Trump administration for allegedly using the president’s “Freedom 250” organization to divert $100 million in taxpayer funds to his vanity projects without congressional oversight. https://t.co/zVLbZbsSia

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Who’s going to China with Trump? A lot of donors to his inauguration, pro-Trump groups and pet projects:

Blackstone, Boeing, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm and Visa all donated to his inauguration.

Blackrock and Micron donated to both his inauguration and WH ballroom.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

A whole lot of people fell for this con

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

And there it is:

Pentagon official acknowledges at Congressional hearing that its estimate of $29 billion cost of war in Iran does NOT include damage to military facilities

Cost estimate is lower than reality

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

NEW: At US House hearing just now, Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) asked Secretary Pete Hegseth when the Pentagon would provide Congress an estimate for forthcoming costs and funding for the war in Iran

Hegseth declined to answer the question

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers taping tonight’s late-night super reunion on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Who could have possibly foreseen this?