Robert G. Schoenberg

Writer

[Robert G. Schoenberg @RGSchoenberg]

Somewhere in the mid-seventies a panel cartoon in National Lampoon Magazine depicted this very scene, a prop for a president, held up in front of the public, but behind the scenes, a dysfunctional meat puppet.

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

Kenny Hesse: “Donald Trump is dying, the White House is trying to cover it up, and the internet is having an absolute field day. The Weekend at Donnie’s handlers at the White House dragged the geriatric dementia-riddled dipshit kicking and screaming in front of the cameras today to quell the rampant speculation that they were covering up his impeccable health”

[Congressman Robert Garcia @RepRobertGarcia]

Oversight Democrats are demanding that Pam Bondi's deposition be under oath, videotaped, and released to the public immediately. Chairman Comer hasn't committed to doing any of that.

The American people deserve better transparency.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Bottom line: The president should not be able to own and trade stocks. Or the vice president. Or members of Congress.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

And now Trump and Blanche’s corrupt Star Chamber Secret Tribunal will convene behind closed doors to dole out $1.7 billion to their criminal co-conspirators, with everything hidden from the American people. They will keep secret who gets paid, how much they get paid, and why.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Donald Trump lied to you.

He said he’d fight for you.

Instead, he’s building himself a $1 billion ballroom and handing his criminal cronies a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund.

MAGA, wake up.

[Decoding Fox News @DecodingFoxNews]

There are needy Americans who cannot access SNAP benefits, others who cannot afford healthcare. Farmers are going bankrupt. Trump wants to give his personal army of cop beating thugs our money. Some of the screamed “white power” and the n-word while they smashed our Capitol.

[Tammy Duckworth @SenDuckworth]

It's day 80 of Trump's illegal, unnecessary war.

America is not safer, the Strait is still closed, gas prices are the highest they've been in 4 years—and there's no end in sight.

Republicans need to stop blocking our War Powers Resolutions and help us end this chaos.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

This is not “the Justice Department” creating this $1.7 billion slush fund to hand out to Trump’s criminal supporters.

It is Trump’s former criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche handing out your tax dollars to Trump’s co-conspirators and thugs.

[P a u l ◉ @SkylineReport]

Now Trump is draining the Strategic Petroleum Reserve because his reckless attack on Iran helped trigger the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

His mistake. Our gas prices. Our emergency reserves.

American taxpayers get stuck cleaning up another self-inflicted mess.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

When Trump talked about ushering in a "New Golden Age," he was talking about a new golden age for his wallet.

America’s Grifter-in-Chief knows no bounds.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

I've worked for three presidents, including one Republican.

No previous administration was this awash in corruption and conflicts of interest.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

As Donald Trump gives corporate monopolies a free pass to screw over people with higher prices, I'm glad that states like California are fighting back.

Much-needed anti-monopoly leadership from Governor @GavinNewsom.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

First, Trump pardoned the violent January 6th insurrectionists, and now he can use YOUR taxpayer dollars to pay them from a $1.8 BILLION slush fund.

This is a heist and a disgrace.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

He carved out $2 Billion to pay off his Nazi, Proud Boy friends. The corruption couldn't get any more out in the open, folks. Meanwhile farmers are bankrupt and have to sell their land to J.D. Vance's Acre Trader company or the Chinese government.

[Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta]

America doesn’t need a new ballroom. America needs a new President.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

I hit the streets of Seattle looking for someone with $50 million in a trust fund.

Why? Because many of the people who do have that much are using complicated trusts to dodge estate taxes.

My Fair Trusts for Fiscal Responsibility Act closes the loophole. Let's pass it.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

A majority of Americans can’t afford rent on a modest 2 bedroom.

People aren't buying their first home until 40.

Since 1990, the cost of housing is up 174% while wages have flatlined.

We're in a housing crisis. Congress needs to act like it.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

If Pete Buttigieg can pack an auditorium in Butte, Montana he can also pack a stadium in Detroit, Michigan. Please consider voting for him if he runs for president. When he speaks, he inspires.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Big day for criminals to get a windfall payout from taxpayer dollars so they can retire early and put their feet up after beating cops and smashing windows to storm the Capitol - orchestrated by Republicans. A transfer of money from hardworking law-abiding citizens to scum.

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

You can't sue yourself. You can't settle with yourself. And you can't hijack a legitimate victim compensation fund and turn it into a taxpayer-funded payoff scheme for January 6 insurrectionists. Congress never authorized this and we won't let it stand.