Rob Wilder

Founder Think Food Group/José AndrésGroup, FoodTech Angels, & WineGame, Chairman World Central Kitchen— food & wine lover, entrepreneur, cook, husband and dad!

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man."

A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.

Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Don’t forget when Rome was collapsing emperors would use Gladiator fights to distract the people from the Corruption of the State at that time! This is all starting to make sense now. Who agrees?

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

This is just so mindblowingly corrupt.

And there's something new like this almost every day.

The corruption is beyond staggering.

It's bottomless.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

This week alone:

DOJ opens an investigation into the woman Trump raped.

The White House is caught steering a $620 million contract to Don Jr.’s firm.

The Pentagon hands out a $10 billion contract after Trump buys stock in the company.

Foreign governments are caught funneling hundreds of millions into a random JPMorgan account tied to Trump’s “Board of Peace” with no oversight.

It’s just Thursday.

The corruption isn’t hidden anymore. It’s happening out in the open.

[Chuck Jones @chuckwjones3]

I am looking forward to voting for @jamestalarico in November. As a lifelong Republican it is a simple choice. Character matters not party. Ken Paxton and John Cornyn do not deserve the privilege to represent the Great State of Texas in the United States Senate.

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

TODAY IS THE DAY PEOPLE!! Spain My Way is officially out in the world...I am so excited to share with you the dishes, the stories, the people of Spain...Do you want to learn to cook my favorite breakfast of soft-fried potatoes with fried eggs, jamón, chorizo, and sweet onions..? Homemade pan de cristal, the very famous crispy light bread from Barcelona? The best grilled ribeye you've ever made? Arroz con leche with a burnt sugar crust on top...? C'mon people, I KNOW you want this book! So order it now and get cooking...with a glass of wine in your hand of course....🧑🏼‍🍳🍾 order your copy or shop local and start cooking! https://t.co/xSxO03W6xK

@eccobooks @JoanCarlesPujol

[Stan R. Mitchell @StanRMitchell]

If this kind of video is already circulating in May, the campaign ads heading into November are going to be absolutely brutal.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Morning everyone.

Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws?

You are subject to the law. Now he is not.

No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

COMMENTARY: Let’s say it plainly: There has never been a president as corrupt as Donald Trump.

There is no close second in our history.
https://t.co/RRV6gbiZi1

[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

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Here's how the corruption works:

Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump

Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it

Friday: FDA changes the policy
https://t.co/Udu1RhYtKI

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Good morning.

The President of the United States is currently looting the treasury. He’s just taking your money for his own purposes. Billions of it.

And Republicans won’t do anything because their loyalty isn’t to you, it’s to him.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

This is what corruption looks like.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Conservatives want to police how we talk about Donald Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else, @jonathanchait argues: https://t.co/xH3N8v0EB1

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Is a great partnership! And love @dolcezzagelato @jaleo @zaytinya

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration is finally admitting the price tag of ICE and deportations… but not the cause.

“It costs $18,225 per deportation.”

Multiply that by millions… yeah, it is staggering.

But, here’s what they aren’t saying…

It’s expensive because they made it that way.

They underfund the courts, fired a hundred+ of immigration judges… then complain the courts are “clogged.”

They restrict legal pathways… then blame asylum seekers for using the only ones left.

They drag cases out for years… then act shocked when attorneys are involved.

And they’re locking people in detention facilities when they don’t need to be… adding thousands in costs per person…

Because those facilities are run by private contractors… getting paid per bed, per day.

So, the longer people are detained… the more money gets made, and the more it costs per deportation.

But now, suddenly it’s the system’s fault?

No… it’s the design.

Break the system… bottleneck it… monetize the suffering… Then point to the price tag and say, “Look how broken this is.”

They created the cost. Now they’re using it as an excuse to remove due process.

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

Only in America can a white man be convicted 34 times, adjudicated as a rapist, impeached twice, accused of molesting children, refuse to put his hand on the Bible when being sworn into office, never attend church, lie with reckless abandon, have sex with porn stars, be a serial adulterer, threatened to commit genocide, disrespect the pope, blasphemously depict himself as Christ, and still be compared to Jesus.

Make it make sense.

[💙🌊 Zero Dark Twenty-Nine 🌊🌊🖋️🧫 @herotimeszero]

Things that do not help Americans:

-New ballroom.
-New arch.
-War in Iran.
-Campaigning for Viktor Orban.
-Renaming the Kennedy Center.
-Renaming the Dept of Defense.
-UFC fight on the white house lawn.
-Pardoning every MAGA criminal.
-Deluge of gold in the oval office.
-"Winning" the FIFA peace prize.
-Useless cabinet meetings of slaves.
-Rage posting every minute.
-Fighting Bruce Springsteen.
-Melania Movie.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

What the Artemis II astronauts did over the last 10 days was a testament to their bravery. And the fact that they traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever has, re-entered our atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph, and splashed down safely was a testament to human ingenuity. Thanks to everyone at @NASA for making this mission possible, and for taking us along for the ride.