Sean Murray

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[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Hilarious that he cited Mamdani as the most serious threat today in America to a free press while Trump sues, threatens, subpoenas, yells at, and tries to intimidate reporters on a daily basis. But Mamdani is the problem. What a clown.

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

Nearly 100 Epstein victims had their names exposed on Blanche’s watch—& he withheld files the law required him to release

Why? The bar complaint from 100+ judges suggests he was protecting Trump & himself

My latest publisher’s note has the full story -TN
https://t.co/EbjtuaUYng

[Olivia Julianna 🇺🇸🦅🗳️ @0liviajulianna]

ICE killed a father who had lived in this country for nearly 35 years.

Now DHS is trying to deport the witnesses.

That is not accountability. That is obstruction.

RELEASE THE WITNESSES.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Mohammad Paktiawal died in ICE custody. He fought with our troops in Afghanistan. He was not here illegally or a criminal. He worked & had a family. There was no reason for his detention. This ongoing inhumanity is a national shame. Powerful @BillKristol:
https://t.co/vsjELCxUNk

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

NASHVILLE ZOO CEO: “We do not feel there’s a compromise… it’s my ethical responsibility to protect these animals— I cannot stand by and let the animals in our care become an experiment in the long-term effects of data centers.”

cc: @DCBLOXinc

( 🎥 from WKRN WSMV Tennessean )

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

In his congressional testimony, OMB Director Russell Vought indicated that there were no plans to publish reports on what happened while DOGE was active.

This is an affront to the transparency that is expected from a publicly accountable government.

https://t.co/cTHLIdrH5s

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Trump's so-called "Presidential Walk of Fame" was funded by taxpayers using money diverted from National Parks.

Trump has repeatedly claimed he paid for parts of the project himself, but a new report says his partisan West Wing exhibit cost taxpayers more than $1 million.

[Stew Peters @realstewpeters]

REP HUFFMAN: “The CEO of Trump’s Freedom 250 flew to Davos, stood in front of a room full of foreign governments and asked them ‘how they wanted to shape America’s birthday’. Then they stole hundreds of millions and committed wire fraud.”

Holy shit.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: CNN just aired a devastating montage of all the times that Donald Trump accused others of using their public office to make money. Donald Trump's net worth has almost tripled since he took office. Everything he accuses others of is an open admission.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

This morning, the Supreme Court struck down the limits on how much a political party can spend in coordination with its candidates.

This required it to ignore prior precedent and to adopt a strained reading of the Constitution. The fight continues... https://t.co/diqztGtJm1

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

We need to 👏 GET 👏 BIG 👏 MONEY 👏 OUT 👏 OF 👏 POLITICS! 👏 

Not add to it!  What the Supreme Court just did is green-light millions more dollars to flood into politics. That is not free speech—that is money over people. When we take back the House this November, it’s time to get big money out of politics and bring the power back to the people!

[Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 @PopularLiberal]

"THE DOGE DATA BREACH IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY": Elon Musk’s "DOGE" reportedly leaked the personal data of 300M+ Americans—SSNs, bank info, and medical records—onto a vulnerable cloud.

Federal judges ordered it deleted, but they ignored the order. The DOJ allegedly handed the data directly to Musk's team. A whistleblower warned we might have to reissue every Social Security number in America.

The weak sheep are clapping while their identities get sold down the river. You got played by a guy who named a government agency after a meme coin. They are watching you right now.

Demand a full investigation into DOGE and Musk NOW.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Eviction notices have been sent to farmers in northern Vietnam to make way for a $1.5 billion Trump Organization-branded luxury golf resort project.

Trump never divested from the Trump Org, so this project is one of his countless conflicts of interest. https://t.co/FdpTBl2yMc

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Trump ripped up the walkway between the West Wing and the mansion to replace it with polished African granite carved in Italy. "Paid for by me," he claimed. Except that's not true. Taxpayers paid $689,232, per documents obtained by @michaelscherer https://t.co/7l2bkD0MIH

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: In the Chicago suburbs, an ICE agent assaults a teenager for filming his vehicle, and pointing out that it illegally has no license plate.

In the video, a U.S. citizen is peacefully filming an ICE vehicle, that is sitting in a parking lot. He walks to the back of the SUV to document that it has no license plate.

That’s when the ICE agent jumps out, screaming, “Get away from my vehicle!” while aggressively charging toward the teenager.

The teenager immediately backs away, but the ICE agent keeps walking at him, tries to trip the teenager , and continues yelling… even though neither of them are anywhere near the vehicle anymore.

Filming government officials performing their duties, in public, is protected by the First Amendment. That protection doesn’t disappear just because the official doesn’t like being recorded.

An officer also can’t lawfully use physical force simply because someone is filming them. Using force, to stop someone from recording, is a violation of that person’s constitutional rights.

And let’s not ignore the reason the ICE agent got out of his car in the first place...

Illinois law requires vehicles, driven on public roads, to display valid registration plates. This ICE vehicle is not following that law.

So, if your first instinct, when someone records your conduct, is to assault them… you’re proving exactly why the public is recording in the first place.

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

New research from @nytimes finds that the US government is actively doing "critical minerals" deals with FOURTEEN different companies that have financial ties to the Trump and/or Lutnick families - deals worth around $9 billion in all:

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Let me tell you what just got reported, because you will not believe it until you see it laid out.

The Trump administration cut a billion-dollar tungsten deal with Kazakhstan. Tungsten is the metal we need for missile warheads, fighter jets, and computer chips. Trump himself got on the phone to close it. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick worked it from the inside, sending letters, leaning on the Kazakh president, lining up as much as $1.6 billion in federal financing.

Within weeks of those negotiations, investors tied to a firm partly owned by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump took a 20% stake in an entity connected to the very same Kazakhstan project their father was negotiating. Around that same time, Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm run by Lutnick’s own sons, raised $210 million for a partner in the deal and pocketed the fees.

The fathers set the policy. The sons cashed in.

Six days after the Trump sons and their partners moved their money, Lutnick signed the final deal.

The reporting found one or both families have financial ties to at least 14 companies working with the government on critical mining deals.

The total federal funding flowing toward those companies tops $8.9 billion.

This is your tax money.

It is supposed to secure our supply chains and protect our troops, not pad the portfolios of the President’s children and the Commerce Secretary’s children.

This is the most corrupt administration in American history. It is not close.

We must keep digging, and keep asking the questions they do not want asked. Republicans in Congress are unwilling to lift a finger. Mike Johnson is running a protection racket.

Either we will end the corruption, or the corruption will be the end of us.

https://t.co/yFOl7zvOhC

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

The Supreme Court will release some of its most important opinions this week -- including Watson v. RNC. Democracy Docket will have it covered from every angle.

Stay informed while helping grow its pro-democracy community by signing up now. https://t.co/0StGlWz45f

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Here, we have a president who, by his own account, personally called a federal prosecutor to intervene in an ongoing election — and the story has barely registered. https://t.co/6zrUxYKSK3