Rob Sprowl

"Beware of greedy leaders." "Woe to the downpressers--they'll eat the bread of sad tomorrow." "Only write poetry if you must." VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY Live&Learn.

[Rob Sprowl @SprowlRob]

Government’s historic role as trusted information source is under threat https://t.co/fkrQ1nCzxj Gift article.

[Rob Sprowl @SprowlRob]

Reflecting Pool algae bloom is one of biggest recorded in years after $14M renovation https://t.co/H5oxd5oJsw So Symbolic. Gift article.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

a reminder that America is devoted to making sure that the wages you earn doing actual work are taxed at a far higher rate than the passive income rich people make in their sleep doing literally nothing

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500.

If we end that absurdity and lift the cap on taxable income, we can make Social Security solvent for 75 years and expand benefits by $2,400. My Social Security bill does that.

[Americans For Tax Fairness @4TaxFairness]

America's billionaires are now worth $9 TRILLION.

$4 TRILLION of that is owned by 15 billionaires and a trillionaire.

Our economy allows 16 people to control mind-numbing amounts of money while the rest of us struggle to afford gas, groceries, rent, and healthcare.

Disaster.

[Rob Sprowl @SprowlRob]

I just signed a @commoncause petition: STOP Trump's Postal Service Takeover. Sign here: https://t.co/Yol7i0TZwo

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Wait till you see all the ballots for Spencer Pratt that were found in Atlantis.

The MAGA conspiracies get stupider every day.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

Judge blocks Trump’s efforts to whitewash history as “censorship” at national parks. https://t.co/u87tWBiFL3

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Hard to believe this is from a guy who inherited $413 million from his father only to declare bankruptcy 6 times before convincing an NBC producer to bail him out by creating a fictional show that he was a successful businessman.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Yes, it's odd that the DOJ division that should have handled Trump IRS lawsuit settlement has no record of it https://t.co/YDBSnsQz4g

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

It is a baffling admission that this cruel and lethal program is targeting these boats based on criteria other than being in possession of the very items purported in the administration’s already unlawful and dubious justification. https://t.co/znjEzZQTpl

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

This one hits hard.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

With all the corruption flooding out of this administration, you may have missed this one.

The Trump DOJ just killed a criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Senator Jim Justice, a Republican and one of Trump’s closest allies.

Prosecutors and EPA investigators were probing whether his family’s mining companies criminally violated the Clean Water Act after racking up tens of thousands of alleged pollution violations over the past decade. The arsenic and other dangerous chemicals coal mines leach into our water are exactly what these laws exist to stop.

Career prosecutors believed they had a strong case.

They had begun gathering evidence and issuing subpoenas. Then the Deputy Attorney General’s office, run at the time by Todd Blanche, told them “pencils down.” A former prosecutor of 24 years said he had never heard of a criminal probe being shut down like this. There should be no untouchables list.

This is the pattern, plain as day.

Go after the President’s enemies, protect his friends. And now Trump wants to make Blanche his permanent Attorney General.

The man who shut this down should not be running the Justice Department. For this and so many other reasons, Todd Blanche must not be confirmed.
https://t.co/m6NWrq0ZEy

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

If you or I skipped a tax bill, the IRS would come knocking. Donald Trump and his family? "Forever barred" from audits.

The Trump family is abusing the presidency to rig the rules in their favor.

[Rob Sprowl @SprowlRob]

Musk’s Starlink hooked rural customers. Then came the price increases. https://t.co/tS5oozsA1W Gift article.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

That’s called a bribe.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The CDC just declared a national emergency for the screwworm spread. @repgabeevans @RepCiscomani you should be screaming about this threat potentially headed to your district's farms. Trump and DOGE brought this on your agriculture industries.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

BLUMENTHAL: Who won the 2020 election?

JUDGE TRAYNOR: This issue has become a question of political controversy. Justice Jackson--

BLUMENTHAL: It's 'political controversy' only because the president refuses to accept the results. I'm asking you as a matter of fact. Who won?

TRAYNOR: As Justice Jackson stated, it is not appropriate to engage in discussion regarding that

BLUMENTHAL: So you're going to use the same script that other nominees have used before this panel to avoid the question?

TRAYNOR: I think the precedent established by Justice Jackson ...

BLUMENTHAL: As a matter of fact, which presidential candidate got more votes in 2020?

TRAYNOR: As I stated before, this is an issue that Justice Jackson--

BLUMENTHAL: You're adopting a script that has been dictated to you by the White House

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Who knows what the President meant when he said he loves the inflation - but it's clear that inflation keeps getting worse, while he stays focused on anything but the cost of living.

This is an election year! He may not be on the ballot, but his protectors and enablers in Congress are. It's time to send a message.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Trump just signed a bill giving his private police $70 billion to terrorize immigrants. 

Let's be clear -- this isn't about protecting borders. This is about targeting people because of the color of their skin and accent.

Think about the horror ICE caused last summer. Now imagine what they are going to do with this kind of funding. It's un-American.

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

For those who were so concerned about inflation in the run-up to the 2024 election, the inflation rate was 2.9% during Biden's last year in office. Today, with Donald and the White House in charge of the economy, inflation has risen to 4.2%.

4.2 > 2.9