Chuck T

Democrat for life , Haircutter to the stars , Singer , Husband , Father , Grandfather … Generally Old and Grumpy. Blue Sky. Chuck T @pianadigli.bsky.social

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

My friend Jamie Raskin is one of the most careful and principled people in Congress. So when he says the director of the FBI may be running a taxpayer funded slush fund, I pay attention.

Here is what he found.

Kash Patel directed more than $1 million in bonus payments to a small circle of agents in his inner circle and on his security detail.

Some were getting nearly $8,000 every two weeks on top of salaries that were already maxed out at the federal ceiling. A number of them collected close to $40,000 over consecutive pay periods.

The payments came so fast that the FBI’s bonus reserve accounts ran dry and some checks bounced.

So who got the money?

Agents on Patel’s so-called "director’s advisory team."

That is the unit created in 2025 and described internally as a payback squad, built to dig up dirt on the law enforcement officials who investigated Trump and his allies.

Raskin has given Patel until June 29 to account for every payment, every recipient, and any internal review of whether this was even legal.

Patel should answer for all of it.
https://t.co/HZPeRJ2Kqg

[Chuck T @Yunk44T]

@hwinkler4real 🤷‍♂️🤔🤔

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

Is it possible that the contractor did not spend the 14 million dollars completely on the repair .. AND pocketed most of it ?? Maybe?

[😼 @dutchessprim]

He’s been catholic, Mormon, Baptist, anti-Trump, pro-Trump, pro-immigrant, anti-immigrant, anti-Iran war, pro-Iran war…

The man has no identity outside of opportunism.

The man is @marcorubio and he is a disgrace.

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

The guy who promised so much winning led America to its most humiliating defeat in two hundred and fifty years.

This is why you don’t elect stupid.

Ps: also try to avoid criminals, fraudsters, rapists and pedophiles.

[Badd Company @BaddCompani]

Yep.

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

As Ukraine promised — Crimea is slowly becoming an island for russians.

Last night Ukrainian long-range drones destroyed the railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal near Rozdolne.

Crimea is becoming an island of consequences.

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Mike Collins has hired a convicted violent criminal as his Chief of Staff.

His new senior employee has a documented history of animal abuse, vandalism, and assault.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

MELONI: Regarding Ukraine, we took stock with Zelenskyy and reviewed situation on the ground, which is very different from what Russian propaganda is trying to sell.

All G7 members unanimously agreed to continue providing support to Kyiv while maintaining high pressure on Moscow.

The unity and firmness of the West continue to be, in my view, the most effective tools for creating the necessary conditions for real negotiations.

The goal remains to foster direct meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin. However, while Zelenskyy has demonstrated sincere attitude toward resolving the conflict, no serious signal in this direction has come from Moscow.

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

russia keeps killing Ukrainian children.

This morning in Pavlohrad, a russian strike destroyed a house where an 8-year-old girl was sleeping.

She died under the rubble. Just a child… in her own bed.

Erased by russian aggression before she even woke up.

[John Collins @Logically_JC]

We could use more of this.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Stephen Colbert wore a tan suit to the Obama Presidential Center ceremony. MAGA is going to lose it

[Lovable Liberal and his Old English sheepdog @DougWahl1]

Our picture of the day!

There was a time when Republicans and Democrats coukd disagree and still love each other.

I pray that one day we can get back to that?

Thank You George and Michelle!

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

moscow today. hard to find a bigger strategic mistake since the wall came down than putin deciding to invade ukraine.

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

Disgusting

[Badd Company @BaddCompani]

Flopwork Orange!

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

RUTTE: Ukraine is number one in the world in drone and counter-drone technology. NATO is learning from Ukraine on drones and getting latest insights from battlefield. We can still teach Ukraine few things. NATO is becoming stronger while helping Ukraine stay strong in the fight.