Amy Steen

[A Gene Robinson @AlBuffalo2nite]

For nearly a decade Americans were told every investigation of Donald Trump was sacred, untouchable, and beyond question.

Ninety-four charges.

Raids.

Mugshots.

Perp walks.

Wall-to-wall media coverage.

We were lectured daily that ‘nobody is above the law.’

Now Gavin Newsom says he’s being investigated and suddenly the same people who cheered every investigation, subpoena, and prosecution are screaming political persecution.

Interesting.

When Trump was the target, we were told to trust the process.

When Newsom is the subject, we’re told the process itself is corrupt.

Either the law applies equally to everyone or it doesn’t.

Principles that only exist when your opponents are under scrutiny aren’t principles at all.

They’re partisan loyalty dressed up as moral outrage.

#AStoneGroove #SilentMajoritySpeaks

[Mr. Star Spangled MAGA @4thOfJuly365]

Liberals screeching "pedo protector" at Trump voters while Democrats literally invented the term "Minor Attracted Person" (MAP) to rebrand child rapists as a protected identity group.

Your party turned grooming into academia and pride flags into rainbow shields for predators, you absolute clowns.

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@GovPritzker Hello?? Where were you in 2022, 2023, and 2024 when the Biden admin was trying to jail Trump?!!

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Gavin Newsom is doing the thing corrupt politicians always do when the spotlight finally turns back on them.

He's pretending the investigation is the scandal.

It's not.

The scandal is that this man has spent his entire public life inside the gap between power and accountability, and he STILL acts stunned when somebody decides to take a peek behind the curtain.

Gavin is a product of the California lobby machine, the one that trades names and makes sure their guys win.

His whole business career was bankrolled by the billionaire Getty family. But you'll never hear Gavin rage about Getty money. He saves that for Elon.

This is a man whose entire political career is a pattern: overreach, scandal, fines for "irregular" accounting. Over and over.

He had an affair with his own appointments secretary, who happened to be the wife of his campaign manager and best friend.

Btw; she got a $10,154 city payout. Supposedly no wrongdoing. Why are taxpayers paying for Gavin's adultery?

He believes he's above the law. That if it's for the "right reasons," the law is made to be broken. That's what every dictator tells himself.

2004, he issued marriage licenses against state law. Courts voided them.

French Laundry, November 2020. He's got the whole state locked in their homes. He went after Elon for keeping Tesla open, told him to comply or get out of California, played hard-ass enforcer on national TV.

Then he drove up to Napa and threw a $400 plate dinner for lobbyists. Like cmon dude, at least pretend to believe the stuff you say on TV.

(oh and btw, multiple businesses he owns got PPP relief during covid. just saying.)

Beyond that, I don't get how anyone thinks this man is a great governor, let alone honest.

Under his nose, $20B in unemployment fraud, $800M of it mailed to people in prison cells. Has spent $24B on homelessness yet no auditor or taxpayer can tell what happened with the money or if anything changed.

The high speed rail is a running joke, $33B to $100B. No one's buying innocent OR competent.

And then there's his wife.

Her nonprofit paid her $1.8M over the years and routed another $2.1M to her OWN production company.

Then the $20M state diaper program, run through a different nonprofit she co-founded, whose co-CEO sits on her board.

Why is his wife the only person suitable for all these deals? That's family dealing, plain and simple, and it's the exact thread federal investigators are pulling on right now. Her finances. Her taxes. Her nonprofits.

So let's add it up, Gavin.

Your best friend resigned over your affair. Your chief of staff just pleaded guilty to federal fraud. You've got two ethics fines in two years and the state's own enforcer calling it a "pattern of repeated violations." Your wife is pulling millions out of nonprofits and landing state contracts. $20B in fraud walked out the door. $24B on homelessness that vanished. A bullet train that's a national punchline.

And your pitch is that the only reason anyone's asking questions is that Trump doesn't like you? And to be clear, some of these investigations started under the Biden Administration.

Come on, dude.

This is the disease with these people. Decades inside the machine, public money in, private benefit out, no consequences, and the second anyone investigates they wrap themselves in democracy and scream persecution.

But Gavin Newsom thinks scrutiny happens BENEATH him.

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

Yes, please! @JDVance @VP

[Jonathan Turley @Real_Turley]

JD Vance should step in & replace John Thune as Presiding Officer.

It's his Constitutional right, as Vice President.

We could ram through the entire MAGA agenda before midterms, if we just got Thune out of the way.

Let's make it happen.

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@corinnec Before I had kids I wanted 3 or 4. After I had 2, I considered stopping at 2. After I had 3 I wanted a dozen. (Ended up with 8. ☺️)

[Adam Housley @adamhousley]

Minor detail. They’ve been under federal
Investigation since the Biden admin. This isn’t new.

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@crunchyrugger I’m personally tired of seeing dignitaries in formal clothes using porta-potties on the White House lawn.

[🇺🇸Rusty Cannon @Rustycanno3010]

I think Michelle Obama should apologize for saying she was never proud to be an American.

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@mirandadevine Or some rich friend bought a huge number of the books. 🤣

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@SethAbramson I think Nate will survive without you.

[Hillbilly HODL @Shawan4Freedom]

Someone who founded PayPal, built a car company and sends rockets into space becoming a trillionaire isn’t weird. Public servants making $174k becoming millionaires is.
Change my mind.

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@MarcoFoster_ The members of our military are not rich and powerful people and they were mostly the ones in attendance. Btw - aren’t you rich?

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@emilymiller Probably the heat and the rain. Our pool always used to do this too. They’re working on it!

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 UPDATE: All 8 crewmembers are dead after a nuclear-capable B-52 Stratofortress went down at Edwards Air Force Base in California

An absolute tragedy

Say a prayer for their families tonight 🙏🏻

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

TWC made it sound like the Ten Plagues were coming! What little credibility they had blew away yesterday. 🤣

[The Weather Channel @weatherchannel]

UFC Freedom 250 is facing a chaotic weather setup on the White House South Lawn, with a 60% chance of thunderstorms, heavy downpours, and wind gusts up to 34 mph threatening to delay the outdoor fights. On top of the storm risk, brutal D.C. humidity is driving a triple-digit heat index alongside massive swarms of mosquitos and gnats that fighters will have to battle inside the cage. While the venue’s massive 92-foot overhang will keep the octagon dry, a single lightning strike within eight miles will trigger an automatic 30-minute freeze on the entire event.

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@jackunheard He didn’t say anything negative about her, did he? I thought it was cool for women to be men and men to be women? Or wait - we can’t even define man or woman now, can we? This will be an interesting court case. 🍿

[The Nasty Italian🍷🇺🇸 🇮🇹 @sayitnspinit]

Not sure what Democrats are so upset about with Michelle Obama being called a man when they have no idea what a woman is. 🥴

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@RPinthehousenow Oh, you mean the 80-year old guy who put in a 20 hour day, then casually hopped on a flight to France at 3am? I dare you to keep up with him. 😆

[Amy Steen @_amy_payne]

@Iluminator_cz But it was Biden who had bare breasts on the WH lawn.