Scampbell

“Donald Trump’s character is clear...the election is not about who Donald Trump is. The question is about who we are." ~𝘙𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯

DMs will get you blocked.

[Scampbell @AccountableRep]

Who's in charge here?

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Netanyahu says it was his plan to merge the U.S. and Israeli militaries together as one.

99% of Congress has remained silent.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Yesterday, the IDF seized 4 students from their homes in the West Bank, including 20-year-old American, Sama Safi.

The Israeli govt didn’t tell her family or the U.S. Embassy where or why she was being taken & is holding her without charges.

America must secure her release NOW.

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

"Tomé mi lanzacohetes y ordené a los soldados bombardear un edificio donde vivía una familia palestina, les ordené que los quemaran a todos vivos. Cuando los bombardeamos, miré a mi amigo y le dije que era muy divertido oírles gritar mientras se quemaban vivos".

Yarden Megira, soldado sionista, criminal de guerra y psicópata profesional, confiesa que quemó viva a una familia palestina y luego se quedó a escuchar como gritaban de dolor mientras ardían.

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin admits on the record that the United States government has been keeping a database of all American citizens.

The government can see almost everything about your health, finances, and movements.

When asked, he said, “That’s already out there,” and implied that this is nothing new.

[Scampbell @AccountableRep]

Apparently not a joke, just another reason for disgust.

[theleahfiles @leahfiles]

Is this a joke?

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

From 1966 to 2025 we dropped sterile flies over South America that ate screwworm and thus prevented them from spreading, but the le epic efficient cracked coders at DOGE thought this was a silly waste of the ~0 dollars it cost us.

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

Yesterday Donald Trump tripled the size of his personal political army inside the government. Illegally. And almost no one noticed.

Here's what happened:

He signed an order converting ~8,000 of the most senior career officials in government into employees he can fire for any reason, or no reason at all.

These aren't rando's. They're the directors, chiefs of staff, and the people who write the rules or decide who gets federal money, i.e. the lieutenants right below his political appointees.

Until yesterday, they answered to the law. Now they answer to him.

A president normally gets ~4,000 political appointees. People he can bring into government and fire at will. I was one of them at DHS. You serve at his pleasure, full stop -- so if you're gonna speak truth to power, you're prepared to quit (or get fired if he doesn't like it).

The rest of the federal government is PROTECTED from firing if they tell the truth.

But Trump just stripped those protections. Adding 8,000 more people to his personal army. Overnight. Without asking Congress.

With the stroke of a pen, those people now serve at the pleasure of the president. They're "his" people, whether they like it or not.

And the chilling effect is real. An official who can be fired this afternoon for "subversion of presidential directives" (the order's own words) doesn't need to be hand-picked to know what's expected of him or her.

The threat does all the work.

By the way, this order is illegal. The law only lets Trump reclassify jobs when "necessary" in exceptional circumstances. And this blows an 8,000-person hole in the merit hiring / firing system created by Congress.

Without permission, Trump has created a whole new category of stormtroopers inside the Executive Branch.

If this doesn't get challenged in court, you're going to see the U.S. government become a very different place.

Here's the full story: https://t.co/mJzrvzhxGR

[KTLA @KTLA]

Americans who receive Social Security checks could see benefit checks cut by $500 a month on average if the program is allowed to hit its projected "go-broke" date in late 2032, according to a new analysis.
https://t.co/5OI1M2TGxa

[Scampbell @AccountableRep]

I heard St. Petersburg is a little hot these days.🎯🏹💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Trump's "ballroom commissioner" Rodney Cook seated next to Steven Seagal at Putin's propaganda event in St Petersburg.

[Scampbell @AccountableRep]

Whichever staffer created this for Trump to post was having a little sly fun with him. Nice job, staffer!

Celebrate PRIDE with Donny!🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍🌈🌈🏳️‍🌈

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Trump celebrates pride month 🌈

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The Trump administration has been telling you they had screwworm under control for months. Now, it's here.

What happened? Trump and DOGE slashed funding for screwworm monitoring programs.

And the entire GOP let them. Thank them for today's new hell they unleashed on you.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the invasion of Ukraine has been a strategic disaster for Russia.

"They are not going to achieve the objectives they set out on day one for certain, and they may not even be able to militarily ever achieve the objectives they're demanding now in negotiations."

Rubio added that Russia is losing 5,000 killed per month, noting it is one of the first conflicts in which the death rate is higher than the wounded rate on the Russian side.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

The fuel crisis in Russia is expanding - restrictions are now in place in at least 14 regions.

After reports of fuel shortages in occupied Crimea, similar problems have started appearing across Russian regions.

In the Kursk, Belgorod, and Pskov regions, some gas stations are limiting sales to no more than 20 liters of gasoline per customer. Similar restrictions have also been reported at certain stations in Moscow, the Moscow region, and St. Petersburg.

In Krasnoyarsk and the Tomsk region, drivers are being refused fuel sales in jerry cans. In Karelia, authorities blame the restrictions on the holiday season, while residents in the Murmansk region are also reporting difficulties refueling their vehicles.

Drivers in the Voronezh region complain about gasoline shortages at some gas stations, while in the Novgorod region there are reports of a 20-liter limit per vehicle.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Today is the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. For Ukrainians, this is a painful reality that has become part of everyday life.

Since 2022 alone, Russia has killed 707 Ukrainian children, injured 2,548, and left 2,318 missing. The youngest victim was just two days old - born and killed in a maternity hospital.

These figures may be far higher, as the full truth about what has happened in the temporarily occupied territories remains unknown. In addition, at least 20,470 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia or forcibly displaced.

Eternal memory to all the children whose lives have been taken by Russia's aggression...

[Scampbell @AccountableRep]

@RepJackKimble I think Chuck Grassley should break it to Vanilla Ice that Freedom 250 is probably a no-go.

[Scampbell @AccountableRep]

@LailaAlarian What percentage of Israelis support this genocide? Is it mostly the RW government or is it the general population as well? We never hear from legitimate sources on the ground in Israel.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Wild that there isn’t more coverage of this protest of jared and Ivanka’s luxury resort deal in Albania

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

“Maybe I’ll bring the belt and stand outside the gate to let them know what we think about Trump & Israel.”

Middleweight champ @SStricklandMMA says he was banned from Trump’s UFC event for criticizing 🇮🇱

@ThugnastyMMA: “When you can’t criticize a foreign nation? Come on, man.”

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH — @kaitlancollins: “Just to clarify, is the ($1.776 BILLION Seditionist Slush Fund) dead or on hold?”

TRUMP: “Uhhhhhhh…”🤔🤷🏼

[Scampbell @AccountableRep]

We want a death certificate on this slush fund.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

🔔 From @JuddLegum: “No, Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund isn't 'dead' — Without a written reversal, Blanche could simply say that the DOJ’s position has changed and the fund will move forward.”

https://t.co/EkS7e0c74b