Andy Schank

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Do you think the withdrawal from Afghanistan was damaging to the US? I do, and so do most people…. Trump negotiated that. But that damage doesn’t hold a candle to the damage that this war, and subsequent “deal” will do. Both negotiated by Trump, both awful, here’s why:

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

HUGE NEWS: A Trump-appointed lawyer resigned rather than approve Trump's $1.7B "Anti-Weaponization Fund" set up to pay J6ers. When will Republicans stand up and speak out against this blatant corruption? Watch this full story and more breaking news at https://t.co/pGduPk1Kfv

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

There is no way the republicans would be anything less that outraged if Obama had taken almost $2 billion of taxpayer dollars and given it to people he pardoned for trying to steal an election. Every republican in congress who doesn’t speak up and prevent this is complicit

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

There were 600,000 deposits at $100/each on Trump T1 Phones totaling $60 million.

Zero have been delivered.

And @TrumpMobile just updated their terms to say the deposit is: conditional opportunity IF TRUMP DECIDES TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DEVICE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

"Life expectancy has doubled since 1900, so clearly modern food is working."

Yes. Brilliant point. Absolutely watertight.

Tell me, when you picture a Victorian dying at thirty-eight, what do you think killed him?

Was it the butter on his bread?

Was it the lard in the pan?

Was it the grass-fed mutton? The eggs from the yard? The unpasteurised milk straight from the cow he could see from the kitchen window?

Or was it cholera, tuberculosis, dysentery, smallpox, sepsis from a splinter, childbirth in a room with no soap, a boiler explosion, a coal mine, a war, a workhouse, and the entirely reasonable medical practice of being bled by a man with a leech?

We did not extend life expectancy by replacing his lard with sunflower oil.

We extended it by inventing the toilet, the antibiotic, and the idea that surgeons might wash their hands occasionally.

The margarine is doing nothing. The margarine is, if anything, slightly working against the project.

The plumbing did the heavy lifting. Give the plumber a statue.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Price Increases Since Trump Took Office:

Fuel Oil: +44.2%
Orange Juice: +25%
Gasoline (all types): +18.9%
Coffee: 18.7%
Ground Beef: +17%
Airline Fares: +14.9%
Tobacco & Smoking Products: +7.4%
Natural Gas (piped): +6.4%
Hospital Services: +6.4%
Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair: +6.1%
Nonalcoholic Beverages: +4.7%
Electricity: +4.6%
Full Service Meals: +4.3%
Fruits & Vegetables: +4.0%
Household Furnishings & Operations: +4.0%
Restaurants (Food Away From Home): +3.8%
Apparel: +3.4%
Medical Care: +3.1%
Rent/Housing (Shelter): +3.0%

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

I’m old enough to remember when Fox News threw tantrums and Republicans called for endless hearings when Joe Biden received a $40,000 loan repayment check from his brother.

Trump has made over $4 billion from various grifts and shady deals, from just his second term.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

More Ukrainian sanctions are coming, so Putin will keep trying to get Trump to intervene.

[Lauren @cabsav456]

This is categorically false. Not merely a stretch, but a straight-up lie.

Congress (not Biden alone) appropriated roughly $188 billion total for Ukraine-related support from 2022–2024. NOT $350 billion.

Of that, the bulk (~$110–130B in security/military categories) stayed right here in the U.S., paying American defense contractors & replenishing our own stockpiles.

Actual direct financial ("cash") support to Ukraine was roughly $31–38B. Those funds were tracked by the World Bank and were audited by firms like KPMG & Deloitte. We were not writing blank checks.

It's extremely frustrating to watch this President demonize an ally while downplaying Putin as the aggressor. This administration has ended new U.S. financial/military support for Ukraine (they can buy via the EU if needed). Combined with eased sanctions on Russia and the President's moral ambiguity on the war, it is just a complete betrayal that I will never, ever understand.

Polls show that the vast majority of Americans are very much clear eyed about this — we support Ukraine and we sympathize with Ukraine. Our President does not reflect that majority view.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Here is 2 minutes of Donald Trump on the 2024 campaign trail pledging to lower your energy and electric bills by 50% within 12 months of taking office.

Can we get an update on this from MAGA?

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

Ben Sasse is so refreshing because he's a committed, credible conservative who challenges Congress to make the tough decisions rather than cowardly punting policy to the White House, sitting on social media, and owning the libs.

He's also a deeply committed Christian who promotes community, love, tolerance, and humility rather going on hateful, unhinged rants against immigrants, LGBTs, foreigners, and liberals.

That's the GOP I once belonged to, and the church I once respected, before both were overtaken by angry, hateful fanatics. It's nice to see that such frameworks are still possible. Ben has always been such a great guy, I hope he can keep progressing against this cancer. ❤️

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

The PBS NewsHour has documented the Trump family's unprecedented conflicts of interest. Jared Kushner, a 'volunteer' with no official position, has $6 billion in assets from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar-the same governments he is negotiating with on Middle East peace. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have invested in drone companies that are now competing for Pentagon contracts in the war their father started.

Forbes estimated that Eric and Don Jr., they were worth about $40, $50 million each before the 2024 election. About a year later, Eric at $400 million and Donald Trump Jr. at about $300 million.

They're using war and diplomacy to enrich themselves

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Market Manipulation Friday is as American as Apple Pie.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

JUST IN: Two days after saying the U.S. would NOT renew sanctions waivers on Russian or Iranian oil, Bessent’s Treasury quietly extended a license allowing Russian oil transactions for another month.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Just 20 minutes before Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was open, massive trades hit the market.

Investors sold a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, ​a $760 million bet that oil would go down.

These orders were much larger than anything else at the time.

The traders made huge gains.

Unusual.

[Andy Schank @akschank1]

@DrewFranklinKSR Murray State University! Go RACERS!

[Andy Schank @akschank1]

@RedsDaily4 I get the 3/3 thing, but good teams take advantage when they win series they may not necessarily be favored to by winning the ones they are suppose to. Not the Reds. Doing this leads to hoping for wildcard spot, not playing for the division.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

RUSSIA: Providing Iran intel and drones to attack US assets and kill Americans.

TRUMP RESPONSE:

1- Lift oil sanctions to bailout Putin with $150 million per day

2- Allow Russian tanker to sell fuel to Cuba

3- Remove sanctions on 3 Russian ships tied to sanctioned Banks

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Senate GOP blocked STANDALONE TSA funding bills NINE TIMES since DHS shutdown began.

GOP needs Dem Votes to pass anything. It’s responsibility of majority party to compromise & govern.

Only Congress can solve this.

Trump doesn’t have the power regardless of what he says.

[Andy Schank @akschank1]

@LanceMcAlister Same old BS from the Reds.