Maim

Brain Enthusiast: Everyone should have one and be well trained in its use.

[Maim @ANauert]

@jameelajamil

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Trump said we'd grow "like nobody's ever grown before."

Bessent promised 3% growth by the end of 2026.

Instead, growth decelerated from 2.8% under Biden to 1.8% thus far this year.

My @nytopinion Chart:

[CSPAN @cspan]

Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) is asked at #SCSen debate about Taiwan and the South China Sea: "I’m just going to be honest here; I’m not that informed on national security, so — but I do support the military. My brother was in the Air Force for 33 years...I'm not a polished politician up here. National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise, but I do support the military."

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) then responds.

Full video here: https://t.co/L7IMKjibbo

[Maim @ANauert]

@JohnCornyn @SenJudiciaryGOP @DAGToddBlanche @SenThomTillis @TheJusticeDept You never fail to disappoint. Glad you're done. You are a feckless enabler and I sincerely hope you are capable of experiencing shame.

[Maim @ANauert]

@MaxMillerOH Resign loser

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

HE STARTED THE WAR, you stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid motherfucker.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Canadian Lauren Chen and her husband, who were recently allowed back into the United States by the Trump Administration after fleeing to Canada following their involvement in a Russian-backed intelligence operation which provided millions of dollars to Chen in order to spread Russian propaganda to American Conservatives via her now-defunct Tenet Media, was invited to today’s event celebrating Easter at the White House.

[Maim @ANauert]

@SquawkCNBC @JoeSquawk
Kernen and Santoli are off their rockers and should be off the air. Their segments are disorganized and batshit. If the goal is the smartest people and best content their old out of touch Trump apologist rhetoric is missing the mark and degrading the show.

[Maim @ANauert]

@SquawkCNBC thank you for reminding me how idiotic and nauseating Eric Cantor is. I had forgotten. What a tool.

[Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real]

A thought to consider

[David Frum @davidfrum]

So this seems an obvious act of law-breaking by the DoJ to protect the president

[PBS News @NewsHour]

A new NPR investigation reveals the Justice Department withheld portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files that contain allegations involving President Trump.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said the DOJ's withholding of information could amount to a crime.

For more, @GeoffRBennett speaks to @jkbjournalist, whose reporting helped expose much of the Epstein network.

[Maim @ANauert]

@PressSec Hateful nervous liar. Terrible job.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

What lying fucks they all are.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

In footage from the immediate aftermath of the shooting today in Minneapolis of 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) can be seen searching for a gun, with one clearly stating, “Where’s the gun?” The agent in grey who was seen removing the gun from the waistband of Pretti before the shooting then says that he has it. More evidence suggesting that Pretti was unarmed when shot by agents in Minneapolis.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

New footage shows the moments before Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen and ICU nurse, was killed by Trump goons.

He intervened to help a woman. An agent assaulted him, pepper-sprayed him, removed his legally owned gun, and then shot and killed him.

Justice for Alex Pretti

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

These two men stopped by ICE in North Carolina were U.S. citizens. When agents realized they were recording the encounter, they tried to stop the filming and then violently escalated the stop. Civil rights advocates say the stop is unconstitutional, violating the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'

[PredictionMarketTrader @PredMTrader]

Today's White House Press Briefing had a 98% chance of running over 65 minutes - until Karoline Leavitt abruptly ended it with seconds to spare.

Traders on the NO side made 50x in seconds.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

John Miller: If you're confronted by a moving vehicle that could be a threat to you, get out of the way. I'm reading to you from DHS policy; 'DHS law enforcement officers are prohibited from discharging firearms at the operator of a moving vehicle or other conveyance.'

[Jenin Younes @JeninYounesEsq]

I'm a former defense attorney and currently a civil liberties attorney with no political dog in this fight. I watched the video at least 10 times from different angles and at different speeds and waited to offer an opinion, which I still reserve the right to change if additional information changes the calculus.

It is very clear that the officers instigated the confrontation. The woman initially tried to wave them past her.

ICE officers have no authority to search a US citizen or arrest her (unless there's probable cause to believe she's harboring undocumented individuals, not a contention here). A woman surrounded by masked, armed men who have no law enforcement authority over her has every right to try to escape. Video shows her steering wheel is turned to the right, clearly an attempt to leave WITHOUT hitting anyone and steer clear of the officer standing towards the front of her car. That officer had time to step to the side, which is where he was when he shot her.

Even a real police officer would not have the right to shoot at her for trying to flee. This is well-established in the case law; deadly force may not be used simply to prevent someone from getting away. Given that the ICE officers had no law enforcement authority to begin with, AND the video footage shows she was trying to escape a perceived threat, not to kill anyone, the crime is all the more inexcusable.

I'm praying for the victim's family, especially her children. I'm also praying for all the conservatives who are so unprincipled and lost they're excusing this terrible crime, and gloating over a death that will leave three young children motherless, because of the victim's politics.