Article I Section 8 of the Constitution makes clear that Congress, and ONLY Congress, has the power to declare war.
Trump decided to go to war with Iran exclusively on his own, and we are all paying the price.
Todd Blanche is unfit to be Attorney General – plain and simple.
He has shown he is more interested in being Trump’s personal lawyer than serving the American people.
This should be on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Trump’s DOJ just shut down a federal investigation into a coal company owned by Sen. Jim Justice, one of his closest allies, after it racked up tens of thousands of alleged violations for dumping dangerous chemicals into our waterways. A veteran federal prosecutor with 24 years on the job said he had never seen anything like it.
The man who killed the case was Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal defense lawyer and current Acting Attorney General. This is the same guy who just gave Trump, his family, and his companies permanent immunity from IRS audits. Now Trump wants the Senate to make Blanche’s appointment permanent too.
Equal justice under law was never supposed to come with exceptions for the President’s friends.
The pattern isn’t subtle: protect Trump’s friends, prosecute his critics, and get rewarded with more power. That is corruption, plain and simple. Todd Blanche must not be confirmed.
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The Foreign Emoluments Clause (art. I, § 9, cl. 8): No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under the United States, shall, without the Consent of the
Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind.
Is Jared Kushner ever going to file a financial disclosure and resolve his conflicts of interest?
He cannot get away with taking billions from foreign countries while steering our country's foreign policy.
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How long are we going to let the right act all outraged about Eric Swalwell, while ignoring how their leader is an adjudicated rapist, credibly accused by DOZENS, and who bragged about sexual assault?
He's the same guy with a million mentions in the Epstein files.
We’re more than one month in to the president’s war of choice with Iran, and instead of presenting a clear plan of action to the American people, Trump spent Easter spewing swears and threatening war crimes.
No president in modern history has used the office to enrich himself the way Donald Trump has. That's not a political opinion. It’s the conclusion of ethics watchdogs who have spent their careers watching this stuff.
The crypto ventures. The foreign deals with the Saudis, the Qataris, the Emiratis. The $400 million Qatari jet. The $90 million in media settlements. The gold golf balls from the Japanese.
This is the man who told you he was going to clean up Washington.
For this President, the presidency isn’t about protecting our democracy or the public trust. It’s about turning the highest office in the land into a personal cash register, and he’s been doing it from day one.
Trump’s profane Easter diatribe was an embarrassment to our nation and to the troops he is charged with leading.
Is there one Republican Senator who will call this indecent display out?
The @POTUS says he ripped up the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement "without much thought."
That much is true.
Under that agreement, Iran surrendered 97% of its enriched uranium, retaining a small amount of low-enriched material; D/Ced 13k advanced centerfuges and a heavy-water reactor; and submitted to intrusive inspections.
They're program was enfeebled and frozen.
When Trump ripped up the agreement, they resumed enriching uranium to much closer to weapon grade.
Maybe a little forethought would have been a good thing???
The craziest thing about Trump’s unhinged Easter post is that his name is all the fuck over the Epstein files including allegations that he raped and punched a 13 year old girl.