James Bender

Indolent member of the leisure class

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This deserves much more attention.

Hungary’s incoming PM just admitted on the record that Viktor Orbán used Hungarian government funds to finance CPAC.

His exact words: “I believe the state should never have financed them in the first place, it was a crime.”

He is opening a criminal probe in Hungary.

This demands a parallel investigation here.

Federal law bars any foreign national, including a foreign government, from directly or indirectly giving money or anything of value in connection with a U.S. election.

It also bars any American from soliciting or accepting it.

CPAC is the flagship networking event for Republican candidates, members of Congress, and the conservative political operation. Money flowing from a foreign government into that ecosystem is exactly what the statute was written to stop.

We need answers.

How much did Orbán’s government send? Who received it? What was it spent on? Did any of it underwrite electioneering, candidate travel, or political messaging in the United States?

Congress should demand records. The FEC and DOJ should open formal investigations. CPAC should disclose every dollar received from any Hungarian government entity or state-linked institution.

Foreign governments do not get to buy influence in American elections.

Not from the left.

Not from the right.

Not ever.

https://t.co/grvXA2GwWY

[Natural Resources Democrats @NRDems]

🚨Republicans just voted 50-49 to hand the Boundary Waters to a foreign mining company that will pollute its headwaters & ship every last mineral to China.

Now it goes to Trump's desk, who has financial ties to the billionaire behind the deal. They're not even pretending anymore.

[Nick Offerman @Nick_Offerman]

•The U.S. Senate may hold a floor vote TODAY which would overturn a 20-year moratorium on sulfide-ore copper mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest land in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness in northern Minnesota. The Boundary Waters is the most visited Wilderness in the United States. 

🛶 Enjoying the Minnesotan/Canadian wilderness by canoe or other lesser watercraft is one of our nations greatest available pastimes, and one I have personally enjoyed my entire life. We must protect these public lands from the rapacious capitalists threatening to turn them into a poisoned wasteland.

•This vote in Congress would open the door to copper mining at the headwaters of this entire ecosystem. This kind of mining produces toxic pollution, including acid runoff and heavy metals, that can contaminate nearby waters.

•The Boundary Waters supports a major outdoor economy that sustains thousands of jobs and generates over a billion dollars a year - built on clean water and intact public lands. But this vote would clear the way for toxic mining that puts all of that at risk. It would also set a dangerous precedent, making it easier to roll back protections for public lands across the country, including wilderness areas, national monuments, and national parks. 

•This is a defining moment. If you care about clean water, public lands, and protecting places we can’t replace, now is the time to speak up.
•Protect the Boundary Waters, and vote NO on House Joint Resolution 140. Let’s save this treasured place for all of us—forever. https://t.co/JhNAR6Za2O

[Jeremy Horpedahl 🥚📉 @jmhorp]

15% of the population of Ireland entered the US between 1851 and 1860

9% of the population of Norway entered the US in the 1880s

6% of the population of Italy entered the US from about 1900-1910

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Republicans are calling for the firing of 60 Minutes journalist Sharon Alfonsi, who called out CBS News chief Bari Weiss for cancelling her segment on Trump’s inhumane deportations.

RETWEET if you stand with Alfonsi against the GOP!

[Michael M. Grynbaum @grynbaum]

Here is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues in full:

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: 60 Minutes correspondent Sharon Alfonsi slams CBS News chief Bari Weiss for cancelling her segment on Trump’s inhumane deportations, calling it “not an editorial decision, it was a political one.”

RETWEET to thank Alfonsi for speaking truth to power!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Five months ago, Rep. Melissa Hortman was murdered by a right-wing extremist.

RETWEET to honor her life 💙

[IndustrialSaltshaker @BulkPepper]

@allenanalysis

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

It is now illegal to be anti-Trump. - per Dicktator Donnie.

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.

Would be a shame if it went viral.

[FLGirl05B 🌊 @FLGirl05B]

@cspan @mcuban I owe my ability to be able to have my MS meds to you, so THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Using my Medicare advantage plan it was almost $400/month. I couldn’t afford it on disability. With Cost Plus it is $28.40 plus $5 shipping for THREE months! It cut my hospital stays in half! 2v4/year

[Pat Ryan 🇺🇸 @PatRyanUC]

Trump pardoned over 1500 January 6th insurrections his FIRST DAY in office. 

One of them, my constituent, is now back in custody for threatening to assassinate a Member of Congress. 

Trump DOES NOT want this story getting attention. 

So let's make sure EVERY AMERICAN sees it.

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

Can we set something straight? Trump and Pompeo negotiated the Afghanistan withdrawal

[Bruce Levine, Ph.D. 🇺🇦🥼🔬🧬🧪💉 @BLLPHD]

No vaccine was tested more extensively than the RNA vaccines, and no vaccine was given to more people than the mRNA vaccines, and they were found to be incredibly safe, safer than any other vaccine platform and effective. They saved 20 million lives, and they stopped a pandemic that was shutting down the world.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET to demand that @Disney CEO Bog Iger reinstate Jimmy Kimmel!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Jimmy Kimmel!

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Not a big fan of Jimmy Kimmel, but if you think his show should be canceled for this, you’re a hack and a total fraud who should never pretend to care about free speech

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone was tased on January 6th until he went into cardiac arrest and his heart stopped. Donald Trump pardoned his assaulters and called them “patriots.”

RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone against Trump and the GOP!

[FAITH 🌊🥷 @JeSuis_Faith]

This is Melissa Hortman, on June 14, 2025 she & her husband John were murdered in a politically motived attack. She stood for environment rights, abortion rights & sensible gun control policies.

No lowered flags!

Can we take a moment to remember her good works.
Please RT.