Brian Stucky

[Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter]

A remarkable Reuters investigation into Trump's pardon abuse.

"[U]nder Trump, clemency now is far more dependent upon access to his inner circle. That access, Reuters found, is enhanced when an applicant can craft a narrative that resonates with the president’s own sense of victimization..."

https://t.co/IY0PEwlYUA

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

Trump wants to create a national database of every registered voter in the country.

Then, he and the GOP want to decide who gets to stay on it.

“It’s a way of essentially taking over the voter registration process,” Marc Elias says, “or, more precisely, taking over the results.”

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran's FM Araghchi announces the US has now launched the $300 billion reconstruction plan, waived all oil & petrochemical exports, lifted the naval blockade and released some frozen Iranian assets, extracting all of these items shortly before the delegation walkout over Trump's assassination threat. All parties also agreed to a roadmap to reach a final deal in 60 days.

This roadmap won't start and Iran refuses to implement any commitments if Israel doesn't fully withdraw from southern Lebanon and all fighting stops, with Araghchi saying a newly established "Lebanon deconfliction cell" is "the first real test of the deal."

Israel has refused to comply with the Lebanon deconfliction cell, with Defense Minister Katz declaring Israel "will not withdraw from the security zone in Lebanon" and Ben-Gvir vowing "not a single inch" of withdrawal, directly violating the MOU's first clause and stalling the entire 60-day roadmap before it can begin.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Besides the fact that he didn’t vandalize anything, the 3-time Olympian is 67 years old and has been retired from competition for 24 years.

[Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem]

Mullin owes us proof. This is totally pathetic way to get attention. It is very unlikely the head of the Iranian soccer federation would try to "sneak" into the US. Mullin? @DHSgov? Can you give us more details?

[BigDaddy @strujillo075]

IF THERE'S NOTHING TO HIDE...Expressing an urgent need to "correct the record," lawmakers have asked a federal appeals court to overrule U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon and make Jack Smith's report on the Mar-a-Lago classified documents prosecution of President Donald Trump public.

[Jimmy Rushton @JimmySecUK]

Tulsi Gabbard was apparently even more insane than anyone realised, which is somewhat of an achievement.

A resounding slow clap for all her dimwitted boosters, with a particularly dishonourable mention for @MeghanMcCain.

[Michael Freeman @michaelpfreeman]

Congress cannot revoke pardons and does not have the power to indict.

Other than that, super tweet.

[Jesse Ferguson @JesseFFerguson]

The GOP/Trump went all-in with a conspiracy theory that medicine was dangerous and vaccines were bad.

It has results. For them.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Imagine being so far up Trump’s ass you believe any of this.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

My hot take: they raided Mar-a-Lago for pretty much the exact reasons laid out in the warrant application.

[P a u l ◉ @SkylineReport]

🚨 After two assassination attempts, Congress gave the Secret Service hundreds of millions of dollars to hire agents, improve training, and upgrade security.

The Trump administration just redirected $352 MILLION of it.

Not to agents.

Not to training.

Not to technology.

To a "White House security measures" account tied to Trump's East Wing expansion and ballroom project.

That's more than 10% of the Secret Service's budget.

Remember when Trump said the ballroom would be privately funded and wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime?

Congress funded protection.

OMB reprogrammed it.

The ballroom got bigger.

The Secret Service priorities Congress funded got pushed aside.

If a CEO took money budgeted for security upgrades and quietly spent it on an executive showpiece, shareholders would demand answers.

Taxpayers should too.

Congress approved that money to strengthen presidential security after two assassination attempts. If the administration believed a ballroom was the higher priority, it should have made that case openly instead of moving the money after the fact.

[Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws]

The official in charge of US diplomatic protocols is tweeting about vindicating Nixon on the night of the most embarrassing diplomatic event in modern US history.

The Trump Administration in a nutshell.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

The fact that you are dumb as a post is no excuse. The only ones needing IDs are Illinoisans who get a free day. Everyone else coming to the Obama Presidential Center needs no ID. And the IDs mentioned here are not acceptable under the SAVE Act. Delete your account.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨STUNNING: Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulle makes him the most unqualified Director of National Intelligence in HISTORY.

Pulte has ZERO national security experience and was chosen after targeting Letitia James and Adam Schiff.

The Senate MUST reject him.

[Dr Terry Simpson @drterrysimpson]

Fauci was a hero - he didn't kill millions, but he did save millions of lives. Highest paid? Hardly - he was a civil servant getting paid much less than had he gone into private practice. People like you who don't know science are a clear and present danger to society

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

🚨 RASKIN DEMANDS ANSWERS: Rep. Jamie Raskin just demanded Trump's medical records under oath, exposing the absurdity of his 22-doctor checkup. Read Raskin's full update: 👇 https://t.co/BzUFUWGLeR

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

U.S. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FALLS TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 1983 AFTER 285 MILLION BARREL DRAWDOWN

[Chris Gloninger, CCM, CBM @ChrisGloninger]

Nobody "peeled" anything. An industrial coating has to fully cure before it goes back underwater, and this one was rushed into a flooded pool to hit a deadline. Submerge a film before it bonds to the substrate and water works underneath until it delaminates and lifts on its own. That isn't sabotage, it's chemistry. They're now detaining people for touching material the job already failed to hold. Science.

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

One thing @USAttyPirro will have to do to prosecute these cases is prove there was damage -- that is, prove the value of the so-called fixes, and prove they were still in place when the alleged damage happened.

That's going to get hilarious quickly.