brimcmike

#CancerRehab Physician: Rehab (PM&R) & Palliative (HPM) boarded. Formerly Teacher, Health Educator, ARNG/AR Armor Officer & USMC K9 Handler. Opinions Are My Own

[Acyn @Acyn]

Mockler: Trump is the most corrupt president in American history. He leveraged the hype of his inauguration to announce a cryptocurrency named Trump coin. But that wasn't enough because then he announced Melania coin. But that wasn't enough, because then he created this pardon economy where people can pay into his campaigns or his family and they get directly pardoned.

[Mark Warner @MarkWarner]

Trump appointed Bill Pulte – who doesn’t even have a security clearance – to serve as Acting DNI.

Then he told him to “declassify whatever you want.”

Time and time again, this administration shows a reckless disregard for our national security.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

A vote for Susan Collins is likely a vote for at least 2 more Brett Kavanaughs

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

🇸🇪 Sweden has taken another historic step in its support for Ukraine.

Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced that Sweden is now the third-largest European supporter of Ukraine. This year alone, Stockholm will provide an additional $4 billion in military assistance, while its total contribution to the PURL program has surpassed $500 million, helping strengthen Ukraine’s air defense capabilities.

Sweden and Ukraine have also signed a landmark agreement covering 16 Gripen E fighter jets, complete with training, technical support, and maintenance. In addition, under previous agreements, the first 16 Gripen C/D aircraft are expected to be delivered to Ukraine in early 2027, while the newly procured Gripen E fighters are expected to arrive once production is completed.

Ukrainian pilots and technical crews are already training in Sweden as both countries deepen their defense partnership and strengthen Ukraine’s ability to protect its skies. 🇺🇦

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

New Details of Trump's Alleged Rape of a 13-Year-Old

A family member has come forward to share new details about the alleged victim. And what those details reveal is chilling: a woman still living in fear, still scarred from the day Jeffrey Epstein allegedly delivered her as a 13-year-old girl to Donald Trump, who then tried to force her to perform oral sex — only for her to bite back in terror before he struck her.

This isn't ancient history or "unproven hearsay." It's fresh corroboration, pulled from Epstein files, of a pattern that has defined Trump for decades: treating women and girls as his personal property.

The Access Hollywood tape where he bragged about sexual assault. The court finding him liable for sexual abuse. The swarm of accusers. The known friendship with Epstein. And now this — a child victim, introduced by one monster to another, violated in a "tall building with huge rooms," and left carrying that trauma for life.

Trump isn't just "flawed." He is a pedophile and sexual predator whose behavior with minors has been credibly alleged multiple times, protected by power, money, threats, and a cult of denial.

America has watched him evade real accountability for far too long while victims hide in fear. The family member's words cut through the noise: this isn’t politics — it's a predator's legacy finally resurfacing with new witnesses and new horror.

We need the country to finally say enough. No more predators in the Oval Office. No more excuses. This man should be radioactive to any decent voter. The sickness isn't in talking about it — the sickness is in pretending it doesn’t matter. It does. And history will judge every person who looked away.

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Remember that The FBI did such a great job on the Epstein case that he was able to sexually abuse hundreds of victims over two decades.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

Of course, Trump and Hegseth canceled a tradition of honoring our fallen women at Arlington Cemetery. 🤬

[Craig Unger @craigunger]

And Cobb was Trump’s lawyer.

[Covie @covie_93]

This man is walking around with a sign saying 'Black parents are failures' while literally wearing an ankle monitor.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING NYT:

John Brennan's lawyers are asking a judge to force Trump and top DOJ officials to preserve records and comms related to the inquiries into Brennan — saying that, if prosecutors bring charges, they intend to fight them by claiming vindictive retribution. https://t.co/vIfTcP7HYz

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: In the latest blow to President Donald Trump’s anti-voting agenda, a federal court on Wednesday granted the NAACP’s request to halt the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) implementation of his executive order against mail voting. https://t.co/xKdX7AXr1K

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Birthright citizenship is more than a law...it is a promise that if you are born here, you belong here.

On the eve of America's 250th birthday, may we always keep this promise: "We The People" means all of us.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Russia's deepening fuel crisis has hit Kaliningrad, a region totally reliant on imports.

Reserves likely now gone, joining the party.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

JD Vance: I would love it if Democrats were willing to work with us on lowering housing prices. We could have some real bipartisan compromise.

(Trump is currently refusing to sign the bipartisan housing affordability bill)

[Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @CongressmanRaja]

Billionaire Leon Black refused to answer key questions about his financial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein during a voluntary interview, so the Oversight Committee subpoenaed him to testify under oath. We will keep following the money until survivors get the transparency, answers, and accountability they deserve.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Pocan: "I know you're a Christian nationalist by declaration."

Vought: "This is the second year in a row that you've used that slander."

Pocan: "You think calling someone a Christian nationalist is a slander? You wrote an article called 'Is There Anything Actually Wrong With Christian Nationalism?' And now you're saying it's a slander?"

[Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin]

It is already illegal and incredibly uncommon for noncitizens to vote in our elections, so why are Republicans still pushing the SAVE America Act?

Because they have a historically unpopular president, and the only way they think they can win is by suppressing the vote.

[Malcolm Nance @MalcolmNance]

This is an absolutely insane idea!.

Trump wants to create an opportunity for some traitor to sell the real names of America’s spies ALL AT ONCE?

Fucking stupid and suspicious all in one.

Incompetence like this looks just like treason.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

A Russian explains why Ukraine must win:

"I want Ukraine to win because only its victory can help Russia get rid of the disease it suffers from - its current government. Losing this senseless war could finally bring it down.

I want my country to prosper. But it never will with these f*ckers in power."

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

TEXAS – candidate @bobbypulido425: “Sister ‘Letty’, a nurse & a nun in the Rio Grande Valley for 10 years, was on her way to mass in her habit when ICE detained her even though she's in the country legally… This should not be happening."