Mary QC

Fmr Republican now Independent.

[Mary QC @ContraryMeri]

This thread is about the last living Nuremberg prosecutor @BenFerencz
We're blessed to have had him here on earth. What a man. (It's a tough thread, but inspirational). Thank you Mr Ferencz 🙏🏻 you restore my faith in people overcoming evil.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

The most patriotic thing Americans can do to celebrate the anniversary of this country’s founding is to keep fighting for a stronger democracy—one that will survive another 250 years for generations yet unborn. https://t.co/74K3bvyffQ

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

The crypto industry has spent $186 million to influence this year's midterms.

That amounts to over one third of all corporate money contributed to elections in November.
https://t.co/tP2ZJ04lbF

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Heading into the Fourth of July feeling like there’s not much to celebrate?

Here’s one thing: courts keep blocking the Trump administration’s unconstitutional policies. https://t.co/1K7FFfmPo1

[Josh Barro @jbarro]

I feel bad for Kean and I’m glad he’s feeling better, but it’s not okay to disappear from elected office and not say why. Your constituents are entitled to form their own opinions about the appropriateness of your absence. When Fetterman went inpatient, he told people upfront.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

NEW: We filed FOIA requests with Trump's OMB and DOJ seeking records of communications with outside groups and activists who have pushed election conspiracy theories, as well as records concerning the federal government’s role in state and federal elections.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Eviction notices have been sent to farmers in northern Vietnam to make way for a $1.5 billion Trump Organization-branded luxury golf resort project.

Trump never divested from the Trump Org, so this project is one of his countless conflicts of interest. https://t.co/FdpTBl2yMc

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Congress should legislate to prevent the implementation of Trump's IRS settlement.

Congress must investigate whether the administration’s extraordinary grant of self-immunity violates existing law.

We've sent a letter.
https://t.co/lJzvRRsU3I

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

CREW sued to stop the Trump administration from using a massive database consolidating Americans' personal information for voter roll purges—and a federal judge just ruled in our favor.

Huge win!
https://t.co/3D1yOi0vxL

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Anyone else still outraged that President Trump managed to get immunity from IRS audits for himself, his family and his businesses?

And he did it by suing and settling with his own government.

It's so blatantly corrupt we don't even know where to begin...

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Let's not pretend this is normal: President Trump has visited the business properties he still owns and profits from on 37% of his days in office.
https://t.co/YSktXTIXAm

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Jan. 6 defendants are pursuing legal claims for millions in compensation from the Trump admin using the Federal Tort Claims Act, an obscure federal process with minimal oversight—offering the admin a way to pay them without the $1.8 billion slush fund.
https://t.co/ZyuYKpMHru

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Did you know Trump's IRS settlement also includes a deal to protect Trump, his family and his businesses from IRS audits?

Enough is enough. Congress must legislate to stop this unprecedented and self-serving arrangement from moving forward. https://t.co/lJzvRRsU3I

[Mary QC @ContraryMeri]

@Acyn Cowards. Their silence speaks volumes.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

The UFC announced that it's planning to pay bonuses to White House fighters in cryptocurrency issued by the Trump family's World Liberty Financial.

There's never been a line between Trump's business interests and his presidency—it's all blurred.

https://t.co/vanplSFjgr

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

This is outrageous: Donald Trump has 25 Trump-branded real estate projects that will be developed in foreign countries during his presidency.

Each poses a conflict of interest and opportunities for corruption. https://t.co/pVp7tw3pWa

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Congress must immediately legislate to fully bar implementation of Trump’s IRS settlement.

We've sent a letter with 17 other group calling for Congress to hold the line.
https://t.co/lJzvRRsU3I

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Todd Blanche is still Trump’s lawyer—the only thing that changed when he walked into the DOJ is that now the American people are paying for it.

We joined 29 other orgs in urging the Senate to oppose Blanche's confirmation.
https://t.co/1aPlEQeBsI

[Acyn @Acyn]

MacFarlane: A commercial airline pilot near Reagan National Airport earlier this week reported a safety concern—or safety incident—from a lighting display potentially connected to the UFC construction site on the White House South Lawn.

That’s according to reporting from Aaron Parnas and MeidasTouch Network. The pilot, speaking on the condition of anonymity, described the incident as being orders of magnitude brighter than the types of light-related safety incidents caused by laser pointers, which have been a menace to commercial airline pilots nationwide. The pilot said it was multiple times more powerful than the light distraction or disorientation that can be caused by a laser pointer.

The commercial airline pilot has submitted a report and complaint about the incident to the FAA and NASA, according to Parnas’ reporting. A request for comment from the FAA was not immediately returned, though the FAA’s press office tends to be a business-hours weekday operation, according to an outgoing message from the agency.

But this does raise questions about just how safe this very novel construction site is. We’ve never seen anything like the UFC structure that’s been constructed on the White House South Lawn. There have been questions about whether it could damage the White House grounds and whether it was lawful. There was a lawsuit that challenged it, but it failed earlier in the week.

This is the latest question or concern surrounding the White House UFC event, which—weather permitting, big asterisk, weather permitting—takes place Sunday night here in Washington.

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Back in March, we reported that an Indian conglomerate called Reliance Industries—owned by the richest person in Asia—paid Trump $10 million before he took office, and kept getting wins from the Trump admin this year. Well…the plot thickens 🧵

[Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew]

Trump has been in office 506 days.

He's visited his properties 258 times.

You do the math... https://t.co/l5UX623SS0