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[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Breaking MS NOW:

Kash Patel just fired a senior intel analyst who played a role in the FBI's 2017 assessment of the motives of the gunman who attacked a House Republican baseball practice — a report that drew the ire of the GOP. https://t.co/iq1etKy1hv

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

Stop pretending this is about cracking down on fraud when Trump literally let people who stole hundreds of millions in Medicare and Medicaid money walk free. One guy stole $1.3 billion and served 14 months of a 20-year sentence. When a reporter asked the DOJ about it, they refused to answer.

That’s the hypocrisy people are angry about. Republicans want to talk tough on fraud while protecting the biggest fraudsters when they’re politically connected. If fraud is wrong, then it should be wrong for everyone.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: The U.S. government agrees to drop tax claims against President Trump in a broadening of his IRS lawsuit settlement. https://t.co/bZZAh9Q1Bi

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Nothing to see here.

[Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman]

The Trump Slush Fund is even worse than expected: because he and @DAGToddBlanche know that this whole lawsuit was illegal, they withdrew the case so the judge can’t rule on its legality!

This is just mind-boggling corruption. And the “lawsuit” was all a ruse.

Trump and Blanche must be removed from office immediately.

https://t.co/9Y1Pu1eoKg

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

This is outright theft.

Trump is stealing $1.7 BILLION of your money to set up a totally unprecedented, first-in-American-history political slush fund that he can use to dole out cash to win loyalty and favors for him and his family.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

NYT confirms — with new details:

Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona.

One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying." https://t.co/wuBwyvxaXY

[Elizabeth Williamson @NYTLiz]

EXCLUSIVE: Last year Kash Patel and his gf flew on an FBI G5 to Philly to see George Strait & Chris Stapleton from a private stadium suite that costs up to $50,000. He won’t say who paid. https://t.co/ex82frRDy4 via @NYTimes

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

President Trump was months late in disclosing tens of millions of dollars in stock trading, according to his latest investment filings, pushing the legal limits of a financial practice Americans have largely opposed from their elected officials. https://t.co/od9pe0I1tt

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Shark Tank Billionaire Kevin O'leary says 2 people fighting data centers in Utah are Chinese agents. Turns out its just 2 local girls in Utah, they make a hilarious video calling him the fuck out

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

I asked Director Patel to pass on my thanks for FBI's work stopping a crook who scammed Medicare out of $205 million. He obliged.

Only problem? Trump pardoned that scammer.

So which is it? Should the FBI keep uncovering fraud, or should Trump keep pardoning these crooks?

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Trump is suing the IRS, which he oversees, for $10 billion.

Both sides want to settle to avoid going to court.

Aside from money, one of the settlement terms is to drop all audits of himself and his family.

He’s stealing $10B from taxpayers and covering up his tax crimes.

You get that, right?
https://t.co/88CDTiFWDg

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

When we came into office, we uncovered a $12 billion budget deficit.

Today, I’m proud to say we brought it down to zero.

We didn’t close the gap on the backs of working people.

We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets and making historic investments in public housing.

Call it Pothole Politics. Call it Democratic Socialism. It's government that delivers for the people who make this city run.

That’s what New Yorkers deserve. And that’s what we will keep fighting for every single day.

[David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold]

NEW: The cost of President Trump's plan to repair the Reflecting Pool has jumped by 88 percent, to $13.1M, gov't records show.

The price appears to include a 20 percent profit margin for Trump's handpicked contractor, who got the job in a no-bid contract.

https://t.co/r17oy8J5eX

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

This paint job—if you can call it that—is costing you $7 million, America, because Trump gave a no-bid contract to a pal

This would have been Exhibit A of the sort of shit DOGE was actually *supposed* to be looking for when it was instead cutting lifesaving scientific research

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

MS NOW Exclusive:

The FBI has launched a criminal leak investigation focusing on Atlantic magazine journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick, who wrote that deeply unflattering account of Kash Patel's work habits.

There is deep concern about this approach among some of the FBI agents. https://t.co/TxR3Ze7Lax

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

As Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinians across the occupied West Bank. CNN Producer Abeer Salman reports from Umm al-Khair, where razor wire has blocked Palestinian children from going to school.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

This exchange between @SenBlumenthal and Trump’s judicial nominees is utterly astounding.

If you can watch this and still think this country isn’t falling into authoritarianism and fascism under Donald Trump, then you are not being honest with yourself.

[Kirsten Gillibrand @SenGillibrand]

Trump is too busy trying to slap his face on everything to lower costs for working people or end his war in Iran.

My new bill, the HUMBLE Presidents Act, would stop the president from advertising his own personal brand. Our leaders should focus on the issues that matter to American families.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

The solar panels destroyed by Israel's army are used to provide the Lebanese town of Debl with electricity, as well as supply power to its water station.

The IDF says the actions seen in the video do not align with their values.

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