David Aus

pianist • composer • listener • educator • radio host

[Christopher Walkin™ @Quadcarl]

Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore 7/3/2026

[Christopher Walkin™ @Quadcarl]

@Acyn He personally hasn’t done any of those things… ever.

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

I’m not sure how many times we have to say the SAVE Act is a voter suppression bill, but here’s the president saying it himself.

[Jeremy @jeremyct]

Just got off the phone with my college roommate.

His daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in January.

He has insurance. Good insurance. The kind you feel safe having.

7 months later:
Savings: wiped out. 401k: cashed early. Penalties and all. House: refinanced to cover the gaps insurance decided weren’t their problem.

He told me he’s not the same person anymore.

Said watching your child fight for her life while simultaneously fighting an insurance company over coverage codes does something to you that doesn’t go away.

They did everything right.
Two incomes. No debt. Responsible their whole lives.

One diagnosis undid all of it in 7 months.

And somewhere a health insurance CEO is getting a $30 million bonus this quarter.

I don’t know how people defend this system with a straight face.

I really don’t.

[Not Today Eric @NotTodayEric]

This weekend we celebrate the people that helped shape this country and the lawn chairs that helped shape the back of our legs.

[Sarah Fitzpatrick @S_Fitzpatrick]

NEW: The White House is considering granting mass pardons for the nation’s birthday. The prospect set off an international frenzy of lobbying and dealmaking in which even slight proximity to the president can be monetized. Reported with @michaelscherer @TheAtlantic https://t.co/90El2adzSB

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

Trump‘s and Lutnick‘s sons have been involved in 14 rare mineral deals that were collectively financed or will be financed by $8.9 billion US taxpayer money, as Trump seeks to find partnerships to get at these minerals. It’s one of the most disgusting displays of kleptocracy so far!
I gifted this article so you can read it.

https://t.co/uo4WXepQzj

[The Hill @thehill]

Postmaster general’s remarks on mail ballots stoke fears among voting rights advocates
https://t.co/yryitvyWU5

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

This is staggering: The DOJ dropped an important criminal case into contaminated formula that may have sickened and killed kids.

Decisions like this, which place corporations and their profits above the safety and wellbeing of the public, are the product of a broken Justice Department.

When the Senate returns, I will be launching an inquiry into this. It warrants serious scrutiny from the Congress, including into the potential conflict of interest when a corporate defense firm is also a law firm promising pro bono work for Trump.

[S.V. Dáte @svdate]

The “corporate media” did not make this a giant issue.

Trump did.

[Christi @Christi90711921]

@VigilantFox Unlike Trump, Obama and Clinton, sold books, not picture books, they were best sellers. They also got paid a lot of money to speak globally. Neither one traded stocks while in office, unlike Trump who’s traded hundreds of millions in stock, since January ‘26.🤦🏻‍♀️

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Trump ripped up the walkway between the West Wing and the mansion to replace it with polished African granite carved in Italy. "Paid for by me," he claimed. Except that's not true. Taxpayers paid $689,232, per documents obtained by @michaelscherer https://t.co/7l2bkD0MIH

[Juliet Eilperin @eilperin]

DHS spent $1 billion on detention warehouses, reports @dmac1 and @jocwapo but is now seeking to sell most of them off, as Secretary Markwayne Mullin acknowledges "there was some due diligence that maybe wasn’t actually checked off.” https://t.co/6MG5OYjUp7

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #womensart
#SeaArtWeek 🌊

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Landscape-inspired textile art, using hand-dyed fabric, stitching and mixed media by UK textile artist Magz Roberts #WomensArt

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

FLAG: The Postmaster General confirmed at a Senate hearing that under a new proposed rule, the Postal Service would not deliver mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government.
https://t.co/2FPJlFR6RH

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The president made unverified claims that problems with the Reflecting Pool are a result of vandalism.

"It is absolutely impossible that anyone could have inoculated that pool and shown an effect in literally hours," said Wayne Carmichael, a biological sciences professor. https://t.co/MOgOfiLRrm

[ProPublica @propublica]

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:

“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
https://t.co/zekfj8Oank

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

NEW: The postmaster general told Congress that, under a new proposed rule, the USPS will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration.

The admission is evidence that the traditionally nonpartisan USPS is complying with Trump's mail voting attack. https://t.co/ylNuXDq7tG