D Smith

[Senator Mazie Hirono @maziehirono]

$600 MILLION for a vanity ballroom.
$29+ BILLION for an illegal war.
$300 BILLION for Iran.

Even $14 MILLION for an algae-infested pool.

But not a single penny for the 770,000 hungry kids in our country.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

Nobody is vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, and Trump knows it. This is a visible example of his corruption--a no-bid contract to some crony followed by sky-high cost overruns, and shoddy construction to boot. Classic Trump: I didn't fuck up, it was my enemies.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Wow. DOJ is indeed hiring attorneys whose primary job will be filing eminent domain and condemnation cases to seize private land (mostly in Texas) on which to build border wall.

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Wondering about that worrisome "Social Security crisis"? As our reporter @michaelmechanic.bsky.social writes: "Our entirely predictable Social Security 'crisis,' to put it bluntly, is a political choice made by a pay-to-play government that under President Donald Trump has become baldly transactional. Congress could close the gap tomorrow if lawmakers would get their priorities straight and start acting in the interests of the broader public and not just the richest 10 percent."
https://t.co/5jVZNGxiH2

[Brennan Center @BrennanCenter]

With the FBI raid of a prominent Ohio voting organization, the Trump administration’s intimidation tactics are escalating to new heights.
https://t.co/6A227luMqS

[ProPublica @propublica]

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails sent last year by executives asking that their facilities be exempted from Clean Air Act requirements.

The White House approved more than 180 requests and is considering more.
https://t.co/Jgl96sNhtd

[Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem]

As a state homeland security advisor and as an Assistant Secretary at DHS, I was responsible for receiving these funds for the state and in helping distribute then from the feds. This is, without a question, illegal. Bring it on.

https://t.co/Xb2xCxuM60

[D Smith @DSmith2120]

@RapidResponse47 @DAGToddBlanche Still waiting for the arrest of the Epstein elite pedophiles and the #TrumpCrimeFamily ! #NeverForgetJan6th #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles #StandAgainstFascism

[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

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

The summary execution of two more in an alleged drug boat brings the number of murders ordered by Trump to more than 210. There will come a day when he faces prosecution for these crimes. https://t.co/9tnD4MEOSR

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

There is a 24/7 camera that shows the reflecting pool. If someone went into the pool and made a 250 foot gash, it would have been seen.

trump is lying again. Everyone knows it, but the people at @TheJusticeDept are randomly going after people to soothe trump’s fragile ego.

[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.”

[Bloomberg @business]

“You’re going to see a spike like you never saw before.” Oil market expert @Dan_Dicker predicts oil could surge up to $135/barrel unless a lasting agreement is reached with Iran, as global stockpiles near dangerously low levels.

[Brennan Center @BrennanCenter]

With the FBI raid of a prominent Ohio voting organization, the Trump administration’s intimidation tactics are escalating to new heights.
https://t.co/6A227luMqS

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

NEW: This week, for Trump’s crack down on mail voting, the DHS confirmed the 1st phase of its national mail voter list will soon be complete.

Meanwhile, the GOP is pushing states to purge during the 90-day "quiet period," which should be unlawful.
https://t.co/nI8Ov4W55p

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Jennifer Welch: “Trump and Epstein socialized in New York and Palm Beach for years. Think about the birthday letter, the intimacy of knowledge in the drawing. Donald Trump started the war in Iran to wag the tail of the dog away from this. We have to keep the pressure on the Epstein Files because this is a sitting president who is covering up the crimes of his best friend and his own potential involvement in it”

[Bloomberg @business]

Iran said it is halting talks with the US after President Donald Trump threatened fresh strikes over the actions of Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. https://t.co/smkT0s4dSq

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Park Service officials have threatened to discipline employees who refuse to wear Freedom 250 swag. https://t.co/OrGrNDTkNm

[POLITICO @politico]

FEC filings confirm GOP meddling in Dem primaries https://t.co/I6CdRHt8fl