James

Husband, motorcycle rider, traveler, photography enthusiast, former Republican ... personal account, I speak for myself.

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

This is a devastating interview.

Scott Pelley tells the NYT that Bari Weiss directly put a “thumb on the scale” for Trump over the killing of Renee Good.

Here’s his explanation of exactly what happened.

[James @jamesscotts]

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[CNN @CNN]

The Trump administration has announced it will dismantle a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans. The decision is sparking alarm among experts that US is taking eyes off the oceans at a dangerous time. https://t.co/VcifYxiYcR

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias:

“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them.

Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done.

Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The Republican Party quietly deleted their own ad attacking Ken Paxton's record on crime... because Paxton is now the Republican Party's nominee to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate.

Figured if the ad is important enough to delete, it's important enough to see...

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot.

He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud.

He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery.

He was impeached by his own party for corruption.

Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas.

Together we will stop him.

[Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 @PopularLiberal]

WOW! Thomas Massie and Tucker just gave the president a primary truth of their own.

Massie went off on Trump. He said the White House dragged Lauren Boebert into an interrogation room to bully her into removing her name from the Epstein petition.

Massie says Trump told Marjorie Taylor Greene to her face that the death threats against her kids were her fault. He blamed the victim and called her out for getting threats.

Massie called him despicable to his face.

$32 million from Trump's billionaire buddies to crush one congressman for asking about Epstein files.

You know, billionaire buddies like Elon Musk—who's in the Epstein files himself.

The "law and order" party, everybody. Blame the moms, protect the predators, and let the billionaires buy the silence.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

OMFG!

Senator Merkley: "I want to go on to the Epstein investigation. Is it closed or open?"

Todd Blanche: "When you say the Epstein investigation, what are you referring to, Senator?"

Merkley: "Well, the FBI said in last year in July that it had closed the Epstein investigation. So I'm just using their words. Is it open or closed?

Blanche: "I don't believe the FBI said that. Well, if you're referring to..."

Merkley: "Your head of the Department of Justice is the Epstein investigation open or closed."

Blanche: "But I guess I don't understand what Epstein investigation means."

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Oh we’re so fucked.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

I’m struck by how often Trump referred to Xi as his “friend” and a “great leader.”

Xi Jinping, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, is a dictator. He also offered no such reciprocal praise for Trump.

That asymmetry makes Trump appear in a visibly weaker position.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Fuck that and fuck him.

[James @jamesscotts]

@OccupyDemocrats Nothing new … rules for me but not for thee. Money & power at play.

[Holden Culotta @Holden_Culotta]

Thomas Massie: The Epstein scandal is “deeper and darker” than anyone imagined.

“It’s bigger than Watergate.”

“It’s bigger than Iran-Contra.”

“It’s not about Joe Biden or Donald Trump.”

“There are degrees of evil here that we’ve never seen at this scale … ”

“Our government was compromised by wealthy, connected billionaires, and by Jeffrey Epstein himself.”

“At the age of 14, these girls that were being sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein were told if they could go find another girl to take their place, then they wouldn’t have to be sexually abused.”

“And some of them took that deal.”

“It’s one thing to be evil to a child.”

“It’s another thing to get a child to do evil.”

“The light sentence that was given to Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 that allowed him to victimize hundreds of more women, we want to know, why was he given that light sentence?”

@RepThomasMassie @MassieforKY @Local12

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Did you know every MAGA influencer is in a group chat with people close to the administration where they’re regularly given scripts?

They also have a website to sign up for influence campaigns that they never disclose.

They’re making bank off of lying to you.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

I love a good road trip, but this is brutally out of touch: a Trump Cabinet member making a documentary about himself while regular families can’t afford road trips anymore, because Trump and his war put gas prices through the roof.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Pete Buttigieg: "My second greatest fear for my party is if we win in November that we forget that a return to the prior status quo is not the right answer either. What we need is a series of clean bills, legislative projects that will deliver higher wages, that will deliver universal health insurance coverage, that will deliver things like paid family leave."

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

He was sentenced to ten years. Republicans let him out after 6 months. Disgusting.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Wishing all the moms out there a wonderful Mother’s Day!

To @MichelleObama, I’m grateful for all the ways you’ve shown up for our daughters and our family over the years. We love you.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

This Mother’s Day, I’m thinking about my mom, and all the lessons she taught me. I'm proud to honor her memory with the Ann Dunham Water Terrace at the Obama Presidential Center.