Jane Beitscher

[Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin]

A foreign oil giant was under fire from the Trump White House for buying Russian oil. Then it poured nine figures into a troubled refinery startup tied to Donald Trump Jr. Not long after, the pressure from the Trump Administration vanished.

Donald Trump sold it as a win for America. But the real winner was his family.

This is pay to play at the highest levels of government. Welcome to Episode 19 of the Corruption Chronicles.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

They want immigrants scared.
They want workers broke.
They want protesters watched.
They want voters purged.
They want the files sealed.
They want you exhausted.
That’s why resistance is not optional: It's self-defense.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Reporter: "What are your plans for the housing bill?"

Trump: "I don't know. I think it's so unimportant by compared to the Save America Act."

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

CORRUPTION in plain view! 🤬 https://t.co/2FBOOXK56J

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of the E. Jean Carroll verdict, leaving intact the $5 million judgment for sexual abuse and defamation. While SCOTUS did not indicate…I would guess it was that he is such a sexual predator…and so much of the world knows it…they really had no choice.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: LOL! Thomas Massie turns his own camera on a Fox Digital reporter pestering him about his ex and an alleged Boebert affair – “I heard you like gay porn. Is that true? ”

Rep. Thomas Massie just delivered one of the wildest and funniest mic-drop moments of the year.

Walking on the street, Massie was approached by Fox News Digital reporter Nicholas Ballasy who asked about allegations from his ex-girlfriend including claims of an NDA and an alleged affair with House colleague Lauren Boebert.

Massie politely responded that the allegations were all false, twice. He asked Ballasy, “When did [Fox] become a tabloid?

Then he got an idea, he turned on his phone to play the journalist with a question of his own.

“So let me ask you, I heard that you like gay porn. Is that true? I just want to give you a chance to respond.”

“I’m not going to get into that,” Ballasy stammered, twice, later saying “Of course I don’t like it,” to which Massie quipped “That’s not what I heard!”

Tee hee!

As far as Republicans go, we will miss Massie, who was primaried out of Congress by Trump. He’s one of the few who actually pushes back against the worst parts of the MAGA machine, demands transparency on the Epstein files, and refuses to be a spineless soldier in Trump's imaginary army.

He just proved he’s a funny guy too.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Wow.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) floor speech on Trump Admin. corruption has now received 1 million views

He opens the remarks by arguing that Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation

https://t.co/0GEyvQd51z

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

BUT HUNTER BIDEN SOLD A PAINTING 🙄

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

In case Trump asks... I am not tired of winning.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The Trump administration has funneled $1.6 billion in taxpayer funds to a Kazakhstani mining company partly owned by Don Jr and Eric Trump.

Donald Trump made a personal call to Kazakhstan's president to secure mining approval for his sons' investment.

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

The Slaughter case, overturning precedent, returns us to a spoils system where a president can “clean house” every four years, destroying our professional, independent civil service.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Roberta Kaplan, attorney for E. Jean Carroll:

"Today's Supreme Court decision affirms once and for all the jury's unanimous verdict that President Donald J. Trump sexually assaulted and defamed E. Jean Carroll. His multiple efforts to appeal that verdict have all failed and today's ruling ends his quest to avoid accountability for his actions."

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Can someone somewhere do something. The GOP will be forever a stain

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

The Supreme Court will not review Donald Trump’s appeal on the verdict that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll.

Trump must now pay Carroll $5 million.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Tnis is by far the most Corrupt President in the History of this Country and theirs plenty of proof to prove it and that’s why they’re so afraid of losing in the midterms.

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

The kleptocracy never stops. Does any Republican care?

Trump bought as much as $5 million in shares of Axon Enterprise — maker of Tasers, body cameras and policing software — two weeks before ICE sought a five-year, $220 million contract. https://t.co/Xwkc3Z0Nnz

[Covie @covie_93]

The New York Post is out here flat out lying about Mamdani saying he wants to change the Constitution to run for president while ignoring trump and Republicans actually wanting to do just that so trump can run for a third term.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: Jared Kushner will brief members of Congress by phone about the Iran peace deal.

Kushner is not an elected official, does not currently hold a Senate-confirmed government position, and yet is being brought into one of the most consequential foreign policy conversations facing the country.

Congress has a responsibility to ask hard questions, demand transparency, and make sure the American people; not private networks, are represented in decisions of war and peace.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Watching the crapulous, low-rent trainwreck of the Trump State Fair, one is reminded Trump managed to bankrupt a casino.

[Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries]

Donald Trump’s effort to rig the midterm elections was dealt a big blow by the Supreme Court.

He is having a complete meltdown.