Jim Bourg

Longtime wire service Editor In Charge of Washington. Current independent DC journalist. Public Impact News Substack at:

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Rep. Ansari on Epstein assistant: "She said she set up calls with Donald Trump before their alleged fallout about once a quarter"

[Liz Friden @Liz_Friden]

Laura Loomer traveling with Secretary Hegseth today.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Raskin: This is not an administration that has a plan to lower gas prices. On the contrary, their illegal, unconstitutional war with Iran is driving them up.

It’s not an administration that has a plan to get health care to everybody in the richest country on Earth.

No, it’s a government that operates like The Sopranos. Like, what grift are they going to be able to get away with today against the American people?

Is it going to be a crypto grift? Is it going to be foreign-government emoluments? Is it going to be a $400 million jet that we take from Qatar?

I mean, it is a gangster state.

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

The DOJ wants more time to implement Trump’s executive order attacking mail-in voting, imposing a legal strategy that appears to be aimed at bypassing legal challenges to the order.

However, a federal judge seemed inclined to block the potentially unconstitutional order in a hearing last week. https://t.co/bhA0vsQVA0

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Comer: "What we're seeing especially in the blue states is there is rampant fraud, especially in the minority communities"

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The Trump administration has waived 31 environmental laws to blast barriers and bulldoze roads in Big Bend National Park:

—Clean Air Act
—Endangered Species Act
—National Fish and Wildlife Act
—Safe Drinking Water Act
—Wilderness Act
—Federal Water Pollution Control Act
—Federal Land Policy and Management Act
—Eagle Protection Act
—Farmland Protection Policy Act
—Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
—National Historic Preservation Act
—Energy Independence and Security Act
—Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act
—National Park Service General Authorities Act
—Archaeological Resources Protection Act
—National Trails System Act
—Solid Waste Disposal Act
—Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
—Migratory Bird Conservation Act
—Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
—Historic Sites, Buildings, and Antiquities Act
—Federal Cave Resources Protection Act
—Migratory Bird Treaty Act
—National Environmental Policy Act
—National Park Service Organic Act
—Noise Control Act
—Paleontological Resources Protection Act
—Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
—Antiquities Act
—Wild Horse and Burro Act
—Administrative Procedure Act

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Trump’s case for Medicaid cuts rests on a claim so flimsy that economists were left flabbergasted.

@CitizenCohn explains how HHS ignored the evidence, inflated the upside, and produced a report that looks a lot more like propaganda than analysis.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) faked a phone call for roughly 90 seconds after being asked about Speaker Mike Johnson’s comments regarding potential Social Security cuts.

The phone's screen remained visible, with his cheek inadvertently tapping different parts of the display.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

Todd Blanche's name appears 96 times in Pam Bondi's House interview about the Epstein files. Variations of telling the committee that he was in charge of the entire effort. https://t.co/8JORBrxG8h

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Rep. Angie Craig: "Do you know how much money farmers lost last year?"

Brooke Rollins: *doesn't answer*

Craig: "It was $28 billion. You're the Secretary of Agriculture."

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

ANGIE CRAIG: I don't think you understand the difference between error rates and fraud rates. I honestly don't. SNAP has one of the lowest fraud rates of any program

BROOKE ROLLINS: You can't be serious when you say that

CRAIG: Your own data says that

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

We're seeing a revolving door between ICE and the private prison industry. The new head of ICE is a former VP at GeoGroup, the company that runs over a dozen detention centers, including Delaney Hall. This is corruption using taxpayer dollars, and we need to stop it.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

President Trump just repeated his lie that China only builds windmills to export them to "stupid people from the United States, the suckers."

Reality: China has installed by far the most wind turbines of any country and is installing more of them far faster than any other country.

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

One of many, many false claims from DHS about such issues.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨Oh my God. Is the media PAYING ATTENTION??

Trump just showed reporters the exact same poster he presented yesterday and gave almost the exact same explanation.

Did he FORGET he already did this?

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

A little-noticed nonprofit founded by Trump donors has been raising millions of dollars to provide legal assistance to the president’s allies — including those who may want to sue the government over claims of unjust prosecution.

The pot of money, called the Lawfare Defense Fund, has raised at least $36 million. https://t.co/zKJEEU8Rx4

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: I wanted to ask you about this report that you would only restart the conflict with Iran if they killed US troops. Is that your red line for ending the ceasefire?

Trump: If they killed?

Reporter: US Troops

Trump: What does that mean?

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Unearthed footage shows Elias Irizarry, who was recently appointed to a top counterterrorism job, climbing through a Capitol window on January 6th

[Steve Cohen @RepCohen]

This week in committee I argued the reasons why Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts should be impeached after additional evidence came forward with the Alabama case. I filed six Articles of Impeachment against Chief Justice Roberts on May 21st.

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

BREAKING: Blanche testifies that the Trump tax blanket immunity order portion of the slush fund “settlement” is NOT rescinded. Judge Williams, who has reopened the case, has said there IS NOT A SETTLEMENT. I imagine her probe into whether there was a fraud on the court will continue.