Joan Resnick Ehrlich

IT Admin. Avid gardener. Personal opinions only. Retweets do not imply agreement. jremmc on BlueSky.

[Nishant Nihar @nishant_nihar]

@AP The most hilarious part of that entire saga was when Leavitt congratulated the late Kennedy on the renaming; of a building that was named after him in the first place. Absolute clownery 😂😆

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: President Trump's name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and must be removed, a judge orders. https://t.co/IoACofMh3z

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Yes. This is the entire quote, not just the front porch half quoted in anti-Talarico attack ads.
We need a workable system, including an enforceable border AND striving immigrants, who have been part of America's secret sauce from our very inception!
Most Americans agree!

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

🚨NEW: In a 26-18 vote, South Carolina senators adjourned their special session — effectively killing a Trump-backed GOP gerrymander ahead of the midterms.

The state is now the first to fail in the rush to redistrict post-Callais.
https://t.co/xSpDfGkdA8

[Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat]

💯

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

Trump’s slush fund is corrupt.  Let me count the ways: 🧵1/7

[Joan Resnick Ehrlich @jremmc]

Thankfully, "forever barred" in this case is not enforceable. Corrupt settlements are, well, Corrupt.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

FOREVER BARRED.

That's the actual language that protects Trump and his family from ever having to answer for an audit of his taxes.

The corruption is staggering.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

NEW: Appeals court will allow Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) to file arguments opposing Trump Administration's attempt to dismiss seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oathkeepers in US Capitol Siege

Judges want to hear arguments

[Joan Resnick Ehrlich @jremmc]

Trump Corruption

[Ana Swanson @AnaSwanson]

New: Howard Lutnick donated $5 mn to House Republicans on April 1.
The donation came after Mr. Lutnick agreed to an interview with lawmakers about his connections with Jeffrey Epstein, and before that testimony took place.
With @teddyschleifer
https://t.co/H0nlBNwQdF

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

The federal prosecution against Kumar Abrego Garcia has been dismissed https://t.co/YHO21iV2xL

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

Congress, the ball is in your court. Pass a bill with a veto-proof majority to ban our taxpayer dollars from being spent on bogus “weaponization” claims. You control the power of the purse.
https://t.co/TAtz8qG5Ub

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This New York Times piece is worth your time. Here’s what is happening, as simply as I can put it.

Back in January, Trump sued the IRS, an agency he controls, demanding $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns a number of years ago.

IRS lawyers did their jobs. They wrote a memo laying out the defenses that could beat the suit, including the fact that Trump filed too late. His own lawyer was in court when the leaker pleaded guilty in October 2023, more than two years before Trump sued.

The Justice Department never showed up to court. Never argued back. Never used the defenses sitting on their desk.

The judge got suspicious and ordered both sides to explain whether they were actually opposing each other or just colluding. The day before that brief was due, Trump dropped the suit.

Same day, his Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded “anti-weaponization fund.” 

Trump gets a formal apology. The IRS agrees to drop any audits of him and his family, even though a 2024 Times report found a loss in an ongoing audit could cost him over $100 million.

The acting Attorney General, Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, picks the five commissioners who decide who gets paid. Trump can fire any of them. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are not ruled out.

This is the most corrupt thing I’ve ever seen from an American president.

Where in the hell are my Republican colleagues?

https://t.co/La0nlLuz1r

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH — @anneapplebaum: “Trump entered office worth $2.3 billion and is now worth $6.5 billion… Decisions are made based on what's good for the president's own companies, not Americans… for example — why did the Saudis invest $2 BILLION in Kushner’s companies?”

[stop tRumpnado 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇭🇺 @tRumpnado2016]

@joshgerstein @tripgabriel There is no "settlement".
It was never entered with the court.
The "case" was dismissed.
The DOJ is orchestrating a political slush fund outside of the law.
It's the most extreme corruption & direct theft in USA history.
Please STOP calling it a "settlement", it is not.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The President is now exempt from our tax laws while everyone else has to obey them.

Got it.

It's just mind blowing that is what's happening in America.

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

UPDATE: The judge has rescinded the order granting such access, according to reports.
https://t.co/lTwsyDCYuq

[ForMYCanada @ForMYCanada]

@RadioFreeTom @tryingattimes At some point, y'all gotta stop saying "something's wrong with the President" and actually do something about it.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

This is not normal. There's something wrong with the President of the United States.

[Matt Platkin @mattplatkin]

Full brief can be found here: https://t.co/mxYS7DxVBX

[Matt Platkin @mattplatkin]

“It's against the law for the president to in effect sue himself—and then settle for a huge sum. The court has the power to put a stop to these shenanigans and should do so. We are proud to represent over ​90 members of Congress in making that request,” said Matt Platkin, @PlatkinLLP, and @NormEisen, Democracy Defenders Action, co-counsel for amici.