Lib Dunk

Unserious Analysis for Unserious Times

[Lib Dunk @libdunkmedia]

This.... did not age well https://t.co/Vl0mc9mZRf

[Acyn @Acyn]

Hegseth: Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Months after a fund tied to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump put about $30 million into a nearly bankrupt spa company, the Trump administration awarded that company nearly $40 million in federal contracts to screen for Ebola.

The company made most of its money from airport spas and waxing salons.

It had never worked with Ebola.

It had never worked overseas.

Yet part of the money is for work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Ebola has killed more than 5,000 people this year. The company's CEO said, "I'm not sure we can do it."

This keeps happening. The same Trump-linked fund invested in a drone company, and five months later that company got an Air Force contract worth up to $90 million. A startup linked to Trump Jr. got a $620 million Pentagon loan after a top White House aide stepped in.

Their fund buys in, and federal money follows. Taxpayers foot the bill, and with Ebola, our safety is on the line too.

This is all totally corrupt.

Americans deserve answers under oath, and our conflict of interest and procurement laws must be enforced.
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[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

all it took was losing an election for Mike Johnson to become a big stickler for "targeting your foes is bad"

[Adam Klasfeld @KlasfeldReports]

Why is a Houston-based US Attorney threatening a Connecticut-based Senator over constitutionally-mandated oversight of DC figures?

Because the DOJ is hemorrhaging staff, who don’t want to do this dirty work, and this US Attorney is a trained seal for Trump.

No other reason.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

it's really remarkable how watching Fox and Newsmax over the past week has demonstrated that MAGA really only has one play -- smear, demonize, deflect, lie -- and now that that approach has been resounding rejected by voters, they have no idea what to do. They're just running it back and I guess hoping for a different result in two years.

[CSPAN @cspan]

.@SenJohnKennedy (R-LA) on midterm election results: "This was not a normal midterm election. If you've concluded otherwise, congrats, you're stupid."

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

NEW: The @nytimes confirms that ICE deliberately electronically "disappeared" tens of thousands of people in detention and ordered contractors to refuse to reveal where they're held to family or lawyers.

30% of all immigrants detained in ICE jails now have their location hidden.

[j 🦅 @JoelBleedsGreen]

hang it in the louvre

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

Looking like this and defending convicted rapist Russell Brand. Insane.

[Reggie B. @reggiebblue]

Don Jr., who appears to be very high, thinks that Russel Brand was unfairly sentenced for 10 years.

He thinks the rape charges are BS because the allegations date to the 90s. He says they charged him because he's a conservative. Sounds familiar?

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

I saw this clip on @reggiebblue's page and pulled it for myself because it almost looked fake. Nope! It's real. What in the heck is going on with Don Jr's eyes? I don't think I've ever seen someone look this high on camera before.

[Sarah Ferris @sarahnferris]

Rs have been worried for a week that their attendance issues would allow Hegseth vote to move forward

Instead, 11 House *Dems* missed the vote

[Acyn @Acyn]

COLLINS: What do you say to those 11 Democrats who didn't show up to vote tonight?

EL-SAYED: You should show up and do your job.

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Asked AOC during my live shot about the 11 Democratic absences that could have cost them a successful House vote to advance Pete Hegseth impeachment resolution.

“The people send us here to do a job. I don't know if anyone had any real health issues or anything significant. So I want to leave room for that,” she told me.

“But that being said, at the end of the day, we're here to do a job. And the same way I had to clock in when I worked at a restaurant, we got to clock in and do our work here.”

[Polling USA @USA_Polling]

Still wild that the best I had before the election was 252, and you'd have to go into the maximum range to even get past 260

Democrats were picking up likely Republican seats on election night

[Acyn @Acyn]

AOC on Hegseth Impeachment: At the end of the day, we're here to do a job. And the same way I had to clock in when I worked at a restaurant, we’ve got to clock in and do our work here.

[Dave Wasserman @Redistrict]

Hindsight is 20/20: NC Republicans could have easily drawn a 9R-5D or even a 10R-4D map that would have withstood a blue tsunami (by drawing one more safe Dem seat in the Triad). Instead, by trying for a 11R-3D map, they're on track to end up in a 11D-3R hole.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

The Democratic Party needs a new and bold direction. I will not support Chuck Schumer’s reelection as Democratic leader.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Today, the 28th straight court ruled against your signature voting litigation. DOJ is 0-28. Elias Law Group is undefeated.

But yes, I am the loser.😂

[Rep. Shontel Brown @RepShontelBrown]

He blocked Black women from getting promoted, he claimed it was because the military is a meritocracy. But then he gave positions to MAGA influencers...

Make it make sense. https://t.co/VBaVGhEJyQ

[Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal]

My damning new report reveals that the Trump admin has failed to award approximately $133.5 million in anti-human trafficking grant funding—about 75% of what Congress appropriated for the last 2 years—forcing programs to shut down or reduce services. 1/ https://t.co/Xve7JHt6YC