Spencer

wannabe groupy who saves the world...or at least could if I wanted. Life is how you see it after all.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Elon Musk is being given 715 acres of land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. A lawsuit has been filed by numerous Conservation groups. They say it violates laws that are protecting refuges and harms endangered species. It’s on a National Historic Landmark.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump's Justice Department has seemingly refused all election integrity measures for the upcoming midterms.

The admin has canceled election integrity training, deleted a prosecution guide for election infractions, and does not appear to be appointing an Election Crimes branch director.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

This week alone:

DOJ opens an investigation into the woman Trump raped.

The White House is caught steering a $620 million contract to Don Jr.’s firm.

The Pentagon hands out a $10 billion contract after Trump buys stock in the company.

Foreign governments are caught funneling hundreds of millions into a random JPMorgan account tied to Trump’s “Board of Peace” with no oversight.

It’s just Thursday.

The corruption isn’t hidden anymore. It’s happening out in the open.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The Trump administration is removing restrictions on hydrofluorocarbons, greenhouse gasses widely regarded as "super pollutants."

190 countries have banned or restricted hydrofluorocarbons.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Here's how the corruption works:

Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump

Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it

Friday: FDA changes the policy
https://t.co/Udu1RhYtKI

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

In case you haven't heard, Trump now wants to eradicate Montana's wild bison herds.

According to the New York Times, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management canceled northern Montana's bison grazing permits—claiming that federal grasslands should go to livestock, not bison enjoying their right to roam.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

BREAKING🚨 Senate Republicans just slipped $1 BILLION in taxpayer money into an immigration bill to fund Trump's personal White House ballroom — and they're trying to pass it before anyone notices.

Here's what they actually did.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released draft language yesterday for the Republican reconciliation bill — a massive immigration and border security package that can't be blocked by a Democratic filibuster.

Buried inside that bill is $1 billion in taxpayer funding for the Secret Service to make "security adjustments and upgrades" to Trump's White House ballroom.

Not for border security. Not for ICE agents. For a ballroom.

The ballroom Trump has been building on the White House grounds since 2025 — a project that was supposed to be privately funded by Trump's donors — is now getting $1 billion from American taxpayers.

The funding would cover "above-ground and below-ground security features," according to the bill language. Translation: They're billing taxpayers $1 billion to build a private event space for Trump to host fundraisers and state dinners.

And they tucked it into an immigration bill so they could claim it's about "national security."

Here's the excuse Republicans are using.

After a third assassination attempt on Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last month, the Secret Service recommended enhanced security measures for Trump's public appearances. Republicans are arguing the new ballroom reduces security risks because Trump can control and secure it instead of renting hotels.

But the ballroom was already being built before the assassination attempt. Trump announced the project in 2025. The attack didn't create the ballroom — it just gave Republicans an excuse to bill taxpayers for it.

And $1 billion is an obscene amount of money for a ballroom.

The entire Secret Service budget for 2025 was $3.6 billion. Trump is asking for nearly one-third of the Secret Service's annual budget to secure a single building that will be used for private events.

The White House Historical Association renovated the entire East Wing in 2021 for $25 million. The West Wing renovation under Obama cost $86 million. Trump's ballroom is getting $1 billion.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the proposal: "Republicans are using an immigration bill to funnel a billion taxpayer dollars into Trump's personal vanity project while families are struggling to afford groceries."

And here's the part that makes this even more corrupt.

The ballroom isn't just for state functions. Trump has already announced plans to rent it out for private events — weddings, corporate galas, fundraisers — at premium rates.

So taxpayers are funding the construction of a billion-dollar event space that Trump will then charge people to use. That's not security. That's a taxpayer-funded business investment for Trump's personal financial gain.

Republicans are trying to pass it through reconciliation — a budget process that only requires 50 votes in the Senate instead of 60 — so Democrats can't filibuster it. If this bill passes, Trump gets $1 billion for his ballroom without a single Democratic vote.

Bloomberg News broke the story yesterday. CNN confirmed it this morning. Democrats are now scrambling to strip the ballroom funding out before it hits the Senate floor.

But because it's part of a reconciliation package, Republicans control the amendment process. They can block Democratic amendments and force a vote on the bill as-is.

Share this everywhere so people know what's happening.

Senate Republicans just tried to quietly funnel $1 billion in taxpayer money to Trump's personal ballroom by hiding it in an immigration bill.

That's corruption dressed up as national security.

[Nick Kapur @nick_kapur]

Trump is shutting down the nation's premier honeybee research lab even as a massive bee die-off unfolds.

As usual, it is illegal to do this without approval from Congress, but Trump is doing it anyway.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
https://t.co/oU52XvyvgT

[Spencer @nextoknow]

@Matt_Pinner Irene

[Spencer @nextoknow]

@StandUpForElonn No

[Spencer @nextoknow]

Trump administration moves to break up leading U.S. climate and weather center | Science | AAAS https://t.co/Gb3BqL08Yj

[Spencer @nextoknow]

@CalltoActivism Wow we could pay off half the national debt w that. Won’t. But I do wonder where that supposed new money would be going.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Fact check: The president today denied having said something he said on camera five days ago, then launched into a personal attack against the reporter who had accurately repeated his previous remark back to him. https://t.co/VweC4GkTfZ

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

This is devastating. This is horrible. This is the very antithesis of what America is. Every Republican should lose in 2026 because of this. Every single one. This is on them. This is on all of them.👇

[Spencer @nextoknow]

@TheRealThelmaJ1 Not divisive at all. 😉

[Spencer @nextoknow]

@Ronxyz00 This is just sick!! Disgraceful to the American people. We don’t worship our president- you’re there to represent the needs and wishes of people in your country or region. 🤮

[Spencer @nextoknow]

@nicksortor He’s testing the speakers for one of his self-indulgent money scam White House events. Nothing at all patriotic—. Idiots.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Trump called the Epstein scandal "bullshit," so CNN put together this montage.