ben

here to burn

[ben @radical__doubt]

every aspect of donald trump in a single tweet

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Deters: "I have paid you $300,000 over the years. ... I need results."

Guilfoyle: "Stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous. Just call me on Signal. ... if you write an email or a text about, l’m gonna kill you cause I love you but you’re so out of control"

[jack (roc🔜den) @gorilla_wrfre]

it really is just so unfair huh

[Falastin Flip @TOliveFern]

LMAO

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

“Vandalize the demographics of America” is either a chilling phrase suggesting that Mullin is a white nationalist or an absurdly meaningless bit of pablum which ignores 250 years of the constantly shifting demographics of a nation of immigrants.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

BREAKING WaPo:

Trump wants to transform his West Palm Beach golf club into a presidential retreat modeled after Camp David.

The plan calls for a parcel of the private club to be designated a permanent, official sanctuary for foreign leaders and future U.S. presidents.

Future presidents would also be offered comped memberships to the Trump club. https://t.co/0xlPchPYSm

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump on his meeting with Gold Star families: "I invited them out to check out the new helipad, check out the new ballroom, and check out the new helicopter"

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Econ 101: right again.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

10 years ago today

GOP Sen. Mike Lee: “If anyone spoke to my wife, or my daughter, or my mother, or any of my five sisters, the way Mr. Trump has spoken to women, I wouldn’t hire that person, wouldn’t want to be associated with that person, and I certainly don’t think I’d be comfortable hiring that person to be the leader of the free world.”

[HELLORaqi💚 @raqs_onraqs75]

Everything being so fucked up can be traced back to talentless people wanting to be in the arts. 😭

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Interesting.

Jos. A. Bank suits are all made overseas, typically in countries like China and Bangladesh. They carry an associate label called Joseph Abboud, which is made in the United States.

I wonder why Trump choose the cheap import over the US-made suit.

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Reminder once again that the Trump admin is refusing to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who agreed to be sent to Costa Rica (which says it will take him) in August 2025.

ICE is wasting time and taxpayer dollars in an effort to deport him to an African country instead as punishment.

[ProPublica @propublica]

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens.

We are.

500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.

Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.

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[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Hatch Act is deader than dead

[Eric Boehm @EricBoehm87]

Turns out that the economics profession understands tariffs after all...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

New from @NewYorkFed: Trump's 2025-26 tariffs contributed 2.9 percentage points to US goods price inflation, via higher prices for imports AND domestic goods.

Without the tariffs, "goods prices would have fallen slightly." 😯

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Real wage growth was negative for the fifth month in a row in August.

[Jacob Wasserman @JacobLWasserman]

Read @ucla_its research on how transit agencies have fared before and since the pandemic:
https://t.co/EU5yq4vrOu
https://t.co/tvsB3wc6u4
https://t.co/sS0Kq0JelN

[Jacob Wasserman @JacobLWasserman]

To address an implausible idea: taking from @CaHSRA high-speed rail for transit ops. is not just robbing Peter to pay Paul—it's expecting Peter's wallet to pay Paul's salary indefinitely, all while Peter is being protected by supporters across the state: https://t.co/pah06AmTVT

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

This is, of course, completely made up. In Chicago:

- Murders are down 4% from 2025, and 40% from 2022.
- Robbery is down 21% from 2025, and 43% from 2022.
- Burglary is down 9% from 2025, and 23% from 2022.
- Aggravated battery is down 1% from 2025, and 5% from 2022.

[Senator Alex Padilla @SenAlexPadilla]

BREAKING: My office received a whistleblower disclosure revealing Trump allegedly ordered the FBI to investigate and arrest protesters in Los Angeles who were criticizing the Administration’s mass deportation agenda. FBI analysts found no evidence these protesters committed a crime or posed a threat.

These allegations are deeply alarming: Using the FBI to target Americans for exercising their First Amendment rights directly undermines our nation’s foundational values.

I won’t rest until we get answers.