In case you were wondering if Larry Ellison would use his partial ownership of TIKTok to shut down the exposure of his billionaire buddies and their weirdness, corruption and grifting … wonder no more. TikTok just shut down the media page of the world renowned, Oscar winning director Alex Gibney’s documentary film “MUSK”. The comprehensive documentary on all things Elon. It’s more f&@&’d then you can imagine. The best thing any of us can do now is to go see it! It will blow your mind. Billionaire broke mind virus. Hear it from the people who have known Elon over the years. #BrokeMindVirus
Asked about Trump's false claims that schools in multiple states are allowed to send kids for gender surgery without parental consent, the president of the National Association of School Nurses notes schools typically need written parental consent *to give a kid a Tylenol.* https://t.co/aPYU3GUGir
I was a teacher before law school. I couldn’t convince teenagers to wear deodorant. The idea that teachers are convincing kids that they should get sex changes is utterly ludicrous.
JD - I've got 15 free minutes before my son's hockey practice ends, so let me see how many of Trump's enrichment schemes you didn't see that I can remind you of.
1/ First one is easy: Trump has executed over 30,000 stock trades, many on inside information, netting him millions.
President Trump was not in the vicinity of the World Trade Center when it was hit. He was in Trump Tower, miles away from the towers and nearby One Liberty Plaza, which is/was also known as the US Steel building.
There was public concern in the days following the attack that One Liberty Plaza might collapse, but the authorities repeatedly said it was structurally sound, and there's not currently any public evidence Trump went into it amid these collapse worries (?), much less that he was rushed out by firefighters. In varying language, he has repeatedly claimed for years he was at Ground Zero with a large crew of his workers helping with the recovery in the days after 9/11, but people who were definititely on site have said they never saw him or a Trump-organized crew on site and that it wouldn't make sense for them to have had access; there are pictures and videos of Trump in the neighborhood in the following days, in a clean suit, but not on the actual site.
While campaigning in 2016, he told a version of today's story about being whisked away from One Liberty Plaza by big firemen, but he said in 2016 that the alleged incident happened "a couple of days" after 9/11 and claimed the creaky building was "not so far from us," instead of leaving open the impression he might've been a) inside it b) on 9/11 itself. https://t.co/5Ih5D4NSLo
On the House floor tonight, I read the names of several Epstein coconspirators who should be investigated and prosecuted.
I also began collecting 218 signatures for the discharge petition to force a vote on Epstein Files Transparency Act II.
NEWS: Texas has quietly shoved more than 1.2 million voters — over 6% of its rolls — onto the "suspense list" heading into a midterm the GOP is terrified of losing, and most of those people won't find out until they're standing at a polling place in November. Check your registration before October 5, because they're purging the rolls to save Ken Paxton.
#BREAKING: Psaki: “Last night, a local TV news station in Florida broke a story that just absolutely floored me. CBS News Miami obtained a sealed grand jury report…that detailed how Florida governor Ron Desantis’ administration allegedly diverted $10 million from a settlement that was supposed to give poor kids healthcare, and directed that money through a non profit affiliated with the governor’s wife, and then into political action committees aligned with Desantis himself, as well as to the Florida Republican Party, and then somehow a bunch of the people involved in making that happen, all wind up getting huge promotions from Governor Desantis.” 🙄
I can't get over how the government robbed everyone blind and then just gave the money to corporations. I don't think the outrage is nearly high enough.
Trump announced they are importing a bunch of foreign beef (with your tax dollars) and then selling it at a 25% loss to appease the consumers before the midterms. Not only is that communism, it undercuts American beef producers. Why they still support Trump I'll never understand