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[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Let me tell you what just got reported, because you will not believe it until you see it laid out.

The Trump administration cut a billion-dollar tungsten deal with Kazakhstan. Tungsten is the metal we need for missile warheads, fighter jets, and computer chips. Trump himself got on the phone to close it. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick worked it from the inside, sending letters, leaning on the Kazakh president, lining up as much as $1.6 billion in federal financing.

Within weeks of those negotiations, investors tied to a firm partly owned by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump took a 20% stake in an entity connected to the very same Kazakhstan project their father was negotiating. Around that same time, Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm run by Lutnick’s own sons, raised $210 million for a partner in the deal and pocketed the fees.

The fathers set the policy. The sons cashed in.

Six days after the Trump sons and their partners moved their money, Lutnick signed the final deal.

The reporting found one or both families have financial ties to at least 14 companies working with the government on critical mining deals.

The total federal funding flowing toward those companies tops $8.9 billion.

This is your tax money.

It is supposed to secure our supply chains and protect our troops, not pad the portfolios of the President’s children and the Commerce Secretary’s children.

This is the most corrupt administration in American history. It is not close.

We must keep digging, and keep asking the questions they do not want asked. Republicans in Congress are unwilling to lift a finger. Mike Johnson is running a protection racket.

Either we will end the corruption, or the corruption will be the end of us.

https://t.co/yFOl7zvOhC

[spsnc @spsnc]

@lip_richard @natebargatze @natebargatze is dead to me also. “Not political” and posing with politicians at an event that misused the public property of the White House grounds is unacceptable.

[Ricky Nelson @lip_richard]

@natebargatze going to Donald Trump‘s birthday UFC whatever has put you in a bad way!

You could’ve watched it on TV !

You could go to this one for a convicted felon, insurrectionist liar who is destroying the country and your comedic colleagues careers killing free speech

[Nancy Sinatra @NancySinatra]

Attention

Everyone should read this. It's brilliant and true.

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

FOLLOW,,,THE,,,,MONEY

[spsnc @spsnc]

@lisamurkowski Great idea. So what are you DOING?!

[spsnc @spsnc]

WHERE IS CONGRESS? You took an OATH to “defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” - what move do you need to see?! Never too late to get on the right side of history! #StopTariffs #WarResolutions #25thAmendmentNow #StopICEAbuse

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

@EricLDaugh The Democrats wanted the files released. That’s not a backfire.

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

SHOCKING: In a disgusting moment, Trump shouted personal insults at a reporter asking him about incriminating evidence in the Epstein files, shouting "Quiet! Quiet Piggy."

The President of the United States is a disrespectful, unfit creep.

[Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @JudiciaryDems]

BREAKING: Kash Patel waived polygraph security screening for deputy Dan Bongino and two other senior staff, allowing these appointments without passing standard background checks.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

This is the Seth Meyers clip Donald Trump just had a meltdown over on Truth Social where Seth brutally mocks Trump’s insane rant about steam powered catapults. Trump REALLY doesn’t want people to see this so whatever you do please do NOT share this video!

[Sen. Lisa Murkowski @lisamurkowski]

For too long, Congress has taken a backseat as presidents of both parties have slowly seized more and more power. This series of votes isn’t just about registering the Senate’s disapproval of the President’s emergency declaration on tariffs—it’s about Congress reasserting our authority as a co-equal branch of government with defined powers and responsibilities. https://t.co/7RAkKdJspB

[Governor Josh Stein @NC_Governor]

The past three General Assemblies have drawn new congressional maps, and North Carolinians have voted under different maps in five of the past six elections.

Republican legislative leaders are abusing their power to take away yours.

[Governor Josh Stein @NC_Governor]

The legislature is trying to take power away from the people. It’s unacceptable.

[AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @AZAGMayes]

I've made clear that if Speaker Johnson doesn't swear in Congresswoman Grijalva, Arizona is going to take him to court.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Stephen Colbert will be the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power.

RETWEET to congratulate Colbert on this honor!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is filing a lawsuit against Speaker Mike Johnson to force him to swear in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva.

RETWEET to thank @KrisMayes for standing up for our democracy!

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.