Viking_6_EIB_PhD_VFRL🟧

Science, Tech., & Society (STS), ex-Infantry Ofcr, Decency. Integrity. Pluralism. Ethics. Amateur chef, all foods, all nations. Ga Tech alum. Opns/Mgmt in Busn.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

How do you cover this? A previous president would have received wall to wall coverage for even one of these tweets. And yet Trump floods the zone and the media cannot and often will not cover the sheer extent of his insanity and indecency.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: Epstein survivor Dani Hannah Bensky just testified that Trump’s DOJ brazenly exposed her personal information and the information of hundreds of other victims.

The same government that should be protecting Epstein survivors may have just put them at risk all over again.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

The GOP hates Black people. Tell it like it is. Do not soften it one Goddamn bit.

[Paul Rieckhoff🇺🇸🇺🇦 @PaulRieckhoff]

We didn’t get to this on my MSNow segment, but we all saw it. And it was shocking.

This man should not be in the US Senate.

He simply is not well enough for the job.

And every day he’s there, our democracy and (our national security) is weaker.

This is a man responsible for overseeing defense strategy and spending. And he clearly can’t even run a meeting.

He wouldn’t be allowed to drive a car.

He shouldn’t be allowed to hold a Senate seat.

And he’s not alone in Congress.

There should be bi/non-partisan agreement.

If you can’t do the job, you should be out.

Our enemies are celebrating.🚨🇺🇸

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh to join the Federal Reserve Board in a 51-45 vote.

John Fetterman crossed the aisle to vote for him.

Warsh has a net worth between $131 million and $209 million, which would make him the wealthiest Fed Chair ever.

[Jennifer Get In Good Trouble @TheJenniWren]

Let’s talk about audacity.

@RepJenKiggans needs Black and Brown Virginians to vote for her in November.

She also just said DITTO to “cotton-picking hands” aimed at the highest-ranking Black member of Congress.

The entitlement of this woman is absolutely historic.
#JimCrowJen

[Viking_6_EIB_PhD_VFRL🟧 @TexViking4All]

Well...

We already knew that, but he now admits it in public

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump on Iran War:

Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal?

Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

BREAKING: watchdog group is suing the Trump administration for allegedly using the president’s “Freedom 250” organization to divert $100 million in taxpayer funds to his vanity projects without congressional oversight. https://t.co/zVLbZbsSia

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

Roberts's challenge isn't that Americans misunderstand the Supreme Court; it's that a growing number of them understand it all too well. https://t.co/Gv9sHvrb5d

[Viking_6_EIB_PhD_VFRL🟧 @TexViking4All]

Clearly....

Six of SCOTUS are MAGA

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

Alabama asked the Supreme Court for permission to abandon court-ordered maps and go back to using ones the Court ruled were in violation of the Voting Rights Act, just three years ago, in the wake of Callais. Today, the Supreme Court said yes. https://t.co/5k2Wu1FvZs

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

One element I find interesting here. If John Roberts's complaint were genuine, that people are inaccurately saying the Supreme Court is motivated by politics, he had a perfect opportunity with Alabama to demonstrate it. Instead, he proved that his plea was entirely phony.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

🔥REP. @Justinjpearson to @katiecouric: “They rigged the maps, now they’ll rig them even more because Trump doesn’t want to be impeached… most focus on congress, but ~200 majority-Black STATE seats may be eviscerated… if you’re not actively fighting you’re part of the problem.”

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

Black elected officials and voters in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina are trying to show the world how Republicans are rolling back their civil rights.

“Our ancestors did not march, bleed, get beaten, jail and die for this legislature to use a court ruling as permission to gerrymander their grandchildren today,” Tennessee State Sen. London Lamar said. https://t.co/a1heq0heiX

[katya schwenk @ktyschwnk]

After an obscure defense vendor won a $12 million no-bid contract w/ ICE, I noticed something odd on its website: The firm was using a (still watermarked!) stock photo for the chief of its “development team.”

Things only got more bizarre from there…

[Viking_6_EIB_PhD_VFRL🟧 @TexViking4All]

So...

It is way past time to #ReleaseAllEpsteinFilesUnredacted

[Jennifer Get In Good Trouble @TheJenniWren]

Courtney Wild was only 14 years old when Epstein started abusing her.

She waited years for justice. The whole time, the feds were negotiating with Epstein behind closed doors, making sure he was comfortable with his own deal. She had to sue the government for a decade just to find that out.

She was a child. She deserved better. So did all 40 of them.

[Wandy🇭🇺🇪🇺 @Noirsoldat_]

Peter Magyar showing off brand new paper shredders in the Carmelite Monastery (formely Viktor Orbans seat)

"Look what we have here! A brand new paper shredder. Comrades, what is this? You said theres no destruction of documents here.

We're not gonna take it out now, its empty"

[Common Sense 🇺🇸💙 @commons96055467]

The Roberts court has killed democracy as we knew it. With Citizens United decision, Roberts court gave the power to the corporations to pick our representatives, not us. And then, by killing the voting rights act he allowed those hand picked politicians to pick their voters and limit the ability of voters to pick those whom they prefer to represent them. And furthermore, to allow state legislatures to gerrymander, to give the racist Republican Party the control of our government, forever. “A Republic if you can keep it.” Roberts, killed it for his greed of money, and his racist believes. Robert is a smart asshole, but the biggest criminal our country has ever encountered before. He pissed on our constitution. Public trials for treason against our country, have to be in his future.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

They violated every norm in the book, using holds and filibusters to keep federal court vacancies open until they had a Republican president, blocked Merrick Garland from even having a hearing, and jammed through Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation eight days before the election.

[Jonathan Reiner @JReinerMD]

Makary is out. Now the US has no CDC Director, No FDA Commissioner, and no Surgeon General. And the NIH Director who is also defacto acting CDC Director never trained in Medicine. During this hantavirus outbreak the US needs steady public health leadership and a authoritative voice to the American people. There currently is no one to fill that role.

[Scott Dworkin @funder]

The Trump regime actually let two guys with zero government experience use ChatGPT to cancel $100M in grants—including Holocaust education. A federal judge just humiliated them, called it unconstitutional, and reversed every single cut. Hit ❤️ if you love seeing them lose in court, and read how she did it: https://t.co/XTXuLx4Qe0