Dan

#fella RT is interesting not endorsement . ❤️ bookmark. 🐕 ‘s good . I try my best to pay attention! 🇺🇸

[Mark Hertling @MarkHertling]

Yes, I said that. Partly because I swore an oath to defend the Constitution and partly because what he’s doing is flat out wrong.

[Connor O’Brien @cojobrien]

The pivot over just a few months from "this will raise up to $20 billion" to arguing in court that the fee couldn't possibly be a tax because it raises so little money has been astounding.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

No, they aren't.

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

We've gotten numb to it, but what Trump/Hegseth is now doing to Anthropic—and what Trump did to the law firms—are not just tantrums, they are impeachable abuses of power. They are, in effect, executive branch bills of attainder. ...
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[Sam Stein @samstein]

Just unpacking it here.

Ukraine is helping us with Iranian drones, resulting from the war we launched against Iran.

And we're easing sanctions on Russia because of the oil market fallout from the war we launched against Iran.

And Russia is helping Iran with medical aid and intel, in the war we launched against Iran.

And Trump is frustrated with Ukraine because it's still at war with Russia.

[Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw]

"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes."

https://t.co/dgNukmCUA9

[Thomas @Winston_Wolfe]

@propublica Mental Health providers are literally apologizing to veterans about the lack of staffing. I personally know of a vet who was told of a key MH nurse retiring at VA clinic and a provider said about the situation, “We haven’t been allowed to replace her.”. That’s on @SecVetAffairs.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Sen. Slotkin: “There's press reports that the Russians are helping target US ships and aircraft…If Russia is helping kill U.S. forces, we have crossed a Rubicon…We have to take decisive action on that, and instead, we're giving them breaks on oil.”

[Dan @thereal_DanG]

Accurate unfortunately. This is both terrible terrible and very very predictable!

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

"Covid will be over in two weeks. Gone by Easter"
"We're signing a health care plan within two weeks"
"They’re dying, Russians & Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. I’ll have that done — I’ll have that done in 24 hours"

Based on his record, this isn’t ending anytime soon.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

"Covid will be over in two weeks. Gone by Easter"
"We're signing a health care plan within two weeks"
"They’re dying, Russians & Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. I’ll have that done — I’ll have that done in 24 hours"

Based on his record, this isn’t ending anytime soon.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

This exchange just happened on the Senate floor.
Cornyn: “I don’t understand how the SAVE Act disenfranchises voters.”

Durbin: “Happy to explain. Driver’s licenses don’t qualify under the bill. 50% of Americans don’t have passports.”
Cornyn: “Why not just amend it?”

Durbin: “When’s the last time the Senate actually amended a bill?”

Silence.

The SAVE Act requires passport-level documentation to register to vote.

50% of Americans don’t have a passport.

The people least likely to have passports: the elderly, the poor, rural Americans, young first-time voters.

The people most likely to have passports: wealthy Americans.

This is not voter protection.

This is voter selection.

And when a senator suggested fixing it — his own colleague couldn’t name the last time the Senate amended anything.

That’s the Senate in 2026.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

We’ve never, ever had this before. A President completely untethered to truth. I mean completely untethered to truth. That’s such a bad thing. But you know what’s even worse? Way, way too many people don’t care. And way too much of the media no longer cares.

[Charlie Sykes @SykesCharlie]

FFS.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Anyone who thinks James Carville is a “problematic figure” has 0 chance to win a campaign in Texas and should quit electoral politics for academia.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

America is watching today, so every reporter covering tonight's State of Delusion should be questioning why 50+ pages related to a woman accusing Trump of sexual assault when she was a child are missing from the released files.

[Dan @thereal_DanG]

@michelleo2112 @DHSgov #EpsteinFiles

[Dan @thereal_DanG]

@PressSec where are the #EpsteinFiles ?

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

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[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Shared today by Bev Perry in the Expand Dem Values in the House and Senate Facebook group.

I need to say something that's been bothering me for a while, and I'm saying it as a Marine Corps veteran who leans center-right.
This isn't partisan. This is observation.
We've slow-faded into accepting militarized police as normal, and nobody seems to notice or care.
Even as a USMC pilot, I went through six months of infantry training as an officer before flight school. I've worn the gear. The helmet, the tactical vest, the whole kit. And I can tell you from experience, it changes you.
There's a psychological shift that happens when you strap that stuff on. You feel different. You carry yourself different. You start seeing the environment differently. In the Marine Corps, that shift was appropriate because it's a combat culture and organization.
But these are American streets. American citizens. And we've got law enforcement dressed like they're kicking down doors in Fallujah to serve warrants in suburbia.
What happend to high standards and real policing tactics? Think Adam-12...Officers Reed and Malloy. Crisp uniforms. A revolver. A baton. High standards and professionalism. They looked like public servants because they were public servants. They de-escalated. They talked to people. They were part of the community.
Now? Tactical gear, beards, ball caps, Oakley sunglasses, sleeve tattoos, and a tactical kit that would make special operators jealous. And we've turned it into a fetish. We celebrate it. We assume that because someone looks hard, they must be a professional.
They're not.
I loved the Marine Corps. But I'll be honest, I was also blinded by it for a while. Mission first. Unit over everything. And that mentality made sense in that context.
But law enforcement doesn't get that critical examination. "Back the Blue" has become a shield against accountability. A blanket assumption that a badge plus gun equals hero. That tactical gear equals competence.
It doesn't.
Most people who join law enforcement aren't special operators. They're average people who desperately want to belong to something bigger than themselves. I understand that impulse deeply, it's why I joined the Marines. But wanting to belong doesn't make you qualified. Looking the part doesn't mean you can perform under pressure. And wrapping yourself in warrior aesthetics doesn't make you a warrior.
Old school law enforcement represented something. Standards. Bearing. Discipline. Professionalism that was demonstrated, not costumed. A revolver and a baton meant you had to rely on your training, your words, your judgment, not overwhelming firepower.
What I see now in law enforcement is the costume without the culture. The gear without the training. The authority without the accountability.
Are there good people in law enforcement? Of course. I know some personally. But this reflexive "law enforcement can do no wrong" mentality is lazy, dangerous, and intellectually dishonest.
A woman is dead. And before we sort ourselves into teams and start assigning blame, maybe we should ask harder questions:
Why do we accept a militarized police force as normal?
Why do we assume tactical gear equals tactical competence?
Why have we let "Back the Blue" become a substitute for actual standards?
I wore the uniform. I went through the training. I know what that gear does to your head.
It shouldn't be normalized on American streets against American citizens.
And we shouldn't pretend everyone wearing it is qualified to carry it. The fact that he called her a “fucking bitch” after he shot her three times should be a huge red flag for all of us.

[Dan @thereal_DanG]

@PressSec any new #EpsteinFiles made public today?

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Hey @WhiteHouse and @PamBondi did we get any new Epstein files lately?

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

To every American who either didn’t bother to vote in 2024 or voted for Trump bcuz “price of eggs” or “Dems too woke,” or “Biden too old.” We told you he was uniquely dangerous. We told you he was going to do this. We told you he’d try to turn America into a fascist dystopia. You laughed & said it could never happen here. Well…it’s happening here.👇