Aaron Yarmuth

Founder Former editor LEO Weekly, SPJ Louisville 2015 best editorial writing, AAN award finalist - editorial writing 2015

[Aaron Yarmuth @yarmuth]

“Democracy is the political enactment of a spiritual idea: The sacred worth of all human beings.” —Sen. Raphael Warnock

[John Yarmuth 🥃 @JohnYarmuth]

How about releasing your findings to the public so we can see that you are just trying to needlessly create the impression that we have fraudulent elections when we don’t? Which Trump administration job are you auditioning for?

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

Follow the money on this one. It is rotten to the core.

The Pentagon just lent $620,000,000 to a tiny North Carolina startup called Vulcan Elements. The company is two years old.

It had fewer than 50 employees.

And three months before the deal was announced, Donald Trump Jr.’s venture firm quietly took a stake in it.

Here is the part the administration tried to bury.

Of the dozens of companies the Pentagon was weighing, Vulcan was the only deal initiated by a top White House aide. That aide was Peter Navarro, a close friend of Trump Jr. The order came down to move fast.

One official put it plainly: The call came from the White House. We have to get this done.

Staff worked late nights to push it through in weeks. Deals like this normally take many months of vetting. And when it closed, Vulcan’s valuation jumped from about 200 million dollars to roughly 2 billion.

A windfall for the investors, including the president’s son.

This is public money. Your money.

Routed through the Pentagon to enrich the president’s family and their friends. The Bush administration’s own chief ethics lawyer called it corruption we pay for.

And there is more coming.

A drone parts company Trump Jr. holds a stake in is also under Pentagon review.

This is not a one-off. It is a pattern. The president’s family is treating the federal Treasury like a private bank, and the bill lands on every taxpayer.

https://t.co/4kB1cZNmlE

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

This is a front page story and weeks long scandal for anyone other than Trump.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Half the cost of Trump's Reflecting Pool renovations is being paid for by National Park entrance fees, money that was previously used for park maintenance and preservation.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

March 2026: Trump purchases Robinhood stock worth up to $315,000

April 2026: Trump taps Robinhood as the official broker for his Trump Accounts program

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

Donald Trump commuted the sentence of a health care executive who was convicted in a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

If there was institutional credibility left to burn this would do the trick. But I can hardly call this a surprise at this point

[John Yarmuth 🥃 @JohnYarmuth]

As the former chair of the House Budget Committee, I can say that he is totally full of crap. That would mean that literally. Every dollar of Medicare, Medicaid, Snap and other support programs is spent fraudulently. Total and malicious lies.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

This whole thread is nuts

[John Yarmuth 🥃 @JohnYarmuth]

Outright bribery, and the Supreme Court ruled Trump can’t be prosecuted for bribery if it involves his official duties, including, I guess, ordering the FDA to change its policy.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

GOP Senator Thom Tillis slams Trump’s $1.8B slush fund:

“I think it’s stupid on stilts… Taxpayer dollars will compensate someone who assaulted a police officer, got convicted…and now we’re going to pay him for that? This is absurd!”

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Nothing to see here.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Adam Douglas Thompson.

[Rick Reilly @ReillyRick]

OK, #MAGA, here's the new deal ...
You can pillage buildings, maim cops and lie to judges. As long as you're loyal to Trump -- you get PAID!
Congrats!
#CommanderInCheat

[John Yarmuth 🥃 @JohnYarmuth]

Virtually all Republican candidates, especially Andy Barr, admitted they were putting Donald Trump first, not Kentuckians.They pledge allegiance to a convicted felon and corrupt President, not the Constitution of the U.S. or Kentucky.

[Dennis Goris | Cartoons @DennisGoris]

Have you been injured? #slushfund

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

Americans today will spend ~$590 million more on gasoline today alone versus the pre-war price. Cumulatively, for the ~79 days the Strait has been closed, Americans have now spent ~$33 billion more on gasoline alone.

[Aaron Yarmuth @yarmuth]

VOLUME UP!!

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[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

checking in for a brief moment on the Rededicate 250 blasphemy fest and yep, it's beyond parody

[Aaron Yarmuth @yarmuth]

@JohnYarmuth Another way you know the White House’s health insurance number is BS… every single Republican would be touting it.

[Aaron Yarmuth @yarmuth]

@JohnYarmuth Another way you know the White House’s health insurance number is BS… every single Republican would be touting it.