Judy Greenough

Trump insists he’s entitled to ‘a lot’ of taxpayer money following DOJ investigations After The New York Times reported that the president “is demanding" that the Justice Department pay him $230 million, he candidly confirmed the story.

The circumstances remain head-spinning:

- The DOJ investigated a suspected criminal

- The suspected criminal then took control over the DOJ

- The suspected criminal now expects the DOJ to stuff “a lot” of taxpayer money into his pockets to satisfy his self-pitying sense of entitlement

A Look Back at the History of the White House East Wing What began as an architectural balance to the West Wing eventually became a symbolic seat of power for First Ladies.

www.townandcountrymag.com/society/poli... Bingo: “In 2010, Donald Trump phoned then-President Barack Obama’s top political advisor, David Axelrod, suggesting they build a ballroom on the White House grounds.” In tears seeing the small pic of Xmas window, 2012. Obamas made it The People’s House

FEMA Is Paralyzed. Disaster-Torn Communities Are Paying the Price. St. Louis’s tornado was months ago, but it’s still waiting for hundreds of millions in federal recovery funds to arrive. It’s part of Trump’s plan to shift responsibility to the states and shrink the ...

"FEMA officials arrived to go door-to-door to help residents apply for federal funds. But then they stopped as the administration canceled the door-to-door program.

FEMA closed disaster-recovery facilities where residents could apply for financial assistance last week."

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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

“USA, USA”: from patriotic chant to war cry. Congrats to Rory & Co, with apologies for so many classless spectators.

US fan ugliness at the Ryder Cup was merely a reflection of Trump’s all-caps America | Bryan Armen Graham European players were subjected to slurs and crude insults about their families. They were no surprise as public discourse in America has broken down

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All fingers + toes + 4 paws

"Where The Hell Is Alex Acosta?" They ignored the victims. Protected the enablers. And handed the narrative to partisan hacks. This isn’t justice; it’s cover-up cosplay from a Congress that thinks you’re an idiot.

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OPINION: Authoritarianism is dressed up as school choice - The Nevada Independent OPINION: Authoritarianism is dressed up as school choice. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

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OPINION by Indy CEO Jon Ralston: Trump pardon of Fiore is no surprise, but we should not holster our outrage

“... the moment we lose our sense of outrage, and our passion to not take the path of least resistance, all is lost.”

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Team Trump reportedly backs off investigation into Russian war crimes in Ukraine The Biden administration sought evidence of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The Trump administration is reportedly undoing those efforts.

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OPINION: Imagine a Trump in every governor’s mansion - The Nevada Independent OPINION: Imagine a Trump in every governor’s mansion. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

In my cheerily optimistic latest for @thenvindy.bsky.social, I point out that, if you think what the president is doing is bad, wait until dozens of upwardly aspirational governors follow his example.

Scroll through Trump’s new covid website — and have your mind blown “Taking over the past is a point of no return. It’s not that we can’t get back to who we once were. It’s that we won’t even remember it.”

OPINION: Government is not a business — nobody can run it like one - The Nevada Independent OPINION: Government is not a business — nobody can run it like one. Read more from The Nevada Independent.

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Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker Data vital to tracking these abducted Ukrainian children may have suddenly disappeared. A bipartisan group of House members wants to know: Who did this, and why?

Horrifying: After the contract tracking Ukrainian children abducted by Russia was terminated, the underlying evidence of these potential war crimes seems to be missing, a bipartisan group of Reps just charged in letter to Rubio. Two GOPers signed.

Details here:
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Trump’s Ukraine aid numbers seem to be pulled out of thin air. They’re both reversed (Europe has spent more than the US) and wildly incorrect (nobody is giving anywhere near $350B).

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Trump defenders: "No fair blaming a president for price rises caused by a pandemic, unless the president is Joe Biden."

Also completely without class.

So good! Hard to pick just one:”Eight years ago, Trump’s own son-in-law was criticized for omitting foreign contacts on his security clearance application. Now, Musk is running the entire show and did not even need to apply for that clearance.”

U.S. immigration games Google to give impression of mass deportations: report The Morning Joe panel discusses new Guardian reporting on how U.S. immigration has updated the timestamps on old press releases about enforcement actions, making them appear more recent in Google sear...

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Trump’s latest executive action made post-crash blame game even worse The president's response to the American Eagle Flight 5342 crash was, by any fair measure, obscene — which he made worse with an ugly executive memorandum.

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo... - “the Republican has spent years using the phrase “likely illegal” as a synonym for “stuff I don’t like.”

OPINION: Positive, kinder role models needed to eliminate our nation’s culture of cruelty - The Nevada Independent And if you think that our behavior does not affect our children, then you are mistaken. As a middle school teacher for more than 25 years, I have seen it play out in my classroom, particularly in the ...

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Unfit for Duty: The Grave National Security Risk of Kash Patel Leading the FBI Our nation’s security depends on stopping his confirmation.

Many in national security, myself included, who’ve worked w/ Kash Patel have seen his dishonesty & the threat he poses. Fear keeps many silent—but silence is not support. That this must be said about his nomination for FBI Director speaks volumes. My latest:
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So much for the concept of “comforter in chief”. This is NOT what this county needs right now. Despicable. Note the extra sympathy for Russia.

““This offer should not be viewed as voluntary. Between the flurry of anti-worker executive orders and policies, it is clear that the Trump administration’s goal is to turn the federal government into a toxic environment where workers cannot stay even if they want to,” Kelley said.”

What federal workers should know about Trump administration’s ‘deferred resignation’ offer

Trump’s ICE released more criminals than Biden’s because they prioritized locking up asylum seekers over detaining migrants convicted of crimes.

Sending troops to the border won’t make us safer — but focusing on real problems instead of distractions will.

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The Playground Taunt Aspirational Autocrats Return to Tactics Gleaned from Schoolyard Squabbles

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