Scott Brammer

Trump: "Prices are down."

Kernen: "Inflation is moderate."

Trump: "Energy is down to $2.20 a gallon."

Kernen: "I've seen $2.80."

This is complete fantasy. Just an absurd made up lie. The EU is not giving Trump “$600 billion to invest anyway I want.” They aren’t giving him 1 dollar to invest. It is just astonishing that a president can go on a financial network and lie like this & it barely registers. bsky.app/profile/atru...

New non-profit law firm in DC aims to challenge Trump’s executive power | CNN Politics A group of well-known Washington lawyers is opening a law firm focused on challenging President Donald Trump’s executive orders and agency actions as he strives to dramatically reshape the federal gov...

New non-profit firm,The Washington Litigation Group, formed by seasoned attorneys, judges & former govt employees who lost jobs when the felon took office,will represent FREE those pushing back on abuse of power. Group already represents a fired independent agency head.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

YES!

This is the full weaponization of intelligence AND law enforcement. One of the most autocratic actions the Trump administration has taken. A true sign of authoritarianism. Gabbard cooked up a phony intelligence report to create a sham investigation. They want Soviet-like show trials of Trump foes.

Two weeks ago, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Trump in the Epstein files. This weekend, I sued them for the videos.

Amen!

Oof!

Hot 🔥 Wheels 🛞 can go fuck himself.

Rep. Nancy Mace kicks off South Carolina GOP gubernatorial bid. She says she's 'Trump in high heels' Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina says she plans to start a statewide series of town halls this week in Myrtle Beach now that she's running for governor.

I wish this thing would go away. apnews.com/article/nanc... Nancy Mace announces Republican primary run for South Carolina governor | AP News

Caleb Nelson, Adel, IA Police Department Chief of Police: Wade Book
Email
adelpolice@adeliowa.gov
Phone
(515) 993-6723

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Rep. Ashley Hinson and AG Brenna Bird found a useful idiot during Bird’s AG Barn Bash fundraiser yesterday.

Trump’s war on Big Law leads firms to retreat from ’pro bono’ work for underdogs Major law firms are scaling back the free work they do for advocacy groups fighting the government in the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks on the profession. Interviews with over 60 lawyers and 30 nonprofits show legal aid groups now have fewer resources to defend the vulnerable.

A shameful display of cowardice by the nation's largest law firms. This article should be required reading in every law school ethics class in the country.

If you are a partner at one of these firms, know that the money will never be enough to wash away the stain. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Trump’s gripe about revisions in the jobs report is how he played the 2020 election. Jobs numbers come in after initial report is released. They are added/subtracted from the report. Just like claiming victory on Election Day & complaining when rest of the ballots are counted.

Texas Democrats Leave the State to Block GOP Congressional Map Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: A group of Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state Sunday, activating their emergency plan to block a hastily-drawn Republican congressional map that’s poised to set off a national redistricting battle between red states and blue states. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Lil Marco get ready

NEW: Trump hurls a dizzying array of outrages at us. But they're each part of an overarching plan: the deconstruction of American society. In my OUR LAND newsletter, I note how this big picture is not being fully conveyed by the media & Trump's political foes.
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I have no idea what this even means. The rightwing used to say they needed a "Marc Elias." Lou Dobbs even told Miller to hire me $500m. It's all kinda silly.

Yes, we need to be creative and fight hard, but we don't need a Stephen Miller any more than the other side could create someone like me.

Texas Pushes Redistricting Into an Era of ‘Maximum Warfare’

Marc Elias, one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent lawyers, welcomed any converts to his brand of brass-knuckle politics.

“I do not believe, when it comes to elections, that Democrats should ever engage in any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith,” Mr. Elias said.

Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.

It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.

The “revised down” numbers are just an admission of lies that they carried to pass the most destructive bill in recent history. Energy prices climbing, student loan processing up, healthcare cost increasing, and food. Now new tariffs. He builds a $200M tacky ballroom. This is the New Gilded Age.

Trump Today:

1. Made deal to move Maxwell to cushy min security Club Fed facility.

2. Had worst jobs report come out in a decade.

3. Said report was rigged & fired govt employee who made the report.

4. Moved 2 nuke subs off Russia to threaten them.

5. Flew to a golf outing.

‘1984’ is upon us

Ask yourself this: if the numbers were actually bad, would whoever he installs tell us?

Answer: of course not

This is where the train leaves the tracks

I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative. The Economy is BOOMING under “TRUMP” despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting “Kamala” elected – How did that work out? Jerome “Too Late” Powell should also be put “out to pasture.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Incredible -- Trump moves to make the government cook the jobs numbers

The jury doesn’t need more time to deliberate on the verdict. GUILTY!

And the next new tariff that Trump will chicken out on…?

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