Jozef Imrich

A stock trading ban for Congress is a no-brainer. And yet. You can have their brokerage accounts when you pry them from their cold dead hands.

New in PN: A stock trading ban for Congress is a no-brainer. And yet.

"It’s important for Democrats to remember that regardless of the fact that one can find MAGA bros cheering on whatever latest crypto scam the president and his family have engineered, as a general rule, *voters hate corruption*"

KERNEN: It's a big leap to go to 'rigged' with the jobs reports. And it undermines confidence in the system.

TRUMP: Give me a break

Q: Why did you cut snap and health care research?

Rep. Flood: We do not have unlimited money in the United States.

[Crowd booing]

Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."

47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

I’m Not panicking. I’m Outraged. Read more here.

I have been the subject of many spurious accusations and politically motivated attacks, but this one is in a class by itself. According to Tulsi Gabbard — the nation’s top intelligence official — my refusal to post on Twitter is being reviewed by the Department of Justice as evidence of wrongdoing.

She was only being that polite because it was a public speech.

Disgusting.

KERNEN: The revision last year was in August. There was still plenty of time for voters to see those weren't real jobs.

TRUMP: No. After the election in November. I believe it was in November.

KERNEN: This was in August

TRUMP: The numbers were rigged

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!

Abbott just issued arrest warrants for the Dems who fled the state.

Rep Jasmine Crockett: unbothered.

“You have a lot of intelligent attorneys that serve in the Texas House, and so they know there’s nothing he can do outside of the Texas jurisdiction.”

TRUMP: I got the highest in the history of TX, a record that won't be beat unless I run again

CNBC: Are you going to run again?

T: Probably not. I'd like to. I have the best poll numbers I ever had.


C: Among Republicans


T: No. I'm talking about generally.


C: Polls have you down in the 30s

No one is stoping it …
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NY GOV. KATHY HOCHUL: “If we refuse to fight for our democracy, we’re doomed to lose it… bullies in Texas are not going to intimidate us.”

Rachel @maddow.msnbc.com last night: "We do now live in a country that has an authoritarian leader in charge. We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country."

Fascism is expensive.

I’m Not Panicking. I’m Outraged. Read more here.

I am outraged that the price of standing up to Trump — of standing for democracy — is to be subjected to endless lies, attacks and false accusations by people who know better. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...

Finally, a united nation.

Dirty Thirty …💰💰💰
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The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

Where are the demands for town halls? Did the Democratic Party just forget?

i have been thinking a lot about how the entire concept of “the deal” is antithetical to transparency, fair play and rule of law, as larry notes. the deal is necessarily nonstandard, ad hoc and dependent on the whims of the dealmaker

I've been verified. I guess I really am me.

A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Lair

Woody Allen said dinners at Jeffrey Epstein’s place reminded him of Dracula’s castle, “where Lugosi has three young female vampires who service the place.”
Also in this NYT story (w/ gift link): Epstein had a first edition of “Lolita.”
Meanwhile, Trump is covering up his ties w/ the child molester.

A Terrible Five Days for the Truth Trump’s latest moves represent an assault on reporting, statistics, and the historical record.

"The past five days have been deeply distressing for the truth as a force in restraining authoritarian governance."

If Sean Duffy builds a nuclear reactor on the moon and no one is around to see it, will it still distract everyone from the Epstein files? 🤔

Sean Duffy trending
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