Dave Min

After a historic economic week, stagflation fears are back The word "stagflation" revives miserable memories of the 1970s, when Americans faced a dreadful combination of higher prices and few job opportunities.

Stagflation = rising inflation + declining employment.

Trump inherited a rapidly growing economy and destroyed it the same way he bankrupted six companies (including a casino).

Meanwhile, the Repub Congress keeps greenlighting his insanely stupid economic policies.
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India calls Trump's tariff threat over Russian oil 'unjustified' The US president threatened to "substantially" raise tariffs against India over its purchase of oil from Russia.

This is your daily reminder Trump has ZERO legal authority to levy taxes on foreign goods (aka tariffs).

Another example of Trump violating the law under the pretense of a fake "national emergency" while his Repub lapdogs in Congress refuse to exercise ANY oversight.
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Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation

This is what "The Swamp" looks like. This is the most corrupt Presidential administration in history. And they are being enabled by a compliant Republican Congress which refuses to conduct ANY oversight.
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Hamas releases chilling video of ‘living skeleton’ hostage Evyatar David: ‘Few days left to live’ In the nearly 5-minute clip released Friday, the 24-year-old David is seen in a tunnel with a ceiling roughly as high as he is tall, crossing off dates on a calendar and digging a grave.

Horrific and gruesome to see Hamas's torture and mistreatment of Israeli hostages. It is long past time that Hamas release the remaining hostages.
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2 dead, 6 wounded in 'senseless' mass shooting at music festival after-party in downtown L.A. The gathering had been promoted as an unofficial after-party for Hard Summer, a house- and techno-music festival taking place over the weekend at Hollywood Park.

Trump promised to go after violent criminals and gang members.

Instead, his ICE is terrorizing law-abiding day laborers and foreign students while his FBI and DOJ are focused on scrubbing the #EpsteinFiles.

Meanwhile, crimes like these are on the rise.
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Hot take alert:

Sydney Sweeney was very funny in her SNL skit with Bowen Yang and is otherwise a fine but not exceptional actress. I don't care about whatever ad campaign she is part of for some product I will never buy, and what is happening in Texas right now is MUCH MUCH MUCH more important.

I’ll be doing a press conference with @ppfa.org in an hour on the devastating impacts that the Republican Big Ugly Bill will have on reproductive healthcare, including access to abortion, contraceptives, and OB-GYN care.

We live in a democracy and governors do not have the power to remove legislators or charge them with crimes for using well known procedural tactics.

The fact that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott would even threaten these actions tells us all how much the MAGA movement despises democracy and the rule of law.

Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

Our mad king just learned that his insanely stupid tariffs (aka taxes) are raising costs and causing massive job losses.

Instead of changing his policies, he’s shooting the messenger.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

It's pretty clear House GOP and DOJ leaders believe Trump is a pedophile...

why else would they be trying to cut a deal with known perjurer Ghislaine Maxwell, who claimed under oath there were no underage girls on Epstein's properties, instead of just releasing the full Epstein files?

Don't say I didn't warn you.

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Trump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It’s Worse Than Imagined. Try as it might, the government cannot cover up the horrors with bureaucratic legalese.

Trump's new (illegal) birthright citizenship proposal denies citizenship to babies born in the USA and effectively empowers ICE agents to raid maternity wards demanding to see the papers of new parents.

These guys are fucking bonkers.
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Ryne Sandberg, Chicago Cubs' All-Star second baseman, dies at 65 Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg, who was a fixture at the position for the Chicago Cubs, has died at the age of 65.

I remember watching Ryne Sandberg as a kid. Legendary work ethic and hustle. Gone far too young.

Fuck cancer.

But also fuck everyone in this Trump administration who worked to defund cancer research in this country.
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Dear Rick Crawford and Chuck Grassley,

Nice try. Now can you ask for the release of the entire #EpsteinFiles as well?

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DOJ to review staff texts, emails after faculty praise of GMU president The Justice Department letter over a faculty resolution that affirmed support for President Gregory Washington signals a new level of intrusion into GMU operations, critics say.

Donald Trump campaigned on a platform of cracking down on violent crime.

Instead, he has his Department of Justice and FBI investigating DEI, going after his political enemies, and attacking higher education institutions.
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Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.

This is fucking outrageous. Not only is the Trump administration illegally holding a permanent resident in detention for more than a week, with no explanation and no access to an attorney, they are claiming he has no Constitutional rights.
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Trump's reported snub of Taiwan president spurs concerns over deference to China The Trump admin is reportedly prohibiting Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te from stopping over in New York City while en route to diplomatic meetings in Central America.

Completely insane that Trump just snubbed Taiwan's President, supposedly to curry favor with China ahead of his upcoming trade talks with them.

Any signal we don't stand 100% with Taiwan may lead to war. We cannot allow China to bully us.
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This is from a few weeks back but a belated THANK YOU to the @nbwdc.bsky.social for giving me the largest greeting card I've ever received! Appreciate your kind words and moral support, particularly during these challenging times.

OK, so now that it's crystal clear who's trying to cover up the #EpsteinFiles, let's ask the obvious follow up question:

WHAT ELSE are House Republicans and Fox News covering up?

Enough bullshit hearings. The House Oversight Committee needs to start doing its damn job.

How a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Dept.

The most fucked thing about the #EpsteinFiles isn't the massive coverup that the DOJ and FBI are apparently engaged in... it's that our federal law enforcement agencies are diverting resources away from terrorism, human trafficking, and everything else.
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Representative Dave Min Stands Up For The Rule Of Law, Demands Donald Trump Release Jerome Powell Letter Washington, D.C. — Following news reports of President Donald Trump showing off a draft letter firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to House Republicans, Representative Dave Min (CA-47) sent a l...

No one, not even the President, is above the law.

Following reports of Trump's planned firing of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, I sent a letter demanding transparency in accordance with the Presidential Records Act.

There shouldn’t be one set of rules for Donald Trump and another for the rest of us. I’m standing up for Orange County and demanding accountability from his administration.

Major newspapers are reporting that Trump is in the #EpsteinFiles, while Trump and his White House are claiming that's untrue.

If only there were some way to figure this all out... 🤷‍♂️

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Gabbard, once scorned, takes center stage with latest Obama allegations The White House disputed that Trump's director of intelligence was declassifying information to boost her own internal standing.

Our democracy is in a five alarm fire.

This is outrageous, ridiculous, and is itself a clear attempt to subvert our democracy and our rule of law to try to distract from the Epstein controversy.
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Since we're declassifying everything now, my question for Rep. Ana Luna, Chair of the House Oversight Committee's Taskforce on the Declassification of Federal Secrets is when are you releasing the Epstein files?

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No matter how powerful or well connected you are, no one is above the law.

@casten.house.gov and I sent letters questioning whether US Attorneys Ed Martin and Emil Bove’s consistent violations of the law constitute a breach of professional ethics and warrant disciplinary action, up to disbarment.

Protect Science and Innovation

Right now, the combination of steep funding cuts for science research and the Trump administration's aggressive actions against immigrants are threatening our innovation economy.

We must ProtectScienceAndInnovation.org

#ProtectScience
#InnovationMakesAmericaGreat

Republicans propose naming Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump The Kennedy Center’s Opera House may soon be named after First Lady Melania Trump, if an amendment passed Tuesday by House Republicans becomes law.

Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein boasted of his closeness to Trump and his now-wife Melania by claiming, “the first time he slept with her was on my plane,” which was dubbed the Lolita Express.

Stay classy House GOP.
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Live updates: House committee to subpoena Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell; Trump talks trade with Philippine president Live updates: Trump to host Philippine president at the White House

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict:
1) Ghislaine Maxwell does not implicate (or even mention) the man identified as John Doe 174; and
2) she says whatever she needs to say to get a presidential pardon.
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If Trump's DOJ can release all of the FBI files associated with Martin Luther King and Hillary Clinton, why won't they release all of the Epstein files?