John Kennedy

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After Trump gutted the IRS workforce — including the unit tasked with auditing billionaires — the agency's annual audit revenue plunged by 35%. Trump's attacks on the IRS were never about "efficiency." They were about making it easier for the wealthy and powerful to skirt what they owe.

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BREAKING: Democrats say Hegseth and the Pentagon is attempting to steal funds from the National Institute of Health to make up for the record amount of taxpayer money they’ve spent in their war on Iran.

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions). Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom. And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ. Remember this.

"Standing" is a sufficiently malleable doctrine that the patent illegality of the government action should matter in close cases.

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Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last wk.

#BREAKING: By a 5-4 vote (with Chief Justice Roberts joining the three Democratic appointees in dissent), #SCOTUS grants a stay pending appeal in the ballroom case, clearing the way for Trump to continue building the ballroom indefinitely while the litigation proceeds.