Wow America.gov is super useful!

Must read piece in Pro Publica on the reality of today’s campaign finance system that shows the false promises SCOTUS made that got us here. 🧵https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation

The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

propublica.org

Incredible quote to start with “millions of Americans like me” and then to end with “on our normal vacation to Greece or the Vineyard”

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3w ago

They made President Carter sell his peanut farm.

Robert Maguire@robertmaguire.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee on March 12, 2024, and within days, he started creating new companies and slapping his name on products. He hasn't stopped since. The tally now stands at 81 new businesses—36 since taking office (he started two more while I was drafting this report)

reminders for the people: (1) getting rid of the shell company transparency law / rules was in Project 2025 (pg. 707) (2) these are the businesses *that we know of* - he is likely tied to dozens more (3) this is why PUBLIC incorporation registries tying entities to real human owners matters!

Robert Maguire@robertmaguire.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee on March 12, 2024, and within days, he started creating new companies and slapping his name on products. He hasn't stopped since. The tally now stands at 81 new businesses—36 since taking office (he started two more while I was drafting this report)

Trump became the presumptive GOP nominee on March 12, 2024, and within days, he started creating new companies and slapping his name on products. He hasn't stopped since. The tally now stands at 81 new businesses—36 since taking office (he started two more while I was drafting this report)

Trump incorporated dozens of new companies in lead up to second term—and never stopped - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Trump filed a financial disclosure in June revealing he brought in more than $2.2 billion in revenue during 2025. We found that more than a third of that revenue came from dozens of companies Trump ha...

citizensforethics.org

This is correct, but also another reason why Democrats have to lean into accountability and oversight as hard as possible when they retake Congress. It's not just about punishing criminals. It's about making it clear to the country the depth of the damage done to ready them for the repairs.

Tahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺@rochaa.bsky.social · last mo.

Let me be a Debby Downer here: it will take more than 2 consecutive terms to slightly rebuild our government because the damage these guys have inflicted on every department & agency is *enormous*. Don’t look for a quick fix.

There are a lot of reasons I’ll never be a millionaire, much less a billionaire, and one of the reasons is that I fundamentally cannot see how I’d live with myself when stats like this exist

CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations

Analysis by Institute for Policy Studies found that between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4%

theguardian.com

👀 More examples of big super PAC contribs buying access to POTUS. By @issueonereform.bsky.social's count, these will be at least the 13th and 14th big money super PAC fundraising events President Trump will have attended since he was elected in Nov 2024. h/t @cbsnews.com @gabekaminsky.bsky.social

Remember this from Trump’s first campaign? “Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them. They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.” Wonder how much they spent for this?

Trump Administration Is Said to Reach Broad Nuclear Deal With Saudis

Some U.S. lawmakers from both parties and Israeli officials have expressed opposition to such a plan, fearing that the kingdom could use a civilian nuclear project to eventually develop nuclear weapon...

nytimes.com

If it wasn't already clear that Truth Social is a presidential enrichment vehicle with a small, failing social media component, they now want investors to pay to get his market-moving Truths before everyone else.

Trump Media to Sell Faster Access to President’s Social Posts

The new service will let traders and investors pay for real-time feed of Truth Social posts.

wsj.com

You will soon be able to use coins with the billionaire GodKing's visage on them to try to buy the gas and groceries you can't afford

When a Republican senator from a state with a Republican governor dies, you can announce it right away, I guess.

it’s beautiful

"Turning Point Action, the political action committee arm of Turning Point USA... sent seven buses carrying 350 students to the Jan. 6 rally." www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

Say you were born on roughly the same day as Jesus, and I came to you and told you that I would pay you $1 million every single day—including weekends—until today. And say you didn't spend a penny of it until today. The richest man in the world would still have more than $250 billion more than you

The Trump admin's pay-to-play politics, regulatory retaliation and conflicts of interest are imposing real costs on businesses. Join CREW's VP of Research Robert Maguire on June 11 for a conversation about corruption's impact on the private sector. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

One of the greatest injustices in the world is that people who live in Denver just get to go to Red Rocks for concerts. Like that's just their local place to see concerts.

Ticketmaster is a cancer

When you don’t know what a White House ballroom is

I did it. I found the most American headline of all time

My cat when I tell her I just gave her treats 10 minutes ago

Anyone who thought Tillis wouldn't be pushed over by a feather doesn't know Tillis. He didn't get where he is by standing on principle for very long.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

WELKER: Pirro says she's willing to reopen a criminal investigation into Powell. You just heard the AG leave the door open too. But will you now vote yes to confirm Kevin Warsh? TILLIS: I am now prepared to vote yes, with assurances from the DOJ

If you squint real hard you can see the exact moment when our cat jumped on the bed and meowed directly into my ear last night

"The result is a structure that turns the pursuit of access to the presidency into profit for Trump." Gabrielle Corporal and @robertmaguire.bsky.social for @citizensforethics.org

Trump’s second memecoin event is somehow even worse than the first - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Trump will likely attend an event for those who hold his memecoin, the second time that he has offered special access to those who purchase $TRUMP.

citizensforethics.org

Every day, I see people shitting on AI, but I find it quite informative

One of the most disorienting things about both Trump presidencies is the disparity between how demanding his job is at least SUPPOSED to be, and how much less demanding he makes it seem than pretty much everyone else's jobs where you can't just be posting random shit at 11:39am on a Wednesday

Number of the day: $120 million That's how much money the main four party-aligned super PACs focused on control of Congress have raised so far this election cycle from their affiliated dark money groups. issueone.org/press/four-m...