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REED: How many taxpayers' returns were leaked by the IRS in the 2020 breach? BLANCHE: Excuse me? REED: 405,427. One of them was Donald Trump, correct? BLANCHE: Donald Trump and his family. REED: And Donald Trump was president at the time. So it was his IRS that allowed this breach of privacy

Every word. Chris Van Hollen tells the plain, honest truth about the Department of Justice under Trump. The symbol of this era: That stupid, huge banner of Trump on the DOJ building. It’s a Declaration of Corruption. DOJ is now a national disgrace.

"Not only can the fund’s members keep secret how they’re making disbursement decisions, they can also keep a lid on who’s getting paid" @EggerDC on the outrageous insurrection slushfund. How to Rob Taxpayers of $1.8 Billion Without Really Trying. thebulwark.com/p/how-to-rob-t…

If the president can "sue himself and then settle with himself...and then spend huge amounts of money outside of that appropriations process, why would any president ever go to Congress for money ever again?” Morning Shots from @BillKristol and @EggerDC: lnk.thebulwark.com/4dt1tJW

If capitalism is so great, why do corporations need tax breaks, subsidies, exemptions, grants, legal protections, bailouts, and trade protections? and why when citizens need these things, it's socialism?

OMFG! Senator Merkley: "I want to go on to the Epstein investigation. Is it closed or open?" Todd Blanche: "When you say the Epstein investigation, what are you referring to, Senator?" Merkley: "Well, the FBI said in last year in July that it had closed the Epstein investigation. So I'm just using their words. Is it open or closed? Blanche: "I don't believe the FBI said that. Well, if you're referring to..." Merkley: "Your head of the Department of Justice is the Epstein investigation open or closed." Blanche: "But I guess I don't understand what Epstein investigation means."

Van Hollen: Will individuals who assaulted Capitol Hill police officers be eligible for this fund? Blanche: Anybody in this country is eligible to apply. Van Hollen: Are there going to be rules that say that if you've assaulted a Capitol Hill police officer or committed a violent crime, you will not be eligible? Blanche: I'm not one of the commissioners Van Hollen: You’re appointing the members!

Sen. @ChrisVanHollen (D-MD) at oversight hearing for Acting AG Todd Blanche: "The Acting Attorney General is supposed to be the people's lawyer and defend the rule of law… But in this administration, the Department of Justice is solely focused on pleasing one man."

Trump promised every American a $2,000 tariff check, a $5,000 DOGE check, 10% APR on credit cards, $2 gas, a “privately funded” ballroom, and medications that were supposedly 1500% cheaper. Instead, we got a $1.776 billion slush fund to pay people who beat up cops and smeared shit on the walls of the US Capitol.

Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund is a tool that could divert public money to his supporters—even January 6ers, @jonathanchait argues: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/…

@ALadyNamedKatie If only one could measure empathetic maturity.

What’s the lowest age a 32 year old should date?

Data centers are expected to increase power sector carbon emissions by a shocking 13%-28% over the next 3.5 years, a new study finds. 📈 This is a crisis.

@teachrobotslove Recognize your intuitive self.

I asked Grok who I could go to for advice on a specific business thing, and it referenced the best person in town to ask was... me. I'm having a real "Pagliacci the clown moment."

NEWS — Local prosecutors warn Trump: "If you send ICE to the polls, we'll put them in jail." District attorneys across the U.S. announced today that they’ll charge federal agents sent to conduct voter intimidation. “We’ll lock their asses up,” vowed Philly DA Larry Krasner.

Even Trump appointees know how disgustingly corrupt this is, and it still has not received 10% of the coverage and attention it deserves as media moves on to other things.

Universities had 17 years of warning. They responded by doing the opposite of what the math demanded. In 2008, American birth rates fell off a cliff. The Great Recession made people stop having kids. Those never-born children would be turning 18 right now. The number of U.S. high school graduates peaked at roughly 3.9 million in 2025. By 2029, that number drops 15%. By 2041, it drops by nearly half a million students per year. Every school in this tweet had access to the same Census data. They all saw the same curve. Administrative positions at U.S. colleges grew 60% between 1993 and 2009, ten times the rate of tenured faculty growth. Non-instructional spending (student services, administration) grew 29% from 2010 to 2018. Instructional spending grew 17%. Average tuition at public four-year schools went from $3,500 in 2000 to $10,560 in 2023. Yale now has more administrators than undergraduate students. 5,460 administrators for fewer than 5,000 undergrads. They built the cost structure of a growth company on top of a customer base that was mathematically guaranteed to shrink. The split in this data tells you everything. Clemson, Syracuse, Duke, UNC, and Indiana are all cutting because the model broke. Alabama, Ole Miss, and the University of Florida are turning away more applicants than ever. Harvard gets five applications for every spot. The middle is where the cliff hits. Elite schools absorb demand. Everyone between elite and community college fights over a shrinking pool. The Fed published a study in December 2024 predicting 80 colleges will close in the next five years. Since 2016, over 100 already have. In 2024 alone, 28 shut down. One per week. These program cuts and layoffs are a decade late. The birth rate data was sitting in Census spreadsheets the entire time. Everyone in higher education administration saw the enrollment cliff coming. They hired more administrators anyway.

Federal Judge Kathleen Williams ordered Trump to explain how a sitting President can sue a government he runs. Trump panicked and settled the lawsuit for $1.7B before she could rule. Now, Democrats are demanding she step in. The full story: dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-alrea…

I simply could not imagine being in congress and staying silent as Trump builds a slush fund of $1.776 (cute right… 1776) billion dollar slush fund for insurrrectionists. What are these people even there for? History will be brutal to them. And their kids will be embarrassed

Reporter: The DOJ has this new fund — $1.7 billion. Why should taxpayers pay for the January 6ers? Trump: Because in my world, loyalty outranks law. They broke the rules for me, so you pay the bill for them. That’s the transaction.

With AI wearables, even the average person might need to worry about their every move being recorded, @andersen writes. He reports on a growing list of technology that is cropping up to counter this surveillance: theatlantic.com/technology/202…