Trump is paying back polluters in billions — and he’s using your money.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State. Ranking Member @EPWcmte
Rhode Island Katılım Ocak 2011
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This reeks of corruption. Already, the “ice cream window” is open at DOJ for cash payouts to his cronies.
Drop Site@DropSiteNews
🗞️ President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded compensation fund for allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration — including January 6 defendants — sources told ABC News. Trump would retain authority to remove members of the commission overseeing the fund without cause, and the commission would face no obligation to disclose its procedures or the identities of recipients.
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Trump started this war with Iran with no goal in mind and now Americans are paying for it. At the pump. At the grocery store. Everywhere. We need leaders who are laser focused on lowering costs, because this administration is making life more expensive.
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And another key point: stopping low-cost wind forces grids to fossil fuel, consumer prices go up, but the extra $$ go to Trump’s big fossil-fuel donors. Payola.
latimes.com/business/story…
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The ambulance-bombing killers of civilians are the side Trump likes.
washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/…
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This is ridiculous.
$1 billion for Trump’s ballroom.
$13 million in taxpayer dollars for a vanity project enriching Trump’s personal contractors through a no-bid contract.
It’s all grift, no matter where you look in this administration.
David Fahrenthold@Fahrenthold
NEW: The cost of President Trump's plan to repair the Reflecting Pool has jumped by 88 percent, to $13.1M, gov't records show. The price appears to include a 20 percent profit margin for Trump's handpicked contractor, who got the job in a no-bid contract. nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/…
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He took the words right out of my mouth. Americans ARE paying more.
More for gas, more for groceries, more for energy, more for EVERYTHING.
And it's because of this regime's illegal tariffs, illegal war, and inability to deliver on their promises to lower costs.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Hassett on American consumers: "Credit card spending is through the roof. They're spending more on gasoline, but they're spending more on everything else too."
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Trumpster lies and bluster notwithstanding, the Iran “excursion” has been a defeat for the U.S. and a victory for Iran, Russia and China.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost
Exclusive: A confidential U.S. intelligence analysis details how China is exploiting the war in Iran to maximize its advantage over the United States across military, economic, diplomatic and other fields, said two U.S. officials who have read the report. wapo.st/4dsufdN
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This in a state where 92% of voters are concerned about home insurance cost and 66% connect it to climate-driven extreme weather.
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University of Texas looks at compound (rainfall and sea level rise) flooding: “The risk posed by compound flooding is projected to increase significantly under climate change.”
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If anyone tells you we shouldn’t fight Big Oil on climate change, ignore them!
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Ballrooms.
Arches.
UFC fights on the White House lawn.
Reflecting pool makeovers.
These are Trump’s priorities.
Not healthcare.
Not housing.
Not gas prices.
Not groceries.
nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/…
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It's not like Kash Patel was ever shy about talking about his drinking habits before he was the FBI director. bsky.app/profile/briefi…
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Trump’s masked goons are an embarrassment to real law enforcement officials. This Police Week, I want to thank those who pick up the pieces.
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This Police Week, I’m pleased to announce my bipartisan Promoting Police Leadership Act has advanced out of committee.
RIers can be very proud of our law enforcement officers who do an exceptional job keeping our communities safe, often in uncertain and dangerous circumstances.
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Not much mercury likely where the creepy fossil-fuel billionaires live... they’re cool taking the profits and poisoning other people's kids.
nytimes.com/2026/05/11/cli…
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Another Trump vanity project—skirting laws & norms. He’s squandering taxpayer dollars while Americans struggle with rising costs. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
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