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@brianlustig
DC-area PR specialist that works with tech firms and other clients passionate about what they do; bleeds Chicago Cubs blue
The FBI has raided the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas. This comes weeks after she spearheaded a redistricting effort in Virginia, netting up to four new blue seats.
RFK Jr. has fired every single CDC Vessel Sanitation Program inspector, who investigate cruise ship outbreaks. This comes as the deadly Hantavirus rapidly spreads on a cruise ship at sea.
Brutal montage from CNN of Trump lying about the ballroom being paid for by private donors
UnitedHealthcare to cut prior authorization for 30% of services. Here's what to know. cbsn.ws/4wa2lf7
Donald Trump just blocked over 150 wind energy projects across America, killing 30 gigawatts of new power generation. That is enough electricity for nearly 10 million homes. He is doing this while his unauthorized war with Iran sends oil markets into chaos and pushes energy costs higher for every working family in America. Wind already provides 10 percent of our electricity. It powers Republican states like Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, and North Dakota. American workers build these projects. American landowners profit from them. American grids depend on them. But Trump told us his goal in January. He said he does not want a single wind project built. Now he is using the Pentagon to make it happen, freezing routine military reviews that companies have relied on for years. We are in an energy crisis. Demand is climbing. Prices are rising. And the President is sabotaging American power production because he thinks turbines are ugly. This is not energy policy. It is a personal grudge dressed up as national security, and families across our nation will pay the price. nytimes.com/2026/05/04/cli…
Trump surrounded by children in the Oval Office: "They start shooting them right between the eyes and you see a guy fall and another one fall and you have no guns, very few people would be able to stand there and do it... They had like 4 or 5 snipers in buildings up high, and you're standing there and all of a sudden the guy on your left goes down"
New details have been released about Palm Beach International Airport, recently renamed to Donald J. Trump International Airport. Their new contract requires the airport to purchase Trump merchandise from Trump's own licensor, directly violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
The ballroom went from $200 million & privately funded, to $300 million, to $400 million and taxpayers cover some of it, to MAGA trying to silently jam through $1 BILLION, 100% of which is our tax money, for this ballroom. WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
The ballroom went from $200 million & privately funded, to $300 million, to $400 million and taxpayers cover some of it, to MAGA trying to silently jam through $1 BILLION, 100% of which is our tax money, for this ballroom. WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
The ballroom went from $200 million & privately funded, to $300 million, to $400 million and taxpayers cover some of it, to MAGA trying to silently jam through $1 BILLION, 100% of which is our tax money, for this ballroom. WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance casts his ballot in the Ohio primaries, cracking a joke to the press as he drops it in the box. "I have to hide it from the reporters. I don't want them to know who I voted for."
Palm Beach and a Trump company reached a tentative trademark deal to rename PBI -Airport stores can only buy branded merchandise from Trump org approved retailers -Gives Trump veto power over any biographical info in airport marketing materials miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
📢 The Fraud Division launches West Coast Strike Force to target HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEMES across AZ, NV, and Northern CA “Driven by data showing a significant and accelerating increase in health care fraud across all three districts, the Strike Force builds on a foundation of recent landmark prosecutions — including the successful prosecution of digital health technology executives in the Northern District of California and the dismantling of Medicaid, sober home, and wound care fraud schemes in the District of Arizona,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald. Read more: justice.gov/opa/pr/fraud-d…
Palm Beach and a Trump company reached a tentative trademark deal to rename PBI -Airport stores can only buy branded merchandise from Trump org approved retailers -Gives Trump veto power over any biographical info in airport marketing materials miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
Six people on board a cruise ship were affected by suspected cases of hantavirus, and three died, health officials say. In 2025, the virus killed Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman. nbcnews.com/health/health-…
Spirit Airlines says in court papers that it was forced to ground its fleet for good over the weekend because "recent geopolitical events resulted in a massive and sustained increase in fuel prices." nbcnews.com/business/trave…
NOBODY IS TELLING YOU HOW FUCKED THE FARMERS ARE IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW. The Agriculture Secretary just confirmed it publicly. 1 in 4 American farmers has NO fertilizer secured for spring planting. No fertilizer. No crops. No food. Farm bankruptcies are up 46% in 2025. 160,000 farms closed since 2017. Less than half of all farmers will even turn a profit this year. They're not struggling. They're being wiped out. And the media is busy covering everything else. The real story behind this hasn't been told yet.. follow me because i'm about to tell it 🚨
This is the question worth asking every time a story like this comes out: if there’s no money for your health care, your kids’ schools, or the programs your family depends on, where is it going? The Trump Administration just paid $17.4 million to fix two decorative fountains outside the White House. Three years ago, the same job was estimated at $3.3 million. And guess what? The construction company that got the contract is the same one building Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, and they got it without any competitive bidding whatsoever. The contract wasn’t even posted publicly, as required by federal law. So how do you get from $3.3 million to $17.4 million? They added 27% for inflation. Then they added another 24% for inflation again. Then they tacked on additional charges that federal contracting experts said they had never seen before in their careers. And the justification for bypassing the normal bidding process entirely? The fountains needed to be ready for America’s 250th anniversary. It’s worth noting that these fountains haven’t worked for nearly a decade. If the repairs were truly that urgent, why are they only fixing them now, and why are taxpayers footing a surcharge for the rush? You are paying for this. nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/…
🚨BREAKING: Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ex…
