Paul D. Tonko

PRICE TAG FLIP: Trump's ballroom was touted as 'completely privately funded' — now Republicans are slipping $1 billion in taxpayer money into an ICE funding bill to pay for it foxnews.com/politics/repub…

Host: Senate Republicans have a new number of just how many taxpayer dollars they want to support Trump's ballroom. It's $1 billion. That's more than twice the amount some lawmakers initially asked for.

First it was being paid in full by nameless Trump cronies. Then it was going to be $200 million of taxpayer money. Then it doubled to $400 million. Now @GOPSenate wants $1 trillion for Trump’s lame ballroom.

Should take only the entirety of his term as President.

Trump border czar threatens ICE surge if New York approves sanctuary measures subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe — NYT

And they’ll cost about twice as much more than they would have thanks to Trump’s nonsense war with Iran and tariffs. Great job, GOP B

Senate Republicans released a budget bill that gives BILLIONS to ICE and CBP. But not a single cent to lower costs for American taxpayers. Ridiculous.

Trump’s nonsense ballroom just got 5x more expensive for taxpayers, thanks to @GOPSenate

Senate Republicans have just added $1 billion for Trump's ballroom in their latest budget bill. This is despite Trump repeatedly claiming no taxpayer money would be spent on the project.

Ted Cruz, 10 years ago today: “I want to tell you what I really think of Donald Trump. This man is a pathological liar...He lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth…The man cannot tell the truth, but he combines it with being a narcissist at a level I don't think this country has ever seen”

.@SecretaryBurgum remember when you told me that the slavery exhibit at the Presidents house in Philadelphia had not been taken down? Well I just checked. You lied.

BREAKING: U.S. gas prices have reached an average $4.45/gal according to GasBuddy- a level only seen for 67 days ever.

Trump had another late night meltdown on social media last night and posted this: 11:03 PM - AI photo of him, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and more swimming shirtless in the reflecting pool in DC (I’m serious) 11:04 PM - Photo of Melania creepily smiling after the WHCD shooting 11:13 PM - Calls Hakeem Jeffries “low IQ” and a “thug” 11:15 PM - Meme saying he has “all the cards” (which he does not) 11:22 PM - A gold outline of his face 11:26 PM - His face on Mount Rushmore 11:32 PM - Photo of him and Melania 11:37 PM - Photo of him and King Charles 11:40 PM - Photo of the reflecting pool under Obama vs his proposal 11:41 PM - Another photo of the reflecting pool 11:45 PM - Yet another photo of the reflecting pool All of this took place in under an hour. This man is not well.

The message is clear: Congress must act. We need to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act NOW to restore the VRA and protect the ballot box for every American, regardless of their zip code or the color of their skin. 🗳️🇺🇸 #VotingRights #VRA

We are witnessing a systematic dismantling of civil rights progress. We cannot sit by while the right to vote is treated as optional by this Court.

Another devastating blow to our democracy. Today, the SCOTUS conservative majority took a sledgehammer to what remains of the Voting Rights Act. By narrowing key protections, they’ve made it even harder to fight back against discriminatory gerrymandering. politico.com/news/2026/04/2…

More lies from DHS. There is a bipartisan bill to fully fund FEMA sitting on the Republican Speaker’s desk RIGHT NOW—and he’s refused to bring it up for a vote for weeks. Disaster funding is running out, and Republicans are holding FEMA hostage. It’s despicable.

Yikes.