Carol Shea-Porter

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

Trump muses on awarding himself the Medal of Honor. A truly vile insult to the US Armed Forces.

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A columnist signed our letter opposing the Paramount merger Paramount pulled all its advertising from his publication That's the Ellisons' vision for a “free press” A free press isn't a perk of democracy — it's the whole thing -TN

Just 20 minutes before Trump announced the Strait of Hormuz was open—Someone dumped 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures. A $760 million bet that oil prices would drop. Orders far larger than anything else in the market at that moment. They made a fortune. But somebody knew the announcement was coming. This is insider trading at the highest level of government.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to obtain access to Rhode Island's unreacted voter file. In these cases nationally, my law firm is now 5-0 and DOJ is 0-5. Not sure how Harmeet is going to explain this to her "boss." democracydocket.com/cases/rhode-is…

If you paid $1 in federal income taxes this year, you paid more than: Walt Disney Citigroup CVS Kohl's Ticketmaster Tesla United Airlines GoDaddy Paypal Palantir Roku HP 3M PG&E Halliburton That’s absurd. We need real and progressive tax reform.

EXCLUSIVE @TheAtlantic On multiple occasions Patel’s security detail had difficulty waking him because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to info supplied to DOJ and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”was made because Patel had been unreachable behind locked doors. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

In case you missed it, Pete Hegseth stood at the Pentagon yesterday and compared journalists to the Pharisees who plotted to kill Jesus, likening the administration’s actions to those of Christ. Let that sink in, and let’s be clear about who Pete Hegseth actually is. A former weekend TV host with no senior command experience, promoted over generals who spent decades in uniform. A man who faced documented allegations of drunkenness on the job. A man who ran details of a government war plan through an unclassified group chat and added a reporter to it by mistake. A man who, this week, quoted a monologue from Pulp Fiction at a Pentagon prayer service and passed it off as scripture. The job of a Defense Secretary is to keep Americans safe and tell them the truth. Not to play preacher or to cast reporters as villains in a Bible story while Americans are still in harm’s way. Not to dress up a controversial war in religious costume so nobody asks hard questions. All of this happened on the same week the President posted an AI image of himself in a Christ-like healing pose, then claimed he thought it was him as a doctor. You do not have to be a Christian to see this for what it is. Hegseth is a man without qualifications, managing a war poorly, using faith as a shield. He is wholly unfit. He should have never been confirmed. He should resign.

DOJ demanded voter files from all 50 states. DOJ sued 31 states for refusing their demand. My law firm intervened to protect voters in those cases. DOJ is now 0-5. My firm is 5-0. Lesson: When we fight we win.

MURRAY: You have no idea how much has been spent on the war so far? VOUGHT: We don't have that figure. MURRAY: You're not even going to give us a range? VOUGHT: No. MURRAY: It's your job to know.

A reminder of who is giving the president spiritual advice.

VAN HOLLEN: The tax cuts you provided to the wealthiest were made permanent, right? VOUGHT: Yes. VAN HOLLEN: But the tax cuts for working people, like no tax on tips, those will expire in 2028, right? VOUGHT: We want to extend them. VAN HOLLEN: But you didn't.

#Peace is not something we must invent: it is something we must embrace by accepting our neighbor as a brother or sister. We do not choose our brothers and sisters: we must simply accept one another! We are one family, inhabiting the same home: this wonderful planet that ancient cultures have cared for over millennia. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon

MERKLEY: You didn't include deficit numbers in the budget. Why not? VOUGHT: We didn't want to confuse the country. MERKLEY: The deficit can be extracted if you do the math—it's $2.2 TRILLION in 2027. Perhaps you didn't include it because you didn't want to draw attention to it.

Horrible. Hard to see this as anything other than retaliation.

Breathtaking to hear Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for adjudicated sexual assaulter Donald Trump, ask "why were they silent for so long?" about Democrats and Eric Swalwell. These people have absolutely no shame.

NYT headline for the ages

So proud of @CaptMarkKelly for being named to @TIME 100 Most Influential People. This year, Mark has defended Americans’ rights, stood up to bullies, and continued fighting to make our country a better place. I can’t think of anyone more deserving.❤️time.com/collection/100…

If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than: Tesla Southwest Disney Live Nation HP United PayPal CVS Health Palantir Citigroup PG&E 3M That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax. It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.