Trump’s lawyer told a federal court that allowing Congress to subpoena financial records from former presidents and show them “to the whole world” is unfair -- overlooking that every president since Gerald Ford showed their taxes to the whole world. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“The more you let Congress do to a former president, the more leverage they have over a current president,” said Trump’s lawyer, Cameron Norris. “That threat would loom large over everything you’re doing.”
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's perspective:
Trump was the first president in decades who didn't voluntarily release his tax returns.
People who have nothing to hide don't hide things.
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When you think having a low Covid case right now justifies tolerating all of the earlier hospitalizations and deaths you could have prevented when Covid was surging -- but chose not to *just to make a point.*
Ron DeSantis continues to respond to the Covid-19 crisis with political theatrics instead of constructive, rational public policy. On the absurd and dangerous things politicians do when they want to be president: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
"DeSantis has already tolerated an unnecessary and vicious surge in Covid-19 illnesses and deaths in Florida in the service of his ambitions, so there’s no stopping him now. But his appetites and ruthlessness shouldn’t be forgotten."
Here are the three reasons DeSantis has given for why he opposes vaccine mandates:
Members of Congress reportedly in touch with the White House and others about planning for the Jan. 6 insurrection:
- Marjorie Taylor Greene
- Paul Gosar
- Lauren Boebert
- Mo Brooks
- Madison Cawthorn
- Andy Biggs
- Louie Gohmert rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
“Gosar, who has been one of the most prominent defenders of the Jan. 6 rioters, allegedly took things a step further. Both sources say he dangled the possibility of a ‘blanket pardon’ in an unrelated ongoing investigation to encourage them to plan the protests.”
“Both sources also describe Trump’s White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, as someone who played a major role in the conversations surrounding the protests on Jan. 6.”
An advisor on Trump’s bold new media venture bills itself as being a “premier financial services company.” But it’s adopted the name of a once legendary Wall Street firm that essentially collapsed and was bought out after a series of financial scandals in the late ‘80s. 🤔
The new guys at EF Hutton bill themselves as a “rapidly growing company” and they specialize in SPACs. efhuttongroup.com
From their press release: “The EF Hutton brand was built on integrity and respect and is known for its decades of experience as a U.S. financial services institution,” said Joseph T. Rallo, Chief Executive Officer of EF Hutton. efhuttongroup.com/ef-hutton-is-b…
The federal government has ample leeway to spend on infrastructure and social services. Very manageable and the revenue can be raised with debt and taxes.
The Build Back Better agenda has polled extremely well and it’s deeply affordable at the federal level, using both debt and taxes to raise revenue. This rant is unsupported nonsense.