They're doing this to churches.
"The Homeland Security Department “surveils, covertly infiltrates and interrogates the staff of nonprofits and churches conducting voter engagement”...
(Rachel shares New York Times)
"The sale was finalized the same day that advance voting started in Kansas, where Marshall faces a tough reelection in which is vacation house has been a talking point..."
Roger Marshall sells Florida vacation house before Kansas election
(The Topeka Capital-Journal)
"Blanche had a very different view of that rule when he represented Trump."
Q: The typical practice is DOJ doesn't usually release charges this close to an election. Even though Ms Lucas isn't on the ballot, her daughter is. Can you speak to the timing?
BLANCHE: The 60 day or 90 day practice is not in writing. That's not part of the justice manual. There's nothing improper
(Bradley P. Moss shares Aaron Rupar video of Todd Blanche answers questions)
I know the writers’ room sometimes turns to ham-fisted metaphors, but c’mon.
Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. — Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.
(Steve shares the Washington Post)
"Trump has accused Democrats of threatening the country’s economy with socialism. Yet his administration has managed to wreck the country’s finances worse than any government in US history, without the excuse of an economic crisis or a successful major war."
The Bill for Trumpism Comes Due
(The Atlantic)
"second time in two years that the president authorized billions of dollars in bailout money for farmers harmed by his administration’s own policies"
Trump Announces $8 Billion Plan to Cover Farm Losses
(Catherine Rampell shares New York Times)
"A shareholder of a crypto company on Thursday sued President Donald Trump and the crypto venture co-founded by his family in federal court, alleging Trump violated the Constitution by profiting off his office through a pair of deals linked to the United Arab Emirates.
“No president in American history has profited from his office so brazenly,” the lawsuit says. “The President himself has openly admitted that the lack of consequences emboldens him, not only to continue using his high office to enrich himself, but to expand the fortune he is extracting from the trust the American people placed in him.”"
(Politico)
They Believe 2020 Was Stolen. They Could Be in Charge of Elections in 2028 — A host of election-denying candidates are running for attorney general in states across the country.
(Wired)
Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail Service
(ProPublica)
White House to Politico: Retract stories or face "consequences"
(Axios)
Getting some names attached to the fingerpointing reporting...
"Top Trump administration officials are starting to point fingers squarely at SpaceX founder Elon Musk for the decision to slow down his company’s Starlink satellite internet services and its military counterpart Starshield for Ukraine, which has been muddled in uncertainty over the culprit."
Rubio, Hegseth point finger at Musk in Starlink slowdown
(The Hill)
"Now, exactly a year after the oil sanctions, Mr. Putin has never been so close to his goal of normalizing relations with Washington without having to make any compromises on Ukraine."
(Washington Post)
