Jackie Calmes

RT @emptywheel: THIS GUY!! He never tires of pretending that Trump cares about cops. THE FIRST DAY ON THE JOB, Trump freed a bunch of cop…

Column: The Trump Doctrine in foreign policy is less "America First" than "Me, Myself & I." He's making deals alright, but not the ones he's promised in the Mideast, Ukraine & China. There, he's getting played. https://t.co/Wpn4XyLyEQ

I couldn't agree more, & I'm old enuf to have covered CBO when the GOP was attacking it in Newt Gingrich's era in the House. Spoiler: CBO is generally on target, the GOP isn't.

Brendan Duke @Brendan_Duke

My very hot take: CBO is basically the most functional component of the legislative branch. The staff are super smart, non-partisan (their analysis annoys both Ds and Rs), and prolific--putting out incredibly helpful public materials and backup data. It's Congress's jewel.

Column: Trump began the week with another attack on fed judges ("scum," "monsters")--just after a WSJ report that fearful judges talk of forming a security unit & before an NYT story on a spike in threats vs judges since Trump took office. He's a danger. https://t.co/bwLF3FhHaq

RT @AnnieForTruth: He’s taking credit for Biden’s infrastructure bill by changing the signs at job sites and putting his name on them. 😡 ht…

RT @EdWhelanEPPC: Just yesterday, a very conservative appellate judge told me that s/he wouldn't take senior status because of concerns ove…

And this is the interview in which Justin Wolfers captured better than anything I've read or heard the erratic, insane trajectory of Trump's tariff "policy." If it sounds nuts, that's because it is.

Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers

This is the interview in which I learned that as hard as I try to make sure that the words I say are entirely analytic, sometimes my facial expressions betray a deeper sense of what I also feel. https://t.co/125LXnCBG9

RT @JReinerMD: It’s time to talk about the House moving to impeach RFK Jr. His unilateral actions to restrict COVID vaccine access and also…

RT @svdate: Trump told cadets at West Point that he had to leave right away (and not stay to salute each one and shake their hands, as is c…

RT @AdamKinzinger: He is not well. We need to discuss his confusion https://t.co/WwZIOU3Fqp

What he didn’t say is that it was going to be a golden age for the Trumps

Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski

25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours. The Golden Age.

Column: We’ve seen false advertising in naming bills before; take Dems' Inflation Reduction Act. Yet none was so misbranded as the GOP's "One Big Beautiful Bill," named by the branding aficionado himself, Trump. It's a debt bomb that indeed F's w/Medicaid. https://t.co/X3Gw1ft1o4

RT @Timodc: Unconscionable. Free these men.

RT @Malinowski: Democrats had a leader who was physically unfit to continue. They knew it, talked about it privately, and eventually took a…

This 👇 ...$5m for rioter vs. 0 for 141 Capitol cops

Acyn @Acyn

Raskin: Although Trump’s Attorney General is set to give $5 million to her family, Trump has not proposed a penny to the more than 140 police officers injured, wounded, hospitalized, disfigured, and/or disabled and nothing to their families https://t.co/naCsaDdGgh

RT @BarryToiv: Agree with ⁦@jackiekcalmes⁩: “I’m skeptical he’ll ever take possession. But let the plane pile-on continue — Trump deserves…

Column: The real value of Trump’s grift, er, gift, of a Qatari jet could be what it reveals to Americans about the brazenness of his global grab for wealth & its trappings. Crypto & foreign deals are eye-glazing; he's made it easy to fathom his corruption. https://t.co/ShM2gBqYuu