Predator protector Rep."Gym" Jordan promotes bribing witnesses --
REPORTER: Today's hearing is about how the FBI is politicized, but do you think it's appropriate for some of these whistleblowers to be paid by one of Trump's former advisers?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 18, 2023
JIM JORDAN: They got a family! How are they supposed to feed their family? pic.twitter.com/L8lAx4z3qO
Hold on - aren’t these the same folks who want single moms on food stamps and diabetic grandma and grandpa to get jobs before they’ll give them any “government freebies”?
— Jo🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) May 18, 2023
But they’re paying an “informant” because he’s got a baby? pic.twitter.com/PN2OF5EFAx
The rules are that there are no rules. All House Rules do not apply to Jim Jordan’s committee. He does whatever he wants. This is a Star Chamber, not how a Republic is supposed to function. https://t.co/eZ7EK5Qay3
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 18, 2023
Trumpists are twisting the Durham Bull report to whitewash their guilt --
MAGA fascists who are plotting against democracy are using the Durham Report to falsely accuse their opponents of plotting against democracy. It’s projection — a propaganda tactic to confuse the public and mask their own crimes. These people are dangerous and must be stopped. pic.twitter.com/oNEFRl1oMI
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) May 18, 2023
Squeaker "Qevin" McCarthy has a death wish. Go for it! --
Kevin McCarthy is demanding that WORK REQUIREMENTS be added to receive not only Medicaid but also Medicare and Social Security. He doesn’t think Americans have earned their benefits — despite paying into all three programs over the course of their entire working lives.
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) May 17, 2023
Should… pic.twitter.com/D8poXWGiTg
The internal revolt against CNN suit Chris Licht going public--
“Be truthful, but not neutral," Amanpour urged @columbiajourn grads today. "Bothsidesism …does not get you to the truth. Drawing false moral or factual equivalence is neither objective or truthful.”
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) May 18, 2023
Via @oliverdarcy https://t.co/SYBFREMpwS
Amanpour says she disagrees with the Trump town hall and had a "very robust exchange of views" with CNN boss Chris Licht over the matter. To the audience, she says, "I can only hope that your trust in us might have been shaken, but not shattered." https://t.co/eZbARei9rR
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 18, 2023
"I refuse any more to say or to concede that we live in a post-truth world because that is lazy and it is ultimately a self-fulfilling prophecy,” Amanpour said. “We need to seek to provide and defend the truth.” https://t.co/REZkSx7eBL
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 18, 2023
Russian war criminals in disarray and chaos. Spasibo Putin!--
“Never, in more than two decades of covering Vladimir Putin’s regime, have I seen it in such an obvious state of chaos and disarray,” @AnnaNemtsova writes in a guest opinion. https://t.co/lRtZC7fw0l
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) May 18, 2023
File under "Too Much Information" --
— shirts that go hard (@shirtsthtgohard) May 17, 2023