Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

16 hours ago

White House Seeks $1.5 Trillion for Defense in New Budget Request

Jesus H Christ No. Just NO.
#CostOfEggs

And obviously this is anchoring so when congress passes a 10-20% increase to our already obscenely unbalanced defense budget, it will seem reasonable.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

18 hours ago

DOJ tells Trump that law requiring he turn over White House files is unconstitutional President Donald Trump was previously indicted for retaining classified records at Mar-a-Lago after leaving office, though the case was later dropped

Did I miss when DOJ became SCOTUS?? DOJ role is to enforce, not interpret. What a total banana republic we have become thanks to bananas Republicans.
#CostOfEggs

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 week ago

The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it | Fortune The Government Accountability Office can't even verify the books. Here's what Congress must do.

The USA is officially insolvent.
Stable Genius and the GOP will save us though, since they added a few trillion more to the deficit with tax giveaways to the ultra wealthy in the Big Bribeyful Bill.
#CostOfEggs

fortune.com/2026/03/23/u...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 week ago

Top US Fema official claims to have teleported to a Waffle House before ‘Teleporting is no fun,’ Gregg Phillips, picked to lead Fema’s office of response and recovery, has said on a podcast

The thing is, they ARE sending us their best... and this is it... Absolute nut bags.
#CostOfEggs

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

"No one could have seen this coming..."
#CostOfEggs

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says Strike that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, reportedly the result of a targeting mistake by US military planners

"Pro-lifers" gonna be MAD PISSED when they hear about us murdering a hundred school children, AMIRIGHT?
#CostOfEggs

(Narrator: He is not right. They are utter hypocrites.)

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

"potential conflicts of interest" is the understatement of the year. Nothing but grift in this entire administration.
#CostOfEggs

(Projects like this are why I have a monthly recurring donation to @propublica.org and you should too)

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Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

Three US fighter jets accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, military says | CNN Three US fighter jets crashed in Kuwait on Monday due to an “apparent friendly fire incident,” the US military said in a statement.

Is anyone surprised that Hennessey Hegseth running invasion ops results in a clusterfuck like this?
#CostOfEggs
www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/m...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms The meeting’s participants included Kurt Olsen, a White House lawyer charged with reinvestigating the 2020 election, and Heather Honey, the Department of Homeland Security official in charge of electi...

Heeeyyy 2A advocates... What ya gonna do when tyranny seizes control of our free elections?
#CostOfEggs
www.propublica.org/article/elec...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

MAGA Is Making America Stupid. The Effects Will Be Felt For Generations - CleanTechnica Ideology in the US is threatening science education and basic research, which will have long term impacts on the nation for a generation.

Full on idiocracy.
#CostOfEggs
cleantechnica.com/2026/02/27/m...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

Hillary Clinton testifies that she has no information on Epstein’s criminal activities in House oversight hearing – live Clinton says she does not recall meeting Epstein in deposition taking place behind closed doors

Now WHY wouldn't Comer want these hearings to be public from the start, hmmm?? 🤔
#CostOfEggs

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

F.B.I. Raids Los Angeles Schools Chief’s Home and District Headquarters

... something something weaponizing the DOJ and FBI for political purposes ...
#CostOfEggs

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

President Epstein says he will give $10 Billion of taxpayer money to himself through his hilariously corrupt Board of Peace.
Also getting us into another foreign war.
While achieving the lowest job creation in ~20 years (exc. COVID, also under Trump though!)
How's it working out, MAGA?
#CostOfEggs

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

Long-term unemployment is becoming 'a status quo' in today's job market: It's a 'mental war,' job seeker says Long-term job seekers say they're lowering their expectations, taking on gig work and reconsidering what to do with their careers.

"U.S. employers added 181,000 jobs in all of 2025 (compared to 1.46 million in 2024), & announced 108,435 layoffs in January."

I.e. The 1st year of the Trump/Epstein administration oversaw a ~90% drop in new jobs, YoY. And 50% of those are now laid off.
#CostOfEggs

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/l...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

FBI won’t provide Minnesota investigators with evidence in Alex Pretti killing, state says • Minnesota Reformer The FBI formally notified Minnesota officials on Friday that it would not grant them access to evidence from the investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapo...

Why not?
Are you OK with this?
#CostOfEggs

minnesotareformer.com/briefs/fbi-w...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

What Meetings Among Trump Lawyers Reveal About the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia The federal prosecutor from Missouri, who is overseeing an investigation into the 2020 vote in Georgia, had several meetings set up with top administration lawyers last fall to discuss election integr...

Remember all these names. This tight little circle of Missouri right wingers are the field lieutenants in the war on our democracy.
#CostOfEggs

www.propublica.org/article/thom...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

Treason. High crime. If this is true it suggests why Trump's team released the racist video. Everything is distraction from the murder of our democracy by Team Trump.
#CostOfEggs

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

1 month ago

Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'

#CostOfEggs
While Bezos keeps an additional $9 Billion, you can't find a job.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

Trump ally Jeanine Pirro: Anyone bringing a gun into D.C. can "count on going to jail" Many GOP members have shifted their tone on gun control after Alex Pretti's death.

OBAMA IS COMING FOR YOUR GUNS... Remember that?
#CostOfEggs

One thing is for sure, Trump has made us all terribly rich in irony.
www.axios.com/2026/02/02/t...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

#CostOfEggs

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

Fucking murderous racist thugs.
At this point, every ICE employee should be locked up. They are all Jan 6ers/Proud Boys and a threat to us all.
#CostOfEggs
#DomesticTerrorism
#AbolishICE

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Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

Trump sues IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over leaked tax records The president argued in the lawsuit that the agencies failed to prevent a former contractor from leaking his tax returns from nearly a decade ago to news outlets.

They will steal every last dime of our money.
This is what you wanted MAGA.
#CostOfEggs

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

Trade deficit soared 94% in November and was higher than a year ago, despite tariff efforts The U.S. deficit with its global trading partners nearly doubled in November as the shortfall with the European Union swelled.

Stable Genius' tariffs are destroying the USA's economic power, as everyone with half a brain and a high school degree predicted. Only the beginning of the knock on effects.
#CostOfEggs
#ThanksTrump

www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/t...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

Crazy idea. What if we dismantled DHS (a dept that has outlived it's purpose when created post 9/11) and ICE and repurpose the $150 B funding for it to fund public college for every American citizen?
Wouldn't that be nice?

But no, we can't have nice things.
#CostOfEggs

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

Trump Administration Live Updates: F.B.I. Search in Georgia Tied to Criminal Inquiry Over 2020 Election

The beginning of the end of our free and fair elections. They are setting the stage to overturn the midterms results. Then what are we going to do, Americans? Bend over and take it, or...?
#CostOfEggs
#AbolishICE
#TrumpIsA34XConvictedFelon

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

Trump to send border tsar to Minnesota as calls grow for full inquiry into Alex Pretti shooting The US president says his administration is

Don't worry guys, Tom "Money's in the bag" Homan is on the case!
Now we are sure to find out how the brave ICE murdere-- err, agents-- acted in self defense by firing 6 rounds into the back of an innocent citizen being held to the ground.
#CostOfEggs
#AbolishICE
www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

Iran protest doctor: ‘In one street, I saw blood pooled in a gutter with a trail stretching several metres’ | Anonymous I’ve worked as a surgeon in disaster zones. Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protesters

Coming to an America near you. 🤬
#CostOfEggs
#AbolishICE

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

Army vet detained by ICE for 8 hours says he wasn't allowed to call an attorney Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient William Vermie told ABC News that he was tackled and arrested by ICE in Minneapolis and held for eight hours.

Are you OK with this?
#CostOfEggs
#AbolishICE

Ps- Florida and Texas have orders of magnitude more illegal immigrants than Minnesota or Maine. Why is ICE in only blue states? It's not about immigration enforcement, it's domestic terrorism.

abcnews.go.com/US/army-vet-...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

ICE Agents Detained Me for Eight Hours for Legally Observing Them. I Saw Exactly What They’re Up To. We didn’t understand why we were being taken in—until we did.

#CostOfEggs
#AbolishICE

slate.com/news-and-pol...

Samurai Penguin

@sampenguin.bsky.social

2 months ago

To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers

68% of Cuban American voters in Miami-Dade County said they would check off the name of former President Donald Trump on the ballot in November, according to the 2024 FIU Cuba Poll released on October 23, 2024.

#CostOfEggs

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...