Sam Stein
@samstein
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Areas near Washington, D.C. were the latest to be hit by dangerous flooding on Saturday. The long-term trend of atmospheric moisture above the region is not its friend — having risen by 12 percent in four decades — tipping the odds toward more events like this. @capitalweather
Video clip of a vehicle stranded in floodwaters along East-West Highway in Silver Spring earlier. Follow the latest flooding coverage at cwg.live Video taken by Dave Dildine
Hope and Change (the subject): Trump's big Epstein distraction gambit isn't working, as true Epstein heads and MAGA types are treating this "arrest Obama" push as an obvious diversion. via @willsommer thebulwark.com/p/trump-big-ep…
but they got back $9 billion by slashing foreign aid and public broadcasting. so basically even.
NEW -- CBO has a new cost estimate for OBBB. The law will add $3.4T to the budget deficit over the next 10 years, CBO says. CBO: "That increase in the deficit is estimated to result from a decrease in direct spending of $1.1 trillion and an decrease in revenues of $4.5…
He returned from his trip on the 14th of June. Went to camp David on the 20th and the debate was on the 27th. How much Ambien did they give him?
Hunter Biden suggest former President Biden’s disastrous debate performance was due to Ambien “I’ll tell you what, I know exactly what happened in that debate. He flew around the world basically … He’s 81 years old. He’s tired as shit. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep.…
NEW: The Dem 2026 messaging seems, at this point, pretty damn simple. Donald Trump is running a protection racket for the elites. VIA @Lauren_V_Egan thebulwark.com/p/democrats-20…
NEW -- The Democratic Party's 2026 rallying cry is staring them in the face. Can they see it? @Lauren_V_Egan thebulwark.com/p/democrats-20…
NEW: Donald Trump is not done cutting your health care. He and his fellow GOPers have more reforms in sight. via @CitizenCohn thebulwark.com/p/trump-isnt-d…
Deport Rosie? Imprison Obama? Demand the Redskins name come back? He's playing all the hits
The only real conclusion to be drawn from Trump playing culture war hits like “bring the Redskins back” is that he is terrified of the Epstein stuff and terrified of losing his base by refusing to release the files.
🚨🚨🚨 Why Democrats Must Think Hard About Voting to Fund the Government a marker put down by the House ranking budget committee member @RepBrendanBoyle thebulwark.com/p/why-democrat…
Andry's lawyer is now on the feed
Live discussing the Venezuelans we kidnapped arriving in Venezuela with @TheToddSchulte @samstein youtube.com/watch?v=FrKhTW…
BREAKING: Andry Hernández Romero IS among the 250 Venezuelan men who was released from CECOT and sent to Venezuela, his lawyer confirms to the Bulwark
I wrote about what it was like growing up as a child in the Bosnian civil war, where food was extremely scarce. I didn't have much, but at least UNICEF was there to help keep me alive. Congress just defunded it, putting lives at risk around the world. huffpost.com/entry/trump-cu…
As for the use of the word "enigma" which, i guess, people are saying Trump doesn't use(?), there are at least three instances of him using it in his books
"in 47 years I’ve never seen him doodle once." He was a proud, public doodler
My father has a very specific way of speaking. People all over the world have mimicked it for decades. The insanity written in the Wall Street Journal, AIN’T IT and everyone knows it. Also in 47 years I’ve never seen him doodle once. Give me a break with the fake “journalisming’
A few things probably worth just pointing out, re "the letter." Q. Would Trump ever just concoct a fictionalized conversation as part of a presentation? A. He tells "sir" stories involving him all the time. Q. Would Trump ever draw a doodle? A. Yes. There are a number of…