Category: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Oh no

~ susie

Jared Kushner’s Albanian resort faces a corruption probe and mass protests.An investigative report by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network found that the project involved a "network of shady individuals and companies."

— Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) 2026-06-03T20:11:34.728Z

Thousands of Albanians have taken to the streets — and the internet — to rage against a planned luxury resort linked to Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, with protesters demanding the government cancel the project and chanting "Ivanka, go home."

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-06-03T20:38:48.865Z

Why do we think SCOTUS is political?

~ susie

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map that will eliminate a majority-Black district a lower court said intentionally discriminated against Black voters.www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup…

— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley.bsky.social) 2026-06-03T01:22:26.938Z

Extreme fire from Sotomayor in dissent, saying the court "disregards both democratic values and the rule of law" and has blessed a "chaotic election" using a discriminatory map that "corrodes the rule of law by rewarding Alabama's gamesmanship and outright defiance of court orders."

— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley.bsky.social) 2026-06-03T01:37:05.689Z

What’s the catch?

~ susie

BREAKING AXIOS:The Trump admin plans to drop its controversial $1.8 billion slush fund — at least for now, two senior admin officials told Axios.It's unclear whether this would also kill the IRS settlement that protected Trump and his businesses from being audited.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-06-01T19:10:35.369Z

BREAKING: we are NOT accepting media reports as proof that the $1.8B slush fund & "settlements" associated with it are deadThat's why we @democracydefendersfund.org have just filed a new lawsuit to make sure this ENDS –on behalf of former J6 prosecutors with Platkin LLP, WLG & Heaphy Smith

— Norm Eisen (@normeisen.bsky.social) 2026-06-01T22:54:32.164Z