Not only was grifting a contract for someone to make the reflecting pool blue stupid from an efficacy standpoint, but this is precisely the kind of thing that gives someone like David Fahrenthold "surface area" to document graft. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/u…

— emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T22:54:19.620Z

LET THIS SINK IN—the U.S. now has no confirmed CDC director, no FDA commissioner, no Surgeon General, an NIH director with no medical license, and the last Acting CDC Director was a George Bush speechwriter. In fact—the only doctor/scientist we have in the White House is… Dr Oz.

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@drericding.bsky.social) 2026-05-12T21:51:57.935Z

Who are the saps that didn't recognize this would be a scam?🧾 www.benzinga.com/crypto/crypt…

— Pam Spaulding (@pamspaulding.bsky.social) 2026-04-28T22:20:30.883Z

Everything is a Scam and/or Con!

— Brant Reeves (@bireeves95.bsky.social) 2026-04-10T01:23:22.920Z

Four-byline alert: 🚨“.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.”www.ft.com/content/744e…

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-03-30T22:38:44.453Z

This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. www.daylightsandiego.org/san-diego-wo…

— Gillian Brockell (@gillianbrockell.com) 2026-03-29T14:37:27.994Z