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  • Public Citizen(link is external): Trump’s Inauguration Donor Pool Includes $50 Million in Contributions from Corporations Under Investigation or Facing Federal Enforcement

Public Citizen cross-referenced new inauguration donor data (as shown below) with corporations listed in our Corporate Enforcement Tracker database, and found 58 corporations which include crypto companies, oil and auto industries, Big Pharma, tech companies, Wall Street hedge funds and more, faced at least 88 federal enforcement actions when Trump took office. Cases against 11 of these corporations have already been dismissed or withdrawn, and six have been halted.

  • Angry White Men(link is external): Joel Webbon Blames Jews For ‘Opening The Door To Muslims To Come And Ravage The Nation’

On Monday, white Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon reacted to the death of Pope Francis by calling for a replacement who is “not trying to eradicate the white race” by “flooding” Europe with migrants. He also pushed an antisemitic conspiracy theory about Jews “opening the door to Muslims to come and ravage the nation.”

  • Ahmad Austin Jr. @ Mediaite(link is external): Beanie-Clad Tim Pool Tees Up Karoline Leavitt to Bash Media in Softball Appearance at White House Briefing

Podcaster Tim Pool was invited to Tuesday’s White House briefing and used his time in the “new media” seat to bash the media for its portrayal of Kilmar Abgrego Garcia.

  • David Edwards @ Raw Story(link is external):  'Reconsider': Tom Cotton begs Trump for disaster relief — after opposing it for Dem states

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) pleaded with President Donald Trump to "reconsider" his denial of disaster relief after tornadoes hit Arkansas.

Florida Rep. Byron Donalds was the latest member of the GOP to face pointed questions from constituents who are angry about President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser and his efforts to dismantle key parts of the federal government. 

Messianic apologist Michael Brown engaged in “sexually abusive misconduct” with one young woman and an “inappropriate relationship” with a second married woman in the early 2000s, a third-party investigative report by Firefly has found.