Jesse Eisinger
ProPublica Editor & Reporter. “Chickenshit Club" author. bit.ly/2mI34A0 @sarahellison's husband. “Succession” S3 consultant. Green Bay Packers. Also @Eisingerj
- Welcome to the world we made when insufficient numbers of people cared about emoluments because they were “small.”
- Reposted by Jesse Eisinger“Both the White House and DOJ concluded that because the gift is not conditioned on any official act, it does not constitute bribery, the sources said.” Thanks John Roberts!
- The media is reporting this as an “agreement,” but it’s not. It’s like an agreement to reach an agreement. A “framework” might even be too generous. All the details, which can take years, are to be worked out later. Huge PR wins for Trump and Starmer. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...
- Treas Scty Bessent told Congress that the Trump Admin is cutting the IRS to root out overly politicized audits. I can't tell you how much this is an invention of an invention. I'm a close student of the IRS & I don't recall even right-wing baseless accusations of Biden's politicization of the IRS.
- Reposted by Jesse Eisinger🚨NEWS: I've obtained a list of the Medicaid cuts in the Republican reconciliation package. The big one is that they're going to raise premiums and co-pays on beneficiaries at or above the federal poverty line ($15,650 for single people, $21,150 for a couple). That's what helps pay for the tax cuts.
- To lose one multimillion dollar fighter jet, Mr. Hegseth, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness.
- Ethics experts say what he did rhymes with “rhyme”
- DOGE guy at the CFPB owned verboten stocks. He was explicitly warned by ethics lawyers that he wasn’t permitted to take any action that could benefit those companies — and him. He then helped fire workers anyway. Including the ethics lawyers who warned him. www.propublica.org/article/cfpb...
- DOGE guy at the CFPB owned verboten stocks. He was explicitly warned by ethics lawyers that he wasn’t permitted to take any action that could benefit those companies — and him. He then helped fire workers anyway. Including the ethics lawyers who warned him. www.propublica.org/article/cfpb...
