Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion

The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.

The New York Times
So who... among #MafiaDon's #scandal-plagued cabinet... is he going to pick to be "The Designated Survivor" during tonight's #SotU Address? 🤔
#TrumpIsTheSwamp
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/maddow-trump-cabinet-too-rife-with-scandal-to-designate-a-survivor-2488849475632
Maddow: Trump Cabinet too rife with scandal to designate a ‘survivor’

Rachel Maddow considering the tradition associated with the State of the Union address in which one member of the president's Cabinet does not attend the event in case something happens that prevents everyone in attendance at the speech who would ordinarily be part of the presidential succession from being able to serve. But in Donald Trump's case, his Cabinet is so full of scandal and disgrace, designating a survivor seems impossible.

MS NOW
The MAGA-World Rift Over Trump’s Qatari Jet

Some of the president’s biggest allies are panning his plan to accept the luxury aircraft.

The Atlantic
Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds

Under a settlement with Ohio’s attorney general, Trump inauguration committee official Pat Lee can never fundraise for charity in Ohio again.

The Intercept
'If Trump comes back, I come back': Extremists wait in the wings for Trump's return

Rachel Maddow notes statements from Mike Flynn, disgraced former Trump national security advisor who apparently wants to hold military tribunals to execute Americans if Donald Trump is re-elected, and Tom Homan, a former acting director of ICE who wants to implement "the biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen" if Trump is sent back to the White House.

MSNBC
A Judge Asked Trump to Chill. Trump Mocked the Judge’s Wife.

“I have a Trump-hating judge with a Trump-hating wife and family,” the former president said just hours after leaving the courtroom.

Trump Cried ‘Lock Her Up.’ Instead, He and His Friends Got Charged With Crimes.

The former president loves to call for his opponents to be jailed. But it hasn’t worked out that way.

Want a mask contract or some ventilators? A White House connection helps

The president and his aides have consolidated power amid the coronavirus crisis, picking winners and losers based in part on personal relationships and partisan loyalty.

NBC News
Every word Ajit Pai says about Net Neutrality is a lie, including "and" and "the"

Trump’s FCC Chairman Ajit Pai rammed through an illegal Net Neutrality repeal by claiming that the Obama-era Net Neutrality rules slowed down investment in broadband, depriving Americans of f…