But stealing taxpayer dollars to pay for Mr. Trump’s narcissistic ego trips is plainly illegal.
Jamie Raskin
The Public Record
Jamie Raskin is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Raskin has been an advocate for various progressive policies, including healthcare reform and civil rights. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump, where he served as a lead impeachment manager during the Senate trial in early 2020.
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October 2, 2026
The American people are apparently paying for Donald Trump to create desperate preelection propaganda.
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by number of sources- Hearn would never desecrate a federal building or landmark by writing his name on it or affixing his name illegally to it or engaging in any other kind of political graffiti, vandalism or delinquency.20 sources2026wisconsinexaminer.com
- I hope—and will do everything I can to guarantee—that Davey gets true due process and a fair trial on these absurdly trumped-up charges.20 sources2026wisconsinexaminer.com
- We need a DOJ committed to the rule of law, not the corrupt rule of a kleptocrat.20 sources2026newhampshirebulletin.com
- It is only a matter of time before an impartial judge and jury recognize that this case has been built on a Kafkaesque arrest and Orwellian charges.19 sources2026wisconsinexaminer.com
- Republicans in Congress voted to turn Trump’s personal attorney, Todd Blanche, into Trump’s personal Attorney General.9 sources2026mainemorningstar.com
- We need to zero in quickly on the forms of systemic corruption that have cost the public huge amounts of money, and where there are legislative cures available.2 sources2026abcnews.com
President Trump is obviously desperate for the American people to ‘love’ him.
We need to zero in quickly on the forms of systemic corruption that have cost the public huge amounts of money, and where there are legislative cures available.
Amidst an alarming increase in antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of toxic hate, Team Maryland is surging more than $8.6 million in federal Nonprofit Security Grants to protect our people.
Yesterday’s consultation reinforces our sense that the Administration has turned America’s traditional refugee program into a whites-only airplane ride for South African Afrikaners into Trump’s America.
It is blatantly unethical under numerous federal ethics provisions proscribing the use of government resources for political campaigns.
When this time capsule is opened, future Americans will be reminded of the Free State’s many enduring cultural, scientific and political contributions to our nation’s history.
This is a naked power grab by a historically unpopular president—who himself regularly votes by mail—to inject confusion and chaos into our elections in a last-ditch effort to keep his party in power.
The Trump family has turned the entire executive branch into a money-making enterprise, so there’s more than enough corruption and lawlessness to keep Democrats across the House busy for years.
From Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman to Rachel Carson to Thurgood Marshall, Marylanders have been devoted patriots and fighters for our land, our democracy and our freedom. When this time capsule is opened, future Americans will be…
I’m doing whatever I can to help these people in red districts, and we got a big blue wave coming in.
People are really angry at Trump, and meantime, he’s spending all of his time on, you know, gilded bathrooms and turning the Reflecting Pool into the ‘strait of warm ooze,’ and scrawling his name on the Kennedy Center, and ripping off the…
I was on the road for nine days. I did not see a single MAGA hat or a single MAGA sign anywhere, and I was in mostly rural districts.
When we contemplate impeachment, we have to be realistic about the Republican Party as an authoritarian cult of personality.
It's another partisan power grab by MAGA, our colleagues, who fear for the results of the November election as their policies have brought us nothing but war, inflation, corruption, lawlessness and a $40 trillion debt — one quarter of it's…
Trump's followers in Congress now seek to freeze into place the political court that MAGA built, for decades to come.
It would be extremely strange if the president declared non-existent emergency powers to cancel an election that he has no control over.
It’s gotten so bad that Donald Trump’s masked paramilitary soldiers are shooting down American citizens exercising their First and Second Amendment rights in the streets of America.
The only party in America that will stand up to your right to vote, even if you’re not going to vote for us.