David Cay Johnston
@davidcayjohnston.bsky.social
Rochester Institute of Technology professor of practice: law, criminal justice, journalism & political science; Pulitzer Prize for NYTimes tax reporting; 4 NYT best sellers; DCReport.org co-founder; 8 grown children; AKA Mr. Jennifer Leonard since 1982.
Kate Berry, a savvy American Banker reporter, reports on an important victory against Trump's efforts to harm consumers and benefit banksters.
Russell Vought, Trump's budget guy, gives up after court orders funding for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
www.americanbanker.com/news/vought-...
Russell Vought, Trump's budget guy, gives up after court orders funding for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
www.americanbanker.com/news/vought-...
Vought capitulates to court order, asks for CFPB funding
Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought agreed to request $145 million in funding from the Federal Reserve, yielding to a court order to avoid a contempt citation.
www.americanbanker.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Kate Berry, a savvy American Banker reporter, reports on an important victory against Trump's efforts to harm consumers and benefit banksters.
Russell Vought, Trump's budget guy, gives up after court orders funding for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
www.americanbanker.com/news/vought-...
Russell Vought, Trump's budget guy, gives up after court orders funding for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
www.americanbanker.com/news/vought-...
Complete vindication!
In 2011 I warned that should Donald get to the White House he would see himself as an all-powerful dictator unconstrained by Constitutional limits on his office.
The lead headline in The New York Times today, quoting Donald, shows I got it exactly right.
In 2011 I warned that should Donald get to the White House he would see himself as an all-powerful dictator unconstrained by Constitutional limits on his office.
The lead headline in The New York Times today, quoting Donald, shows I got it exactly right.
January 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Complete vindication!
In 2011 I warned that should Donald get to the White House he would see himself as an all-powerful dictator unconstrained by Constitutional limits on his office.
The lead headline in The New York Times today, quoting Donald, shows I got it exactly right.
In 2011 I warned that should Donald get to the White House he would see himself as an all-powerful dictator unconstrained by Constitutional limits on his office.
The lead headline in The New York Times today, quoting Donald, shows I got it exactly right.
Just 230 homicides in the City of Los Angeles last year, down from 1,028 in 1980, when I began investigating the LAPD for the LA Times.
What makes the 78% decline even more remarkable is the city population grew by a third to nearly 4 million between those years.
The homicide rate declined 83%.
What makes the 78% decline even more remarkable is the city population grew by a third to nearly 4 million between those years.
The homicide rate declined 83%.
January 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Just 230 homicides in the City of Los Angeles last year, down from 1,028 in 1980, when I began investigating the LAPD for the LA Times.
What makes the 78% decline even more remarkable is the city population grew by a third to nearly 4 million between those years.
The homicide rate declined 83%.
What makes the 78% decline even more remarkable is the city population grew by a third to nearly 4 million between those years.
The homicide rate declined 83%.
Petty pettiness:
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Petty pettiness:
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Business turns pessimistic on jobs and the economy, Wall Street Journal homepage headline shows:
January 6, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Business turns pessimistic on jobs and the economy, Wall Street Journal homepage headline shows:
Maduro seizure diverts from release of the Epstein files.
January 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Maduro seizure diverts from release of the Epstein files.
There's been another gigantic cash infusion by the New York Fed into one or more of the Too Big to Fail Banks, arranged Sunday at 5 PM when banks are closed.
The latest example of corporate socialism that adds to our exclusive reporting on Monday.
www.dcreport.org/2026/01/01/n...
The latest example of corporate socialism that adds to our exclusive reporting on Monday.
www.dcreport.org/2026/01/01/n...
After ‘Unlimited’ Cash Shift, New York Fed Pumps Another $34B Into Wall Street
Days after DCReport revealed the New York Fed removed limits on emergency lending, Wall Street banks received another $34 billion as metals markets shook.
www.dcreport.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
There's been another gigantic cash infusion by the New York Fed into one or more of the Too Big to Fail Banks, arranged Sunday at 5 PM when banks are closed.
The latest example of corporate socialism that adds to our exclusive reporting on Monday.
www.dcreport.org/2026/01/01/n...
The latest example of corporate socialism that adds to our exclusive reporting on Monday.
www.dcreport.org/2026/01/01/n...
Trump killed a lot of breast cancer research, making this point important to get widely distributed:
January 1, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Trump killed a lot of breast cancer research, making this point important to get widely distributed:
DCREPORT will begin 2026 with another big story that our competitors with vastly more resources missed because it was hiding in plain sight.
Have NYE fun, then please check in with us tomorrow.
Have NYE fun, then please check in with us tomorrow.
January 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
DCREPORT will begin 2026 with another big story that our competitors with vastly more resources missed because it was hiding in plain sight.
Have NYE fun, then please check in with us tomorrow.
Have NYE fun, then please check in with us tomorrow.
More good news to end the year:
January 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
More good news to end the year:
Welcome end of year news from the LA Times:
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Welcome end of year news from the LA Times:
EXCLUSIVE: In an ominous sign of financial trouble, the Fed has been silently injecting billion$ of cash into banks for the last times months, @dcreport.bsky.social revealed this morning.
We also reveal a new Fed policy that indicates cash shortfalls are worsening.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
We also reveal a new Fed policy that indicates cash shortfalls are worsening.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
Big Banks Enjoy Stealth Bailouts - A DCReport Exclusive
The NYFed has quietly injected tens of billions into major banks—now with no limit. Unreported policy changes raise fears of another Wall Street bailout.
www.dcreport.org
December 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
EXCLUSIVE: In an ominous sign of financial trouble, the Fed has been silently injecting billion$ of cash into banks for the last times months, @dcreport.bsky.social revealed this morning.
We also reveal a new Fed policy that indicates cash shortfalls are worsening.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
We also reveal a new Fed policy that indicates cash shortfalls are worsening.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
White Christmas arrives - with big fluffy sound absorbing flakes - a day late in The Roc:
December 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
White Christmas arrives - with big fluffy sound absorbing flakes - a day late in The Roc:
Disgusting practice:
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Disgusting practice:
The 60 Minutes segment on deportations that Bari Weiss stopped on CBS aired in Canada.
Now The Weis-minions are busy having it taken down everywhere copies are posted.
Now The Weis-minions are busy having it taken down everywhere copies are posted.
December 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The 60 Minutes segment on deportations that Bari Weiss stopped on CBS aired in Canada.
Now The Weis-minions are busy having it taken down everywhere copies are posted.
Now The Weis-minions are busy having it taken down everywhere copies are posted.
Reposted by David Cay Johnston
In the wake of mass violence and tragedy, what does leadership look like? Trump’s reaction to recent horrors reflects a troubling derangement of empathy.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/15/t...
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/15/t...
It's Trump's Derangement
After mass shootings and the Reiner murders, Trump’s remarks expose a profound lack of empathy — and a dangerous erosion of moral leadership in America.
www.dcreport.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
In the wake of mass violence and tragedy, what does leadership look like? Trump’s reaction to recent horrors reflects a troubling derangement of empathy.
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/15/t...
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/15/t...
Trump’s new executive order strengthens his dictatorial aims. My brief DCREPORT video explains:
www.youtube.com/shorts/sB91x...
www.youtube.com/shorts/sB91x...
Trump Declares Fentanyl a “Weapon of Mass Destruction” — What He’s Really After | Reality Check
YouTube video by DCReport
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December 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trump’s new executive order strengthens his dictatorial aims. My brief DCREPORT video explains:
www.youtube.com/shorts/sB91x...
www.youtube.com/shorts/sB91x...
Important, but least surprising, news in NYT today:
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Important, but least surprising, news in NYT today:
Below is pinned at the EEOC chair's X account. NOT a joke.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Below is pinned at the EEOC chair's X account. NOT a joke.
Watching an old man on national television spew the delusional nonsense you expect to hear only from an insane asylum inmate or a drunk in a bar.
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Watching an old man on national television spew the delusional nonsense you expect to hear only from an insane asylum inmate or a drunk in a bar.
The most oppressed and discriminated demographic against in America, white males, has a nee champion:
December 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The most oppressed and discriminated demographic against in America, white males, has a nee champion:
Being passed around:
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Being passed around:
In 2011 I warned that Trump believes he should be dictator of not just America but the world, prompting mocking by people who don't know him as deeply as I do.
Video below, h/t Aaron Rupar, shows I was right yet again, my batting average continuing at a perfect 1.000:
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Video below, h/t Aaron Rupar, shows I was right yet again, my batting average continuing at a perfect 1.000:
x.com/atrupar/stat...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In 2011 I warned that Trump believes he should be dictator of not just America but the world, prompting mocking by people who don't know him as deeply as I do.
Video below, h/t Aaron Rupar, shows I was right yet again, my batting average continuing at a perfect 1.000:
x.com/atrupar/stat...
Video below, h/t Aaron Rupar, shows I was right yet again, my batting average continuing at a perfect 1.000:
x.com/atrupar/stat...
Donald Trump has once again proven that my warnings from long ago were accurate.
In 2011 I said he wanted to be America's dictator and thinks he should run the whole world.
I was mocked for those words.
Please listen to the video below which again shows I was right. www.facebook.com/share/v/1CrW...
In 2011 I said he wanted to be America's dictator and thinks he should run the whole world.
I was mocked for those words.
Please listen to the video below which again shows I was right. www.facebook.com/share/v/1CrW...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Donald Trump has once again proven that my warnings from long ago were accurate.
In 2011 I said he wanted to be America's dictator and thinks he should run the whole world.
I was mocked for those words.
Please listen to the video below which again shows I was right. www.facebook.com/share/v/1CrW...
In 2011 I said he wanted to be America's dictator and thinks he should run the whole world.
I was mocked for those words.
Please listen to the video below which again shows I was right. www.facebook.com/share/v/1CrW...