David Cay Johnston
davidcayjohnston.bsky.social
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.
What the congressman reports below is disgusting.
He reveals the utter lack of decency and humanity in the Trump administration, especially in the telling detail at the end.
February 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM
A “Christian” broadcaster, offended that Bad Bunny is doing the Super Bowl halftime show, will counter-program with Kid Rock.
Read the lyrics below and ask you what that says about people who claimed to be Christian and promote songs glorifying rape.
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Delighted today to see that Lawrence O'donnell is using the term I've been working to popularize for several months - quisling Republicans.
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Remember, when Donald Trump said returning him to office would end tyrannical government censorship…
So much freedom:
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Truth:
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
The Reutersjournalist in the image below has worked all over the world and is deeply experienced in military and intelligence matters. His post should alarm you.
January 30, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Veep Vance is such a gentleman. Here he is on a military helicopter pilot who lost her lower legs in combat.
“Watching Tammy Duckworth obsessively interrupt Marco Rubio during this hearing is like watching Forrest Gump argue with Isaac Newton."
Such a role model.
January 29, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell, in a court filing, claims that "25 men" made secret deals not to be prosecuted over child sexual abuse, The Daily Beast reports.
Keep in mind that Donald says releasing the files will hurt some of his "friends."
Release the Epstein files!
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 AM
More bad news for Donald, this time from Bloomberg on the economic front:
January 27, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Trump's theory of why the US needs to control Greenland has it exactly upside down.
My latest brief video for DCREPORT.org explain explains.
youtube.com/shorts/kx8yN...
Trump’s Greenland Claim Is a National Security Myth | Reality Check with David Cay Johnston
YouTube video by DCReport
youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:55 PM
NYTimes:
January 12, 2026 at 4:51 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-...
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
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.
January 9, 2026 at 6:40 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%.
January 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Business turns pessimistic on jobs and the economy, Wall Street Journal homepage headline shows:
January 6, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Maduro seizure diverts from release of the Epstein files.
January 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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...
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
Trump killed a lot of breast cancer research, making this point important to get widely distributed:
January 1, 2026 at 2:41 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.
January 1, 2026 at 12:43 AM
More good news to end the year:
January 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Welcome end of year news from the LA Times:
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 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...
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
White Christmas arrives - with big fluffy sound absorbing flakes - a day late in The Roc:
December 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Disgusting practice:
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM