Sorry for the truth, more lies

IMPEACHMENT

new:

#BREAKING: Stormy Daniels has just filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump, @NBCNews reports.

— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) April 30, 2018

where we stand

Excellent piece by Harry Litman, one of the best.https://t.co/qBwp1oDMqw

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 29, 2018

about that new defense

Ok, Mr. President, let me see if I follow: Putin tells Veselnitskaya to admit she was aiding the Kremlin during her secret meeting with your son, so Russia can further implicate itself in colluding with your campaign, because … you’re too tough for him? https://t.co/WsLMGMPR9D

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) April 29, 2018

and paying Cohen from campaign $

Trump campaign has paid portions of Pres. Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen's legal fees, sources tell @ABC. https://t.co/7O3diAAUaX pic.twitter.com/pZvB0a7ohR

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 30, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY

Remember the rule. When Trump speaks, it is always and only about him. https://t.co/2jkHCSVtNy

— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) April 30, 2018

another lie we knew of

To back up NBC story, Trump told donors in March he might pull troops out of South Korea if he didn't get what he wanted on trade. https://t.co/et8YqD2nbE

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 30, 2018

and another close evaluation

Wait. What? "Before February's Winter Olympics in South Korea, Kelly strongly — and successfully — dissuaded Trump from ordering the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from the Korean peninsula, according to two officials." https://t.co/Bj8sGZIOcz

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 30, 2018

with this Nobel prize-worthy tidbit

https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/991055239225671680REPUBLICANS

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/990912873760206848MEDIA

a public service, trying to help

this is me trying to help the media refocus.

Vladamir Putin is ugly af
The kids in Flint without water are ugly af
Everyone in Puerto Rico is ugly af
The DACA kids are ugly af
Black people getting murdered by police are ugly af
Syrian Refugees are ugly af

— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) April 30, 2018

the rare good piece

Every word of this is on point. The fourth estate whines about a comedian’s lack of “decorum” as they play dress-up in a foolish (and futile) attempt to befriend the very forces out to destroy them. https://t.co/FPFEvJkcsd

— Daniel Powell (@danieljpowell) April 30, 2018

“You guys love breaking news, and you did it,” Wolf said to CNN. “You broke it.” To everyone else, she said: “You helped create this monster, and now you’re profiting off of him.” Instead of listening — to that or to Wolf’s final line, “Flint still doesn’t have clean water” — we got grumpy on Twitter. Which means Wolf did a better job of defending the First Amendment than those who say that’s our business.

which is why WHCA…apologized, replaced the woman leadership with a 🍆-American and bent the knee to 🍊  who snubbed the event, then complained about it.

straw men

Andrea Mitchell, meet Andrea Mitchell. I think you guys have some things to hash out. pic.twitter.com/bf7CiK3jFk

— martin gale (@mgale15) April 29, 2018

and a good summery, even before the abject apology

weekend really highlighted huge disconnect between Dems/liberals and DC press: Dems/libs have grave concerns whether US democracy survives under Trump. DC press sees it as heckuva fun story to cover

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) April 29, 2018

then and now

Andrea Mitchell, meet Andrea Mitchell. I think you guys have some things to hash out. pic.twitter.com/bf7CiK3jFk

— martin gale (@mgale15) April 29, 2018

now and now

Conservatives, Pundits: These millennials are FREE SPEECH POLICE. They CAN'T TAKE A JOKE.

Also Conservatives, Pundits: Yes hello, police? Please send all available SWAT units i have been murdered by a joke

— Emily G, Cville. (@EmilyGorcenski) April 29, 2018

and more hypocrisy

I mean imagine if Michelle had ridiculed a teenager about his grades. https://t.co/PQB3iNpiO5

— Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) April 30, 2018

in comic book terms

IRON MAN: You won’t get away with destroying the universe, Thanos.

MAGGIE HABERMAN: This is an attack on Thanos’ appearance! I can’t be convinced otherwise.

WHCA: We apologize to Thanos for the hero’s comments. While the universe is important, Thanos deserves the utmost respect

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) April 30, 2018

and as they genuflect,

BREAKING: Trump's DOJ Erases ‘Need for Free Press From their Manual

In the course of updating its internal manual for prosecutors, the Department of Justice has deleted or altered parts of the document that deal with freedom of the press and civil rights

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) April 29, 2018

LEFTOVERS

In which Nomiki accidentally reveals the entire agenda behind this past week's dust-up. Oops Nomiki. That's awkward. https://t.co/u72Uy7jy9m

— Regina W 🖖 (@regwag2003) April 30, 2018

and now, for something different

"finally we are alone emmanuel" pic.twitter.com/q5oNyI9mNB

— darth™ (@darth) April 29, 2018

000💃💃💃000

Closing down the country, disappearing tree, Nobel, Habermansplaining the WHCD

IMPEACHMENT

he knows

Trump: If Dems win in 2018 midterms, they'll impeach me https://t.co/lz9zQX9g3N pic.twitter.com/goDAb9ciGZ

— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2018

not just Comey

Comey was not alone

New info:

Two witnesses—then-FBI General Counsel Baker and then-FBI Director's chief of staff Rybicki—listened in on Comey’s side of phone calls with President Trump when President attempted to alter course of Russia investigation.https://t.co/wMytZrw3kA

— Just Security (@just_security) April 29, 2018

.

I think he just admitted she takes instructions from Putin himself…. https://t.co/F3jKfSpWMF

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 29, 2018

those we know so far

Current or "former" Russian intelligence members that were in contact with the Trump team in '16:
– Konstantin Kilimnik (Manafort and Gates)
– Natalia Veselnitskaya (Manafort, Kushner, Trump Jr)
– Rinat Akhmetshin (same as above)
– Sergey Gorkov (Kushner)
– Guccifer 2.0 (Stone)

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) April 29, 2018

REPUBLICANS

no need for a free press

BREAKING: Trump's DOJ Erases ‘Need for Free Press From their Manual

In the course of updating its internal manual for prosecutors, the Department of Justice has deleted or altered parts of the document that deal with freedom of the press and civil rights

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) April 29, 2018

lots of outrage at Michelle Wolf

Sorry Republicans, you don't get to whine about Michelle Wolf. pic.twitter.com/HnMsULdGni

— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) April 29, 2018

from this crowd

“how dare that lady comedian be so vulgar” says the crowd that’s clearly delicate like doilies pic.twitter.com/wWTRd8XnKF

— shauna (@goldengateblond) April 29, 2018

and also, this one

Tired of these elites making fun of me, a private school-educated and mansion-owning millionaire who worked for 5 years in the Bush White House and was VP of federal affairs for Koch Industries. https://t.co/qA1jmmKR9L

— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) April 29, 2018

and a diagram

pic.twitter.com/75kYMHBS1m

— Miss Shell (@mcriccis) April 29, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY

closing down the country

Trump: If I don't get the wall in September "we will close down the country." pic.twitter.com/Zmd0cCcnIX

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 29, 2018

in tapestries

A week in tapestries (29th April 18). pic.twitter.com/YYWrLK2fE1

— Wulfgar the Bard (@WulfgarTheBard) April 29, 2018

the tree is gone!!!

Current or "former" Russian intelligence members that were in contact with the Trump team in '16:
– Konstantin Kilimnik (Manafort and Gates)
– Natalia Veselnitskaya (Manafort, Kushner, Trump Jr)
– Rinat Akhmetshin (same as above)
– Sergey Gorkov (Kushner)
– Guccifer 2.0 (Stone)

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) April 29, 2018

expect protests in UK!

“I think there will be protests.”@SadiqKhan says Londoners will protest against @realDonaldTrump’s visit, but adds it would be “probably inappropriate” for him to join in. #Peston pic.twitter.com/uN9ZMriTuY

— Peston on Sunday (@pestononsunday) April 29, 2018

MEDIA

SHS has some goddamn nerve to attend the event of an organization representing people she mocks & lies to & expect to walk out unscathed by the brutal truth we should be hearing from MSM but have to rely on comedians for cuz "access journalism" is the ticket for the likes of you.

— (((antiantisemite))) (@Tristanshouts) April 29, 2018

and while they faint to their couches,

The cruelest thing said by @michelleisawolf was the reminder that Flint still does not have clean water.

— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) April 29, 2018

and some more truth that made some of them angry

#WHCD emcee @michelleisawolf: "I think what no one in this room wants to admit is that Trump has helped all of you" pic.twitter.com/oibhwG3IcJ

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 29, 2018

plus she committed journalism

Finally watched this #WHCD thing. Did anyone notice that Michelle Wolf actually committed journalism?

1) Trump probably doesn't have much money, took millions in loans, and may be compromised by the Russians.

2) Flint still doesn't have clean water.

Better than most TV news.

— Sam Wang (@SamWangPhD) April 29, 2018

To Maggie Sunshine

Hey mags! All these jokes were about her despicable behavior. Sounds like you have some thoughts about her looks though? 😘 https://t.co/JRzzvhBuey

— Michelle Wolf (@michelleisawolf) April 29, 2018

with a twist

TRY THIS: Now replace Sarah Sanders with Hillary Clinton in this @maggieNYT tweet and tell me if you could ever imagine a mainstream journalist saying it. EVER. pic.twitter.com/hqiT9tRMxt

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) April 29, 2018

and a term was coined

Habermansplaining

— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) April 29, 2018

Lauren Duca

The only thing impressive here is that @maggieNYT was able to showcase most of the problems of modern journalism in a single tweet. (Also, the smoky eye thing was fucking compliment. I look like the ghost of a raccoon why I try to pull that off. Maybe because I'm not using lies.) https://t.co/UyXPT2SfwE

— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) April 29, 2018

and also

Comedian ends comedy dinner by saying that Flint still doesn’t have clean water, an attempt to point out Washington’s continued neglect of people who need help.

Washington responds with a rigorous debate about the tone and civility of the comedian’s jokes.

Perfect.

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) April 29, 2018

and remembering THEM

I bookmarked this because I knew these #receipts would come in handy: a list of GOP attacks on Hillary’s looks, voice, laugh, etc. I’m sure Dennis Miller found those jokes “horrid.”https://t.co/YKiSnPGkkj https://t.co/oy7Mzryk4h

— Rob Tannenbaum (@tannenbaumr) April 29, 2018

meanwhile  🦊  is awarding Nobels

2/ Today on @ffweekend: Trump's Nobel Peace Prize is a "slam dunk" – @GrecianFormula

[…even Pres. Trump was cracking up] pic.twitter.com/nA2ieCkyAH

— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) April 29, 2018

LEFTOVERS

Berner telling women of colour to "Bend the knee " to white men

But yeah… Bernie taught MLK to march https://t.co/a7VwodcVv4

— T. Fisher King (@T_FisherKing) April 29, 2018

in UK as in here

Good reminder that Russian policy is to support the far Left *and* the far Right https://t.co/SooCP1Zq9y

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) April 29, 2018

Fun corner

Best Photobomb of the #WHCD pic.twitter.com/srUwlwf2g4

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) April 29, 2018

000💃💃💃000

No collusion – OK, a little bit. Get Chelsea! No women in my lifetime!

IMPEACHMENT

no collusion

“Switching hats!” https://t.co/uem8cMz3mJ pic.twitter.com/z0r054TJpL

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 28, 2018

not just the TT meeting

SCOOP: Donald Trump Jr. And Emin Agalarov Stayed In Touch Throughout The Transition https://t.co/I0EFrGOy64

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) April 28, 2018

New: Russians followed up on 2016 Trump Tower meeting days after Trump’s election https://t.co/rGod1oWlPW

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 28, 2018

He would know

Bingo. No one, no Russian oligarch or operative, would freelance on a foreign political operation like this because of what would happen to them if it went against Putin’s wishes. https://t.co/giZBnLHoqY

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) April 28, 2018

 

lost in translation

Just Out: My son, son-in-law and campaign manager met with an admitted Russian spy during the campaign in an attempt to find dirt on Hillary Clinton. Wow! What was I saying about a WITCH HUNT? https://t.co/KDl50XKiDa

— Translate Trump (@TranslateRealDT) April 27, 2018

 

IMPERIAL FAMILY

Paralympics responded to 🍊

 

https://twitter.com/Paralympics/status/990236378402377730US

surprised, but then there’s the bottom headline:

Michael Cohen makes the National Enquirer pic.twitter.com/Bsg3Z1iUZS

— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) April 28, 2018

Sorry Republicans, you don't get to whine about Michelle Wolf. pic.twitter.com/HnMsULdGni

— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) April 29, 2018

Chelsea fighting the bullies/heathers

Hi Emily – No war here. Just a continued request for fact checking in a book that purports to be nonfiction and fact checked. Amy never fact checked with me, not about my hair, my election night or anything. She doesn’t dispute that. Happy to talk about hair if you want! https://t.co/FgRgW6Bfo2

— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 28, 2018

and also, Emma

my hero James Shaw Jr. pic.twitter.com/BRnuYEURdv

— Emma González (@Emma4Change) April 29, 2018

3 vacancies in NYS Senate

Three Republican incumbents in the narrowly-divided NY state Senate announced their retirements this week:

▪️John Bonacic, #SD42 (50-45 Trump, 54-45 Obama)
▪️Kathleen A. Marchione, #SD43 (49-46 Trump, 53-45 Obama)
▪️John DeFrancisco, #SD50 (50-45 Clinton, 55-43 Obama)

— James Lambert (@hellofasandwich) April 28, 2018

04/29 Mike Luckovich: Hold me. | Mike Luckovich https://t.co/BSzzsYhXIK pic.twitter.com/iigHaltLtp

— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby calls Bullshit 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) April 28, 2018

Nunez seat

Election forecaster moves Nunes' seat toward Dems https://t.co/J8cbOWJdZ9 pic.twitter.com/FPo30p02A1

— The Hill (@thehill) April 28, 2018

REPUBLICANS

“economic anxiety”

Nearly 60 percent of Republicans don't want a woman president in their lifetime, poll finds https://t.co/dI1aaHKZIq pic.twitter.com/mwPxzfa3C9

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 28, 2018

Snowflakes

Republicans hold more power than they have had in nearly a century. But apart from politics, some say the average American conservative feels bombarded daily with disrespect. https://t.co/hh5WS5Ehcy

— NPR (@NPR) April 27, 2018

MEDIA

NYT being NYT – with comment

None of these people have been "deleted."

Trayvon Martin was deleted
Matthew Shepard was deleted
Emmett Till was deleted
People w/preexisting conditions are deleted

We just don't have patience anymore with people who would defend or praise the delete button.

That's good. https://t.co/g90S0HbA0r

— Julius Goat 🦆 (@JuliusGoat) April 28, 2018

other comment

How is Kanye West deleted? The anti-PC are everything they claim SJWs to be.

— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) April 27, 2018

meanwhile back at the ranch

So tired of these anti-free-speech liberals squelching diversity of opinion. Let's see what the conservative media are up to… https://t.co/OMwPVsRn9l

— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) April 27, 2018

returning to NYT

An open letter to Amy Chozick and the NYTimes. https://t.co/L2sKUErJml

— riverdaughter (@riverdaughter) April 28, 2018

NRA

New report shows the NRA served as a conduit between the Trump campaign and Russia — but Republicans refused to investigate ithttps://t.co/qSkkWVykmr

— Shareblue Media (@Shareblue) April 28, 2018

 

LEFTOVERS

Mr Unity

On #DNC lawsuit, #Russia, and #Bernie. A story told in a political cartoon. pic.twitter.com/1SnMwCN3gn

— James J. Zogby (@jjz1600) April 28, 2018

More from the “teach a man” corner

"son, always remember that proverb from the bible 'teach a man a fish'"
"…and?"
"that is the whole proverb eric"
"i am don junior"
"WITCH HUNT" pic.twitter.com/zqHB7kol98

— darth™ (@darth) April 28, 2018

000💃💃💃000

Russian Informant (spy)/”no collusion”, remember sailors!, Bernie🆚 Stormy, forget the bots!

 

IMPEACHMENT

Michael Avenatti tells @TheLastWord that, by his count, the FBI has seized 16 phones, iPhones, and Blackberries from Michael Cohen that may date back as many as 10, 12, or 15-years.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 27, 2018

Cambridge Analitica

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie describes the concerns he saw while at the data firm, including the company's alleged relationships to Russian actors https://t.co/4vKNT45Ton pic.twitter.com/nWQwDFVIyL

— New Day (@NewDay) April 27, 2018

NO COLLUSION! NO COLLUSION!  except for that one spy

“I am a lawyer, and I am an informant,” she said. “Since 2013, I have been actively communicating with the office of the Russian prosecutor general.”

or in tweet form

"I am an informant" for the Russian government, says Natalia Veselnitskaya, of Trump Tower meeting fame: https://t.co/FRalC1M9GS

— Ali Watkins (@AliWatkins) April 27, 2018

and a refresher

Here's who attended the 2016 Trump Tower meeting … pic.twitter.com/5AS7w5Zv0h

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 27, 2018

Manafort

WASHINGTON (AP) – Judge tosses ex-Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort's civil case challenging special counsel's authority in #Russia probe

— Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) April 27, 2018

Cohen

Donald Trump's personal lawyer once reportedly bragged that he was part of the Russian mob https://t.co/HbJuwp1DVe

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) April 27, 2018

and he had a bad day

Judge temporarily halts Stormy Daniels case, saying Trump attorney Michael Cohen likely will be indicted. https://t.co/DECAgRtBRB

— Beth Reinhard (@bethreinhard) April 27, 2018

‘🍊s call effect on Fox& Friends

The Fox & Friends Faces at the beginning of the Trump appearance, and at the end of the Trump appearance. pic.twitter.com/aNZpq3QAlv

— Amazin (@amazinmind) April 26, 2018

and how this makes us feel about them

And Fox and Friends when Trump hung up pic.twitter.com/UTfkaRo90M

— SaveOurCountry (@BershodM) April 27, 2018

House intelligence committeee

The entire 98 page Minority report is pretty remarkable. https://t.co/5lPOJqBuTH

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) April 27, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY

trying to figure an addled brain

"Remember sailor!" likely refers to Kristian Saucier, a sailor Trump pardoned after he pled guilty to taking photographs of a classified area of a submarine. Trump thinks Saucier was treated more unfairly than Comey has been, thus the pardon. https://t.co/1k7qvkM5to https://t.co/0AH0zzBAci

— DJ Judd (@juddzeez) April 27, 2018

can be fun too

#RememberSailor
i took the ferry to Shellbyville an then called Fox and Friends and then they cut me off so I called Vlad but it went straight to voice mail and so then I ….. pic.twitter.com/d5KU7Jfdrc

— View from my Office (@viewfrommyoffic) April 27, 2018

still finding gems

Buried in Trump's half-hour interview with Fox and Friends, Trump admits Michael Cohen represented him "with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal."

— DJ Judd (@juddzeez) April 26, 2018

“I watched as much as I could”

WATCH: During an event with Team USA Olympians and Paralympians at the White House, President Trump said, "What happened with the Paralympics was so incredible and so inspiring to me. And I watched — it's a little tough to watch too much, but I watched as much as I could." pic.twitter.com/geYUUu9vmg

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) April 27, 2018

REPUBLICANS

pic.twitter.com/iYruPOGDJb

— 🐋 (@jaytay777) April 26, 2018

firing the House chaplain

House chaplain’s prayer that preceded his firing by Speaker Ryan 2/2: “May their efforts these days guarantee that there are not winners and losers under new tax laws, but benefits balanced and shared by all Americans.” https://t.co/EfCxvOTZuO

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 27, 2018

another one bites the dust

BREAKING: GOP Rep. Patrick Meehan resigns and will pay back $39K used to settle sexual harassment accusation

Rep. Patrick Meehan announced he is resigning from the House effective Friday.

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) April 27, 2018

MEDIA

Developing: "Mass firings" at @RedState today. It's about money and politics. Source says "they fired everybody who was insufficiently supportive of Trump." https://t.co/h1aBVTlFHI

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 27, 2018

poor Milo!

Running out of money and down on his luck, right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos just laid off the small staff of Milo Entertainment Inc., according to three people familiar with the situation https://t.co/LgLzMZOPhN pic.twitter.com/j1PA6rrkhH

— POLITICO (@politico) April 27, 2018

“over my dead body” – but “no sexism”

.@YouGov: "Do you personally hope that the United States elects a woman President of the United States in your lifetime, or not?

Republicans polled — 59% answer "no"

Source: https://t.co/MoH6yLVxA0 pic.twitter.com/wfcoSWp4Ry

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) April 27, 2018

LEFTOVERS

👓 fights the real enemy:

Reminder: The only reason Michael Cohen plead the fifth amendment and is so scared he is probabably peeing himself right now is because of Stormy Daniels.. pic.twitter.com/BdzPA93MuA

— 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 ⚡️ (@Patrickesque) April 27, 2018

Bernie and the Russian bots

Jane Lindholm hosts the award-winning Vermont public radio program Vermont Edition. She is a native of Vermont.

In this audio Jane does a nice job of demanding answers from Bernie Sanders about his failure to tell his supporters about Russian deception pic.twitter.com/CQhqgsnzlA

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) April 27, 2018

US

take that, electoral college:

Connecticut state lawmakers pass bill to give electoral votes to presidential candidate who wins popular vote https://t.co/MGPun8Nrkl pic.twitter.com/2aVdnw3CBp

— The Hill (@thehill) April 27, 2018

and for some fun

nobody does it better than Darth a whole thread

"…but i do not wear ties"
"eli, eli these are trump ties everyone loves trump ties"
"what is the scotch tape for"
"you have so much to learn eli" pic.twitter.com/vO762Tddcb

— darth™ (@darth) April 27, 2018

"…texas florida south carolina north carolina east carolina louisiana tenne…"
"is alaska really down here"
"yes"
"weird"
"i won the electoral college"
"ok" pic.twitter.com/M8gZsP3uoj

— darth™ (@darth) April 28, 2018

000💃💃💃000

🍊meltdown on Fox, karmic post-classification et al

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

good answer:

Comey, asked whether he thought it was significant that Trump lied about not staying overnight in Moscow, says “it’s always significant when someone lies, especially about something you didn’t ask about.”

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 26, 2018

polls decided

Fox News poll: Most Americans think Mueller will find Trump committed criminal or impeachable offenses https://t.co/EVJsGYJBmf pic.twitter.com/Wrb33IEKb7

— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2018

Avenatti

Michael Avenatti: "Michael Cohen is claiming he can't answer the questions because the answers will incriminate him. This is a staggering development. It cannot be over exaggerated. It cannot be overstated. This is a big deal." pic.twitter.com/iRDwFk2kHZ

— Together we rise 🌊 (@Matsamon) April 26, 2018

Missing life before (don’t we all?)

Tonight's #LastThingBeforeWeGo? Trump hints (yet again) that he misses his life before the presidency. Watch more: https://t.co/qxVM58IvOw #11MSNBC pic.twitter.com/Tqpj9nz4l5

— 11th Hour (@11thHour) April 26, 2018

coming apart

Trump concludes @foxandfriends interview by screaming about conflicts of interest on Robert Mueller's team, and promising to meddle more aggressively in the Department of Justice going forward. pic.twitter.com/ITak7tEEJJ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 26, 2018

I didn’t say I didn’t stay in Moscow and other cray cray

Here’s one clip of Trump getting fiery pic.twitter.com/kUaZghPWok

— Marcus Gilmer (@marcusgilmer) April 26, 2018

Wow. "I didn't say I left right away, but I did leave right away, but he's lying because I didn't say that."

It truly is me (and all of us) in high school after a night out drinking. https://t.co/CotRBYnqNP

— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) April 26, 2018

and speaking of that Moscow stay

Trump's social media footprints on the Miss Universe Moscow trip.

Ooopsie. https://t.co/cFr0DNtXdo

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 26, 2018

Avenatti grateful

Thank you @foxandfriends for having Mr. Trump on this morning to discuss Michael Cohen and our case. Very informative.

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 26, 2018

After the “fif”

lol pic.twitter.com/70M54K1zZ6

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 26, 2018

one small step in the right direction

With bipartisan support, the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to send a bill providing for speedy judicial review of any decision to fire special counsel Robert Mueller to the full Senate.

— NPR (@NPR) April 26, 2018

Mueller bill passes 14-7!
Grassley: Yes
Hatch: No
Cornyn: No
Sasse: No
Flake: Yes
Crapo: No
Kennedy: No
Graham: Yes
Lee: No
Cruz: No
Tillis: Yes
Feinstein: Yes
Leahy: Yes
Durbin: Yes
Whitehouse: Yes 
Klobuchar: Yes
Coons: Yes
Blumenthal: Yes 
Hirono: Yes
Booker: Yes
Harris: Yes

— #MarchForTruth (@MarchForTruth17) April 26, 2018

Schumer demands a vote on it

Given @realDonaldTrump’s statement this am that he may interfere w/ the special counsel’s investigation, it is even more of an imperative that @SenateMajLdr put this bill on the floor immediately. Rather than waiting for a constitutional crisis, the full Senate should act now. https://t.co/t3KjI8cCgP

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 26, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY

downgrade visit in UK

Trump set for official UK visit in July – minus pomp and ceremony https://t.co/Oy05SRb84g

— Laura Walker 🍸🦈 (@LauraWalkerKC) April 26, 2018

body language analysis (thread)

1/ One of the more unusual moments of Emmanuel Macron's State Visit occurred on Tuesday as Donald Trump held the French President's hand – while pulling him along outside the West Wing of the White House.

— Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) April 26, 2018

more public humiliation

When your husband announces on national television that he was too busy to get you a birthday gift https://t.co/HzsuPyhxM6 pic.twitter.com/2jwWIsBC5U

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 26, 2018

firing update https://twitter.com/darth/status/989509722117029889

US

chance for NY Senate

This could have big implications in the fight to flip the NY State Senate from GOP control: GOP Sen. Kathy Marchione has announced her retirement.

Her #SD43 district voted 49-47 Trump but 53-45 Obama in 2012: https://t.co/pTA1OdV7IC

— James Lambert (@hellofasandwich) April 26, 2018

and another one

Sen. @JohnDeFrancisco, the #2 Republican in the #NYSenate, won't run for re-election in 2018. https://t.co/GGTarEuNLQ pic.twitter.com/elydNAnX1q

— Capitol Confidential (@TUCapCon) April 26, 2018

Karmic moment

New: Hillary Clinton is keenly aware that James Comey now faces the same issue he investigated her for — concern about handling material that was classified "after the fact."

— her aide @PhilippeReines just confirmed that to @chrislhayes

( https://t.co/6A59lxT9wI )

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) April 21, 2018

They blamed the FBI for keeping the wife beater

It took 60 accusers, 50 years and two trials to bring one sexual abuser to justice. Has #MeToo gone too far?

— Rebecca Cohen (@GynoStar) April 26, 2018

 

REPUBLICANS

Bad joke, Mira! Comments are priceless tho

Is this a joke???? https://t.co/AkAsh20Fjy

— Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) April 26, 2018

better headline

Better headline: Charlie Rose to host series alongside men taken down by their own actions pic.twitter.com/RhaExmybop

— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) April 26, 2018

*scratches cosbys name from interview list* pic.twitter.com/S4oTlayZMO

— darth™ (@darth) April 26, 2018

Re: Cosby

It took 60 accusers, 50 years and two trials to bring one sexual abuser to justice. Has #MeToo gone too far?

— Rebecca Cohen (@GynoStar) April 26, 2018

and NYDN

pic.twitter.com/yQcVeGt4P2

— Evan Smith (@evanasmith) April 26, 2018

from Republican Cook Report

There's a lot of talk about what could get in Dems' way between now and Nov., but less about how much worse things could get for GOP.

In my mind, #AZ08 outcome raises the slight chance this thing could turn into a 1974/Watergate-style wipeout in the House.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) April 26, 2018

LEFTOVERS

defending Joy thread

1) So: Many people know I am close friends with @JoyAnnReid. Few of you know I was the first person to publish her, roughly 18 years ago. We didn't meet for at least a dozen years.

— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) April 25, 2018

someone needs a Russian to English translator

Green Party's Jill Stein REFUSES to turn over campaign documents to Senate intel committeehttps://t.co/1bufAraQDH

— Michael O'Grady (@mog7546) April 26, 2018

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