Nazi next door paper comes over

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Manafort documents

The government has released the exhibits admitted into evidence today— they intend to do so at the end of each court day, per Mueller spox Peter Carr https://t.co/frpvPqOhCO

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 31, 2018

Obstruction (probably Priebus as source)

"A confidential White House memorandum, which is in the special counsel's possession, explicitly states that when Trump pressured Comey [to let Flynn go] he had just been told by two of his top aides … Priebus and … McGahn that Flynn was under criminal investigation." https://t.co/YG59rI6c4v

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 31, 2018

Blumenthal

Richard Blumenthal: "There is credible evidence that the president of the United States has committed obstruction of justice and possibly a conspiracy to undermine our elections. That's simply the facts and the law." https://t.co/zdzWDbB3vU

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 31, 2018

Manafort rerun

RT @MillenPolitics: In honor of Paul Manafort’s trial starting today, we give you this impeccable interview from Donald Trump’s Campaign Chairman ⬇️pic.twitter.com/vN0qZN8wsx

— James Burton (@RadicalCampfire) July 31, 2018

Manafort still in jail

Breaking via @TheTerminal:

*MANAFORT LOSES APPEAL SEEKING TO BE FREED AHEAD OF D.C. TRIAL

*APPEALS COURT REJECTS MANAFORT'S APPEAL OF PRETRIAL DETENTION

(His separate Virginia trial starts today)#tictocnews pic.twitter.com/FwGzGzYfhV

— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) July 31, 2018

and some 🎪

bold defense from the man with the $21K ostrich jacket https://t.co/ei7kKLPqeC

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 31, 2018

take it away, Mr Burns!

😱 on breaking Manafort “don’t say it”

ooops. Rudes gets a little ahead of himself on whether they've gotten Manafort to break in the can. pic.twitter.com/wWxwgMuRVk

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 27, 2018

about that “collusion”

Ex-federal prosecutor Daniel Goldman: Rudy Giuliani knows that "collusion" is just shorthand for potentially several crimes, so the fact that he's now pushing this simplistic argument suggests to expert observers that something is up. https://t.co/Iek5CWFvVe

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 31, 2018

like Schrodinger cat

Sunday: Collusion is a crime. (When Dems do it)
Today: Collusion is not a crime. pic.twitter.com/GBXg5TWVgv

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) July 31, 2018

support numbers

How glorious is this?

Support for Donald Trump's impeachment is higher (43%) than his approval rating (39%), poll indicates https://t.co/oggVmHEOSP

— Indivisible Network (@IndivisibleNet) July 31, 2018

Butina $

BIG SCOOP by @a_cormier_ & me

$300K in suspicious transactions between 2014 & 2017–much of it cash– involving Maria Butina & Paul Erickson flagged for FBI by Wells Fargo, which govt says supported her covert influence campaign 

AND: Abramoff Cameo!https://t.co/pSRHBIj833

— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) July 31, 2018

more Butina – CEO bank

Maria Butina didn't just allegedly cultivate the NRA on behalf of the Kremlin. The Daily Beast reports Butina braced one of America's best-known CEOs, pushing him to increase investments in his bank in Moscow—a bank facing trouble with Kremlin authorities. https://t.co/PrGyKzmFx5

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 1, 2018

Russian trolls

We just published, to our knowledge, the most complete set of Russian troll tweets available.

Notice how long before AND AFTER the 2016 election they were active:https://t.co/9rDSPe9xEY pic.twitter.com/rbegBGiDEn

— Micah Cohen (@micahcohen) July 31, 2018

Is 😱 out?

“Don McGahn Hates Rudy with Intensity of 1,000 Burning Suns”: Is Trump Ready to Cook Giuliani?
Inside the West Wing, Giuliani’s recent wacko media appearances have attracted the wrong kind of notice. “Trump thinks he’s saying too much.” https://t.co/ulMWE5hy75

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 31, 2018

PROPAGANDA

hunting rabbits

Be wery, wery quiet. I’m hunting wabbits. pic.twitter.com/ofbMYci4ky

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 31, 2018

NK – war?

.@KellyannePolls on news North Korea is still testing missiles, even after Trump declared the nuclear threat to be over: "It's a process. You are talking about 68 years of sustained war and conflict in Korea."

[NARRATOR: There haven't been active hostiles in Korea since 1953] pic.twitter.com/WgS2F3Zei6

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2018

and for sanity sake, DEnald

The Fake News Media is now going “INSANE” with new reports of North Korea developing new missiles. What they don’t know is that Kim Jung Un assured me these missiles have LONGER RANGE! They will “FLY OVER” the US – very safe! #AmericaFirst https://t.co/DJd1hxB8kW

— DonaId J. Trump (@realDenaldTrump) July 31, 2018

RUSSIA

Three more Russian journalists—including the amazing Orhan Dzhemal—were killed while investigating the Kremlin's private mercenary group, Wagner. https://t.co/H2SgghV0yN

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) July 31, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY

warned about risk of harm to children

BREAKING: Commander Jonathan White of HHS just admitted he warned Trump @realDonaldTrump & Sessions about "significant risk of harm" & "psychological injury" as consequence of zero tolerance & was ignored: https://t.co/lKrUeLECVc @KPBSMidday

— Jean Guerrero (@jeanguerre) July 31, 2018

Lying to Congress

In a letter to @benjaminwittes, the Justice Department formally acknowledged that the President of the United States lied in a speech to Congress. https://t.co/DyU4WOYeUK

— Lawfare (@lawfareblog) July 31, 2018

🍊 🆚 Kochs

Naturally, Trump is taking that really well (sarcasm).

Trump is poking that hornet's nest… whacking it with a stick actually.

That puts R's in a bad spot. Side with Trump or side with their biggest funding source.

This is gonna get fun!

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— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 31, 2018

grab what you can

Trump is no longer even trying to maintain the aura of economic populism; now it’s a grab-what-you-can environment in which the rich stuff their pockets before Democrats gain power. https://t.co/zggQC2eBo2

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) July 31, 2018

rejected by Iran

Trump says he'd meet with the president of Iran, but Iran is ruling it out.

"With current America and these policies, there will definitely not be the possibility of dialogue and engagement, and the United States has shown that it is totally unreliable." https://t.co/7IqRDfh38D

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 31, 2018

NK bunk

This. The process is a farce. Trump’s fiasco no more discredits diplomacy than Nickleback discredits music. https://t.co/OxLKSB7RJq

— Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) July 31, 2018

rejected by Saudis – Kushner

Fascinating reporting here on Kushner’s latest trip to the Mideast, and why his ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ magic wand approach to a peace plan may be falling flat>>> https://t.co/lm3a6rj5XI

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) July 31, 2018

ONGOING TREASON

Combined, 40% of Republicans either approve of Russian interference, or don’t strongly object to it.#Russia https://t.co/BAm6oYxhJ2

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 1, 2018

REPUBLICANS

healthcare

GOP leaders explicit that Obamacare back on chopping block if they keep Congress and pick up a few Senate seats (https://t.co/ZmI1lEdlaA): pic.twitter.com/4IIkas7Lgb

— Taniel (@Taniel) July 31, 2018

NRA

downloadable guns

.@MomsDemand volunteers are out in force to support the live press conference by members of Congress to #StopDownloadableGuns: https://t.co/YHeLlcTbrY

Tell the Trump Administration to take action today. Text OMG to 64433 to be connected with @SecPompeo. @statedept pic.twitter.com/Ju1KLNHgBt

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 31, 2018

MEDIA

Nazi next door comes over for a cup of sugar. And some mansplaining

If you’re a white liberal whose goal is to foster a more equitable culture, you need to stop yelling “Racist!” at anyone who doesn’t see the world exactly as you do https://t.co/jZInpvWlUM

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) July 31, 2018

and a clever paraphrase based on the news of the day

I'm personally opposed to the psychological torture of children, but I also understand there's a big divide in this country between those who oppose child torture and those who favor it and we need to start listening to each other.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 31, 2018

NRA

printable 3D guns

I just tried to pass our bill that would prevent the release of these 3D-printed gun blueprints – but the GOP blocked it. If President Trump doesn’t reverse this dangerous decision before midnight tonight, our national security will be irreversibly harmed. pic.twitter.com/9awEscnbsh

— Senator Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) July 31, 2018

firearm fatalities by state

Firearm fatality rates by state (source: CDC)

LOWEST
1. HI
2. MA
3. NY
4. CT
5. RI
6. NJ
7. NH
8. MN
9. CA
10. IO

HIGHEST
1. AK
2. LA
3. MS
4. AL
5. AR
6. MT
7. WY
8. OK
9. NM
10. TN

9/10 of safest states are blue, 9/10 of most dangerous—red.

Whose policies are better? 🤔

— William LeGate (@williamlegate) July 31, 2018

LEFTOVERS

Glenn

I think it’s important to remember that these tweets were deleted in the interests of transparency. https://t.co/7x7lgrnl9U

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 31, 2018

US

welcoming Nielsen

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is at a conference in Lower Manhattan this morning. Our members were there to greet her.

Dissent is patriotic and #FamiliesBelongTogether pic.twitter.com/wKW5lOBHlw

— ACLU (@ACLU) July 31, 2018

Hillary

Hillary Clinton steps up her involvement in the midterms @CNNPolitics https://t.co/VnUNiLlcWl

— Edgeoforever🖖 (@edgeoforever) July 31, 2018

more – thread

We had our first annual @OnwardTogether members call yesterday. Thank you to the thousands of members who joined. We had a chance to hear from a few of our partner groups about the progress they're making to strengthen our democracy. I want to share some of it with you.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 31, 2018

000💃💃💃000

Collusion is not a crime,🍊 didn’t attend meeting he didn’t know about

 

 

🍊 Camps

Judge orders kids out abusive shelters

BREAKING: Federal judge Dolly Gee just ordered the Trump admin to transfer all separated migrant children out of one of the shelters with the most reported abuses. Background: https://t.co/ELEsEM6uak

— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) July 30, 2018

IMPEACHMENT

take backsies on the prep meeting

Rudy: Take Two! I Meant to Say The Pre-Planning Meeting Did NOT Happen. pic.twitter.com/Zg87XYkwmG

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 30, 2018

blast from the past

this continues to age perfectly pic.twitter.com/oRNbixkhd1

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) July 30, 2018

implosion

Like everyone, I’m numb to it, but the President of the United States sounds like a defendant who’s borderline unfit to stand trial. https://t.co/H5hAxsc4pZ

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 30, 2018

but we got corroboration (Rick Gates)

Underappreciated: Per Rudy, Cohen claims that before the Trump Tower meeting, five Trump aides met to talk "the strategy of the meeting with the Russians" — and *Rick Gates* was there.https://t.co/MG9WrpKJeq

— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) July 30, 2018

because

The first Paul Manafort trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Alexandria, Virginia. https://t.co/ofE0a6uPCJ pic.twitter.com/NdU4GL723e

— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) July 30, 2018

😱  moving goal posts –

NEW: Giuliani just moved the goal posts in 2 big ways on Fox & CNN :
1. He's no longer claiming Trump didn't collude with Russia. He's claiming "collusion is not a crime."
2. He's not saying Trump did not know abt 2016 Russia mtg in advance. He's saying Trump did not ATTEND it.

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) July 30, 2018

with UK commentary

Members of the jury, there was NO MURDER.

Well there was but my client knew NOTHING about it

I mean he knew about it, yes, but he wasn’t actually *there*

Ok he was there, but he didn’t pull the trigger

Well maybe he did but, er, murder’s not…a crime.

[SITS DOWN TRIUMPHANT] https://t.co/MLiK33VwTm

— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) July 30, 2018

and the Onion

Giuliani Insists Breaking The Law Not A Crime https://t.co/8PHZTZyCyw pic.twitter.com/3NLZJwijDV

— The Onion (@TheOnion) July 30, 2018

sample

Rudy says Cohen always goes too far in a piece where he mischaracterizes Cohen's claim that Trump knew of June 9 meeting before it happened (for which there's other evidence) as a claim he was there.

Why does press let this charlatan on? https://t.co/EUPtwAwfIo

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 30, 2018

as in

.@RudyGiuliani

18 USC 371

52 USC 30121

And that's just off the top of my head. Don't quit your day job, Rudy. https://t.co/lAtaetmkLG

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) July 30, 2018

literature

Hi Rudy, literature professor here.

Othello murdered his wife in a fit of insane paranoid rage. Caesar was assassinated because he assumed dictatorial powers and Senators were trying to save the Republic.

Great comparisons. 👌 https://t.co/HiVSqIvuNN

— Sarah Churchwell (@sarahchurchwell) July 30, 2018

Manafort 60 million

Breaking via @TheTerminal:

*MANAFORT EARNED MORE THAN $60 MILLION IN UKRAINE, MUELLER SAYS

(First time Mueller has cited an overall figure)

— David S. Joachim (@davidjoachim) July 30, 2018

about that “meddling” thinghy

"What Is Election ‘Meddling’ and When Did Everyone Start Using That Term?," the latest from Victoria Clark: https://t.co/KfQpeo3Euc

— Lawfare (@lawfareblog) July 30, 2018

OBSTRUCTION

smearing prosecutors

Giuliani's on CNN saying that Mueller's "conflicts" pollute his ability to run the Trump-Russia probe–but *won't describe* Mueller's exact conflicts. Giuliani then smears a Mueller staffer, Andrew Weissmann, as a "complete scoundrel" w/o any evidence. Horrid, McCarthyite stuff. pic.twitter.com/gS1142udkG

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) July 30, 2018

ONGOING TREASON

ICE for Putin

NEW: ICE has been detaining asylum-seekers on the basis of Russian Red Notices, which are notoriously politically motivated. “Backdoor extraditions” are the result.
“DHS & DOJ have more and more put themselves in the position of doing Putin’s dirty work.” https://t.co/aW0Q0CCWAE

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 30, 2018

defunding security for voting

House Republicans are pressing to defund the sole federal agency that exclusively works to ensure the voting process is securehttps://t.co/QI92PuN9lG

— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) July 30, 2018

who amongst us?

Rohrabacher: "Not a person in this town" would reject Russian dirt on an opponent https://t.co/0IBhKicF5X

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 30, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY

Jr protected by Grassley

Grassley won’t bring Don Jr back after reports that Cohen may contradict his account and say Trump knew of mtg with Russians. "If he misled the committee, he's lying to Congress. That's a crime. And that'd be up to the prosecutors, not me." w @jeremyherb https://t.co/HG5cHd6QfI

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 30, 2018

Tax cuts .20

The Trump admin is considering bypassing Congress to grant a $100,000,000,000 tax cut mainly to the wealthy, NYT reports, a legally tenuous maneuver that would cut capital gains taxation and fulfill a long-held ambition of many investors and conservatives. https://t.co/kHElYm93ru

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 30, 2018

REPUBLICANS

propaganda

If a "Republican Super PAC" is paying for people to door-knock like the story says, why is it being framed as 'volunteers'? https://t.co/uHcsmuuPs7

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) July 29, 2018

but Kochs are pissed

The Koch Network says that Trump admin policies "right now are hurting people," and "they’re also doing very long-term damage to the country." https://t.co/dR40TSEayM

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 30, 2018

NAZI

unacceptable! (Durbin)

Over 400 immigrant parents may have been depo… https://t.co/S3nll0bPoo via @CBSNLive

— Edgeoforever🖖 (@edgeoforever) July 30, 2018

kids in cages

Child detainees at the South Texas Family Residential Center told stories of CBP officers at other facilities kicking and hitting them, social workers declaring they were to be adopted, and being forced to sweep their shelter floors, BuzzFeed reports. https://t.co/RxSS7aiqHg

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 30, 2018

Religious task force – God:

Today the US Government announced the creation of a ‘religious liberty task force.’

The prophecy is complete:
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

— God 🌈 (@TheGoodGodAbove) July 30, 2018

religious stormtroopers

https://twitter.com/laurenduca/status/1023965958740881408

MEDIA

hillary: something deplorable something

media: oh my god how could she say such a horrific thing?

trumpers: omg how could she call us all that? its disgusting

trump: y'all have trump derangement syndrome

media: lets analyze this remark

trumpers; YEAH YOU DERANGED LOSERS!

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

LEFTOVERS

because it contradicts 👓 ‘s raison d’etre

Why are so many leftists skeptical of the Mueller investigation? https://t.co/GusLEbBylC pic.twitter.com/nIaqHrB7YQ

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 30, 2018

GG deleted Wikileaks tweets

Glenn Greenwald deleted over 27,000 tweets on July 22nd. Today 11,000 WikiLeaks Twitter DMs were published, where Greenwald’s tweets were linked to 47 times – most of the tweets among those he deleted. https://t.co/xCsKfT3aY9 pic.twitter.com/365aEjx5no

— Zachary #FBPE (@zatchry) July 30, 2018

revelation:

Leaked private Twitter message shows WikiLeaks wanted Republicans to win 2016 election https://t.co/c5S85bAEIc pic.twitter.com/o5HbqT1RNO

— The Hill (@thehill) July 30, 2018

US

oh, Denald!

The Fake News Media must stop letting Rudy Giuliani (who I actually like) come on all their morning shows! It’s so bad! Every time he’s on I get charged w another crime by the Rigged Witch Hunt. Why is this allowed?! He should be fired like a dog! BAD!

— DonaId J. Trump (@realDenaldTrump) July 30, 2018

working class – thread

"When will Democrats ever win the working class vote?"

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) July 29, 2018

000💃💃💃000

Maggie ❤️ Javanka (family tradition) et al

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Lanny Davies: 😱 is confused

Cohen’s lawyer @LannyDavis fires back: “Mr. Giuliani seems to be confused. He expressly waived attorney client privilege last week and repeatedly and inaccurately – as proven by the tape – talked and talked about the recording, forfeiting all confidentiality.” https://t.co/r8l1xKOKg0

— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) July 28, 2018

who is the liar?

So, according to Epimenides paradox, was Cohen lying and Don Jr is none of those things or is Cohen not a liar and we are to trust what he is saying lately?🙃 pic.twitter.com/Bxj8mgqYsT

— Edgeoforever🖖 (@edgeoforever) July 29, 2018

OBSTRUCTION

Trump tweets containing "Mueller" over time:
0 before March 2018
4 in March
3 in April
0 in May
10 in June
7 in July so far
3 today (!)

What does this mean? Trump flexing bully pulpit to directly attack Mueller. Remember, NYT says Mueller reviewing Trump tweets for obstruction.

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 29, 2018

twitter summary

Big day for Trump, who:
1. Threatened to shut down government.
2. Implicitly threatened to shut down Mueller probe, calling it illegal.
3. Threatened to punish the press for reporting “internal deliberations” of government.
4. Claimed Mueller wanted Comey’s job but Trump said no.

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) July 29, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY 

Maggie Sunshine hagiography  photo gets adjusted

Thanks to @nycsouthpaw and @erinscafe for this one. pic.twitter.com/9ARGCp5aVg

— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 28, 2018

and here are the rules they broke

Here are the ethical guidelines for every other executive branch federal employee. Jared and Ivanka have broken just about every freaking single one. pic.twitter.com/Fio7SJGNuq

— Emily A. (@emzorbit) July 28, 2018

Don Jr

The face you make when you’ve never touched a fish before but know your girlfriend will post your dick pics on Insta if you scream and drop it. pic.twitter.com/5T2GKzuN59

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 29, 2018

war on media

JUST IN: Trump repeatedly asked aides to ban Jim Acosta and April Ryan from press briefings: report https://t.co/XuONc9ngU2 pic.twitter.com/1Mny7Qb7ga

— The Hill (@thehill) July 27, 2018

NYT  tries

Seems strange you call ppl cowards for deleting tweets, deleted 1000s. Attack Dems for wealth, live in gated community. Attack re tv shows they go on, go on Tucker. Attack re previous pol positions, supported Iraq War/talked about immigrants like animals. I could do this all day. https://t.co/oXyt3qF6bs

— Cliff Schecter (@cliffschecter) July 29, 2018

but they are dumb

Media: man it was really stupid for Trump to have a one-on-one meeting with Putin and then let Putin divulge all the supposed details in bad faith.

NYT Publisher: Hey I just got an idea.

— zeddy (@Zeddary) July 29, 2018

Charles Blow

There’s no such thing as fake news. If something is false it doesn’t get printed. If something false slips through, it gets corrected. There is NO SUCH THING as fake news. You label unflattering news fake, but the news about you is horrible because you live your life horribly. https://t.co/UrT5fHddxi

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) July 29, 2018

Economy

For 18 months, @realDonaldTrump has put the interests of wealthy Americans over working people. Today is no different. Important fact he refuses to acknowledge? He's presided over a drop in the real wages of American workers. https://t.co/3tcK0qBZRJ

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) July 27, 2018

hypocrisy

Obviously, he's a crook but just think about the logic here:

Trump's entire rationale for his endless attacks on Hillary Clinton is based on an idea that he openly rejects if it is applied to him.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) July 29, 2018

ONGOING TREASON

dropping sanctions

This is seriously worrying. US Treasury discussing lifting sanctions on Russian oligarch owed company Rusal. Hard to understand what logic there could be to take this action given Putin’s malevolence https://t.co/Fx03MNCJpr

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) July 28, 2018

US Senate candidate sends Stalin

This is US Senate candidate Austin Petersen. Sending me a GIF of Stalin saying "off to gulag now" 👇 https://t.co/wzKHVib5Y6

— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) July 28, 2018

RUSSIA

liquidated holdings

ICYMI, #Russia liquidated almost all of its holdings in U.S. Treasury securities during run up to #HelsinkiSummit, in move labeled 'unprecedented' by experts https://t.co/hP1S8zGzSf pic.twitter.com/68FvO6sXaM

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 29, 2018

but

The liquidation of US treasuries by Russia is interesting. If Russia did this to leverage the US in some way, it failed. The market shrugged. Why? Because Russia is a small economic player, not even in the top ten. In fact, California alone has nearly twice the GDP of Russia. https://t.co/JgVSBOBKWM

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 29, 2018

REPUBLICANS

Shutdown

Pro tip on who’s responsible if government shuts down this fall:
(a) Republicans control House
(b) Republicans control Senate
(c) Republican President just told
you he wants to shut down the
government in the fall

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 29, 2018

Billboard on CO

Colorado billboard replaces "O" in GOP with Soviet hammer and sickle https://t.co/z3xObb9mSf pic.twitter.com/wvjN2gUueb

— The Hill (@thehill) July 28, 2018

Meghan

.@MeghanMcCain

You don’t have to like Hillary. You can hate her.

But when you express it using trump’s language you are choosing to be a MAGAt, not a McCain. https://t.co/PX9OmYuvfI

— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) July 28, 2018

Carson killing housing

Many cities are in the midst of a housing affordability crisis.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is responding by…doing virtually nothing.

Damning @GlennThrush piece: https://t.co/hIECmbHmt3

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) July 28, 2018

Ted Cruz gets schooled

Dear Senator Dipsh**:

The first amendment applies only to government censorship.

That’s why the government can’t tell me not to call you Senator Dipsh** but Twitter can. Thus the asterisks. https://t.co/FC6nng3xdc

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 29, 2018

Jim Jordan

2 years ago, Jim Jordan issued a statement against transgender bathrooms citing that he wanted to protect kids from "dangerous situations" in bathrooms and locker rooms.

What a disgusting hypocritical low-life joke. pic.twitter.com/m411KeMkUa

— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) July 26, 2018

surveillance

Here's what happened when we tested @Amazon’s facial recognition tool on members of Congress. (Spoiler alert: it didn't go well.) pic.twitter.com/OovMb6XfT9

— ACLU (@ACLU) July 27, 2018

the other Cohen tapes

More (Sacha Baron) #CohenTapes will be released tonight — exposing the real truth about @GOP #FamilyValues#WhoIsAmerica pic.twitter.com/AukIElgaTw

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) July 29, 2018

media is unfair to kidnappers

The idea that each side of a story is equally valid no matter how morally reprehensible is so ingrained in the GOP worldview that they expect positive coverage of kids being separated from their families and put in cages https://t.co/mFuWl4PVTO

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 29, 2018

NAZI

Nazi in chief

Head of a mass kidnapping organization blames parents he’s victimized for “using children for their own sinister purposes.” https://t.co/nFY14TFDJB

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 29, 2018

Separated children

Dear @SecNielsen: It would be easier and moral if you did the right thing in the first place, instead of having the court force you.

Not reuniting parents & kids who want to be reunited is the functional equivalent of kidnapping. You really should resign. https://t.co/vGK9WnmRfh

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 28, 2018

God:

IF YOU’RE MORE OUTRAGED OVER A HOLLYWOOD STAR BEING SMASHED THAN THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS AND PUT IN PRISON CAMPS THEN YOU’RE A REALLY SHITTY PERSON

— God 🌈 (@TheGoodGodAbove) July 29, 2018

NRA

Printed guns

Hope y’all are ready to get searched considering 3-D printed guns cannot be detected by a metal detector.
The real question is how many terrorist attacks are going to happen with 3D printed guns until congress realizes their mistake. #Stop3DPrintedGuns

— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) July 28, 2018

MEDIA

NYT Maggie sunshine

Now that Maggie Haberman is dodging criticism on Twitter entirely, she has gone full Tokyo Rose. https://t.co/uwuS8INibc

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 29, 2018

more on Maggie

Dark irony to Maggie Haberman’s latest puff-piece about Ivanka and Jared is the doubling of nepotism in her own story. Her father has worked for NYTimes for over 4 decades. Her mother did Comms for both the Trumps & Kushners. Stunning the Times feels no need to make this clear.

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) July 29, 2018

and from the piece

Trump has gone from telling aides to “talk to Jared,” as he did during the campaign, to telling them that “Jared hasn’t been so good for me"

“I could have had Tom Brady as a son-in-law. Instead, I got Jared Kushner.”#Maddow https://t.co/xlNUmDoDJA pic.twitter.com/O28Wz8KfaF

— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) July 28, 2018

and, tabloidy

Tabloid journalism exhibit of the week. Haberman/NYT Page6 mentality exemplfies WH/visual enabling, media/Trump symbiosis, critical waste of oxygen. https://t.co/DaBqbzPlnU pic.twitter.com/JpUaGHYfCH

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) July 29, 2018

White men shaped perceptions – CBS

The flip side of that is that many of the most accurate takes and predictions of where we'd end up post-2016 came from women: @rtraister @sarahkendzior @digby56 @leahmcelrath @TessRafferty @HillaryClinton … https://t.co/IxaA5N8hep

— Sam Wang (@SamWangPhD) July 28, 2018

More NYT inanity (dutch colony?)

"The 13 colonies were all based on a single, almost entirely British identity and history and one language. That was and is nothing like the very diverse collection of Western European countries." #NYTLetters https://t.co/gvh9aZ4DWL

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) July 27, 2018

NYT publisher

Media: man it was really stupid for Trump to have a one-on-one meeting with Putin and then let Putin divulge all the supposed details in bad faith.

NYT Publisher: Hey I just got an idea.

— zeddy (@Zeddary) July 29, 2018

LEFTOVERS

Glem

People have accused me of deleting 27,000 of my old tweets bc of Big Bad Bob Mueller. Yes I did do it but only to streamline my journalism, to focus my attention on holding those in power accountable. And more importantly, where are HIllary Clinton's 33,000 missing emails?

— Glem (@GlemGreenwald) July 28, 2018

polls on 👓

As it turns out, YouGov asked this question to everyone, not just partisans (thanks!).

Want Dems more like Obama or Bernie?

Party ID
DEM: Obama +25
IND: Tied
REP: Bernie +9 (Ha!)

Race
HISPANIC: Obama +24
BLACK: Obama +29
WHITE: Tied pic.twitter.com/Dkjsmuneh4

— Will Jordan (@williamjordann) July 29, 2018

US

Was the election legitimate?

Was the 2016 election legitimate? It's now definitely worth asking the question https://t.co/XUs53z0bis

— Edgeoforever🖖 (@edgeoforever) July 29, 2018

with her

Hillary Clinton not only called Trump, "Putin's Puppet" to his face but she also told Trump to his face, he was the most dangerous person ever to run for President in the modern history of America.

Media laughed at her, people equated her to Trump, but I believed her, did you?

— Mr. Weeks ✊🏽 (@MrDane1982) July 27, 2018

reply

Democrats defeated the Nazis and Imperial Japan at the same time; put a man on the moon; ended the Great Depression; created Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, CHIP, The Civil Rights & Voting Rights Act.
You've created gawdy eyesores and corrupted the presidency. 🤡 https://t.co/0w9B8nCz4U

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) July 28, 2018

more history

In presence of Harry Truman, LBJ signed bill creating Medicare and Medicaid, Truman Library, Independence, Mo., tomorrow 1965: #LBJL pic.twitter.com/u80N7sYAY8

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) July 29, 2018

Hollywood

“Roseanne said she was fired because she voted for Trump, and that’s not allowed in Hollywood. I wish Hollywood had a rule that good. It took 120 years to get to ‘You can’t grope people.’” 😂 https://t.co/2FErZsjn0j

— Stacey E. Singleton (@staceyNYCDC) July 28, 2018

polling: moms

A quick post re: the data on a topic I've been thinking about a lot lately. https://t.co/fvHl9YeKz4

Migrant family separations have earned Trump the ire of a powerful group — Moms. pic.twitter.com/BWkqnw7GgJ

— Carrie Dann (@CarrieNBCNews) July 26, 2018

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Happy treasonversary! Kids in cages sign contracts

 

this happened last night

Blood Moon images you need to see #BloodMoonEclipse 📷: @ArisMessinis https://t.co/Ukb8ej9s1n pic.twitter.com/kU0mlSzyRg

— Getty Images News (@GettyImagesNews) July 28, 2018

 

IMPEACHMENT

Which Hunt?

Which witch hunt is which? https://t.co/XC6vauAE8c pic.twitter.com/hHEFqBIsjg

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 26, 2018

what Cohen knows

"Cohen’s apparent willingness to share info w/prosecutors raises questions about what else he could tell them w/regard to Trump coordination w/Russian nationals."

Good @NatashaBertrand on latest Cohen revelations:https://t.co/jfF5bC91a5

…adds lots more detail to this idea: https://t.co/6SBIo5zMVT

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 28, 2018

lying about TT meeting

20 times Trump and his allies denied he knew of the 2016 Trump Tower meeting @CNNPolitics https://t.co/Ko71ptGoWL

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) July 28, 2018

trying to discredit Cohen

When you hire a guy as your “fixer,” you’re probably not looking for Mother Teresa. And if you NEED a fixer, by definition, you’re into some pretty shady stuff yourself. https://t.co/pwBjEGBst4

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) July 28, 2018

corroborated

.@NICKAKERMAN: In a lot of ways #Cohen is corroborated right down the line with what happened. It's not like this is some incident that was taken out of nowhere that suddenly we think #Trump knew about this meeting. I think it was pretty obvious to everybody he had to know #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/eCctJ2nNxy

— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) July 28, 2018

Treasonversary

Happy Treasoniversary, @readDonaldTrump!https://t.co/ou1Nk2dfsY

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) July 27, 2018

ONGOING TREASON

lifting sanctions on Deripaska

Mnuchin says Treasury might lift sanctions on Oleg Deripaska’s aluminum company, even though the Russian oligarch was sanctioned just thrree months ago by the US to punish the Kremlin for meddling in the 2016 election. (my latest with @donnaborak) https://t.co/TANg7axa8A

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 27, 2018

Putin company

The Trump administration is looking into lifting sanctions against a major Russian aluminum company founded by one of Vladimir Putin's closest allies https://t.co/HmoFUeM8XJ

— CNN (@CNN) July 28, 2018

RUSSIA

Putin

Putin is essentially turning down a White House visit and, instead, summoning Trump to Moscow.

This is what he paid for. https://t.co/zVWdC9550L

— Ned Price (@nedprice) July 27, 2018

Good answer to important question (McFaul)

You often (convincingly) expressed that you differentiate btwn Rus population & CRG (current Ru govt). You don't hate the Rus people (on the contrary) & you like to talk with/to them. That's contradicting CRG's narrative re.: West="russophobia"

— EZR🇪🇺news channel (@EZR_news) July 27, 2018

plans

1. Putin calls the conversion of Rus’ “the starting point for the formation and development of Russian statehood, the true spiritual birth of our ancestors, the determination of their identity. Identity, the flowering of national culture and education."

Let’s unpack this quote. https://t.co/rQRh7hdiMB

— Christopher Stroop (@C_Stroop) July 28, 2018

SCOTUS

Out of jail card

Brett Kavanaugh thinks the president should be above the law. That's why Trump chose him for the Supreme Court.

Call your senators and tell them that you OPPOSE Brett Kavanaugh. 1-833-293-9454 #trumpisnotabovethelaw #CollusionDay #StopKavanaugh pic.twitter.com/xvgXhz2sl2

— PFAW (@peoplefor) July 27, 2018

Schumer – Bush

Schumer calls on Bush to release Kavanaugh White House documents https://t.co/BFG4yuGYjf

— Wise PaxCat (@WisePaxCat) July 27, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY

guarding the star

The best thing you'll see today: two men dressed in Russian military garb stood to watch over Trump's Hollywood star today in the wake of recent vandalism. pic.twitter.com/9Z4uRDmIlz

— BJ Schwartz (@BJ_Schwartz) July 27, 2018

First National Security meeting

Today, Trump held his first national security council principals meeting since becoming president some 500 days ago; this is remarkable for its delinquency. Even more remarkable is the fact the meeting only lasted 30 minutes. This is a staggering & worrying level of incompetence!

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) July 28, 2018

spell it!

jesus fucking shitting billygoat christ

the White House

cannot spell

The United S*t*ates

the country

in which we live

in which those idiots lord over

they cannot spell it

god I just *pinches bridge of nose* I officially know what it is to feel like you can't even pic.twitter.com/yH2D4nSuCJ

— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) July 27, 2018

REPUBLICANS

NAZI

kidnapped children – abused, sign paper

Dear @SecNielsen: You should read this article. Then you should resign.

This trauma would not have happened to the little girl but for the fact that your agency ripped her away from her parents and placed her in a facility without adequate supervision. https://t.co/X9kyPLjsOi

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 28, 2018

and more stories

A 10-year-old who was kept in a room with no windows and was not allowed to know the time of day.

A 2-year-old kept in a "cage."

A 13-year-old who shared 2 mattresses with 10 girls.

Read these stories. Remember these stories. Remind people of these stores.

Vote in November. https://t.co/Ra0B4BhONf

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 20, 2018

deleting records

Yesterday was the deadline to reunite immigrant families. Following a CREW complaint, DHS and HHS are now under investigation for illegally deleting immigrant family reocrds. https://t.co/AMAnmIrero

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 28, 2018

MEDIA

not just NYT

"Meddling" is what Dolly Levi does. What the Russians did was very different #hellodolly #wordsmeanthings pic.twitter.com/JRqNlkykoI

— maryisfun (@ksumofo) July 21, 2018

NYT “reassures” us again

Intelligence officials said they have seen little activity by Russian military hackers aimed at either major American political figures or state voter registration systems. Instead, the focus is on implanting malware in the electrical grid. https://t.co/MN40QVH3q1 pic.twitter.com/x1hok1od7t

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) July 28, 2018

LEFTOVERS

missed 👓’s empty posturing. With a comment

Well, look who's suddenly anxious to seem like he cares about Russian interference in the election!

Still talk to Tad Devine much these days?

— Anna Maltese 🏹 (@MalteseAnna) July 20, 2018

👓 uses “fake news”

Donald Trump used Fake News

Bernie Sanders used Fake News

Donald Trump didnt show his taxes

Bernie Sanders didnt show his taxes

Donald Trump had Russia help

Bernie Sanders had Russia help

Donald Trump used rigged system

Bernie Sanders used rigged system

What fuck is this pic.twitter.com/M5L0TvCF3v

— Mr. Weeks ✊🏽 (@MrDane1982) July 28, 2018

US

Meanwhile, Hill greeted with applause wherever she goes

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bros4hillary/permalink/2109622919259387/

What a night @HillaryClinton !! A thrill of a lifetime!
📷 Bruce Glikas for @HelloDollyBway pic.twitter.com/ugJf6xcGD8

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) July 27, 2018

and from her

Such a pleasure seeing @BetteMidler back where she belongs! Huge thanks to the cast and crew of @HelloDollyBway for a joyful night (I'll never wash this cheek again)! https://t.co/Mzp0AOioie

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 27, 2018

protests go on

DAY 13: Protesters continue to demand Trump’s resignation as demonstrations enter its 13th day. #LafayettePark pic.twitter.com/pog7nNcWxi

— TAP ALERTS (@TAPAlerts) July 28, 2018

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No collusion! And what’s wrong with collusion anyway?

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

witness list for Manafort trial

JUST IN —> Mueller's office files its list of potential witnesses in Paul Manafort's Virginia trial: pic.twitter.com/DE4hDcxxuo

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) July 27, 2018

no collusion?

BREAKING: Michael Cohen claims then-candidate Donald Trump knew in advance of 2016 Trump Tower meeting in which Russians were expected to offer his campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton, sources say https://t.co/EeJhChKCe1 pic.twitter.com/NdpbZTYiU2

— CNN (@CNN) July 27, 2018

story was leaked by 🍊

BREAKING:
Lanny Davis on Cohen Trump Tower meeting news: "I have to wonder why the Trump people would put that out. It was not from us." pic.twitter.com/o25XpZIZJ2

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) July 27, 2018

and foreshadowed by Nunberg

! Tapper: Do you think Donald Trump knew nothing about that [Trump Tower] meeting?
Nunberg: "No. You know he knew about it. He was talking about it a week before…I don't know why he went around trying to hide it."

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) March 5, 2018

what 🍊 did before approving the meeting

Trump gave this speech on Super Tuesday, promising dirt on Clinton. Hours after Trump Jr. had confirmed the meeting with the Russian lawyer❗ pic.twitter.com/F3IGRtFVyp

— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) July 12, 2017

Cohen/Sopranos

omg this is amazing pic.twitter.com/TOlAIKvPl5

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 14, 2018

 

LIEGATE

Trump.corp, 😱, 🍊

Donald Trump's current lawyer calls Donald Trump's previous lawyer a pathological liar for claiming that Donald Trump is a liar.

Yeah, that's pretty much 2018 right there. https://t.co/gVopcFc2Q4 pic.twitter.com/d1YnvufVQW

— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) July 27, 2018

Collusion goalposts moved

this meme is over 1 year old pic.twitter.com/nD6Tm7hMJU

— Edgeoforever🖖 (@edgeoforever) July 27, 2018

relevant history

Precedent for breakfast is a tasty pastry 🙂 https://t.co/lXJEbINrS4

— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@LauraWalkerKC) July 27, 2018

OBSTRUCTION

attacking Cohen

‘Dead to Each Other’: Team Trump Prepares to ‘Bury’ Michael Cohen, ‘Weakling’ and ‘Traitor’ https://t.co/O6lWVuNzDG via @thedailybeast

— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@LauraWalkerKC) July 27, 2018

😱 🆚 😱 on Cohen

Watch: Rudy Giuliani vs. Rudy Giuliani on Michael Cohen.

Yesterday:
“He has been lying for years.”

May 6, 2018:
"The man is an honest, honorable lawyer." pic.twitter.com/6BpNs2o95h

— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) July 27, 2018

poetry

Poetry https://t.co/Hn3qgTQRFB

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) July 27, 2018

ONGOING TREASON

SCOTUS

documents

New: Feinstein pushing back on the National Archives’ standards for releasing Kavanaugh documents in response to GOP-only request. (excerpt from letter below) pic.twitter.com/zjufq59wO3

— Elana Schor (@eschor) July 27, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY

kidnapped kids

One in three separated children not reunited by court-ordered deadline @CNNPolitics https://t.co/btMiPeDtWz

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 26, 2018

the lie about tariffs

The fact is that the US refuses to take away its outrageous 25% tariff on trucks. The EU is ready for zero tariffs on all vehicles. https://t.co/kxlBDzGllO

— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) July 27, 2018

campaigning on tax dollar

Trump is making a habit of using taxpayer-funded trips to campaign for Republican candidates. https://t.co/SBZOEnvnZ4

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 27, 2018

growth numbers

Obama numbers:

—5.1% Q2 2014
—4.9% Q3 2014
—4.7% Q4 2011
—4.5% Q4 2009 https://t.co/6qfig3GRaA

— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) July 27, 2018

and with Clinton

it would tie for 13th strongest Q under Clinton https://t.co/sMTBlvGa46

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 27, 2018

NAZIS

reproduction is hard

during one of my incursions to the fash internet i found an all-white dating site for whites only …. that has flyers you can print and hand out to try to encourage women to join the site because there are so few of them https://t.co/pCWsKwVJyd

— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) July 27, 2018

this is … still really funny idk pic.twitter.com/iSQBzJO0qz

— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) July 27, 2018

kids in cages

1/ We obtained police reports and call logs from more than two-thirds of the shelters housing immigrant children. In the following tweets, we’ll share some of the most disturbing records we found. https://t.co/dDaZdF2Jpx

— ProPublica (@ProPublica) July 27, 2018

REPUBLICANS

ready for tyranny

Anyone who wants a President who "rules with an iron fist" can candidly pack their bags and get the hell out of my country. We're a constitutional republic, not a dictatorship. https://t.co/WLnDsgpNcv

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) July 26, 2018

Cook polling

Breakdown of the 42 GOP open/vacant seats in @CookPolitical ratings:

19 Solid R
4 Likely R
7 Lean R
4 Toss Up
5 Lean D
3 Likely D

Full ratings: https://t.co/mAdCOtLpRZ pic.twitter.com/bSCi85lsac

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) July 27, 2018

MEDIA

🦊, Disney

The Murdoch owned WSJ is doing a fluff piece on the sale of the previously Murdoch-owned Fox to Disney.

— Trump puts the POS in POTUS 🇺🇸 (@GrouchoMarx1011) July 27, 2018

2 media orgs

A tale of two news organizations: @TheRoot takes down an embarrassing article that revealed its author’s lack of subject expertise and @vicenews updates to let readers know that thanks to its platforming of deceitful politicians trying to work the refs, the refs have caved pic.twitter.com/qwlbIYpkSj

— Sam Thielman (@samthielman) July 28, 2018

LEFTOVERS

Glem & Glenn

TFW the parody account does it exactly 5 minutes *before* the account it's supposed to be parodying. pic.twitter.com/PzJ1duNKU3

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) July 27, 2018

US

a separate point – worth exploring – but most of what is now branded 'democratic socialism' in the USA in 2018 is more or less the Truman presidential platform in 1948. so there are some definitional issues we probably need to work through.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 26, 2018

Stand by

The witness list is out.

Manafort's trial begins Tuesday.

Brace yourself: Trump is likely to panic as witnesses take the stand against his former campaign chairman. If Trump pardons Manafort or derails Mueller's investigation, we'll take to the streets. Text MANAFORT to 21333. https://t.co/0StobJZHrr

— Stand Up America (@StandUpAmerica) July 27, 2018

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