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Warren in; “Fuken wall”
December 31, 2018 in Berniebots, CDS, climate-change, clintons, corruption, Democrats, dictatorship, 🍊, Hillary, immigration, impeachment, Imperial family, Mueller, NRA, Putin, Russia, War on media, War on women | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
RUSSIA
leverage
Russia Detains U.S. Citizen in Moscow on Suspicion of Espionage. Looks like Putin wants a hostage for leverage purposes. Generally countries kick out suspected foreign spies, not arrest them https://t.co/IcagjRquW8
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) December 31, 2018
and
#Russia's state TV, July 2018:
Lawmaker Leonid Kalashnikov re: Maria #Butina's arrest:
"Let's arrest an American here and that's it… They arrested Butina, let's immediately arrest some Amerikashka here." ©️ pic.twitter.com/CHhJnmN9Ee— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 31, 2018
Rand, Syria
#Russia's state TV praises Trump's decision to withdraw the troops from Syria and Afghanistan, shows off Rand Paul saying that "Russia is a major player on the world stage" and "Assad won the war." pic.twitter.com/WimExfUHRo
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 31, 2018
KLAN 🍊
Orwellian fascist
Trump is an Orwellian fascist https://t.co/H8mxr3EdTH
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) December 30, 2018
oval office lie
POTUS tweet minutes ago claimed he was in the Oval Office. No marine there so that’s another lie. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/rnJnQt88HO
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) December 31, 2018
negotiator
"The worst thing you can possibly do in a deal is seem desperate to make it. That makes the other guy smell blood, and then you're dead." – Donald J. Trump, The Art of the Deal, 1987. https://t.co/ENGm6uFXnn
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 31, 2018
and
Then, um, stop killing them? https://t.co/IsfCmoEB7y
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 31, 2018
steel slates
A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful! pic.twitter.com/B8iwPlmV4T
— Jason Sparks (@sparksjls) December 21, 2018
veto
.@DanaBashCNN: "One thing the Democrats say they will do when they take over the House on Thursday is pass a bill to reopen the government which may end up on the President's desk … Will he veto it?"
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway: "It depends what's in it." pic.twitter.com/c8SeGyriaZ
— CNN (@CNN) December 30, 2018
REPUBLICANS
wall
"Look, all we are asking for is something – anything – we can describe to the president as a wall, or a part of a wall."
"How tall does it have to be?"
"Just throw us a frickin' bone, ok?"
"OOOOO-kay." pic.twitter.com/vyyjxM9VCY
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 30, 2018
Fox
— TheDogHollerer 🌊🌊🌊🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@TheDogHollerer) November 15, 2018
Graham
Lindsey Graham on wall: "I'm not asking Mexico to pay for it. I'm asking the American people to pay for it." https://t.co/wFMk1xorrN pic.twitter.com/xpvbb3KZUc
— The Hill (@thehill) December 30, 2018
NRA
Louis CK
Imagine thinking the best way to resurrect your career after admitting to sexual misconduct is to mock trans people and Parkland gun violence survivors. pic.twitter.com/SH7wDYe7kA
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 31, 2018
response
To anyone who knows Louis CK, please deliver this message for me. My daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting. My son ran from the bullets. My wife and I deal with loss everyday. Why don't you come to my house and try out your new pathetic jokes? https://t.co/tZI9ThSciR
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) December 31, 2018
MEDIA
poor trumpies!
Um, two guys tried to assault my brother, special needs nephew and I two weeks after he got elected after they asked where we were from. We said Texas, they kept saying, “Mexico.” My story isn’t special. Where is the article for people like us? https://t.co/xThONb7Mdm
— Cristela Alonzo (@cristela9) December 30, 2018
AP
This comment by an @AP editor seems to speak more to the quality/style of reporting on the Russia probe than the probe itself. Much of the reporting in this area uses episodic framing — i.e., focusing narrowly on specific individuals & events, w/o contextualizing the news. 1/
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) December 31, 2018
Ingram
Yes, and guess what??? Laura Ingraham is losing her radio show – WOOO! Extra round!https://t.co/u9OdoHQl6f
— j (@JustBirdTweetin) December 31, 2018
LEFTOVERS
sex abuse Burnie campaign
Probably a good idea to make sure that meeting actually takes place. https://t.co/2DRlspDCM0
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 31, 2018
also
This seems important.
Also, Sanders is not a "top Democrat." That "I" after his name is his major claim to fame.Employees from Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign allege 'sexual violence and harassment' – NY Daily News https://t.co/uobJKTkg5w
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) December 31, 2018
and
So, which media outlet will get ahold of the Bernie campaign sexual harassment case files nobody told us about in 2016? How about the Hillary-obsessed @nytimes? Any takes over there, @maggieNYT?
— Hesiod Theogeny (@Hesiod2k11) December 31, 2018
NOT US
NY traitor
EXCLUSIVE: NYS Senate Dems say thanks, but no thanks to @NYSenatorFelder's return to Democratic conference https://t.co/dDxjz8UfTO
— ken lovett (@klnynews) December 31, 2018
and
The fact that this news is not above the fold in 24 pt on the major broadsheets is a travesty.
I’ll do my best:
HILLARY CLINTON SHAM PROBE DROPPED; NO WRONGDOING FOUND; PITCHFORK SALES PLUMMET AMONG THE HUMILIATED GOP AS MUELLER PROBE CONTINUES BRISK PATTERN OF INDICTMENTS https://t.co/gvFMMqNamL
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 31, 2018
US
Hillary
The fact that this news is not above the fold in 24 pt on the major broadsheets is a travesty.
I’ll do my best:
HILLARY CLINTON SHAM PROBE DROPPED; NO WRONGDOING FOUND; PITCHFORK SALES PLUMMET AMONG THE HUMILIATED GOP AS MUELLER PROBE CONTINUES BRISK PATTERN OF INDICTMENTS https://t.co/gvFMMqNamL
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 31, 2018
Ending shutdown
NEWS: House Dems have decided on their approach to reopen government.
Will be a Homeland CR til Feb 8 (extending existing levels of $1.3b border funding) + full-year bills on the other 6, using the bipartisan Senate versions.Expected to be made public later today.
— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) December 31, 2018
Warren
Every person in America should be able to work hard, play by the same set of rules, & take care of themselves & the people they love. That’s what I’m fighting for, & that’s why I’m launching an exploratory committee for president. I need you with me: https://t.co/BNl2I1m8OX pic.twitter.com/uXXtp94EvY
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) December 31, 2018
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Humpty Trumpty wanted a wall
December 30, 2018 in Berniebots, caravan, corruption, cover-up, crime, Dems did it, Depravity, dictatorship, 🍊, 👓, 🦊, impeachment, LEFTOVERS, Liegate, lies, Mueller, NYT, Putin, stolen election, Trump.corp, War on media | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
NJ fake green cards
The FBI have collected FAKE GREEN CARDS that Trump’s managers gave to illegal immigrants working at his golf clubs >> https://t.co/9tYRQrupNS
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) December 30, 2018
New Jersey prosecutors have evidence that supervisors at Trump’s New Jersey golf club may have provided fraudulent green cards and Social Security numbers to undocumented immigrant workers. https://t.co/v8XySG4bxP
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) December 29, 2018
poll
MOMENTUM GROWS: Nearly 60 percent of registered voters believe that President Trump should be impeached or censured. https://t.co/Mll5GlG19n #ImpeachTrump
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) December 29, 2018
compare to emails investigation
The house judiciary and intelligence committees have officially CLOSED the three-year investigation into Hillary’s emails
ZERO indictments
ZERO felonies
ZERO arrests
ZERO convictionsMueller has nabbed 38 people or entities with over 200 felonies. 52 are “collusion” #winning
— Mueller, She Wrote Podcast (@MuellerSheWrote) December 29, 2018
no collusion!!
Once more: your son, your son-in-law, & your campaign chair signaled to Moscow your campaign approved of Kremlin efforts to intervene in the election, and *you* collaborated with Putin’s disinformation op by echoing his false denials. You aided and abetted the Russian attack. https://t.co/mhhCtQ6bOz
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 30, 2018
KLAN 🍊
Wall
12/28 Mike Luckovich: Trumpty https://t.co/18eX7XRrJA
— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) December 28, 2018
kids deaths
Trump's first reaction to the death of two young migrant children in Border Patrol custody
First: Blame Democrats
Second: Call for his wall
Third: Call the children very sick
Fourth: Mislead about the family's response
Fifth: Congratulate Border Patrolhttps://t.co/ZEzzkERMaW— Rebecca Leber (@rebleber) December 29, 2018
also
Still no reply from @SecNielsen on how many asylum seekers have died on her watch…
Good news is Dems take the majority in five days. We’ll get these records, even if she doesn’t turn them over.
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) December 29, 2018
secrets
Worth recalling that the Trump administration kept the girl's death while in Border Patrol custody a secret until @NickMiroff broke the story in The Post –> https://t.co/dOHgaJrekP https://t.co/tlN20BWt5e
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 29, 2018
lies
The medical examiner says Felipe died from Influenza B. The World Health Organization says the influenza incubtion period is 1-4 days. He was in CBP custody for 7 days. https://t.co/Gx28aH4VJd https://t.co/AvA9FuIPul
— David Mack (@davidmackau) December 29, 2018
Wapo
Trump politicizes deaths of two immigrant children to score points in border wall fight https://t.co/u5J0Mai62y
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) December 29, 2018
invaders
If they were actually part of an invading army, we would have to treat them better than this. https://t.co/gjBsHrVSU2
— Ken Schultz (@KSchultz3580) December 29, 2018
abuse
Migrant children dragged, pushed at Southwest Key shelter. https://t.co/Xgnqnjy4zq pic.twitter.com/W3I7n3paXv
— azcentral (@azcentral) December 29, 2018
#TrumpShutdown
trapped
"He's trapped," Republican strategist Mike Murphy said of Trump. "He's playing poker holding two threes and suddenly putting all of his chips in. It's pure emotion, the mark of a panicking amateur." https://t.co/n4wiH07FsQ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 29, 2018
Fed workers
Uncertain if @realDonaldTrump knows that 80% of federal workers do NOT live here in the Washington area; freezing their pay (plus shutdown) hurts voters nationwide. Federal workers in:
FL: 138,892
MICH: 52,898
NC: 72,363
OH: 78,575
PA: 97,415
WI: 29,183
(OPM data, June 2017)— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 29, 2018
reminder – Mexico
Hey @realDonaldTrump, we were promised that Mexico would pay for the wall. 100%. pic.twitter.com/tEtOdMeNDT
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 20, 2018
Lies
Twelve months of lies, damn lies, and (Trumped-up) statistics
Take a look at Sunday's front cover… pic.twitter.com/UEI7JTWzVI
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 30, 2018
WAR ON MEDIA
malware computer from abroad
JUST IN: A suspected malware computer virus from outside the United States prevented the Los Angeles Times from publishing many of its Saturday print editions, in an attack that similarly crippled other newspapers across the country, the Times said. https://t.co/mwYBtQUWse
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) December 30, 2018
REPUBLICANS
“her emailz” was bogus
Trey Gowdy closes out a disgraceful congressional career by quietly whispering that he had been lying about Hillary’s emails all along. https://t.co/9I2ls6XIvR
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 29, 2018
VA
Dear @SecWilkie: I respectfully request that you reconsider cutting group therapy for veterans with PTSD. There are better ways to cut costs. Thank you for your consideration. https://t.co/0sRKCf0Oei
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 29, 2018
Kelly
Outgoing White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly say his tenure is best measured by what the president did NOTdo when Kelly was at his side.https://t.co/Iqa5bMu5pU
— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 30, 2018
“To be honest, it’s not a wall,” John Kelly told the LA Times in an interview. The last time Kelly went on Fox and said the president was “uninformed” on the wall during the campaign, Trump shouted at him so loudly it could be heard outside Oval. This time, Kelly is out.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 30, 2018
snowflakes
Yes I've heard this word. I think sociopaths use it in an attempt to discredit the notion of empathy https://t.co/6tKNUdRAJ5
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) July 8, 2018
sociopaths
Find a tweet more horrible than this. Good luck. https://t.co/a1qTmvFM2K
— Bill Prady (@billprady) December 30, 2018
MEDIA
NYT
Maggie
No interrogation of Trump’s bullshit lie in the headline. Just worthless. pic.twitter.com/yMNybnxls2
— Ethan Grey (@_EthanGrey) December 29, 2018
Carlson
Tucker Carlson's Fox News show has reportedly been hemorrhaging advertisers since he said that immigration makes the U.S. "poorer and dirtier and more divided," The Daily Beast reports. https://t.co/cURgX6j3EG
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 29, 2018
Bothsidery
Anatomy of a dishonest social media meme. Numerous things to fairly criticize former POTUS for. Criticism of politicos is in play. But to conflate 44’s autographing of serviceman’s uniform cap w/45 signing of MAGA campaign hat is disingenuous & purposely deceptive. #BeBetter 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/UyfFeVXRpC
— James A. Gagliano (@JamesAGagliano) December 29, 2018
LEFTOVERS
poison primary
What's clear as day is this: if Sanders runs, it will poison the whole process. And if not, we'll have an interesting and generally positive primary. No avoiding this – it's like a light switch without a dimmer. https://t.co/Uu4YlqvFnU
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 30, 2018
Sirota
David Sirota’s monthlong reputational self-destruction continues:
Someone points out Bernie could ask his surrogates to chill.
Sirota shows zero chill and instead goes on a weird rant about fascists coming for journalists.
Maybe take a Twitter break, dude. pic.twitter.com/jzaPiEFvXH
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 30, 2018
why the Beto hate
the punchline is that Sanders surrogates *created* the Beto buzz in December; https://t.co/iE5xrKOI3c
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 30, 2018
US
Pelosi
How Nancy Pelosi signaled the end of Donald Trump's easy ride https://t.co/2vGmEHYtTo
— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 30, 2018
Lieu
Note to @realDonaldTrump: ICYMI, Democrats crushed Republicans last month in the midterms and we take control of the House in 5 days. Good luck getting the House to vote for your vanity wall.
Cut your losses now. End the #TrumpShutdown today before you lose even more votes. https://t.co/fmtUOLzDLA
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 29, 2018
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Nancy did it! Pay freeze!
December 29, 2018 in alt-left, antisemitism, climate-change, corruption, Dems did it, dictatorship, Don jr, 🍊, 👓, elections, immigration, impeachment, Imperial family, incest Barbie, kids in cages, LEFTOVERS, Liegate, Manafort, media, Mueller, NJ AG, Putin, Russia | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
Transition – Pence
‘Robert Mueller has his hands on tens of thousands of private emails between Trump transition team members’
Pence lead the transition team at one point. 😊 https://t.co/CbRC3DjBt8
— RynheartTheReluctant (@TheRynheart) December 29, 2018
NJ AG – immigration crimes golf course
New Jersey prosecutors have collected evidence that supervisors at President Trump’s Garden State golf club may have committed federal immigration crimes — and the FBI as well as special counsel Robert Mueller have played part in the inquiry. https://t.co/8W3dAYllHv
— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) December 29, 2018
NY AG – good idea
NYAG should direct that the remaining $ 1.7 M remaining in the Trump Foundation be dispersed to charities established to assist federal workers with bills they can’t pay because of Trump Shutdown. Administrative costs to be assessed against TF. https://t.co/imSm41mQUB
— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) December 29, 2018
Jill Stein
Jill Stein’s campaign recently turned over documents to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Jill Stein has been a long-term defender of Assange, WikiLeaks, which was involved in dumping disparaging info, publishing documents hacked from DNC.#JailStein
https://t.co/yVxNSj4usH pic.twitter.com/btqFsWAUfK— ƓᏋℳ #ITMFA 💎™ (@Lady_Star_Gem) April 11, 2018
Manafort, Russia
A former Russian intelligence officer Victor Boyarkin was a key link between a senior member of the Trump campaign and a powerful ally of Putin, Oleg #Deripaska. Boyarkin says it fell to him to collect the debt from Manafort:
“I came down on him hard.”https://t.co/WiYTPBAehQ— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 29, 2018
and
👀👀 https://t.co/h7yQFGuSvR pic.twitter.com/fpdHL75xCG
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 29, 2018
OBSTRUCTION
wimper
This is how the House Republican effort to undermine Mueller by “investigating the investigators” ends. Not with a bang, but with a Friday, buried-in-the-holidays whimper, and one foot out the door. https://t.co/oO0Nhkmg5a
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) December 29, 2018
not even a report
House Republicans unceremoniously ended their investigation into the way the FBI and DOJ handled Clinton’s email scandal and the allegations of bias against President Trump.
They won't even write a report. https://t.co/E9C7f4p7sZ
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) December 29, 2018
KLAN 🍊
Killing children will continue until I het the wall
Trump translation:
I will do nothing to stop children from dying unless you give me what I want.
⚠️TW⚠️ pic.twitter.com/p9AP0D8ZlG
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) December 29, 2018
Beans
BEANS AND BEANS AND BEANS pic.twitter.com/MCYmm1D3dE
— Nick Divers (@dicknivers) December 17, 2018
summry
Trump: Day 707
-Day 7 of the #TrumpShutdown
-Threatens 2 Close Southern Border
-Seeks 2 Hijack Pelosi’s Big Moment
-Coast Guard Won't Get Next Check
-Pence Lowers the Demand to $2.5B
-Rolls Back Mercury Emission Limits
-VA Sat on Suicide Prevention Funds pic.twitter.com/x6l1ezjMOy— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 29, 2018
needs a break
I hope Trump can sneak away for some golf this weekend. he deserves a break after a hard week spent selling MAGA hats to soldiers, whining about not building his racist steel spike bullshit, and shuffling about the White House in his ratty bathrobe accomplishing exactly jack shit
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) December 28, 2018
Wall (by Beto)
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) December 28, 2018
🍊 had $
"We actually gave this President close to $2 billion last year in terms of border money for border security and he has not used 96% of it. The idea that we're going to throw more money at a campaign promise … is just not a proper use of government funds." – Rep. Ruben Gallego pic.twitter.com/ZZjiOxj3lD
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) December 29, 2018
another brick
— Richard Patterson (@richard2380) December 29, 2018
#Shutdown
Dems did it
Trump and GOP seeks to blame Pelosi for government shutdown https://t.co/shpW4gNaIe pic.twitter.com/A1aw9BuOsu
— The Hill (@thehill) December 29, 2018
Incest Barbie grift China
Ivanka Trump’s fashion brand got an awful lot of suspiciously timed approvals for new Chinese trademarks this year… pic.twitter.com/0jKjfinrXq
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 29, 2018
Don Jr
Donald Trump Jr. “needs to be a little bit worried” about being indicted in 2019, says former federal prosecutor https://t.co/IgZ03dj2MW
— Investigate Russia (@InvestigateRU) December 29, 2018
Interest rates
The Fed took Donald Trump's advice on interest rates.
Now he's not happy.https://t.co/aRx9FdI3De pic.twitter.com/MTAbR9Kifa
— The Fix (@thefix) December 29, 2018
soybean
There it is. Trump has singlehandely destroyed the entire US Soybean commodity market. China has new suppliers so It’s not coming back. #Winning https://t.co/sbu8N3aroE
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) December 29, 2018
mostly Dems?
The federal employees not getting paid include 54000 border patrol guards, 53000 ICE employees, 41000 prison guards, DEA, ATF and FBI agents, 53000 TSA employees, 42,000 Coast guard personnel & thousands of forefighters. But they’re mostly Democrats, says Trump. So that’s okay. https://t.co/dtfgnIOjwF
— Rosa Brooks (@brooks_rosa) December 27, 2018
REPUBLICANS
#Trumpshutdown
So when Speaker Pelosi sends the CR over to the Senate – the exact same CR every Senate Republican supported a week ago – it’s going to pass unanimously again, right @senatemajldr?
Right?
Right?
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 29, 2018
and
Na we will just wait for Nancy and the crew , Then we will sit back and watch them take each and everyone of you apart in public committee meetings so the country can see the unbridled cururption and stupidity you pocess, Fun times coming, Buckle up @GOP
— 🖕🏻😎Resistance Flea😎🖕🏻 (@wendytheflea) December 29, 2018
farmers
https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1079032172332437504
Ryan
Ryan was supposed to be the future/savior of the GOP. Instead he’s #ByeFelicia. https://t.co/D6FEi2ZNoY
— Messaging Matters (@MessagingMatt) December 29, 2018
Peter King
These two children weren’t even in ICE custody, they were in CBP custody. That a senior member of Congress easily confuses the role of various immigration enforcement agency is symptomatic of why it’s hard to have meaningful debate about the border. https://t.co/rflomOKVp7
— Bob Moore (@BobMooreNews) December 28, 2018
from Chelsea
For shame. No parent would say this about their own child. No person should say this about anyone’s children. “Excellent record” would be no deaths, no harm & no children in detention. And, please don’t miss the dog-whistle racism in the middle. https://t.co/ShyFf2BG6r
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) December 29, 2018
racist
Alan Maloney, the White referee who made a Black high school wrestler cut his dreadlocks to compete, has been let go by the school district.https://t.co/HPTS1KIDVm
— EBONY MAGAZINE (@EBONYMag) December 27, 2018
fraud election
North Carolina seat in U.S. Congress likely to stay vacant as fraud controversy intensifies https://t.co/7y3yK7EyaJ pic.twitter.com/Auz1B4cwex
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 29, 2018
and
BREAKING NEWS: Court dissolves North Carolina elections board with election fraud scandal still under investigation #Elections #Electionfraud #ElectionIntegrity #MajorChange #FridayMotivation https://t.co/uvL56eUnAM
— Ruben Major (@rubenkmajor) December 28, 2018
and
Nancy Pelosi on the North Carolina Republican who won thanks to election fraud: "We will refuse to seat that congressman."
Pelosi with a no bullshit attitude. So thankful she's Speaker again.
— Denizcan Grimes (@MrFilmkritik) December 29, 2018
Mercers
Not sure I buy this- the Mercer’s are huge Dark Money donors to climate-denial and other right wing groups- so have big hidden political influence https://t.co/Rmm4i5gyZk
— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) December 28, 2018
immigration deaths
Democrats in power for 10 years – 0 deaths, Trump in power for 2 years – 2 children dead. But sure, blame the democrats for the deaths you caused. pic.twitter.com/L58rKjmX5j
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) December 29, 2018
MEDIA
#Trumpshutdown
Nancy vs the band of the stupids. https://t.co/ryEjKs2nKm
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 29, 2018
thin skins
i present: the thinnest skins in media in 2018, congrats you giant babies https://t.co/7VE47xra5n
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) December 28, 2018
Nation – Russian
Amazing- an entire article discounting Russian disinformation in the 2016 election that fails to mention Wikileaks even once. https://t.co/iu1edbn3nG
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) December 29, 2018
LEFTOVERS
👓 & other white men
I have a few things to say about this piece that just dropped…
Why the #Bernie Movement Must Crush #BetoORourkehttps://t.co/W7KDmMMO6X
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) December 28, 2018
US
well said
For easy use: pic.twitter.com/waXmx6HJFX
— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 28, 2018
Climate
I applaud @NancyPelosi for forming a Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. This Committee must address climate change for what it is: a public health crisis, a matter of economic justice, and an existential threat.
We must deliver real solutions, not piecemeal suggestions. https://t.co/f042L2c8NE
— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) December 28, 2018
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“Work for your landlord for the rent!” and “wanna wallllll!!!”
December 28, 2018 in antisemitism, Berniebots, campaign $, charities, Cohen, corruption, Dems did it, dictatorship, 🍊, 🍊 Toddler, 👓, impeachment, Imperial family, incest Barbie, Jared, LEFTOVERS, lies, media, Melanoma, Mueller, Putin, Ratfuck, Russia | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
where we are
"They have solid documentary evidence, perhaps even direct recordings of the conversation that made clear that Donald Trump participated in this criminal conspiracy." Garrett Graff on Mueller's investigators. https://t.co/U1aAJsAZF4
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) December 28, 2018
10 developments
THREAD: The 10 Biggest Developments in the Russia Investigation In 2018 https://t.co/ijynF9BtZ2
— The Moscow Project (@moscow_project) December 28, 2018
Cohen, Prague
Cohen now categorically denying he’s ever been to the Czech Republic. But he told @DavidCornDC in the weeks after the election: “I was in Prague for one afternoon 14 years ago.” https://t.co/E1vAa85A1w https://t.co/Fg9hVUnsqQ
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 28, 2018
House Dems
House Democrats scooping up staff, lawyers to power Trump Admin investigations, via @FoxReports @jeremyherb & @mkraju https://t.co/1alyolIgpx
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) December 28, 2018
RUSSIA
buried treasure
The No. 2 executive at the Russian firm that now claims to own Le Pen's loan? A former Soviet military spy expelled from the U.S. in 1983 after federal agents caught him retrieving what he thought were secret documents from the base of a tree in Maryland. https://t.co/qmSCoHw6O9
— Paul Sonne (@PaulSonne) December 27, 2018
Rand
You know, his latest intermediary to Putin. https://t.co/A1shUIssNw
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) December 28, 2018
kurds
Lavrov now calling YPG “terrorists” and signaling Moscow backs Turkish invasion. Wonder what kind of deal Russia will strike with SDF east of Euphrates now…
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) December 28, 2018
KLAN 🍊
summary
Trump: Day 706
-Day 6 of the #TrumpShutdown
-Fundraising Off of the Shutdown
-Claims Fed Workers are Democrats
-Cell Signal Puts Cohen Near Prague
-$800M Went 2 ICE's 4-Profit Prisons
-Taxpayers Footing Bill 4 Club Tents
-Melania is Returning 2 Mar-a-Lago pic.twitter.com/64Pyn2P5IU— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 28, 2018
Mexico
But Donny… for months, you've been claiming you replaced NAFTA with the USMCA, a better-than-NAFTA version of NAFTA. Therefore, according to YOU, we can't be losing money on trade with Mexico. BTW, trade deficits are not losses, you ignoramus. https://t.co/krsK5aKVZX
— Milt Shook (@MiltShook) December 28, 2018
wall tantrum
— Carol Ringwald (@ringwac) December 28, 2018
Shutdown
trying to distract Nancy
The “source close to the WH” must be male. Most women are great at multitasking – we have to be. A woman like Nancy will have no trouble working to end the shutdown AND investigate Trump. Dealing with the checkbook and a toddler is all in a day’s work.
— CT (@cktimmons) December 28, 2018
fundraising of it
Trump campaign fundraising off of the shutdown pic.twitter.com/QmSXkEAeo6
— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 27, 2018
deceit
Schumer rejected Pence’s offer on Saturday because he said it couldn’t pass in the Senate. https://t.co/7rfA2G0rYm
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) December 28, 2018
advice
Trump Administration tweets out advice to furloughed federal workers who can’t afford to pay their bills. Among the tips: Offer to do painting or carpentry for your landlord in lieu of rent. https://t.co/xAJTI0Nea4
— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) December 28, 2018
letter
Feds who signed up to serve their country deserve better than this. They just want to do their damn jobs and maybe get paid for Christmas. Instead, this is what they get during the Trump shutdown, as Jared and Ivanka frolic in Florida and Trump spends tax money on party tents. pic.twitter.com/yY2GRk04Gv
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 28, 2018
Melanoma
MELANIA: "Donalds, I know you sensitive about you hands, so I 'buy' for Christmases, a jacket that make the hand look very, very huge. No, I laugh because I LOVE you. Wear." pic.twitter.com/S4ye1rqWGa
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) December 28, 2018
Mall lego
Lego White House at the mall has Trump in handcuffs 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/WjICmf83x1
— Hear Me Roar (@Stop_Trump20) December 27, 2018
Apprentice
I wrote a piece about the "Apprentice" producer Mark Burnett & Donald Trump. It's about how Trump would not be president without the show, and how the show itself was a huge con – and what happens when politics becomes just another form of entertainment https://t.co/fNpDZRQKC2
— Patrick Radden Keefe (@praddenkeefe) December 27, 2018
REPUBLICANS
honest grift
hello I am catching the crowdfunding wave but also being extremely honest please contribute todayhttps://t.co/bRaiyNVBNZ
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 28, 2018
#Trumpshutdown
Among Trump allies and inside the WH there is a growing appetite to keep the shutdown going, in part because they feel it messes up Pelosi’s return to the speakership and overshadows her agenda https://t.co/VYCTwS7CgK
With @swin24
— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 28, 2018
Lindsay
Spoiler: This tweet will not age well. https://t.co/CLT16FTHh9
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) December 28, 2018
Mercer
Good read on Robert Mercer. Who, so far, seemed to have had a waaay bigger impact on these elections than Russia.. https://t.co/wCXrkNMJnI
— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) December 19, 2016
Jordan Peterson
nothing to see here, just Jordan Peterson going on another unhinged rant about how the birth control pill destroyed Western Civilization while talking to Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump Jr. pic.twitter.com/RRSSArYxLr
— ☀️👀 (@zei_nabq) December 27, 2018
Trumpies
Trump's white male supporters may lose their food stamps https://t.co/DdQduJodas
— Jeff Lewis (@ChicagoPhotoSho) December 28, 2018
SEPARATION CHURCH STATE
Pompeo – rapture
Trump's SECRETARY OF STATE, America's chief diplomat, said "We will continue to fight these battles, it is a never ending struggle… until the Rapture." Holy shit. pic.twitter.com/M727uMoq4w
— Tommy MMXIXtopher (@tommyxtopher) December 27, 2018
LEFTOVERS
Burnie mailer
In Bernie Sanders latest unhinged email he brags about making Democrats “pay a price” for their attacks last election, blames them & their policies for Trump & threatens to make them pay once again for opposing him
This is Bernie or Bust 2020 & it’s led by Bernie himself 😡 pic.twitter.com/AJVAOushkY
— JAM (@Eviljohna) December 28, 2018
Stein
Jill Stein conned people's votes and helped make Trump president, then grifted money from people shocked that Trump had been elected president for a fake recount, and is now using that cash for her personal purposes. And she told us *Hillary* was the same as Trump. https://t.co/Ah0fw4XYwQ
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) December 28, 2018
Corbin
He was so upset by accusations of anti-Semitism he turned down an invitation to come to Israel and see Yad Vashem and attended an anti-Jewish annual parody party. Given those actions this story claim of paralyzed by being upset is a valiant attempt at positive spin https://t.co/TgLUBt6GM1
— (((Will Cubbison))) וויל קביסון (@wccubbison) December 28, 2018
Turner
Interestingly, Nina Turner had no problem accusing Hillary Clinton of all kinds of fake scandal in 2016, but when it comes to Trump, suddenly she wants to let him off the hook for all his crimes and graft. Cui bono, Nina? https://t.co/HCNnbpy0Ls
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) December 28, 2018
US
blue wave
WATCH: Many pundits missed the blue wave
It was actually the largest for a minority party since 1942 pic.twitter.com/rhNLEJ6GHP
— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) December 27, 2018
Jeffries
Democrats won't support the medieval border wall from the so-called president. IT'S. NOT. GOING. ANYWHERE. pic.twitter.com/42UMq4T61N
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) December 28, 2018
DNC rule
The new DNC rules state that anyone running for the party's nomination must "affirm, in writing,…that they: A. are a member of the Democratic Party; B. will accept the Democratic nomination; and C. will run and serve as a member of the Democratic Party.” https://t.co/02K9DPPgtQ
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) December 27, 2018
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“Wasn’t scared at all!” “1st FLOTUS evah!”
December 27, 2018 in corruption, Dems did it, Depravity, dictatorship, 🍊, 🍊 cabinet, 👓, Foreign policy, immigration, impeachment, Imperial family, incest Barbie, Jared, LEFTOVERS, lies, media, Middle East, Nazi, NYT, reunification, violence | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
Cohen, Prague, Steele
MCCLATCHY SCOOP: Cell phone signal puts Michael Cohen in Prague area in late summer 2016, via Peter Stone & @GregGordon2 https://t.co/ysz7bbmckG
— Ben Wieder (@benbwieder) December 27, 2018
reminder
Steele dossier on Cohen and Prague: “The agenda comprised questions on how deniable cash payments were to be made to hackers who had worked in Europe under Kremlin direction against the CLINTON campaign and various contingencies for covering up these operations.” https://t.co/1xV5lmQ3wi
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 27, 2018
Maddow on the other news
FWIW, this is our coverage back in April of this year when McClatchy first reported that Mueller had evidence of Cohen in Prague: https://t.co/sAJn1lk5s4
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 27, 2018
and
-McClatchy, citing 4 sources, says Cohen was in Prague-area in Summer 2016
-2 sources tell me that another major news org has confirmation.
-Cohen tweets he has never been to Prague
-WSJ says Cohen told them he went to Prague in 2001.— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) December 27, 2018
and
🍊 said you lie 😎
— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 27, 2018
Carter Page
Carter Page says he has been the victim of " torts previously unseen in the history of the United States and without precedent in the annals of American law." https://t.co/NDNnHrKxGU
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 26, 2018
MIDDLE EAST
Iraq
Iraqi lawmakers demand U.S. troops withdraw after Trump's surprise visit https://t.co/RYBVQl3pRl via @nbcnews
— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 27, 2018
ISIS
Glad to see that President Trump is finally referring to the defeat of the “territorial caliphate,” rather than the defeat of ISIS. Yes the territorial caliphate in Iraq & Syria is 99% gone. No, that doesn’t mean ISIS, the terror group with members from 100 countries, is defeated https://t.co/DQEV7dvtgb
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) December 26, 2018
Mossad – Russia ran 🍊
Ex-Mossad head: Russia decided Trump was their best candidate, and ran him for president – Israel News – https://t.co/LIz60YVfCq https://t.co/ZuhSbbUKF5
— ΞLΞVΞNTH (@3L3V3NTH) December 26, 2018
RUSSIA
forever Putin
Russia is considering constitutional changes that could allow Vladimir Putin to remain in power https://t.co/j4kFnazk3F pic.twitter.com/8V5sm7oJyW
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 26, 2018
SA
Surprise, "our man in Riyadh" turns out to have been Putin's man in Riyadh all along https://t.co/eKtLWv04AW "President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Middle East said Prince Mohammed has every right to inherit the throne when the ailing 82-year-old King Salman dies." pic.twitter.com/g4vOVse9fr
— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 27, 2018
Iraq
Trump ignored the prime minister of Iraq during a visit to his country, giving Putin the perfect entre. Trump-plomacy. https://t.co/yh55tLk5uq
— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) December 27, 2018
KLAN 🍊
yesterday
Trump: Day 705
-Day 5 of the #TrumpShutdown
–#BoneSpurs Diagnosis Fabricated
-Shamed into Visiting Troops in Iraq
-Revealed Covert SEAL Deployment
-Ginsburg Discharged From Hospital
-Acting AG Whitaker Lied on Résumé
-Dow Spikes During Twitter Silence pic.twitter.com/yL2l3cCDBX— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 27, 2018
summary Iraq
Pres Trump spent 3 hours in Iraq:
1) lied about 10% pay increase to troops
2) revealed classified identity of Navy SEALs
3) possibly violated rules against political activity on a military base
4) broke protocol by a visiting head of state by not going to meet Iraqi PM— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) December 27, 2018
tweet of the day
This makes me so glad I'm already a lesbian. 😮😬pic.twitter.com/cGX717js1i
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) December 27, 2018
revealed identity
.@Newsweek reports that Trump's twitter field may have revealed the deployment and identities of covert special forces in Iraq https://t.co/P8Pq887ITA
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) December 26, 2018
what HE had to go through
Zooming in, President says he ways concerned about what he had to go through to visit Iraq. pic.twitter.com/UyBdbzOOcv
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 26, 2018
not scared
Trump is entirely unable to avoid showing his cards at every turn. “We were definitely not scared. In fact we felt unscared, at some points forgetting what it means to be scared or having ‘scared’ be the single word in the English language we would not know the meaning of.” https://t.co/VBGhDkHziS
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 27, 2018
campaign/army
its against military rules to fly this flag pic.twitter.com/5q2uOt0sNU
— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) December 27, 2018
and
For all those who want to debate how there’s nothing wrong with the political hats, posters, and comments, here’s some light reading as to “what right looks like” and was is required by DoD regulations: https://t.co/l8srvRenGB https://t.co/96xx9QKAnI
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) December 27, 2018
military raises
It stands to reason that you know when you've been given a raise. Trump told troops today that those in uniform haven't gotten one in a decade. It's a typical @RealDonaldTrump lie, brazen, bald-faced and pulled out of thin air. Here are 2004-2018 raises https://t.co/Y7uSVSopd9 pic.twitter.com/1trfWGlAxQ
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 27, 2018
Shutdown
Union
Largest federal workers' union breaks with Trump for saying "many" want shutdown https://t.co/pYl1gKYQPE pic.twitter.com/n06tJfHV9z
— The Hill (@thehill) December 26, 2018
democrats
President Trump tweeted that "most of the people not getting paid are Democrats," as the government shutdown entered its sixth day. https://t.co/nUrZIjphox
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 27, 2018
TRUMP on TUES: The federal workers I’m hurting actually support me and want the wall.
TRUMP on THURS: The federal workers I’m hurting are actually Democrats, so screw ‘em. pic.twitter.com/O7BrjBey8j
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 27, 2018
Mark Warner
This is outrageous. Federal employees don’t go to work wearing red or blue jerseys. They’re public servants. And the President is treating them like poker chips at one of his failed casinos. https://t.co/bxkt67E9Bq
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) December 27, 2018
Javanka
AWKWARD — Ivanka and Jared caught vacationing after shutdown cancels time off for federal employees https://t.co/v38JvPVEMC
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 26, 2018
tent city
AP Exclsuive: The Trump admin says it will keep a tent city holding more than 2,000 migrant teenagers open through early 2019. https://t.co/Zx7CxUprZy
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 27, 2018
and other kind of tents
Kleptocrats gotta klept https://t.co/SAa4ZnUNIt
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 27, 2018
secretary of defense
Trump praises soon to be Acting Sec Def Shanahan, per pooler @ByBrianBennett: “He’s a good buyer. I wanted somebody that could buy. Because I’m giving them a lot of money and I don’t want it to be wasted.”
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) December 27, 2018
REPUBLICANS
trumpies
— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) December 27, 2018
DSouza
Yes, everyone who hired you at National Review pic.twitter.com/EGSFV7fkkL
— Jon Vespasian (@JonVespasian) December 26, 2018
market Denald
How come every time I leave the country the Stock Market has a “rally” like you’ve never seen before?! Do they I expect me not to return? Very unfair to me! Its a RIGGED SYSTEM folks, believe me!!
— DonaId J. Trump (@realDenaldTrump) December 27, 2018
Criminals – GA
Michael Williams, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia who campaigned in a "deportation bus," has turned himself in to county jail after being indicted on charges including insurance fraud. https://t.co/hAWQtwSEtT
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 27, 2018
NRA
kids
Just pubbed, the most comprehensive review of lockdowns ever done: More than 4.1 million students endured one last school year, and the effects were often devastating — kids wept and soiled themselves, wrote wills and texted parents goodbye. w/ @dataeditorhttps://t.co/gAA2HCCm3C
— John Woodrow Cox (@JohnWoodrowCox) December 26, 2018
Ohio
Ohio @MomsDemand volunteers are headed to the statehouse right now to try and prevent a veto override of HB 228.
Tell friends and family in the Buckeye State to text OHIO to 644-33. They’ll be connected to their state senator so they can tell them to vote NO on a veto override. https://t.co/XVUB544cVb
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 27, 2018
NAZI
Proud boys
Your periodic reminder that this violent extremist group was founded by a foreign national living in the United States on a green card.
Good thing for him he’s not brown.https://t.co/swl0X2XPo9
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 26, 2018
MEDIA
ABC doing dumb talking points
Martha should see a neurologist about that. pic.twitter.com/pU2bAfLgCU
— Nicole David (@obbiecole) December 26, 2018
NYT
"two equally flawed candidates" … "but her emails." great that @nytimes is chronicling environmental damage being done by <checks notes> our own EPA, would have been even better if their pre-election 2016 coverage wasn't so shitty which would have obviated stories like this https://t.co/mhxOEO0OE9
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) December 27, 2018
LEFTOVERS
advice for 👓
I’m going to offer Bernie Sanders some sincere advice- he should ask his supporters/sympathetic journos to knock it off – at least for a while. At the very least, it certainly going to make many tired of the entire Sanders candidacy before it’s even launched officially.
— Armando (@armandodkos) December 27, 2018
poor 👓!
Man, Kornacki killing Bernie. pic.twitter.com/DR7XDYui6u
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 27, 2018
Sirota
This is an unhealthy obsession. pic.twitter.com/4wcyxKwbqI
— Zachary #FBPE 🇪🇺 (@zatchry) December 24, 2018
The Nation
The Nation defends a *checks*
Right-wing gun rights illegal foreign lobbyist https://t.co/1X2pYGjGnD
— Zachary #FBPE 🇪🇺 (@zatchry) December 27, 2018
same time as the Federalist
amazing pic.twitter.com/fLDvDxXcaF
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 27, 2018
and of coure, Russia
Maria Butina’s ‘Red Sparrow’ Makeover Revealed on Russian TV https://t.co/YMHxUfHnEU #Butina #MariaButina #Russia
My latest for @thedailybeast— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 27, 2018
Stein
Jill Stein's 2016 campaign manager, David Cobb, is now earning $11,280 a month in 2016 recount money, according to Stein's latest FEC report.
That's a 50 percent raise, per the Dec. 21 filing. Other staffers received a 33 percent increase in salary. https://t.co/wDgLp3OqHB
— Charles Я. Davis (@charliearchy) December 26, 2018
US
one week!
One week from today, folks. One week from today. #oversight #resist pic.twitter.com/pvngvT8ctM
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 27, 2018
misogyny
Whether Hillary Clinto run in 2020 is not the problem. The problem are people saying a woman who warned us about everything, right about everything, earned 66M votes, 3M more than her opponent, had her election stolen shouldn't be able to run again. Thats sexism and mgyonism.
— Mr. Weeks ✊🏽 (@MrDane1982) December 26, 2018
#Trumpshutdown
Why did the GOP controlled Senate adjourn until Dec 31? Because @realDonaldTrump said:
"I am proud to shut down the government … I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down.”
On Jan 3, House Democrats will pass legislation to reopen government.#JanuaryIsComing https://t.co/fqLThrCuZQ
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 27, 2018
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