Show trials and bros

 

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

cover-up

Trump's lawyers have rightly noted that the Senate is the world’s greatest deliberative body.

But they're not here to engage in deliberation. Instead, they've gone through a laundry list of conspiracy theories and grievances. And they're performing for an audience of one—Trump.

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) January 29, 2020

Bolton complain?

He did, to you, in August. He also called it a drug deal. He also told Fiona Hill to go check up on what Amb. Sondland was saying to the Ukrainian officials when they visited. Lt. Col Vindman was also horrified and discussed it with Bolton. https://t.co/FfZCOh2wU9

— Wajahat "Shaped by the American Coastland" Ali (@WajahatAli) January 29, 2020

also

Bolton has been coaxing this process along since at least September, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel says in a statement. pic.twitter.com/uzTgiimUod

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 29, 2020

Parnas

Lev Parnas says he would testify under oath and adds that the "Trumpworld is like a cult and a lot of the senators are in the cult."https://t.co/uaKbPXAvyJ

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 29, 2020

threats

The White House is delivering a stern warning to Republican senators: Make a wrong move and your spring could be ruined by the stain of impeachment. https://t.co/JL23Nn4EVv

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 29, 2020

polls – independents

"Independents said Trump should be removed by a nearly 20-point margin, with 53% in favor of conviction and 34% opposed"https://t.co/FYchiK3hMr

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 27, 2020

Bondi

Thank you @cspan for all the camera coverage pic.twitter.com/oJBM1hcJDs

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 30, 2020

WORLD

Supreme

This is what we will be looking at if he is not held accountable. https://t.co/3sO2FLxPvY

— Margie Connell (@mmarinari) January 30, 2020

🍊 KLAN

landmines

The Trump administration is expected to loosen restrictions on use of landmines, weapons that have been banned by more than 160 countries due to their history of killing and wounding civilians https://t.co/5WWbcXbYLT pic.twitter.com/AKOPbsBQAm

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 30, 2020

Corruption crusader

pic.twitter.com/xkpfESrO4z

— Annie La Resister (@AnnieLaResister) January 28, 2020

and

Eric Trump's Brother-In-Law Named Chief Of Staff Of An Energy Department Office

Lara Trump's brother, Kyle Yunaska, was named chief of staff of the Office of Energy Policy. No mention of Energy or Energy Policy on his resumè. ⁦@RepAdamSchiff⁩ https://t.co/xuBRiCAN7p

— 🐱NancyNoCo 🌊 (@NancyNoCo24) January 28, 2020

speech troubles

😬@TomJChicago

Trump's having issues with speaking again, Tom.

Captured with a hot mike on FoxNews as they attempt to cover for him.

omfg pic.twitter.com/gDZqiW0cIX

— Clear Cider (@TheClearCider) January 29, 2020

mom

Your mom KNEW YOU WELL
Fake45! 👇 pic.twitter.com/sn5yO7pBxy

— Bobby Craig (@BobbyCr48838634) January 28, 2020

Mexico will pay

So….. apparently @realDonaldTrump is back to using the “Mexico is paying for the wall,” bullshit, for his 2020 campaign. How stupid are these people to believe this? Especially when he’s 3 yrs in and the f**king wall should have been built already! #TrumpLovesPoorlyEducated https://t.co/qrq7XyJOYt

— WasARepublicanNowImNOT (@WasARepublican1) January 29, 2020

ME “peace”

I met this morning at the White House with Jared Kushner and Ambassador Friedman. I appreciate the meeting. I gave them my unvarnished opinion on their so-called "peace plan", which in reality is a total abandonment of decades of U.S. Middle East policy.

Here's what I told them:

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 28, 2020

Jared

Kushner tells Sky News Arabia he has read 25 books on the Israel-Palestine conflict

— Abbas Al Lawati (@allawati) January 29, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Dersh

NEW: In a radio interview in October 2016, Trump’s impeachment lawyer Alan Dershowitz called him corrupt and said he could continue to be corrupt in the White House. https://t.co/75vV6f6X6k

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) January 28, 2020

Pompeo

Answering reporters’ questions isn’t “a favor.” It’s part of public officials’ jobs in a democracy. https://t.co/DvpFVtKFtG

— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) January 29, 2020

NRA

hey look everyone here’s washed up nra tv MAGA celeb dana loesch defending a dude that literally shot unarmed children and subsequently had his weaponry sabotaged by his own squadmates and has now moved onto taking out bounties on active duty armed forces https://t.co/d7cvi2OmNw

— kilgore trout has the material (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 29, 2020

MEDIA

NYT

Notice how the CNN, Washington Post, and NBC headlines focus on the big-picture implications of what the GOP is doing and saying.

Meanwhile, the NYT focuses entirely on the tactical maneuvering. "GOP drives trial towards end."

Times political coverage is an embarrassment. pic.twitter.com/u30p0qOsZy

— Will Stancil (@whstancil) January 30, 2020

ELECTIONS

costs?

New story:

Sanders under increasing pressure on paying for Medicare for All after months of mostly just Warren getting asked

But Bernie brushing it off: "Nobody knows" the cost he said on Friday https://t.co/qOaMVzC110

— Peter Sullivan (@PeterSullivan4) January 29, 2020

Burnie voted Stein

Not true & stop your clutching you hypocrites. What should be disqualifying is Bernie filling his campaign with vitriolic trolls who not only vehemently campaigned against the DEM nominee in 2016 they voted for Jill Stein. Remember this tweet from Jane on election day? #hypocrite pic.twitter.com/2DgUfiZ5dz

— E Fabian (@eFab_Val) January 29, 2020

didn’t commit to endorsing anyone

MSNBC: If it's clear you aren't going to be the nominee, will you concede before the convention?

SANDERS: I intend to be the Dem nominee

M: But if you're not. You stayed in last time

S: Some people say that maybe if the system wasn't rigged against me, I would've beat Trump
👀 pic.twitter.com/Ki5GmrvkFG

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2019

Burnie for criminals

Reminder: Bernie would not only restore voting rights to the Boston Bomber but allow him to vote *while* serving his sentence. pic.twitter.com/69mqW1pI55

— José (@josecanyousee) January 29, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Burnie Bros

Doesn't exactly scream unity: "Some progressive activists who declined to back Mr. Sanders have begun traveling with private security after incurring online harassment. Several well-known feminist writers said they had received death threats." https://t.co/UovyMkGAw6

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) January 27, 2020

Media for Burnie

Warren: detail to the last decimal point

Sanders: "nobody knows"

"You're asking me to come up with an exact detailed plan…I don't think I have to do that right now." https://t.co/3zIlHJkKMv

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) January 29, 2020

bros on health

Let me remind you of what Bernie Sanders supporters did when Hillary had pneumonia, far less serious than a 78 year old's heart attack. Where are the full records he promised? Instead we got a Trump letter. Hypocrisy.https://t.co/b3idtrVJEe pic.twitter.com/Sb1839PovS

— Lynn V (@lynnv378) January 29, 2020

STOLEN ELECTION

2018 – Fla

In secret recording, @realDonaldTrump talks with #LevParnas about then-#Florida gov Rick Scott & Parnas' role in campaign to help him become @SenRickScott. Scott spox says senator has "no recollection of meeting" Parnas. https://t.co/na5jkFSPdq via @scontorno

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) January 28, 2020

US

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Bolton’s move; Burnie’s videos

 

IMPEACHMENT

only Bolton

Opinion: Trump’s defense is irrelevant. Only Bolton matters now. https://t.co/CQRdIePXSY

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 28, 2020

Kamala

John Bolton needs to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial—period. pic.twitter.com/4OJp020FqF

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) January 28, 2020

Andrew Jackson

The best parallel to Trump isn’t Nixon; it’s Andrew Johnson, a belligerent and destructive faux-populist who escaped conviction in the Senate by the thinnest of margins. https://t.co/gZ7RESa1LV

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 28, 2020

WORLD

Israel

Minutes ago in Jerusalem: Netanyahu officially indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Overnight he withdrew his failed request for immunity, which was the last hurdle for the prosecution. All of this while he's preparing to meet Trump in 3 hours https://t.co/jxdHbnTBPp

— Amir Tibon (@amirtibon) January 28, 2020

🍊 KLAN

Incest Barbie

Your father said he hates New York “even more than I should,” called California “a disgrace to our country,” said Chicago was “embarrassing to us as a nation,” called Baltimore “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” and said Iowans were stupid. https://t.co/YAc0Ba6yuD https://t.co/duoda0xYUe

— Windsor Mann (@WindsorMann) January 28, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Rudy

White House Claim: Rudy Giuliani is “a minor player.”

Reality: Witnesses testified that Trump directed them to "talk to Rudy" about Ukraine. Trump himself mentioned Giuliani on the call with Zelensky. And Ukrainians viewed Rudy as "the key." #TruthMatters pic.twitter.com/dCapHobQif

— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) January 27, 2020

also

Woke up a bit ago to some angry texts from Rudy Giuliani.

He's pissed Dems aren't considering calling him as a witness and says "they are afraid of my physical presence."

"Why do they want Bolton if not me," he says. "Again I really should stop wasting my time." #impeachment

— Chris Sommerfeldt (@C_Sommerfeldt) January 28, 2020

Pompeo

If the thin skinned pompous ass @SecPompeo cant handle an NPR reporter, how is he supposed to function as this country's chief diplomat?https://t.co/Y1jTiuQmNl

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) January 28, 2020

Barr

EXCLUSIVE: Bolton privately told Barr last year that he had concerns Trump was effectively granting personal favors to the autocrats of Turkey and China. Barr said he was concerned Trump created appearance he had undue influence on inquiries w/@maggieNYT https://t.co/4BTUc1SI6b

— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) January 28, 2020

Ernst

Reminds me of Kevin McCarthy's 2015 gaffe admitting that the real objective of endless Benghazi investigations was to hurt Hillary's poll numbers.
It would be a shame if in 2020 the GOP + an unwitting press managed to do the job that the Ukrainian president knew was bogus https://t.co/CUPt5lKUjF

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) January 28, 2020

and

Step 1: Trump abuses his office to pressure a foreign leader to smear a political rival.

Step 2: After he's impeached for this misconduct, his White House and private attorneys use the trial to smear his rival.

Step 3: A senator says she hopes this taxpayer-funded smear worked. https://t.co/KdcuTcu4Gu

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 28, 2020

MEDIA

NYT Breuning

the NYT’s latest opinion writer’s tenure is off to a blazin start pic.twitter.com/ZSBzNpNRpz

— dn (@dnnation) January 28, 2020

FB 🦊

Facebook hires former Fox News executive producer Jennifer Williams to work on Facebook News, @DylanByers reports

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) January 28, 2020

poll sources

% of US adults getting political/election news from each media source

FOX: 39%
CNN: 39%
NBC: 34%
ABC: 33%
CBS: 30%
MSNBC: 24%
NPR: 20%
NYT: 20%
Washington Post: 17%
PBS: 16%

(Pew)

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 28, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden – Burnie

.@JoeBiden: "We have some Democrats running who in 2012 thought that President Obama should be primaried. I thought he was a pretty good president." pic.twitter.com/nF3JgHPuxN

— Brian McBride (@BrianDMcBride) January 28, 2020

Bondi

Spokesman for Joe Biden campaign swings back at the Pam Bondi impeachment trial speech. pic.twitter.com/oO6KZ4SI0w

— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) January 27, 2020

Biden, Blomberghttps://twitter.com/FromaHarrop/status/1222148579197956096

Burnie

🆚 Medicaid

#BREAKING VIDEO @BernieSanders 1987

M4A would "Bankrupt the Nation"
“If we expanded Medicaid [to] everybody. Give everybody a Medicaid card — we would be spending such an astronomical sum of money that,we would bankrupt the nation"#VettingBernie https://t.co/ttuOsL7x8r

— BidenFront(Text Join to 30330) (@Biden_Front) January 28, 2020

bad choice

Many Democrats fear Bernie Sanders would be an extremely weak candidate against Trump. They are right. https://t.co/8j04z0O6Q4

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) January 28, 2020

National poll

#Breaking
NATIONAL POLL@MorningConsult

Biden: 29%
Sanders: 23% (-1)
Warren: 14% (-1)
Bloomberg: 12% (+2)
Buttigieg: 7% (-1)
Yang: 5% (+1)
Klobuchar: 3%
Steyer: 3%https://t.co/dObd0wcVIi

— Henry"No Malarkey"Djoutsa (@D_jeneration) January 28, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Burnie perfume

This is the all time stupidest shit I've seen on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/TIE5GNCATi

— Shug Bravery knows Bernie is a Bigot (@Brave_Writing) January 27, 2020

and

So, this is the imagery of the Revolution, women on the knees and giving BJs to Bernie? WTF ? #NeverBernie pic.twitter.com/fpTBrKA1NE

— ⚖️ Stellaa aka yiayia (@stellaaaa) January 28, 2020

Brie-brie

Umm, ma’am, you incited people to dox me because someone on TV read a tweet of mine. pic.twitter.com/C7zxTbTIr5

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 28, 2020

Burnie Bros

Democrats don’t squat in other democrats field office when organizers and volunteers are WORKING on get out the vote a week before the caucus.

BERNIE LEFT are trying to destroy the Democratic Party and the democratic process.

Joe Biden isn’t at his field office. WORKERS are. https://t.co/QAwBCgeHqr

— 🏳️‍🌈Lisa Talmadge 🔥🏳️‍🌈 (@LisaTalmadge) January 28, 2020

US

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Bolton Who?

 

IMPEACHMENT

Bolton quid pro quo

1. Trump's former NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, John Bolton, says there was a QUID PRO QUO.

No military aid until Ukraine announced an investigation of the Bidens

Can't overstate the importance of this.

It undercuts Trump's entire defense.https://t.co/9w3RNMjh7G

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 27, 2020

also, Pompeo

This is also significant: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged privately that there was no basis to claims by the Rudolph W. Giuliani that the ambassador to Ukraine was corrupt and believed Mr. Giuliani may have been acting on behalf of other clients, Mr. Bolton wrote.” https://t.co/d2Fn11I2qQ

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) January 26, 2020

🍊/Bolton

This is all such a tell. If Bolton is lying, Trump should demand he be put under oath, so that when he either recants or perjures himself, Trump comes out looking great. Journalists should recognize as such and grill their White House sources accordingly. https://t.co/dsU1lwm5zD

— Andrew Lebovich (@tweetsintheME) January 27, 2020

Pompeo also knew

So Pompeo knew the campaign against Yovanovitch was bogus all along and still wouldn't defend her. Maybe that's why the NPR interview the other day struck such a nerve. pic.twitter.com/VDn7OgoWGV

— Nicholas Miller (@Nick_L_Miller) January 27, 2020

and

This is also significant: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged privately that there was no basis to claims by the Rudolph W. Giuliani that the ambassador to Ukraine was corrupt and believed Mr. Giuliani may have been acting on behalf of other clients, Mr. Bolton wrote.” https://t.co/d2Fn11I2qQ

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) January 26, 2020

WH had the manuscript

NEW: The New York Times learned about the contents of the Bolton manuscript BEFORE the White House press shop, per a source with direct knowledge. The manuscript has been at the White House for several weeks, per Bolton's adviser Sarah Tinsley. https://t.co/eV45bmQPqw

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 27, 2020

witness vote

GOP had been confident about defeating witness vote this week but the NYT report about Bolton’s manuscript adds new uncertainty, per several GOP sources

“The witness vote was always going to be tough,” said one source involved in the strategy. “The story makes that clear again”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 27, 2020

managers statement

Important element in @RepAdamSchiff statement:

"Senators should insist that Mr. Bolton be called as a witness, AND PROVIDE HIS NOTES AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS."

Why my emphasis?

White House claim of "absolute immunity" to block Bolton does not and cannot apply to documents. https://t.co/nQyqc9A00R

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 27, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

testify!

Testify. Under. Oath.
Why are you so chicken? https://t.co/Fr6AEQCxF8

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) January 27, 2020

threat

Trump threatens vengeance on an elected official for leading a constitutional process. Another way to read this is he's egging his followers on to take vengeance. Will Susan Collins and others be apologizing for their fake outrage over a reference to the head on a pike story? pic.twitter.com/4a3xG34cAG

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 26, 2020

Inauguration grift

“Members of the Trump family were aware of and involved in the negotiation of this unconscionable contract,” the District of Columbia’s attorney general wrote in the suit. https://t.co/S1cEKj4KfI

— ProPublica (@propublica) January 27, 2020

spiritual

I fixed it.

(and ya gotta waaaaaaaaaaaaait for it w/ SOUND UP) pic.twitter.com/GkIa7ew4xp

— Paul Lidicul (@PaulLidicul) January 26, 2020

mobster

"Trump’s career has benefited from a decades-long and largely successful effort to limit and deflect law enforcement investigations into his dealings with top mobsters, organized crime associates, labor fixers, corrupt union leaders, con artists"https://t.co/YP7tRAX0xq

— SusanStone (@SusanStone110) January 26, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Bolton

Superb unpacking of how John Bolton operates in the @TheAtlantic piece by @gcaw. https://t.co/pXSQNZv7Ng pic.twitter.com/DRmnlhubdk

— Christopher Orr (@OrrChris) January 27, 2020

Pompeo🆚 NPR

"When journalists around the world are being jailed for their reporting — and as in the case of Jamal Khashoggi, killed — your insulting and contemptuous comments are beneath the office of the Secretary of State," five Senate Democrats wrote to @SecPompeo. https://t.co/DdwReLJPpj

— NPR (@NPR) January 26, 2020

MEDIA

🦊 Doocy

Steve Doocy's shifting perspective on Trump and Ukraine pic.twitter.com/uqGK2oSzMG

— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 27, 2020

ELECTIONS

Bloomberg

WATCH: @MikeBloomberg responding to a reporter in Vermont about why he'd be a better candidate to beat Trump than Sen. @BernieSanders

Bloomberg: "I think..in terms of a lot of people who think this country should evolve rather than have a revolution, I would be their choice" pic.twitter.com/Zp3dCOvji9

— Kelly Phares (@kellyfphares) January 27, 2020

Buti supports 🦊 (townhall)

Here's what #PeteOnFox and other Democrats who appear on Fox News are supporting. pic.twitter.com/hRKtVyvYdJ

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 26, 2020

Burnie

Crime Bill

BREAKING: @BernieSanders praised, backed, and voted for the 1994 crime bill he has criticized @JoeBiden for. pic.twitter.com/D2NeFPyVCR

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) January 26, 2020

apologies

Who apologized for supporting the Crime Bill:

Bill Clinton —apologized (2012)

Hillary Clinton — apologized (2015 )(when she was just the First Lady)

Who has not apologized for supporting the crime bill

Bernie Sanders who voted to make it law.
#BernieIsACop pic.twitter.com/NeNONAI8gu

— Donray ➒ (@dilemmv) January 26, 2020

LEFTOVERS

🆚 Neera

Apparently Neera Tanden is trending because she hurt the feelings of Bernie Sanders’ senior advisor and incompetent fuckwit, David Sirota.

Bernie hires toxic little Twitter trolls as senior staff and yet is shocked his campaign has as much traction as a turd on ice. pic.twitter.com/XjlGe9EZWp

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 31, 2019

US

Pelosi

Amb. Bolton reportedly heard directly from Trump that aid for Ukraine was tied to political investigations.

The refusal of the Senate to call for him, other relevant witnesses, and documents is now even more indefensible.

The choice is clear: our Constitution, or a cover-up. https://t.co/HBW82ObvOl

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 27, 2020

Schumer

https://twitter.com/edgeoforever/status/1221579994109030404

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Impeachment;👓 sleeps, Rogan endorses

 

IMPEACHMENT

2 things:

It’s about to be a dark carnival of distractions, accusations, misdirections, outright lies, and fake outrages. Worse than usual. Keep your eye on two things. 1) what did the President do? 2) how did the Senators vote?

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) January 25, 2020

and

Trump’s impeachment trial isn’t a television show. It’s not for entertainment. If this process is going to have any legitimacy, it is because it has focused on facts. pic.twitter.com/2d8qFGNABL

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) January 24, 2020

gauntlet

It wasn’t explicit, but Schiff threw down the gauntlet last night. Vote with Trump & whatever happens next, revelations from Bolton, damage to national security, whatever Trump does – you own it because we brought you the evidence & you chose to ignore it. & November is coming. https://t.co/hQWzYXILuq

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 24, 2020

on Helsinki

The Trump Putin Helsinki moment makes an appearance at the Senate trial. Schiff calls it a "breathtaking moment…the most incredible propaganda coup" for Russia.

Having been a Kremlin watcher since Putin came to power two decades ago, have to say: This is unquestionably true.

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 24, 2020

Halt Manafort investigation

"The order to halt investigations into Mr. Manafort came in early April."

Why?https://t.co/zn4YWDcTnM

— Todd (@todd_cutler) January 25, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

threat

Things that are objectively true:
*Some of Trump’s supporters are cultists who believe he is in a life or death battle with evil forces
*Some of these have tried to kill his opponents
*Senators who ran to cameras abt the “head on pike” comments will dodge questions about this pic.twitter.com/ZHEIpYCEy3

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) January 26, 2020

arrest Stormy

Two Ohio cops who staged a wrongful arrest of Stormy Daniels, allegedly to discredit her criticism of Trump, then lied to internal affairs investigators, have been fired, reports @gettinviggy. https://t.co/F8zEuRDSF3

— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) January 24, 2020

Eric

It's funny because this is literally and metaphorically @EricTrump trying to get his fathers attention. https://t.co/F3qcnyQ3cH

— 🐝 Mark Joseph Kremer 🐝 #FBR (@MarkJKremer) January 25, 2020

Incest Babie

“I gave up my life to move to Washington to help Americans,” Ivanka Trump says in Davos interview. Meanwhile, her income has increased and she’s built power. Poor thing. What a sacrifice. https://t.co/EtfC8wjVvv

— Vicki Ringer (@vickiringer) January 25, 2020

spiritual adviser

“We command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry right now” — Special Adviser to the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative Paula White pic.twitter.com/gtdZyGfkxy

— Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons (@GuthrieGF) January 25, 2020

PENCE

WH streamed

The White House streamed this homophobic sermon (warning: distressing themes) pic.twitter.com/eO1lJIStn3

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 26, 2020

REPUBLICANS

GOPranos

How many death threats are they prepared to deny or defend? pic.twitter.com/8Pz2VzSS4m

— RESIST. PERSIST. 🇺🇸 2020 🌊🌊🌊 (@JayCee86137684) January 26, 2020

Senators

Lankford – no threat?

response by @SenatorLankford to @jaketapper can only be understood as a demonstration that what upsets him is merely statements that might reflect poorly on him and other GOP senators https://t.co/5G5O70DNMJ

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 26, 2020

remember 🐢

https://t.co/D4BxKA5r2u

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) January 25, 2020

and

You knew they’d find some excuse — any excuse — to avoid doing their duty, but I have to say I’m surprised it’s this pathetic. https://t.co/xyP0JlyZAB

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 25, 2020

closing

The Trump Impeachment and the Closing of the Senatorial Mind.

My ⁦@NewYorker⁩ column is posted: https://t.co/WjjMagBOqx

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 25, 2020

don’t like him

What a dilemma! Too bad that Article I of the Constitution says they have to "go to the mat for the President on crazy, batshit stuff!" Too bad it doesn't provide a way out of this mess! https://t.co/HnmD7Hp7VW

— Tami Burages (@tburages) January 25, 2020

Collins

Susan Collins You listened to the most damning presentation of Presidential abuse and the only thing that upset you was a line from a CBS report. How telling. The only thing that got your attention was something about you a Senator. Just like Trump self before country

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 25, 2020

exposed

Adam Schiff did not lose any Republican senators tonight. They were never going to change their minds, and he knew it. His goal was to expose them as cowards, and he succeeded.

— Jack Pitney (@jpitney) January 25, 2020

Pompeo

She should have pointed at Crimea to see if that was considered correct

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 24, 2020

NAZI

for Burnie (Rogan)

Is Bernie Sanders gonna cut an ad with white nationalist Richard Spencer next? pic.twitter.com/oo9fJaLJcO

— Trinity Auld Acquaintance 🎉 (@TrinityMustache) January 26, 2020

MEDIA

“take her out”

Trump said to whack the ambassador but republican senators are play acting that they’re outraged about a story that they were threatened to acquit him, and dumb mainstream journalists write it all up like good stenographers.

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 25, 2020

ELECTIONS

Burnie – pay?

.@NorahODonnell: How are you gonna pay for your Cancel Student Loans and Free College? @BernieSanders: I DON'T KNOW pic.twitter.com/DrNa34veUh

— gregarious (@GRYKING) January 25, 2020

Tulsi

“It's an attempt to silence anyone that dares to cross her,” says the woman suing Hillary Clinton for voicing an opinion she didn’t like

— ⚫️𝒞𝔞𝔱t𝗒 is Team European Friendship Club🇪🇺 (@MlleKitty) January 25, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Burnie civil rights – thread

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1221174524705570816.html

Rogan

Watch Bernie's guy Joe Rogan say N*GGER a bunch of times. @Wonderbitch82 @chrislongview @KENNYBOO93 @Ange_Amene Y'all. I'm done. pic.twitter.com/ExPJM1RSj9

— Shug Bravery knows Bernie is a cop (@Brave_Writing) January 24, 2020

and

Yeah, MoveOn, a progressive org, should apologize for criticizing the Sanders campaign for touting the endorsement of a guy who still calls gay people "f**s," black people "apes," demeans transgender people, & says the r-word & n-word just to defy the people who say he shouldn't. https://t.co/kmcXevoKLj

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) January 25, 2020

and

We urge Sen. Sanders and his campaign to apologize and stop elevating this endorsement. We stand in solidarity with folks hurt by this.

— MoveOn (@MoveOn) January 25, 2020

Birther too

Joe Rogan deleted this tweet. pic.twitter.com/lKg461Tok6

— Star Trek: Barclay (@Amanda_Kerri) January 26, 2020

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🐀🔩

https://twitter.com/OFB2020/status/1220838419577950210

Bros🆚 O’Donnel

A female reporter dared to ask Bernie Sanders how he was going to pay for M4A. Her mentions are now full of garbage tweets like these… Somebody literally told her to "take her menopause pills" #Election2020 #Warren2020 #Biden2020 #IowaCaucus pic.twitter.com/AwxIubWZjC

— #bernieisacop (@RascalPinkish) January 25, 2020

US

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IMPEACHMENT

🆚National interest

Donald Trump must be convicted and removed from office.

Because he will always choose his own personal interest over our national interest.

Because in America, right matters. Truth matters.

If not, no Constitution can protect us.

If not, we are lost. pic.twitter.com/USfx6v9KsT

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) January 24, 2020

and

Schiff’s closing, where he asked if senators had confidence that Trump would pick national interest over himself, was probably the most interesting moment so far of Dem arguments.

Chamber was dead silent and focused on him – didn’t see a single conversation on GOP side.

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 24, 2020

Kamala

Kamala Harris able to digest the day and give us so much vital information. This is why we worked so hard for her. pic.twitter.com/Lk1FRT75vg

— 🏳️‍🌈Lisa Talmadge 🔥🏳️‍🌈 (@LisaTalmadge) January 23, 2020

Giuliani

"Mr. Giuliani is the President's personal lawyer. He represented Trump with his knowledge & consent. The evidence confirms that Giuliani and Trump were in constant contact… and that both U.S. and Ukrainian officials knew Mr. Giuliani was the 'key' to Ukraine." – @RepZoeLofgren pic.twitter.com/pCrUhUa1Cm

— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) January 23, 2020

preemptive

NEW: Democrats spent Thursday trying to suffocate the Trump defense before it starts.

Analysis w/ @AndrewDesiderio https://t.co/F8mIzfCQCU

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 23, 2020

extortion

CBS News reports that GOP Senators have been warned by Trump team: "Vote against the president, and your head will be on a pike." How is this acceptable? pic.twitter.com/19TKOn4kSq

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) January 24, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

get rid of her

"Get rid of her!" President Trump allegedly says on the tape, speaking about then-US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch https://t.co/G8x4RrpksN

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 24, 2020

extorts jurors

I don’t know if @realDonaldTrump is a thug. But his team sure act like thugs.

Also, threatening senators is a very condescending move. As if #GOP Senators will simply kneel before Trump. Oh wait, they repeatedly have.

That’s why they are being threatened. #ImpeachmentTrials https://t.co/bhoi0cvhbG

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 24, 2020

confuse Kurds

“Trump appears to confuse the Kurds of Syria and Iraq in a meeting with the president of Iraqi Kurdistan” https://t.co/EvUhhRgmC4

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 23, 2020

ratings worries

The measure of the man: all he’s worried about is his TV ratings. https://t.co/BTsnJItHkG

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 24, 2020

💩posts

It’s a measure of how acclimated we are to this utterly depraved situation that the president can shitpost about his predecessor in the middle of his impeachment trial, and it doesn’t ruffle the feathers of any mainstream figures in the slightest. https://t.co/7wfJQB9HUE

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 24, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Senators:

on trial

Think of it this way: Trump has been impeached. A healthy majority think he abused power and obstructed Congress. The trial is about whether Republican Senators want to be accomplices. It is they who are on trial.

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 21, 2020

nothing new

This morning, some Senate Republicans complained they are hearing “nothing new” @SenSchumer:

“They're the very ones who voted against new documents, new witnesses, new facts.

Can’t have it both ways.” pic.twitter.com/gz7jFzMbmP

— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) January 23, 2020

Marsha

Are you freaking serious?

Vindman received a Purple Heart medal for wounds sustained from an IED attack in the Iraq War in 2004.

As far as badmouthing and ridiculing our great nation in front of Russia, aim your criticism not at Vindman, but at Trump, who has done just that. https://t.co/LzrNHiEuA8

— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) January 23, 2020

also

Just called @MarshaBlackburn 's office and was told:
1) the book is impeachment related

When I stated I have been a juror and not allowed to read a book he told me
2) this is not a normal trial

Call 202-224-3344@jaketapper @DanaBashCNN @andersoncooper @wolfblitzer @maddow

— KLK (@smalltown439) January 23, 2020

thread

These seven GOP senators have in the past demanded impartiality during impeachment proceedings:

-Lisa Murkowski

-Susan Collins

-Mitt Romney

-Pat Roberts

-Richard Burr

-Lamar Alexander

-Mike Enzi

We’re about to learn if they meant what they said. https://t.co/eY8ZQtaGEZ

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) January 23, 2020

and

Please RT:
GOP conspiring with Russia is nothing new.#MoscowMarsha helped Russian spy handler Torshin met the NRA in Nashville & helped him observe the 2012 elections in her district.

See this megathread on her corruption & Russian ties.https://t.co/dXqkLfd3bz

— @🏳️‍🌈This Is 2020 Tyger 🏳️‍🌈 (@ResisTyger) January 24, 2020

Collins

Susan Collins was “stunned” by Jerry Nadler’s late-night diatribe this week against what he deemed a “cover-up” by Senate Republicans for President Trump — so much so that she wrote a note to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts https://t.co/mh41DmKZul

— POLITICO (@politico) January 23, 2020

fidget spinner

GOP senators turn to "fidget spinner" toys during Trump impeachment trial. https://t.co/KO0uMmZj5A

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 23, 2020

walked out

GOP Senators that walked out disrespected Adam Schiff while he was speaking:

Miss Lindsey
Bill Cassidy
Jim Reich
Marsha Blackburn
Roy Blunt
Shelley Moore Capito
Kevin Cramer
Jerry Moran
David Perdue
Rob Portman
Pat Roberts
Ben Sass
Todd Young
#VoteThemAllOut2020

— Mayday Mindy 🌊 (@maydaymindy9) January 23, 2020

Rudy – hard working

Giuliani spins phone records of his shady Ukraine dealings: "How about all those phone records show that I am a very hard-working lawyer?" pic.twitter.com/ZRIMIqlaIe

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 24, 2020

MEDIA

Henry II: "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
ABC: He meant "fired"
GOP: That's just how they talk in New York
FOX: They serve at the pleasure of the king
Beckett: ack. JFC! *gurk*

— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) January 24, 2020

ELECTIONS

Bloomberg under 🍊 skin

Obsessed much?

It shouldn't be this easy to distract the President of the United States. https://t.co/rCSIBIKbkF https://t.co/LMgqvV9PAH

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) January 23, 2020

and

Trump's advisers have urged him to ignore Bloomberg. But the deluge of ads and spending — all hitting the president on his record — have driven him crazy, even though Bloomberg is not high in the polls. https://t.co/spLNCu6RML

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 23, 2020

endorsement

EXCLUSIVE: SF Mayor London Breed is endorsing Mike Bloomberg for president.

"He has the ability to beat Donald Trump this November, and that is of the most concern to me,” she told The Chronicle. https://t.co/iZYAlqLWls

— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) January 23, 2020

Marianne/Yang

Cults stick together. https://t.co/tQeemnjPfl

— 🏳️‍🌈Lisa Talmadge 🔥🏳️‍🌈 (@LisaTalmadge) January 23, 2020

Burnie falling asleep – impeachment

oopsie! Superman Burnie falling asleep during impeachment? "Sen. Bernie Sanders, a presidential hopeful who has openly complained about having to be in Washington, yawned and at one point tipped his head back on his chair."https://t.co/ZyO2pcb1Zn

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) January 23, 2020

Burnie/Lenin

"Not me, we"
— Vladimir Lenin, 1917

"Not me, us"
— Bernie Sanders, 2020

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) January 23, 2020

vote for the nominee

wow, nearly 1/2 of Sanders supporters won’t commit to voting for Dem nominee if it’s not Sanders https://t.co/E3POngFltj

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 24, 2020

Russians, GOPers for Burnie

So let me get this straight…. The Mueller report showed us that Russia wants Bernie Sanders to be the nominee, and now the Republicans are pushing Bernie talking points because they also want Bernie to be the nominee.

Bernie Sanders is a puppet 💀 pic.twitter.com/Ayi5rtdGdt

— The General (@generalunite) January 12, 2020

Tulsi

With Trump’s impeachment trial underway, here’s what’s on Fox right now: pic.twitter.com/6b14yY7zov

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) January 24, 2020

rural ex-trumpies – thread

My family lives in rural America & voted for Trump in ‘16. As lifelong R’s they’re looking at Dems for 2020. Results:@ewarren: Yes@amyklobuchar: Yes@JoeBiden: Maybe@AndrewYang: Maybe@PeteButtigieg: No*@BernieSanders: No*

*Would vote Trump again
**Please don’t hate my fam

— Trish Zornio (@trish_zornio) January 23, 2020

polling

Democratic Primary Polling:

Biden: 30% (-2)
Sanders: 27% (+2)
Warren: 13% (+1)
Yang: 8% (+3)
Bloomberg: 7% (+4)
Buttigieg: 6% (-2)
Klobuchar: 4% (+2)

Emerson / January 22, 2020

(% chg w Dec 17)#Democrats #USA

— Polling USA (@USA_Polling) January 23, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Rogen endorsement

also

Rogan attacked Speaker Pelosi just last week. You can keep him in your tent but don’t expect women and trans people and African Americans and others he attacked to put him in ours. #NotYourBargainingChip https://t.co/EwciWAgf8v

— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) January 24, 2020

When someone who said something problematic once 10+ years ago associates with Libs: "LOOK AT THIS. They'll compromise their principles in a second. They're no better than republicans"

When an actively bigoted person boosts Bernie: "Well, you see. Politics is complicated…."

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) January 24, 2020

and

I almost can't even retweet this – but I cannot believe a candidate for POTUS would EVER amplify a man who said these vile things for an endorsement. https://t.co/Ik0hV6xsHN

— M. Mendoza Ferrer (@m_mendozaferrer) January 24, 2020

also N word

Bernie Sanders just recently received Joe Rogan’s endorsement. Here’s the former Fear Factor host using the N WORD on multiple occasions. pic.twitter.com/KLpBATEBgh

— gregarious. (@GRYKING) January 24, 2020

heroic burnie

“This” thing that he is pulling off is his actual job. And he’s getting paid for it by taxpayers. And this is one of the most important weeks ever in his job. Deadline of all deadlines, biggest project, the most important client meeting…whatever the equivalent is to other jobs. pic.twitter.com/7jPLyQvuxt

— WhatILove (@WhatILuv) January 24, 2020

US

Schiff

Adam Schiff is getting some surprising praise with the Senate trial underway. New story w/ @sarahdwire https://t.co/WTicc23bbM

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) January 23, 2020

activists

https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/1220414539096825856

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