Protests/riots on top of pandemic

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US numbers 1,816,897

US recoveries 535,238

NY recoveries 66,372

Meanwhile

Meanwhile, another 22,000+ Americans tested positive for #COVID19 today and another thousand+ died. pic.twitter.com/PECIIm0tNF

— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) May 30, 2020

WORLD

Russia

Russia becomes the third country in the world to report more than 400,000 cases of COVID-19.

It has been 11 days since Russia passed 300,000 cases.

— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) May 31, 2020

Brazil

Brazil’s official death toll from #COVID19 surpasses Spain’s as pandemic deepens in Latin America.

With >27,878 deaths, Brazil on Friday registered 1,124 more deaths. Brazil’s president Bolsonaro nonetheless continues to downplay the outbreak severity.https://t.co/OIVcpB9XDw pic.twitter.com/5G4msYeAsr

— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) May 30, 2020

India

Robots sanitizing containment zones – it's the latest effort to stop the spread of #coronavirus.

Will this high tech plan work?
@TaniaRashid9 reports.

Watch NOW: https://t.co/U4UZMHn7bF pic.twitter.com/WGso51fdfi

— NBC News NOW (@NBCNewsNow) May 31, 2020

🍊 KLAN

incitement to violence

The President’s continuous allusions to violence are detrimental to the nation and will only lead to more pain and tragedy. What we need now is calm, compassion, and reassurance.

The nation is on the edge. We need a leader who can bring us back. https://t.co/RnxXmuzMCr

— Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (@repcleaver) May 29, 2020

MAGA night

@realDonaldTrump
You said you where gonna have a #MAGANIGHT

Well you sure got it. pic.twitter.com/VO7Opykjfp

— Regan Fisher (@chris_rfisher) May 31, 2020

and

Absolutely TRUE!

Trump is determined to set the whole nation ablaze.

MAGA Night at the White House: A Dystopian Fan Fiction Fantasy By Donald Trumphttps://t.co/Il99dMUqZt

— News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) May 30, 2020

press conference

Trump’s Rose Garden press conference today was an act of Presidential cowardice. https://t.co/txxkrowbfm pic.twitter.com/HN9tyXcz6y

— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) May 30, 2020

commentary

NYPD just ran into pedestrian protestors.

This is the president’s response. https://t.co/HemKuNsfyH pic.twitter.com/oJpXGBNF2L

— Dara Kass, MD (@darakass) May 31, 2020

appropriate

Appropriate. https://t.co/IUzPnXgqAP

— Trish Tess (@TrishTess) May 31, 2020

Min Chief of police

Uncovered: Last October, the head of the Minneapolis police union — which days ago warned against a “rush to judgment” of the officers involved in George Floyd’s death — spoke at a Trump rally and praised him for ending the “handcuffing and oppression” of police under Obama. pic.twitter.com/oW1olwWZh5

— The Recount (@therecount) May 30, 2020

🐀🔩 of the Day

Steele – provocateurs

https://twitter.com/pixburghgrrl/status/1266830905873698823
handshake?

But Trump is so smart and manly pic.twitter.com/0jwY1dD5yj

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) May 30, 2020

🆚 Twitter

Trump campaign is now running Facebook ads accusing Twitter of censoring Republicans

"We need to make a statement SO HUGE that not even Jack Dorsey and his biased Twitter puppets will be able to silence us." pic.twitter.com/viUKya10GK

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 30, 2020

and

Cartoon for @TorontoStar #BlackLivesMatter #coronavirus #covid19 #TrumpMeltdown #TrumpGolfsYouDie #ExecutiveOrder pic.twitter.com/HeFEYJZmm0

— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) May 29, 2020

also

pic.twitter.com/rMliNMqyNt

— Betty A. Gray (@bbttychmbrs1) May 30, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

DOJ

All men at the table (in this photo view) with the woman walled off and a brute in charge. How Trumpian. https://t.co/RAM3u9Svc6

— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) May 30, 2020

“LIBERATE!” people want lockdown

And now his supporters are saying this LOL! And I call them out on their hypocrisy! pic.twitter.com/Vx4XwjlVyS

— Kimberly Claborn (@kimber73090) May 31, 2020

NAZI

Fla

https://t.co/IZ9BNlEgxJ

— ⚖️Powerful Mel Ankoly 🦈 #ForThePeople (@Mel_Ankoly) May 31, 2020

this guy

Look at how comfortably he lies to the camera. This whole interaction is caught on tape. I don't think he knows he's trending yet. https://t.co/YNUsa4Zftp

— Dary (@DaryRezvani) May 31, 2020

PROTESTS

Cartoon repost. #cartoonrepost #trump #BlackLivesMatters #TrumpMeltdown #BlackOutDay2020 pic.twitter.com/blfmIfsRxL

— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) May 30, 2020

NY

Please report this and send the video to my office: Complaints@ag.ny.gov

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) May 31, 2020

Corey Johnson

We urge non-violence for protestors. Always.

But we demand better from the NYPD. Too many instances of escalation rather than de-escalation. Too much force.

I am heartbroken for New York City right now. Our city deserves better.

— NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson (@NYCSpeakerCoJo) May 31, 2020

Kamala – DC

America has watched so much happen in 2 minutes this week. pic.twitter.com/6MHygkLd0E

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) May 31, 2020

SLC

We are aware of this situation and will deal with it. https://t.co/MOqNUyCgIM

— SLC Police Dept. (@slcpd) May 31, 2020

MEDIA

WaPo

pic.twitter.com/xSFOqWY25P

— Waldo Jaquith (@waldojaquith) May 30, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden

Every day that Donald Trump spends in the White House, he further debases the values and ideals of our nation. He is wholly unfit to be president. pic.twitter.com/Fq90hSLuLz

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 30, 2020

polls

Trump's supporters are more excited to vote, but Biden's lead is growing https://t.co/c3dkGuNbHj

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) May 31, 2020

and

Biden leads Trump in Washington Post-ABC poll as president’s coronavirus rating slips https://t.co/BLdLCUXR78

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) May 31, 2020

compared to other elections

I've seen folks compare Biden's general election poll numbers to Hillary's in 2016, but how is he doing compared to Obama in 2012?

In the RCP avg, on May 31:

Biden: +5.9
Clinton: +1
Obama: +2.3

— Bill Scher (@billscher) May 31, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Sarandon?

Why the fuck isn't @SusanSarandon out in the streets getting shot in the face with tear gas and rubber bullets? Isn't this the revolution she's been waiting for?

— Daily Trix (@DailyTrix) May 31, 2020

US

Kamala

Senator Kamala Harris is at the protest in front of the White House

This is what a leader looks like https://t.co/h1JuV6RcIP

— The Hardy Report Podcast (@EdwardTHardy) May 30, 2020

Beto

You know who once talked about disbanding a police union?

Beto O'Rourke.

The intercept tried to paint him as anti-union for that stance. https://t.co/Xsf1g11BQ6

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) May 30, 2020

Santa Cruz

Chief of police taking a knee in Santa Cruz, California. pic.twitter.com/Mw8MYlOk8A

— The13thPanther@gmail.com (@13thPanther) May 30, 2020

Flint – walk with us

Genesee County Sheriff (Flint, Michigan) Chris Swanson put down his helmet and baton and asked protesters how he could help.

The protesters chanted "walk with us" so the Sheriff joined — and walked alongside the protesters in solidarity.

Leadership.🌎❤️ pic.twitter.com/Vs3941C2o8

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) May 31, 2020

sharing food

As riots in Minneapolis continue, a center for low-income housing put out a call asking for food donations.

This is how people responded.

There was so much food it became a distribution center for anyone — at all — who needed it.

Humanity.🌎❤️😇 pic.twitter.com/5tEIC4TBKT

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) May 30, 2020

.

Golden #Manhattanhenge sunset tonight in #NYC. pic.twitter.com/EkIsptiV9B

— Inga Sarda-Sorensen (@isardasorensen) May 31, 2020

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Protests 🆚 racism; leaving WHO

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US cases 1,793,530

recoveries 519,569

NY recoveries 65,917

NYC

Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday that the city is on track for Phase 1 of reopening – which includes manufacturing and construction jobs, as well as retail curbside pickup – by June 8. An estimated 200,000 to 400,000 workers would go back to work. https://t.co/E7aSgZEkHv

— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) May 29, 2020

WORLD

cases

Bahrain (pop. 1.7 million) passes Spain (pop. 46.7 million) in total number of cases of COVID-19 reported.

And Kuwait (pop. 2.4 million) passes Singapore (pop. 5.8 million in total number of cases.

— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) May 30, 2020

Merkel rebuked

Merkel rebuffs Trump invitation to G7 summit

https://t.co/RmtX6WjJDi

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) May 29, 2020

🍊 KLAN

WHO

Trump withdrawing America from WHO mirrors his response to Covid-19: He sees a tough fight and he turns and runs. WHO's biggest donors are the US and Bill Gates and US leadership to reform WHO is essential.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 30, 2020

quinine, still

america is burning and trump’s last tweet is a retweet of dilbert guy talking about hydroxychloroquine

— Extremely Socially Distant Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) May 30, 2020

👑🦠 lie

Breaking down President Trump's 654 false claims during the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/qrvQwspgFV pic.twitter.com/pNHVswwInC

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) May 30, 2020

walk back

Agnew later clarified his comments, saying that looters should only be shot if they're running away from the police: pic.twitter.com/iV5dU8pnvq

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) May 29, 2020

no control – twitter

OPINION: “A dog shouldn’t poop where it eats” is an old saying. Well, President Trump did just that.

Twitter is where Trump “eats.” Why did our president go all scatological over his rhetorical home? @rebeccacoffey writeshttps://t.co/2gApm3D1k3

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 30, 2020

pic.twitter.com/ZhkFqZ0HgO

— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) May 29, 2020

and

I know what you’re going to do before even you know.

Your dysfunction is that predictable.https://t.co/Q0Ac7BujCe

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 29, 2020

Thug in chief

Race-Baiter Donald Trump Is America’s THUG-in-Chief https://t.co/Mb2Uu9m4MV?

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) May 30, 2020

King Jeoffrey

A reminder that there is no situation that Donald Trump can’t make worse by tweeting. pic.twitter.com/v3m0MR0Rbb

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) May 30, 2020

and

Trump calls protesters "professionally managed" and says they were just "their" to cause trouble. Then he seems to call on his supporters to show up at the White House tonight, which he surely knows would only lead to an escalation of tensions pic.twitter.com/M3FE4u7zww

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) May 30, 2020

How to the black people

How to the black people pic.twitter.com/iCBXIKTI8N

— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) May 30, 2020

Flynn collusion

Hello, please find the unroll here: @dnvolz: Here it is. Flynn-Kislyak, Dec. 29, 2016: FLYNN: "And please make sure that its uh – the idea is, be – if you,… https://t.co/XTdRQ1UnJT Enjoy 🙂 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) May 29, 2020

worst years combined

2020 combines parts of some of the worst years the United States has ever been through:
-pandemic of 1918
-economic collapse of 1929
-nationwide riots of 1968
-the president was impeached
…it's only May. We’re headed into a long, hot summer — a pivotal election looms after that

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) May 30, 2020

military

This is illegal. https://t.co/q8CMD2rpz8

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) May 30, 2020

.

🐀🔩 of the Day

Obamagate

I dunno. Seems like the crux of "Obamagate" was just a cadre of white men trying to undermine a black man's decisions https://t.co/haFMAyk4Bb

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) May 30, 2020

troll farms

NEW and exclusive:

Troll farms from Macedonia and the Philippines pushed coronavirus disinformation on Facebook

They're tied to the notorious disinformation peddlers Natural News, which is now banned from Facebook.@BrandyZadrozny and I report:

https://t.co/iZzS7Zl7cF

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 29, 2020

Mail -n – Kellyanne

Kellyanne Conway claims mail-in ballots are actually to stop people from voting https://t.co/49qrBi5R2u pic.twitter.com/UBiEobsTKX

— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) May 30, 2020

last election – Comey effect via Flynn

From the batch of #MuellerMemos we just obtained via #FOIA.

Rick Gates told Mueller investigators the Trump campaign couldn’t afford to buy the advertising time they had wanted in 2016. That changed when Comey announced he was reopening HRC email probehttps://t.co/fcfTxvQVKd pic.twitter.com/W4NlQdVnAU

— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) May 29, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Ozarks pool

Person who was at crowded Lake of the Ozarks last weekend has tested positive for COVID-19, says health department https://t.co/W4Wa2S0QZL

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) May 29, 2020

👑🦠 culture wars

Harmeet Dhillon has previously represented True Pundit, a disinformation site that played a major role promoting Judy Mikovits & her coronavirus misinformation on social media leading up to "Plandemic."https://t.co/vqGyXM8njY https://t.co/lur4L3BPHD https://t.co/3BVbQCNFme

— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) May 30, 2020

more police violence

PA GOP

Amazing. The Pennsylvania GOP has been trying to get Republicans to request mail ballots (their website even has a guide! https://t.co/Woe5zxr2pN), but rank-and-file GOP voters are refusing to because of Trump ranting against mail voting https://t.co/j4r1keTQUe

— David Nir (@DavidNir) May 29, 2020

Houston

The scenes from downtown Houston are horrific.

Massive police presence at the Houston #JusticeForGeorge protest.

pic.twitter.com/YJwl9TpFat

— Kaabi (@alkaabimi) May 30, 2020

MEDIA

🦊

Furman

You have got to be fucking kidding me pic.twitter.com/qhTOoQcMfE

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) May 30, 2020

to couric

Excuse me Miss Karen, I mean Katie (really mean Karen)
1. We heard from POTUS Obama.
2. White people's supremacy is the problem so why not ask yourselves to step up?

— Denise Oliver-Velez (@Deoliver47) May 30, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden – Justice

We are a country with an open wound.

None of us can turn away. None of us can be silent. None of us any longer can hear those words — “I can’t breathe” — and do nothing.

We must commit, as a nation, to pursue justice with every ounce of our being. pic.twitter.com/veodlR1UYU

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 29, 2020

Kamala

Sen. Harris says President Trump "doesn't understand the pain that America feels," following his remarks on Minneapolis protests.

"Black blood stains the sidewalks of America," Sen. Harris says. "When we are watching the protests, it is an expression of deep pain." pic.twitter.com/EwlATFm7fb

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 30, 2020

US

SCOTUS rejected church

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, rejected a church’s challenge to pandemic restrictions on attendance at religious services.

“… those restrictions appear consistent with the free exercise clause of the First Amendment,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote. https://t.co/NckLXXahPi

— b@rry (@midtownNY) May 30, 2020

NY

Our defacto mayor speaks https://t.co/b3BaMp11Dx

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 30, 2020

DC mayor thread

My police department will always protect DC and all who are in it whether I agree with them (such as those exercising their First Amendment Right) or those I don’t (namely, @realdonaldtrump)…

— Muriel Bowser #StayHomeDC (@MurielBowser) May 30, 2020

The White House is currently under lockdown orders. https://t.co/LasnCIjkum

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) May 29, 2020

also

Protests calling for #JusticeForGeorge are now in 13 cities across the country:

NYC, NY
– Milwaukee, WI
– Houston, TX
– Fort Wayne, IN
– Washington DC
– Atlanta, GA
– Kansas City, MO
– Denver, CO
– Las Vegas, NV
– San Jose, CA
– Detroit, MI
– Boston, MA
– Chicago, IL pic.twitter.com/FFtr0RG5R6

— Kaabi (@alkaabimi) May 30, 2020

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Minnesotta! Twitter war!

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US cases 1,768,461

recoveries 498,725

NY recoveries 65,689

WORLD

RUSSIA

Putin’s vertical

Putin’s “vertical of power” was always more political myth than reality—Covid-19 has just laid that all the more bare. My latest for @NewYorker: https://t.co/NxeFToWN3X

— Joshua Yaffa (@yaffaesque) May 27, 2020

##

Russia says that, going forward, it will no longer include asymptomatic cases in its daily count of new Covid-19 infections. Expect official stats to come way down in coming days. Serious question: are there other countries that rely on similar policy? https://t.co/73WDFqiIDo

— Joshua Yaffa (@yaffaesque) May 27, 2020

NZ

New Zealand epidemiologist:

‘We look at Trump’s behavior and we’re horrified’https://t.co/S4pyyZEJYr

— Holly Lee (@LeeHolly81) May 28, 2020

🍊 KLAN

WaPo cover

#TrumpDeathToll100K pic.twitter.com/9KtVvZRnO0

— WaterBluSky (@MsMariaT) May 28, 2020

Twitter – content warning

Twitter has put a content warning on Trump’s tweet calling for the military to shoot protestors “when the looting starts,” saying it violated the rule against glorifying violence. pic.twitter.com/fM9VyHRW1z

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 29, 2020

again, for the WH try

These morons thought they could drag this tweet to another account and Twitter wouldn't notice. pic.twitter.com/Ldzn59Unuf

— Lucille (@Delilah399) May 29, 2020

and

Now, Twitter just told ole Boss Hogg here that glorifying shootin’ was as useful as a trap door in a canoe, but how would he take it, considerin’ he only has one oar in the water.

(Fiddle lick) pic.twitter.com/C4WI9I3LrK

— JeremyNewberger (@jeremynewberger) May 29, 2020

because

Y’all…in the four years that this asshole has been in the White House I’ve always known that there’s no bottom.

Even knowing that….

“When the looting starts the shooting starts”

Dear god. The sick bastard is escalating this.

— Wakandan Establishment Shill (@Kennymack1971) May 29, 2020

if they vote, we lose!

Also last night: Trump said in all caps that one reason he is so worked up about mail-in voting is because he thinks it will adversely impact Republicans https://t.co/a40ZzsCOXz

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) May 29, 2020

shut down twitter if legal

President Trump says he would shut down Twitter if he could.

Asked HOW, he says "I'd have to ask the lawyers…If it were legal, if it were able to be legally shut down, I would do it."

But he's not planning to delete his account so he can "refute fake news"

— Sara Cook (@saraecook) May 28, 2020

nothing I’d rather do

Trump was warned about Coronavirus in January and February and yet he waited 70 days to take action.

Twitter flags two of his 52,000 bullshit tweets and boom we have an executive order in less than 48 hours.

— Atle Larsen 🇧🇻🇺🇲 (@atlet1972) May 28, 2020

and

102,000 Americans are dead
but
The President used the entire power of the united states executive branch to defend a False tweet!

— ALT-immigration 🛂 (@ALT_uscis) May 29, 2020

and

pic.twitter.com/yTU2DFpx6K

— Dietrich Buxtehude (@Buxtehude11) May 28, 2020

new axes of evil

The new Axis of Evil.

Trump spews lies, hate and conspiracies.

Fox dutifully repeats them.

Facebook microtargets them to millions of voters—and gets paid to do it.

Goebbels would be jealous. pic.twitter.com/pjtl82D5EI

— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) May 28, 2020

Doctor Poo

There is always a Trump tweet…. always. https://t.co/I8P6NXZvyJ

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) May 29, 2020

🐀🔩 of the Day

more lies

Remember Dr. Fiona Hill, Sr. Fellow @BrookingsFP, warning about #Kremlin lies during #impeachment testimony? NOW in an exclusive @TUSAPodcast interview she issues another warning -this time about our own "lies" as #Election2020 nears. LISTEN! https://t.co/7jTJ2ixOB7 @PodcastOne pic.twitter.com/Z1N9QK2kvz

— JJ Green (@NATSEC09) May 28, 2020

🍊 campaign tried to take down cartoon

.@Nick_Anderson_'s cartoon criticizing Trump was removed from @redbubble after the Trump campaign claimed the use of #MAGA is a trademark infringement.

Parody and critique are constitutionally protected forms of political expression. @CBLDF ✊https://t.co/VoXhEzmAxf

— National Coalition Against Censorship (@ncacensorship) May 27, 2020

and

Trump campaign attempted to remove satirical cartoon by @Nick_Anderson_ from online retailer, Campaign said it infringed on their rights! https://t.co/OFqbaiNXJ9

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) May 28, 2020

thugs/good people

Doing the same thinng -protest
White: Good people
Black: THUGS#donaldisoverparty pic.twitter.com/VvTAcevwxb

— Sandy | BLACK LIVES MATTER (@SandraCheung_) May 29, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Minnesotta

journalist

Omar Jiminez could be seen on air telling police: 'We can move back to where you like. We're getting out of your way.' CNN reports that its president, Adam Zucker, has spoken with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who said he apologizes and is working to have the crew released.

— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) May 29, 2020

corruption

My wife and I own no individual stocks and we even had to sell our state municipal **money funds** because she works for that demented and incompetent jackass in the White House, but this guy owns stock in companies that could actually be affected by government action. … https://t.co/A14M5yObUq

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 28, 2020

NAZI

reporter arrested

Not arrested: four men who murdered a man on camera. https://t.co/BYx6qlLGQ0

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 29, 2020

Minnesota police arrest CNN reporter and camera crew as they report from protests in Minneapolis https://t.co/IY0H1Lc77E pic.twitter.com/s9XmwVfabP

— New Day (@NewDay) May 29, 2020

threat of violence

This is thuggery. It is regime behavior. We see you, Mr. President. https://t.co/3jmTEaOfV1

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 29, 2020

tear ga

I’m still stuck on using tear gas in the middle of a pandemic that hits the respiratory system

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) May 29, 2020

MEDIA

what they want

This is why I've always hated when we in the media try to decipher what Trump wants or Putin wants. You don't have to decipher anything. You just have to open your eyes and your ears. They're telling you what they want. It's on you if you don't hear them.

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) May 29, 2020

🦊

State tv oscillating from “hey, the president also hates the pigs, my fellow black people!!” to “hey pigs, please shoot all the protestors”. https://t.co/sjZQq0LLOT

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 29, 2020

FB

You’ve lied 18,000+ times in office. No one lights a candle to you for prevarication and mendacity. https://t.co/18DbkPDs5G

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 29, 2020

and

pic.twitter.com/R6TBVYGh4d

— GuillaumeTC (@GuillaumeTC) May 28, 2020

and

1. This is a clarifying moment.

It shows exactly what Facebook is and who Zuckerberg is

Trump is violating Facebook's rules on election misinformation

Zuckerberg's response was to go on Fox News and defend Trump's right to undermine the integrity of the election

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020

conservative voices

Trump says conservative voices are being silenced on social media. But if you look at the data from Facebook, conservative pages do very well and often outperform regular news orgs. 6/10 political publishers over last month, for instance, are on the right. https://t.co/CcM83Rl3Lf pic.twitter.com/1X31xno7aV

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 28, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden -heal

Biden says country won’t heal without addressing ‘underlying injury’https://t.co/lPkqX6qumM

— Sean Sullivan (@WaPoSean) May 29, 2020

-nuclear

Biden calls Trump nuclear testing talks reckless, dangerous

https://t.co/RTAHJgav9k

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) May 28, 2020

Meidas ad

End this #AmericanCarnage NOW! #donaldisoverparty pic.twitter.com/I2QWqwFrhg

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) May 29, 2020

US

Pelosi

Pelosi says Mark Zuckerberg "just panders" to Trump, describes Facebook's business model as "to misrepresent the facts," and then describes Trump's tantrum over Twitter as "silly" and "a distraction" from the public health and economic crises stemming from coronavirus pic.twitter.com/zMoLc13wWc

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 28, 2020

and

I like her last sentence: “I started off this meaning talking about testing, saving lives, opening schools… and we’re talking about Twitter. Let’s get back to talking about saving lives, shall we?”

— Jeremiah Nelson 📟 (@jmibullfrog) May 28, 2020

protest

Union Square, NY right now. I’m relieved to see some white faces in that crowd. This is our problem too. Silence is violence.pic.twitter.com/oLcrdSl9En

— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) May 28, 2020

Cuomo

Businesses in New York can now tell customers: No mask, no service.https://t.co/lFflvAWPru

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 28, 2020

Dawkins

How could fact-checking EVER be a bad thing? The only limit to fact-checking should be the time and expense of doing so. What honest, reasonable person could EVER object to being fact-checked? Please support fact-checkers everywhere. Including Twitter nowhttps://t.co/A5FwgU8Iig

— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) May 29, 2020

NDT – astology

Yup. The one-and-only @LindseyVonn asked me about astrology. I gave her a succinct answer.#AthletesAskNeil @StarTalkSports x @Uninterrupted
[Video: 40 sec] pic.twitter.com/lKX6M5d4DX

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 28, 2020

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Twitter stuff

👑 🦠

US cases 1,745,911

recoveries 490,151

USA Today cover

USA Today's front page. pic.twitter.com/tP3f3Vzh5T

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 27, 2020

NY recoveries 65,206

NYC to reopen

Pause and Effect
NYC clearing final hurdles for reopening https://t.co/9SLoB8uqaH pic.twitter.com/xRYglKEAhn

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 28, 2020

plasma

This made me feel choked up, hopeful, and proud of New York. Even in the pandemic, every time I step outside, I think about how much I love this city. Thank you ⁦@elizashapiro⁩

I Was Miserable for Weeks. Then I Found Out I Could Donate My Plasma. https://t.co/Sz0Gxa8HS4

— Sarah Ryley (@MissRyley) May 27, 2020

Mass

Expert: A new study’s dire picture of Mass. coronavirus future is a warning signal https://t.co/ymUpafxPGB

— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) May 26, 2020

Fauci

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he wears a mask in public not only to protect himself and others but also because "I want to make it be a symbol for people to see that that's the kind of thing you should be doing."https://t.co/wmHCTqWhJD pic.twitter.com/EpWVe1VIVq

— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) May 27, 2020

quinine bad

Dr. Anthony Fauci said data shows hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for the coronavirus, disputing use of the drug to fight the deadly virus even as President Trump touts it as a potential cure and says he has taken it himself https://t.co/YiNve0Y4rL

— CNN (@CNN) May 28, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

briefing

Trump: Day 1,223 (THREAD)
-1,745,803 Cases of COVID-19 in US
-US CV19 Death Toll Rises to 102,107
-Threatens 2 Shut Down Social Media
-Boeing Laying Off 6,770 US Workers
-Allowing Groups to Hide Donors' ID's
-Pushes Ahead New Saudi Arms Deal
-Called "Bad Luck" by SpaceX Worker pic.twitter.com/w0jaknZcgd

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) May 28, 2020

no comment on 100,000

Trump has tweeted and retweeted comments on a number of subjects tonight but yet to weigh in on the grim milestone of the number of US covid-19 deaths surpassing 100,000

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 28, 2020

dead Democrat

The video that he retweets here opens with “I’ve come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”

A message to the country from the Republican President of the United States. https://t.co/JmitTUtKAy

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 28, 2020

deleted this RT

It took @realdonaldtrump 1 full hour. But he finally noticed (or Hannity panicked called him) and he has deleted the tweet.

What a glorious hour it was. And, thankfully there are screenshots.

Fox News makes it very easy to trick the president. Too easy. https://t.co/W0EQuG8Wex

— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) May 28, 2020

jinxes space rocket

trump contaminates the space x rocket pic.twitter.com/2d38FXWWfI

— ᑕᕼᑌᑎK (@chunkled) May 28, 2020

distract

Trump’s insults distract us from his insanity, which distracts us from his scandals, which distract us from his failures, which remind us of his stupidity.

— Windsor Mann (@WindsorMann) May 27, 2020

Don Jr & mate

“There’s no doubt that Kimberly will extract money from me like she has all of you,” Don Jr told donors on a private call. “It’s a thing of beauty. Or brutal…It’s sort of like watching nature: It can be incredible and mystical and as vicious as it gets.”https://t.co/yehNLL1ocQ

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 28, 2020

Etic

quite tone deaf coming hours after the official coronavirus death toll hit 100,000 pic.twitter.com/xsBL1Eki64

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 28, 2020

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🐀🔩 of the Day

Censorship threat

it is true i will be tweeting cats as well as dogs today pic.twitter.com/v1GUhWcT2O

— darth™ (@darth) May 28, 2020

mail in fraud

pic.twitter.com/jFwos8hj6T

— Pantomath (@pantomath__) May 27, 2020

facts

🚨🚨🚨Thread!

Buckle up.

1/66

It’s been claimed that voting by mail leads to massive corruption and fraud. But what are the facts?

— Ellen L Weintraub (@EllenLWeintraub) May 28, 2020

mailer

This is some real fucked up shit https://t.co/bzjRpFltVT

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 28, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Fudging numbers Fla, Ga, Az

https://twitter.com/JVenook/status/1265709426704633863PA legislators

Insane. Depraved.

Pennsylvania state legislature Republicans expose Democratic colleagues to potential COVID-19 infection… and don’t tell them… while getting tested themselves. https://t.co/oTcBW6fxuv

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

to Ted Cruz

Sorry, I'm still busy reporting out Trump's accusation that your father was involved in the killing of JFK. https://t.co/bs7L5W4QCj

— John Heilemann (@jheil) May 27, 2020

CP racist

Amy Cooper was already famous in 2015 for suing her married ex-boyfriend for $65,000 that she claimed was a loan to pay for him to divorce his wife and pay for another woman's abortion.https://t.co/jPlYygPNL8

— ⚖️Powerful Mel Ankoly 🦈 #ForThePeople (@Mel_Ankoly) May 28, 2020

protests

Unarmed Black and Brown folks getting tear gassed by the police for protesting the murder of a Black man by the police.
Vs.
Heavily armed white people being allowed to take over a state capitol because they want haircuts.#Mericuh #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #Minneapolis #AmyCooper pic.twitter.com/mePDTduqnL

— Jerónimo Saldaña 🐜 (@JeronimoSaldana) May 27, 2020

and

Minneapolis police fired rubber bullets and tear-gas in the second night of protests over the death of #GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/DRao8qZuo8

— Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) May 28, 2020

NAZI

"You cannot fan the flames and condemn the fire": Kentucky governor blames GOP for protest with hanging effigy https://t.co/rudrXENZyO

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

NAZI

thread – boogaloo

With growing alarm, I've watched armed white men protesting around the US. But, as a Hawai'i resident, I've wondered specifically about the reoccurring presence of aloha shirts. Here is a THREAD explaining the odd and concerning story behind it 1/13 pic.twitter.com/n7x7DnGf87

— Reece Jones (@reecejhawaii) May 27, 2020

MEDIA

🦊

Laura Ingraham still playing the greatest hits of her coronavirus disinformation pic.twitter.com/eQFrao8Cbx

— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) May 28, 2020

FB

Zuckerberg says Twitter is wrong to fact-check Trump https://t.co/nQnwPTLGt0

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 27, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden – comfort

What’s amazing is that this is typically the kind of statememt a president would have made by now. @JoeBiden here stepping into the ceremonial role of national comforter that @realDonaldTrump has discarded. And his personal experience of so much loss gives this particular power. https://t.co/wQkHhpltQD

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 28, 2020

ad

We need an experienced leader with heart — that’s @JoeBiden.

Since forever and every day Donald Trump continues to prove how unfit he is to lead our nation.

As we head into a recession the death toll continues to climb. Unfortunately, he doesn't care. pic.twitter.com/VgLYrZELJa

— Kamau M. Marshall (@KamauMandela) May 28, 2020

prepared for a pandemic – last year

We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores. https://t.co/1qqpgayUEX

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 25, 2019

2 tweets same day:

Two tweets from the same day in October. pic.twitter.com/rsSslLCsTW

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 28, 2020

Co Senate

BREAKING: Democrat John Hickenlooper is leading GOP Sen. Cory Gardner by 18 points in the Colorado senate race in new poll.

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) May 27, 2020

🍊 campaign woes

Narrator: "Trump had already been losing to Biden for over a year, and was so scared of the match-up that he got himself impeached. Then, on top of that, he made some of the worst mistakes of any president in American history by disregarding warnings about the coronavirus." https://t.co/KXZqqy7WKS

— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) May 28, 2020

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🍊 approval seniors

How would you rate Trump's handling of the coronavirus?:

Age 65+

Excellent 26%
Good 16%
Fair 5%
Poor 51% https://t.co/52XX1HYbRW

— Ben Swasey (@benswasey) May 27, 2020

US

Cuomo

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wears a mask as he arrives to meet Pres.Trump. https://t.co/wn8LR4wEcV pic.twitter.com/S6FMKAm5EY

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 27, 2020

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Ignoring the 100,000

👑 🦠

US deaths 100,625

US cases 1,725,808

US recoveries 479,973

NY recoveries 64,866

numbers

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— Blue Blooded Democrat-Votes By Mail 🇺🇸 (@blewis823) May 27, 2020

WORLD

NZ

BREAKING GOOD NEWS ALERT:

New Zealand has announced it no longer has any patients in hospital being treated for coronavirus.

It comes on the fifth straight day where no new cases have been reported.

This is what winning looks like.

🇳🇿 pic.twitter.com/joWuN5nETt

— Goodable (@Goodable) May 27, 2020

🍊 KLAN

cruelty

"Unspeakably cruel"…yes, that describes Donald Trump perfectly. Every single day, he manages to harm, maim, vilify, lie, his treachery is unspeakable. He enjoys it; he gets off on it, and has his entire life. #Despicable.

— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) May 27, 2020

and

Perfectly stated: "The Malignant Cruelty of Donald Trump" — along with his cultists, who include essentially the entire Republican Party that continues to back him no matter what he does and says. https://t.co/9cyOAn2nIY

— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) May 27, 2020

WSJ editorial

“We don’t write this with any expectation that Mr. Trump will stop. Perhaps he even thinks this helps him politically, though we can’t imagine how. But Mr. Trump is debasing his office, and he’s hurting the country in doing so.” —WSJ editorial https://t.co/EOsPtYTZCh

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) May 27, 2020

Censor social media

So the president’s remedy to what he calls twitter “stifling FREE SPEECH” by adding a tiny equivocal fact check link below one of his tweets is to use state power to regulate the service into presenting more pro-govt content or to just take away the platforms of every other user. pic.twitter.com/nC6Oc15Vzq

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 27, 2020

🐀🔩 of the Day

Reade

California DA launches investigation into Tara Reade testimony – POLITICO https://t.co/pAcAmUOFTt

— Brad Woodhouse (@woodhouseb) May 27, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

murdering cop

Hey @realDonaldTrump… we know you don’t like when Colin Kaepernick takes a knee.

Wondering how you feel about Minneapolis police officer #DerekChauvin taking a knee?

Is that murderer the same dude in the front row of your Minneapolis MAGA rally?#GeorgeFloyd#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/1jRnsN3LSp

— Billy Baldwin (@BillyBaldwin) May 27, 2020

g

socks

wow it almost sounds like you’re ready to understand the socks pic.twitter.com/0qelmOGNuS

— kilgore trout, potato thief (@KT_So_It_Goes) May 27, 2020

Medicaid

This is going to be a huge shift for the health care system.

It will make the consequences of states deciding not to participate in Medicaid expansion much, much more dramatic as millions of Americans lose their insurance at work. https://t.co/boIvFo4u7f

— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) May 27, 2020

ELECTIONS

US

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