Russians didn’t attack us much”

👑 🦠

World Cases 10,267,672

World recoveries 5,568,810

US cases 2,637,077

US recoveries 1,093,456

NY recoveries 89,037

pool testing

 

What is pool testing and how does it work? https://t.co/EuFrpderrq

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 29, 2020

NYC

"Unannounced fireworks from secret locations" have been launching every night since weeks now, in case @Macys and @NYCMayor are living under a rock

— K (@localdinosaurr) June 29, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

bounty led to deaths

but "not that much" tho? pic.twitter.com/1HnbCQuVtb

— NotYour Sweetie🗽 (@NotYourSweetie) June 29, 2020

no bounty action

 

Trump tries to wrap himself in faux love for our military but looks the other way when Russia puts a bounty on American service members’ lives. It’s time for a president who will stand with our allies and stand up to our adversaries. https://t.co/QN3lmQviVG

— Sally Yates (@SallyQYates) June 28, 2020

confirmation from Brits too

https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1277438939746402304

Vets

https://twitter.com/votevets/status/1277295496105807873?s=20

traitor

https://twitter.com/murray_nyc/status/1277415292491182080?s=20

Deutsche Bank

Putin directed the restructuring of Trump’s loans in exchange for his obedience https://t.co/COfE9l76LA

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) June 29, 2020

the enemy

https://twitter.com/WestWingReport/status/1277251183128821761

didn’t hear “white power”

https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1277266925450604546?s=20hates

https://twitter.com/ps9714/status/1277518048304472065?s=20

.

🐀🔩 of the Day

rent a crowd

They're using the same RENT-A-CROWD company at all rallies. pic.twitter.com/G79clUijfD

— Nick Varga (@Karaoke_God) June 29, 2020

PENCE

ABUSES OF POWER

REPUBLICANS

🐢

Senate Majority Leader McConnell: ”We must have no stigma, none, about wearing masks when we leave our homes and come near other people. Wearing simple face coverings is not about protecting ourselves, it is about protecting everyone we encounter." pic.twitter.com/ZYt7C56QUJ

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 29, 2020

Christie

“(President Trump) is losing and if he doesn’t change course, both in terms of the substance of what he is discussing and the way that he approaches the American people, then he will lose,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says on national polls. https://t.co/9HKDetYpa5 pic.twitter.com/w7rNpzJ4Ps

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 28, 2020

Liz Cheney – answers

 

Well, I guess she’s running for 2024. https://t.co/kxvZCPXUzp

— 🏳️‍🌈Lisa Talmadge 🔥🏳️‍🌈 (@LisaTalmadge) June 29, 2020

Collins/Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh was on losing end, he could’ve joined Roberts and thrown Collins a lifeline. But he didn’t give a shit about helping out the woman who gave him the deciding vote. https://t.co/oetSwPiSiq

— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) June 29, 2020

NAZI

Posobiec

He’s not a “reporter,” he’s a far-right activist. And I just watched the video, and all I saw was people yelling at him to leave what appeared to be a BLM protest, that I suspect he wasn’t attending to be supportive. Didn’t see any assault. WHINER!

— Janet Heinsler (@HEINSLERJAN) June 27, 2020

pointed guns

Mark & Patty McCloskey pointed guns at protestors in St. Louis to defend *this* monstrosity? Relax, no one wants to rob your ugly house pic.twitter.com/YIjmukU1Hr

— untitled goose name (@notallbhas) June 29, 2020

and

One thing these two idiots in St. Louis remind us is that if we’re going to have a less paramilitary and hyper aggressive kind of policing and approach to public safety you’re not going to be able to get there as long as the civilian population is so saturated with firearms.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 29, 2020

and

this dude may in fact need a 30 round mag because he’s never fired this thing in his life, which I know for a fact because the safety is off and he’s about to burn a hole in his tits, which can make hitting the target very difficult pic.twitter.com/tlAu5OA69o

— kilgore trout, a ramp with no steps (@KT_So_It_Goes) June 29, 2020

Karen

KAREN: "A slang term for middle-aged white women who have become infamous online for their shameless displays of entitlement, privilege, and racism — and their tendency to call the police when they don’t get what they want."https://t.co/YLA0mYwnxp

— MURRAY 🗽 (@murray_nyc) June 29, 2020

🍊PROTESTS

Co – vigil

 

Yesterday Aurora, Colorado was holding a violin vigil for Elijah McClain, who was known for playing his violin, especially to animals.

Then the police decided they’d seen enough.pic.twitter.com/aujN7xxpAQ

— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 28, 2020

and

Elijah McClain played his violin for stray cats. I can't get that image out of my head. Imagine what he might have gone on to give the world.

— Tom Doran (@portraitinflesh) June 29, 2020

Pride  parade – police attacks

On the anniversary of the start of the Stonewall riots, the NYPD is attacking LGBTQ people who are marching for Pride. Let that sink in. https://t.co/j4ZL4jMHsa

— GLAAD (@glaad) June 28, 2020

Fla – Sharon

A lot of people were interested in the #Resister in black, so here ya go, her name is Sharon Sandler: pic.twitter.com/10rYXtZpci

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) June 27, 2020

kids

THIS IS SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL!❤️#BlackLivesMatter✊🏻✊🏿✊🏾#KidVicious✊🏽

pic.twitter.com/sazXeJwSDV

— kirk acevedo (@kirkacevedo) June 28, 2020

MEDIA

NYT

Also, do I detect a subtle difference in the tone of these two ledes? pic.twitter.com/OiKROFwPUL

— Schooley (@Rschooley) June 29, 2020

FB

❤️🍊

Republicans on the Facebook board talked Zuckerberg out of commenting on Trump's racist pre-election Muslim ban posts because "it would look like he was taking sides."

Doesn't he get that *not* commenting *is* taking a side — Trump's side? Is he a child? https://t.co/cjWehcWSXs

— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) June 29, 2020

boycott

Companies to have joined the #StopHateForProfit ad boycott of Facebook, Instagram include Coca-Cola, Honda, Unilever, Starbucks, Levi's, Diageo, Ben & Jerry's, Magnolia Pictures, Hershey's, Mozilla, Verizon, Patagonia, The North Face and Arc'teryx https://t.co/O5pVf8xz77

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) June 29, 2020

CNN – Van Jones

Van Jones' work earned him the praise of Jared Kushner, who told @TheLloydGrove that “in a tough situation Van has shown me that he’s got true character. He’s focused on the right things.” https://t.co/Xa24iqRWR6

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) June 29, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden ad on Russia

New Biden Ad – Brutal!! pic.twitter.com/MJ8joXrCeg

— 📢 Karen Murphy ☘️ (@MDHillRaiser) June 29, 2020

US

Pelosi

 

What does Putin have on Trump personally, financially and politically that the current occupant of the White House refuses to hold him accountable?

Enough already. American lives are at stake. pic.twitter.com/l9zQsJM2xN

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) June 29, 2020

Randy

https://twitter.com/RandyRainbow/status/1277591193514319873

000💃💃💃000

💃💃💃💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃💃💃💃

Nobody told me about the Russians! MS flag!

👑 🦠

World Cases 10,106,045

World recoveries 5,478,192

US cases 2,596,770

US recoveries 1,081,494

NY recoveries 88,658

states yesterday

The world passed the 10 million cases mark today. Some U.S. states did more than their share today:

• Florida +9,585
• Texas +6,079
• California +4,193
• Arizona +3,593
• Georgia +1,990
• South Carolina +1,604
• North Carolina +1,541
• Nevada +1,099
• Alabama +900

— Howie Klein (@downwithtyranny) June 28, 2020

TX

Bexar County just confirmed 795 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day increase since the pandemic began. Two more people have also passed away. pic.twitter.com/h6qe2YKZIk

— Robert Price (@RobertPriceTV) June 28, 2020

exponentially

Understanding exponential growth 😱 pic.twitter.com/OG9pRYyI4R

— T.Bell. 🇫🇮🇺🇸 (@Halfastorian) June 27, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

👑🦠

allowed flawed antibody tests

 

BREAKING: #60Minutes investigation reveals Trump knowingly allowed flawed #COVID19 antibody tests to circulate, leading to inaccurate data about virus spread, creating data to support re-openings, and potentially causing thousands more preventable deaths. https://t.co/n2dpGcklyu

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) June 27, 2020

removed social distancing stickers

NEW: This is how crazy it has gotten.@realDonaldTrump wanted a packed house in Tulsa — so workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers before Trump’s Tulsa rally, according to video and a person familiar with the set-up @partlowj @jdawsey1 https://t.co/RdN4WD5G2H

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) June 27, 2020

.

golf

✅ 2.5 million COVID-19 cases
✅ 127,000 Americans dead
✅ 20 million unemployed

… but the #GolferInChief never misses his tee time. ⛳️ https://t.co/GJ9ZEPkQFq

— Victor Nguyen-Long (@VNL) June 27, 2020

.

We’re registering never-before-seen booms in coronavirus infections, and the president is spending his time golfing and tweeting out wanted posters for people who took down Confederate monuments.

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) June 28, 2020

Russia bounty

what now?

Assume 🍊 didn’t know about the bounty, he does now. Ask him what he plans to do about it now. pic.twitter.com/i7eoPdBIkq

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) June 28, 2020

LP

Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead America when he can't even defend it? pic.twitter.com/oEbnc2cWbT

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2020

not denying it

The White House is not denying the intelligence; they are denying that Trump was briefed.

What does this tell us?#TRE45ON

— Antifascist Rokey🇺🇸 BidenHarris2020 (@rokeypdx) June 27, 2020

stupidly tweeting intelligence

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1277024942232530945?s=20

and

 

#BREAKING: A European intelligence official tells CNN that Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU had recently offered Taliban militants in Afghanistan money as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there. pic.twitter.com/zRfQkKRszo

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) June 27, 2020

ACA – preexisting – lie

https://twitter.com/svdate/status/1277032621420281857?s=20

describe

https://twitter.com/edgeoforever/status/1277163850408685568?s=20

.

🐀🔩 of the Day

knew about Putin hacking

The moment @Lawrence reads the breaking news from the NYT to @maddow who immediately understands that if #TrumpKnew about the extent of Putin's role in #RussianHacking on 1/6/17, he's been actively engaged in a coverup ever since. pic.twitter.com/YmlVHflzZZ

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) July 19, 2018

PENCE

ABUSES OF POWER

doxing

 

Trump Tweets Fifteen ‘Wanted’ Posters of Mostly Minority Protesters for ‘Vandalism,’ Statue-Toppling https://t.co/zBGyc69Cvi

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) June 28, 2020

REPUBLICANS

troops

I think it's very important that this story get a lot of coverage. The GOP, after 9/11, successfully fused "Protect the Troops" w/ both a partisan and nationalistic message

"Troops," as a concept, became polarized

But the GOP is perfectly fine to let the Troops be assassinated https://t.co/veQUzWEGIB

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) June 28, 2020

Ted Cruz

 

You changed your name from Rafael to Ted.

— JRehling (@JRehling) June 27, 2020

PROTESTS

MS flag

 

HISTORY: The Mississippi House and Senate have now both voted for a resolution to move forward on changing the Confederate-themed state flag, with thunderous applause in each chamber. #TakeItDownMS #MSLeg pic.twitter.com/BfCTQaKYXh

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) June 27, 2020

and

NEW: Read @ashtonpittman on that little thing that happened at the #MSLeg today. #MississippiFlag #MSflag https://t.co/AOax7YFrMY

— Mississippi Free Press (@MSFreePress) June 27, 2020

US Senate candidate @MikeEspyMS: “Growing up, I faced some of the worst of what our state flag represented. Despite that, I always knew progress was possible. Today our state legislators helped usher in a new era for Mississippi…The flag is coming down!" https://t.co/Sr3vQdMzCl

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) June 27, 2020

Portland abuse

6️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ Portland, OR: police bathing unarmed non-violent protestors in pepper spray for sport

27 June 2020

[@KohzKah]
pic.twitter.com/CcGT7nTSNH

— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) June 27, 2020

MEDIA

Trump gives Russia ok to give bounties for killing US troops and not one newspaper will demand he resign

100+ demanded Bill Clinton leave office

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 27, 2020

FB boycott

Levi's and Dockers will be pausing all advertising on Facebook and Instagram through at least July: "Facebook must take actions to stop misinformation and hate speech."

Hershey's also announced that it'll be cutting advertising on Facebook. https://t.co/zY8glX52Zn

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 28, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden on Russia

 

New from @JoeBiden: "The commander in chief of American troops serving in a dangerous theater of war, has known about this for months, according to the Times, and done worse than nothing." https://t.co/Tcw4ZsY6Jk

— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) June 27, 2020

and

“@JoeBiden said Americans who serve in the military put their life on the line. “But they should never, never, never ever face a threat like this with their commander in chief turning a blind eye to a foreign power putting a bounty on their heads,” he said.” https://t.co/iOASzQ9scS

— Jeffrey Prescott (@jeffreyprescott) June 28, 2020

diversity

NEW: The @JoeBiden campaign has released its staff diversity numbers.

35% of all staff members are PoC
36% of all senior staff are PoC

53% of full-time staff are women
58% of senior staff are women

— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) June 27, 2020

Kentucky vote

Update: At least 736,770 mail-in absentee ballots had been received & processed by county clerks in Kentucky, or 87% of those sent to voters. With the (unofficial) 271,368 who voted in-person early & on Tuesday, KY past 1 million votes in a primary for the first time ever. #kysen

— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) June 27, 2020

US

 

 

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💃💃💃💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃💃💃💃🍫

Russia paid to kill American? Invite them to G-7! 👑🦠 got us banned from EU

👑 🦠

World Cases 9,925,909

World recoveries 5,375,186

US cases 2,553,068

US recoveries 1,068,768

NY recoveries 87,889

masks

Over the last 2 weeks, cases have risen by 84% in states that don't require wearing masks in public. In states where mask wearing is mandatory, cases have fallen by 25%. https://t.co/VJkKe7yEQ3 pic.twitter.com/2iXgg3ZwZ8

— John Duchneskie (@jduchneskie) June 24, 2020

1st wave

Wake up America.

What’s happening across the country isn’t a second wave.

It’s still the first wave.

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) June 26, 2020

and

The US hits a daily record for new #COVID cases today, southern states continue to spike, ICU beds are getting filled up, and Texas pausing elective procedures… Meanwhile crazy people perseverate on an anti-mask campaign. WTF America? Do you even remember NYC?

— Ali Haider MD (@yourheartdoc1) June 26, 2020

NYC streets

NYC will close off at least 20 more blocks to cars so restaurants can set up tables in the middle of the street, not just sidewalks and parking spaces. 🍎🍴https://t.co/Jb3bfOQZXl

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 26, 2020

WORLD

EU banned us

Breaking News: The E.U. will bar most travelers from the U.S., Russia and Brazil, which have been excluded from a list of countries deemed to have curbed the coronavirus https://t.co/fR68Rc8gLc

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 26, 2020

Russia

 

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.

The Trump administration has been deliberating for months about what to do about a stunning intelligence assessment.https://t.co/N3xBXA7h21

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) June 27, 2020

🍊 KLAN

sum up

So trump signed up off on both the Chinese concentration camps and the Russian murders of United States soldiers?

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) June 27, 2020

Putin

offered bounties to kill US soldiers

 

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.

The Trump administration has been deliberating for months about what to do about a stunning intelligence assessment.https://t.co/N3xBXA7h21

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) June 27, 2020

confirmed by WaPo

We have confirmed the ⁦@nytimes⁩ scoop: A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan. From ⁦@nakashimae⁩ ⁦@missy_ryan⁩ me and ⁦@shaneharris⁩ https://t.co/R9tQf89L7G

— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) June 27, 2020

.

🍊’s reaction

Trump found out about Putin targeting American soldiers BEFORE he invited Putin to the G7. He was given this information in March, he invited Putin in late May.

The implications are just dumbfounding, even though I can't be surprised. No one could actually be surprised.

— 🌊 Wendy Vive la résistance 🌊 (@WendyFF5) June 27, 2020

West point

Trump stood in front of West Point graduates while knowing that Russia had bounties out on American soldiers. pic.twitter.com/k4UgckdbSD

— Ted Corcoran (Red T Raccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) June 27, 2020

protect himself from 👑🦠

 

This man keeps asking his supporters and other Americans to risk catching the virus, and possibly dying from it, even as he exists in a hermetically sealed bubble of testing and other precautions. HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU! He’s using you!!! He’s protectedhttps://t.co/laEiVD9DJ3

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) June 27, 2020

LAw & Order

NEW: Since signing a modest action on police reform on June 16, Trump has shifted almost exclusively to “law-and-order” rhetoric — while dropping almost any pretense of personally addressing the widespread public anger over police brutality. w/@phscoop https://t.co/7bGqEgZ6lF

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) June 26, 2020

Obamacare

In the middle of a deadly pandemic in which cases and hospitalizations are rising across the country, the President is boasting about going to the Supreme Court to argue that the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, on which millions rely for health care, is unconstitutional. https://t.co/gjsj5yG2d8

— Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver) June 27, 2020

2nd term priorities

 

Here's the transcript of Trump's response when he was asked what are his top priorities for a second term. pic.twitter.com/XKMawRiXFs

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2020

and here’s the explanation for that word salad

 

#ByeIvanka is trending pic.twitter.com/Xfh8OdtjNO

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 27, 2020

over

https://twitter.com/tonyschwartz/status/1276631406265982982?s=20

and

https://twitter.com/MarianKamensky1/status/1276868507356012544?s=20

.

🐀🔩 of the Day

Assange problem

I haven’t seen #TraitorTrump this desperate to put someone in Bill Barr’s custody since the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein:

WikiLeaks Assange Accused of Conspiring With ‘Anonymous’ Hackers https://t.co/SKvuvzTC6d

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 27, 2020

wallets on lockdown

Wallets are already on lockdown: people pare spending as sunbelt cases surge – NPR https://t.co/ulfIA5ej0Q

— Messaging Matters (@MessagingMatt) June 27, 2020

PENCE

👑🦠 task force meetings

This is damning: https://t.co/j33tJzi4zS

— Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) June 27, 2020

Paula Reid question

—@PaulaReidCBS to Pence: "It really does sound like you're saying, 'Do as we say, not as we do.' You're telling people to listen to local officials, but in Tulsa you defied local health officials…How can you say that the campaign is not part of the problem?" pic.twitter.com/96dkjow28L

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 26, 2020

lies

 

Pence’s dishonesty is more polished and more nuanced than Trump’s. But that was a really dishonest depiction of the pandemic situation: https://t.co/CiL2USFb9I

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

no authority to divert Pentagon $

 

Breaking: Trump admin does not have authority to divert Pentagon funds to construct additional barriers on US-Mexico border, a federal appeals court ruled, days after Trump’s visit to the wall.

In 2-1 ruling, Ninth Circuit said the $2.5 billion transfer circumvented Congress.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 26, 2020

REPUBLICANS

Kudlow

Every step of the way, Larry Kudlow has denied the health and economic effects of coronavirus.

And if he can’t acknowledge those effects, he can’t address them — or save our economy.https://t.co/xpPMhTSGBi

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) June 27, 2020

Tx

Texas reported 5,996 new coronavirus cases yesterday. https://t.co/Had3DZdmgV

— The Public Option is good actually (@gdigitalzsmooth) June 27, 2020

Collins

 

Susan Collins has feelings… https://t.co/5crH98aLK8

— M. Mendoza Ferrer (@m_mendozaferrer) June 27, 2020

De Santis

People from Florida are starting to post "marked safe from Covid" on Facebook. The irony is nobody here is safe. People still don't believe they have to wear masks or protect themselves #becauseDeSantis https://t.co/mwUqwXkZ4O

— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) June 27, 2020

Gohmert

Caught up with Louie Gohmert and he told me why he doesn’t wear a mask despite recommendations of CDC, Capitol physician and others. “I don't have the coronavirus. … As of yesterday, I've never had it. But if I get it, you'll never see me without a mask” https://t.co/bz0ijFVrIF

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 26, 2020

St Louis Mayor

The mayor of St. Louis, Lyda Krewson @LydaKrewson just went live telling the full names & addresses of people wanting to defund the police & where they want the money to go. Yall she just put a hit out on people. This is a sick and twisted abuse of power and political terrorism. pic.twitter.com/dTeT69dC23

— Ohun Ashe 🌻🌼🌞 (@Ohun_Ashe) June 27, 2020

PROTESTS

changes

Yesterday, the House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the Dems' federal reform bill. But changes that will shape the future of policing are happening locally, too.

Let’s check in across the country.

— The Recount (@therecount) June 26, 2020

Brooklyn

 

'Black Lives Matter' mural painted outside Brooklyn Borough Hall https://t.co/eZDn71HH3T pic.twitter.com/MCIOOXyPAF

— New York Post (@nypost) June 26, 2020

people rally around

NEW: More from NYT/Siena polling. A newfound majority of US voters are embracing tenets of the Black Lives Matter movement, our poll finds, and rejecting the president’s focus on looting and rioting. His narrow focus has not worked. w/ @dionnesearceyhttps://t.co/Q2CLzpydJE

— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) June 27, 2020

MEDIA

🦊 aged poorly

Sean Hannity on May 20: "Florida got it right, Texas got it right … the mob and the media, by the way, you own Governor DeSantis a huge apology" pic.twitter.com/7Ce58CdQtm

— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) June 26, 2020

FB

Important context: Last month, @mmfa discovered that Facebook let the Trump campaign run 529 campaign ads with false allegations of voter fraud. https://t.co/gjlAYWXFxy https://t.co/Sia2xCwzkJ

— Jamie Gleklen (@jglek) June 26, 2020

ELECTIONS

🍊 ad buy

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1276612916398227457?s=20

US

DC statehood

🚨BREAKING🚨
The House just passed the #DCStatehood bill (#HR51), marking the first time since the creation of the District of Columbia 219 years ago that either chamber of Congress has passed a bill to grant statehood to D.C. residents and, with it, equal citizenship.

— Eleanor Holmes Norton (@EleanorNorton) June 26, 2020

and

If Puerto Rico and DC had been states and all of their elected officials were Democrats, then the GOP in 2016 would have won:
–the presidency
–the House
–the Senatehttps://t.co/0SEhSbisOo

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) June 26, 2020

pay back –Cuomo

 

When New York needed it, our fellow states answered.

We’ll never forget that generosity and we are going to pay it forward.

We are reaching out to Florida, Texas, Arizona and other states with high COVID infection rates to offer any assistance we can.

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) June 26, 2020

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💃💃💃💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃💃💃💃🍫

He’s gonna be your President; Return of 👑🦠 task force

👑 🦠

World Cases 9,733,618

World recoveries 5,266,075

US cases 2,504,676

US recoveries 1,052,389

NY recoveries 87,713

NY&al –  quarantine

 

EDITORIAL | Cuomo, Murphy, Lamont do the sane thing and order quarantine

Which reminds us. A man who’s recently been to Florida, Texas and Arizona is heading to his private golf club in N.J. He says he won’t abide by quarantine, par for his golf course.https://t.co/cZxGdIA8Yx

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 25, 2020

top 10 states

Top ten state reports of new cases of COVID-19 yesterday:

1. Texas +5,960
2. California +5,440
3. Florida +5,004
4. Arizona +3,056
5. Georgia +1,714
6. North Carolina +1,147
7. Alabama +1,142
8. South Carolina +1,125
9. Mississippi +1,092
10. Ohio +924https://t.co/p22nU1kxj4

— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) June 26, 2020

Fla

And then we all died. #COVIDIOTS like @DC_Draino have helped turn Florida into the new epicenter of the #TrumpVirus. https://t.co/7wPjffsl3c

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 26, 2020

pill testing

America 2020: From Melting Pot to Petri Dish

— AlleyRose (@kSkyeGre) June 25, 2020

WORLD

👑🦠 progression

 

It took the world about 100 days to go from 0 cases to 1 million detected cases. Then:
1 to 2 mil: 12 days
2 to 3 mil: 13 days
3 to 4 mil: 12 days
4 to 5 mil: 11 days
5 to 6 mil: 10 days
6 to 7 mil: 8 days
7 to 8 mil: 8 days
8 to 9 mil: 6 days

The pandemic is accelerating.

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) June 25, 2020

Russia – hackers

A Russian ransomware group whose leaders were indicted by DOJ is retaliating against the U.S. government, America's largest companies and a news org., identifying employees working from home during the pandemic and attempting to get inside their networks.https://t.co/HJdvuPWX17

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 26, 2020

Scotland

 

Scotland votes to suspend tear gas, rubber bullet and riot shield exports to US

Patrick Harvie, Green MSP, proposed the successful amendment against "weapons of oppression" being used by a "racist state" to "brutalise marginalise communities".https://t.co/yEPth2KUF9 #BLM

— La Gitana Gringa (@WeeNyaffffs) June 12, 2020

🍊 KLAN

concession speech

 

"He's gonna be your president because some people don't love me, maybe" — Trump sure sounds resigned to losing to Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/UQTrzJVSXR

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2020

🆚 white male

Trump basically has no idea how to run against someone who is not a woman and/or a POC.

Like, none. https://t.co/GuixqDbC6a

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) June 26, 2020

2nd term priorities

Trump was stumped by Hannity’s softball question about his priorities for a second term. He has none. Zip. Zero. He still doesn’t have a clue! It is terrifying that people will vote for this egomaniacal fool. https://t.co/bRTgqv4uYq

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) June 26, 2020

walking problems

Trump’s walking troubles continue, increasing spectaculation that the White House is concealing a major medical issue. Trump’s emergency visit to Walter Reed in November has never been fully explained. Frequent spasms and slurring add to concern. pic.twitter.com/sna4tBjcj3

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 26, 2020

but what aboutObama?

 

The death toll from #COVID19 is now 125,000 in 4 months.

Fewer than 12,500 people died from H1N1 over a 2 year period.

Last week Trump called H1N1 “a total disaster.”

By that standard, the tragedy Trump has inflicted upon America is apocalyptic.#TrumpKillsUS #TrumpResignNow https://t.co/VT3zSUBIbF

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 26, 2020

🆚 Obamacare

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to invalidate Obamacare – CNNPolitics https://t.co/nCWCqxh7Zb

— David P Gelles (@gelles) June 26, 2020

economy

Another 1.5 million filed jobless claims last week.

US GDP fell 5% in the Q1.

And the IMF just slashed its forecast for the full year—from a US GDP decline of 5.9% to a staggering 8% contraction.

It's the economy. And Trump's stupid. #TrumpRecession https://t.co/uU1gQ7bUJc

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 25, 2020

also

Donald Trump's post-Covid bubble is popping – CNNPolitics https://t.co/bIiBHgYB7q

— David P Gelles (@gelles) June 26, 2020

and

Coronavirus surge in states that rushed to reopen is hurting economic growth https://t.co/koazwyzoax

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 26, 2020

1.4 billion to dead people

 

The Trump administration delivered more than a million stimulus payments worth about $1.4 billion to dead people, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday https://t.co/KhficYvgLo

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 26, 2020

Mary Trump

https://twitter.com/TheDailyEdge/status/1276462593079562243?s=20

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PENCE

lying

 

As multiple states see surges in coronavirus cases and the U.S. just set a new one-day record for new infections, Pence says all 50 states "are opening up safely and responsibly" https://t.co/Nj065CIsxp pic.twitter.com/Yja1uRAiqg

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 26, 2020

they’re back!

 

The White House announced that Mike Pence would lead a public coronavirus task force briefing Friday morning, the first public meeting in almost two months. It’s obvious that he’s doing this because they’re paying attention to the polls and Biden is ahead.https://t.co/d0gvajsdLm

— Robert Cooper 🌊 (@RobertCooper58) June 26, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

DOJ

political pressure

 

"I was explicitly told that the motivation for changing the sentencing memo was
political, and because the U.S. Attorney was “afraid of the President.”https://t.co/dKMzqhppK3 pic.twitter.com/fBDZ6hoC2j

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 23, 2020

Stone

 

NEW: Roger STONE prosecutor says he was pressured by DOJ leaders to cut the Trump confidant "a break" during sentencing — because of Stone's relationship with Trump.https://t.co/rGkSb8xRRn

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 23, 2020

REPUBLICANS

🐢

 

Mitch McConnell Sent Out A Warning To The American People: He Plans To Block Everything If Donald Trump Loses In 2020 https://t.co/lw99tvJZ2K

— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) June 25, 2020

Tom Cotton

Mayor Bowser is just a pigment of Sen. Cotton's imagination.

— Scott (@the_real_scott) June 25, 2020

Barr

If it's so obvious, why hasn't it happened?

The US military has been voting by mail for 200 years. Several states, entirely by mail for decades.

Barr is ignoring the evidence.https://t.co/jN0P3zh6cA

— Monty 🇺🇸Hamilton's Battery🇺🇸 Boa (@MontyBoa99) June 26, 2020

Bolton

So let me get this straight, John Bolton… you consider answering a subpoena to testify on a presidential impeachment to be “virtue signaling,” and dancing to the tune of @SpeakerPelosi ??? Is that your final answer as to your personal honor and your version of patriotism?

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 25, 2020

De Santis

Florida governor under fire over claims state is 'cooking the books' on Covid-19. Forget being UNDER fire, he should be fired. #FireDeSantis https://t.co/KWKJl41Acw

— Lesley Abravanel🆘 (@lesleyabravanel) June 26, 2020

still don’t care about

👑🦠

77% of Democrats are very or somewhat concerned about unknowingly spreading the coronavirus, with 64% concerned they’ll get the disease and will need hospitalization. https://t.co/pSF0qOPZ5a pic.twitter.com/TETeNfkCeH

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) June 26, 2020

PROTESTS

MEDIA

discounts 👑🦠

"…consuming far-right media and social media content was strongly associated with low concern about [#Covid19] at the onset of the pandemic." https://t.co/pdWZ3L0zjG

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) June 26, 2020

ELECTIONS

US

Pelosi – police reform

 

Pelosi got her entire caucus from Collin Peterson to AOC to back the police reform bill. Three Republicans: Fitzpatrick, Hurd, and Upton also voted for the bill. https://t.co/Q3ZtCO3Qqv

— Drew Savicki (@SenhorRaposa) June 26, 2020

NYC – BLM

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1276470260116320256

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Nunes and 🐮; polls! Record 👑🦠

👑 🦠

World Cases 9,551,992

World recoveries 5,192,385

US cases 2,462,713

US recoveries 1,040,608

NY recoveries 87,349

U new record

The real news today is that the U.S. set a record for new cases today: 38,672.

The previous record was April 25 at 36,001. pic.twitter.com/pcFcLUeeKk

— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) June 24, 2020

Cuomo

 

New York State is one of only 3 states that are on track to contain #COVID.

I can't stress enough how important it is that we don't blow this incredible progress now.

Wear a mask. Get tested. Be smart.

(Study by @CovidActNow)https://t.co/mzSVB0MwQd pic.twitter.com/aKjfZH7UhZ

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) June 23, 2020

top 5 states

A look at US states, June 24th
Top 5 for new #COVID cases per million
1. Arizona
2. South Carolina
3. Arkansas
4. Florida
5. Texas pic.twitter.com/kS3BOHykxo

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 24, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

briefing

Trump: Day 1,251 (THREAD)
-2,463,206 Cases of COVID-19 in US
-US CV19 Death Toll Rises to 124,280
-US Hits Single Day High in CV Cases
-Admits Obama Left 19K Ventilators
-DC Circuit Rules Flynn Case Can End
-200th Judicial Nominee Confirmed
-AG Barr Called 'Threat' 2 Rule of Law pic.twitter.com/OKyjYCToEN

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) June 25, 2020

little to say

This January AP story was very prescient.

So was this Joe Biden op-ed from the same month: "Trump is worst possible leader to deal with coronavirus outbreak" https://t.co/i1buWWyP7n https://t.co/lFHHavde7Q

— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) June 24, 2020

14 billion for testing

Let me get this straight:

Cases are spiking across the country.

The admin has $14 billion for testing and tracing that they haven’t spent.

But President Trump thinks the right move is to pull federal support for testing out of hotspot areas!?https://t.co/hMuR0bwUGA

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 24, 2020

psycho

 

Q. Can we call Trump a killer?

A. We can call him a psycho killer.#TrumpKillsUS https://t.co/Ck8HHF5ZDb

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 25, 2020

danger to global health

Trump has allowed our country to turn into a danger to global health.https://t.co/x2DJYcot8L

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) June 24, 2020

warm weather

remember when trump forced the homeland security guy to confirm his hunch that warm weather was going to drive it away by end of april and the guy brought charts to 'prove it' because i fuckin rememberhttps://t.co/CHGp851y2F

— darth™ (@darth) June 25, 2020

press conference

Polish President Duda trying desperately to explain the history of Europe and Russian aggression in 1920 and in 2014 to Trump.

Trump blames “sleepy Joe Biden and Obama” for Russian occupation of Crimea and aggression against Ukraine. Not Putin.
Never Putin the actual aggressor.

— 🏳️‍🌈Lisa Talmadge 🔥🏳️‍🌈 (@LisaTalmadge) June 24, 2020

tariffs

 

He has been POTUS for 3 years and still has no idea how tariffs work. Fed study: “Trump tariffs backfired, caused job losses and higher prices!” Duh! https://t.co/rLKu9FZ2kM

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) June 24, 2020

🦞

https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1270157187957116930?s=20

empty chair

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1275912561234530304?s=20

Mary Trump

https://twitter.com/tonyschwartz/status/1275535110478147584?s=20

songs

https://twitter.com/brendonurie/status/1275624554514329600?s=20

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🐀🔩 of the Day

DOJ/🦊

NEW: 500 pages of docs between DOJ public affairs and Fox News reporters/producers. #FOIA https://t.co/yNkE0pV2pshttps://t.co/S0Bmysj6fPhttps://t.co/im86IvMw3o pic.twitter.com/2h8p4gX9eP

— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) June 25, 2020

PENCE

assure

 

Pence tries to assure GOP senators as coronavirus cases spikes https://t.co/KQHIoxqVgJ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 25, 2020

👑🦠 response

The Trump Adminstration’s coronavirus response: pic.twitter.com/4Kum5si3Kg

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 23, 2020

one week

One week apart pic.twitter.com/JxOl5Agczb

— Matt O'Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) June 24, 2020

Tulsa fallout

Fallout from Trump's Tulsa rally now includes dozens of Secret Service agents in self-quarantine https://t.co/dVRtwitY9J

— Daily Kos (@dailykos) June 25, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

Sullivan

BREAKING: Judge Sullivan does not dismiss the Michael Flynn case. Instead, he enters a stay of the proceedings, suggesting he will file a petition for a rehearing en banc. Donald Trump’s spiking of the football was premature.

— Publius (@ThePubliusUSA) June 24, 2020

DOJ, Appellate court

 

Astonishing:

The DC Circuit panel that just ruled for Flynn is saying that DOJ has zero obligation even to explain to a judge why it's going easy on a Trump crony–literally 2 hours before a career DOJ lawyer will testify to Congress about DOJ going easy on another Trump crony!

— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) June 24, 2020

and

Neomi Rao, a protégé of conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was appointed by Trump to the Court of Appeals. Rao wrote the opinion dismissing the criminal case against Flynn. Across the land, federal court system has been transformed by Trump https://t.co/0KUZNqTqc9

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) June 24, 2020

IMPEACHMENT

House, Barr

House judiciary chair reverses course, is "looking into" impeaching Barr https://t.co/zBOztZ9RpA

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) June 25, 2020

and

 

Chairman Nadler, asked about the possibility of impeaching William Barr: "We're looking into that, we may very well."https://t.co/boFi4e3uj5

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 24, 2020

REPUBLICANS

Nunes and 🐮

A Judge has ruled that Rep. Devin Nunes has no right to sue @Twitter over statements made by a fake Internet cow. https://t.co/ZVYrJAtquF

— Christopher C. Alberto (@ChrisAlbertoLaw) June 24, 2020

John Thune

New: No. 2 Republican Senator John Thune sounds the alarm on Donald Trump’s sliding poll numbers and calls for a change in “tone” and “strategy.”

w/ @frankthorp @JulieNBCNews 👇https://t.co/EYPAVN2GZb

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 24, 2020

Texas

April 30: Democrats "baffled" by @GovAbbott's plan to re-open Texas

June 24: Texas facing "massive" COVID-19 outbreak

It's rare that you can blame a single person for a catastrophe of this magnitude, but here we are. This is all on @GregAbbott_TX. pic.twitter.com/jXFpMiOB8M

— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) June 24, 2020

Convention

It is unconscionable for Trump Republicans to stuff people into what amounts to a death box to stroke the ego of our narcissist-in-chief.

The DNC should be applauded for putting the safety of people before political considerations.https://t.co/qbcrDVQRNw

— Coronavirus War Room (@Covid19WarRoom) June 24, 2020

States which opened

The states that opened on Memorial Day without flattening their COVID curves are the ones seeing the explosion in cases.

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) June 24, 2020

Pensacola gunman/AlQueda

Imagine what GOP would have done if this happened when Obama was President. There’d be 500 hearings by now.https://t.co/MnH703hr6m

— Rick Kronbyrd (@RickySKron) June 25, 2020

sharia

 

William Barr is American Taliban pic.twitter.com/SwGaZWc86x

— Benjamin Donkey (@freevoice02) June 25, 2020

PROTESTS

Kamala

 

NEW: @SenKamalaHarris writes in ⁦@Essence⁩: Breonna Taylor Wanted to Save Lives. We Must Honor Hers. https://t.co/MXayAJaJpc

— Meaghan Lynch (@MeaghanBLynch) June 24, 2020

Ahmud Arbery

Finally. They hunted down Ahmaud Arbery, fatally shot him in broad daylight, and filmed it. Ahmaud’s family deserves justice. https://t.co/nqJo04qnOW

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 24, 2020

MEDIA

🦊

masks

Fox News' Tucker Carlson hosted Alex Berenson last night to tell his audience of 4 million people that "there's not a lot of evidence that masks would help."

An internal Fox News memo reminded staff last week to wear masks in public spaces in their office. pic.twitter.com/AHdfM4hf4i

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 24, 2020

neutrality

NEW ON PRESS WATCH:
Elite media defines neutrality in terms of a white guy who doesn’t even exist. https://t.co/AOwtyh6GxL

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) June 24, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden

 

#FF @JoeBiden and let’s all unite to say #JoeByeDon in November pic.twitter.com/ASIyUhgVFK

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 25, 2020

polls swing states

 

You know what this is… https://t.co/czPofKNhAE

— Max Bergmann (@maxbergmann) June 25, 2020

NC poll

North Carolina poll! Democrats lead in the presidential (+2), Gov (+9), and Senate (4) races, says PPP: https://t.co/wWaoU9ONei

— Taniel (@Taniel) June 24, 2020

demographics

Trump is trailing by 39% among white women w/ college degrees. Might be time to stop calling them a “swing” group. https://t.co/ABKyRyy8Ky

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 24, 2020

EC

Crystal Ball: Our revised Electoral College ratings

Florida Leans R > Toss-up
Pennsylvania Toss-up > Leans D

268 Biden, 204 Trump, 66 Toss-upshttps://t.co/TZnfOcelvA pic.twitter.com/rbpQ8ZfInQ

— Kyle Kondik (@kkondik) June 25, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Tankies are breaking their backs trying to figure out how to be pro-cop while still claiming to support BLM and I am here for it. Thanks for the giggles

— Joshua Collins (@InvisiblesMuros) June 24, 2020

and

The Chinese consulate in LA was targeted with vile xenophobia last night. The anarchists' message is clear: not only do they make enemies out of the Chinese Communist Party, but also any leftist willing to challenge Washington's destabilization efforts from the core of empire pic.twitter.com/IZz4VL0pzm

— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) June 23, 2020

US

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