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ππ¦ numbers
WORLD RECOVERIES 17,716,766
US CASES 6,173,653
US DEATHS 187,226
US RECOVERIES 3,425,814
NY RECOVERIES 370,318
NY ACTIVE 62,036
WORLD
France
Not all schools in France will reopen Tuesday, the education minister admits, as the nation sees an ''exponential" growth in coronavirus infections.
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) August 30, 2020
https://t.co/kJpZdgDJGN
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stops vaccine trial
If this is true–if the Trump admin is stopping an incomplete trial to make the vaccine prematurely available–then this would be an absolutely epic disaster.https://t.co/u7k1vIH2R3
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) August 30, 2020
failing
The White House has learned nothing from COVID.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 30, 2020
National threats require national leadership. It's been 6 months without a national strategy on testing or mask mandate.
Only the federal government has the power to go to war with COVID.
They are failing and the nation suffers.
deliberately killing
terrorit
CAN YOU SEE ANY DIFFERENCE?
— kirk acevedo (@kirkacevedo) August 30, 2020
HOMEGROWN TERRORIST!
TRUMP WANTS A CIVIL WAR.#VoteBidenHarrisToSaveAmerica #TrumpViolence #TrumpsAmerica #TrumpKills #SundayThoughts #KidViciousππ½ pic.twitter.com/kK0VIAu21M
Hello, here is your unroll: @ChrisMurphyCT: https://t.co/6LTmBTmY0V Have a good day. π€
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) August 30, 2020
liked the killing
The president just liked a tweet that says βfinallyβ a kid came to Kenosha to murder two people. pic.twitter.com/7ljch9VfvX
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) August 30, 2020
QAnon
.@realDonaldTrump is essentially the psycho spiritual leader of the QAnon cult. #TrumpTerrorismpic.twitter.com/K8RgeohJ0s
— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) August 31, 2020
can’t be separated
"A president who speaks of shooting people in the street β who elevates those who threaten to shoot people in the street β cannot be separated from the individual who does, eventually, shoot people in the street," @jbouie writes https://t.co/8jLGoearuH
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) August 31, 2020
worsen Kenosha
Democrats say Trump visit may worsen protests in Wisconsin city of Kenosha
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) August 30, 2020
https://t.co/tHOXItMvBx
why
Bonjour, here is your unroll: @JoyAnnReid: https://t.co/gl21BR4VRr Enjoy π π€
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) August 30, 2020
Convention did bubkus
βTrump's efforts to build his appeal and define his opponent at the Republican convention had little apparent impact on the electorate, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 30, 2020
βThe week of celebration did not improve his favorability, even among his own baseβ
https://t.co/9BVCdMb7pr
and
How do you get under water approval ratings for your convention? pic.twitter.com/I2gbgEfSyP
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) August 30, 2020
green dress
My favorite Melania green screen dress fixes. pic.twitter.com/pq2nCUHge9
— StandUpItMatters π¦ (@imademocrat1963) August 28, 2020
confused Jr
Biden isnβt President but thanks for admitting your dad is fucking shit up https://t.co/TAEKk3l5mf
— Kenyetta Harper (@ktoxxx_) August 30, 2020
tweets
Even for Trump, it was a morning of especially wild tweets, advancing conspiracy theories claiming a coup against him and an inflated virus death toll while embracing a call to imprison Cuomo and offering support for Kyle Rittenhouse. https://t.co/PlSF8ft3W2
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) August 30, 2020
ABUSES OF POWER
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REPUBLICANS
Scalise
.@adybarkan, who uses a digital voice device to communicate, is demanding an apology after Rep. Steve Scalise tweeted a clip that inserted words he never said in the same voice.https://t.co/N3meX88unQ
— Zack Budryk (@BudrykZack) August 30, 2020
an
How can @SteveScalise live with himself after pushing this video of @AdyBarkan's voice altered to promote a political smear? How can he look his children in the eyes? https://t.co/QziKK9Y3dE
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) August 30, 2020
NAZI
Kenosha killer
The boogaloo part of this is as important as the Nazism.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 31, 2020
If Rittenhouse's co-conspirators were inciting violence with the goal of inspiring an uprising, it changes calculus on 1st degree murder question. https://t.co/oPNI5xlERS
in L.A
BREAKING VIDEO: Trump caravan in LA is on Ventura Blvd headed to Studio City. Protesters expected to confront them. #TrumpCaravan #LAProtests pic.twitter.com/xV0EfArnz5
— Anoncat βοΈβΆπ΄ β (@anoncatanoncat) August 30, 2020
ACTIVISM
You donβt need to be black to be outraged. You need to be American and be outraged. pic.twitter.com/jL4kW5chss
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 30, 2020
MEDIA
GOP
The mainstream media has been completely worked by Republicans.
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) August 30, 2020
Chuck Todd is using the language of white supremacists: That the racist gunman who killed two protesters in Wisconsin "took matters into his own hands."
The media is unwilling to describe what is plainly happening. pic.twitter.com/4PUgFHiD4w
ELECTIONS
Biden
Over 3,500 Americans died from COVID-19 during Republican National Convention, Biden campaign says. https://t.co/778buTrtkn
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 30, 2020
on violence
βAll of us are less safe because Donald Trump canβt do the job of the American president.β https://t.co/Mt6cUQdmdv
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 30, 2020
post convention
Trumpβs favorability rating in an ABC/Ipsos poll: 31%. (It was 32% in last weekβs poll, pre-convention.)
— Taniel (@Taniel) August 30, 2020
Bidenβs was 40% in the poll before his convention; 45% last week & 46% today. https://t.co/uCZtXHrqOg
poll Fla
Pinellas Co., FL – one of the biggest bellwether counties in 2020, in my book. Clinton carried #FL13 by 3% in '16, Biden up 14% in this poll. https://t.co/S8tmetKCwB
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 31, 2020
daily
Daily poll https://t.co/tHfkJyCQAT
— Edgeoforever π π (@edgeoforever) August 31, 2020
LEFTOVERs
People’s convention
BREAKING: The Peopleβs Convention has 11k viewers and theyβre saying Democrats refuse to legalize marijuana.
— Teen for Joemala πβοΈπ (@KhiveBidenBro) August 30, 2020
Itβs giving me RNC vibes.
Moore
for the filmmaker, @MMFlint is shockingly unoriginal in the way he helps republicans every four years. just the same script every four years.
— Tzippy Shmilovitz π€¦ββοΈ (@Tzipshmil) August 30, 2020
Turner
She may have stood for something at one point. I believe while she was in her appointed legislature seat she was involved in the effort against GOP voter suppression. But nowadays she's just an attention-seeking crank who dumps on Democrats and passes it off as progressivism. https://t.co/0udK7qDUhy
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) August 30, 2020
US
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NAZIS in PORTLAND; Intel withheld
August 30, 2020 in past | Comments closed
ππ¦ numbers
WORLD CASES 25,187,847
WORLD RECOVERIES
17,538,739
US CASES 6,139,466
US DEATHS 186,857
US RECOVERIES 3,408,908
NY RECOVERIES 369,521
NY ACTIVE
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"If we stop testing contacts, we lose information about what's going on in our community." Director @T_Inglesby discusses the change in testing guidance and the importance of contact tracing with @DrLaPook @CBSThisMorning https://t.co/3m6Yhc6dMB
— Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (@JHSPH_CHS) August 28, 2020
univ of Alabama
WHAT THE HELL???https://t.co/UfbCzGaFoa
— π·Zanettaπ· (@therealzanetta) August 30, 2020
WORLD
UK
If youβre unsure what that flag is in the middle…
— Nickπ¬π§πͺπΊ (@nicktolhurst) August 29, 2020
…itβs the Hitler supporting British union of fascists flag from the 1940s. On Trafalgar Square. pic.twitter.com/pbc8u0vCpr
and
If you have very little to do with your time and even less going on between your ears, get down to Trafalgar Square and meet like minded (and I use the term loosely) individuals where you can meet, mingle and develop maladies for you and all your nearest and dearest. https://t.co/zuIdUw2sKS
— Ed Parnell (@edparnell) August 29, 2020
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Like NK
βMake it look like North Korea.β https://t.co/AbbdQT0Ik0
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) August 30, 2020
old plan violence
This violence has been Trump's plan from day one.
— ReallyDon'tTrump (@reallyDontTrump) August 30, 2020
He said as much on Fox News in a 2014 interview (see below thread)#Portland #TrumpViolence #TrumpsAmerica https://t.co/Jd7JRRU2lL
autographs
https://t.co/IAYWvOAghn pic.twitter.com/HlGc2VbJ6l
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) August 29, 2020
and
— Matthew Paul Frasca (@MFrasca79) August 30, 2020
real estate
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 30, 2020
no leaks
As I reported here, classified testimony on Russia election interference didn't leak to the press–it got leaked by House Republicans to Trump (by his own admission), who became angry at the testimony and fired DNI Maguire: https://t.co/gaH9jbcApI https://t.co/kVJJdRIx4m
— Robert Draper (@DraperRobert) August 30, 2020
ABUSES OF POWER
Intel briefings
Intelligence briefings to Congress were part of the post-Watergate βgrand bargainβ to permit the executive branch to conduct FISA surveillance. Eliminating intel briefings disrupts the carefully calibrated balance of power, and at a time when our democracy is under attack. https://t.co/IPhLJ16nlL
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) August 30, 2020
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REPUBLICANS
Sturgi biker rally
Who attended Sturgis mega bike rally in South Dakota, and where did they come from, and where did they go after? Answer: EVERYWHERE. My god!This is what scares epidemiologists (but excites us with data). Looks like Florida Spring break week too. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/jUdNWIeHd2
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 30, 2020
RNC Convention
Late night on RNC convention https://t.co/AwSqV8HOqQ
— Edgeoforever π π (@edgeoforever) August 30, 2020
NAZI
stoking
If there are any grownups left in the Republican Party they need to explain to trump that starting a civil war because his polling is bad is not a great idea. pic.twitter.com/1RgDfpZvlk
— Molly Jong-Fastπ‘ (@MollyJongFast) August 30, 2020
An armed caravans riding through a city, speeding through crosswalks, shooting paintballs, spraying mace, and threatening people would be called terrorism anywhere else in the world. Thatβs what Trump supporters did in Portland tonight.
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) August 30, 2020
and
MAGA voters in Portland committing casual acts of terrorism in Trump's America pic.twitter.com/7uN6Cz54gW
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) August 30, 2020
one shot
This tweet glosses over the fact that Trump supporters carrying automatic weapons marched to Portland in order to fight with the Black Lives Matter protestors. This was a premeditated terror attack. https://t.co/QoDkqoMDoF
— Jordan Zakarin (@jordanzakarin) August 30, 2020
paintballs
Clashes. Trump people unload paintballs and pepper spray. They shot me too. pic.twitter.com/PwU5pZMLnV
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) August 30, 2020
Fla
The hateful #RadicalRight are destroying our cities and inciting violence at peaceful protests. This is Trumpβs America. https://t.co/ng1rVQSvEu
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 30, 2020
Killer
This is officer Rusten Sheskey. He is the one who shot Jacob Blake 7 times in his back.
— Hamdia Ahmed (@hamdia_ahmed) August 27, 2020
We need to put his face all over social media. pic.twitter.com/PGieMMlzyd
Cville model
βPop-up civil warβ first came up when I was talking to @letsgomathias after he got back from Charlottesville.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 30, 2020
The goal of these white identity militias is to turn these cities, where they donβt live, into battlefields and stoke the race war.
Charlottesville was a prototype. https://t.co/hA71VgivCU
ACTIVISM
Everyone needs to see this beautiful masterpiece that was created in the Capitol Hill autonomous zone, all designed by black artists Down pointing backhand indexpic.twitter.com/GzMqU1E158 09#BeatTheCheat
— Tomthunkitβ’ (@TomthunkitsMind) August 30, 2020
LeBron
If even LeBron sees another Trump term as threatening, shouldnβt you? https://t.co/ZkJhJV6INr
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 29, 2020
MEDIA
don’t normalize!
I beseech my media friends not to normalize the next 66 days & be pulled in by the habits of a normal election cycle. We face an authoritarian criminal who is running roughshod over our norms & laws to hold onto power. Emphasize lies & transgressions. Skip rating βperformance.β
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) August 29, 2020
FB
Facebook is a malignant global power destroying liberal democracy – when I said this at TED, it seemed to genuinely shock Silicon Valley.
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) August 29, 2020
16 months on, everyone now sees it. But weβre frozen in the headlights. Of what feels like an oncoming freight trainpic.twitter.com/BrwLQYLX4k
Actually, thatβs exactly right.
— Molly Jong-Fastπ‘ (@MollyJongFast) August 30, 2020
ELECTIONS
post convention
ABC/Ispsos poll: pic.twitter.com/m5Jc9qaFsI
— Amy Fried (@ASFried) August 30, 2020
Kamala
Harris on a universal mask mandate: "Nobody's gonna be punished. It's a standard. Come on. Nobody likes to wear a mask. This is a universal feeling… The point is, this is what we, as responsible people who love our neighbor, we have to just do that right now.β
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) August 28, 2020
song
IT'S HERE, my new song, "Kamala"! Tag @kamalaharris, so she can make this her theme song! This is for Biden/Harris supporters, HBCU alum, AKAs, DST, anybody who feels me! βKamalaβ is available on all digital music platforms! #tagher #tagAva #KamalaHarris #Biden #vote #RitaBrent pic.twitter.com/b6IkVYp0Go
— Rita Brent (@ritabrentcomedy) August 30, 2020
satisfaction
— Omar Wasow (@owasow) August 30, 2020
LEFTOVERS
Moore
https://twitter.com/Cajsa/status/1299825596424282112US
Schiff
As usual, President Trump is lying and projecting.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) August 29, 2020
Trump fired the last DNI for briefing Congress on Russian efforts to help his campaign.
Now heβs ending briefings altogether.
Trump doesnβt want the American people to know about Russiaβs efforts to aid his re-election. https://t.co/bERk44WcvQ
Jose Andres
He's not passing out autographs for people to sell online. He's organizing food for people in need. https://t.co/Q6bJpdKlpV
— Alison Cook (@alisoncook) August 29, 2020
NYC
In KTown in Manhattan, a city which I was assured all week is a barren, Mad Max-style hellhole.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 30, 2020
It is, not surprisingly, deeply alive. pic.twitter.com/9NJ3gtwUcO
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August 29, 2020 in past | Comments closed
ππ¦ numbers
WORLD CASES 24,935,541
WORLD RECOVERIES 17,315,378
US CASES 6,096,756
US DEATHS 185,965
US RECOVERIES 3,376,530
NY RECOVERIES 368,718
NY ACTIVE 62,192
NY numbers
Today's update on the numbers:
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 29, 2020
Of the 93,873 tests reported yesterday, 635 were positive (0.67% of total).
Total hospitalizations fell to 458.
Sadly, there were 7 COVID fatalities yesterday. pic.twitter.com/IGQHccAMts
TX
Texas reports 3,972 new coronavirus cases, 196 new deaths https://t.co/DNmUGLl67E
— CBS Austin (@cbsaustin) August 28, 2020
testing
Hi, here is your unroll: @apoorva_nyc: NEW: All these months into the pandemic, we may have been testing the wrong way. Data from some stateβ¦ https://t.co/oNkouzXha8 See you soon. π€
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) August 29, 2020
WORLD
KLAN π
Convention message
cartoon for @TorontoStar #Trump #RNC2020 #rnc #TrumpPressConference #Trump2020Landslide pic.twitter.com/AXNMZGeVWx
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) August 28, 2020
ramps again
Yikes. Trump's problems with stairs and ramps continue in New Hampshire pic.twitter.com/FwilSh8t8N
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 28, 2020
Melanoma seen from Germany
MELANIA TRUMP BEI REPUBLIKANER PARTEITEG
— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) August 27, 2020
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/s7Am1OFxH4https://t.co/doACxkAE8Rhttps://t.co/MHSFcJzyGahttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#XiJinping #JoeBiden #Trump #Coronavirus @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/Na4OCgvl32
why the garden
Most stories about "Melania's" Rose Garden" makeover have focused on design over purpose. But "It now appears to be largely a television stage or parade ground, devoid of texture, color or interest." https://t.co/VGYVrYsURo
— Anne Nelson (@anelsona) August 28, 2020
not your house
βThat is not your house, those are not your properties. America has no king, America needs no king … Don't start measuring the drapes for your dynasty. We're going to want our White House back."@JoyAnnReid to Trump. #TheReidOut pic.twitter.com/ACzfXIPLPw
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 28, 2020
video
I posted this video yesterday & its doing very well.
— Alex Kahill (@AlexKahill) August 29, 2020
Iβd love for the Bidenβs, Rachel Maddow & the Lincoln Group to see it.
If anyone has any connections, please let me know.
Would love for Stephen Stills/ Buffalo Springfield to see it too.
Did this in my basement.
Thanks https://t.co/7B2pgAqrql
keynote speaker
BREAKING, FFS, BREAKING:#RNC2020's back-up keynote speaker footage RELEASED
— ααΌααK (@chunkled) August 26, 2020
(in the event that someone is scrubbed last-minute due to antisemitism – pretty standard operating procedure) pic.twitter.com/3jGQpYyVvi
ABUSES OF POWER
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REPUBLICANS
DHS – no Russia, domestic terrorism
Former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor was similarly told βto avoid using βdomestic terrorismβ and terms associated, and especially, βRussia.ββ
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 28, 2020
Read the full exclusive story by @swin24 and @erinbanco here: https://t.co/zNOMIfhODt
π’
When he inevitably tries to pivot next year, remember that Mitch McConnell is every bit as gleefully hateful as Donald Trump.
— Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) August 29, 2020
He's just better at putting a "polite" face on his hate. pic.twitter.com/n7VnO4ZMlG
Obamacare repeal – gone
Obamacare repeal has disappeared from the Republican National Convention β it didn't come up at all this year, after dominating the 2012 and 2016 conventions.
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) August 28, 2020
From me and @sangerkatz https://t.co/eHXBPRCU5E pic.twitter.com/4W2i2hoTu3
NAZI
Remember the helpers. ππΏ The two men killed at the Jacob Blake protest have been identified by authorities as Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber; these brave young men tried to stop the gunman before he shot them. RIP. https://t.co/rLihru04Ik
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 29, 2020
ACTIVISM
MEDIA
FB
A Kenosha Militia Facebook Event Asking Attendees To Bring Weapons Was Reported 455 Times. Moderators Said It Didnβt Violate Any Rules.
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) August 29, 2020
https://t.co/cJ62sHUhph
ELECTIONS
Kamala
Kamala Harris excoriated Trump in a speech pre-butting the final night of the GOP convention, accusing him and his Republican allies of ignoring "the reality" of an America facing crises of racial injustice, public health and economic despair.https://t.co/ddVPHtwDea
— Axios (@axios) August 27, 2020
polls
The polls *didn't* look good. The averages showed Hillary trading the lead back & forth w/Trump. People ignored the polls as they thought Trump couldn't win. Now they ignore the polls because they're think he can't lose.
— Phoenix Woman π© (@PhoenixWomanMN) August 29, 2020
Yet Biden's worst averages nearly match HRC's best ones. pic.twitter.com/pcFuFo2UDi
loud minority
Trump is the president of the loud minority, not silent majority. He never hit 50% in any live interview poll against Clinton in 2016 & hasn't against Biden in 2020. He hasn't hit 50% in any live interview poll for his approval rating his entire presidency https://t.co/L3nsjTsEiL
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 29, 2020
RCP average
How did they get POTUS not to eat the pieces?#LEGOgate
— SchrΓΆdinger's Duct-Taped Gerbil Experiment (@JRasputin2013) August 28, 2020
senate races
If we lose Sen Jones (D AL) we need to pick up at least 4 R Senators (prefer 5). We need to keep MI & MN.
— Tomi T Ahonen (@tomiahonen) August 29, 2020
Look who are VULNERABLE R Senators:
McSally AZ
Gardner CO
Perdue GA
Ernst IA
Collins ME
Daines R
Tillis NC
and #LeningradLindsey
Graham SChttps://t.co/cSoQZJPWFI pic.twitter.com/LHnuQ1EOQA
US
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Everyone gets it, eventually; Convention ends
August 28, 2020 in past | Comments closed
ππ¦ numbers
WORLD CASES 24,654,886
WORLD RECOVERIES 17,113,748
US CASES 6,048,317
US DEATHS 184,803
US RECOVERIES 3,348,377
NY RECOVERIES 367,982
NY ACTIVE 62,008
NY numbers
Today's update on the numbers:
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 28, 2020
Of the 97,826 tests reported yesterday, 636 were positive (0.65% of total).
Total hospitalizations fell to 478.
Sadly, there were 3 COVID fatalities yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ouLksD0IUW
NY/NJ/CT guidelines
The CDC's unexplained reversal of established testing guidelines is reckless & unsupported by the facts.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 27, 2020
NY, NJ & CT will not change our science-based testing guidance. Close contacts of individuals with COVID should get tested.
Joint statement with @GovMurphy & @GovNedLamont: pic.twitter.com/2xhujOXgZ4
KLAN π
On the lack of social distancing or face masks at Trumpβs #RNC2020 acceptance speech in the middle of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, a senior White House official tells @Acosta: βEverybody is going to catch this thing eventually.β π€― pic.twitter.com/0T5e6r3BSx
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) August 28, 2020
Incest Barbie
Saluti, please find the unroll here: @AndreaWNYC: OMG, Ivanka is telling a story about her son Joseph building a lego model of the White House. She told theβ¦ https://t.co/esAXiS1k2M Enjoy π π€
— Thread Reader Unroll Helper (@UnrollHelper) August 28, 2020
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I knew this story sounded familiar you fkg phony. Elton John will be issuing a cease and desist, btw. https://t.co/UDPorKvFM5
— Obamalove (@KayleighLies) August 28, 2020
PENCE
lie
FACT CHECK: Pence uses the death of a federal officer to smear protesters.
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 27, 2020
DHS officer Dave Patrick Underwood was killed by Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Carrillo, a member of the right-wing βboogalooβ movement who βcame to Oakland to kill cops." https://t.co/A0f7mXE1Lt pic.twitter.com/txjX9S7Sgh
ABUSES OF POWER
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CONVENTION
ratings day 3
Breaking: Among 3 major networks the RNC had the lowest viewers yet last night, with 4.9 million viewers.
— Teen for Joemala πβοΈπ (@KhiveBidenBro) August 27, 2020
Thatβs the lowest in history. #RNC2020
and
Night 3 of the #RNC2020 dipped 13%, drawing 7 million fewer viewers than night 3 of the Democratic National Convention https://t.co/N6a3TYRycN
— Variety (@Variety) August 27, 2020
fact check
This is remarkable delivery. If itβs not on teleprompter, itβs some of the best broadcasting Iβve ever seen. pic.twitter.com/TfSvM2p4hY
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) August 28, 2020
and
President Trump, standing before hundreds of people who are not practicing social distancing and who mostly aren't wearing masks: "We are focusing on the science, the facts and the data."
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) August 28, 2020
and
Trump just joked "Joe Biden gave Americans hugs and maybe kisses."
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) August 28, 2020
I will finish his sentence. While Joe Biden was comforting Americans, I Donald Trump was grabbing them by the Pussy.
message:
"Donald Trump is telling white people that Black people are coming for you. That is the message of the RNC."https://t.co/MaNzQ9Mjgy
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 28, 2020
to Incest Barbie
And weβre not finished… https://t.co/LBKR6SJkNN
— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) August 28, 2020
since last convention
Take a look at what @realdonaldtrump said at his convention in 2016. And then take a look what happened since.
— Adrienne Watson (@Adrienne_DNC) August 28, 2020
Make American Great Again? pic.twitter.com/FAZzORdxpl
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Mitch McConnell warns of Democrats' war on hamburgers in plug for 'my friend' Donald Trump https://t.co/OQl2FMWXBf
— The Independent (@Independent) August 28, 2020
Rudy
Rudy Giuliani appears to wipe sweat on woman during RNC pic.twitter.com/H7z3vO2dWJ
— The Independent (@Independent) August 28, 2020
finale
Trump failed. 180,000 died. #RNC2020 #FailureConvention video via @janerecker pic.twitter.com/MapzzyjgNb
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) August 28, 2020
Melanoma dress
Melania's fashion choices always send a message pic.twitter.com/FvriwnX0fR
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 28, 2020
and
Green screen #1 has launched. Itβs a strong first entry. pic.twitter.com/b6lPdneFp2
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) August 28, 2020
speech
Facing a moment fraught with racial turmoil, economic collapse and a national health emergency, Trump delivered a discordantly triumphant vision of Americaβs future.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 28, 2020
But he said that brighter horizon could only be secured if he defeated his Democratic foe https://t.co/pu0SiSz9NW
and
In front of a large crowd amid a global pandemic, President Trump misrepresented his record on coronavirus and criticized Joe Bidenβs record as he formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination. @JeffZeleny reports. https://t.co/ceEFFgrSWW pic.twitter.com/dD3bk7PL4O
— New Day (@NewDay) August 28, 2020
reading
Tonight might be the most reading Donald Trump has done in many years.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) August 28, 2020
profoundly
Overheard At @FoxFriendsFirst Graphics
— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) August 28, 2020
DUDE1: We need Trump's quote accepting the nomination
DUDE2: OK. He said, "I PROFOUNDLY accept this nomination for president of the United States"
D1: He said, "profoundly"?!
D2: Yeah, dude
D1: That makes no sense
D2: I'll make it "PROUDLY" pic.twitter.com/HAksHAA0qa
2/ Yes, Trump botched his nomination acceptance line.π€¦ββοΈhttps://t.co/kU7ykYeCmD
— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) August 28, 2020
REPUBLICANS
NYPD
Pat Lynch and the PBA's recent endorsement of President Trump's re-election is unprecedented. According to Lynch, the union β founded in 1892 β has never made such an endorsement. https://t.co/4PM8MgRRY6
— NYC Protest Updates 2020 (@protest_nyc) August 28, 2020
NAZI
shooter’s mom
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1299092138026766342
ACTIVISM
march on Wahington
Live look at the #MarchonWashington: https://t.co/6UC82nsCUB pic.twitter.com/WIlgojAlYE
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) August 28, 2020
baseball
This broke me. #BlackLivesMatter #MLB pic.twitter.com/GT5XKYH7ju
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) August 28, 2020
NY – Cuomo support
As we get ready to mark #MOW2020, our nation is in anguish after yet another shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a police officer.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 27, 2020
I stand in solidarity with the peaceful protesters demanding police reform, justice & racial equality.
Black Lives Matter. pic.twitter.com/0aooSsVryr
MEDIA
OANN
Mr. Burns your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular? https://t.co/iPzOWu2SPH
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) August 27, 2020
ELECTIONS
Kmala ratingsπ Pence
Mike Pence drew nearly 6 million fewer viewers than Harrishttps://t.co/qWgAL9iaS5
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 27, 2020
low levels of prejudice
White voters with lower levels of prejudice are far more numerous, and also less likely to be with Trump than in 2016. https://t.co/EqZ6QVYrRa pic.twitter.com/1QDvYTN5mV
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 27, 2020
taylor ads
I'm glad Joe's people never listen to them, they've done everything right, the ads & tweets they were pushing last night, their faces on TVs, centering Covid knowing Trump would ignore it. & Trump's people so lazy couldn't even gear their attacks at Joe, it's all Bernie-adjacent.
— Aprile Guarino π± (@Aprile529) August 28, 2020
KAG
Joe Bidenβs campaign has purchased the web domain that spells out President Donald Trumpβs re-election slogan βKeep America Greatβ and filled the site with what it says are Trump's broken promises. https://t.co/TvGWrAgaHl
— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) August 28, 2020
US
Hillary
Today, on #WomensEqualityDay, @HillaryClinton is at the unveiling of a new statue in Central Park.Β Itβs the first statue of real, non-fictional, women, the first statue of an African American and, significantly, a statue that depicts three great Americans working together. pic.twitter.com/oGYeYAWO4M
— Opal Vadhan (@OpalVadhan) August 26, 2020
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CDC down; Nazis and more speeches
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ππ¦ numbers
WORLD CASES 24,359,545
WORLD RECOVERIES 16,893,455
US CASES 6,001,103
US DEATHS 183,677
US RECOVERIES 3,314,664
NY RECOVERIES 366,967
NY numbers
Today's update on the numbers:
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 26, 2020
Of the 71,189 tests reported yesterday, 566 were positive (0.79% of total).
Total hospitalizations are at 492.
Sadly, there were 3 COVID fatalities yesterday. pic.twitter.com/zwI0FpYpuL
NY ACTIVE 62,340
LA county – newborn cases
Los Angeles County officials on Wednesday reported the first cases of COVID-19 among newborns. Of the 193 babies who were tested at birth, eight were positive.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 26, 2020
The county has never announced a positive case among an infant until now.https://t.co/j0nmaALux5
US, Brazil
For the global pandemic. the US and Brazil stand alone on a death plateau of a thousand lost lives per day.
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) August 27, 2020
Today 1,249 Americans reported dead from covid-19.
Now into 6th consecutive week of >1,000 fatalities every weekday pic.twitter.com/R1WZZ4sIpV
HURRICANE
Pet owners in the path of #HurricanaLaura, please see this list of evacuee resources from our friends @RedRoverOrg π https://t.co/6zq2DExBi6
— American Red Cross (@RedCross) August 26, 2020
WORLD
Russia
If Putin thinks he can get away with anything, he will. #Navalny https://t.co/cacug10M9e
— Daniel Miller (@DanielMillerEsq) August 25, 2020
KLAN π
self absorbed
Along those lines, 69% of Americans describe Trump as βself/absorbed,β the top descriptor used to describe him of both positive and negative words tested. Just 38% say heβs honest. pic.twitter.com/RqN23Qyntc
— Nick Gourevitch (@nickgourevitch) August 27, 2020
bet for himself
Latest @NavigatorSurvey results assess Trump on day of his speech at the RNC. This one says it all:
— Nick Gourevitch (@nickgourevitch) August 27, 2020
61% say Trump wants what is best for himself
39% say Trump wants what is best for the country
In February, pre-coronavirus, that was 56%/44%. pic.twitter.com/RDw1FlRBrT
ignoring hurricane
So Trump is just ignoring a whole category 5 hurricane in the Gulf, isn't he
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) August 27, 2020
and
The show must go on! Have a good time, everybody. https://t.co/oqcq7xXpDh
— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) August 27, 2020
Malaria
I really don't care what the green-card trophy wife who married the president for his money, recoils at his touch, never smiles in his presence, refuses to share his bedroom and fully expected she'd be a widow by now has to say, do u
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) August 26, 2020
also
"Helping children is not a political goal, it is our moral imperative." β #Melania
— Kevin it's Necessary to wear a damn mask! (@knecessary) August 26, 2020
Except for the kids in cages, right? A quick sketch:#RNC2020 #RNChaos #TrumpCrimeFamily #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #KidsInCages #CrueltyIsThePoint pic.twitter.com/piWQtYUA0S
polluter in chief
PENCE
What in gay hell is Mike Pence wearing pic.twitter.com/J9BqMm1oNX
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) August 27, 2020
ABUSES OF POWER
CDC
4) In case missedβ CDC was just ordered by Trump WH to issue guidelines to not test asymptomatic #COVID19 cases… all while Fauci was in surgery under anesthesia who wasnβt able to object! https://t.co/UIUKxtAAxq
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 27, 2020
.ππ©
“BLM” yelling
ADD COLOR! Oops. pic.twitter.com/3UDRFQsdVq
— KHive & Associates (@KHiveLLP) August 25, 2020
REPUBLICANS
CONVENTION
ignoring hurricane
Still boggles my mind that they're forging ahead with a political convention while a borderline category five hurricane is three hours from landfall.
— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) August 27, 2020
Law and Order chtick
And the biggest problem with running as the βlaw & orderβ candidate when you in charge of the country is that Trump owns the chaos. Of all the slogans and promises Trump has made, he is seen as falling short the most on βrestoring law and order to the country.β pic.twitter.com/AMAO11aGMF
— Nick Gourevitch (@nickgourevitch) August 27, 2020
ethics? LAW!
"No one gets punished": RNC utilizes White House for speeches and surprises despite ethics concerns https://t.co/UwSiyKWm18 pic.twitter.com/D8r7aD1WbZ
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 26, 2020
Kellyanne
Kellyanne talking about Trump caring about drug addiction is so much irony. Its like Zanax lecturing Adderall. @realDonaldTrump
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) August 27, 2020
naturalization ceremony?
Trump has spent his entire political career demonizing immigrants. Heβs caged migrant babies at the border. Heβs used fear of βcaravansβ as a political prop.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 26, 2020
Watching him preside over a naturalization ceremony last night was like watching a fox bless a henhouse.
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Miles Taylor, a former senior Trump administration official, says the President hosting a naturalization ceremony in the White House was βincredibly ironic.β
— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) August 26, 2020
βThis is a President who I witnessed wanted to cut immigration as far as humanly possible,β he added. pic.twitter.com/oX3ArEbN10
ethical?
#RNC2020 speaker Jack Brewer was charged earlier this month with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange commission.
— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) August 27, 2020
He's one of 15 speakers at the convention with legal or ethical issues. https://t.co/QtJlJe2C2O
McClosky
We'd heard about the gun-waving McCloskeys destroying beehives that Jewish children set up to produce honey for Rosh Hashanah, but reading the full details just makes me even more furious https://t.co/Ai77ULgu5A
— David Nir (@DavidNir) August 27, 2020
women?
There have been 4 speakers talking about women and how much Trump supports them.
— Lily Adams (@adamslily) August 27, 2020
This guy is the speaker that followed ππ»
Women come forward, accuse Madison Cawthorn of sexual assault https://t.co/PgaOdpS4bg
GOP women
I just finished two focus groups. All women. All 2016 Trump voters who think heβs doing a very bad job. One group from NC, one from AZ. The two groups were wildly different. But one thing was consistent across both groups: No one is watching the conventions.
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) August 27, 2020
NAZI
shooter
Like this kid? Where the hell is the @FBI while Republicans like you are making these types of calls and getting people exercising their first amendment rights killed??? pic.twitter.com/YTiA4ZJEWb
— Rebecca Lynn (@Bex_Lyn) August 26, 2020
and
17 years old. Traveled from another state. Armed with an assault weapon. If he were Black, by now there would be a full stories on the dysfunction of his parents. https://t.co/dqxFzAmioY
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) August 26, 2020
and
"His social media accounts appeared to show an intense affinity for guns, law enforcement and President Trump." https://t.co/wSXfm2hbi7
— Dana Rubinstein (@danarubinstein) August 27, 2020
π superfan
The 17 year-old who shot and killed people on the streets of Kenosha last night isnβt just a Trump fan.
— Nick Knudsen πΊπΈ (@DemWrite) August 27, 2020
Heβs a Trump SUPER FAN.
Trumpism is a cancer that will fully metastasize if we donβt stop him this November.
https://t.co/qRzHxeq71u
Sheriff Kenosha
This is the sheriff of Kenosha county, in 2018, calling for crazy ass racist shit: pic.twitter.com/qsw4CdDHPa
— Tim Dickinson (@7im) August 26, 2020
π©er Carlson
Let's identify this for what it is: an effort to re-legitimize lynching. "Order" is brazenly conflated with the murder of protestors. While this white supremacist terrorist acted alone, note Tucker's use of the plural: "17 year olds." He wants white mob mentality to rule. https://t.co/8bMBHpuzEN
— Ethan Grey (@_EthanGrey) August 27, 2020
π¦
Ahh yes, I remember Ben… the WAP skeptic https://t.co/imt0XZdgsQ
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 27, 2020
and
And do you know who produces Benβs show? This guy: pic.twitter.com/LJ2ieqC9iT
— Michael Drake (@mikedrake178) August 27, 2020
ACTIVISM
strike NBA
I commend the players on the @Bucks for standing up for what they believe in, coaches like @DocRivers, and the @NBA and @WNBA for setting an example. Itβs going to take all our institutions to stand up for our values. pic.twitter.com/rUGETgAt7P
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 27, 2020
also
"As a Black man, as a former player, I think it's best for me to support the players and just not be here tonight."
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 26, 2020
Kenny Smith walked off the TNT set in solidarity with the NBA players' strike of tonight's games. pic.twitter.com/HgurJPqHKB
ELECTIONS
mail-in vote – safe
U.S. officials see no signs of foreign targeting of mail-in vote, despite Trump's claims
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) August 27, 2020
https://t.co/7wT4mHqscc
McCain staff
More than 100 former staff members for Senator John McCain endorsed Joe Biden
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) August 27, 2020
https://t.co/F59kbFMKaE
also
GOOD MORNING @GOP βοΈ https://t.co/oidPN0wBMj
— TJ Ducklo (@TDucklo) August 27, 2020
US
Newsom
Governor Newsom proves he's no deer in headlights while managing several crises 'of biblical proportions'
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) August 27, 2020
https://t.co/2OI1Yp7gqB
women
Women are rising up to take our country back. pic.twitter.com/wPEr09DNyh
— 2020 #DemConvention πΊπΈ (@DemConvention) August 27, 2020
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