The “debate” edition

Mark Hamill for the win

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That debate was the worst thing I've ever seen & I was in The Star Wars Holiday Special.

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) September 30, 2020

menwhile in Japan…

This is the only debate-related content that brings me joy https://t.co/MCuOnUoa3H

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) September 30, 2020

LP version

That was terrible, @realDonaldTrump — and you just collapsed in front of the whole world. pic.twitter.com/Zlk4TdCE2t

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 30, 2020

vaccine claim

💉 Trump says the U.S. is weeks away from a #Covid19 vaccine.

Biden: "This is the same man who told you by Easter this will be gone away." #Debates2020 #DebateNight pic.twitter.com/jIiSoTvNzf

— Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) September 30, 2020

economy claim

Trump has repeatedly claimed he built the greatest economy in the history of the world — including multiple times during tonight’s debate.

That is … *checks notes* extremely false. pic.twitter.com/FIC0elwyKR

— The Recount (@therecount) September 30, 2020

Portland sheriff

Donald Trump has made my job a hell of a lot harder since he started talking about Portland, but I never thought he'd try to turn my wife against me! #PortlandSheriff #Debates2020 #DebateNight

— Mike Reese (@SheriffReese) September 30, 2020

Nazis pleased

This. This is Donald Trump's America. https://t.co/wld2mmGTwe

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 30, 2020

and

Right-wing extremists take to social media to celebrate Trump’s ‘stand by’ comment https://t.co/LVaPyr8JJS

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 30, 2020

in character

I did! I haven't forgotten how hard was for 🍊 to distance himself from David Duke! https://t.co/jdSsi2UNrK

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🐝 (@edgeoforever) September 30, 2020

who they are

If anyone is wondering who the Proud Boys are and what are their ties to mainstream Republican politics, @_grendan explained it best two years ago:

“The Proud Boys have become a militant wing of the Republican Party.”https://t.co/RWQ7NwZkUa

— AntiFash Gorgon (@AntiFashGordon) September 30, 2020

family – no masks

Trump's family evidently refused to wear masks at the debate, despite them being required

Should have thrown them out
https://t.co/7QEcTwDZPv

— Stone (@stonecold2050) September 30, 2020

Malaria

pic.twitter.com/28Az1Z4Ce0

— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) September 30, 2020

spouses after

Big prenup renegotiation energy https://t.co/yuhVJuBX4q

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2020

moderation

Is Chris Wallace going to moderate this debate or is he just going to let Trump taunt Biden the whole time? pic.twitter.com/2Z2mpcWduX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 30, 2020

Healthcare

Trump says he has a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

He has no plan.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 30, 2020

Smart

Don't use the word "smart" pic.twitter.com/d5yl9LUBjT

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 30, 2020

Portland Sheriff

In tonight’s presidential debate the President said the “Portland Sheriff” supports him. As the Multnomah County Sheriff I have never supported Donald Trump and will never support him.

— Mike Reese (@SheriffReese) September 30, 2020

Meanwhile in the House

House just passed a resolution affirming support for a peaceful transition of power after Trump declined to do so last week, 397-5.

5 Republicans voted NO.

— Cristina Marcos (@cimarcos) September 30, 2020

and

The 5 GOP dissenters:

Matt Gaetz (FL)
Louie Gohmert (TX)
Clay Higgins (LA)
Steve King (IA)
Thomas Massie (KY)https://t.co/GqdNU26siH

— Cristina Marcos (@cimarcos) September 30, 2020

reviews

Even Trump diehards thought tonight's debate was a mess.

“At times it seemed more like WWE," a fan at a watch party in Pennsylvania told @kadiagoba https://t.co/KSJpnMwynK

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 30, 2020

also

From what i can tell, Trump locked down the wife beater and white supremacist vote tonight.

Meanwhile, Biden won the vote of every frightened woman who has seen that look of rage in a man's eyes, everyone who has faced down a bully, & every decent person who cares about racism.

— Kurt "Mask Up, Vote Early" Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 30, 2020

and (thread)

1. The debate was a disaster – for America, for Trump, for democracy, and for the risks of political violence in November. An objective assessment of the candidates performances must lead with this: Biden inhabits reality, whereas Trump inhabits a concocted victimhood complex.

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) September 30, 2020

poll

What a coincidence that's the same head-to-head matchup numbers https://t.co/A3vaE806UI

— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) September 30, 2020

Conclusion

You determine the outcome of this election. Vote. Vote. Vote. pic.twitter.com/Ros3XuU16k

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) September 30, 2020

also

Wrong take. Most people don’t pay attention to politics as much as the media & politicians do. I believe it was important for the American people tonight to see who @realDonaldTrump really is. The American people gained a lot by watching Trump’s behavior tonight.#Debates2020 https://t.co/PgiFJ0sAGz

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 30, 2020

Last split screen

A picture is worth a thousand words. https://t.co/i67ekdacen

— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) September 30, 2020

ELECTIONS

Cook ratings change

*Iowa*

Electoral College Rating Changes: Ohio and Iowa Move to Toss Up#PresidentialDebate2020 #Debates2020https://t.co/GkIYVpwohc

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) September 29, 2020

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Kill your kids! “IRS is stupid”

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 33,574,198

WORLD RECOVERIES 24,893,480

WORLD DEATHs 1,006,868

1 MILLION
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/SInq18Porphttps://t.co/doACxkAE8Rhttps://t.co/MHSFcJzyGahttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#XiJinping #JoeBiden #Trump #Coronavirus @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/SLdLz6Rbh1

— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) September 29, 2020

US CASES 7,361,633

US DEATHS 209,808

US RECOVERIES 4,609,636

NY RECOVERIES 393,337

NYC

Covid cases are on the rise in NYC.

Don't think that you can let your guard down just because you aren't in one of the hot spot neighborhoods.

This virus moves fast and it does't care about zip codes. #WearAMask pic.twitter.com/EyjLeHGTAF

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) September 28, 2020

Wyoming, utah…

Wyoming was the nation’s new hot spot, as of Saturday, with a 128% jump in new Covid-19 cases followed by Utah (111%), Wisconsin (104%) and Colorado (97%), data show. https://t.co/iZABiYlkec

— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 29, 2020

US

As of today, the USA has

29.4% of the world's wealth

50% of the world's top-ranked universities

4.2% of the world's population

and

20.8% of the world's COVID19 cases

— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) September 28, 2020

of dead

Perspective. https://t.co/W9HJkv4Lwa https://t.co/cOvNIq4AOT

— Bryan Dawson (@BryanDawsonUSA) September 29, 2020

WORLD

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send your kids

NEW: Top White House officials spent weeks pressuring the C.D.C. over the summer to downplay the risk of sending children back to school. W/ ⁦@noahweiland⁩ ⁦@SharonLNYT⁩ https://t.co/1WFLNDRX94

— Mark Mazzetti (@MarkMazzettiNYT) September 29, 2020

handling 👑🦠

57% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/WdbamzfNHZ

— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) September 28, 2020

taxes

“Mom I didn’t really fail that test. Everyone else failed, the teacher isn’t fair, the class fails everyone every semester-“

This is classic deflection from Donald Trump. https://t.co/uoGXZdwtBG

— Biden | Harris War Room (Text JOE to 30330) (@BidenWarRoom) September 28, 2020

and

Trump’s taxes: He’s a fraud, a criminal, broke, and in massive debt. But we knew that already! #TrumpTaxCheat pic.twitter.com/C6AqXm3SKH

— heathergtv (@heathergtv) September 28, 2020

Kushner

Slum lord or $launderer?

“Kushner took home $1.7 million in salary and investment gains. But those earnings were swamped by $8.3 million of losses, largely because of “significant depreciation” that Mr. Kushner and his company took on their real estate” https://t.co/nRGTBYsjLW

— The Editor Devil (@fairchild01) September 29, 2020

Parscale

Trump on Parscale:

“Nice guy… very sad… I wish him well.
Didn’t know him very well… only met him a few times.”#Winning #DrainTheSwamp #TrumpCrimeFamily#OnlyTheBestPeople pic.twitter.com/e5eEW4IU1n

— Billy Baldwin (@BillyBaldwin) September 28, 2020

Cohen:

pic.twitter.com/M68iLeVb5T

— Jerry Axinn (damsaints)⚜️❄️ (@jaxinn) September 28, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

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REPUBLICANS

gop: elitist democrats are out of touch with normal people

also gop: *everybody* uses shell corporations and massive accounting tricks to avoid hundreds of thousands — even millions — in taxes. *everybody does it!* what?

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 28, 2020

ACTIVISM

MEDIA

🦊

Mollie, if you're doing these things, you're probably going to jail. https://t.co/zHznPXtwjU

— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) September 28, 2020

not voting

I wrote a column about journos voting at TIME years ago, and I think it's paywalled, but I said then: "If a tech writer told you he had no preference between Macs and PCs and chose not to use a computer in the interest of impartiality, you would rightly consider him an idiot."

— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) September 29, 2020

ELECTIONS

Nobel nomination Biden😂

Joe Biden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize, Joining Trump, Putin https://t.co/FmPLoqGqR6

— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) September 29, 2020

also,

Donald Trump doesn’t pay his taxes! Gee I wonder why!!!! Joe Biden does! Vote for Joe! #DonTheCon ByeDon pic.twitter.com/PuXC9J204s

— Irish eyes (@agsb60) September 28, 2020

GA backups paper

This is good. https://t.co/j9TeWlU7Hw

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) September 29, 2020

Poll PA

Biden leads Trump in Pennsylvania, 49 to 40 percent among likely voters, in a new Times/Siena poll https://t.co/86O9lsPzjG

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) September 28, 2020

US

Pelosi – stimulus

After passing their $3.4 trillion stimulus package in May, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats now say they are prepared to move forward with a scaled-down $2.2 trillion package. But that's still too high for Senate Republicans and the White House. https://t.co/SH2xNzTvd1

— CNN (@CNN) September 29, 2020

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1 million dead; 🍊’s taxes

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD Dead 1,002,665

1 MILLION
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/SInq18Porphttps://t.co/doACxkAE8Rhttps://t.co/MHSFcJzyGahttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#XiJinping #JoeBiden #Trump #Coronavirus @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/SLdLz6Rbh1

— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) September 29, 2020

WORLD CASES 33,327,989

WORLD RECOVERIES 24,646,814

US CASES 7,321,343

US DEATHS 209,453

US RECOVERIES 4,560,456

NY RECOVERIES 392,407

WORLD

RUSSIA 👑🦠

Russia's daily coronavirus numbers have almost doubled since the low in late August. https://t.co/jdnZet5QpN

— X Soviet (@XSovietNews) September 28, 2020

KLAN 🍊

pandemic overwhelms

As conservatives canvassed the neighborhood, one young mother, a baby in her arms, shouted through a closed window she was in quarantine.

Another woman who voted for Trump in 2016 condemned his handling of the pandemic and divisive leadership: “It’s embarrassing to the country.” https://t.co/MOtQvo45jk

— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) September 28, 2020

front page

Helluva front page pic.twitter.com/j2n1QSfQTK

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) September 28, 2020

summary

If you haven't read this yet, you should, but summary is that Trump has more debt than income and is therefore a national security threat as well as a tax avoider. https://t.co/8FuCZDnJQJ

— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) September 28, 2020

Murphy

$750.

Seven hundred fifty dollars.

SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.

That’s why he hid his tax returns.

Because the whole time, he wasn’t paying taxes. But you were.

Plumbers and teachers and fast food workers and accountants were (and still are) paying for his lifestyle.

$750.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) September 27, 2020

taking family’s $

Not a single anonymous source or quote in this excellent ⁦@PostKranish⁩ investigation. All on the record, based on documents, tapes, depositions. https://t.co/Ky21URJnu4

— Craig Whitlock (@CraigMWhitlock) September 27, 2020

debt

Follow this thread for details on Trump’s debt. The reporter is updating periodically. It’s now documented Trump owes 1.1 BILLION DOLLARS, and a lot of those loans are due in a year. We also know Russians own the loans, own the US president, and are making US foreign policy. https://t.co/bilVHE5gYm

— Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) September 28, 2020

poor

This is meme-ification worth pic.twitter.com/evl9mVMtzM

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🐝 (@edgeoforever) September 28, 2020

VP Ivanka

This cover was made in 2006. I guess the dream took shape as soon as her breasts grew large enough pic.twitter.com/eEE6j1hlWH

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🐝 (@edgeoforever) September 28, 2020

PR aid

We just got records that show when Trump said he sent $91 billion to Puerto Rico in hurricane disaster aid, FEEMA had only sent $3 billion.https://t.co/Hb7DrpdmZJ

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 28, 2020

🆚 Bloomberg

Wow, nobody realized how far he went in projecting his own smallness on actual billionaire Mike Bloomberg for paying off other people’s court fines (which were OVER $750). #NYTimes has enlightened us. https://t.co/m6YnRCp0mn

— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) September 28, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

SCOTUS

If a woman believes she is subservient to men, how can she possibly be considered for a role as an independent voice as a judge?

— Jackie O'Sassis (@Sassie_Lassie) September 27, 2020

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REPUBLICANS

Parscale

.@parscale isn't in a psych ward because of the current @nytimes story.

He's in a psych ward because he knows the next two stories that are coming.

Save this tweet.

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) September 28, 2020

NAZI

proud boys

The attendance for the Portland rally was predicted to be in the thousands by the Proud Boys.

Here’s the actual crowd size pic.twitter.com/9f4QV0OqL0

— Zane Sparling (@PDXzane) September 26, 2020

ACTIVISM

ELECTIONS

urine tests resp

“VP Biden intends to deliver his debate answers in words. If the president thinks his best case is made in urine he can have at it. We’d expect nothing less from Trump, who pissed away the chance to protect the lives of 200K Americans when he didn't make a plan to stop COVID19”

— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) September 28, 2020

taxes

Folks when the NYT had one year of taxes in 2016, Hillary saw a bump in the polls. People didn’t like him dodging taxes when they can’t. This is a much bigger story because it’s years of dodging taxes. Bigger impact.

— Neera -Vote Early- Tanden (@neeratanden) September 27, 2020

Cook update

A weekly and very smart election update from former Clinton WH political director Doug Sosnik -> https://t.co/uCaNnCB2Va

— Charlie Cook (@CharlieCookDC) September 28, 2020

US

Hillary debate

By the way, @HillaryClinton told y’all… pic.twitter.com/kOrsJ3nCeg

— Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) September 28, 2020

how she got te taxes

Lots of folks are trying to get their hands on Trump’s tax returns.

His personal returns are still secret, but I found a work-around to his businesses’ tax filings that revealed those financials didn’t always match what he told a lender.

Here’s how I did it.

— Heather Vogell (@hvogell) October 18, 2019

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👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 33,084,572

WORLD DEATHS 999,088

WORLD RECOVERIES 24,442,491

US CASES 7,287,593

US DEATHS 209,177

US RECOVERIES 4,524,108

NY RECOVERIES 391,607

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leaving the rally

Hi journalists,

If they live there, why do they need buses?

Why would they need satellite parking?

Where are all those buses going back to?

Also, how many bus drivers, maintenance crew and cleaning crew will die as a direct result of these ego stroking death rallies? https://t.co/vKjqci9dMN

— Agri-Braddock🌾🇺🇸#BidenHarris/KHive (he/him/his) (@Rhinocerization) September 27, 2020

Eric

Eric Trump Gets Crushed After Bragging That He’s a Better and More Honest Son Than Hunter Biden https://t.co/2auRRzeIjf

— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) September 26, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

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REPUBLICANS

defending Handmaid

When Your Face Melts Off in Social Embarassment: A Play in Four Acts https://t.co/NVsyAijnH4

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) September 26, 2020

ACTIVISM

MEDIA

“deserves” Bloomberg

Imagine talking about other powerful government jobs this way. “She deserves to be President.” “He deserves to be Speaker of the House.” “She deserves to be Treasury Secretary.”

It’s gross. Nobody “deserves” these jobs, but we have to fill them — to serve us, not to reward them. pic.twitter.com/QXtKCBGLvn

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) September 26, 2020

If the point of your platform is to rile people up, that itself is the problem. https://t.co/XidFro4IHB

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 26, 2020

MEDIA

NYT – Douthat mansplains feminism

Thank goodness a man showed up to mansplain feminism to us! We thought it was about equal rights, but apparently it's "adapting". To whom i wonder? Oh, look, I found the conservative feminists! pic.twitter.com/KCHZfQ9Yge

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🐝 (@edgeoforever) September 27, 2020

ELECTIONS

🍊 briefing guy endorses Biden

Robert Cardillo, who served under six presidents and briefed Trump: "I can be silent no longer."

"Four more years would be devastating. We must elect a thoughtful, moral, responsible, respectful leader on Nov. 3. Our current president is not that leader."https://t.co/FgX9Ss6EVt

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 26, 2020

🍊 coast guard endorses Biden

I am pleased to join Trump's former Coast Guard chief endorsing Biden, he cites 'insurgency' on the Constitution I believe this election is a battle for our democracy!⁦@NSLforBiden⁩ Vote for ⁦@JoeBiden⁩ https://t.co/I9nyGQYZoK

— Bruce A. Heyman (@BruceAHeyman) September 26, 2020

SCOTUS

Amy Coney Barrett is going to be of SCOTUS

Adjust

Adapt

Strategize

And make the GOP pay dearly for it

But stop wasting energy trying to defeat her confirmation

— Sasha (@SashaBeauloux) September 27, 2020

healthcare

"Ginsburg was a powerful voice on the Court, even in dissent, for health care. It is frightening to think what a justice from the opposite end of the political spectrum will mean for health care, and especially women’s health, in the United States."https://t.co/ov3NgQ5fOe

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) September 27, 2020

US

Amy!

Amy Klobucharizard used sick burn! https://t.co/vU6lW1AI1d

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) September 27, 2020

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America – the Handmaid tale edition

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 32,784,982

WORLD RECOVERIES 24,184,566

US CASES 7,244,184

US DEATHS 208,440

US RECOVERIES 4,480,719

NY RECOVERIES 390,879

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300 million from CDC

BREAKING: Trump took $300 million from the CDC to give to campaign friends to promote how well the pandemic is going.

Many times these last few years I’ve found myself grateful for ⁦@ddiamond⁩. https://t.co/Y8PpmYYnJa

— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡 (@ASlavitt) September 26, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

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REPUBLICANS

ACTIVISM

ELECTIONS

US

ACA thread

Some of you may have heard that the President signed an Executive Order yesterday to “protect people with pre-existing conditions.” As a mom, I’m pretty good at sniffing out little white lies, and this set my parent spidey senses off. (1/7)

— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) September 25, 2020

AMY

She is fantastic. @amyklobuchar arguing for democracy, for women, for justice & the American way. While that Ted subspecies looks on… https://t.co/YQgbEbgDGQ

— Ashlie Weeks (@ashlie_weeks) September 26, 2020

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