Chosen One; Fun to gut Medicare

 

Brazil

Moscow Mitch Writes Love Song To All The Senate Norms He's F*cked Beforehttps://t.co/XXurRSqeAs by @SER1897

— Wonkette (@Wonkette) August 22, 2019

🍊 KLAN

GE poll

Holy enthusiasm gap, Batman. https://t.co/1TdGzLPfXH pic.twitter.com/2IEczNTaz9

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) August 22, 2019

approval

Trump has a net -13 job approval in the new Monmouth poll. 40% approve and 53% disapprove.

A majority (57%) of registered voters say it is time to have someone new in the Oval Office, while just under 4-in-10 (39%) feel that Trump should be reelected in 2020.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 22, 2019

other poll

new AP/NORC poll on how Americans view Trump’s job performance as president:

36% approve, 62% disapprove

sharper focus:

21% approve STRONGLY
46% disapprove STRONGLY

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 22, 2019

briefing

Trump: Day 943
-Proclaimes "I Am The Chosen One"
-RT's Declaration He's 'King of Israel'
-Calls Danish PM Frederiksen "Nasty"
-Will Now Indefinitely Detain Migrants
-May Allow States to Deny Refugees
-Looks 2 Abolish 14th Ammendment
-Sought 2 Award Self Medal of Honor pic.twitter.com/qXfKWKMxD6

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘 (@AlamoOnTheRise) August 22, 2019

Chosen one

Trump declares himself ‘the chosen one’ https://t.co/GBIwnJDVky #KingOfTheJews pic.twitter.com/gURVSnUTy6

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 22, 2019

all together now

Read this three times slowly to yourself. pic.twitter.com/jgvSlYDZ6i

— 🖕🏻Aunt Crabby calls Bullshit 🖕🏻 (@DearAuntCrabby) August 21, 2019

exporting terror?

Trump just threatened to send Kurd captured ISIS terrorists back into Europe. So he is taking responsibility for them and will fly them over on US transports? He will@literally export terrorism? The stupid hurts so bad … https://t.co/S0VO9bejwe

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) August 21, 2019

Dada moment

I think we are now fully in the dada moment of this presidency, where we realize that accepted conventions of language fail in describing what we are witnessing. It's like reading belle epoque-style write-ups of the 1920s. https://t.co/1OPXy8oAz2 pic.twitter.com/4wNJCKBDTA

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) August 22, 2019

Denmark

"I think this is the worst treatment of an American ally by an American president in our lifetime. I can't think of anything remotely like this," says Nicholas Burns, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO. https://t.co/Kxj7gNDpaw

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) August 22, 2019

Caligula

John Hurt, man. https://t.co/zgE1y6vVMZ

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 21, 2019

batshit

The President Is Currently Serving Up Several Flavors of Batshit on Twitter #25thAmmendmentNow https://t.co/XCYGGKYNV9

— Eugene W (@NOW1SOLAR) August 22, 2019

new benchmark for incoherence

#25thAmmendmentNow
‘I am the Chosen One': with boasts and insults, Trump sets new benchmark for incoherence #SmartNews https://t.co/gGVF64ecbO

— marne1 (@marne1) August 22, 2019

fake self-awards

Watch the idiot as he confesses to giving himself bogus awards “all the time” in the 2011 video.#25AmendmentNow https://t.co/qJX1vMlxKR

— Stone 🥶 (@stonecold2050) August 22, 2019

Denmark – to buy UK from Russia

https://t.co/1taisQ9aQF

— The Rochdale Herald (@RochdaleHerald) August 21, 2019

REPUBLICANS

🐢 for fillibuster

HOLY MOLY. Mitch McConnell just wrote an NYT op-ed urging Dems to keep the filibuster, and threatening them if they scrap it. This is how you know it's a *really* good idea to scrap it – Mitch is scared. https://t.co/D4brQJsFqX

— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) August 22, 2019

and

HOLY MOLY. Mitch McConnell just wrote an NYT op-ed urging Dems to keep the filibuster, and threatening them if they scrap it. This is how you know it's a *really* good idea to scrap it – Mitch is scared. https://t.co/D4brQJsFqX

— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) August 22, 2019

and

Moscow Mitch Writes Love Song To All The Senate Norms He's F*cked Beforehttps://t.co/XXurRSqeAs by @SER1897

— Wonkette (@Wonkette) August 22, 2019

State Department

NEW: The @StateDept helped initiate talks between RUDY GIULIANI & a Ukrainian official, during which Rudy urged investigation of @JoeBiden & his son.

Rudy briefed @StateDept on the talks.@StateDept didn't respond to questions about its role or Rudy's.https://t.co/UjSbxSlGIw

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) August 21, 2019

jurors

we have to have racists on the jury or else they’ll be worried about being called racists https://t.co/qj7ME2fdlj

— kilgore trout’s mom (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 22, 2019

Spicer

Hello @Disney,

I see that you have added Sean Spicer to the next season of ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ You are supposed to have stars on the show, it’s not ‘Dancing with the Nazis.’

Pull him from the show or face a boycott of your mouse-related crap factory.

Love,

God

— God (@thegoodgodabove) August 21, 2019

new press secretary

New White House press secretary Grisham's career history includes "losing a private-sector job after being accused of cheating on expense reports, a later job loss over plagiarism charges and two arrests for driving under the influence." https://t.co/NnJBYFiu9l

— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) August 22, 2019

abortion after birth

Abortion after birth doesn’t exist… much like your career now.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 22, 2019

Cruz, 2016

"I mean, we’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would’ve nuked Denmark. That’s not the temperament of a leader who will keep this country safe."

— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) August 22, 2019

Jews

I am sure you personally heard 🍊 telling you that Israel is your country. If he ever actually addressed you He said it to AIPAC attendees. and all American Jews he spoke to.He always thought we are some sort of visitors. And you know it.

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) August 22, 2019

Jewish by birth

“(I’m) Jewish as you get.”

Wayne Allyn Root — the evangelical Christian conspiracy nut who dubbed Trump the “second coming of God" and the “king of Israel” — says he has every right to tell Jews what to think because he is Jewish by birth.https://t.co/fo5NZw3Ooc

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 22, 2019

evangelicals

excellent well-reported piece by @JulieZauzmer on the coexistence of evangelical christianity and antisemitic conspiracy theories (or: how you can love Israel and hate the Jews): https://t.co/qtZdFb9QBa

— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) August 22, 2019

NAZI

Infinite detention

US moves to abolish migrant custody limits so children can be detained indefinitely https://t.co/5czR7E7e9h

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 21, 2019

ICE – employers

Remember the ICE raids on Aug 7th that seized 680 workers at Koch Foods plants in Mississippi? Those workers had just won a $3.75M settlement against Koch for sexual harassment and race discrimination.

These employers ARE violating civil rights, then weaponizing ICE as a cover. https://t.co/ZrDVamuMjD

— Adrienne Lawrence (@AdrienneLaw) August 20, 2019

from bot pretending to be ally – thread

*even Jews* Reassuring. Reminds me of a compliment I used to hear: "If Hitler killed all jews, he shouda spared that particular one" https://t.co/hzCeSsQgVH

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) August 22, 2019

DOJ letter

An email sent from the Justice Dept. to all immigration court employees included a link to an article posted on a white nationalist website that "directly attacks sitting immigration judges with racial and ethnically tinged slurs," BuzzFeed News reports. https://t.co/lftP32my1R

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 22, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala re🍊

What is wrong with this guy?https://t.co/220syAwey1

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 21, 2019

re: healthcare

#KamalaWasFirst in listening to what unions needed for her Medicare For All proposal. That 10-yr transition even helps to ease typical 5-yr union contract renegotiations. Labor workers keep the benefits they fought for, w/ a choice to opt-in immediately.https://t.co/L2sNZx2Wuj pic.twitter.com/M5xKkhO0cS

— Pierce (@PierceAH66) August 22, 2019

Beto

At a gun show, a seller told me we need better background checks. An owner of an AK-47 told me he’d do anything to keep his kids safe. A Trump supporter told me he’s open to buybacks. We need to stop writing one another off—because only together can we end this epidemic. pic.twitter.com/EEquQ2stM2

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 22, 2019

Buticaca WWC

WTF?

“As a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, I noticed firsthand the sacrifice made by those men in uniform and I noticed how many of them came from places that look a lot more like South Bend than the big coastal cities.” -Pete Buttigieg pic.twitter.com/dayT4hcSSF

— José (@josecanyousee) August 21, 2019

Burnie

record

Bernie Sanders: wrong on immunity for billion dollar gun corporations, wrong on Amber Alert, wrong on sanctions against billionaire Russian oligarchs, wrong on deregulating swaps. Now?

Bernie admits: wrong on Medicare for All & now follows Senator Harris https://t.co/8OlM4wTKPo

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) August 22, 2019

🆚 WaPo

headline

Oh how interesting.

I thought no one was allowed to make any changes to Medicare for All plans at all ever. pic.twitter.com/Nk6MPrpjsj

— Lily Adams (@adamslily) August 22, 2019

Team Bernie has no substantive answer for why they’re changing their M4A plan — and instead are going with “attack the Washington Post” as the strategy >> https://t.co/xw1vcNOASC

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) August 22, 2019

Burnie Iowa

In Iowa in particular, Sanders has a problem with 2016 Hillary voters who think he hurt her in the general. Anything that brings that forward is bad for him. (Yes, in theory, he can win with just 2/3 of 2016 vote, but he's not close to that rn.)

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 22, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Sarandon

Her dog is so on brand for clueless privileged white woman with nothing to lose https://t.co/wEtLG4jrp0

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) August 20, 2019

also

Franklin loves cheese, playing with other pups, and his humans, including this guy. He gets to be a dog, which is his only job. We aspire to be better humans, which is ours. https://t.co/WHP4Z4GP6n

— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) August 22, 2019

and

Here's Susan Sarandon insinuating that her dog understands racism better than a black woman.

Bernie's team has had nearly three years to come up with a strategy and a message, but they're still running their 2016 campaign. It feels like he's running to punish the DNC. https://t.co/1eRxrTOb0S

— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) August 22, 2019

US

Hillary

Noooooooooooooooooo! Not a DNA test!
My girl has no fvcks left. None! Zelp! Zilch!

And I’m here for it! https://t.co/gP1h8lJzPZ

— Bernie’s Martha’s Vinyard’s Lobster Sliders (@ReginaA1981) August 21, 2019

Jews

Jews: Disloyal to idols since the days of Abraham.

Disloyal to tyrants since Pharaoh.

Disloyal to little men who wish they were God since Haman.

Disloyalty to evil is a form of loyalty to God.

— Rabbi Shai Held (@HeldShai) August 21, 2019

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Swallow a little; Disloyal and ignorant Jews

 

IMPEACHMENT

New. Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood supports an impeachment inquiry against Trump. https://t.co/GKU0LKd5U5

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 20, 2019

RUSSIA

Two more stations are now offline — and not just any two. This time it is a pair of radionuclide stations in the path of the drifting plume. I’d say we are out of coincidence territory. https://t.co/7dXe4L5M70

— Jeffrey Lewis (@ArmsControlWonk) August 19, 2019

🍊 KLAN

GE

The numbers suck too. https://t.co/G03oh0DeSI

— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) August 20, 2019

3rd person

The following politicians, athletes and characters have also referred to themselves in the third person:

– Julius Caesar
– Barack Obama
– Bernie Sanders
– Bob Dole
– Bo Jackson
– LeBron James
– Floyd Mayweather Jr.
– Elmo
– Jimmy in “Seinfeld”https://t.co/zS3MFZZWpW

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) August 19, 2019

conspiracy

Good morning the president is watching Fox Business.

Left, Fox Business' Varney & Co., 11:45 a.m.
Right, Trump, 11:52 a.m. pic.twitter.com/FP0iDSIk1q

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 19, 2019

The FEC chair clobbered Trump for claiming Dems cheated the 2016 election:

"Academics have studied this.
Lawyers have studied this.
The government has studied this.
Democrats have studied this.
Republicans have studied this.
No one can find any evidence of rampant voter fraud" pic.twitter.com/5MoiREBX8R

— POLITICO (@politico) August 19, 2019

NRA

Duh pic.twitter.com/SCWLRyOiva

— AMCDMB (@SteadyasweDodo) August 20, 2019

GE Demographics

In the NBC/WSJ poll, 40% will definitely/probably vote for Trump and 52% definitely/probably for a Dem. Among whites:

White women/college+
Trump 30%
Dem 63%

White women/non-college
Trump 43%
Dem 49%

White men/ college+
Trump 44%
Dem 49%

White men/non-college
Trump 67%
Dem 22%

— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) August 19, 2019

REPUBLICANS

libertarians

A side benefit of the 1619 project is illustrating which self-identified libertarians become suddenly uninterested in the history of liberty when it involves the literal enslavement of human beings, as opposed to ensuring poor people have health insurance.

— Adam Serwer🍝 (@AdamSerwer) August 19, 2019

Steve King

Rep. Steve King says media, GOP leaders owe him an apology after his comments on rape and incest https://t.co/OzWANg0yiV

— Janet Johnson (@JJohnsonLaw) August 19, 2019

conspiracies

Trumpers since 2016: "absolutely no votes were changed or effected based on 'a couple Facebook ads'!"

Trumpers today: "millions of votes must have been changed by bias in the Google algorithm!"

🙄

Pick a universe to live in, boys.

— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) August 19, 2019

slavery

NY Times: Here is some of the history of slavery in America.

Prominent conservatives: why do you hate America? #1619Project pic.twitter.com/SDNsxzB2ys

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) August 18, 2019

NRA

NY investigation

Despite a last minute appeal, today courts have twice blocked the NRA from participating in interviews of board members in our ongoing investigation.

We will continue our fight to uncover the truth, because no one is above the law.https://t.co/CX1xY91qmr

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 19, 2019

NAZI

🍊🆚 Jews

Ahhh the “disloyal jews” thing. https://t.co/W7MftLze9K

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) August 20, 2019

RJC

The anti-semite and white supremacist Steve King has been in the Republican caucus in Congress since 2003. King says satanic Jewish financiers are funding immigration to destroy the white 'race.' Trump campaigned with him in 2015. https://t.co/dBjcvvXe7N

— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) August 20, 2019

PB

Two members of the far-right Proud Boys were convicted of attempted gang assault, attempted assault and riot for their role in a brawl with anti-fascist protesters last fall on the Upper East Side. https://t.co/QclcRqgUCU

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 19, 2019

MEDIA

Speaking of publications, who funds the Federalist?

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 18, 2019

🦊

Holocaust envy

HOLOCAUST ENVY??? Holy shit, how can someone manage to offend both Jews and Muslims with TWO WORDS?

How can this show attract any advertisers? Who would want to sponsor this crap? https://t.co/2VJo4hoRG5

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) August 20, 2019

Carlson is 🔩ed

Awesome article by my friend @JordanUhl on the huge impact boycotts and standing up to a white supremacist asshole like Tucker Carlson.https://t.co/9I1EIaY7Ps pic.twitter.com/Q02e5obmNi

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) August 19, 2019

Marvel

Art Spiegelman says his Marvel book introduction was killed over Trump joke https://t.co/U2kytiDXNB

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 19, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala – downtickt

NEW: As Mike Pence fundraises for radical Republicans, @KamalaHarris’ South Carolina campaign is doing the work of helping down-ballot Dems by phone banking for the Anderson Democratic Party which will eventually flip @RepJeffDuncan’s seat!

More here: https://t.co/lFsmKW83W3 pic.twitter.com/knlpyMJxBo

— Jerusalem (@JerusalemDemsas) August 19, 2019

to Burnie attacks

Interestingly, @WSJ recently reported that, at a NYC fundraiser in May, @KamalaHarris "told the audience of about 80 people that as president she would continue to be 'tough on banks,' according to attendees."

Team Sanders should stop this silly stuff.https://t.co/WSdlMN4NaO

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) August 19, 2019

and

Oh, spare me.

NBC reported Sanders was "a regular presence at luxurious fundraising retreats," including in Martha's Vineyard. No attendees "said they heard him chastise Wall Street banks or pharmaceutical companies to the faces of the lobbyists representing those interests." https://t.co/75OH10U7Cb

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) August 19, 2019

Biden: his wife: swallow a little

Dr. Jill Biden urges voters to consider her husband's electability, saying: "your candidate might be better on, I don’t know, healthcare than Joe is, but you’ve got to look at who’s going to win this election." pic.twitter.com/xdPk95wWnv

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 19, 2019

and

A bit of a strange argument: You might not agree with or like me, but I'm ahead, so you should vote for me. https://t.co/ChB0lKdHHE

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 19, 2019

Swallow a little

Swallow a little bit? Is this a campaign slogan?😱 Also, who died and made Joe I ❤️ Republicans Biden Mr Electability? ( not a real thing) https://t.co/S9DzpOQZvm

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) August 19, 2019

Onion

Jill Biden Urges Democratic Voters To Ignore Which Candidates Are Mentally Sharp Enough To Finish Complete Sentences For Good Of Party https://t.co/pORECObxsh pic.twitter.com/7FBIVv31ae

— The Onion (@TheOnion) August 20, 2019

Sarandon 🆚 Warren

So much for that Sanders/Warren non-aggression pact https://t.co/lZtEA9p9af

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) August 19, 2019

Tulsi

This is what happens when you have no gay friends cuz you support conversion therapy https://t.co/dt8MAPVksZ

— Jeremy (@mindshredr) August 18, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Remember this from Bernie supporter Susan Sarandon?

"Some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately"

We are going to regret giving Bernie Sanders & Tulsi Gabbard license to destroy us.

Now they're attacking Senator Warren.

pic.twitter.com/3uuY3xVdUt

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) August 20, 2019

and Syria

Here she is in 2019 suggesting the Syrian regime is innocent, citing a conspiracy theorist who advocates a "left" alliance with the far right. https://t.co/6G2bMd7d35

— Charles Я. Davis (@charliearchy) August 19, 2019

and elections

The question is “Would we have children in cages BUT FOR Trump.” If you say yes, you are being willfully ignorant. A celebrity Campaigning for a 3rd party candidate even when Bernie saw the danger of a racist, misogynistic Trump and said “You must vote for Hillary” shows https://t.co/yZuCryrsqn

— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) August 19, 2019

US

Hillary

The debunked study you’re referring to was based on 21 undecided voters. For context that’s about half the number of people associated with your campaign who have been indicted. https://t.co/0zHnWvGjSv

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 19, 2019

and Bill

Happy birthday, @BillClinton! You can sign his card here: https://t.co/rZMJYRQyte pic.twitter.com/QwJYInPG8K

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 19, 2019

on Hong Kong

What democracy and peaceful protest look like: 1.7 million people marching yesterday in Hong Kong's Victoria Park. pic.twitter.com/ubJpgduSjh

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 19, 2019

PP

Fuck every last one of you motherfuckers who didn't vote for, bitched nonstop about to depress voter turnout for, or ate up bullshit conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton. Planned Parenthood Withdraws From Title X Program Over Trump Rule https://t.co/nz38Sq84Rd

— Anna Maltese (@MalteseAnna) August 19, 2019

and

https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1163611468270407680

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Heat seeking missile for🍊’s 🍑

 

🍊 KLAN

recession

Done 🙂 pic.twitter.com/yUJkjS1c4l

— Julia Brando (@juliabrando) August 18, 2019

and

pic.twitter.com/54kZbJfM3S

— Stone 🥶 (@stonecold2050) August 19, 2019

the chants

https://twitter.com/Ireland0828/status/1163385805395681280consummers are rich

Some savvy D strategist should be cutting a commercial with Trump saying "our consumers are rich" and airing it all throughout farm country that's being hit by Trump's tariff war pic.twitter.com/hnwsOaCvSj

— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) August 19, 2019

REPUBLICANS

Trumpies

My father is a die hard Fox News watching Trump voter. Let me tell you: it is not a good use of time to try to flip Trump voters. No amount of logic or humanizing or anything else works. Just move on and mobilize and stop voter suppression.

— Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio) August 18, 2019

neo-confederate

The neo-Confederate view is emphatically not that the South "really won" the war. It's that the South *should* have won the war. Modern neo-Confederates agree with people like you that the dial has swung much too far against white people. https://t.co/9i9cmn7StO

— Tom Doran (@portraitinflesh) August 19, 2019

slavery

I honestly don’t understand why the Right Wing would choose to debate whether slavery was racist. I know they’re racists but someone must be aware enough that picking slavery as the thing to defend may not be picking your best ground.

— Armando (@armandodkos) August 18, 2019

Pompeo

Oh my. “The former official said that, in private, too, Pompeo is ‘among the most sycophantic and obsequious people around Trump.’ Even more bluntly, a former American ambassador told me, ‘He’s like a heat-seeking missile for Trump’s ass.’” https://t.co/wXNcQx6772

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 19, 2019

market declines

The 10 biggest one-day declines in Dow Jones history:

02-05-2018 -1175.21 💩
02-08-2018 -1032.89 💩
10-10-2018 -831.83 💩
08-14-2019 -800.49 💩
12-04-2018 -799.36
09-29-2008 -777.68
08-05-2019 -767.27 💩
10-15-2008 -733.08
03-22-2018 -724.42 💩
10-15-2001 – 733.08

the Idiot 💩

— Stone 🥶 (@stonecold2050) August 18, 2019

NAZI

lies

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1162972206147743744.html

ELECTIONS

Beto

It is not enough not to be racist. We have to be anti-racist. We have to shut down white supremacy, domestic terrorism, and white nationalism. pic.twitter.com/6KpKGg9njn

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 19, 2019

also healthcare

Chuck asked whether we need to stop talking about health care to focus on Donald Trump.

The answer is no. We must do both.

Because if we don’t provide health care to every American, if we don’t fix our economy, we‘ll provide fertile ground for demagogues like Trump to rise. pic.twitter.com/zSVD65VJgn

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 18, 2019

Tulsi

This is what happens when you have no gay friends cuz you support conversion therapy https://t.co/dt8MAPVksZ

— Jeremy (@mindshredr) August 18, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Burnie then

Remember when it was even vaguely controversial to suggest these two were bad-faith actors willing to hurt people to get what they wanted pic.twitter.com/ujXzPjR7uc

— Sady Doyle (@sadydoyle) August 18, 2019

Burnie Bros

News like this has become commonplace and every once in a while, I just want to thank @SusanSarandon for her campaigning, not just voting, third party. Instead of working to stop Trump, she helped him. https://t.co/0K23l0ZJZC

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) August 19, 2019

US

Hillary

The debunked study you’re referring to was based on 21 undecided voters. For context that’s about half the number of people associated with your campaign who have been indicted. https://t.co/0zHnWvGjSv

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 19, 2019

1619 project

A reminder: #1619Project is in print today in the Sunday @nytimes. If you do not subscribe, you should do like me this morning and go out and buy a copy of that newspaper to get one in your hands. Support @nhannahjones’ work and that of her fellow writers, editors, and artists. https://t.co/MgrPzzkTSQ

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 18, 2019

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🍊 no longer “both sides”: he picked the Nazis

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

MUELLER REPORT

🍊 KLAN

briefing

Trump: Day 939
-224th Day at a Trump Golf Club
-292nd Day at a Trump Property
-Blamed for ISIS Growing in Power
-Defends Alt-Right in Portland March
-Shell Workers Paid 2 Attend Speech
-NK Launched 6th Missile in 4 Weeks
-Desperate to Defend NH Crowd Size pic.twitter.com/NfeLfOQJHl

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘 (@AlamoOnTheRise) August 18, 2019

with the boys today

From the Proud Boys Telegram:

“The President is with the boys today.”

And it would appear he is. SMDH. pic.twitter.com/vMO2wuykQA

— ☆ 𝖧𝗂𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖲𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗍 ☆ (@lilsarg) August 17, 2019

revived ISIS

The Pentagon inspector general issued a report saying that the Islamic State is again growing in power.

The report specifically said Trump's decision to rapidly draw down troops in Syria and pull diplomatic staff from Iraq allowed militants to regroup. https://t.co/CH82ug0fGD

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2019

paid crowd

.@PittsburghPG: “Trump's large union crowd at Shell was given the option of not showing up — and not getting paid” https://t.co/MjmhjFruDg

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 17, 2019

encore

Someone deserves a bonus for memory alone: https://t.co/rwJE3mHUb9

— Gardner Selby (@gardnerselby) August 17, 2019

with Ford input

Gerald Ford said this headline cost him the election. Daily News used it again for Trump. https://t.co/wO5TlLmFmv

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 18, 2019

paper

Never forget October 24, 2018. The day ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ walked on to Air Force One with a piece of toilet paper hanging off his foot. ⁦ pic.twitter.com/p0c7TciO3e

— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) August 18, 2019

REPUBLICANS

Steve King townhall

The scene at Steve King’s town hall today in Grundy Center, Iowa. Photo by Brenna Norman pic.twitter.com/PEtHkmmaFN

— corinne_perkins (@corinne_perkins) August 17, 2019

Recession

“There’s no recession coming. The pessimistas were wrong. It’s not going to happen.” — Larry Kudlow, December 2007 https://t.co/aajDQgEUNe

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) August 18, 2019

Hi, trumpie!

can’t stop laughing at this pic.twitter.com/HXcIycYtCn

— kilgore trout’s mom (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 17, 2019

TERRORIsM

The El Paso attack by a white supremacist is only the most recent in a growing trend of domestic terror, fueled by racism and hate.

It’s time for the law to catch up. We should create a narrowly-tailored domestic terrorism law that protects civil liberties.

Here's my bill: https://t.co/4e8B7SADVm

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) August 17, 2019

NAZI

No more both sides

When white supremacists come to town to attack "antifa" and the whole city turns out to oppose them, and the President parrots the fascists' line, he's not talking about "both sides" anymore. He's chosen a side. pic.twitter.com/kQ1yelyVQj

— Anti-Fascist Network (@AntiFascistNetw) August 18, 2019

Cuccinelli

https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/1162911859843796992portland

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler on Trump calling out Antifa: "I'm not concerning myself with tweets coming out of Washington, D.C., and frankly, it's not helpful." pic.twitter.com/wZ4GVcsLil

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2019

jfc he’s protecting the right-wing and white supremacist groups who organized the Portland protests https://t.co/nb2QPAuCbt

— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) August 17, 2019

PBs

Proud Boys #PortlandProtest organizer Joe Briggs is asked "What's the message you got across?"

"Go look at President Trump's Twitter. He talked about Portland, said he's watchin' antifa. That's all we wanted."@realDonaldTrump actively supports domestic terrorists. pic.twitter.com/Y6Y81dXML3

— 🌊ʇᴉɯᴉl ɐɯǝɥɔs®🌊🤘🏼 (@TimForgot) August 17, 2019

McInnes

Gavin McInnes brags that Proud Boys is a "gang"and explains the levels of this gang. Says the highest degree is "you get arrested or in a serious violent fight for the cause." pic.twitter.com/hd1vU32qqo

— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) October 16, 2018

schools

Some top Trump aides sought for months for a way to give states the power to block undocumented immigrant children from enrolling in public schools, Bloomberg reports. https://t.co/nDw8VJBYuI

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2019

MAGAts

Tell me again how MAGAts aren’t racist Nazis? pic.twitter.com/QJc9zIO1V7

— L Tucc 🇺🇸 (@l_tucc) August 18, 2019

Marvel

"Maus" author removed from Marvel collection for calling Trump "Orange Skull" https://t.co/QVhFrKTkAX

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 16, 2019

Wait, as in *this* guy? Real Trump quotes pair so well with him though… https://t.co/8nBJPkHqyk

— ㋐ 白かぼちゃ ㋐ (@AgentSilk) August 18, 2019

MEDIA

NYT Miller

Today's NYT front page romanticizes Stephen Miller, the White House aide who is pushing racist immigration policies, as a "young firebrand" pic.twitter.com/38tCpj9Kb1

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) August 18, 2019

commentary

My new post is about the tensions between the New York Times and its core readership over Trump coverage. And there's a new factor: a younger generation of Times journalists who wonder if leadership might be blowing it. Grab a coffee and read about it: https://t.co/wrvmtAm1Kd

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 17, 2019

🦊

Carlson vacation

Tucker Carlson went on a sudden vacation two weeks ago after he said on his show that white supremacy is a "hoax."

Here's what's happened during his vacation: pic.twitter.com/FGa0Ix67FA

— jordan (@JordanUhl) August 18, 2019

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ELECTIONS

Biden❤️GOP

”Because they know I respect the other team. I do,” Biden added. “They’re decent people. They ran because they care about things, but they’re intimidated right now.”

— Matt Viser (@mviser) August 18, 2019

how he sold the budget

Reminder for everyone: Biden “being reasonable” to Republicans is giving them everything they want https://t.co/rjnjzb1A2A pic.twitter.com/wrdFoqAsHj

— PeteB2 (@PeteB2) August 18, 2019

Burnie & NRA shill

Nothing like shmoozing with an NRA shill while the nation struggles to recover from a week of mass shootings . https://t.co/YLwS6ktjnt

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) August 18, 2019

poll

I’m most struck by the dramatic decline in ⁦@JoeBiden⁩‘s favorable ratings, from 54%-22% positive to 34%-38% negative(all adults). Opponents’ attacks & media scrutiny have had a big impact. Same for Bernie. Warren’s just so-so. Trump is low as usual. https://t.co/cMYwsI9lLq

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) August 18, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Omar, Tahib

The congresswomen should have been allowed to go on their trip and our bigoted president’s attacks on them are bigoted. But I still find this on its face to be pretty troubling: https://t.co/xjMRQDpW8Q
More on this here: https://t.co/gPiD8aVZnf And here: https://t.co/nPIY6uzFA9

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 18, 2019

US

Pelosi

https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1162771976966103045?s=20

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IMPEACHMENT

MUELLER REPORT

🍊 KLAN

Denmark

"Happy belated Ullortuneq! The best suaasat is served in the Trump Tower Grill. I love the Greenlandics!" pic.twitter.com/6lpWsr4QVQ

— Ira Goldman 🦆🦆🦆 (@KDbyProxy) August 15, 2019

and

The Borowitz Report: “Denmark would be interested in purchasing the United States in its entirety, with the exception of its government,” a spokesperson for the Danish government said. https://t.co/gMwzcWUHma

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) August 16, 2019

and

we kicked this around, and the closest anyone came up with (h/t @wendellborton1) was Burns feeling out Castro to see if Cuba was for sale pic.twitter.com/2mjNZ7sCtF

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 16, 2019

transgender

The president’s administration, hours before your dinner, told the Supreme Court that transgender people should not be protected by sex discrimination laws. Did you discuss the case with him, @tim_cook? More here: https://t.co/ojlLScTKKX

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) August 17, 2019

fattest

Anthony Scaramucci says Twitter suspended him for calling Trump ‘The Fattest President’

So let me get this straight, trump can say anything he likes about anybody but you can’t call the idiot “fat”? https://t.co/68iZL6h9rE

— Stone 🥶 (@stonecold2050) August 16, 2019

no apology

Correction: Trump did not apologize, a White House official tells me. He phoned the supporter, left him a message thanking him for his support, but did not use the words "sorry" or "apologize." https://t.co/0G32RSHI1G

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 16, 2019

institutions

“Mental illness” encompasses so many conditions – most which are treatable with therapy & medication

His blanket statement about institutionalizing the mentally ill harkens back to days of asylums, lobotomies, & shock therapy. It’s disgusting, ill-informed, & extremely harmful https://t.co/IRMnusiybE

— Dr. Donna #PrideMom (@DrDonnaDemocrat) August 16, 2019

monuments

This is the last paragraph from a press release that the @NationalMallNPS just sent, announcing the Washington Monument’s reopening on 9/19. Can’t recall seeing a note like this (ie crediting @realDonaldTrump) in one of their press releases before. pic.twitter.com/zGDUbSUKsq

— Mikaela Lefrak (@mikafrak) August 16, 2019

GE polling

Whoa, and this *before* the week's scary economic news. https://t.co/JAVcraETeg

— Dan Fagin (@danfagin) August 15, 2019

crowd

#EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour #EmptySeatMAGATour pic.twitter.com/j8in6oHXEG

— Raphael Albert (@RaphvsMaximvs) August 16, 2019

paid attendants

Shell Workers Reportedly Had To Attend Trump Speech To Be Paidhttps://t.co/6cLCzgMVLu

— No Foxnewstoday (@NoFoxnewstoday) August 17, 2019

trade wars

The same president who last year said trade wars were "easy to win" told his supporters that "I never said China was going to be easy." https://t.co/xMpsEDwCuB

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 16, 2019

REPUBLICANS

Epstein lawyers

Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers on Friday said they plan to conduct their own investigation into his death and are prepared to sue the government for video footage of the area near Epstein's jail cell during the time leading to his death.https://t.co/5RQGi5HHPI

— Axios (@axios) August 17, 2019

talking points

It's obvious this baloney was being distributed by top Republicans. In a 24 hour blitz, suddenly John Cornyn, Kellyanne and a lengthy list of Republican leadership began spewing and spinning the same lies, using the same language. It's despicable. https://t.co/BQbx9Z14Ra

— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) August 16, 2019

Scalise

It’s a written tweet so it would be libel, Steve. Slander is oral. You know, like with your cousin.

— CrazyInvertedPopehat (@Popehat) August 17, 2019

Dept of State

50 career employees have left a State Dept. bureau due to "negative and vindictive" environment created by Trump appointees. Employee social media accounts were reviewed to determine their loyalty

FYI: federal employees swear their loyalty to the Constitution, not the president https://t.co/ZoPpGVrAE8

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) August 16, 2019

stolen

In Georgia’s gubernatorial race last year, 100,000 voters’ registrations were cancelled because they hadn’t voted in seven years. Another 53,000, 70 per cent of whom were black, had their registration put on hold for something as minor as a missing hyphen. https://t.co/2Je9YD37g4

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) August 15, 2019

TERRORISM

#BREAKING UPDATE: West Virginia man identified, sought for questioning in NYC rice cookers scare, law enforcement official confirmshttps://t.co/JfAvpvXCRS

— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) August 16, 2019

The NYPD is seeking to locate the individual below for questioning in regard to the suspicious items inside the Fulton Street subway station this morning.

Anyone with information, please call or DM @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/hWnr7PfpBZ

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 16, 2019

Cuomo

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed to make New York the first state to classify "hate-fueled" killings as domestic terrorism.

"Our people are three times more likely to suffer a terrorist attack launched by an American than one launched by a foreigner."https://t.co/h3GHBVxbZ0

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 16, 2019

NRA

The NRA asked a judge Friday to let its lawyers sit in next week when New York deposes the group’s former president Oliver North. https://t.co/LyRI3WdNii @jruss_jruss pic.twitter.com/sEbZFNH79k

— Courthouse News (@CourthouseNews) August 16, 2019

and

The NRA spent tens of thousands of dollars on hair and makeup artists for the wife of CEO Wayne LaPierre, including on flights and luxury hotel stays around the country for the stylists, per @woodruffbets.https://t.co/f1Z2NNSH1E

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 16, 2019

NAZI

Horseshoe & Russia

Here's Carden writing in The Nation in opposition to the "unipolar world" and in favor of Tulsi Gabbard and Rand Paul… boasting about a conference co-sponsored by The Nation and The American Conservative.https://t.co/IXv4dTWx5F

— (((Alexander Reid Ross))) (@areidross) August 16, 2019

Nazi judge

Per our segment last night on Trump's new federal appeals court nominee, Steven Menashi, here's some of what he has to offer on "Ethnonationalism and Liberal Democracy": pic.twitter.com/mPvFxu9ixq

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 16, 2019

Concentration camps

An appeals court rules against the DOJ saying…yes, the fed govt must provide immigrant children in US custody with adequate sleeping conditions, showers, soap, towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and dry clothes. https://t.co/TmiwCSfBXJ https://t.co/jowc4mWCak

— Maggie Jordan (@MaggieJordanACN) August 15, 2019

Nazi – schools

https://twitter.com/TimOBrien/status/1162721100717072384

MEDIA

🦊

Coziness between Fox and the administration. https://t.co/PSDUkourph

— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 16, 2019

CBS for Burnie

Hi @CBSNews — your article wrongly states that Bernie Sanders has 11% support and Kamala Harris has 7% in Iowa in the latest Monmouth poll. I just checked the poll (which you linked to) and Kamala has 11% while Bernie has 9%. Can you correct? Thanks.https://t.co/jOCdJAqaWB pic.twitter.com/pXBuTLnL6q

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 16, 2019

NYT

"Baquet, in his remarks, seemed to fault the complaining readers, and the world, for their failure to understand the Times and its duties in the era of Trump." https://t.co/Qd58PRRDFh

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) August 17, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala

prosecutor

Al Sharpton on Kamala Harris being a prosecutor: “To act like being black is synonymous with being a criminal, hoodlum, or a thug is offensive.” pic.twitter.com/7ADwbz1NFz

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) April 26, 2019

Al Sharpton: "She was a prosecutor, prosecuting people – sometimes of her own race – who were hurting people of her own race. That was her job and she should have done her job."

— Powerful Mel Ankoly 🦈 #ForThePeople (@Mel_Ankoly) August 16, 2019

Klobuchar

The difference between Donald Trump and Greenland? Greenland is not for sale.

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) August 16, 2019

Biden

The Times also reported that Obama met with top Biden advisers in March and, according to the sources, requested that the ex-veep’s team do what they can so that Biden does not “embarrass himself” or “damage his legacy.” pic.twitter.com/fKOTVMigEM

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 16, 2019

Burnie campaign

Do you hear that voters? If we don't support Bernie Sanders, we are his enemies. This is not what I want anywhere near our White House.

Specifically, members of the democratic party who don't support Bernie Sanders are being identified as "enemies."

Not how we win the Senate

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) August 16, 2019

dudes

Warren: I have a plan for that.

Dudes: pic.twitter.com/bxkbsV8F0p

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) August 16, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Burnie bros

5/ So, this is why I am sad. I am sad that people who purport to fight for moral causes behave in deeply immoral ways. Doxxing. Bullying. Punching down, etc.

All of which, in addition to being immoral, is very anti-democratic behavior.

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) August 16, 2019

US

Fondas

Jane Fonda reacts to the death of her brother, Peter: “I am very sad. He was my sweet-hearted baby brother. The talker of the family. I have had beautiful alone time with him these last days. He went out laughing" https://t.co/2J5YujswjR pic.twitter.com/8FRSikRalO

— Variety (@Variety) August 16, 2019

Pelosi

on Israel

https://twitter.com/hinterlandg/status/1162684260861353984

https://twitter.com/sfpelosi/status/1162461671002034176

Do nothing Congress – thread

https://twitter.com/WestWingReport/status/1162706793832865792

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