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

.

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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Fat! Greenland Elections.

 

 

 

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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Elections and other stuff

 

🍊 KLAN

deficit increases 27%

The U.S. budget deficit grew to $866.8 billion in the first 10 months of the new fiscal year, a 27% increase from the same period one year earlier.https://t.co/Jr9uXz43Mr

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 12, 2019

Dow Jones changes

if you like to keep score, here's the change in Dow Jones Industrial Average from Inauguration Day to Aug 12 of their 3rd year in the White House:

GHWB: +34.2%
Clinton: +42.4%
GWB: -11.9%
Obama: +41.7%
Trump: +30.1%

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 12, 2019

immigrants

But it doesn’t

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) August 13, 2019

Fredos

Father of two Fredos should know. https://t.co/JCslVqyivq

— Ed Bott (@edbott) August 13, 2019

REPUBLICANS

farmers

U.S. farmers on the impact of Trump’s trade war with China:

“Trump is ruining our markets.”

“It’s killing us.”https://t.co/rn6SJPwE3E

— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) August 12, 2019

divert to wall

"Senate GOP plans to divert health, education funds to border wall"https://t.co/ES1KMrqHxH

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 12, 2019

seniors, health

Some things don't get enough attention.
1) A couple, age 65, will need $285,000 for health care over the rest of their lives for things Medicare doesn't cover
2) But avg. net worth of Americans age 65-74 is only $224K
3) Age 55-64: $187K
(Data: Federal Reserve, Fidelity)

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) August 13, 2019

fantasies

Looks better than this version if the Conservatives stay in power. pic.twitter.com/O9QtHm04Xo

— Not Inspector Gadget (@JHersheyFitness) August 13, 2019

and

What I love is that the folks who seem to think porn will be delivered in trucks if they lose the next election are supporting the man who paid off a porn star to help win the last election. https://t.co/wk39X0Y62v

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) August 13, 2019

Dnesh

Does someone want to let Dinesh D’Souza know that it’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere… https://t.co/PoDdBEXUJO

— Travis Akers (@travisakers) August 12, 2019

Epstein

Feds raid Jeffrey Epstein’s perv island https://t.co/lSWowrsyck pic.twitter.com/IpFg5xkeLg

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 13, 2019

suicide

phisically impossible pic.twitter.com/khXIxQ0Ldk

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) August 13, 2019

MEDIA

NYT vs us

“There’s a clear feeling from the top that we’re not gonna be a part of the resistance, and how that gets translated day to day can frustrate people.” https://t.co/NA0FJ63kZP Yeah. Well, 'we're not gonna be part of the resistance' doesn't say as much as the editors think it does.

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 13, 2019

and

At today’s all-hands-on-deck meeting to discuss the NYT’s recent failures, Baquet said “the paper shouldn’t allow itself to be edited by Twitter outrage” – but when it eliminated the public editor, Sulzberger’s rationale was that social media feedback would replace the position. pic.twitter.com/bORaqjJeOn

— Adam Jentleson 🎈🐢 (@AJentleson) August 12, 2019

demand resignation

I've been on the soapbox about this for months and today @EricBoehlert grabs the baton: Why haven't any of America's newspapers — including the dozens who demanded in 1998 that Clinton resign — called on Trump to quit https://t.co/Ed2bYsVJrq

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) August 12, 2019

evangelicals

This tweet probably got the most likes of any I’ve ever tweeted. https://t.co/FTdShXjT1J

— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) August 12, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala

endorsements

NEW: @KamalaHarris just received the endorsement of the Asian & Latino Coalition in Iowa. This is a big get for Harris, and caps her 5-day bus tour across the state. She also received key endorsement last week from political power couple Sue and Bob Dvorsky. #iacaucus

— Barbara Rodriguez (@bcrodriguez) August 13, 2019

.@KamalaHarris wins the Asian & Latino Coalition’s endorsement pic.twitter.com/oJVmL2Fs7h

— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) August 13, 2019

and

.@KamalaHarris picks up an elected official endorsement from her travels through Iowa this week – Des Moines School Board Member Kyrstin Delagardelle Shelley endorses after talking education policy with Harris #IACaucus pic.twitter.com/D4mTycwG6R

— Iowa Starting Line (@IAStartingLine) August 12, 2019

GOP vs

No, your party would rather radically repeal the existing law of the land, Obamacare. #Kamala2020 wants to see everyone covered while allowing reasonable private insurance and reducing overall costs. #Khive https://t.co/wVexnWxGAs

— DrDinD #Kamala2020 (@DrDinD) August 13, 2019

the Russians

At her rally in West Des Moines, the lights and sound went out abruptly.

Harris sans audio yells “it’s the Russians!” and then of course the lights came back on. pic.twitter.com/42cx0ZCSgY

— Jasmine Wright (@JasJWright) August 12, 2019

healthcare – unions

Harris said: "Under the other Medicare for All plan the transition time would be 4 years but most of those union contracts are negotiated for a 5 year term or longer and I didn't want you to have to lose what you bargained for so that's why my transition period is 10 years."

3/

— Deepa Shivaram (@deepa_shivaram) August 12, 2019

more healthcare

This Iowa swing has given Harris the chance to give audiences far more detail on her Medicare for All plan.

While she has always called on health care to be a right and not a privilege, she has spent far more time talking about what her plan covers and why it's different

1/ https://t.co/CKfVQYWo8o

— Deepa Shivaram (@deepa_shivaram) August 12, 2019

20 question

Here's Kamala answering questions about her middle-class tax cut, cannabis stance and so much more:#Kamala2020pic.twitter.com/mgyh1tmNCj

— Selena Adera #Kamala2020 (@Selena_Adera) August 13, 2019

Bet0

Trump just tweeted that Beto 'is embarrassed by my last visit to the Great State of Texas, where I trounced him.'

Here's what actually happened:pic.twitter.com/0yEPyoJszz

— Nico Pitney (@nicopitney) August 7, 2019

Castro

I’ve watched this about 5 times at my desk. Words have consequences and they have consequences for people that look like me and my family.

This is powerful https://t.co/xKJAK7SeNa

— Vagina Avenger™️🏳️‍🌈✊🏾 (@monicaisliberal) August 13, 2019

to Biden stanning never trumpers

Justin Amish
Ann Navarro
George Conway
Comey
Jennifer Rubin
Rick Wilson
David Jolly
Painter
David Frum
Tom Nichols
Smooch
Just because they found their souls in El Segundo doesn’t give them license to tell Dems how to run the party.

They are complicit in this shitshow

— Black Gold⚜️ Texas Tea(GA NC ME Have Senates Too) (@Sainttea12) August 12, 2019

because

Exactly, as soon as trump is gone they'll go back to advocating the same policies & tactics that led to trump after Nixon launched the Southern Strategy & Gingrich took over the House in the 90s.#NeverTrustAConservative Ever. They're worse than 18th Century French Royalty.

— muad'glib (@muadglib) August 13, 2019

Burnie like 🍊

In NH today, @BernieSanders sounds a lot like @realDonaldTrump as he trashes Amazon: “I talk about that all of the time and then I wonder why the Washington Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon, doesn't write particularly good articles about me I don't know why.”

— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) August 12, 2019

Burnie press sec

#MyBernieStory his natl press secretary thinks this is appropriate pic.twitter.com/iQlbb1Obu5

— Federico Chispas (@dfsparks) August 12, 2019

Generic GE

In a presidential race between Trump and a generic Democrat, Trump is currently losing 43%-50%.

But voters on both sides like their candidates. Almost everyone who's decided for Trump or a Democrat is enthusiastic about their choice.https://t.co/L31U7f0OwS pic.twitter.com/z6st4Ww0P7

— Civiqs (@Civiqs) July 29, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Drum on 🍊 racism

Drum gives us the “words mean things” BS while twisting them into knots to argue Trump isn’t a white supremacist.

— Stephen Robinson (@SER1897) August 12, 2019

she warned us

She was right about damn near everything. pic.twitter.com/XDrQ2lVNKZ

— Millennial Politics (@MillenPolitics) August 8, 2019

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