Pardon Snowden? Lock the mailboxes

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 21,631,812

WORLD RECOVERIES 14,340,893

US CASES 5,529,789

US DEATHS 172,606

US RECOVERIES 2,900,188

NY RECOVERIES 351,705

NY ACTIVE 70,333

NY

Today's update on the numbers:

Of the 77,692 tests reported yesterday, 607 were positive (0.78% of total).

Total hospitalizations are at 527.

Sadly, there were 6 COVID fatalities yesterday. pic.twitter.com/wPKr2NrMzw

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 16, 2020

.

New covid-19 deaths, yesterday:

France: 18
Australia: 14
Spain: 12
UK: 11
Japan: 10
Germany: 8
Canada: 5

USA: 1,120

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) August 15, 2020

WORLD

KLAN 🍊

Another 1,000 Americans died today, for a total over 170,000. Deaths are the highest level since May

28 million people are out of work. Many had their benefits cut and can’t afford rent and groceries

President is holding court at a club that costs $300K to join. #OutOfTouch https://t.co/7gOLtDVc8H

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) August 15, 2020

.

pardon Snowden?

I. Just. Can’t.

Congratulations GOP. This is who you are now. https://t.co/CAE98A7qjV

— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) August 16, 2020

self-own

This is really quite the self-own. https://t.co/3XCW91V3O0

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) August 16, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

USPS

After removing many hundreds of post office boxes and sorting machines nationwide, now DeJoy says he will stop.

Hey motherfucker, why don't you confirm that you will order everything put back next week.

We're not accepting "We won't take ANY MORE down"

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 16, 2020

and

 

DeJoy’s Post Office yesterday: OK, all right, we won’t pick up the mail boxes.

DeJoy’s post office today: https://t.co/hTycOM5AOA

— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) August 15, 2020

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Tara Reid

 

Anyone surprised?

Will Kanye join her? https://t.co/jxdh2gP3mg

— ClearingTheFog (@clearing_fog) August 16, 2020

REPUBLICANS

ACTIVISM

WAR ON WOMEN

Bruni NYT

Have you ever read a column advising a male candidate on what level of "emotion" is appropriate? Neither have we. Sexist coverage like this needs to stop. #WeHaveHerBack https://t.co/M2R3gQPKLm

— TIME'S UP (@TIMESUPNOW) August 15, 2020

DNC

So, you decided to WomensMach Hillary? Too ambitious? https://t.co/eaPOrL8dyT

— Edgeoforever 🖖 💛 (@edgeoforever) August 16, 2020

MEDIA

Newsweek

"But the magazine has not removed the story from its website."

They're sorry, but they need clicks.
They're sorry, but they won't disavow bigotry.
They're sorry, but they can't upset racists.
They're sorry, but they aren't changing behavior.

They're sorry they got blamed. https://t.co/XLCBrxtsIq

— Crewman Six – #MaskUp (@SixPersistsBlue) August 16, 2020

 

LEFTOVERS

Pelosi is going to reconvene the House by Monday and Do Something Twitter will transform into Why Didn't They Do Something Sooner Twitter.

— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) August 15, 2020

ELECTIONS

we will vote!

#WeWillVote pic.twitter.com/0wT0qDXPU7

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 31, 2020

Biden: Soc Sec

The fate of Social Security is on the ballot in November. As President, I will never, ever defund Social Security. I’ll strengthen it.

Anything less is a failure of a president’s most important duty: to care for the American people. pic.twitter.com/1GaFbdd6u7

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 14, 2020

Kamala

That time in South Carolina, just before Thanksgiving 2019, I asked Kamala Harris a cooking question before she went on television…… https://t.co/o6DDkXQMNh

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) August 15, 2020

and

I love that the Biden campaign, so far, has given Kamala a starring role in a way that feels like an embrace, rather than exploitation. Keep it up! https://t.co/e8sC6M3Gh0

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) August 15, 2020

and

Following up on her interview with @19thnews’ @emarvelous, Kamala Harris did her 2nd and 3rd interviews as a VP candidate today (publishing tomorrow), with @Essence’s @TanyaAChristian and @theGrio’s @natashasalford. So her first 3 interviews on the Dem ticket were w Black women.

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 16, 2020

USPS

I did. Basically, everything the GOP does is a moral failure. But their major strategic failures lie in when they try to hurt older white people, in addition to everyone else they are dedicated to harming. This has Social Security 2006 written all over it. https://t.co/1Evt0LtBmG

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) August 16, 2020

backfired

Check out the front page of major newspapers in the six closest states Trump won in 2016. All had stories about the mail and voting. https://t.co/Xnddyt8IQMhttps://t.co/rq8TtlYnjahttps://t.co/oD38aDEwZahttps://t.co/yLuOn4YL0vhttps://t.co/NrU54fXF00https://t.co/Rgh25X93vx

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 15, 2020

US

Schiff

 

The Postmaster General must resign.

He’s slowed delivery, banned overtime & decommissioned mail-sorting machines.

Right before the election. During a pandemic.

The House must demand answers. Hearings should start now. It can’t wait.

We won’t let Trump destroy the Post Office.

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) August 16, 2020

House

Cooper's thread is spot-on, but note the larger context: he and Joe Manchin are two of Congress' most conservative, red-state Democrats.

When they're publicly enraged, it speaks to the scope of the pushback against Team Trump's campaign against the USPS. https://t.co/X16JXJH46w

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) August 16, 2020

zoom

The original zoom! pic.twitter.com/x1U6wdm5tX

— katrina mulligan (@NatSecMulligan) August 15, 2020

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Voting rights? Not our game!

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 21,092,417

WORLD RECOVERIES 13,944,529

US CASES 5,415,977

US DEATHS 170,419

US RECOVERIES 2,843,642

NY RECOVERIES 349,004

NY ACTIVE 71,441

NY numbers

Today's update on the numbers:

Of the 87,900 tests reported yesterday, 737 were positive (0.84% of total).

Total hospitalizations fell to 555.

Sadly, there were 10 COVID fatalities yesterday. pic.twitter.com/9yguFFFPWi

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 13, 2020

NY testing

Let's keep it up 💪 https://t.co/0QRqrELsah

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 13, 2020

also

But what if we examine the 13 states with lowest case incidence?

Like NY, MI, etc.

They have few cases. You'd expect them to do few tests, right?

Actually, they're testing twice as many people (per capita) as hot zones

And in past 2 weeks, their testing has gone UP 4%

2/4

— Ashish K. Jha (@ashishkjha) August 14, 2020

100 worst counties

Here are the 100 worst US counties in terms of weekly new #COVID19 cases per capita. Nueces County in Texas had the most new cases per capita over the last week (805 per 100,000) pic.twitter.com/hlZum4Jbwe

— Exante Data (@ExanteData) August 13, 2020

herd immunity

Herd immunity means 1 million dead Americans. That's what it would take to get to herd immunity. That's not a plan—that's a catastrophe.

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) August 13, 2020

half of infections – before symptoms

📍Huge: ***HALF*** of all virus transmission occur before onset of symptoms!

➡️ This is the main reason for masks. Even if you’re healthy, you could be spreading the virus! #COVID19 https://t.co/NGMoGB3wyg

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 13, 2020

and

Halo! here is your unroll: @AliNouriPhD: 1) Results from huge contact tracing preprint that followed ~1K infections and ~15K of their contacts in… https://t.co/lUlNW1XutD Talk to you soon. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) August 13, 2020

Biden: National mask mandate

Biden explicitly put a 3-month duration on the mandate; experts on which the Trump WH rely estimate that more than 30,000 lives would be saved if 95% of Americans wear masks for the next three months.

Liberals did not cancel football: Trump's bundled response to COVID did. https://t.co/AD8jmSxCD8

— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) August 14, 2020

WORLD

RUSSIA

 

Meanwhile in Russia. A picture is worth a thousand words. Spoiler: they're not happy. pic.twitter.com/OUGtPeNg4X

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 13, 2020

KLAN 🍊

cutting back on testing

The U.S. is cutting back on coronavirus testing. Nationally, the number of tests performed each day is about 17% lower than it was at the end of July, and testing is also declining in hard-hit states.https://t.co/7jAsGb4lRd

— Axios (@axios) August 14, 2020

freedom to wear mask

Trump calls for ‘a certain freedom’ to wear masks or not – and lies that Joe Biden’s coronavirus policies are ‘anti-scientific’
https://t.co/NMCysmJ293

— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 13, 2020

and

A sleepy-sounding Trump explains that he's against a national mask mandate because he thinks people should "have a certain freedom." pic.twitter.com/Hv0fVDzjSS

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2020

Soc Security

So this week alone, Trump handed Dems a Social Security-themed electoral gift, and then admitted his evil plan to destroy the USPS. His stupidity broke the country, but at least it's also breaking his campaign. https://t.co/HSnzvWUMJv

— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) August 13, 2020

empty

Empty stadiums. Empty restaurants. Empty theaters. Full hospitals. Mass graves.

The legacy of Donald Trump. #TrumpEmptiedStadiums pic.twitter.com/nGLzFWxLvo

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 14, 2020

admits sabotaging election

pic.twitter.com/DtJw33w2OI

— NotYour Sweetie🗽 (@NotYourSweetie) August 14, 2020

CO SOS

CO Sec of State: “The President stated that he’s withholding U.S. Postal Service funding to prevent vote by mail. This is voter suppression. It’s voter suppression to undermine the safest method to vote during a pandemic, and force Americans to risk their lives to vote."

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) August 13, 2020

regret lying?

Question: Do you regret at all the lying you’ve done to the American people? pic.twitter.com/FUh5jYHs0o

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 13, 2020

voting by mail

TRUMP IS VOTING BY MAIL THIS CYCLE TOO. You can’t make this shit up.

(He has repeatedly made false claims that vote-by-mail is problematic.) https://t.co/tDsLasAYD4

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) August 14, 2020

which is illegal

Trump absentee ballots mailed to his property at Mar-a-Lago is also illegal, because he signed a contract that he cannot use it as a residence. https://t.co/LceK8slruO

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 14, 2020

birther

Birther redux: Trump falsely suggests that Harris might not be eligible to serve as vice president because her parents were immigrants, once again advancing a baseless conspiracy theory much like he did for years against Obama. ⁦@katierogers⁩ https://t.co/1zlCmW0u4q

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) August 14, 2020

Cohen’s book

The day has finally arrived. I have waited a long time to share my truth. To read the foreword and pre-order my book DISLOYAL, visit https://t.co/Va4Rt0Zear

— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) August 13, 2020

.

Acquaintances. Strip clubs. Golden showers. pic.twitter.com/ybMeLttHth

— Righteous Babe (@RighteousBabe4) August 14, 2020

Jared

Profiles of courage from the president moronic son-in-law https://t.co/Mj34pcNfua

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 13, 2020

song

“Did the Golden Shower, stain the husky suit?”

pic.twitter.com/LT8Huq8u7H

— br0keb0i (@thebr0keb0i) August 13, 2020

black voices for 🍊

Apparently the Black voices are just out of frame and also very excited. https://t.co/g4AOKOCXb6

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 13, 2020

PENCE

"Ted Baxter" #Pence delivered the punch line. The delayed crowd response took him to school on life's oldest rule. "Don't do humor when you're the joke." https://t.co/IQ7wtSHnf4

— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) August 14, 2020

soft on meat

Trump/Pence 2020.

Soft on meat… https://t.co/1KTm8nyu1v

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 14, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

USPS – machines removed

 

“I’m not sure you’re going to find an answer for why [the machines being removed] makes sense,” said Iowa Postal Workers Union President Kimberly Karol, “because we haven’t figured that out either.”https://t.co/fM1airfP2v

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) August 14, 2020

mailboxes taken – Oregon

https://twitter.com/RealTurkana/status/1294153432849293312?s=20

PA

https://twitter.com/EllieRushing/status/1294071196082937856?s=20

not ready

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1294137594641412096?s=20

https://twitter.com/DrawdeOknasim/status/1294058513379897344?s=20

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REPUBLICANS

Senate – recess

 

McConnell indicates the Senate will be on recess through August unless there’s stimulus deal that would require senators to return. He notes it would require unanimous consent to change the schedule and vote during August. House is already on recess. 24 hours notice for any vote

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) August 13, 2020

long gone

#MoscowMitch forgot to mention most Republicans senate has already left DC after wasting 12 weeks.

— Denise Wu (@denisewu) August 13, 2020

DeJoy – purchase Amazon options

Sen. Elizabeth Warren demands ‘corruption’ probe after report of Amazon options purchase by Postal Service chief Louis DeJoy https://t.co/lgUZEwxUr6

— Saloni Sharma (@sloansharma) August 13, 2020

COllins USPS

Maine letter carriers say Collins paved the way for Trump’s attack on postal servicehttps://t.co/zfZotnSvKb

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) August 12, 2020

ACTIVISM

MEDIA

Birther= racist

Dear Media and Journalists,

If you use the words “birther” or “birthism” your must also use the words “racist” or “racism” next to them.

If you have no qualms using the word “birther” you should not be afraid to explain it’s “racist”. Birthism is racist.

Write that down. pic.twitter.com/BuljpqyYE8

— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) August 13, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden: mask manate

 

This is what real leadership looks like. https://t.co/cJN9Ij8soz

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 13, 2020

Kamala

Kamala Harris: (1) a natural-born citizen (Oakland), (2) at least 35 years old, (3) who's been a U.S. resident at least 14 years.

She's eligible to be VP or President under Const. Art. II, sec. 1.

Anyone who says otherwise is a lying racist with steaming bat guano for brains. pic.twitter.com/dDbs5hRTCd

— Dean Gloster (@deangloster) August 13, 2020

raised

NEWS: @JoeBiden just announced in the last 24 hours since announcing @KamalaHarris would join the campaign as his running mate, we have raised $26 million — including from 150k first time contributors.

In. One. Day. #BidenHarris2020

— TJ Ducklo (@TDucklo) August 12, 2020

message to government

National @FoxNewsPoll:
What message would you send to Government ?

Lend me a hand 57% (+23 Since last year )
Leave me alone 36% (-19) pic.twitter.com/L01ImieYP4

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) August 13, 2020

VP debate preview

A preview. pic.twitter.com/EWoIxhjHZj

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 13, 2020

Let's get to work, @KamalaHarris. pic.twitter.com/EjtUpgaieI

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 12, 2020

poll

Poll: taking Tylenol for headache seen as more moderate than chopping head off. https://t.co/oeLOtEUBtm

— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) August 14, 2020

US

Hillary

“I’m ready to help in any way I can because I think this will be a moment where every American – I don’t care what party you are, I don’t care what age, race, gender – should want to fix our country. So if you’re asked to serve, you should certainly consider that.” – HRC pic.twitter.com/rWNhDJG2EV

— Hillary Warned Us (@HillaryWarnedUs) August 13, 2020

1st postmaster

Benjamin Franklin was first Postmaster General of the United States: pic.twitter.com/toHsfffkGe

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 12, 2020

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Yes, we Kam!

KAMALA!!!

the announcement

 

This is the moment earlier today when Biden told Harris he selected her as his running mate, a source familiar tells NBC Biden campaign embed @MariannaNBCNews. https://t.co/eLi5tHwtnt

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) August 11, 2020

I'm a weekend subscriber to the hard copy Post and was so excited to have a surprise delivery this morning! pic.twitter.com/yyPTPjidkz

— QuartCourt (@QuartCourt) August 12, 2020

.

YES WE KAM!
Biden makes historic pick for VP in Sen. Kamala Harrishttps://t.co/b3cny9W9zu, 🧵https://t.co/toxb4nVRWD

NO WE CAN'T!
Pac-12, Big Ten cancel football and all fall sportshttps://t.co/nF279cgnrz pic.twitter.com/0claLgztr7

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 11, 2020

and

someone said “Yes we Kam” and I— pic.twitter.com/y6rsk8OFQx

— Robin Thede (@robinthede) August 11, 2020

.

.@KamalaHarris: “And now, President Trump, you can go back to watching Fox News.” 🔥 🔥

Time for the adults to run the country. #BidenHarris2020 #VPPick pic.twitter.com/mThMrevkVb

— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) August 11, 2020

bye 🍊

All of us waiving goodbye to Trump on November 4 pic.twitter.com/rz0OanSfee

— Attorney@Law (@TheGlare_TM) August 12, 2020

3yo

https://twitter.com/flywithkamala/status/1293330249418145792?s=20

pronounce it

https://twitter.com/KamalaNation/status/1293547502382112768

KHive

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/1293313716260352003?s=20

and

https://twitter.com/trumpanhator2/status/1293287513637957645?s=20

and

https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1293328177901768707?s=20

fence?

https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1293329975173681153?s=20

Hillary

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1293286127386927104?s=20

Maxine

https://twitter.com/thereidout/status/1293329357197520896?s=20

Neera

https://twitter.com/thereidout/status/1293330462430105601?s=20

🍊

https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1293307198194487297?s=20

mean to Kavanaugh

https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/status/1293314266104307712?s=20

NY Post

https://twitter.com/edgeoforever/status/1293499317240692736?s=20

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 20,544,424

WORLD RECOVERIES 13,461,683

US CASES 5,306,851

US DEATHS 167,761

US RECOVERIES 2,756,107

NY RECOVERIES 343,679

NY ACTIVE 75,200

spread up to 15 ft

As some students prepare to head back to the classroom, parents and teachers are increasingly concerned about how COVID-19 could spread.

A new study found the virus can spread up to 16 ft indoors when ventilation is limited.@DrLaPook has more pic.twitter.com/7YiNUafeaC

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) August 11, 2020

NYC schools

Does anyone have extra space for New York City schools? The city is on the hunt for ways to spread out — just four weeks before classes are set to begin again. https://t.co/cPPzseHEqF

— THE CITY (@THECITYNY) August 11, 2020

WORLD

Putin fast tracking vaccine

 

Russia fast-tracking a COVID vaccine prior to conducting large-scale trials has been condemned by scientists worldwide.

"…If they get it wrong it could undermine the entire global enterprise” @PeterHotez https://t.co/28mID8IP2D

— Dr. Ali Nouri (@AliNouriPhD) August 11, 2020

and

Vladimir Putin has approved the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, but does it work? Our cartoon collection: https://t.co/tVgOOU4yMH

Cartoon by @EmadHajjaj.#politicalcartoons #Putin #Russia #corona #vaccine pic.twitter.com/uNTkx21Z0w

— The Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) August 12, 2020

KLAN 🍊

promised seniors

Trump promised seniors over and over to “save” Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Today, he again promised to Defund Social Security and Medicare if re-elected. Please share! #WhenTheDevilSpeaksHeLies #JustVentArt pic.twitter.com/sxiTrTng1s

— Just Vent (@JustVent6) August 11, 2020

presser?

 

Trump is having a “press conference” and the news networks are talking about Kamala.

I love that.

— BidenHarris2020 (@ThePollingQueen) August 11, 2020

and

‘Sedated-sounding’ Trump mocked for press conference: ‘Has someone shot him with a tranquilizing dart?’ https://t.co/uHtGmlQZed

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) August 11, 2020

She wa mean to Kavanaugh

Just to be clear about who is nasty . . .

Brett Kavanaugh, a white man with a drinking problem who sexually assaulted women at parties is NOT "nasty."

But . . .

Kamala Harris, a black woman who asked questions about that — as part of her job — IS "nasty." https://t.co/yql3GbH8vf

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) August 11, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

Pompeo

 

SCANDAL: Pompeo *faked an emergency* to avoid Congressional review on 22 arms transfers of $8.1 billion to the Bonesaw Mafia, UAE, and Jordan. 😠 https://t.co/Tplw8RjqiO

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) August 11, 2020

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REPUBLICANS

M candidate – maskless party 300

 

GOP congressional candidate hosts 300-plus at birthday party, forgoes face mask https://t.co/L4As4MmDfE

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 12, 2020

ACTIVISM

MEDIA

supine

"I am overjoyed by this decision … You can see that change is taking place."@repmaxinewaters on #thereidout pic.twitter.com/3Bh7NfRZPp

— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 11, 2020

Dnesh

“After they see this, the white supremacists will finally invite me to their parties,” whispers Dinesh to his tear stained MyPillow as he cries himself to sleep. pic.twitter.com/41ZgfxDJCl

— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) August 12, 2020

ELECTIONS

Kamala!

We are in a battle for the soul of this nation. But together, it's a battle we can win.@JoeBiden—I'm ready to get to work. pic.twitter.com/3PJcUTYBGU

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 12, 2020

ad

 

Kamala. It’s time. Let’s go. pic.twitter.com/ZsZVrIiofY

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 11, 2020

.

 

“Harris didn't use Trump's donation. Rather, in 2015 — a year after she had already been reelected and was working toward a Senate run — she gave the $6,000 to a nonprofit that works to secure civil rights for Central Americans.”https://t.co/XJ3EbAeU0R

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 11, 2020

and

pic.twitter.com/ptegZtMkpY

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 11, 2020

and

“Mayor Quimby even released Sideshow Bob, a man twice convicted of attempted murder. Vote Sideshow Bob for mayor” https://t.co/isR4MI9Bhl

— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) August 11, 2020

disarray

 

Democrats in disarray! https://t.co/6Bxs1pk0hP

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) August 11, 2020

SC flipped a House seat

BREAKING: @SpencerForHouse just flipped South Carolina’s 115 House seat, a district Trump won in 2016! This is yet another special election win that shows Dem momentum is strong going into November! #FlipEverything pic.twitter.com/cj0es6klEY

— Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (@DLCC) August 12, 2020

popular vote

If Biden wins the most votes, Ds will have won the popular vote in 7 of past 8 elections-something no party has ever done since formation of the modern party system in 1828. And yet it might not be enough to win the WH. https://t.co/R8UFOWUMDe

— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 11, 2020

 

BREAKING: Joe Biden has just over a 7 in 10 chance of defeating Pres. Trump, per @FiveThirtyEight's brand new forecast. https://t.co/RKWhrt4Ggn pic.twitter.com/uJGnCYPcvG

— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) August 12, 2020

US

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👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 20,040,805

WORLD RECOVERIES 12,911,199

US CASES 5,199,444

US DEATHS 165,617

US RECOVERIES 2,664,701

NY RECOVERIES 336,695

NY ACTIVE 80,897

NE changes

 

Some improvements in the NE according to https://t.co/3e16x0KZz6 : PA went yellow from red. NJ, NH, CT went green from yellow! Yay!

— Edgeoforever 🖖 💛 (@edgeoforever) August 10, 2020

present map pic.twitter.com/U5tptLvZT8

— Edgeoforever 🖖 💛 (@edgeoforever) August 10, 2020

WORLD

KLAN 🍊

briefing

Yesterdays (Sundays) update, what will today bring us?https://t.co/8W0mCzPd7R

— OldGroo (@OldGroo) August 10, 2020

5 million – CNN

👑🦠 🔩ups

The US = 4.25% of the world's population. The 5.2 million cases of COVID-19 in the US exceeds 25% of the total infections in the world. A functioning government would not let such a thing happen.

— Mike Odom (@artcommerce) August 10, 2020

Eric ❤️ China

Eric "Gumz" Trump has some things to say about the Trumps loving China.#TrumpMadeInChina pic.twitter.com/IcI7WwWymm

— Max Exley (@ExelyMax) August 10, 2020

Jared

When Trump loses we get rid of Kushner too pic.twitter.com/ywTB5HCjjb

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 10, 2020

Defunding Soc Sec

.@realDonaldTrump thinks that America’s senior citizens don’t know that eliminating the payroll tax would defund Social Security and Medicare. But they do. And I’m sure they’ll remember.

Quote from @AARP: pic.twitter.com/IldYuLByfp

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 9, 2020

hardest working

It's reassuring to know that between all the golfing, watching TV, making up mean-girl nicknames for political rivals, botching the response to the Covid pandemic while being the most incompetent #POTUS ever, he still finds time to be petty & vindictive. #TremendousMultiTasker https://t.co/wGOiSpUVfl

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) August 10, 2020

Epstein

 

Absolutely amazing job by @ReallyAmerican1 🔥🔥🔥

Trump is as dirty as Epstein.#SurvivingEpstein

pic.twitter.com/PSSXC3nljq

— Eleven Films (@Eleven_Films) August 10, 2020

impartial justice

#ImpeachTrumpAgain #ImpeachTrumpNow #GOPCorruptionOverCountry #GOPComplicitTraitors #FascistTrump #FakePresident #TrumpFailsAmerica https://t.co/cvYYn8yVtM

— 🌿 ʞǝuuɐɹp 🌿 🌊🌊🌊 ~ EVICT tRUMP NOW!! (@drannek_n) August 9, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

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USPS: prepare voters!!!

 

MOST IMPORTANT TWEET TODAY https://t.co/AgDL5XyNPx

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 10, 2020

and

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— Justin Satzman (@jsatz23) August 9, 2020

evil plan

My new video.#TrumpsEvilPlan

We really need ***15,000 retweets FAST*** to beat the suppression efforts underway from Trump and his bots. pic.twitter.com/hKj07h1YEA

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) July 31, 2020

China gambit

One thing that's somehow been deemed unworthy of scrutiny is that when Trump was heaping praise on Xi's coronavirus response he was also expecting Xi would manipulate the soybean market for him ahead of the election, at his request, according to his own national security adviser. https://t.co/cyc2UMCVVr

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) August 10, 2020

REPUBLICANS

GOP bill

 

Hidden in that bill pic.twitter.com/WwzrK1yGui

— Betsy 🌊 🇺🇸 🆘️ 💙 #PRU #GoJoe #GoJoe2020 🌊😷 (@erichards24) August 9, 2020

ACTIVISM

WAR ON WOMEN

Brown

Another mediocre man attempting to stand in the way of a woman smarter and more talented than him. https://t.co/PhNmPpJ0JO

— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) August 10, 2020

ELECTIONS

WI primaries tomorrow

 

Election day is Tuesday 8/11 in Wisconsin.

Prepare and make a plan to vote at your polling location. Bring your ID, your mask, and keep your distance to vote safe.

Look up your polling place and sample ballot here:https://t.co/H3UwlxpdKn#DemCastWI https://t.co/bfs6Bfug7I

— Lori Coleman #BlackLivesMatter (@DemocracyStorm) August 10, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Intercept❤️police

Zaid Jilani taking the side of the Portland Police who threaten some teenage anarchists. What a clown. pic.twitter.com/7dMrLvvEqb

— Ok Satan (@lesuperburp) August 10, 2020

US

Hillary

 

Wow, @ZerlinaMaxwell asked @HillaryClinton about the Maureen Dowd flap, what a great answer. pic.twitter.com/sdDS106Iqb

— Tommy X-TrumpIsARacist-opher (@tommyxtopher) August 9, 2020

and

Update: The Trump administration committed a "Friday night massacre" to reassign and fire dozens of key USPS postal employees and consolidate power around the Trump crony installed as its new head. https://t.co/Ipxft4H646

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 10, 2020

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👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 19,000,415

WORLD RECOVERIES 12,188,295

US CASES 4,973,741

US DEATHS 161,607

US RECOVERIES 2,540,880

NY RECOVERIES 327,524

NY ACTIVE 87,044

NY success

 

I often tweet about states struggling so now, a wonderful success story:

New York

Doing 67,000 tests a day

Finding 670 cases a day

1% test positivity

This is South Korea level. And its awesome

Transmission levels so low NY can, with proper precautions, open schools safely

— Ashish K. Jha (@ashishkjha) August 5, 2020

where are the surges

The blue line is the Southwest. The yellow line is the Northeast.

If the governors are opening hot spots too quickly, say “No”. We want to get to the Yellow Line, not drift above it.

Thanks to @JessStrawn for this analysis. 14/ pic.twitter.com/Qt0ELAoRFc

— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡 (@ASlavitt) August 5, 2020

projection

 

US daily coronavirus deaths have been tracking closely with the Los Alamos pandemic model’s worst case scenario forecast. If trend continues, the US will cross 200k deaths in mid September. pic.twitter.com/Zgp5G5aXBb

— Decoherence (@DecoherenceWave) August 5, 2020

young

L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday infection rates among residents aged 30 to 49 nearly tripled between June and late July, and rates among those 18-29 quadrupled. https://t.co/yYcroFIgIE

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) August 5, 2020

Healthcare workers

“The public needs to know that this is very much a real disease, and we need your help… to stop the spread of COVID-19.”

Healthcare workers share the hardest parts about being on the frontlines of the pandemic.

Watch NOW: https://t.co/U4UZMHn7bF pic.twitter.com/UENmc9kPCq

— NBC News NOW (@NBCNewsNow) August 5, 2020

saliva test

What I believe will be the BEST NEWS: the first very cheap, highly replicable saliva test is about to be approved by the @US_FDA.

It costs $2-3 per sample!
It uses interchangeable reagents for scale
It new capacity

More on this soon

Kudos @YaleMed @NBA @robbysikka

— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡 (@ASlavitt) August 5, 2020

WORLD

KLAN 🍊

why surge

I wonder why America is surging with coronavirus? pic.twitter.com/2SC3XM0gP9

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 6, 2020

understand the difference

6 months into this and he still doesn’t understand the difference between mortality rate and case fatality rate, which is basically useless until every single case in the US has been resolved, and the pandemic is over. https://t.co/m6KZ3CLxsi

— Decoherence (@DecoherenceWave) August 4, 2020

3 states opened when 🍊 wanted

The Republican governors of Florida, Arizona, and Georgia chose to listen to Trump instead of public health experts.

Their decisions to reopen their states too soon have had devastating consequences: pic.twitter.com/qkcgpgo37v

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) August 5, 2020

praises Arizona

This must be especially falling to Florida governor Ron DeSantis, who had been angling for precisely this kind of extended praise.

Doug Ducey gets it instead. https://t.co/L6jNE6cvzn

— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) August 5, 2020

which

Arizona hit a record daily high of 158 reported coronavirus deaths on July 30 @nytimes pic.twitter.com/ToxhRL0esF

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) August 5, 2020

presser

Trump buried in mockery for latest press briefing of ‘lies and nonsense’ https://t.co/4xAjxzSt6i

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) August 5, 2020

consequences

 

Twitter is making this ad almost impossible for anyone to find. If you can see this please retweet it. #ConsequencesForTrump pic.twitter.com/Mj5cVIUz2p

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) August 5, 2020

Kodak

Trump announcing the Kodak deal, LAST WEEK: "Groundbreaking," "A big deal," "A great deal."

Trump on the Kodak deal, NOW: "I wasn't involved in it."

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) August 5, 2020

next con

Here’s a new ad that twitter is going to try and kill in support of Trump. If you can see this please immediately retweet #DonsNextCon pic.twitter.com/PnXYSN1DlF

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 6, 2020

Twitter

NEW TONIGHT: “Twitter said it will require President Trump’s campaign account to remove a post containing coronavirus misinformation, banning the account from tweeting until it does so.’https://t.co/9YkSs2VM1A

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) August 6, 2020

and

 

Twitter temporarily restricted Trump campaign's ability to tweet over false Covid-19 claimshttps://t.co/ZPkOwXpkQt

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) August 6, 2020

also

Cool new labels, Twitter https://t.co/R61MvfiNsY pic.twitter.com/laUW2OK93J

— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) August 6, 2020

FB

Inbox: Facebook has removed the video Pres. Trump posted to Facebook claiming children are 'almost immune from COVID-19.'

"This video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID-19 which is a violation of our policies around harmful COVID misinformation."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 5, 2020

and

 

“This is the first time Facebook has taken down a post from the president for violating the company’s policies on covid misinformation.” https://t.co/DOcYUZZdbx

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 6, 2020

unemployment went up

Unemployment went up because states that had reopened too early had to close back down from the virus spread. They reopened too early because they listened to Trump. This economic pain is on him. https://t.co/5vL3mrRdCm

— Neera -Wear a Mask -Tanden (@neeratanden) August 6, 2020

PENCE

Pence, head of the Coronavirus Task Force, is signing autographs without a mask on the rope line after his remarks in Florida. pic.twitter.com/QnupwBCaC0

— Justin Gomez (@JustinGomezABC) August 5, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

open the schools

 

“OPEN THE SCHOOLS” is a terribly dangerous campaign slogan. @heathergtv explains.

“If it’s not safe enough for Trump’s kid, it’s not safe enough for anyone else’s.” #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/chjOyMBnOx

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 5, 2020

Nat Guard

https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1291132194900115458

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wrong address

 

The GOP dirty tricks have already started.

Today, folks in Virginia received a mailing with the wrong voter registrar's office return address from "the Center for Voter Information".

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 https://t.co/NeheQwbku9

— Matt Rogers 🎙️ (@Politidope) August 6, 2020

meddling with census

Trump's meddling with the Census has everything to do with his political and anti-immigrant agendas. If he gets his way, the American people will pay the price for generations.

We can’t let that happen. pic.twitter.com/EWr6Rnmh7y

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) August 6, 2020

sleazy attack

Donald Trump and his campaign have never been fluent in strength or decency: "It's notable that the Trump campaign is trying to make Biden look bad with a photo of him in a solemn religious moment." https://t.co/u3fvkkoHHR

— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) August 5, 2020

3rd party (Kanye)

Let's be very clear here: In 2016 Trump benefited tremendously from third party candidates – who in almost every single swing state received exactly enough votes to keep the state from @HillaryClinton. To this day it remains very odd how Gary Johnson got a consistent 2% to 3%… https://t.co/7OVQZha7UD

— Grady Keefe (@GradyKeefe) August 6, 2020

CIA steers clear

CIA steers clear of Senate Republican probe into Bidens – POLITICO https://t.co/8lh1HqG7Eo

— Blake News (@blakehounshell) August 5, 2020

REPUBLICANS

negotiations stimulus

 

For months, since the House passed a COVID relief bill, Democrats have been begging Republicans to negotiate with us.

They refused. McConnell sent the Senate on recess for half of July.

Now, after one single week of negotiation, they are ready to give up because it's too hard. https://t.co/x7DQMBnLS7

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) August 5, 2020

SCOTUS

Brett Kavanaugh will kill us allhttps://t.co/I1tDGiGvgT

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) August 5, 2020

DeSantis

 

Gov. DeSantis: Coronavirus spike not caused by Floridians’ behavior, it’s ‘seasonal’ https://t.co/ZqizgN3Q0n

— Grandpa Snarky #FBR (@GrandpaSnarky) August 5, 2020

Fallwell

Jerry Falwell Jr has apologized to ‘everybody’ for bizarre yacht photo — and says mystery women is his wife’s assistant https://t.co/eDl3vJM0QA

— Raw Story (@RawStory) August 5, 2020

NAZI

pick for Ambassador to Germany

Hi, you can read it here: @KFILE: NEW: The pick to be ambassador to Germany has attacked the country for supporting "Muslim invaders" saying… https://t.co/wPm8pZpubH See you soon. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) August 4, 2020

ACTIVISM

NYAG

NY AG Letitia James just announced she will make a major national announcement tomorrow at 11:30. Here’s the release pic.twitter.com/6hpNMEh9CD

— Stephen Gandel (@stephengandel) August 5, 2020

‘

News: The Manhattan DA issued a subpoena to Deutsche Bank for financial statements that President Trump provided to the bank.

Deutsche complied and handed over documents to the DA@davidenrich @benprotess @WRashbaum @BenWeiserNYT @kirstendanis scoop https://t.co/8lLgsIDUaS pic.twitter.com/pgFN0PMc0s

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 5, 2020

and

Are there sweeter words in these dog days than, "Deutsche Bank complied with the subpoena."

— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 6, 2020

ELECTIONS

Kamala!

Sen. Kamala Harris doesn’t have to apologize for being a formidable competitor in a presidential competition. https://t.co/aT519WKqVc

— ESSENCE (@Essence) July 30, 2020

voting without mail

We can’t let the current crisis facing @USPS lock millions of Americans out of our voting process.

Here are 4 ways to safely cast your ballot without relying on the postal service👇https://t.co/5I7oUveYu8

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) August 6, 2020

poll – white people

50% of white Americans would vote for Trump if election were held today https://t.co/2EWhoapVb5

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 6, 2020

EC projection

When you’re leading a presidential race nationally by double digits, you’re set to exceed 300 electoral votes.

And that's where we have our inaugural 2020 battleground map right now: Biden 334, Trump 125, Toss Up 79 https://t.co/9X07TRS53U pic.twitter.com/zyxRJHl2uf

— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) August 6, 2020

campaign $

You geniuses have spent $800 million to get your guy to 36%. @realDonaldTrump, what did @parscale and Jason Miller do with all the money? https://t.co/w2I1Zt0FIc

— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) August 6, 2020

debates – surrogates

Um, some of these people are trump surrogates. pic.twitter.com/CrMu2Q1Ny7

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) August 5, 2020

US

Kamala

Today, I'm formally introducing the RELIEF Act in Congress to help stop evictions and keep people housed during this crisis.

Few things are more essential right now than housing and running water to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Read about it here. https://t.co/jmncjbiuOV

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) August 6, 2020

Pelosi

 

Madam Speaker detailed the provisions of the #HEROESAct that passed the House 11 weeks ago.

She spoke poignantly about the lost opportunity to mitigate some of the health & economic impact of the #coronavirus after the Senate refused to get serious about a bill – until now. pic.twitter.com/wajTxvHIAu

— #DontMessWithNancy 💪💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿 (@FriendsofNancyP) August 5, 2020

Sally Yates

Sally Yates spars with GOP at testy hearing https://t.co/NYeSdMdzFK pic.twitter.com/oV3QDKGnd9

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) August 5, 2020

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