Suborning perjury; DNC 2018 hack

 

 

MSNBC

.@MSNBC breaking in to coverage. tune in now as @a_cormier_ calls in pic.twitter.com/GGRiTPzbya

— Matt Mittenthal (@mattmittenthal) January 18, 2019

😱

Rudy Giuliani's phone is turned off currently. FYI.

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) January 18, 2019

 

IMPEACHMENT

suborned perjury

🚨NEW from @a_cormier_ and me:

President Trump Directed Michael Cohen To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project

Trump received 10 personal updates from Michael Cohen and encouraged a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin.
https://t.co/xeUmlMYk2m

— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) January 18, 2019

investigation

NEW: The House Intelligence Committee will investigate the revelation that President Trump ordered his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. https://t.co/5DBtHXYKzg

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 18, 2019

dictionary

'Suborn'
– specifically: to induce to commit perjury
– broadly: to induce secretly to do an unlawful thinghttps://t.co/fwgQ0kjVlN

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) January 18, 2019

and Barr

.@AmyKlobuchar: You wrote on page 1 that a president persuading a person to commit perjury would be obstruction, is that right?

William Barr: Yes. pic.twitter.com/mBcRl0mgD7

— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) January 18, 2019

what about them?

So, did Junior, Ivanka and Jared also lie to Congress about the Moscow Trump Tower deal?

— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) January 18, 2019

Clinton impeachers

Many members of Congress who supported punishing Clinton for obstruction are still around—including 14 Republican senators.

That’s interesting because, assuming every Senate Democrat voted to oust Trump, they'd need to be joined by 20 Republicans. https://t.co/4qVDgdgCTS

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 18, 2019

Cohen, Falwell

Connect the dots….

Michael Cohen meets with @JerryFalwellJr, resulting in the first very early endorsement of Trump by big evangelical leader.

Michael Cohen gives bag of cash to Falwell’s techology officer, and he is reimbursed $50,000 by Trump Org.

Address this Jerry.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 17, 2019

RUSSIA

DNC midterms cyberattack

JUST IN: The Democratic National Committee alleges it was among the intended victims of a widespread cyberattack that was detected days after the 2018 midterm elections, according to court documents filed overnight. https://t.co/Jvku15q98W

— ABC News (@ABC) January 18, 2019

Deripaska mistress

The mistress of Deripaska who had evidence of his meddling in 2016 US Election as been taken by Putin's goons. The US denied her political asylum and had her sent to Moscow to get tortured and killed. PLEASE COVER THIS #Trump #RussiaCollusion https://t.co/NdUXkRwpru

— Tatyana Mamut (@tmamut) January 18, 2019

KLAN 🍊

what really happened – thread

Trump was working on his big Moscow deal right up to close to the election.

His plan was to win by losing… and then he lost by winning.

Now it’s all coming out and he’s sunk.

He’s just dumb enough for this crazy theory to be true. We’ll see.

8/8

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 18, 2019

or

These dumb fucks really thought that being president would be a side gig for Trump while they did what they really wanted: build a goddamn tower in Moscow, likely as a way to launder even more filthy money.

— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) January 18, 2019

#Shutdown

🆚 Pelosi

In nixing Pelosi's trip, White House aides "sought to put her in her place after she had emphasized that she represented a coequal branch in governing," aides tell the NYT:https://t.co/oD00V7ddZI pic.twitter.com/4VvjBgulPr

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 18, 2019

adjustments

"I can relate, and I’m sure that the people that are on the receiving end will make adjustments — they always do." pic.twitter.com/8lUdk0Ra5E

— Jon Zal (@OfficialJonZal) January 18, 2019

who’s running things?

Fox News political analyst: Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter are "running this government" https://t.co/fjbB6In1WK pic.twitter.com/Ughks9GdpO

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) January 18, 2019

.🆚 ACA

BREAKING: Trump Administration lays out changes to ACA which would cut coverage for ~2 million Americans, significantly increase premiums, and raise out of pocket costs. https://t.co/D3MWve1dde

— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) January 18, 2019

PR money

A new report says that Trump urged his team to violate the law and redirect Puerto Rico's disaster assistance money to Texas and Florida instead. https://t.co/tyx7DpVkl8

— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 18, 2019

Plan to traumatize children

I just released a NEW DOCUMENT showing that the @realDonaldTrump administration PLANNED to traumatize children and intentionally create a humanitarian crisis at the border. https://t.co/PBdXyDXgP8

— Jeff Merkley (@JeffMerkley) January 18, 2019

REPUBLICANS

Pompeo

Great pierce by my buds @WaPoSean @jdawsey1 – but don’t lose forest for trees. Senators become SecState – Muskie, Clinton, Kerry – not other way around. A Senate bid by Pompeo is brutal rejection of Trump. https://t.co/LpQutLQmMc

— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) January 18, 2019

Scalisi blames Pelosi

Rep. Steve Scalise blames Nancy Pelosi for lack of diversity in House GOP conference at E-PAC launch: "I’ve noticed that when female members run on Republican side Nancy Pelosi will spend a lot more money in many cases twice as much more to defeat Republican female candidates."

— Laura Barrón-López (@lbarronlopez) January 18, 2019

Congress not equal?

Pretty wild to hear a member of Congress forcefully argue that congressional leaders are constitutionally inferior to the president. James Madison weeps. https://t.co/BzSieRnoih

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) January 18, 2019

De Vos

DeVos in wheelchair after breaking her pelvis and hip socket in bicycle mishap.

Good thing she isn't a student.

October of 2017 the Education Department rescinded 72 policy documents that outline the rights of students with disabilities.

https://t.co/DYywtUceYj via @politico

— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) January 17, 2019

MEDIA

NBC Nazi

NEW: In an email I reviewed, NBC News standards sent guidance to staffers this morning that they shouldn't directly refer to Steve King's comments as racist. Instead they said reporters should say, "what many are calling racist’ or something like that." https://t.co/Oc3aRBSWxg

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 15, 2019

Shapiro

Just went through security at the airport. The unpaid, overworked TSA agent randomly turned to me and said, "Ben Shapiro is a cowardly asshole who grew up in a privileged environment, never served his country, and needlessly mocks people who are struggling."

True story! https://t.co/dLTPGlHaYI

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) January 18, 2019

bothsidery

Media framing of Trump-Pelosi battle is widely awful. The whole "Dems sinking to Trump's level" meme is not only utterly false on its face. It also trivializes the seriousness of Trump's ongoing misconduct and does not allow space for public officials to respond to it seriously: https://t.co/EDMSjeIC0r

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 18, 2019

US

Ignoring 🍊

Democrats and activists punish Trump with a new strategy: Ignoring him, via @mviserhttps://t.co/GYzUUcSb34

— Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) January 17, 2019

Pelosi re: SOTU

Just asked Pelosi if she's simply trying to deny Trump a platform after DHS said it could secure SOTU, and she said: "I'm not denying him a platform at all…Let's pay the employees. Maybe he thinks it's OK not to pay people who do work. I don't, and my caucus doesn't either." pic.twitter.com/RODDSMihbK

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 17, 2019

and

https://twitter.com/brianefallon/status/1086239527465824258

Mexico

https://twitter.com/ksieff/status/1085933954446905351

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Humpty Trumpty wanted a wall

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

NJ fake green cards

The FBI have collected FAKE GREEN CARDS that Trump’s managers gave to illegal immigrants working at his golf clubs >> https://t.co/9tYRQrupNS

— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) December 30, 2018

New Jersey prosecutors have evidence that supervisors at Trump’s New Jersey golf club may have provided fraudulent green cards and Social Security numbers to undocumented immigrant workers. https://t.co/v8XySG4bxP

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) December 29, 2018

poll

MOMENTUM GROWS: Nearly 60 percent of registered voters believe that President Trump should be impeached or censured. https://t.co/Mll5GlG19n #ImpeachTrump

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) December 29, 2018

compare to emails investigation

The house judiciary and intelligence committees have officially CLOSED the three-year investigation into Hillary’s emails

ZERO indictments
ZERO felonies
ZERO arrests
ZERO convictions

Mueller has nabbed 38 people or entities with over 200 felonies. 52 are “collusion” #winning

— Mueller, She Wrote Podcast (@MuellerSheWrote) December 29, 2018

no collusion!!

Once more: your son, your son-in-law, & your campaign chair signaled to Moscow your campaign approved of Kremlin efforts to intervene in the election, and *you* collaborated with Putin’s disinformation op by echoing his false denials. You aided and abetted the Russian attack. https://t.co/mhhCtQ6bOz

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 30, 2018

KLAN 🍊

Wall

12/28 Mike Luckovich: Trumpty https://t.co/18eX7XRrJA

— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) December 28, 2018

kids deaths

Trump's first reaction to the death of two young migrant children in Border Patrol custody

First: Blame Democrats
Second: Call for his wall
Third: Call the children very sick
Fourth: Mislead about the family's response
Fifth: Congratulate Border Patrolhttps://t.co/ZEzzkERMaW

— Rebecca Leber (@rebleber) December 29, 2018

also

Still no reply from @SecNielsen on how many asylum seekers have died on her watch…

Good news is Dems take the majority in five days. We’ll get these records, even if she doesn’t turn them over.

— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) December 29, 2018

secrets

Worth recalling that the Trump administration kept the girl's death while in Border Patrol custody a secret until @NickMiroff broke the story in The Post –> https://t.co/dOHgaJrekP https://t.co/tlN20BWt5e

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 29, 2018

lies

The medical examiner says Felipe died from Influenza B. The World Health Organization says the influenza incubtion period is 1-4 days. He was in CBP custody for 7 days. https://t.co/Gx28aH4VJd https://t.co/AvA9FuIPul

— David Mack (@davidmackau) December 29, 2018

Wapo

Trump politicizes deaths of two immigrant children to score points in border wall fight https://t.co/u5J0Mai62y

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) December 29, 2018

invaders

If they were actually part of an invading army, we would have to treat them better than this. https://t.co/gjBsHrVSU2

— Ken Schultz (@KSchultz3580) December 29, 2018

abuse

Migrant children dragged, pushed at Southwest Key shelter. https://t.co/Xgnqnjy4zq pic.twitter.com/W3I7n3paXv

— azcentral (@azcentral) December 29, 2018

#TrumpShutdown

trapped

"He's trapped," Republican strategist Mike Murphy said of Trump. "He's playing poker holding two threes and suddenly putting all of his chips in. It's pure emotion, the mark of a panicking amateur." https://t.co/n4wiH07FsQ

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 29, 2018

Fed workers

Uncertain if @realDonaldTrump knows that 80% of federal workers do NOT live here in the Washington area; freezing their pay (plus shutdown) hurts voters nationwide. Federal workers in:
FL: 138,892
MICH: 52,898
NC: 72,363
OH: 78,575
PA: 97,415
WI: 29,183
(OPM data, June 2017)

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 29, 2018

reminder – Mexico

Hey @realDonaldTrump, we were promised that Mexico would pay for the wall. 100%. pic.twitter.com/tEtOdMeNDT

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 20, 2018

Lies

Twelve months of lies, damn lies, and (Trumped-up) statistics

Take a look at Sunday's front cover… pic.twitter.com/UEI7JTWzVI

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 30, 2018

WAR ON MEDIA

malware computer from abroad

JUST IN: A suspected malware computer virus from outside the United States prevented the Los Angeles Times from publishing many of its Saturday print editions, in an attack that similarly crippled other newspapers across the country, the Times said. https://t.co/mwYBtQUWse

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) December 30, 2018

REPUBLICANS

“her emailz” was bogus

Trey Gowdy closes out a disgraceful congressional career by quietly whispering that he had been lying about Hillary’s emails all along. https://t.co/9I2ls6XIvR

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 29, 2018

VA

Dear @SecWilkie: I respectfully request that you reconsider cutting group therapy for veterans with PTSD. There are better ways to cut costs. Thank you for your consideration. https://t.co/0sRKCf0Oei

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 29, 2018

Kelly

Outgoing White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly say his tenure is best measured by what the president did NOTdo when Kelly was at his side.https://t.co/Iqa5bMu5pU

— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 30, 2018

“To be honest, it’s not a wall,” John Kelly told the LA Times in an interview. The last time Kelly went on Fox and said the president was “uninformed” on the wall during the campaign, Trump shouted at him so loudly it could be heard outside Oval. This time, Kelly is out.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 30, 2018

snowflakes

Yes I've heard this word. I think sociopaths use it in an attempt to discredit the notion of empathy https://t.co/6tKNUdRAJ5

— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) July 8, 2018

sociopaths

Find a tweet more horrible than this. Good luck. https://t.co/a1qTmvFM2K

— Bill Prady (@billprady) December 30, 2018

MEDIA

NYT

 Maggie

No interrogation of Trump’s bullshit lie in the headline. Just worthless. pic.twitter.com/yMNybnxls2

— Ethan Grey (@_EthanGrey) December 29, 2018

Carlson

Tucker Carlson's Fox News show has reportedly been hemorrhaging advertisers since he said that immigration makes the U.S. "poorer and dirtier and more divided," The Daily Beast reports. https://t.co/cURgX6j3EG

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 29, 2018

Bothsidery

Anatomy of a dishonest social media meme. Numerous things to fairly criticize former POTUS for. Criticism of politicos is in play. But to conflate 44’s autographing of serviceman’s uniform cap w/45 signing of MAGA campaign hat is disingenuous & purposely deceptive. #BeBetter 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/UyfFeVXRpC

— James A. Gagliano (@JamesAGagliano) December 29, 2018

LEFTOVERS

poison primary

What's clear as day is this: if Sanders runs, it will poison the whole process. And if not, we'll have an interesting and generally positive primary. No avoiding this – it's like a light switch without a dimmer. https://t.co/Uu4YlqvFnU

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 30, 2018

Sirota

David Sirota’s monthlong reputational self-destruction continues:

Someone points out Bernie could ask his surrogates to chill.

Sirota shows zero chill and instead goes on a weird rant about fascists coming for journalists.

Maybe take a Twitter break, dude. pic.twitter.com/jzaPiEFvXH

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 30, 2018

why the Beto hate

the punchline is that Sanders surrogates *created* the Beto buzz in December; https://t.co/iE5xrKOI3c

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 30, 2018

US

Pelosi

How Nancy Pelosi signaled the end of Donald Trump's easy ride https://t.co/2vGmEHYtTo

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 30, 2018

Lieu

Note to @realDonaldTrump: ICYMI, Democrats crushed Republicans last month in the midterms and we take control of the House in 5 days. Good luck getting the House to vote for your vanity wall.

Cut your losses now. End the #TrumpShutdown today before you lose even more votes. https://t.co/fmtUOLzDLA

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 29, 2018

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“Wasn’t scared at all!” “1st FLOTUS evah!”

 

IMPEACHMENT

Cohen, Prague, Steele

MCCLATCHY SCOOP: Cell phone signal puts Michael Cohen in Prague area in late summer 2016, via Peter Stone & @GregGordon2 https://t.co/ysz7bbmckG

— Ben Wieder (@benbwieder) December 27, 2018

reminder

Steele dossier on Cohen and Prague: “The agenda comprised questions on how deniable cash payments were to be made to hackers who had worked in Europe under Kremlin direction against the CLINTON campaign and various contingencies for covering up these operations.” https://t.co/1xV5lmQ3wi

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 27, 2018

Maddow on the other news

FWIW, this is our coverage back in April of this year when McClatchy first reported that Mueller had evidence of Cohen in Prague: https://t.co/sAJn1lk5s4

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 27, 2018

and

-McClatchy, citing 4 sources, says Cohen was in Prague-area in Summer 2016
-2 sources tell me that another major news org has confirmation.
-Cohen tweets he has never been to Prague
-WSJ says Cohen told them he went to Prague in 2001.

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) December 27, 2018

and

🍊 said you lie 😎

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 27, 2018

Carter Page

Carter Page says he has been the victim of " torts previously unseen in the history of the United States and without precedent in the annals of American law." https://t.co/NDNnHrKxGU

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 26, 2018

MIDDLE EAST

Iraq

Iraqi lawmakers demand U.S. troops withdraw after Trump's surprise visit https://t.co/RYBVQl3pRl via @nbcnews

— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 27, 2018

ISIS

Glad to see that President Trump is finally referring to the defeat of the “territorial caliphate,” rather than the defeat of ISIS. Yes the territorial caliphate in Iraq & Syria is 99% gone. No, that doesn’t mean ISIS, the terror group with members from 100 countries, is defeated https://t.co/DQEV7dvtgb

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) December 26, 2018

Mossad – Russia ran 🍊

Ex-Mossad head: Russia decided Trump was their best candidate, and ran him for president – Israel News – https://t.co/LIz60YVfCq https://t.co/ZuhSbbUKF5

— ΞLΞVΞNTH (@3L3V3NTH) December 26, 2018

RUSSIA

forever Putin

Russia is considering constitutional changes that could allow Vladimir Putin to remain in power https://t.co/j4kFnazk3F pic.twitter.com/8V5sm7oJyW

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 26, 2018

SA

Surprise, "our man in Riyadh" turns out to have been Putin's man in Riyadh all along https://t.co/eKtLWv04AW "President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Middle East said Prince Mohammed has every right to inherit the throne when the ailing 82-year-old King Salman dies." pic.twitter.com/g4vOVse9fr

— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 27, 2018

Iraq

Trump ignored the prime minister of Iraq during a visit to his country, giving Putin the perfect entre. Trump-plomacy. https://t.co/yh55tLk5uq

— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) December 27, 2018

KLAN 🍊

yesterday

Trump: Day 705
-Day 5 of the #TrumpShutdown
–#BoneSpurs Diagnosis Fabricated
-Shamed into Visiting Troops in Iraq
-Revealed Covert SEAL Deployment
-Ginsburg Discharged From Hospital
-Acting AG Whitaker Lied on Résumé
-Dow Spikes During Twitter Silence pic.twitter.com/yL2l3cCDBX

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 27, 2018

summary Iraq

Pres Trump spent 3 hours in Iraq:
1) lied about 10% pay increase to troops
2) revealed classified identity of Navy SEALs
3) possibly violated rules against political activity on a military base
4) broke protocol by a visiting head of state by not going to meet Iraqi PM

— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) December 27, 2018

tweet of the day

This makes me so glad I'm already a lesbian. 😮😬pic.twitter.com/cGX717js1i

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) December 27, 2018

revealed identity

.@Newsweek reports that Trump's twitter field may have revealed the deployment and identities of covert special forces in Iraq https://t.co/P8Pq887ITA

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) December 26, 2018

what HE had to go through

Zooming in, President says he ways concerned about what he had to go through to visit Iraq. pic.twitter.com/UyBdbzOOcv

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 26, 2018

not scared

Trump is entirely unable to avoid showing his cards at every turn. “We were definitely not scared. In fact we felt unscared, at some points forgetting what it means to be scared or having ‘scared’ be the single word in the English language we would not know the meaning of.” https://t.co/VBGhDkHziS

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 27, 2018

campaign/army

its against military rules to fly this flag pic.twitter.com/5q2uOt0sNU

— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) December 27, 2018

and

For all those who want to debate how there’s nothing wrong with the political hats, posters, and comments, here’s some light reading as to “what right looks like” and was is required by DoD regulations: https://t.co/l8srvRenGB https://t.co/96xx9QKAnI

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) December 27, 2018

military raises

It stands to reason that you know when you've been given a raise. Trump told troops today that those in uniform haven't gotten one in a decade. It's a typical @RealDonaldTrump lie, brazen, bald-faced and pulled out of thin air. Here are 2004-2018 raises https://t.co/Y7uSVSopd9 pic.twitter.com/1trfWGlAxQ

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 27, 2018

Shutdown

Union

Largest federal workers' union breaks with Trump for saying "many" want shutdown https://t.co/pYl1gKYQPE pic.twitter.com/n06tJfHV9z

— The Hill (@thehill) December 26, 2018

democrats

President Trump tweeted that "most of the people not getting paid are Democrats," as the government shutdown entered its sixth day. https://t.co/nUrZIjphox

— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 27, 2018

TRUMP on TUES: The federal workers I’m hurting actually support me and want the wall.

TRUMP on THURS: The federal workers I’m hurting are actually Democrats, so screw ‘em. pic.twitter.com/O7BrjBey8j

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 27, 2018

Mark Warner

This is outrageous. Federal employees don’t go to work wearing red or blue jerseys. They’re public servants. And the President is treating them like poker chips at one of his failed casinos. https://t.co/bxkt67E9Bq

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) December 27, 2018

Javanka

AWKWARD — Ivanka and Jared caught vacationing after shutdown cancels time off for federal employees https://t.co/v38JvPVEMC

— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 26, 2018

tent city

AP Exclsuive: The Trump admin says it will keep a tent city holding more than 2,000 migrant teenagers open through early 2019. https://t.co/Zx7CxUprZy

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 27, 2018

and other kind of tents

Kleptocrats gotta klept https://t.co/SAa4ZnUNIt

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 27, 2018

secretary of defense

Trump praises soon to be Acting Sec Def Shanahan, per pooler @ByBrianBennett: “He’s a good buyer. I wanted somebody that could buy. Because I’m giving them a lot of money and I don’t want it to be wasted.”

— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) December 27, 2018

REPUBLICANS

trumpies

pic.twitter.com/7TqnXxv8Ki

— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) December 27, 2018

DSouza

Yes, everyone who hired you at National Review pic.twitter.com/EGSFV7fkkL

— Jon Vespasian (@JonVespasian) December 26, 2018

market Denald

How come every time I leave the country the Stock Market has a “rally” like you’ve never seen before?! Do they I expect me not to return? Very unfair to me! Its a RIGGED SYSTEM folks, believe me!!

— DonaId J. Trump (@realDenaldTrump) December 27, 2018

Criminals – GA

Michael Williams, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia who campaigned in a "deportation bus," has turned himself in to county jail after being indicted on charges including insurance fraud. https://t.co/hAWQtwSEtT

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 27, 2018

NRA

kids

 

Just pubbed, the most comprehensive review of lockdowns ever done: More than 4.1 million students endured one last school year, and the effects were often devastating — kids wept and soiled themselves, wrote wills and texted parents goodbye. w/ @dataeditorhttps://t.co/gAA2HCCm3C

— John Woodrow Cox (@JohnWoodrowCox) December 26, 2018

Ohio

Ohio @MomsDemand volunteers are headed to the statehouse right now to try and prevent a veto override of HB 228.

Tell friends and family in the Buckeye State to text OHIO to 644-33. They’ll be connected to their state senator so they can tell them to vote NO on a veto override. https://t.co/XVUB544cVb

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 27, 2018

NAZI

Proud boys

Your periodic reminder that this violent extremist group was founded by a foreign national living in the United States on a green card.

Good thing for him he’s not brown.https://t.co/swl0X2XPo9

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 26, 2018

MEDIA

ABC doing dumb talking points

Martha should see a neurologist about that. pic.twitter.com/pU2bAfLgCU

— Nicole David (@obbiecole) December 26, 2018

NYT

"two equally flawed candidates" … "but her emails." great that @nytimes is chronicling environmental damage being done by <checks notes> our own EPA, would have been even better if their pre-election 2016 coverage wasn't so shitty which would have obviated stories like this https://t.co/mhxOEO0OE9

— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) December 27, 2018

LEFTOVERS

advice for 👓

I’m going to offer Bernie Sanders some sincere advice- he should ask his supporters/sympathetic journos to knock it off – at least for a while. At the very least, it certainly going to make many tired of the entire Sanders candidacy before it’s even launched officially.

— Armando (@armandodkos) December 27, 2018

poor 👓!

Man, Kornacki killing Bernie. pic.twitter.com/DR7XDYui6u

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 27, 2018

Sirota

This is an unhealthy obsession. pic.twitter.com/4wcyxKwbqI

— Zachary #FBPE 🇪🇺 (@zatchry) December 24, 2018

The Nation

The Nation defends a *checks*

Right-wing gun rights illegal foreign lobbyist https://t.co/1X2pYGjGnD

— Zachary #FBPE 🇪🇺 (@zatchry) December 27, 2018

same time as the Federalist

amazing pic.twitter.com/fLDvDxXcaF

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 27, 2018

and of coure, Russia

Maria Butina’s ‘Red Sparrow’ Makeover Revealed on Russian TV https://t.co/YMHxUfHnEU #Butina #MariaButina #Russia
My latest for @thedailybeast

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 27, 2018

Stein

Jill Stein's 2016 campaign manager, David Cobb, is now earning $11,280 a month in 2016 recount money, according to Stein's latest FEC report.

That's a 50 percent raise, per the Dec. 21 filing. Other staffers received a 33 percent increase in salary. https://t.co/wDgLp3OqHB

— Charles Я. Davis (@charliearchy) December 26, 2018

US

one week!

One week from today, folks. One week from today. #oversight #resist pic.twitter.com/pvngvT8ctM

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 27, 2018

misogyny

Whether Hillary Clinto run in 2020 is not the problem. The problem are people saying a woman who warned us about everything, right about everything, earned 66M votes, 3M more than her opponent, had her election stolen shouldn't be able to run again. Thats sexism and mgyonism.

— Mr. Weeks ✊🏽 (@MrDane1982) December 26, 2018

#Trumpshutdown

Why did the GOP controlled Senate adjourn until Dec 31? Because @realDonaldTrump said:

"I am proud to shut down the government … I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down.”

On Jan 3, House Democrats will pass legislation to reopen government.#JanuaryIsComing https://t.co/fqLThrCuZQ

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 27, 2018

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Everything named 🍊 investigated; attacking ACA; killing kids – self-righteously

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Adam Schiff

Adam Schiff plans to conduct an investigation parallel to Mueller's, probing Trump's connections to Russia, Saudi Arabia, and other places.

"It became clear that he wasn't just planning to cross Trump's red line—he intended to obliterate it." https://t.co/DIKD4D2I0C

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 15, 2018

cost of Mueller investigation

Not even half of the forfeitures at $47 million from Manafort, already collected! https://t.co/RRMfWnJOr4

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) December 15, 2018

John Dean

Trump’s campaign. Trump’s transition. Trump’s inauguration. Trump’s presidency. Plus Trump & family. All are now under state and federal criminal and civil investigations. This is much more damning than Watergate, and it is just getting started.

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) December 14, 2018

Cohen

12/13 Mike Luckovich: Criminal puppeteering https://t.co/TOD8XNEz2j

— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) December 12, 2018

Inauguration grift

Analysis: How money flowed into — and out of — Trump’s inaugural committee https://t.co/88Bw1xB9ON

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 15, 2018

and

Trump's inauguration paid the Trump Org. for rooms, meals and event space at Trump's D.C. hotel.

Ivanka was involved in negotiating prices. A top inaugural planner expressed concern the hotel was overcharging. The spending could be a violation of the law. https://t.co/tAC96DVFYW

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 14, 2018

and

Add…
New details from NYT: Fed prosecutors are examining whether foreigners illegally funneled donations to Trump's inaugural committee and a pro-Trump super PAC in hopes of buying influence over US policy. The inquiry focuses on Middle Eastern nations. https://t.co/Rw4E2WmYmq

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 15, 2018

also

Mar-a-Lago has incidentally also increased ticket prices to its New Years Eve party. Not many New Years Eve parties can sell access to the president of the United States. https://t.co/xNAnzbPplY

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 14, 2018

and

Inaugural Committee Fundraising #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/vBwVIoCd6t

— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) December 15, 2018

Gates

Rick Gates –inauguration organizer, former Manafort protege, & current felon–tried to get inauguration vendors to take money directly by donors. That way donors wouldn't have to be disclosed.

Now think: Why would you want to keep donors secret?https://t.co/Vh4SFRx27m pic.twitter.com/LqkNodljmY

— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) December 14, 2018

Flynn

FBI asks Flynn questions. Flynn lies in response. @DevinNunes proclaims on @FoxNews this constitutes entrapment.

No, congressman -asking questions is not entrapment. And lying to the FBI is a crime. Seriously, the GOP needs to drop this "Its ok if a Republican does it" standard.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 14, 2018

Lindsay Graham

Sen. Lindsey Graham Now Under Investigation For Campaign Finance Crimes, Ties To Russians. https://t.co/kyPI66tktt

— 🎄 Cathleen Burke 🎄 (@ItsMeCathi) December 14, 2018

Europe

Here’s a manifesto of sorts that #GiletsJaunes are distributing. Basically they want a referendum for everything — to block laws, to change the constitution, to suppress any law they don’t like, etc. They’ve seen the wonders of the UK #Brexit referendum and are excited pic.twitter.com/GXxMDclUPW

— Luke Baker (@BakerLuke) December 15, 2018

KLAN 🍊

Incest Barbie – inauguration

It turns out Trump's inaug paid Trump's biz.

Organizers complained about potential overcharging. One wrote to "express my concern" the deal will "become public knowledge."

That kinda deal can be illegal.

And oh, Ivanka was the middle of it.

https://t.co/Vh4SFRx27m pic.twitter.com/wyTPjAh0pp

— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) December 14, 2018

Mulvaney

Flashback: Mulvaney goes from calling Trump "a terrible human being" to serving as his chief of staff in two years flat pic.twitter.com/qQpUXRdiYL

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 15, 2018

and

pic.twitter.com/jvf2Cq35RW

— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) December 10, 2018

and

Mulvaney is now OMB director *&* WH chief of staff. He just finished up lengthy stint as acting director of CFPB.

It’s telling that Trump couldn’t find anyone from the outside to take COS job & ended up making a low energy move. It reinforces perception that the ship is sinking. https://t.co/rIG7UBjFVw

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 14, 2018

also, corruption

Report: Newly released documents show Mick Mulvaney raked in huge cash from payday loan CEOs just days before he pressured government regulators to back off payday lending rules (via @IBTimes) https://t.co/03YEXiG3vZ pic.twitter.com/mQJhisF0z9

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 9, 2017

aderall

Holy. Shit. https://t.co/C9R2dfhvqG

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 14, 2018

Christmas nightmare

Trump’s Christmas nightmare. pic.twitter.com/mEJYleyYVb

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 15, 2018

wall

Opinion| Trump: Democrats are the reason I can’t have my wall!

Republicans: Well, actually … https://t.co/RRqJMSpzV1

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 15, 2018

poll

Among all voters, 38% say they would vote to reelect Trump, 66% say the would vote for someone else. Trump is losing independents by 59% to 22%.

— Geoff Garin (@geoffgarin) December 13, 2018

IMMIGRATION

yay! Dead kids!!!

Jason Chaffetz, speaking about Jakelin Caal Maquin, a 7 year old girl who died in the custody of US Border Patrol: "That should be the message, don't make this journey, it will kill you." pic.twitter.com/qXNsAWFyBE

— Brendan Karet 🚮 (@bad_takes) December 15, 2018

Humanitarian crisis

There are no words to capture the horror of a seven-year-old girl dying of dehydration in U.S. custody. What’s happening at our borders is a humanitarian crisis. https://t.co/8KZeynGjIv

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 14, 2018

throwing water away

Border agents have thrown out 3586 jugs of water left for migrants in the desert.

They did this knowing that 7000 migrants have died attempting to cross.

THIS is why the death of Jackeline Caal, the 7yo migrant who died of thirst in US custody, should be referred to as murder. pic.twitter.com/pzSZPruJdU

— Tuxedo Mask (@TheLoveBel0w) December 14, 2018

HEALTHCARE

Pelosi:

Pelosi: While the district court’s absurd ruling will be immediately appealed, Republicans are fully responsible for this cruel decision and for the fear they have struck into millions of families across America who are now in danger of losing their health coverage.

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 15, 2018

preexisting condition

OCTOBER: I promise to protect people with preexisting conditions!

DECEMBER: Great news! We’re getting rid of the law protecting people with preexisting conditions. pic.twitter.com/bPzRr3pzJi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 15, 2018

hope

The Chief Judge of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is Carl Stewart.

He was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994. https://t.co/PyEgoVst8T

— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) December 15, 2018

bills

Terrific news! Congress passed two bipartisan bills to address the maternal mortality crisis in the US — which disproportionately impacts women of color. Huge thanks to @SenatorBaldwin @lisamurkowski @RepDianaDeGette for their leadership. https://t.co/erqQSV6EXI

— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) December 14, 2018

judge

And btw, I'm very tired of seeing "Federal judge" used instead a real person. The man who viciously attacked the healthcare of 133M Americans is named Reed O'Connor. Here he is. He's a hater, btw. Look into his rulings on Title IX and LGBTQ protection under the law. pic.twitter.com/DoESy4rFus

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 15, 2018

REPUBLICANS

dodge and dissmiss

“Stop.”
“I wasn’t there.”
“I don’t know anything about that.”
“Oh, I don’t do interviews on any of that stuff.”
See Republican senators dodge and dismiss @seungminkim’s questions about Trump and his legal woeshttps://t.co/GwudI7Dmio

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 15, 2018

Hatch

It is entirely fitting that Senator Hatch’s last act would be a mumbling abandonment of any pretense of morality or ethics followed by a mealy-mouthed walk-back via a statement written by someone less addled. https://t.co/MQ9RU5kiuZ

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 15, 2018

Zinke

After Pruitt resigned, Zinke became Trump's most scandal-plagued cabinet member, with more than a dozen investigations, including one referred to the DOJ for a possible criminal inquiry: https://t.co/MvwfidR1BL https://t.co/jlP1fB2ZJY

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) December 15, 2018

Papadopoulos

Fresh out of a 12-day prison sentence for making false statements to the FBI, George Papadopoulos said he's ready to run for Congresshttps://t.co/uQH7l3U70m

— POLITICO (@politico) December 14, 2018

painting

Is Kellyanne Conway the painting in Ann Coulter's attic?

— Smocking Gun Donny (@Dmorrison1979) December 15, 2018

Graham

You voted to impeach Bill Clinton for lying about sex.

Sit the hell down, dude. https://t.co/NDWaueVWXv

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) December 15, 2018

Scott Walker

Scott Walker has stripped himself of political legitimacy and assured his legacy as a puppet of GOP big money. I once thought Walker had a dangerous Nixonian cunning but over the years it’s become clear he is just dumb and anything above city government is out of his league. https://t.co/MxNtYOoUs7

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) December 15, 2018

NAZI

Paul Ryan

As I keep saying, the common Dem portrayal of Paul Ryan is wrong. He isn’t spineless, he doesn’t cave to Trump. He’s a damn racist. He’s affirmatively bad in a hundred ways. https://t.co/ZvjYMydNiD

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) December 15, 2018

Ross Douthat

NYT columnist Ross Douthat, who recently advocated for WASP supremacy, has a history of white supremacist writings going back decades https://t.co/JmQbC513lm

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 14, 2018

NRA

sign agreement Butina

EXCLUSIVE: Russian agent Maria Butina claimed she had a "signed cooperation agreement" with the NRA https://t.co/nCjIGtNP5a via @MotherJones

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 14, 2018

MEDIA

NYT – NC fraud

This dude almost certainly committed election fraud on a massive scale and the headline probably ought to emphasize that rather than trying to be cute. https://t.co/B5raieNHle

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 15, 2018

Federalist

Life comes at you fast. pic.twitter.com/aBmrSa3vXg

— Julian Sanchez (@normative) December 14, 2018

US

Adam Schiff

Trump is so outmatched by @RepAdamSchiff that it’s not even a fair fight. I knew when he was my con law student that he was dynamite, and now it’s obvious to the world. Read this spot-on profile by another superb former student of mine, @JeffreyToobin:https://t.co/kESSsQMP1X

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 14, 2018

Pelosi

Because she’s not worried about access. https://t.co/hU1WT3ZfVb

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) December 14, 2018

Nadler

A federal judge in Texas has ruled to strike down the Affordable Care Act, including pre-existing conditions. Trump and @HouseGOP said they would never let that happen, but that was never the truth. This will not stand, and we will fight to #ProtectOurCare!https://t.co/QMH5ty83dB

— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) December 15, 2018

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“Not big crimes” – many, many investigations!

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Mueller to Flynn

Mueller's office has responded to claims by Gen. Flynn's lawyers that the FBI might have tricked him into lying to them. Basically, prosecutors say that by the time agents talked to him, he'd been lying to everybody for two weeks. pic.twitter.com/ytpwZqhzFY

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 14, 2018

Inauguration grift – Incest Barbie, Gates

NEW: Trump's inaugural committee, which is now under criminal investigation, paid the Trump Organization for rooms, meals & event space at the company’s DC hotel, according to interviews, internal emails & receipts reviewed by WNYC and ProPublica. https://t.co/WphFssPx3Q

— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) December 14, 2018

Manafort

While Paul Manafort was the subject of a federal criminal investigation, he advised the Trump Administration to publicly attack the FBI, to falsely allege that Ukraine colluded with the DNC, and to attack Hillary Clinton and the Steele dossier, per @vox.https://t.co/yQHM6wHEub

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 14, 2018

After months of reporting, we have an answer: some of the money went to the Trump Organization. Ivanka Trump personally connected inauguration planners with her family’s DC hotel. We know, because we have emails. https://t.co/vAD0DDoZSa

— Ilya Marritz (@ilyamarritz) December 14, 2018

mystery

DC court clears out entire floor for grand jury hearing in mysterious Mueller case https://t.co/AQXNiJBFAx

— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) December 14, 2018

Putin

Did Putin buy Donald Trump? https://t.co/hvbs1dwfRH

— Investigate Russia (@InvestigateRU) December 14, 2018

who is investigated

Entities under criminal investigation:

1. The Trump campaign
2. The Trump transition
3. The Trump inauguration
4. The Trump administration
5. The Trump Organization
6. The Trump Foundation https://t.co/DpDm64H6A5

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 13, 2018

CNN

Nope — CNN is DEF not trolling TR☭MP

😂 pic.twitter.com/0xpM5zpWfu

— ᎠᏌNᎬᎷYᎢᎻᎪNᏩ™️ (@Kris_Sacrebleu) December 14, 2018

20 Senators?

Susan is right, and people who think 20 Republican senators would never ever turn on Trump are wrong https://t.co/RRMHNothkl

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 14, 2018

Middle East bribes

Federal prosecutors are examining whether foreigners from Middle Eastern nations illegally funneled donations to President Trump’s inaugural committee and a pro-Trump super PAC in hopes of buying influence over American policy. https://t.co/mnjn9l6HRb

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 14, 2018

it might be the main thing

The framers were smart when they wrote a ban on any President taking money or things of value from foreign governments. For the first time we have a President violating this law. It’s not a small thing. It might very well be the main thing.

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) December 13, 2018

Innauguration grift investigation – from Cohen papers

fun reminder that the feds seized an entire office full of cohen’s stuff and practically none of it was deemed priv-

wait I feel like I’ve said this before have I mentioned this before https://t.co/Q9dDK4QNr3

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 13, 2018

what AMI paid to bury

In light of AMI’s admission that they suppressed Karen McDougal’s story to influence the election (the details of which I first reported here: https://t.co/ThSnfEsJUO), worth returning to this additional Trump story they paid to bury during the campaign: https://t.co/g7neB7qiMX

— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) December 14, 2018

Cohen – not the villain

EXCLUSIVE: "I will not be the villain of his story," Michael Cohen tells @ABC News' @GStephanopoulos, saying that Pres. Trump knew it was wrong to make hush-money payments during 2016 presidential campaign.

Watch the exclusive interview only on @GMA. https://t.co/84huhn7jOE pic.twitter.com/PS0WZJNfpF

— ABC News (@ABC) December 14, 2018

transcript

Michael Cohen talks to George Stephanopoulos: TRANSCRIPT – ABC News https://t.co/5g6mIOgzhz

— Rick Klein (@rickklein) December 14, 2018

campaign finance take – dangerous

George T. Conway III, Trevor Potter and Neal Katyal write for The Post: "Trump’s claim that he didn’t violate campaign finance law is weak — and dangerous" https://t.co/EIHhy0CSvi

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 14, 2018

best hot take

Mobbed up taxi guy has some advice for reality TV host now that he feels a little bad about having hostile foreign government install him. https://t.co/iWFuBwKqdZ

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 14, 2018

the Dossier

In case what's missing from your life is a rigorous analysis of what has been validated and disproven in the "Steele Dossier"–and what remains neither at this stage–@segrant39 and Chuck Rosenberg have you covered…https://t.co/OLPoYLwlAB

— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) December 14, 2018

Nixon comment

It’s wrong to judge Steele point-for-point. It is raw intelligence without analysis, which is meant to put you onto something. It did so. In that game success is six or seven of ten.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) December 14, 2018

historic

Pretty sure this is the most accurate description I’ve heard pic.twitter.com/ndLfBnSmui

— Tris Resists (@TrisResists) December 9, 2018

Marc Ellias on Edwards case

There has been lots written recently about Cohen’s payment to Stormy Daniels and the campaign finance laws. As some have noted, DOJ prosecuted former Senator John Edwards under very similar circumstances. This thread will explain that case & its implications here. (1/)

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 6, 2018

Manafort

ALSO OF INTEREST TO PROSECUTORS: After MANAFORT was fired from the TRUMP campaign, TOM BARRACK worked to help him rebuild his finances. The pair took a Mediterranean cruise, during which they met Qatari billionaire Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. https://t.co/GTyr3IDIQf

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 14, 2018

KLAN 🍊

yesterday

Trump: Day 692
-Inaugural Fund Under Investigation
-Butina Pleads Guilty 2 Conspiracy
-Senate Limits War Powers in Yemen
-US Budget Deficit 4 Nov was $205B
-Considers Kushner for Chief of Staff
-Adderall Use Accusation Surfaces
-Plans 16 Day Break at Mar-a-Lago pic.twitter.com/gLdmrhpQT6

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 14, 2018

the pageant stories verified

I have no idea if this guy is for real. However, my best friend did cue cards in Hollywood for 25+ years, and worked for Trump during those 1990s pageant years. The stories are exactly precisely what my friend has told me for years.

Precisely. Verbatim. DM if you want.

— Medium Edie (@SFGayMom) December 13, 2018

proof of knowledge

He knew. He followed and commented on the John Edwards case. pic.twitter.com/Vbi2YSEakC

— Vivian Vacca (@ViviVacca) December 14, 2018

Trump Organization

"There are no norms in the Trump organization. It is basically a 30 year criminal conspiracy…. They violated every norm and maybe violated federal law in the process"- @stengel w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/bCWFQTc5Y1

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) December 13, 2018

trouble

Look who isn't in trouble?@HillaryClinton https://t.co/lzQmhPgyWK

— Red (@Redpainter1) December 14, 2018

COS Jared

D E S P E R A T E

Also, can Jared Kushner be @POTUS Chief of Staff if he can't get beyond a medium level security clearance?

And one more question. Do we want a Chief of Staff who is in the pocket of Saudi Arabia? https://t.co/HJi2ec5fuR

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 13, 2018

Christie

Jared campaigning for the CoS job to prevent Christie from getting it would be the most Jared thing ever. https://t.co/LBaiNsozcH

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 14, 2018

and eventually

Oh snap! Someone found their power! This is just like that scene in Pretty Woman when Julia Roberts goes back into the store except it’s a million times worse than that https://t.co/xPRDrl3xL1

— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) December 14, 2018

evil! To Immigrants

The Trump gov't put out a call, asking legal immigrants to sponsor some of the 1,000's of kids in cages. Desperate to help, 170 kind ppl stepped up, hoping to finally free the kid from captivity.

Turns out, it was a sting operation. Then came the arrests.https://t.co/UCGPs0duad pic.twitter.com/kdCl3LRBlP

— Suave Hellion (@HeWhoLovesWords) December 12, 2018

REPUBLICANS

seeds of its own corruption

Very pleased to be posting George Packer's first piece as an Atlantic staff writer:https://t.co/fGPIlGN9bZ

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) December 14, 2018

Inhofe

I was absolutely willing to write this off as incompetent financial advising but this fact is shocking. Ask Senator Inhofe what SASC’s standards for DOD nominees are. https://t.co/t6NdEXFDKH

— Loren DeJonge Schulman (@LorenRaeDeJ) December 13, 2018

,😱: Not a big crime!

“Nobody got killed, nobody got robbed… This was not a big crime,” Giuliani told The Daily Beast, re alleged violations of campaign finance law. https://t.co/LmLziJM6ab

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 14, 2018

loyalty

The dance of delay, deny, and ignore will only get Hill Republicans so far. My column this week has a few reasons why the expectation of blind fealty to Trump might be wrong… https://t.co/cGnBuSkWnF

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) December 14, 2018

“you can’t follow all the rules”

Remind me. Isn't Rudy Giuliani supposed to be helping Trump stay out of prison? https://t.co/KA2REO8oIF

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 14, 2018

MEDIA

NYT wonders how we missed stuff

Almost 18 months ago, The Investigative Fund published its pathbreaking analysis of far-right terror with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting — which mainstream media largely ignored. As they ignored our work on this for years… https://t.co/LmWFVLpfNm

— Joe Conason (@JoeConason) December 14, 2018

CBS – MeToo – Dushku

“My story is true and it’s really affected me, and I can’t talk about it," Eliza Dushku told investigators about the harassment she experienced on CBS's "Bull." CBS ultimately paid her $9.5 million in a secret settlement that required her to stay silent. https://t.co/Ib7XdelfRJ

— Rachel C. Abrams (@RachelAbramsNY) December 14, 2018

Clinton Foundation hearing

There was another Oversight hearing on Hillary Clinton today, this one on the Clinton Foundation. Looks like public interest was… less than overwhelming. https://t.co/jV5zchZbew pic.twitter.com/vtjcjhWx2J

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 13, 2018

and more

LEFTOVERS

.👓 empty

How much did Sanders Empty Rhetoric deliver?

Why did he vote for the CFMA… the bill that causes the crash and had Harris cleaning up a mess he made?

No Hillary to hide behind now. pic.twitter.com/4N1tt6Z82s

— reesethenewdemocrat (@reesetheone1) December 12, 2018

M Tracy

This tweet aged marvelously. pic.twitter.com/6loHDI8RpP

— Imani Gandy Cane 🎅🏿🎄🕯 (@AngryBlackLady) December 13, 2018

Glenn steps in

i havent seen a single person, let alone anyone prominent on the left, moralizing about trump's adultery. yet this is the hill this guy is dying on. and he's gone on for years about the corrupting influence of money in politics. such a fraud. https://t.co/Y9JdydoqWd

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 14, 2018

and

TFW you do not support Trump and are all about holding the powerful accountable. pic.twitter.com/jop76oRDtj

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) December 14, 2018

US

Pelosi!

💁‍♀️💁‍♀️💁‍♀️ https://t.co/Yr30pJ2Tzv

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) December 13, 2018

also

Yep. https://t.co/lyTD517pza

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) December 13, 2018

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