Blue wave, cat fight, PR mode

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

AD on 🦊

Republicans for the Rule of Law is running this ad on Fox and Friends this morning. pic.twitter.com/AWn8GhNBWa

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 14, 2018

McCarthy

v

KLAN🍊

PR genus

Funny how this guy is so often hailed as an innate PR genius.

"Trump told aides he thought he looked “terrible” and blamed his chief of staff’s office…for not counseling him that skipping the cemetery visit would be a public-relations nightmare."https://t.co/ipu4qmAqv0

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) November 14, 2018

Royal shade

pic.twitter.com/ke4AW9aHRd

— Karen Smith (@mrsktothejsmith) November 13, 2018

Douglas Brinkley

I like the description “he’s like a bull with his own china shop, going all over the world to wreck things”

— Gerty-Z 🏳️‍🌈 (@GertyZ) November 14, 2018

Melanoma

catfight

First Lady's Spokeswoman @StephGrisham45 on deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel (who was just in the Roosevelt Room at the WH): “It is the position of the Office of the First Lady that she no longer deserves the honor of serving in this White House."

— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) November 13, 2018

NSC

FLOTUS office was pissed because Mira didn't want to provide NSC resources for Melania's Africa trip. But FLOTUS office said there was no room for NSC staff to go on Melania's plane. The NSC staffers ended up traveling separately. https://t.co/EYafo4Ny85

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) November 13, 2018

and Kelly

Sounds like Melania’s staff has been busy. https://t.co/3HQ86bu032

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 13, 2018

Acting AG

While in private business, Matthew Whitaker walked away from a taxpayer-subsidized apartment-rehabilitation project in Iowa after years of cost overruns, delays and other problems, public records show. https://t.co/SoXEE7HiIP

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 13, 2018

reboot

If we’re going to reboot the 2000 re-count, we might as well reboot the run-up to the Iraq War https://t.co/52hK87ytKm

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) November 13, 2018

NK

Analysis: Kim Jong Un is doing what he said he would https://t.co/W8LrTTXXs7

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

on voting

Pres. Trump apparently thinks poll workers are idiots?

“When people get in line that have absolutely no right to vote and they go around in circles. Sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote again”https://t.co/FhIy5MF1ka pic.twitter.com/ad07HKlHSU

— Dianne Gallagher (@DianneG) November 14, 2018

WAR ON MEDIA

🦊!

Fox News issues statement supporting CNN in its lawsuit against the White House. "We intend to file an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court. Secret Service passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized."

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 14, 2018

REPUBLICANS

🐢

You have got to be kidding me. This is the definition of chutzpah https://t.co/X60VDbakQx

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) November 13, 2018

Chris Collins

This quote should be used in Democratic political ads: https://t.co/7vMIzjW7h2

— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) November 13, 2018

2 delegations

House Republican class appears to have two Dans, two Marks, two Jims, one woman. https://t.co/dlMoHoRRht

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 13, 2018

NAZI

stats antisemitism

I very much look forward to the year that I do not just rewrite this story by plugging in the new numbers. https://t.co/XEjvdzxJ6L pic.twitter.com/gcLUSLZVC9

— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) November 13, 2018

MEDIA

NYT amplifying the wrong things

Lies. Racism. Reckless undermining of the democratic process. President Trump and Republicans are treating the Florida recount much as they would any political campaign.

— Jonathan M. Katz✍🏻 (@KatzOnEarth) November 13, 2018

and 🦊 with the caravan

Analysis: Fox’s latest migrant caravan update is just Brian Kilmeade saying "outrageous!" over and over https://t.co/pTDaEJSL0Z

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 13, 2018

scary women

[Fox News holding a flashlight under its face] …and when he turned around, in the backseat was… A HEALTHY EDUCATED FINANCIALLY SECURE WOMAN OF COLOR! [racists scream] pic.twitter.com/6pykgAvEy8

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) November 14, 2018

CNN – Chris Cuomo

Shot. Chaser. @ChrisCuomo edition. pic.twitter.com/wA5p0v3tZr

— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) November 13, 2018

reporting on elections

Via Josh Marshall. From early 2017 https://t.co/JUkcnnQNz1

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 14, 2018

NRA

yoga

My latest @washingtonpost – it MATTERS that gun violence has penetrated a yoga studio, because yoga has long been portrayed on the far right as a threat to Christianity and patriarchy: in #Tallahassee that antipathy turned lethal.https://t.co/w7OGaioXBJ#yoga #EndGunViolence

— Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Ph.D. (@nataliapetrzela) November 14, 2018

ELECTIONS

new Cali pick up

Trump's criminal justice reform support — actually a really big deal. https://t.co/P8UEjKxShf

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) November 14, 2018

congress

With Denham conceding, here’s where the race for the House stands:

Democrats – 226
Republicans – 200
Undecided – 9 races yet to be called by CNN: CA-39, CA-45, CA-48, CA-49, GA-7, NJ-3, NM-2, UT-4, ME-2

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 14, 2018

new pick up NJ

Trenton, N.J. (AP)—Political newcomer Andy Kim defeats two-term Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur in New Jersey to widen Democrats' House edge.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 14, 2018

new pick up in Cali

Projection: in #CA10, Josh Harder (D) has defeated Rep. Jeff Denham (R).

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 14, 2018

results

To those claiming Democrats didn't have a blue wave, please look at the left side (lean/likely Dems)

All Blue

Now look at the middle (tossups) and the right (lean/likely GOP)

That's a lot of blue wins in red territory and splits or better in the tossups pic.twitter.com/tIjM7u1dhh

— Pinche-Pastor of Our 🚺of the🖕 (@Pinche_Pi) November 7, 2018

NC

NC now has pro-voting rights 5-2 Dem majority on state supreme court, so there's a very good chance gerrymandered state legislative districts are struck down before 2020 https://t.co/5rx2K0DRb7

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 13, 2018

NOT US

The addition of Maxine Waters is a revealing window. He’s a stone cold racist. Anyone supporting or promoting this racist is despicable. https://t.co/n05oLF2aLq

— Armando (@armandodkos) November 14, 2018

attack on Pelosi

I will note that Marcia Fudge is one of two Democratic members who refuses to cosponsor the Equality Act, which would extend civil rights protections to sexual orientation and gender identity.

(The other is Dan Lipinski.) https://t.co/rte68HKS35

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) November 14, 2018

from the right

THE CHALLENGE TO PELOSI IS FROM HER RIGHT NOT THE LEFT https://t.co/K8qXikqf0y

— Allan Brauer (@allanbrauer) November 14, 2018

Avenatti

Actually this will be a very popular take. Everyone dislikes Avenatti. Possibly the only thing unifying the country right now is mass disgust with Michael Avenatti.

That said, my condolences to the woman he battered, and I sure as hell hope Stormy gets a new lawyer.

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2018

US

elected:

pic.twitter.com/KY8weBbwz2

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) November 14, 2018

John Dean

The 2018 midterm elections have checked Donald and the spineless-wing of the GOP. THANK YOU to EVERYONE who voted to check and balance, no less than our democracy remains in place because of it. Now it is time to start working on ending Trump’s authoritarian presidency in 2020!

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) November 14, 2018

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Elections, European vacations

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

OBSTRUCTION

Christie

Chris Christie on ABC, on Whitaker: "I think he's really there to land the Mueller investigation, to get it done. … What the president's attempting to do here is to have someone who's already been involved, to get the Mueller investigation to its completion."

— Will Saletan (@saletan) November 11, 2018

RUSSIA

#Russia's state media points out that Trump and Putin were "among the last to leave the Élysée Palace" and in spite of the last-minute change in seating arrangements, they still managed to talk. ©️ pic.twitter.com/4ahpRK1YRd

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 11, 2018

look

Trump finally sees a friendly face in Paris — guess who it belongs to. pic.twitter.com/TdUJgPjxV5

— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) November 11, 2018

agent Donald

Kremlin pool journo refers to Trump as "agent Donald," who's on the verge of being busted.#Russia https://t.co/gNR3YB0mG7

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 11, 2018

pic.twitter.com/ulzhGik5Ct

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 11, 2018

KLAN🍊

Cali fires

pic.twitter.com/lyEOVSkoD0

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 10, 2018

voter fraud lie

There’s a clear editor’s note at the top of this showing this story is from 2012 and the total number of noncitizens was under 100 out of 12m voters but the president’s son is spreading it this way https://t.co/X0XKG5N3Gq

— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) November 12, 2018

its life

85, not 200,000 @DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/gKycwQlISx

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 12, 2018

More shade from France

touché https://t.co/CMO7ynTZMW

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 12, 2018

more Paris reviews

As Trump bows down to Putin and pretends as though he cares about our nation… Well shown by his disdain for history and democracy. His disgusting and despicable show of pure narcissistic stupidity in France. Beyond anti-American.#DeportTrump
https://t.co/7FnpRiRnOh

— Adam B. Bear (@democraticbear) November 12, 2018

and

Great idea banning CNNs White House reporter, Trump. Smart move. Good job. pic.twitter.com/VTPq5cbp8B

— Fishgrease (@Fishbooom) November 12, 2018

and

Trump’s European Vacation was as bad as the movie. He wimped out of honoring our fallen troops because of a misting. He moped around in his hotel room and insulted fire victims. And he was scorched by the French President. This is not winning. This is a national embarrassment.

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) November 12, 2018

blaming chief of staff for it

Funny how this guy is so often hailed as an innate PR genius.

"Trump told aides he thought he looked “terrible” and blamed his chief of staff’s office…for not counseling him that skipping the cemetery visit would be a public-relations nightmare."https://t.co/ipu4qmAqv0

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) November 14, 2018

and real shade from NK

North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images https://t.co/KsnJsLHJMu

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 12, 2018

REPUBLICANS

Lynching jokes

"If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row"- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith says in Tupelo, MS after Colin Hutchinson, cattle rancher, praises her.

Hyde-Smith is in a runoff on Nov 27th against Mike Espy. pic.twitter.com/0a9jOEjokr

— Lamar White, Jr. (@LamarWhiteJr) November 11, 2018

Tom Cotton

You deserve all the dunking this tweet is gonna generate. https://t.co/IOLHogr6EA

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 11, 2018

QAnnon

🍿 🍿 🍿 https://t.co/JdPQAQnNfa

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 12, 2018

NAZI

The other day I was thinking “I wonder how many people from @natijomartinez’s ‘5 GOP candidates who were admins for a racist FB conspiracy theory group’ actually got elected.” https://t.co/h53hJqFJEl

The answer: just 1 https://t.co/dmrFrQnfeF

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) November 12, 2018

NRA

point the exits

Went to a Bat Mitzvah today, which was lovely.

But as it was starting, the rabbi took time — in a very measured voice — to point out all the exits, including the emergency exits, so people would know how to leave the synagogue if necessary.

That’s new.

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 11, 2018

ELECTIONS

Sinema

It's over! McSally just conceded–Democrats flipped the Arizona Senate seat. https://t.co/acml8Jjx7Y

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) November 13, 2018

review (Cook)

Rs had a huge structural advantage going into 2018. The fact that Ds may net 40 seats is a rout. Period. This argument that it’s not as bad as Obama’s 63 seat loss in 2010 is laughable.

— amy walter (@amyewalter) November 11, 2018

reality map

If you're tired of looking at a big red map even when Democrats win, this, from @nytimes, is what the new House of Representatives really looks like. pic.twitter.com/Y1d7PSClks

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) November 11, 2018

Fla- deadline

'It's impossible' to finish recount by deadline, Palm Beach county election supervisor says @CNN https://t.co/8nelLYaLyn

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 11, 2018

Fla – sitting Governor

Lets be clear about what we are witnessing in Florida: The sitting Governor is seeking to throw out lawful votes and seize the voting equipment in order to win an election.

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 11, 2018

NY

Voting rights and wrongs: There's progress around the country, but not in progressive New York https://t.co/uDadCYKLNU

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) November 11, 2018

MEDIA

🦊

Fox News boycotting Twitter because everyone’s mean to Tucker Carlson just makes me want to be meaner to Tucker Carlson. https://t.co/cxSWKKNdGL

— shauna (@goldengateblond) November 12, 2018

what really happened – police report thread

One last point on the Tucker Carlson protest, you don't wanna believe the protestors, why not go with the police version of events?

Cause there is a police report.

I'm gonna say that's a more reliable source than Mr. Carlson.

And it completely contradicts him.

Here goes.

— Rebecca J. Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) November 11, 2018

also Hannity

I’m old enough to remember when Sean Hannity spent all his time musing about a fictitious caravan that was coming to overrun us but that magically disappeared the day after the midterm. https://t.co/DAX1TUlCkS

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 10, 2018

NBC

If it's the Sunday after Democrats won 40 seats in the midterms, it's three conservatives and a liberal on Meet the Press. https://t.co/YKEqgqVNLM

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 11, 2018

LEFTOVERS

Linda Sarsour with Ilhan Omar and the latter’s tweet about Israel. In case you have an “anti-Semitic selfie” file. pic.twitter.com/tnsL8kx0LT

— David Wolpe (@RabbiWolpe) November 8, 2018

US

Lucy McBath

Remember 17 y/o Jordan Davis? He was murdered in 2012 by a man upset with him for playing loud music at a Florida gas station.

His mom Lucy McBath was just elected to Congress. pic.twitter.com/xs58svgu9d

— Janel Forte (@JanelKHOU) November 8, 2018

 

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patriotism🆚nationalism, counting votes

 

IMPEACHMENT

SNL

Mueller visits Sessions as he packs up on #SNL Saturday Night Live pic.twitter.com/41eHWvJBqU

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) November 11, 2018

KLAN🍊

Cali

Mr. President, with all due respect, you are wrong. The fires in So. Cal are urban interface fires and have NOTHING to do with forest management. Come to SoCal and learn the facts & help the victims. Scott Austin, Pres IAFF 809. @IAFFNewsDesk https://t.co/d3jY0SeosF

— Pasadena Fire Assn. (@PFA809) November 10, 2018

and

pic.twitter.com/lyEOVSkoD0

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 10, 2018

caravan lies

Because it was bullshit. https://t.co/LpRLeSgEno

— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) November 10, 2018

medals don’t come cheap

Miriam Adelson gave the GOP millions. Trump is giving her the Medal of Freedom. https://t.co/QjroOOulGF

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 10, 2018

and

Trump is giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the top US civilian honor, to 3 dead people (Elvis, Babe Ruth, Antonin Scalia), a GOP senator (Orrin Hatch), and Miriam Adelson, the wife of GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson, who gave $55 million to elect Republicans in the midterms pic.twitter.com/R90usNwUCP

— David Mack (@davidmackau) November 10, 2018

and

This is the sweet spot of Trump popularity: Donors, former Republican Senators, people in urns. https://t.co/C0zmiP52uU

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) November 10, 2018

meanwhile in Paris

Unis. pic.twitter.com/a3we7hpKDJ

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 10, 2018

Macron

“Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism. Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism,” says @EmmanuelMacron. #Armistice100 pic.twitter.com/aSuDtENNoR

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) November 11, 2018

and

Le patriotisme est l’exact contraire du nationalisme : le nationalisme en est la trahison. En disant « nos intérêts d’abord et qu’importent les autres ! », on gomme ce qu’une Nation a de plus précieux, ce qui la fait vivre : ses valeurs morales.

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 11, 2018

Trudeau

.@justintrudeau drops umbrella (& the mic): “As we sit here in the rain, thinking how uncomfortable we must be these minutes as our suits get wet, and our hair gets wet…it’s all the more fitting that we remember on that day in Dieppe the rain wasn’t rain, it was bullets.” pic.twitter.com/lRUTRtt5FB

— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) November 10, 2018

everyone but…

World leaders are walking shoulder to shoulder along the Champs Elysses but Trump arrived separately and isn’t participating in this. pic.twitter.com/kRQlrVKihV

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) November 11, 2018

what’s he lookin at?

pic.twitter.com/wq3dIevzor

— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) November 11, 2018

disrespect

[Trump mocks John McCain’s record, attacks a Gold Star family, accuses a grieving war widow of lying, sends military to the border as a political stunt…]

Us: He couldn’t possibly disrespect the troops more.

Trump: Hold my umbrella.

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) November 11, 2018

things he can do in the rain

The president can do something in the rain. https://t.co/0htPC8wGgt

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 11, 2018

history – JFK

Jfk didn’t have the orange makeup and the implanted wig to protect. https://t.co/HUQvVlXqTe

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 11, 2018

music

Two men refused to walk with world leaders & then arrived late to the Arc de Triomphe to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day: Trump & Putin

A thumbs up, the flash of smiles & a pat on the back deserve a #Resistance Music Break on #ArmisticeDay100

🎼🎶🎙🇺🇸

Listen pic.twitter.com/QLEVDmMt2l

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) November 11, 2018

look

A telling image of Trump as history & the world watch#ArmisticeDay100

Yes. Trump is Putin's puppet. It's extremely disconcerting. pic.twitter.com/o6lAq9bGMI

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) November 11, 2018

and

Le patriotisme est l’exact contraire du nationalisme : le nationalisme en est la trahison. En disant « nos intérêts d’abord et qu’importent les autres ! », on gomme ce qu’une Nation a de plus précieux, ce qui la fait vivre : ses valeurs morales.

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 11, 2018

thumbs up

Vladimir Putin gives Trump a thumbs up at Armistice Day commemorations in Paris. (via Euro News) pic.twitter.com/gYfNbXnwH7

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 11, 2018

REPUBLICANS

Steve King

The Weekly Standard has posted audio of Steve King using derogatory language to refer to Mexican immigrants at a campaign event after King and his campaign denied the comments were made. https://t.co/qG9TRUC0jh

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 11, 2018

Matt Gaetz

"You don't get to go in and MONKEY with ballots," @mattgaetz says to a black @AndrewGillum supporter. Racist, and also wrong about the process. Jesus. https://t.co/wKKh1b7Dr6

— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) November 10, 2018

Flake

Jeff Flake's 2020 run will consist of him going on Morning Joe and occasionally bumming around New Hampshire while absorbing mockery from Trump, he'll quietly hang it up in July 2019 then float around Sunday show panels until telling The Hill in October 2020 that he's voting GOP

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) November 10, 2018

advice

Five days after Dems take back the House and the GOP is about to lose an AZ senate seat, a guy who helped steer Chris Christie's 2016 presidential campaign has some advice for Democrats: https://t.co/Ol0ps5AzWf

— bertolt blecht ¡!¡! (@benschwartzy) November 11, 2018

Trump has already trashed gold star families and McCain as a POW, but somehow not showing up for a WWI memorial walk in France is going to change anyone's mind? The same GOP that voted for GW Bush over McCain and pissed on John Kerry's war years does not give a f about vets.

— bertolt blecht ¡!¡! (@benschwartzy) November 11, 2018

Comey

That seems, to use a phrase, "extremely careless." https://t.co/lXiGmtca2O

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) November 10, 2018

NRA

From what we know so far, the Thousand Oaks shooting is a *textbook case* where a gun violence restraining order law could have been used to disarm the shooter. California has had this law since 2016, but many family members/law enforcement still don't know the law exists.

— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) November 10, 2018

ELECTIONS

Senate votes

pic.twitter.com/tzL2xgSeJW

— rbarris (@rbarris) November 11, 2018

Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson: "Since Tuesday, the gap has shrunk from roughly 60,000 votes to about 12,500 – the margin has reduced by 78 percent and is now roughly .15 percent. We have every expectation the recount will be full and fair." pic.twitter.com/rP3nH5p2OO

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 10, 2018

no voter fraud

Rick Scott's monitors agree with state cops: No Florida voter fraud https://t.co/EwGX989vxA

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 10, 2018

Florida secretary of state office today: “Our staff has seen no evidence of criminal activity at this time.” https://t.co/geTQAz6F11

— Alex Leary (@learyreports) November 10, 2018

Utah – Medicais

The AP has now called it: Utah has voted to expand Medicaid!

Idaho and Nebraska did as well, and in Maine voters elected a governor who will implement last year's referendum. pic.twitter.com/yEwTxHsnlV

— Taniel (@Taniel) November 10, 2018

NC

North Carolina Democrats won 50% of the House votes, but only 23% of the House seats. Why? Extreme gerrymandering. #FairMaps https://t.co/nWJCCcLeRM

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) November 10, 2018

US

done:

Defeated:
Kobach
Rohrbacher
Walker

You built that. We have a few more to defeat in 2020. But let’s relish this now.

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) November 11, 2018

arbitration dropped

Under pressure, Uber, Google, and now Facebook drop arbitration for sexual harassment cases. But forced arbitration persists across our economy–for workers, consumers, patients, others. It promotes secrecy, inhibits development of law, protects lawbreaking, & suppresses claims. https://t.co/OGvhLMFPfn

— Deepak Gupta (@deepakguptalaw) November 10, 2018

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Yesterday’s news – forgot to publish

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Cohen, Pecker

Three years after Pecker promised to work with Cohen to help Trump, the deals they made have unraveled. The three men no longer speak. Our WSJ story w/@joe_palazzolo @nicole_hong @mrothfeld @rebeccadobrien: https://t.co/IqNkLHYHW5

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) November 9, 2018

OBSTRUCTION

Veterans’ Day special

Guardian: Trump's acting attorney general involved in firm that scammed veterans out of life savings https://t.co/DbaxhICZe8

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 10, 2018

KLAN🍊

Malice in Wonderland

A Sketchbook by Barry Blitt: “Malice is bored and drowsy. But the White Rabid appears, and she follows him.” https://t.co/fbf0mjfRCd pic.twitter.com/t3Rq48sJEa

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 9, 2018

🍊🆚 Cali

Tens of thousands of people are currently evacuating major cities, multiple people have died, and millions of others are in potential imminent danger.

Trump has decided the appropriate response is to attack the state and threaten to cut essential funding. pic.twitter.com/dDfP784HqD

— Avi Bueno (@AviAhvee) November 10, 2018

also

It is not said enough just what a horrible person the President is (we often focus on the lying, the gaslighting, the bigotry). But his cruelty at every turn doesn’t get highlighted enough. Strange to want to be President for a third of the country—and screw the rest. https://t.co/0ZygpgUuWa

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) November 10, 2018

War on media & racism

Listen I hope I can say this calmly and clearly. Trump’s insult of journalist @abbydphillip goes too far. And I will not accept the “weary with outrage” that is supposed to excuse the failure to stand up and refuse to accept this racist treatment of a professional doing her job.

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) November 10, 2018

other chapter

A white man made terroristic threats against Don Lemon b/c he was angry about white men being called the biggest terror threats. https://t.co/0p1Lm6cJX2

— Bigdickpicker (@footballfillibu) November 9, 2018

Veterans

So brave. *salutes* https://t.co/XX9vU29w2a

— Damien Owens (@OwensDamien) November 10, 2018

medal for sale

Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson, the wife of Sheldon, has been announced as one of the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Adelsons gave more than $100,000,000 to save the GOP Congress in 2018. The Guardian reports it as $113,000,000. https://t.co/OLWr8xJpQt

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 10, 2018

Baltics, schmaltics

In today’s ⁦@lemondefr⁩: When #Trump received the leaders of #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania, he began by blaming them for the war in Yugoslavia. It took them a few moments to realise he’d mixed up the Balkans and the Baltics. ⁦@SylvieKauffmann⁩ pic.twitter.com/HYQYpbqgGs

— Mark Lowen (@marklowen) November 10, 2018

more Paris

A thread on Trump's trip to France because it is very odd. He decided to go to Paris in August when he cancelled his military parade out of a fury with how much DC authorities said it would cost. See https://t.co/HgMXLQ4ny9 & https://t.co/pPSrtdpdar 1/n

— Tom Wright (@thomaswright08) November 9, 2018

and the rain

note the sunshine on the grass https://t.co/891fdAN1n2

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) November 10, 2018

Trudeau shade

.@justintrudeau drops umbrella (& the mic): “As we sit here in the rain, thinking how uncomfortable we must be these minutes as our suits get wet, and our hair gets wet…it’s all the more fitting that we remember on that day in Dieppe the rain wasn’t rain, it was bullets.” pic.twitter.com/lRUTRtt5FB

— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) November 10, 2018

REPUBLICANS

ELECTIONS

AZ

Per Politico, the White House and RNC are upset that Martha McSally isn't pushing a conspiracy there's something "amiss" with the votes coming in in Arizona as she falls behind. https://t.co/k5OVOEBMzl pic.twitter.com/VpUaeRb27R

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 10, 2018

New Yorker

An early look at next week's cover, “Welcome to Congress,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/a5jgW9jTun pic.twitter.com/rgBX23R2pO

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 9, 2018

Fla

Rick Scott's monitors agree with state cops: No Florida voter fraud https://t.co/EwGX989vxA

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 10, 2018

and

1- Recounts are mandated by Florida law within 0.5% margin
2- Florida Secretary of State – a Republican – says "no evidence of criminal activity" in election tabulation process https://t.co/jBCjGmQuoj

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) November 10, 2018

US

Paris

Allow me to introduce you to the Parisians you definitely sought to avoid… pic.twitter.com/81Wkpo7dPv

— Steve Wilkinson (@SteveW_8720) November 10, 2018

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Counting before recounting; not above the law

 

IMPEACHMENT

Mueller is coming

EXCLUSIVE ===> Mueller is coming….

Your Friday afternoon Trump/Russia update:

IC official says Team Mueller is holding “dozens of sealed indictments … Nobody who’s close to the Russians is getting out of this.”
https://t.co/7sQxr41dKg

— John Schindler (@20committee) November 9, 2018

Jr?

The next set of indictments will likely drop soon (Junior tomorrow?) and the story they tell will bridge the last gap from Russia all the way to Trump’s willing participation in tainting an election.

We are in for some FUN!

This next week is gonna be bonkers.

4/4

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 9, 2018

letter from Ds to Obama after election

Here’s The Classified Letter About Russia that Senate Democrats Sent to Obama After Trump Was Elected https://t.co/wWdkwI5f1d via @jasonleopold

— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚀 (@LauraWalkerKC) November 9, 2018

campaign finance laws

NEW: Federal prosecutors have gathered evidence of president’s participation in transactions that violated campaign-finance laws https://t.co/FWaQ7GMs7Y

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 9, 2018

KLAN🍊

Putin?

Fully agree. Just don’t bring it up at your quarter fitness report with Putin! https://t.co/3waWH3R2vD

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) November 9, 2018

Caravan?

Haven't heard about that caravan Trump was tweeting about for a couple of days now.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 9, 2018

and

I would like to thank House Democrats for singlehandedly solving the migrant caravan crisis.

I'm assuming that's what happened, because Republicans all stopped talking about the caravan, and all that changed in the interim was Democrats won the House.

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) November 9, 2018

times, they are changing back

I’m sorry pic.twitter.com/s4zhaXFsS5

— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) November 9, 2018

interfering in Fla

Bill Nelson never conceded https://t.co/OOqIrqucH9

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) November 9, 2018

JUST IN: Facing criticism from Pres. Trump, Sen. Rubio, Gov. Scott and other Republicans, Palm Beach Co. supervisor of elections says it's “unfortunate” that they “are trying to disrupt our democracy because they don’t like the demographics of our voters.” https://t.co/XgxNvfogar pic.twitter.com/CKFLNNseOa

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 9, 2018

REPUBLICANS

Rick Scott

Rick Scott's voter suppression record:

Cut early voting, leading to 7 hour lines

Banned groups like League of Women Voters from registering voters

Tried to purge 1000s of eligible voters

Disenfranchised 100,000+ ex-felons

Now trying to stop every ballot from being counted

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 9, 2018

Charlie Kirk

TP USA founder Charlie Kirk deleted this tweet after it got 15K RTs. To be clear: not the first Asian American woman elect to Congress. Her race hasn’t been called. She was critical of Trump during the campaign. pic.twitter.com/LwYvBA4dHZ

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 8, 2018

NAZI

Tommy Robinson

“Dozens of British lawmakers are imploring the Trump administration not to allow a prominent far-right English Islamophobe into the U.S. to address like-minded audiences in Washington next week.” https://t.co/ZKjUMraEQX

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 9, 2018

NRA

what you wrought

Heart-wrenching moment as father announces his son was killed in Thousand Oaks mass shooting. “Only him and I know, how I loved—how much I miss him…Oh, son, I love you so much.” https://t.co/H1XcH2w5PS pic.twitter.com/mAtfVmIIhy

— ABC News (@ABC) November 8, 2018

and

“I don't want prayers
I don't want thoughts
I hope to God no one sends me anymore prayers
I want gun control
No more guns!”

Mother of shooting victim Telemachus Orfanos who survived Vegas shooting was killed in Thousand Oaks Borderline shooting

This gutted me💔😔#GunReformNow pic.twitter.com/lv2IqfSlJy

— Ɠɛɱ∞ƤᖇƠƬЄƇƬ ℳƲЄℓℓЄᖇ∞™ (@Lady_Star_Gem) November 9, 2018

domestic abusers

These monsters all seem to have this in common: THEY ABUSE WOMEN FIRST. https://t.co/S38Oqcztnh

— Lisa Guerrero 💃🏽 (@4lisaguerrero) November 9, 2018

lane

Do you have any idea how many bullets I pull out of corpses weekly? This isn’t just my lane. It’s my fucking highway. https://t.co/48S9UIFaV2

— Judy Melinek M.D. (@drjudymelinek) November 9, 2018

ELECTIONS

Fla Gov – it’s a count, not a recount

I feel like this isn’t getting stressed enough:

THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA IS NOT TRYING TO STOP A RECOUNT, HE’S TRYING TO STOP THE **INITIAL** COUNTING OF LEGAL VOTES.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) November 9, 2018

Don’t let Rick Scott and Donald Trump stop the counting of ballots in the Florida governor and Senate races. Count every vote. pic.twitter.com/fleEdyB3Qr

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) November 9, 2018

yeah, Marco

Again — and it's weird that you don't know this, as you're a senator from Florida — there are almost 2 million people in Broward County, and the polls closed like 48 hours ago. They're also still counting votes in AZ, CA, NY, and a bunch of other places. You're so bad at this! https://t.co/SPw04sOcJ9

— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2018

deja vu

Timeless. #Florida #Midterms2018 (📷 Robert King/Newsmakers/@gettyimages 2008) pic.twitter.com/r9VEO4UuLq

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) November 9, 2018

counts/recounts – Arizona

Democrat Kyrsten Sinema (D) now leading Martha McSally (R) by 10,000 votes in the Arizona Senate race. 100% of precincts reporting. https://t.co/y7no53plYM

— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) November 9, 2018

GA – provisional ballots

Federal Judge Orders Georgia to Reveal Tally of Provisional Ballots https://t.co/iE7Fgczvjq

— James K.Ord III Esq. (@JamesOrd) November 9, 2018

GA purging

Under Brian Kemp, Georgia purged more than 1.5 million voters from the rolls – 10.6% of voters – from 2016 to 2018. The state also shut down 214 polling places, mostly in minority & poor neighborhoods. v @TheAtlantic https://t.co/pqG9YS7fH0

— Elise Hu (@elisewho) November 7, 2018

theft history

A reminder that Bush v Gore, which functionally handed the presidency to Bush, was so legally shoddy its own authors explicitly disavowed it as precedent *in the opinion itself*.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) November 9, 2018

MEDIA

NYT again

Andy Barr, Malign Cousin to Colonel Sanders, Is Carried Aloft by Poisonous Lies and the Gumption to Tell Them (even as his opponent tried to run a clean campaign) https://t.co/2AEGFSCaSv https://t.co/VHgsaTPfPf

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 9, 2018

and again = Brett Stevens

In which @NateSilver538 calls @BretStephensNYT out for laziness after Stephens phones in a piece that was well, lazy. Hit take: does BS actually stand for Bret Stephens? https://t.co/uSMrt66FQj

— Warren Leight (@warrenleightTV) November 9, 2018

poor  🔩er Carlson!

Not to keep harping on this, but we’re on hour 18 of journalists pleading to leave Tucker Carlson alone and not one of them has mentioned that his website, The Daily Caller, leaves up flagged comments doxxing and threatening private citizens. Not one has told the full story. pic.twitter.com/RvxpWCf987

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) November 9, 2018

and

There have been a gazillion articles today about Tucker Carlson’s door being cracked, and that sucks, but ONE about Dr. Blasey Ford having to move four times because people like Carlson whipped everyone into a frenzy about her and she’s still getting death threats. Be better!

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) November 9, 2018

Mathew Dowd

The dust has hardly settled, 3 senate seats are still to ne decided – one bu a run-off election, 2 – after count – we lead by 10,000 in one. So, maybe hold off your attacks on us a few days, and tell uncomfortable Burnie the same. https://t.co/H6utAFQZw5

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) November 9, 2018

LEFTOVERS

DWS

The GOP absolutely loves the Loony Left. https://t.co/KQpWVIBLeQ

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) November 9, 2018

Burnie

Who wants to tell Bernie that Stacey Abrams or Andrew Gillum haven’t officially lost, yet? So he may want to keep his dusty trap shut!

— Maggie Klaus (@Maggie_Klaus) November 9, 2018

there are no "degrees of racism." its all one thing.

on the racists self percieved spectrum, there is the "cross-burning racist" and the "would have felt more comfortable voting for a white person racist."

its all racism. and it needs the whole spectrum to survive. 1/

— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) November 9, 2018

and there was more

He was hoping there would be no wave. Sorry…Not sorry bern. 😏 https://t.co/QZTti5bCP5

— kahuna🥀🌊🌊🌊 (@kahuna754) November 9, 2018

and a bro

The dust has hardly settled, 3 senate seats are still to ne decided – one bu a run-off election, 2 – after count – we lead by 10,000 in one. So, maybe hold off your attacks on us a few days, and tell uncomfortable Burnie the same. https://t.co/H6utAFQZw5

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) November 9, 2018

and Jill

Remember when Jill Stein spent 2016 telling us there was no difference between Hillary and Trump?

About that: pic.twitter.com/c1mWvq8Kl2

— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) November 9, 2018

US

Not above the Law

"What do we want? Justice!"

"When do we want it? NOW!" #ProtectMueller #WhitakerMustRecuse pic.twitter.com/ftyz81qAmZ

— Stand Up America (@StandUpAmerica) November 8, 2018

and

BREAKING: More than 100,000 people across the country came out to protest Matthew Whitaker’s appointment to oversee the Mueller investigation.

From Akron to Pittsburgh to Asbury Park to Fort Lauderdale to NYC to DC to Baltimore to LA to Auburn folks came out! #protectMueller pic.twitter.com/laMD5UgjDr

— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) November 9, 2018

Baltimore.
Philadelphia.
Kansas City.
Boston.
Chicago.
Phoenix.
Times Square.
Juneau, Alaska
Along State Route 7 in rural Virginia.
The list goes on.

With just 24 hours notice, more than 100,000 people rallied at a thousand demonstrations across the country to #ProtectMueller. pic.twitter.com/GqqH8DnBbr

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) November 9, 2018

NJ

That’s what a wave looks like, folks… pic.twitter.com/czj3UC4Mi7

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 9, 2018

Illinois

Illinois: Dems gained a new legislative supermajority on Tuesday, on top of flipping the governorship. Why would that matter? It's a big one: Pritzker wants to move from a flat to a progressive income one, & such a move wld require a supermajority vote. #overlookedelectionstakes

— Taniel (@Taniel) November 9, 2018

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