Elections and other stuff

 

🍊 KLAN

deficit increases 27%

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

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 12, 2019

Dow Jones changes

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

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

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 12, 2019

immigrants

But it doesn’t

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

Fredos

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

— Ed Bott (@edbott) August 13, 2019

REPUBLICANS

farmers

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

“Trump is ruining our markets.”

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

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

divert to wall

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

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

seniors, health

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

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

fantasies

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

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

and

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

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) August 13, 2019

Dnesh

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

— Travis Akers (@travisakers) August 12, 2019

Epstein

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

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

suicide

phisically impossible pic.twitter.com/khXIxQ0Ldk

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

MEDIA

NYT vs us

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

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 13, 2019

and

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

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

demand resignation

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

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) August 12, 2019

evangelicals

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

— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) August 12, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala

endorsements

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

— Barbara Rodriguez (@bcrodriguez) August 13, 2019

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

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

and

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

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

GOP vs

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

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

the Russians

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

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

— Jasmine Wright (@JasJWright) August 12, 2019

healthcare – unions

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

3/

— Deepa Shivaram (@deepa_shivaram) August 12, 2019

more healthcare

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

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

1/ https://t.co/CKfVQYWo8o

— Deepa Shivaram (@deepa_shivaram) August 12, 2019

20 question

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

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

Bet0

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

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

— Nico Pitney (@nicopitney) August 7, 2019

Castro

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

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

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

to Biden stanning never trumpers

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

They are complicit in this shitshow

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

because

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

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

Burnie like 🍊

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

— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) August 12, 2019

Burnie press sec

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

— Federico Chispas (@dfsparks) August 12, 2019

Generic GE

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

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

— Civiqs (@Civiqs) July 29, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Drum on 🍊 racism

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

— Stephen Robinson (@SER1897) August 12, 2019

she warned us

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

— Millennial Politics (@MillenPolitics) August 8, 2019

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“Uniting the country”

 

IMPEACHMENT

site

Here it is.
This site is owned/run by a leading GOP digital operative. He runs systems on servers physically located in Russia, and advertised it.
Mitch McConnell is a client. Ben Carson is a client. Gingrich is a client. And many more.

Tell the world.@fbi @fbi @fbi pic.twitter.com/B3cysInrsJ

— Chris Vickery (@VickerySec) August 5, 2019

MUELLER REPORT

🍊 KLAN

speech

“Now is the time to set destructive partisanship aside, so destructive, and find the courage to answer hatred with unity, devotion, and love.”
— A White House Teleprompter, August 5, 2019 https://t.co/qqhZoYTnHo

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) August 7, 2019

hidden language

WATCH: @FrankFigliuzzi1 says when it comes to dealing with white supremacy, Trump is either getting good advice from aides & ignoring it… or he's getting terrible advice. The detail Figliuzzi cites to illustrate his point is very unsettling.
Learn more: https://t.co/5bCRS78gEz pic.twitter.com/ehqIxne9cb

— 11th Hour (@11thHour) August 6, 2019

fraudsters

The Students for Trump founder just pleaded guilty to running a $46,000 fraud scam pretending to be a lawyer.

The Blacks for Trump founder is a former cult member who has been charged with conspiring to commit two murders.

Starting to see a trend here.https://t.co/aAtX8oZRNd

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 7, 2019

REPUBLICANS

protest Moscow Mitch

A huge crowd in the rain @senatemajldr office in Louisville Kentucky right now. They are sending a strong message to #MoscowMitch to put the Background Check Bill the House passed back in February on the Senate floor and #GiveUsAVote #WheresMitch pic.twitter.com/nyBYAOn196

— Aaron Black (@BlackCatUnloads) August 7, 2019

war on women

The Dayton shooter had a "rape list", but sure. Let's blame this on women as well. https://t.co/QlQMHDKyrz

— Jenna (@jennaep7) August 7, 2019

NRA

funding

We refuse to fund the teachers & students of schools but funding armed guards for schools is freedom at its finest isn’t just pathetic. It’s the self-inflicted death of our society.
We don’t need more cops. We need to fund all the things that make cops less needed.
And I’m a cop

— Patrick Skinner (@SkinnerPm) August 6, 2019

Time Square

Motorcycles backfiring trigger panic at Times Square in New York City; police confirm there is no active shooter pic.twitter.com/Gsqs3ysUNY

— BNO News (@BNONews) August 7, 2019

NAZI

fraud

Trump has shredded $10B in funds to counter white domestic supremacist terrorism. He has not embraced any measures to counter the gun violence or hate crimes that have escalated since he became president. He is what he has always been, a fraud. https://t.co/TdqrfYLup0 pic.twitter.com/1uypEe5aYl

— Ronald Lebow (@RonLebow) August 6, 2019

funding

If your business funds Trump’s campaign, then you are supporting white supremacy.
Full stop.
Look at his rallies.
Listen to the chants of “Send her back!”
Hear the calls of “Shoot them!”
Your money funds that.
Your business supports that.
You are complicit.

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 7, 2019

MEDIA

This is the “Dewey Defeats Truman” of racism. pic.twitter.com/G3GfM3VqB5

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 6, 2019

Beto

You cannot leave it up to me. Members of the press: You too have to call him out for being the most racist president since Andrew Johnson. pic.twitter.com/bsrrth4p0K

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 6, 2019

ELECTIONS

Beto responds

22 people in my hometown are dead after an act of terror inspired by your racism. El Paso will not be quiet and neither will I. https://t.co/dakFPKj0vJ

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 7, 2019

Tulsi vs Mueller

Tulsi Gabbard thinks the Mueller Report exonerated Trump.pic.twitter.com/Vg8SURjtoF

— Victoria Brownworth 🏳️‍🌈 (@VABVOX) August 7, 2019

LEFTOVERS

thread on extremes

Far-left ideology is principally about economics & government structure. In this sense, certain varieties of far-leftism can attract the most vile racists & sexists, but not all varieties do. Far-rightism, in contrast, *is* inherently about the subjugation of other people.

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) August 6, 2019

US

Hillary

My husband just said that he wants to get a T-shirt that says….

"I love Hillary! Fight me!"

😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/kr4YFribCf

— 𝓙𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓼 For The People 👑💜 (@__WeStandUnited) August 6, 2019

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Massacres and Nazis

 

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

timeline

 

MUELLER REPORT

🍊 KLAN

white supremacist legislation

Using a white supremacist mass shooting as leverage for white supremacist legislation takes some real chutzpah pic.twitter.com/Xawgynqu2e

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 5, 2019

destroyed

Trump killed President Obama’s Counter Violence Extremism Task Force, a program that brought together agencies – FBI, CIA & DOJ – to prevent tragedies like this. But Obama did it so Trump gutted it and called ppl “invaders” instead. https://t.co/YELVJGbQCb

#TrumpsTerrorists pic.twitter.com/FeHaU66L7B

— Ivy Nola ✊🏽💪🏽💅🏽🐾 (@ivy_nola) August 4, 2019

deleted “invasion tweets

https://twitter.com/AynRandPaulRyan/status/1158087442634854400?s=20

invasion ads on FB

According to Facebook's ad archive, Trump has run around 2,200 FB ads since May 2018 mentioning the word "invasion." Scrolling through, all of them seem to be about immigration. pic.twitter.com/0Q5TEewfL3

— Natalie Martinez (@natijomartinez) August 4, 2019

nobody wants

It’s really notable that no one wants Trump to address the nation and after these shootings because everyone (including his staff) knows he will make things worse.

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 4, 2019

vacation

Trump is planning a 10 day vacation at his Bedminster Golf Club.
He’s already spent 77 days there, and 99 at Mar-a-Lago.https://t.co/hcxEbGHmId

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 4, 2019

MAGA bomber defense

The lawyer for MAGA Bomber Cesar Sayoc has blamed Trump for radicalizing his client, writing that Sayoc was lost in a world of struggles but, “In this darkness, Mr. Sayoc found light in Donald J. Trump.” My new @thedailybeast https://t.co/nWJDnY0dwT #WhiteSupremacistInChief

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) August 5, 2019

REPUBLICANS

4th Texas rep to retire

NEWS: @RepKenMarchant to retire tomorrow, per two Republicans. He’ll be the fourth Texas Repub in recent weeks to call it quits.

And Marchant’s DFW-area district is highly competitive. After winning it by double digits, he only carried it by three last year.

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 5, 2019

Cornyn

GOP Sen Cornyn, explaining that you can’t blame an “inanimate object” (the gun) for mass shootings: “the person is the one that’s pulling the trigger, not the weapon itself”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 4, 2019

Moscow Mitch

Hours after the El Paso shooting, Mitch McConnell proudly tweeted this photo. I find it so troubling that our politics have become so nasty and personal that the Senate Majority Leader thinks it's appropriate to use imagery of the death of a political opponent (me) as messaging. pic.twitter.com/2x5kO5jwPi

— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) August 5, 2019

NRA

Dayton terrorist

Betts made a “rape list” and later a bomb threat that got him kicked out of high school, but the media does love a story about an aggrieved white boy pushed to the brink. https://t.co/R5oqcjr2L8

— feminist next door (@emrazz) August 5, 2019

NY Post!

Tomorrow’s front page of the New York Post, a Murdoch-owned Trump favorite, is powerful. So was the one 18 months earlier. After which nothing changed. pic.twitter.com/3yyPUyILZd

— Matt Viser (@mviser) August 5, 2019

blames shooting on lack of prayer

.@NRA A-rated Texas lawmaker blames gun violence on a lack of prayer in schools. After the Santa Fe mass school shooting, the same lawmaker blamed too many entrance and exit doors. It’s so weird how it’s never Texas’ lax gun laws. #txlege pic.twitter.com/2qj6HDdpB5

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 4, 2019

buying senators

As America transforms into a killing field, here are the top recipients of campaign donations from the @NRA:

Sen. Burr: $6.9M
Sen. Blunt: $4.5M
Sen. Tillis: $4.4M
Sen. Gardner: $3.8M
Sen. Rubio: $3.3M
Sen. Ernst: $3.1M
Sen. Portman: $3M
Sen. Young: $2.8M
Sen. Cassidy: $2.8M

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) August 4, 2019

Tx Gov : do something!

Chant of “Do Something!” breaks out as OH Gov Mike DeWine speaks at a vigil in #Dayton. @NBCNews @NBCNightlyNews pic.twitter.com/deeditNyQC

— Kate Snow (@tvkatesnow) August 5, 2019

NAZI

takeover

Trump is the #WhiteSupremacistInChief and here are his "battle minions". White males have a LOT to make up for in our nation.

This is just ONE WEEK in the life of our fascist takeover. #MondayMorning pic.twitter.com/Rz4DgIM61h

— K. Sennholz MD (@MtnMD) August 5, 2019

MEDIA

🦊

I can't fix racism or gun laws, but I can run a content analyses and empirically illustrate that Fox News aggressively frames immigration in terms of threat, criminality, and infestation… and you can share it if you want to help folks understand how media framing works. pic.twitter.com/j1LBuZQpBd

— Dr. Danna Young🇺🇸✌🏻 (@dannagal) August 4, 2019

NYT – non-violent Nazis?

that graf makes even less sense when you consider the kicker, 2 grafs later

avoiding this sort of brain-fugue contradiction should be among the core competencies of an "editorial board," or at least one would think pic.twitter.com/Be1LccFnh5

— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) August 5, 2019

and

This is from the editorial board of the New York Times in an editorial that purports to be censuring white supremacy. What a laughably inane understanding of the relationship between state violence and white supremacy. Yet again this desk is an outrageous embarrassment. pic.twitter.com/F9aRsmkgwt

— Erik Hinton (@erikhinton) August 5, 2019

ELECTIONS

Warren stole Kamala’s plan

Elizabeth Warren was asked on MSNBC 2 hrs ago if she agreed with Kamala Harris' Executive Action Plan.

She said she had to do research.

Now she is on CNN suddenly with a plan that is Harris' plan, the one difference being she said she would do it on Day 1.

She stole her plan.

— Lynn V (@lynnv378) August 5, 2019

Beto

Perfection. "Members of the press, what the fuck?" Is @BetoORourke singing my song https://t.co/5PbsQpmz4V

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 5, 2019

and the audio

I didn’t get video, but here’s audio of the question and Beto O’Rourke’s answer. This came after an emotional vigil in El Paso, as O’Rourke circled behind a building looking for his wife. pic.twitter.com/VBk8xoE1lz

— Eric Bradner (@ericbradner) August 5, 2019

Biden

A bucket of warm spit:

“Oh, no, there is no question it is a dangerous game,” Biden said. “There is no question that his rhetoric has contributed to at a minimum — at a minimum — of dumbing down the way in which we as a society talk about one another.”

Ya think?

— digby (@digby56) August 5, 2019

Tulsi for Assad

Oh my God. Tulsi Gabbard releases “Report on Chemical Attacks in Syria” claiming that attacks were false flags carried out to frame Assad. https://t.co/LOAn7fsScS pic.twitter.com/MNqFAMfXqR

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 5, 2019

days after blaming Kamala

This was her just *three days ago* claiming that MSNBC was getting “talking points from Kamala Harris” because they asked her about being an Assad apologist. https://t.co/E5EGvGaT2h

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 5, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Shaun King

https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/1158458285705613312

US

run for Senate!

No meaningful gun control legislation will pass unless we take back the Senate, full stop. The 2020 map has far less downside risk than 2018 but limited pickup opportunities. We need to contest every race with top notch candidates, some of whom are currently running for POTUS. https://t.co/dEYAKp1x0l

— Adam Jentleson 🎈🐢 (@AJentleson) August 5, 2019

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More shootings enabled by🍊

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

OLC memo/state courts

Barbara McQuade: The OLC opinion that a sitting president cannot be indicted only binds federal prosecutors. That might get tested in court, "but there's no policy that would prohibit the Manhattan DA from bringing charges against a sitting president." https://t.co/PLVttOJu5R

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 2, 2019

MUELLER REPORT

🍊 KLAN

instigating violence – thread

This is the thread to read today. https://t.co/F6AbsPvrOz

— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) August 4, 2019

“shoot them”

Just a reminder.

He laughed. Then he made a joke. Then he mugged for the camera as the crowd applauded.

Then he just kept right on talking. https://t.co/21DBmmPew0

— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) August 4, 2019

and

pic.twitter.com/UcpaiyENqr

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) August 4, 2019

Great replacement

The “Great Replacement” theory has fueled a shocking amount of militant violence in the United States. It should be seen in the same context as the millenarian visions of jihadists. Yet GOP officials and right-wing talking heads happily propagate it https://t.co/WwEWeAjaGR

— Ishaan Tharoor (@ishaantharoor) August 3, 2019

dismantled

REMINDER:

In 2018, the Trump DHS disbanded an intelligence unit tasked with countering #DomesticTerrorism terrorism.

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) August 4, 2019

ratings with Blacks

I combined our April/May/June polls to get a pretty decent sample size (246) on black voters. Trump's approval rating with black voters: 6%. Disapproval: 91%. That comes with a margin of error of +/- 4 pts taking into account the proportion and design effect…

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) August 3, 2019

Mental illness?

If you’re willing to classify the sociopathy of White supremacist domestic terrorists as mental illness, how doesn’t it follow that the man who’s inciting them shares the same affliction and so do all of the Republicans who still support the disaster they voted for/enabled? 🧐

— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) August 4, 2019

incest Barbie

Oh Ivanka https://t.co/8Bcub8XnOq

— digby (@digby56) August 4, 2019

and

I see there are very fine Trump people on both sides of the white supremacy issue https://t.co/1ZG1kR1S75

— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) August 4, 2019

REPUBLICANS

“outrage”

Wow—head of RNC is more outraged by Beto (appropriately) talking about white nationalist terrorism in his home town than by the monster who murdered het fellow Americans. Where is the “disgusting and wrong” tweet about the killer? https://t.co/7Z99Wa83fc

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) August 4, 2019

legislation

The tragedy in El Paso was the 291st mass shooting this year.

Earlier this year, the House passed common sense gun safety legislation, HR 8 and HR 1112.

Mitch McConnell won’t allow a vote in the Senate on either bill. Enough is enough.

— Mike Levin (@MikeLevinCA) August 3, 2019

after Sandy Hook

REMINDER: 41 Republicans blocked sensible gun legislation, right after the Sandy Hook Massacre.#Parkland #GunControlNow pic.twitter.com/3cX0nmq8iG

— 𝚋𝚊𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚗 (@TheBaxterBean) February 14, 2018

retirement

In #mepolitics news tonight:@RepPoliquin says he will NOT run again for #Maine's 2nd Congressional District seat in 2020 – "Unfortunately, my family priorities will not allow me to run for public office next year." pic.twitter.com/qXxZmPXW8B

— Dan Lampariello (@DanWGME) August 4, 2019

NRA

Domestic terrorism

LULAC states it loud & clear in statement calling El Paso massacre a domestic terrorist attack & laying blame for the tragedy on the President of the U.S.: “Today, President Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric and policies inspired the killing of innocent women, children, and men” pic.twitter.com/xtv56IcMv9

— Simon Romero (@viaSimonRomero) August 4, 2019

FBI

The FBI has opened a domestic terrorism investigation into the mass shooting in El Paso which will be worked concurrent to the state investigation, with Texas authorities taking the lead. @joshscampbell https://t.co/8q68UUtVEc

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) August 4, 2019

weapons

And for all the idiocy about "assault rifles" and how automatic weapons are "military" while semi-automatic are "civilian," the killer's manifesto has just one complaint about his semi-auto WASR-10's rate of fire: it shoots 100 rounds so rapidly that the gun gets too hot to hold.

— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) August 3, 2019

Wallmart

Stop. Selling. Guns. https://t.co/LQoXM0fb8l

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) August 3, 2019

killer

Change some words & tweak some concepts, you have a template to use against immigration from any country or region. https://t.co/zF1ivIqYIz

— Taniel (@Taniel) August 4, 2019

2A

Former conservative Chief Justice of Supreme Court Warren Burger in 1991: The 2nd Amendment "has been the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime" pic.twitter.com/O4ijLd4890

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) August 4, 2019

Manifesto

If that manifesto is real, not sure why you would bother to write it when you could just cut and paste some @TuckerCarlson transcripts.

— GreatAndBeautifulVisionHat (@Popehat) August 3, 2019

@gop + @nra = El Paso@gop + @nra = Dayton@gop + @nra = Parkland@gop + @nra = Pittsburgh @gop + @nra = Gilroy@gop + @nra = Charleston@gop + @nra = Las Vegas@gop + @nra = Sandy Hook

— Mr. Curmudgeon (@One_Curmudgeon) August 4, 2019

Protection is in session

Man, if this is what it’s getting to I’m taking my ass back to Europe and staying there https://t.co/kCxVdCzp8N

— B (@BryTejada) August 4, 2019

Onion

The Onion's recommended stories section right now. pic.twitter.com/rX70ZVPbvy

— Kevin Slane (@kslane) August 4, 2019

NAZI

white supremacist 🦊

If you want to learn more about the Great Replacement theory discussed in the "manifesto," an average night watching Fox News' primetime line-up will suffice. https://t.co/9Czk1zY373 https://t.co/6A3mWN25UF

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 4, 2019

MEDIA

🦊

This article gives no indication whatsoever why Democrats might invoke the president when discussing this massacre. https://t.co/So3WHVND16 pic.twitter.com/G0jpNx6idB

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 4, 2019

optics politics

my look at how DC press changed all its rules for Trump https://t.co/PCadFcd7w8

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) August 4, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala complicit in shootings

.@KamalaHarris shows her frustration at Congress— saying yes when asked if GOP members of Congress are “complicit” in the spread of white nationalism: pic.twitter.com/cao69M1KnU

— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) August 4, 2019

fact checking

At least some journalist are doing their job and actually fact checking tulsi and bidens claimshttps://t.co/MlaLC2LNkm

— cosmia (@Blacklitmustest) August 2, 2019

Beto

VIDEO – Beto O’Rourke: ‘Yes, I Do’ Think that Trump Is a ‘White Nationalist’ @jaketapper @BetoORourke https://t.co/1k9v2i4s0l

— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) August 4, 2019

and

Just a reminder.

He laughed. Then he made a joke. Then he mugged for the camera as the crowd applauded.

Then he just kept right on talking. https://t.co/21DBmmPew0

— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) August 4, 2019

Biden, NRA?

Biden said the NRA is not our enemy?

They spent $54.4M rigging Congress against us & electing a racist; attacked the Parkland kids; use rhetoric that is increasingly violent & inciting

Listen to teachers respond to leadership on guns

Standing ovation pic.twitter.com/maP8yqxZmL

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) August 3, 2019

Burnie – giving cover

Anti-blackness isn’t a mental health problem . Racism isn’t a mental health problem. Xenophobia isn’t a mental health problem. Stop that bullshit.

White men and women thinking they are the supreme race is the problem. https://t.co/HA0qNk2XyD

— George M Johnson (@IamGMJohnson) August 4, 2019

also

Shame on you @SenSanders for these comments. This is a gun issue, to use the gun lobby talking points on this only discredits you as a Presidential option following this weekend. https://t.co/onQ12duuNq

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) August 4, 2019

response on mental illness – thread

The folk who blame mental illness for terrorist shooting attacks should be forced to delineate which specific mental illnesses they think are responsible for radicalizing all these White men into mass murderers. Make them cite the DSM criteria and applicable treatment options.

— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) August 4, 2019

Gravel

Woo, boy, that’s going to really excite Gravel’s base, which, give or take 1, will likely deliver 0 votes.

[But, figure the opportunity costs of spending time on this, & it’s probably a net negative for Bernie.] https://t.co/BaJtaVAQGI

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) August 4, 2019

Russia

DIVIDE AND CONQUER:
The Russians Are Loving the Democrats’ Debates

The Kremlin's Democratic darlings are Tulsi Gabbard and Bernie Sanders. Moscow doesn't think they'll win, but believes they will help Trump’s re-election.#Russia https://t.co/NSBQgwPvXu via @thedailybeast

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 2, 2019

GE polling in the past

In the summer of 2015, Hillary Clinton led Trump by *25* points and the rest of the GOP field by 10-15 points. As late as Feb 2004, Kerry led Bush by 12 points. It’s neither smart nor savvy to base your vote on general election polls a year out. Judge electability with your eyes. pic.twitter.com/DYbWWujS3d

— Adam Jentleson 🎈🐢 (@AJentleson) August 3, 2019

LEFTOVERS
https://twitter.com/JohnSmithChgo/status/1157766692497477632?s=20

US

El Paso

This is what El Paso is all about. Hundreds of people already lined up in 100 degree weather to donate blood. I love this community so much pic.twitter.com/EByQzR3z4G

— Devon Gray (@DevonGrayCA) August 3, 2019

WH

Happening now at the White House. @MomsDemand pic.twitter.com/bKD90EyJPt

— Don Squires (@DonSquiresdc) August 4, 2019

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Russian bots🆚Kamala, Biden wanted segregation!

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Russia – war on media

#Russia's state TV shows Trump telling Putin that #Russia—chief purveyor of worldwide disinformation campaigns—doesn't have the problem of "fake news," but America does. Russian state TV host Olga Skabeeva salivates: "He meant every American journalist. Every single one of them!" pic.twitter.com/1poEFLInL3

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) June 28, 2019

MUELLER REPORT

🍊 KLAN

🍊🆚 Kamala

“Trump has been less sure-footed about how he would take on Harris if she were to be his rival. And after her breakout performance in the debate on Thursday, Trump campaign aides and allies acknowledged that Harris could prove to be a vexing adversary.”https://t.co/yrWkUxoiT1

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) June 29, 2019

Putin

Trump to Putin at G20: ‘Don’t meddle in the election, (lol).'https://t.co/AN7RZXBpru pic.twitter.com/C9wvZXAqZV

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 28, 2019

MBS

The CIA concluded that the crown prince personally ordered the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi https://t.co/wz2lXg9xdC

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) June 28, 2019

Incest Barbie

Ivanka's pathetic attempts at inclusion make her look like the guy who somehow got a job as a TV sign language interpreter despite not knowing any sign language. https://t.co/y0oSPQjVJH

— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) June 30, 2019

Javanka

This was striking. Why are Jared and Ivanka at a meeting between Trump and Vladimir Putin? https://t.co/Km9OGx9yhk

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) June 28, 2019

page photo

This G-20 family photo on front page of the Japan Times is kind of amazing. Wait for it. pic.twitter.com/6aEp37csSN

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) June 29, 2019

4th for profit

Trump plans ticketed-access area for VIPs, friends and family at July 4 celebration https://t.co/Mh6QDp6BSX

— Post Local (@postlocal) June 29, 2019

busing

He's the one
Who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means https://t.co/1HVJdL47mW

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 29, 2019

pic.twitter.com/8IvboWndF3

— 𝓽𝓸𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 ☠️ 𝓫𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓬𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓼 (@m33gs) June 29, 2019

Russian bots

What a weird coincidence that a group of accounts, starting with Ali, decided to tweet the exact same thing (verbatim) about Kamala Harris within minutes of each other tonight. #DemDebate2 pic.twitter.com/2lxFSJTd77

— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) June 28, 2019

and

Bots suspected of spreading tweet claiming Kamala Harris isn't black enough https://t.co/91i7BhdXIA

— Victoria Brownworth #PrideMonth🏳️‍🌈 (@VABVOX) June 29, 2019

REPUBLICANS

War on women

State @SenatorMuth refused to stop reading a letter from a man who experienced homelessness even though her male colleague tried to shout her down for minutes on end pic.twitter.com/BwsvOC3i6v

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 28, 2019

States rights thread

#StatesRights is a racist dog whistle that whitewashes the history leading up to the Civil War and the motivations for secession. It continues to be a dangerous legal argument in civil rights discussion for marginalized people. It is an issue for 2020

— Mia Brett (@QueenMab87) June 29, 2019

MEDIA

NYT

Dems, please don’t drive away this guy who interned at the conservative National Review, wrote for the conservative Washington Times, was a senior editor at the conservative Weekly Standard, and has been a Republican his entire life pic.twitter.com/vnPgQbQVZ2

— maple cocaine (@maplecocaine) June 28, 2019

 

ELECTIONS

Kamala

She was #thatlittlegirl so that my daughter and all of America’s daughters wouldn’t have to be. @KamalaHarris is going to be #46 #FortheChildren and #ForThePeople pic.twitter.com/gVxzQUYGoT

— Laphonza Butler (@LaphonzaB) June 28, 2019

Kamala🆚 Biden

Harris, Biden face-off is highest-rated Democratic primary debate in history https://t.co/XjJra7jTXK via @CNN cc @JoeNBC

— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) June 28, 2019

after debate

We also quadrupled their share of donations from the first four early states: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. https://t.co/BZOz7hd6Xq

— Lily Adams (@adamslily) June 29, 2019

Putin bots🆚Kamala

Putin-bots are terrified at the spector of Trump bein’ intellectually disemboweled at the debates by a black women. They wouldn’t bust out birtherism this early if they weren’t genuinely concerned.https://t.co/QxcecCvS6F

— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) June 29, 2019

Cory Booker

.@KamalaHarris doesn’t have shit to prove. https://t.co/OQm8wVub7W

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) June 29, 2019

Biden – ❤️ NRA

The members of the NRA are not our opponents — the vast majority of them support common-sense reforms, including universal background checks. The gun manufacturers who bankroll the NRA are our opponent.

As president, Biden will defeat them.#DemDebate

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 28, 2019

busing Constitutional amandment

So @NPR has a tape of #Biden fighting for a Constitutional Amendment to Ban Busing.
A Constitutional Amendment.
Please explain how this is pro-Civil Rights. https://t.co/1Ytbr1RRg5

— Victoria Brownworth #PrideMonth🏳️‍🌈 (@VABVOX) June 29, 2019

liberal train wreck

Biden’s opposition to court-ordered busing is one of the most well-documented views of his career — including by him. By @PostKranish and @laurameckler:https://t.co/0S5pJyyZOs

— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) June 29, 2019

2 options

Biden, after last night's exchange with Harris on busing, is speaking to an African-American civil rights group, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, today.

"That kid wearing a hoodie might be the next poet laureate and not a gang banger" pic.twitter.com/wPfwo5mUht

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 28, 2019

praised segregationists

Joe Biden's Praise for Segregationists Spans Decades | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS https://t.co/LXNBVzjNvU

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) June 29, 2019

his defenders

All the best people are defending Joe Biden with exactly the same unbelievably dense talking point pic.twitter.com/5MVz7UEEQ8

— David Klion🔥 (@DavidKlion) June 28, 2019

vetting

NEW: Joe Biden has lost the support of a top campaign fundraiser in the Bay Area after his comments on segregationists and the Hyde amendment. When asked if others were backing out, he told me “I would imagine I’m not alone.” https://t.co/putHljHoeI

— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) June 28, 2019

lost donor

NEW: Joe Biden has lost the support of a top campaign fundraiser in the Bay Area after his comments on segregationists and the Hyde amendment. When asked if others were backing out, he told me “I would imagine I’m not alone.” https://t.co/putHljHoeI

— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) June 28, 2019

Williamson

black people

While we had several laughs at Marianne Williamson healing America with crystals and measles outbreaks, she quietly deleted this shot at Kamala Harris for – let’s see – not caring about black people. Holy shit.

That’s a hot take and essential oils won’t make it go away. pic.twitter.com/OonLAIpy5J

— Mike Redmond (@theredmond) June 29, 2019

coalition

an accidental but powerful coalition of oprah viewers, spiritual-but-not-religious christians, people who think juice cures cancer, and ironic gay twitter users are going to propel marianne williamson into office and there's nothing we can do about it

— Max Read (@max_read) June 28, 2019

Burnie

Wow, the #Bernie2020 video just leaked, and I gotta say, it's something else. pic.twitter.com/oZIaOTdJP5

— Tommy Xtophernobyl (@tommyxtopher) February 16, 2019

US

Purple-haired lesbian goddess flattens France like a crêpe: https://t.co/NDm22MDZ2q pic.twitter.com/UDbbP85bz4

— Deadspin (@Deadspin) June 28, 2019

war

https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1144697959847780352

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