🍊discovers 🦠 is real; primary day

👑 🦠

US cases 4661

growth

There were more than 800 new coronavirus cases confirmed in the United States today, bringing the total to 4,427.

A week ago, the total was 747.https://t.co/74QzWYbn1p pic.twitter.com/MOAG9ckG19

— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) March 17, 2020

importance of testing

Countries that failed to test early (Italy) are seeing far higher death rates than countries that did (South Korea).
Why is testing so important?
"We should be clear that more testing saves lives by preventing the next infection."https://t.co/IGqvFZ2CZr

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) March 17, 2020

London study

Dire London study shared with White House last week predicts 2 Million US deaths.
*Study warns we may need to take drastic steps for a year or more. 3 months of quarantining infected/ exposed people
"might reduce deaths by half" but still swamp hospitalshttps://t.co/dB1mV8otw1

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) March 17, 2020

“chinese virus” – thread

It was not the Chinese Communist Party that crammed thousands of American air travelers into high-exposure holding pens because their son-in-law didn't have the brains to wonder, "Hey what happens after the planes land?"

— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 17, 2020

NY

NEW from @RosalindZAdams who obtained the documents.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York has at least three patients and five staff members that have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. The hospital has a one-week supply of masks.
https://t.co/9Tbyjm1xhi

— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) March 17, 2020

 

South Korea

For a second day in a row, South Korea has reported fewer than 100 new coronavirus cases (76 on Sunday, 74 today). pic.twitter.com/nBfp0sjgIA

— Victoria Kim (@vicjkim) March 16, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

pandemic exercise with Obama team

Bonjour, you can read it here: Thread by @ChrisLu44: BREAKING: A week before Inauguration Day 2017, Trump team participated in a tabletop exercise… https://t.co/UR9TUvETV1. Talk to you soon. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) March 17, 2020

businessman

Why did Trump cut the pandemic response team?

$$$

"People we've cut…haven't been used for…many years. If we ever need em we can get em very quickly. Rather than spending the money, I'm a business person, I don't like having 1000s of people around when you don't need em." pic.twitter.com/MOoKyH8xme

— dσxxεd Ъuт หσт σuт 🌊🌊 (@twmentality1) March 17, 2020

refused tests

By the end of February, a Berlin start-up had produced 1.4 million tests for coronavirus to ship around the world. The US said no thanks; we can create our own.
But now after numerous failures, the US now has the lowest rate for testing its citizens https://t.co/ulTFDOOlje

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) March 17, 2020

how long?

Important, tragic point from Andy: the flatter we squash the infamous curve – the longer the curve is with us. Less death and suffering, more disruption of economic and social life – at least until a vaccine is produced in sufficient quantity. Looking to you, medical researchers https://t.co/6l6i3w7kcN

— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 17, 2020

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Hola, there is your unroll: Thread by @ASlavitt: NEW: Trump claims the virus will be gone by July or August. I talked to a number of people to see… https://t.co/vcyB5wSif6. Enjoy 🙂 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) March 17, 2020

3 days ago

Three days ago https://t.co/UDszUMUh5w

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) March 16, 2020

stocks

Dow closes 3,000 points down, wiping out 96% of the gains of Trump’s presidency.

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 16, 2020

_??__

drop charges on Russians

Breaking via NYT: The Justice Department moved to drop charges against two Russian shell companies accused of financing schemes to interfere in the 2016 election, saying they were exploiting the case to gain access to sensitive info Russia could weaponize. https://t.co/n4gt7kJuiw

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 16, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

🐢

delay bill

 

Politico reporting that due to GOP opposition, McConnell will delay approval of Families First coronavirus relief bill until later in the week. Every day counts in this crisis, but McConnell doesn't give a rat's ass.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 16, 2020

.

Dear @AmyMcGrathKY,

Please keep running your ads. We support you, not him.

Sincerely,
Sentient Americans https://t.co/cuR4h1iZE1

— Hil.i.am (@hilaryluros) March 17, 2020

Marital, Marshall Rubio

I apologize for the typo.

I meant to type stupid rumors about marital law not marshall law

My bad https://t.co/vK5ED6M98r

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 16, 2020

virus close-up

The virus up close! 👀 #TrumpVirus#VoteTrumpOut2020 pic.twitter.com/vMy77r5hzM

— CJ 🌊 (@CJ_isnowblue) March 17, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden – did that

“I did that while you were watching.” 🔥pic.twitter.com/gEt1CGl5Ws

— Reily Connaughton (@reilyseanconn) March 16, 2020

no $ and still won

Winner: @JoeBiden

“He got in some solid hits on Bernie’s record, particularly on guns and immigration, and offered up one of the night’s most memorable lines during an exchange on campaign finance: “I didn’t have any money and I still won.”” https://t.co/0qzDCjJJRY

— Reily Connaughton (@reilyseanconn) March 16, 2020

Burnie sticking around

Why would Bernie leave?
He just opened 5 new offices & hired two dozen new staff
He didn't last time.
Difference is in 2016 MSM was cheering him on, while writing a bazillion #ButHerEmails pieces.

Bernie Sanders Wants to Fight On. He Has His Reasons. https://t.co/xlmXJjeKM8

— Victoria Brownworth ☣ #FlattenTheCurve #StayInNow (@VABVOX) March 17, 2020

no pacify the left

Anyone saying we need to pacify the Left- after we gave them everything in 2016 and they fucked us anyway- doesn't know what they're talking about.

This election is about taking care of our base while creating space under the tent for moderates and disaffected Republicans.

— Sally Albright (@SallyAlbright) March 16, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Bros – LaRouche

For years I've compared Sanders supporters to the Lyndon LaRouche cult that plagued Illinois Democrats during the 1980s. Trying to use a pandemic to rescue Bernie's campaign while making Bernie the personification of universal healthcare is definitely some LaRouchie level shit. pic.twitter.com/mYLu4oVnMt

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) March 16, 2020

US

Hillary

 

Before Warren adopted "I have a plan for that", @HillaryClinton made the case that wonkiness is an important quality for a president to have:

"I am aware that, every so often, someone will write or say 'There goes Hillary Clinton with her plans. She has a plan for everything.'" pic.twitter.com/oWehdzKZYZ

— Reily Connaughton (@reilyseanconn) July 2, 2019

Newsom

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1239743503996825600

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IMPEACHMENT

admission obstruction

“But honestly, we have all the material. They don’t have the material.”

The President’s words show why we need to see ALL the documents and hear from ALL the witnesses.

He’s obstructed Congress because he’s guilty.

He must be held accountable. Period.https://t.co/nr8U7cpaD9

— Rep. Sylvia Garcia (@RepSylviaGarcia) January 22, 2020

 

courage

"What brought us here is that some courageous people came forward — courageous people that risked their entire careers." – @RepAdamSchiff pic.twitter.com/JtnQ0xdE6o

— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) January 23, 2020

knocking down acquittal

Opinion: Adam Schiff’s brilliant presentation is knocking down excuses to acquit https://t.co/FdJ0QKVhW7

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 23, 2020

Jeffries

I want to retweet this a million times ❤ #TrumpIsGuiltypic.twitter.com/Mal9TPY1Ob

— The Hummingbird 🐦 (@SaysHummingbird) January 22, 2020

new testimony

Despite repeated Congressional requests, Vice President Pence has refused to declassify his aide Jennifer Williams' additional testimony.

"I've read that testimony. And I'll just say: A cover up is not a proper reason to classify a document." –@RepZoeLofgren pic.twitter.com/bQ3hnDrJWy

— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) January 23, 2020

cover-up

It's simple:

-Zelensky told Trump he needed military aid
-Then Trump said, “I would like you to do us a favor, though.”
-That same day, Michael Duffey sent an email directing military aid to be withheld

Now the White House is withholding Duffey's emails. This is a cover-up.

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) January 23, 2020

polls – witnesses

polls *this week* on support for calling new witnesses:

Monmouth –– 80%
Reuters –– 72%
CNN –– 69%
AP/NORC –– 68%

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) January 23, 2020

WORLD

democracies

% who say they're satisfied w/ the way democracy is working in their country

Sweden 69%
S Korea 64%
Canada 61%
Germany 56%
India 54%
France 48%
UK 42%
Japan 40%
US 40%
Italy 29%
Spain 20%
Brazil 16%
Mexico 14%

-Pew, Apr 2019 #Democracy #Davos20

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 23, 2020

Israel/Russia

https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1220269484394647552

Thunberg

https://twitter.com/plantu/status/1220278859280605185

🍊 KLAN

protect the wheel inventor

"We must protect the people who came up with lightbulb and wheel."pic.twitter.com/j9AkyiV2wc

— ⚖️Powerful Mel Ankoly 🦈 #ForThePeople (@Mel_Ankoly) January 23, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

NAZI

antisemitic

https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1220082210356834310MEDIA

NYT

Or: Trump was trying to cheat in ‘20 bid. https://t.co/ZSzpCXcR3E

— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) January 23, 2020

NBC

I hate this framing.

“Ds have proven that Trump defiled the presidency but the GOP cult is unified so who cares about the facts.” https://t.co/il9pXuGJl4

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) January 23, 2020

ELECTIONS

Bloomberg

Man, I will say this – Bloomberg is in Trump’s head almost as much as Biden is. https://t.co/vUXw6ejh9s

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) January 23, 2020

Bloomberg, Steyer

Fair to say Bloomberg and Steyer have been the most consistently focused on Trump — in ads, debates, etc. — not mad at it because they won’t win and it’s hundreds of millions in free anti-Trump content for Dems. It’s a smart way to donate w/o being called out for dark money etc.

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) January 23, 2020

Burnie also🆚 Soc Sec

NEW: Bernie Sanders spoke in 1996 about the future need for “adjustments” to Social Security, a term that Sanders campaign/allied Social Security group had called a “euphemism” for cuts when it was used by Biden. https://t.co/BkoPqWmHLG

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) January 22, 2020

and

Sanders very clearly said cuts may have to happen in the future. pic.twitter.com/jPS75WolkX

— (((antiantisemite))) (@Tristanshouts) January 22, 2020

impeachment not hurting Ds

Dems breeze past Trump as impeachment impact settles in.
These numbers will change continuously in the coming months, but the Trump claim that impeachment hurts Democrats is proven to be a lie by these numbers. Trump apologists are wrong again. https://t.co/lFJNsgkeTJ

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 23, 2020

LEFTOVERS

TYT for 🍊

Imagine thinking Adam Schiff is doing a bad job in this impeachment trial – unless you are totally in the tank for Trump. pic.twitter.com/JJs14s1atQ

— Luka Dončić stan account (@gdigitalzsmooth) January 23, 2020

US

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Schiff reads 🍊; Hillary reads👓

 

IMPEACHMENT

Schiff

Rep. Adam Schiff: "It is the president's apparent belief that under Article 2 he can do anything he wants — no matter how corrupt .. and yet when the Founders wrote the impeachment clause, they had precisely this type of conduct in mind." https://t.co/C7AyPvvSTr pic.twitter.com/WaXN6cnKA9

— ABC News (@ABC) January 21, 2020

.

SCHIFF: "When you hear them attack the House managers, what you're really hearing is 'we don't want to talk about POTUS's guilt … so we'll attack the House managers b/c maybe we can distract you for a moment' … why don't they have a better argument to make on the merits?" pic.twitter.com/W8CgaHCgXO

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2020

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I agree. The entire presentation was devastating to Trump's defense. Schiff's rebuttal took apart their arguments.

That's why McConnell keeps reminding everyone that the question of witnesses and documents is in the resolution, and why Susan Collins released a statement. . .

1/ https://t.co/4qittApRBV

— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) January 22, 2020

Yep, @JRubinBlogger is right about this: Democrats have effectively built the case that excluding witnesses and new evidence = GOP coverup. Polling is clear on this point. https://t.co/K3ovs0Wlmo Via @PostOpinions

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 22, 2020

🍊 rant

Asked to resolve his inconsistent statements about witness testimony during the Senate trial, Trump starts ranting about Adam Schiff and the "total hoax" Russia and Ukraine investigations pic.twitter.com/wTtammPVW6

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 22, 2020

Cipollone

During more than 33 years in public service, I never heard a government lawyer so misrepresent the facts & deceive the American public as WH Counsel Pat Cipollone just did in the Senate impeachment trial. Further evidence of the contagion of Mr. Trump’s dishonesty & corruption. https://t.co/Mk10KoE7sC

— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) January 21, 2020

and

I understand why the President's counsel want to keep saying he "wasn't allowed" to participate in the House impeachment process.

But we all lived through these headlines. We were all here for this part.https://t.co/BGCpzXWVLN pic.twitter.com/wDTpRQKggg

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 21, 2020

didn’t get FOIA

so a whole tirade based on Trump's clown lawyer not being able to understand english https://t.co/cahDcqAxzH via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 21, 2020

Seems like Sekulow misheard "FOIA lawsuits" that Demings referenced earlier. https://t.co/4R9eKsYC57

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 21, 2020

kill Schumer amendment

If democrats are smart every single of these votes will be used against vulnerable Republican senators https://t.co/KbLCbcYf2o

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 21, 2020

and

Americans deserve a fair trial

But @SenateGOP blocked reasonable amendments that subpoena
1—WH Docs
2—State Dept Docs
3—OMB Docs
4—Mulvaney
5—DOD Docs
6⁠—Blair/Duffey
7—Relevant Docs
8—Bolton
and that make (9, 10, 11) commonsense rules changes

Why are they enabling a cover-up?

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 22, 2020

New documents

At 11:58 p.m. on Jan. 21, just two minutes before the deadline, the Office of Management and Budget released 192 pages of Ukraine-related documents, including records that have not been produced to Congress in its impeachment investigation. https://t.co/s5zDsWb5rP

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 22, 2020

Murphy’s Diary

1/ It’s 2am, but it’s never too late for transparency. So, as promised, here are my behind the scenes impressions from the Tue/Wed impeachment proceedings.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 22, 2020

Sen Rish

NYT has a sketch artist covering impeachment, catching moments like Sen. Risch sleeping https://t.co/kXf9Voi0Og pic.twitter.com/fH5fee7In4

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) January 22, 2020

NY Post

surprising NY Post cover: (the inset one showed ignorance, but they learn) pic.twitter.com/IWWsM637Uj

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) January 21, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

obstruction

Trump, from Davos: “We have all the documents. The Dems have nothing.” Confessing stonewalling, are we? That’s the second article of impeachment, Mr. President. Try reading it.

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 22, 2020

brain injury

I asked Trump why he said no Americans were hurt after Iran retaliated for the Solemaini strike even though 11 US service members were airlifted. He said he heard they had “headaches” but does not consider potential traumatic brain injuries to be serious compared to losing limbs.

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) January 22, 2020

re: Greta

Trump, from Davos: “We have all the documents. The Dems have nothing.” Confessing stonewalling, are we? That’s the second article of impeachment, Mr. President. Try reading it.

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 22, 2020

war on press

Country would be much better if the US press "could be straightened out," asserts @POTUS.

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 22, 2020

cut “entitlements”

! Trump suggests on CNBC that he’d look to cut entitlements if re-elected. pic.twitter.com/c6nnoIokbJ

— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) January 22, 2020

PENCE

in the loop

.@VP Mike Pence does indeed know the guy. “”Everyone was in the loop.“ -Gordon Sondland” -Lev Parnas #LevRemembers #LetLevSpeak #TheyAllKnew pic.twitter.com/QrwgBGJizh

— Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) January 20, 2020

REPUBLICANS

power

Work backwards: The “check” on acting in a purely partisan way on matters of *law* is that your standard will apply to the other party. The only way you don’t care is if you believe opposition will never hold power again. And to guarantee that, you NEED the foreign interference. https://t.co/THPNeIKNYh

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) January 22, 2020

Senators gamble

Senate Republicans aren't just going against the popular will at the moment.

They're taking an even bigger gamble by betting that even more damning evidence somehow won't come out between this moment and the election nine months away.

Yeah, sure. Good luck with that. https://t.co/BZHmMdgQTy

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 21, 2020

approval

Enjoy your retirement senators Collins, Ernst, Gardner, McSally & Tillis‼️ #VoteThemAllOut #GOPCoverup #VoteBlue2020 pic.twitter.com/18pl4vWmkR

— Remy (@CAGoldenBear) January 22, 2020

MEDIA

war on press

Chilling. This is where many of the reporters who cover the Senate work. The door is where they can step from their desks into the gallery overlooking the Senate floor. Now a police officer is stationed in their work space and they have to pass a magnetometer to get to the floor. https://t.co/u4pdTb4UR8

— Adam Jentleson 🎈💧🐉 (@AJentleson) January 21, 2020

🦊

Shot, chaser. pic.twitter.com/As6iBhfhPW

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) January 22, 2020

networks

Network TV execs say their decisions on when to stay with the Trump impeachment trial and when to break away will likely be made day-to-day, if not hour-by-hour.https://t.co/UxaQynFtJy

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 22, 2020

polling

Support for witnesses in the Senate #ImpeachmentTrial in recent polls:

CNN 69-26
Quinnipiac 66-17
WaPo/ABC 71-22
Morning Consult 57-24

Republicans are absolutely going against the will of the people here, and voters will now get to decide if they'll make them pay for it in Nov.

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) January 21, 2020

ELECTIONS

Senators effectiveness (she was right)

The Center for Effective Lawmaking scores members of Congress based on how successful they are at moving significant legislation through Congress. Here are the ranked scores for Democratic Presidential candidates using new 2017-2018 data.
More info: https://t.co/jgzX5AlFDC pic.twitter.com/g1NpvNVtYz

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) March 1, 2019

and

Big promises and aspirations don't get the job done.

Bernie is an ineffectual flop, and has been one for decades, with a pathetic legislative efficacy score.

And no, he's not the amendment King, that crown belongs to a Queen. pic.twitter.com/RhZsPm4T0D

— Braddock the Agrarian (he/him/his) (@Rhinocerization) January 22, 2020

Burnie

I find it interesting that Bernie could apologize to another old white man.

But where were the apologies for Kamala is a cop? Hillary is corrupt? Warren is lying?

What a trash can of a human

— Monjula Ray (@queerBengali) January 21, 2020

also

Here's Bernie refusing to endorse Clinton even after she clobbered him by 4 million votes. pic.twitter.com/TAwrDzBoFn

— John Smith Chicago (@JohnSmithChgo) January 21, 2020

attacks on Hillary via GOP

In case anyone thinks you're exaggerating … https://t.co/tU62ZeurgP

— BLOOP! (@susiemcdonnell) January 21, 2020

NRA Burnie

Let's be honest @BernieSanders. Your campaign was caught lying this week. Surrogates were blamed. It came from the top and reflects your approach. With this tweet, you are proving that. As long as we are being honest, your support of PLCCA has resulted in gun violence. https://t.co/NjWX4rMXuC

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) January 22, 2020

Arizona senate

Arizona poll shows Kelly overtaking McSally | TheHill https://t.co/VoD21K4PyF

— Roger Tansey 🆘 (@rogertansey) January 21, 2020

LEFTOVERS

JD

I know, look what I found.

"There are strong reasons to assume that Justice Dems is just a money scam. Money seems to be funnelled from PAC to PAC and each of these PAC’s are somehow connected to Cenk Uygur." https://t.co/oxYJ4h2A0i

— Crow (@sistercrow) January 22, 2020

OR

https://twitter.com/CommonCause/status/1219998110874853376US

Hillary

read BS in interview

Hillary Clinton in Full: A Fiery New Documentary, Trump Regrets and Harsh Words for Bernie | Hollywood Reporter https://t.co/27JfzZNWIa

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) January 21, 2020

also

"It's not only him, it's the culture around him," Clinton added. "It's his leadership team. It's his prominent supporters. It's his online Bernie Bros and their relentless attacks on lots of his competitors, particularly the women." https://t.co/muD6talnmr

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 21, 2020

.

Another note from the Hillary interview: she uses the exact same line to hit Sanders that Sanders used to take Hillary/Warren's side and shoot down the claim he said a woman couldn't become president… pic.twitter.com/K6aowxjQxe

— Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul) January 21, 2020

and

https://twitter.com/mayatcontreras/status/1219647749303472134

https://twitter.com/Wonderbitch82/status/1219717076975345665

and

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1219773503735508992

Kamala

https://twitter.com/SenKamalaHarris/status/1219679928662331402

Maxine

https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters/status/1219691780536438784

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Selling soldiers; NYT🆚Hillary

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Lev Parna phone

We brought the contents of Lev Parnas’ iPhone 11 to HPSCI today, despite every stumbling block placed in our path since @DOJ SDNY arrested him on 10/9/19. #LetLevSpeak #LevRemembers pic.twitter.com/R9VK3dWWBo

— Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) January 13, 2020

Nunes

Devin Nunes is so confident Trump is innocent he wants to bury all the evidence so no one can ever see it. That seems the exact wrong way to prove someone is innocent. Either Devin is as stupid as he seems or he’s guilty of something really bad, too. https://t.co/g3ggzkM49H

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 13, 2020

WAR

imminent – last spring

Trump ordered the killing of Soleimani *last spring* if an American got killed, NBC reports. Pompeo and Bolton pushed Trump in this direction at the time: https://t.co/fOL3Non1Va

Yet Pompeo appears to be blowing off Congressional efforts to question him: https://t.co/1oT5eZJvwP

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 13, 2020

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TRUMPS VERHAFTUNG
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/ZeoINLxV5Jhttps://t.co/WPoBceleGchttps://t.co/rEw5Fu9bMQhttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#Iran #Ukraine #Trump #Soleimani pic.twitter.com/e3yIeaA79e

— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) January 13, 2020

.

In the sane world we have left behind, a targeted assassination of a country's leading political figure based on a rank lie (as opposed to e.g the over-rosy talk-themselves-into-it assessment of WMD) would be, yes, an impeachable offense. https://t.co/RjMYZ66fJy

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) January 12, 2020

poll

New ABC/Ipsos poll:

56% of Americans *disapprove* of Trump's handling of the current situation in Iran, including 57% of independents. (!)

52% say killing of Soleimani has made us *less* safe.

Only 25% say it has made us safer (!!).https://t.co/Qo6xJyRL9Q

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 12, 2020

intelligence

Bernie is a notorious micromanager. Nothing happens without his knowledge or input. He thinks we’re all stupid.

— RazingArizona 🏜 (@razingarizona) January 12, 2020

WORLD

Iraq

The United States will “leave [Iraq] on our terms.”

U.S. National Security Adviser teeters on edge of Crime of Aggression, as a matter of international law.

I leave it to policy experts how badly this plays in Middle East.

Good for Chris Wallace on thispic.twitter.com/xOiaZ0dp8q

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 12, 2020

and

https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1216034593796739078

Vatican

https://twitter.com/DanaHoule/status/1216642433217454080

UK

https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1216705113689030656

Iraq

https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1216034593796739078

🍊 KLAN

mercenary

When you don’t value human life, when you only see the world through the prism of $$$, even the flesh and blood of American soldiers who dedicated their lives to the service of America & freedom, is for sale. Let this sink in. https://t.co/jnU4twONPs

— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) January 11, 2020

and

Dear @realDonaldTrump: I served on active duty in the United States military. We are not mercenaries. We are not bargaining chips. We don’t deploy for money.

Our troops exist to protect the Constitution and the national security of the United States. Get it?#SaturdayThoughts https://t.co/yGCimg10cy

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 11, 2020

NATOME

This is quite…yea ok this is enough Twitter for today. pic.twitter.com/xEYkbpSn1m

— Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) January 12, 2020

Argentina

1. Trump applied for trademarks in Argentina

2. The Trump administration rescinded tariffs on Argentina

3. Trump got the trademarks

4. The Trump administration replaced the tariffs https://t.co/Xd6wBD714Q

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 12, 2020

Incest Barbie

“[Ivanka] Trump's big idea for the American worker is some kind of standardized LinkedIn.” https://t.co/5sYkvNjwAh

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 12, 2020

and also her

This is not an actual foreign policy accomplishment. Also, Twitter is banned in Iran. https://t.co/kdBwyXXLkL

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 13, 2020

lying about…weather?

Today in DC…melted rink! pic.twitter.com/oQ9sIjdNUz

— Melissa Jo Peltier (@MelissaJPeltier) January 13, 2020

not disclosing expenses

Trump is trying to run out the clock on disclosing the massive cost of his trips.

We can't let him get away with it.https://t.co/AQ1IMQIrEI

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 12, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Rudy

“Dementia Rudy: Sharp as a Bowling Ball” https://t.co/NUWeQg3TqS

— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) January 12, 2020

MEDIA

NYT🆚 Hillary

Nice piece. The NYTimes is especially remiss in refusing to acknowledge Hillary's exoneration.
Hillary Clinton: The most exonerated politician ever https://t.co/A0cYs6UJht

— Craig Unger (@craigunger) January 12, 2020

Silence from the Times?

That's unusual…. pic.twitter.com/rnEePbotjk

— Siddharta (@PsidBuddha) January 13, 2020

Maddow on it

WATCH: @Maddow dives into reporting from the Washington Post and CNN that a federal investigation into Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, Uranium One, and other right-wing narratives has found nothing worthy of criminal investigation. https://t.co/3Cne7XFMhr

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 12, 2020

ELECTIONS

Iowa cacas goers

Interesting bit from the @DMRegister poll on how Democratic caucus-goers describe themselves.

Most popular: “Optimist,” “fired up,” “feminist,” “exhausted by politics.”https://t.co/aG1Z11YIY1 pic.twitter.com/SJcHd3witD

— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) January 13, 2020

dems who flipped

Freshman who flipped red seats blue. They’re right to worry. “a surge of support triggered by fears that Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren at the top of the ticket would cost them their seats.” https://t.co/pr1d8KvPuz

— D’Ag due (@ag_due) January 11, 2020

Biden, Buti – blacks

Joe Biden leads Trump 82 percent to 4 percent with black voters Buttigieg leads 57-4. Nearly 4 in 10 black voters say they would either not vote or vote for someone else if Buttigieg were the nominee.https://t.co/oZ5bPNwONB

— TEXAN IN EXILE#BERNIE OWES HIS CAREER TO THE NRA (@dk_stephan) January 11, 2020

Warren

https://twitter.com/joshjame/status/1216542526762471426Burnie🆚 Warren

https://twitter.com/razingarizona/status/1216503873906475008

Burnie immigration

here's one from April last year:https://t.co/Qch2Wwz3JD

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

LEFTOVERS

Cacasio

Ocasio-Cortez creates PAC to push back on the Democratic Party’s "blacklisting" rule https://t.co/IBocmIjaH7

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 13, 2020

US

HILLARY

This week, the Justice Department determined that the lies that were peddled about me, my family, & @ClintonFdn are without merit.

I couldn’t be more grateful to everyone that stuck with us while we continued to focus on the work. Let’s keep going.
https://t.co/PfhqybPaWy

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 12, 2020

and

https://twitter.com/Selena_Adera/status/1216431127054950400

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IMPEACHMENT

The case

Democratic lead counsel Barry Berke just made the clearest and best case for Trump impeachment. #impeachmenthearing pic.twitter.com/X9HvKMv7ti

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) December 9, 2019

hearing today

TOMORROW: 9 am EST – The @HouseJudiciary Committee Holds Hearing on The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump. #DefendOurDemocracy

Watch it live here: https://t.co/GOMc5jP9yg

— House Judiciary Dems (@HouseJudiciary) December 9, 2019

Mueller/Ukraine

Both have the same goal: Avoid having Russia take the blame for helping Trump. Ukraine is an extension of the obstruction, and Trump’s attempt to divert blame from Russia proves beyond a doubt that he was acting with corrupt intent in the obstructive acts Mueller uncovered.

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) December 9, 2019

.

What is the Constitution? pic.twitter.com/hzXzaBnIuy

— 🕊Sharon The Constitution Demands Impeachment (@nhdogmom) December 8, 2019

polling

Americans don't seem to have tired of impeachment.

By 10 percentage points, they favor Congress pursuing the process. pic.twitter.com/UXuOvDo6vG

— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) December 9, 2019

IG REPORT

Can confirm NYT report (https://t.co/wTO9MJWVkK) that Barr made a last minute declassification of details about Steele that will be in IG report. Steele was told about this yesterday and was not given a chance to review the new information, which as NYT notes is highly unusual.

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 9, 2019

and

RTRS – U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL FINDS OPENING OF FBI PROBE INTO TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADVISERS WAS LEGITIMATE, PROPERLY AUTHORIZED -CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 9, 2019

.

Here’s the OIG report https://t.co/6unUZJxseb

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 9, 2019

Manafort

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1194963354865094656.html

.

WORLD

Russia

doping

BREAKING: The World Anti-Doping Agency bans Russia from all major sporting events for four years, including the Tokyo Olympics and the Qatar World Cup https://t.co/2yNp8E96If

— CNN (@CNN) December 9, 2019

🍊 KLAN

briefing

Trump: Day 1,052
-Impeachment is a 'Lock Solid Case"
-Watchdog Finds Russia Probe Valid
-Planning Meeting with Sergei Lavrov
-NoKo Conducts Test at Launch Site
-Condemned 4 Anti-Semitic Remarks
-Hotel Hosts AG Barr's Holiday Party
-Posts Over 100 Tweets & Retweets pic.twitter.com/fwGbFAVM7k

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 9, 2019

Saudi terrorist

The FBI identified the Saudi gunman who killed three sailors at a naval air station in Pensacola, Florida, and announced that they are investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism.https://t.co/K4YYeUahQ0

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 8, 2019

criminals, terrorists

In 2 weeks:

– Trump pardons war criminals
– Fires Navy Sec. for letting the service revoke a retiring Seal's Trident
– Saudi soldier commits a mass shooting
– Trump won't call the mass shooting possible terror
– Trump fundraises on pardoned war criminals https://t.co/pBToqDigWK

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) December 8, 2019

antisemitism

Jewish groups condemned President Trump’s remarks during a speech at the Israeli American Council’s 2019 national summit, calling them “deeply offensive” and “vile.” https://t.co/gI8YmnbG9o

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 8, 2019

also

Did y'all see what happened last night?

A six foot tall blonde Nazi told a gathering of Jewish people that they're greedy.

Swear to God.

— Fred Harding (@OPCGhost) December 8, 2019

Incest Barbie Steele

MORE: The two discussed services Steele’s intelligence firm could offer the Trump Organization on its planned expansion into foreign markets, but never ended up working together: source. https://t.co/nEvEgiJoTg

— ABC News (@ABC) December 9, 2019

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

second to endorse 🍊

This was the second member of Congress to endorse Trump in 2016.

(The first one pleaded guilty to federal crimes and resigned two months ago.)https://t.co/fDNmkRbj8F

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) December 8, 2019

MEDIA

As always, remember this is more about who chooses to watch what rather than the effects of what people watch. https://t.co/y3Lga1hnVS

— Jonathan Bernstein (@jbview) December 9, 2019

ELECTIONS

B boyz

NEW: Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg are pitching voters on their ability to unite Congress and bring Republicans aboard to pass their agenda.

But actual Republicans and Capitol Hill veterans say that’s not gonna happen.https://t.co/hl7cPf5PA1

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 9, 2019

Frank comment

Barney Frank tells me it’s “a mistake” for Biden to think Republicans will cooperate w/ him.

“I think Obama was too naive about that. He said he was going to govern in a post-partisan manner. I said he gave me post-partisan depression when he said that.”https://t.co/hl7cPf5PA1

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 9, 2019

Booker

Umm…yeah so in light of Cory's comments "I'm in this race because I think I'm a better choice than her" on Morning Joe affee she dropped out, I'm totally DONE with him. How dare he clout chase off Kamala, raise millions off her yet throw that dig. He was NEVER a better choice. pic.twitter.com/YmMIuT66x0

— BlackWomenViews (@blackwomenviews) December 8, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Burnie🆚 Hillary

Fuck
You
Bernie

https://t.co/0XMRuJ33t7

— D’Ag due (@ag_due) December 9, 2019

and

Bernie Sanders has been running against Hillary Clinton for, like, three years now. https://t.co/KEBe7JOIzH

— Dennis DiClaudio (@dennisdiclaudio) December 9, 2019

.

Folks… #ticket https://t.co/g8n5msfKck

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 9, 2019

US

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