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Tariff Man, Flyn and other WASPS
December 5, 2018 in above the law, abuse of power, Avenatti, Berniebots, BUSH, Cohen, collusion, corruption, coup, crime, cronies, dictatorship, Don jr, 🍊, 👓, 🦊, economy, elections, emoluments, Fifth A, FLYNN, freedom of press, Giuliani, international, Manafort, media, Mueller, NYT, past | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
Butina’ buddy Paul Erikson
New: Feds Investigating Butina’s GOP Boyfriend Paul Erickson as Foreign Agent https://t.co/dypcLtMaHH via @thedailybeast
— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 5, 2018
on Flynn
Perhaps it is because I have spent so much of my life studying national security advisors, but I can't minimize my contempt for Mike Flynn nor my outrage at his behavior–regardless of his cooperation with Mueller.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) December 5, 2018
Sentencing memo
⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️⬛️, ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️!!!⬛️⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️. ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️. ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ (⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️!!!) ???…
“⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️!!!” ⬛️, ⬛️, ⬛️, ⬛️, ⬛️, ⬛️, ⬛️⬛️⬛️!!! ⬛️!!!! pic.twitter.com/lI2WI8wuF0
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) December 5, 2018
also
— Sharky 🦈 (@FailShark) December 5, 2018
and
Difficult times breed incredible art. Big shout out to Reddit user u/Awesome_as_FAIZ who made this stunning design. https://t.co/0LG2C94RfS pic.twitter.com/LbEFWrCanw
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) December 5, 2018
and
Sometimes a picture redacts a thousand words pic.twitter.com/Q72Y5zB5CV
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) December 5, 2018
but seriously
Read Flynn Sentencing Memo https://t.co/Mueh7Mx6qv
— Investigate Russia (@InvestigateRU) December 5, 2018
Flynn, while denying it
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1070144257770618880.
texts 😱
Has Rudy Giuliani lost his mind? https://t.co/05OqingSbD
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 5, 2018
NY, foreign lobby
Prosecutors ramp up foreign lobbying probe in New York https://t.co/DX6D6D4hV3 via @YahooNews
— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 5, 2018
KLAN🍊
evangelist reader
Are we sure Trump can read?#wednesdaywisdompic.twitter.com/4NGbCVr7cT
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) December 5, 2018
bombs
trump inspired someone to send bombs to everyone sitting near him at George W. Bush's funeral and the entire internet is acting like that didn't happen. #GeorgeHWBushFuneral https://t.co/O754TfonDA
— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) December 5, 2018
Jared
Jared & Michael sitting in a tree
C-O-N-S-P-I-R-I-N-G
First comes pleading
Then comes sentencing
Then comes prison in the prison cellNYT: Kushner & Flynn met w Russia’s ambassador in 2016 about a secret communications channel btwn Trump’s team & Moscow.https://t.co/4OhkXzaFJk
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) December 5, 2018
Don Jr, Grassley
Don Jr. lied to Congress on multiple occasions, and Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is covering up for his potential perjury.
Today, Grassley called the allegations of perjury "fake news." This is where we are. https://t.co/0YGveoOL8p
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) December 5, 2018
Tariff Man
An early look at Bramhall’s Wednesday editorial cartoon https://t.co/vz8rLGnaJ3 pic.twitter.com/A2T3T5MbhS
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 5, 2018
also
Who can take the markets
And tank them with a tweet
Make the people pay for all the soybeans they won't eat
The Tariff Man can, The Tariff Man can
The Tariff Man can 'cause he mixes it all up
In his bigly good brain https://t.co/sxHrt1xWV8— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 4, 2018
also
And I think it's gonna be a short, short time
'Til Mueller brings us all around to find
He's not the man he said he was at all
Oh, no no no
He's the Tariff Man!
Tariff man, burning down our country on his own.— Anonymous White House Official (@dvorakoelling) December 4, 2018
economy – ignorant
Trump’s erratic and false claims roil the globe: "The way Trump talks about how the economy works [is] imprecise at best, ignorant at worst," write @damianpaletta and @PhilipRucker https://t.co/DPNmpN4QwI pic.twitter.com/1VX0chQ6rj
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) December 5, 2018
after mois, the deluge
NEW: Trump has told aides he doesn’t care about the national debt in part because when it becomes truly untenable he will be out of office. https://t.co/tMJ5k5hiTl
— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 5, 2018
“presidential”
Dec 3 & Dec 4 pic.twitter.com/Km7IAxp2wR
— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) December 4, 2018
motorcade
Is it normal for presidents to travel 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 to Blair House, seeing as it's almost literally across the street from the White House? https://t.co/FNbEwdgA2V
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) December 5, 2018
ans since they said SS decided
Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid, Durbin walk back to WH after health care meeting at Blair House in Feb. 2010. https://t.co/ON0vh2nUgw
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) December 5, 2018
REPUBLICANS
new conspiracy from 😱
Rudy Giuliani tweeted a hyperlink by accident when writing about the G-20. Someone bought that hyperlink and made it say, "Donald J. Trump is a traitor to our country."
He's now created an insane conspiracy theory for his screw up. pic.twitter.com/PkSYAzPH9N
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) December 5, 2018
Epstein settled again
Once again, none of Epstein's victims will be able to testify, and information about this horrifying and important case will be withheld from the public. https://t.co/vQcDe8cv7y
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 4, 2018
tax cuts
Fun fact: After his big 1981 tax cut, Reagan raised taxes 11 times due to deficit concerns.
Funner fact: He euphemized tax hikes as "revenue enhancements," "receipts strengthening."
Funnest fact: Guy who came up with these euphemisms was Larry Kudlow
https://t.co/1aTLLvXdDE— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) December 4, 2018
NAZI
"This is unprecedented. A US institution has been driven out of a country that is a NATO ally,”, says @M_Ignatieff of @ceuhungary’s expulsion.
This is what happened in Hungary since the @StateDept under Trump introduced the ‘policy of more engagement’ with Orbán’s gov’t. THREAD pic.twitter.com/7OpT77Pxu0
— Szabolcs Panyi (@panyiszabolcs) December 3, 2018
NH High School
Students at Dover High-school in NH sing racist lyrics that included, ‘‘KKK, KKK, let’s kill all the blacks,’’ to the tune of ‘‘Jingle Bells” in their history class as other students laugh. The teacher who allowed this is currently on paid leave.pic.twitter.com/C4pk7Jg7KM
— Simar (@sahluwal) December 4, 2018
White supremacist NYT
so the times opinion section is running white nationalist propaganda now pic.twitter.com/xBvNzIGfnO
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) December 5, 2018
and
Ross, you could have saved yourself so much time by just typing "You will not replace us" until you hit 1000-wds. https://t.co/J7bh8NirJq
— bertolt blecht ¡!¡! (@benschwartzy) December 5, 2018
NAZI lover Reuters
Driver sobbed after learning he killed woman at Virginia rally https://t.co/YnUTfBVF4K pic.twitter.com/nakk5eave4
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 5, 2018
MEDIA
NYT misses WASP
Ross Douthat's "Why We Miss The WASPs" column is truly remarkable because it is both utter, racist garbage and is also probably the closest I've seen a conservative get to vocalizing their actual worldview while also explaining what's wrong with this country. 1/
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) December 5, 2018
ELECTIONS
AK – Mayor
BREAKING: Frank Scott Jr. wins Little Rock, Arkansas, mayor's race.
He is the FIRST BLACK MAYOR of the city infamous for its attempt to prevent the Little Rock Nine from attending school after the Brown v. Board of Education SCOTUS ruling. pic.twitter.com/hipV6Hmwwb
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) December 5, 2018
WI coup
Who can take the markets
And tank them with a tweet
Make the people pay for all the soybeans they won't eat
The Tariff Man can, The Tariff Man can
The Tariff Man can 'cause he mixes it all up
In his bigly good brain https://t.co/sxHrt1xWV8— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 4, 2018
voter fraud?
There's a reason. I just can't quite put my finger on it 🤔 https://t.co/N3xLdh4uDb
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) December 5, 2018
LEFTOVERS
Omidyar
Shameful this amoral strategy of embracing and rehabilitating neocons like Bill Kristol funded by billionaire…
*checks*
Pierre Omidyar.
Whoops…never mind…forget I said anything. https://t.co/GCwTmslyVW
— Glem (@GlemGreenwald) December 5, 2018
NOT US
Sexism is when Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders don't have to explain their support and vote for The Crime Bill, but Hillary Clinton had to explain why her husband signed The Crime Bill Bernie Sanders voted for and campaigned on while Joe Biden authored the Crime Bill & voted for it.
— Mr. Weeks ✊🏽 (@MrDane1982) December 4, 2018
US
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MoDo, Grim and other hacks
December 3, 2018 in Avenatti, caravan, CDS, clintons, Constitution, corruption, crime, dictatorship, disenfranchisement of voters, 🍊, 👓, 🦊, emoluments, entitlement, facebook, Foreign policy, Imperial family, international, LEFTOVERS, Liegate, lies, Manafort, media, Mueller, Nazi, NY AG, NYT, Obstruction of justice, Putin, Ratfuck, Russia, stolen election, witness tampering | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
Moscow Project – dirtier than it looks
Here’s how Trump’s proposed Moscow project is even dirtier than it looks https://t.co/EBNalNL9CL
— Salon (@Salon) December 3, 2018
trapeze act
@CH–@CH_Cartoon pic.twitter.com/F99DJ5fr0U
— ChapmanHapman (@ChapmanHapman) December 2, 2018
Timeline of 🍊/Russia
Fantastic timeline of Trump's dealings with Russia and how those overlapped with his clinching of the GOP nomination throughout the first half of 2016, from @mmkelly22 over at @GlennKesslerWP's place:https://t.co/TJx7fNCjJu
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 3, 2018
5 years ago
Just a friendly reminder that this happened five years ago. #TrumpRussia https://t.co/XU9qFYoRj3
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) November 29, 2018
OBSTRUCTION
pardons can’t help
@Teri_Kanefield and I explained here this fall that Manafort, Flynn and other co-conspirators are still on the hook for so many crimes in so many states that neither a pardon nor Gamble can save them: https://t.co/p3x2xwgE7S
— Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) December 3, 2018
inducement to withhold testimony
This is witness tampering under 18 USC 1512(b), which makes it illegal to “cause or induce any person to withhold testimony.” We explain: https://t.co/tzDXA6jjdI https://t.co/J42072qWf4
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) December 3, 2018
KLAN🍊
laughing at 🍊
Opinion: The world’s tyrants are laughing at Trump — and America https://t.co/qmXLmVmevF
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 3, 2018
and
So this photo says it all about your Presidency, alone at G20 nobody will talk to #MAGA , the second photo is your inner voice 😂 pic.twitter.com/RqSusOPKLs
— Trump is a 💩 (@Sigmili) December 3, 2018
cuts, Gaza
Trump's cuts to humanitarian aid for Gaza were so cruel that the Israeli military privately urged the US not to do it, according to diplomatic cables I obtained under FOIA:https://t.co/wCD853hVGV pic.twitter.com/hiw26lcW7L
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) December 3, 2018
REPUBLICANS
Poppy
George H.W. Bush Remembered For Vast Contributions To AIDS Quilting Community https://t.co/zSu04Jol0h pic.twitter.com/3E198KcwdF
— The Onion (@TheOnion) December 3, 2018
Susan Collins pac
BREAKING: Susan Collins’ PAC donated the maximum amount to far-right racist Cindy Hyde-Smith’s Senate campaign.
RETWEET if you think Susan Collins is a disgrace and should be beaten in 2020! pic.twitter.com/Tb9WUd4cis
— Protect Robert Mueller ✊ (@DisavowTrump20) November 30, 2018
Clean coal is 🐂💩
Good morning.
You mean coal isnt clean? Who knew?
Everyone.
Everyone knew. https://t.co/TTUDS5Xvnc
— Brandi Buchman (@BBuchman_CNS) December 3, 2018
Special Report: U.S. 'clean coal' program fails to deliver on smog cuts https://t.co/B9K6x0ofGf
— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 3, 2018
WAR ON MEDIA
If you really believe the media is fake news, now is your chance to eat all the lettuce. https://t.co/FcECWp6Jn3
— Jane McManus (@janesports) November 21, 2018
NAZI
Hungary – Soros University
Breaking: Soros-founded university says it has been evicted from Hungary amid pressure from right-wing government https://t.co/QAJUQZJRF0
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 3, 2018
Milo
Financial documents reveal that Milo, the once-darling of the so-called 'Alt-Lite', had a personal debt of $496,000, a figure that included $47,499.63 owed on his credit card and $20,000 owed to the jewellers Cartier.
— HOPE not hate (@hopenothate) December 2, 2018
MEDIA
MoDo
None of those people are those things. pic.twitter.com/bfIiLNDIP5
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) December 2, 2018
Geraldo awakening
Every once in a while on Fox News someone’s soul gets to itchin’ and it’s really something to see.pic.twitter.com/Kavl7Zu3jk
— Julius Goat 🦆(Read Pinned Tweet!) (@JuliusGoat) November 27, 2018
ELECTIONS
GOP 🐀🔩
As Democratic candidates prepare to take three statewide offices — governor, attorney general and secretary of state — Republican lawmakers introduced bills to challenge and diminish their authority.https://t.co/FKAdkHHkIU
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 3, 2018
LEFTOVERS
twitter poll 👓
Quick question:
How do you feel about Bernie Sanders being the Democratic Party nominee in 2020?
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 3, 2018
Hey, kinda like how you spent three days in Delaware and decided that made you an expert who knew more than local reporters.
— jared's evidence-based email acct (@eliot_woodrich) December 3, 2018
GG❤️ Manafort
GG, defending Manafort – along with his buddy Assange https://t.co/WZbr28OaGS
— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 3, 2018
US
Clinton Foundation
"This project is a clear example of the progress we can make when philanthropy, business, and government work together." —@KevinThurm
See how we're partnering to install solar and energy efficiency upgrades at the largest produce market in Puerto Rico: https://t.co/l5tc3ilx9S
— Clinton Foundation (@ClintonFdn) December 3, 2018
NYC goings on
This is kind of an amazing episode. NYC's emergency management commissioner was apparently fired by de Blasio's deputy while the mayor was politicking with Bernie Sanders in Vermont. The commissioner says he hasn't talked to the mayor and isn't sure if he's really fired. Day 4! https://t.co/C7Fiiu4Ags
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 3, 2018
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No collusion: the trump Tower in Moscow edition
November 29, 2018 in antisemitism, Avenatti, caravan, Cohen, collusion, Constitution, corruption, cover-up, Dems took kids, dictatorship, 🍊, elections, gassing babies, Hate, immigration, impeachment, Imperial family, incest Barbie, incompetence, international, kids in cages, LEFTOVERS, Liegate, lies, Manafort, Me Too, media, Melanoma, Mobster, Mueller, Nazi, NYT, Obstruction of justice, Putin, Russia, Saudi Arabia, stolen election, violence, War on media, War on women | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
.😱
Trump hours ago: "So very simply: Michael Cohen is lying and he’s trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do with me."
Rudy Giuliani now to NYT: Trump's recall of Moscow deal matches Cohen'shttps://t.co/tB92oYY8MS
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 29, 2018
tax lawyer
NOW: Brown paper sheeting covering the doors of Alderman Ed Burke’s office. It seems Feds are inside. But doing what? @ABC7Chicago pic.twitter.com/VmPXXz5hWC
— Craig Wall ABC 7 (@craigrwall) November 29, 2018
perjury
We all thought Mueller was waiting until after the midterms to start revealing evidence Trump was personally involved in Russia collusion.
Turns out he was actually just waiting for Trump to submit his sworn denial he did any such thing.
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) November 29, 2018
Cohen points
Needs reiterated here that Trump's speeches in Summer of 2016 were so bizarrely focused on Russia and undermining NATO's power and influence that staffers inside his campaign started worrying that something nefarious might be taking place. https://t.co/XD4JlDZKD1
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) November 29, 2018
🍊 reponse
So Trump's defense in the aftermath of Cohen's plea deal:
– Cohen is liar and weak
– He hired him because a "long time ago he did me a favor."
– Everyone knew about the Moscow project.
– Even if Cohen is right, "it doesn’t matter. "There would have been nothing wrong."— Tarini Parti (@tparti) November 29, 2018
agreement
The Special Counsel’s office just posted the information, now stamped and signed: https://t.co/7dP9zVTh2W
They posted the plea agreement as well: https://t.co/kwty0D6uLC
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 29, 2018
nervous
President Trump’s recent, rabid tweeting at Mueller reflects how nervous he is about the vise tightening around Manafort, Stone, Don Jr., and others in his orbit. My column today: https://t.co/ZW2ERl792p
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) November 28, 2018
on defensive
Someone is on the defensive big time 😱 – the NY Post cover: pic.twitter.com/u9e4PQNe2o
— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) November 29, 2018
Cohen
BREAKING: Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress about Trump real estate project in Russia – AP https://t.co/4K9ug4KdJp
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) November 29, 2018
what property?
Sure sounds like Cohen and Sater were extensively involved as late as May 2016 in setting up a meeting "during the campaign" for Putin and Trump to meet in which they would discuss
…. wait for it …
Trump Tower Moscow
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) November 29, 2018
email from Sater
“I will get Putin on this program and we will get Donald elected,” (Felix) Sater emailed (Michael) Cohen. “Buddy our boy can become President of the USA and we can engineer it. I will get all of Putins [sic] team to buy in on this.” https://t.co/AxCmUQDWgk
— Vivian Schiller (@vivian) November 29, 2018
Manafort deal imploion
Opinion: The Manafort witness deal implosion is a very big deal https://t.co/gwnvFJbitY
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 29, 2018
Papadopoulos
This is a story definitely worth keepin’ an eye on.
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) November 29, 2018
OK ? Corsi
I just watched this again and I still don't get it.
What is #Corsi doing here?Key Mueller witness: I lied and I'm ready to die in jail https://t.co/XFxcHhkhxi via @msnbc
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) November 29, 2018
also him, funny lawyer thread
“I have retained attorney Larry Klayman” is the kind of sentence you type when you are officially out of options. pic.twitter.com/KUJPAt1UtE
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) November 28, 2018
KLAN🍊
lies
The most spectacular aspect of today so far:
The Trump camp was so caught off guard by Cohen's plea, they didn't have time to hide him from public sight and keep him away from microphones where he would (and is) compulsively and blatantly lying on the fly. https://t.co/OEqeJaRXCh
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 29, 2018
Good morning!
Trump's morning so far:
– Michael Cohen reaches plea deal with Mueller.
– Mr. Cohen admits to lying about Trump Tower in Moscow.
– Randy Credico Claims Roger Stone told him Trump partook in perverted sexual acts.
– Deutsche Bank, where Trump's family has lots of money, is raided.— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) November 29, 2018
success!
what all-GOP government under Trump has wrought:
—no Obamacare repeal
—no infrastructure plan
—no border wall
—no executive oversight
—short-term tax-cut stimulus
—long-term budget deficits
—chaotic trade conflict
—House Democratic sweephttps://t.co/MpaYKttN7J— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) November 29, 2018
Incest Barbie doesn’t believe
I just read this and honestly, I don't think someone with this little capacity to comprehend that tear gas and bullets hurt humans should have security clearance.
Ivanka Trump doesn't believe her father authorized lethal force against migrants. He did. https://t.co/9jilWISdEj
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) November 29, 2018
legally problematic lies
There are run-of-the-mill Donald Trump lies, and then there are legally problematic Donald Trump lies. pic.twitter.com/3OenrWm1z5
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) November 29, 2018
Secr. of Lavor, sex abuser
Multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sexually assaulting dozens of teen girls. Their stories were dismissed by prosecutors, who cut Epstein a lenient deal. His victims have never had a voice, until now.
Part 1 of #PerversionofJustice: https://t.co/Rdg8AkvaDO
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) November 28, 2018
What's vital to note, whether you read the story or not, is that @SecretaryAcosta is the one who facilitated Epstein. And now Acosta is Secretary of Labor and thus in charge of human trafficking cases.
There must be a Senate hearing.#PerversionofJustice pic.twitter.com/5QoJMNH2E1— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) November 29, 2018
Deutsche Bank, 🍊 lender
Isn't Deutsche Bank the ONLY bank that loaned Trump money when NOBODY else did?
Many people are saying it………… https://t.co/D0S3qwwmDN
— 65,844,954 (@freelancewoman) November 29, 2018
favor – where is the body?
REPORTER: If Cohen is such a bum, why did you hire him and have him on your payroll for 12 years and have him do so much of your dirty work?
TRUMP: "Because a long time ago, he did me a favor. A long time ago he did me a favor."
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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 29, 2018
REPUBLICANS
OH – abortion = death
Ohio lawmakers are considering making abortion punishable by death pic.twitter.com/MNrlavEVyu
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 28, 2018
accomplices
Ah, the old “give Trump whatever he wants, otherwise he’ll do whatever he wants” version of complicity. Off the cliff we go, then! Otherwise, he’ll drive us off the cliff! https://t.co/lLCprPNn0e
— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) November 29, 2018
NAZI
Jewish professor
Swastikas spray-painted on a Jewish professor’s office at Columbia https://t.co/HXd8Bqaba9
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 29, 2018
Nazi stopped
Police found over 50 firearms – including AK-47s and sniper rifles – and Nazi memorabilia in the home of a California man charged with making criminal threats to kill. “I can’t even put into words what could’ve been forthcoming,” an officer said.https://t.co/UgcJmCMnWW pic.twitter.com/dArHwuHwqs
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) November 29, 2018
domestic terrorism
"How many people has anyone associated with the antifa movement killed? Zero." -former FBI agent/domestic terrorism expert Michael German. pic.twitter.com/9uGY6vrk33
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) November 29, 2018
ELECTIONS
Pick-up upstate NY
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Democrat Anthony Brindisi defeats GOP U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney in upstate NY race settled three weeks after election.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 28, 2018
Mississippi
Congrats Mississippi on continuing to be the worst state in America.
1st in Welfare handouts
50th in income
48th in economy
3rd in welfare dependency
50th in healthcare
50th in infant mortality
2nd in obesity
47th in education
50th in college readiness
47th in employment— 🤶🏼Miss Oz Claus☃️ (@ChasingOzPhotog) November 28, 2018
MEDIA
turnaround 🦊
No one is more attuned to the popular political winds than people who yak on TV for money. So when the mainstream right starts to peel away from Trump – and I think that's coming, but slowly – it won't be the brave lions of the Senate leading the way. It'll be Fox News talkies.
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) November 29, 2018
NYT election headlines
Another hot take from the @nytimes who keeps trying to make a sow's ear out of a silk purse.
FORTY SEATS.
SIXTY MILLION VOTES.
BIGGEST WIN SINCE WATERGATE.Those are your headlines.#BlueWave https://t.co/uy8f8p5toV
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) November 29, 2018
NYT covers Pelosi/Ryan
My god. This is just so typical of the @NYTimes. Pelosi won *more* votes and had *fewer* "nos" than Ryan in 2015, but Ryan won "overwhelming support" while Pelosi had "significant defections" pic.twitter.com/nWeHsupIEW
— David Nir (@DavidNir) November 28, 2018
NYT on 🍊
Explains all the puff pieces and Trump voter interviews by the male reporters working for the @nytimes.
— BLUE TSUNAMI (@ThinSkinTrump) November 29, 2018
Good day to visit this graveyard. Maybe lay a few flowers. pic.twitter.com/Vxv0cOgj5V
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) November 29, 2018
NOT US
#HillaryClinton had to navigate the waves of #misogyny and she had to deal with things no male candidate ever had to: if she attacked her opposition, she'd be viewed as a cold bitch. So Sanders got a pass.
He won't in 2020. But it's not just Sanders.https://t.co/2IcfJRV6Md— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) November 29, 2018
LEFTOVERS
hayes
When someone is talking about you while talking to you, you look as uncomfortable as Chris Hayes here.
Telling the Chief Bro to stop bro’ing.
Right. On. The. Money. https://t.co/PeLNgyAuko
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 29, 2018
US
Say hello to the next Speaker of the House, @NancyPelosi! pic.twitter.com/BvOaIxq3a7
— House Democrats (@HouseDemocrats) November 28, 2018
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Texas steal, lies, rage and insanity
November 15, 2018 in Avenatti, caravan, corruption, coup, disenfranchisement of voters, Don jr, 🍊, 🦊, elections, impeachment, Imperial family, LEFTOVERS, Liegate, lies, Madness, media, Melanoma, meltdown, Mueller, Nazi, NYT, Ratfuck, stolen election, voter fraud, War on media, white supremacy, wikileaks | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
🍊 freakout
• Papadopoulos: Pleaded guilty. Sentenced.
• Patten: Pleaded guilty.
• Manafort: Pleaded guilty.
• Cohen: Pleaded guilty.
• van der Zwaan: Pleaded guilty. Sentenced.
• Gates: Pleaded guilty.
• Pinedo: Pleaded guilty.
• Flynn: Pleaded guilty.https://t.co/7mHXMkxJPB pic.twitter.com/OPYsdht3W6— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 15, 2018
other comment
I saw Jim Quarles, the Mueller investigator sparring with Trump's lawyers over the written questions, calmly carrying soup into the Mueller offices yesterday afternoon. He was wearing a North Face sweater vest. https://t.co/G6vSRKN32p
— Noah Weiland (@noahweiland) November 15, 2018
Stone Wikileaks texts
Text messages show Roger Stone and friend discussing WikiLeaks plans https://t.co/sUGEJKEOHm
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) November 14, 2018
OBSTRUCTION
Whitaker
Oh, come on—what well-respected lawyer hasn’t helped hawk time travel technology? https://t.co/sA6aYIIsZD
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 15, 2018
and
Note that just yesterday, two Daily Caller propagandists lobbed Trump a softball about potential Whitaker replacements, and Trump, unprompted, confessed that Whitaker's appointment was all about Mueller. pic.twitter.com/23Q4vpxdAe
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) November 15, 2018
more
In a normal administration, someone with Whitaker’s record couldn’t get hired to answer phones at DOJ, let alone chief of staff to the AG, let alone actually becoming AG. https://t.co/K5siTQWU9W
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) November 15, 2018
🐢
Reminder that pre-election, McConnell was told of Russia's interference. Obama wanted to do a bipartisan thing condemning it. McConnell refused. pic.twitter.com/lo2vQGvPsz
— shauna (@goldengateblond) November 15, 2018
GOP
Despite Trump’s tweets, GOP keeps rejecting calls to move on Mueller protection bill. Cornyn said it’s “not necessary” and Orrin Hatch told me passing the bill would create a “hassle” with president and others.
Sen. Thom Tillis, co-sponsor of the bill, said it’s up to McConnell
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 15, 2018
This story on @facebook reveals vicious and false black ops attack they launched against George Soros to discredit critics during Russia probe. Disturbing tactics that Sheryl Sandberg and Jeff Zuckerberg need to be called to account on today
@NYTimes https://t.co/9lsdcnP0Cf— Patrick Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) November 15, 2018
thread
NEW: We Go Inside Facebook, With Never Reported Details on How Marc Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg Denied, Deflected and Delayed On 2 Years of Crises, Then Waged an Lobbying War to Fend off Heat: https://t.co/2xRl4lnyAs w/ @sheeraf @nickconfessore @allmattnyt @jacknicas
— CeciliaKang (@ceciliakang) November 14, 2018
firing PR firm
“Facebook is proud of our relationship with this PR firm, which did nothing wrong, so we’re firing them.” https://t.co/MQckVXrV2C
— Jonathan Zittrain (@zittrain) November 15, 2018
RUSSIA
War on women
In #Russia, Feminist Memes Warrant Jail Time, but Domestic Abuse Doesn’t https://t.co/tzfaVuYZP4 pic.twitter.com/FWKHDTKo0t
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 15, 2018
KLAN🍊
Be Bitch
A White House aide picked a fight with Melania Trump. The first lady won. Among the strangest episodes yet, but an illuminating one about the Trump White House: https://t.co/MayB3LLJUa
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 15, 2018
hair drama
One Republican tells VF Trump didn't want to go to the cemetery in France was because there wasn't a tent to stand under. "He was worried his hair was going to get messed up in the rain," the source said. "Everyone was telling him this was a big mistake." https://t.co/UrJsY1A7W8
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 15, 2018
with a bit of history
This would be harder to believe if Trump hadn’t publicly admitted a few weeks ago he considered canceling his public events on day of largest mass killing of Jews in US history because the rain got his hair wet https://t.co/qpplbgwqmo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2018
added to the blame drama
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
overcompensating:
But today is an inclement weather day. Will @Potus respect DC commuters and not shut down streets as he said was the reason for skipping the cemetery visit in Paris? https://t.co/FoVlWLW3Ac
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) November 15, 2018
be best drama
The world is no longer laughing at you. They now realize you are 100% demented and should be strapped to a bed somewhere, or in a padded room.
Isn't this the sweetest picture EVER?!? pic.twitter.com/Iqmjbkbn3R
— Michelle Shining Elk (Untamed) 🌊 (@MShiningElk) November 14, 2018
pushed voters to the polls – Dems!
With four visits to Montana, President Trump helped push voters to the polls. Turnout patterns suggest that many were Democrats. https://t.co/8sX0p75eYh pic.twitter.com/xdfb8bXcU0
— Capital Journal (@WSJPolitics) November 14, 2018
crazy voter claims
By this point, the main difference between the President of the United States and the half-naked old dude with delirium tremens ranting on Haight Street is that POTUS has a nuclear arsenal. https://t.co/1dz6swy8gI
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) November 15, 2018
and from Meghan
Sometimes I sit on my hand until it goes numb so it feels like someone else is voting a second time
— Megan Amram (@meganamram) November 14, 2018
🍊🆚 antifa
The violent fascists on the extreme right —who, you know, have MURDERED DOZENS OF PEOPLE— are licking their chops over this. This is what liberal hand-wringing and "both sides"-isms gets you. https://t.co/FOZQY1vjgh
— Kim “Union Goth” Kelly (@GrimKim) November 14, 2018
Why so glum?
WH officials are struggling to understand the source of the fury fueling Trump's eruptions. "This is a level of insanity I've never seen before," one ex-West Wing staffer told VF.
"He's under a tremendous amount of mental stress," a prominent GOPer said. https://t.co/UrJsY1A7W8
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 15, 2018
retreat
Sources say president has "retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment."–> https://t.co/F79ICbrGgC
— Mark Z. Barabak (@markzbarabak) November 13, 2018
lie check
Hey US media folks, here, I would argue immodestly, is how you interview a Trump supporter on Trump's lies:pic.twitter.com/D8qElaic7o
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) November 14, 2018
lying about stumping for House
This would be news to the WH political office, which repeatedly sent him to red-leaning House districts + put out memos on same !
“The only congressman I went for was Andy Barr and that was in Kentucky” https://t.co/6XaEFo5jUv
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 15, 2018
lies graph
Narcissists try to lie their way out of the consequences of their prior lies. https://t.co/3UvS3dTnhe
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 15, 2018
humiliating – Hannity
If you try to work with Trump, he will humiliate you, even if you're a lickspittle like Hannity. https://t.co/mYs5dhT2pW pic.twitter.com/OsFFRi5jpM
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 15, 2018
REPUBLICANS
the difference
Or, we can look to the GOP platforms over the 1960s.
In 1960, a long, detailed section on civil rights (1257 words).
In 1964, only a few lines (132 words)
In 1968, not a *single* mention (0 words).Here:https://t.co/2otHHpTUG2https://t.co/hZEohOIeyMhttps://t.co/tUidtS9vrI
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 14, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy pushed an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about rich Jews trying to “BUY this election” 4 days before the largest mass killing of Jews in US history.
House Republicans just made him their leader. pic.twitter.com/xZRGU9nIZR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2018
MEDIA
caravan coverage
.@AriMelber, just discussed our study of print news coverage of the caravan of migrants on @thebeatwithari. You can read the whole thing here: https://t.co/rmauenhDpU pic.twitter.com/4J2adFK5xs
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 14, 2018
WaPo fluffing Jr
Donald Trump Jr. has become his father’s top surrogate for a Republican Party that is making the same journey he did: from rejection and rebellion to acceptance and, ultimately, to remaking itself in the president’s image. https://t.co/xrnvN6KSq6
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 15, 2018
ELECTIONS
Fla
A victory for all voters of Florida: Judge sides with Nelson, rules Florida law on matching ballot signatures being applied unconstitutionally. https://t.co/MKXbfKKHA4
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 15, 2018
steal in Texas
5.1 million votes were affected through voting machines changing votes from Beto to Cruz with no paper trail to back up what happened…
Texas needs a revote…
Border patrol conducting crowd control in Latino areas discouraging voting…
Massive disenfranchisement… pic.twitter.com/Bn0aibHdFv
— Nathan Lane (@VetMe2020) November 11, 2018
new pick-up in NJ
Happy 10th day of Midtermukahh https://t.co/0yJ8oy9zyw
— laura hercher (@laurahercher) November 15, 2018
about Pelosi
Remember when Republicans tried to make this election about Nancy Pelosi and lost 40 seats?
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) November 15, 2018
GA Gov
Activists in Georgia have clear goals:
– Trigger a runoff election in Abrams' race
– Ensure everyone's votes counthttps://t.co/MFpc7QqF8m— Broadly (@broadly) November 14, 2018
N Dakota legislature pick-up
Galvanized by a voter ID law, Native Americans turned out in record numbers in North Dakota — and a Native American woman unseated the law's architect. Ruth Buffalo became the 1st Native American Democratic woman elected to the N. Dakota Legislature. https://t.co/vKqNI8x9CV
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 14, 2018
Fla picks
The guy on the left is about to be indicted. The guy on the right just got 67 percent of the vote in the panhandle. pic.twitter.com/k8CHfJ4Z34
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 14, 2018
LEFTOVERS
Sooo…you're taking credit for something Nancy Pelosi created 11 years ago and declared she would bring back 5 days ago?
Instead of networking you went and say on her floor for something she was already on top of…
— Amene (@Ange_Amene) November 13, 2018
Sanders institute? Gabbard!
While Bernie gives impassioned speeches about the threat posed by the global right wing, their authoritarian supporters, and internationalized oligarchy, the Sanders Institute promotes Tulsi Gabbard—an enabler of these very same forces. pic.twitter.com/wcK6dOxGyR
— Dan Nexon (@dhnexon) November 15, 2018
NOT US
Brohemian Rhapsody. https://t.co/bjleIjZOvn
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) November 15, 2018
challenge from the right
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
fudging further
https://twitter.com/brianmcg_/status/1063103966861508608Avenatti
He spoke like Trump.
He bullied like Trump.
He lost his temper like Trump.
He attacked Democrats like Trump.
He grifted on the back of the working class like Trump.He's nothing but Trump with a better hair cut. Wake-up People!https://t.co/wqkYZfvFi5
— Selena Adera🍩 (@Selena_Adera) November 14, 2018
US
Pelosi
Not really tracking this whole Pelosi-as-speaker thing. But really: the most effective speaker in modern history, who just oversaw a highly effective campaign, and is still vigorous. Yes, Republicans demonize her. So? Why on earth not use her demonstrated skills for now?
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 14, 2018
also
Pelosi allies tonight are confident… she’s upbeat as she circulates at new member gatherings on Hill. “On fire,” as one puts it.
Even if her critics try to rattle her with vote count whispers, her allies tell me she remains the consensus pick and ready to go…
— Robert Costa (@costareports) November 15, 2018
Marc Elias
When Dems take back WH, at top of agenda will be comprehensive election reform – including automatic voter registration. Until then, @marceelias is slugging it out, state by state, to protect voting rights for millions of Americans. We all owe him a debthttps://t.co/3LyyuSQsAB
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) November 15, 2018
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Sex, lies and videotapes – Kav does reggae
October 2, 2018 in abuse of power, Avenatti, corruption, crime, democracy, dictatorship, Due Process, 🍊, Eric, impeachment, Imperial family, Kavanaugh, lies, Obstruction of justice, polls, Ratfuck, Roe, SCOTUS, separation of powers, tax evasion, Trump.corp, War on women, Weisselberg | Tags: 🦊 | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
Stolen election
Yikes. WaPo's @GregPMiller describes a tense moment from 2016 involving a CIA director trying to sound the alarm on Russia and a senior U.S. senator wanting none of it… pic.twitter.com/iuQEiOs5Bh
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) October 2, 2018
Stormy, Trump org
WSJ reporting that Trump personally directed efforts to silence Stormy Daniels earlier this year — an effort that appears to have further entangled the Trump Organization in the matter: https://t.co/EUlrBiRJ0G
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) October 2, 2018
more + Eric
Trump in February directed Michael Cohen to obtain a restraining order to stop Stormy Daniels from describing her alleged sexual encounter with the president. He told Cohen to coordinate his response with Eric Trump, who is running Trump Org. https://t.co/lYcDbCVg97
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) October 2, 2018
more * alleged poisoning
Sex, hush money and an alleged poisoning: Before Trump and Stormy Daniels, a wild presidency https://t.co/nC1mBRhhet
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 2, 2018
Manafort lawyers
Here’s the scene outside Mueller’s office today where two Paul Manafort attorneys were spotted chatting with special counsel prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. @politico story here: https://t.co/GNrQtAUkL7 pic.twitter.com/YIudkKRzfd
— Darren Samuelsohn (@dsamuelsohn) October 1, 2018
Russia loved it
NEW: Change in favorable views of US from end of Obama era to current Trump era
Mexico 🔻34 points
Netherlands 🔻31
Germany 🔻27
Canada 🔻26
Sweden 🔻25
France 🔻25
Italy🔻 20
Indonesia 🔻20
Brazil 🔻18
Spain 🔻17
UK 🔻11
Argentina 🔻11
Australia 🔻6Kenya 🔺7
Russia 🔺 11 pts pic.twitter.com/zGDQF84EcZ— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) October 1, 2018
SCOTUS
letter
BREAKING ALERT: TheAnonJournal has obtained a two-page letter written by Brett “Bart” #Kavanaugh in June 1983 sent ahead of the infamous “Beach Week”. pic.twitter.com/lHL8Dgqc9T
— TheAnonJournal (@TAPAlerts) October 2, 2018
FBI investigation
This only happened because we have a free press 👇 https://t.co/VB5Cc3KvfE
— safarishane (@safarishane) October 1, 2018
and
Breaking: White House authorizes FBI to expand its abbreviated investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh by interviewing anyone it deems necessary as long the review is finished by the end of the week. @nytmike https://t.co/5k41imQ2UE
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) October 1, 2018
Roommate
As Brett Kavanaugh's college freshman roommate, I was never contacted by the FBI for any of their background checks. I assume college behavior was not a topic of interest. They did not find Debbie's story because they were not looking for it.
— Jamie Roche (@jamie_roche) October 1, 2018
other witness
This is Donald Joseph Urgo. He went to Georgetown Prep with Brett Kavanaugh.
Brett Kavanaugh was accused of spiking punch with Quaaludes and Bacardi 151 to take sexual advantage of women.
Urgo lists in his yearbook “Killer Qs and 151.”
The FBI has been told not to investigate. pic.twitter.com/FhEuU5eoxP
— Alt. U.S. Press Sec. (@AltUSPressSec) October 1, 2018
friend of ramirez/kavanaugh
Update: When asked, Kavanaugh told committee staff Sept. 25th he was “probably” at a wedding with Ramirez. “I am sure I saw her because it wasn’t a huge wedding,” but “doesn’t have a specific recollection.” Texts show his team had the photo, from a friend, at least since Sept. 22 https://t.co/yQVYmHlmbp
— Dafna Linzer (@DafnaLinzer) October 2, 2018
Ramirez witness list
CNN: Debbie Ramirez supplied an “extensive” list of witnesses to the FBI, containing more than 12 names. The list included people Ramirez says were in the room that night, people with whom Ramirez discussed the incident contemporaneously, as well as people who had heard about.
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) October 1, 2018
DRINKING
UB 40
This is something I would have done when I was drunk. https://t.co/XrQYqOJAH3
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 2, 2018
police questioning
Brett Kavanaugh faced police questioning after altercation in bar following UB40 concert in 1985 – report https://t.co/CMopFPYTAQ
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 2, 2018
Felonies
Swetnik interview (thread)
Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick interview
Not sure how many tweets / videos
Twitter allows uploads of 2:20
Here is the first 2:20 pic.twitter.com/yMpzR05UZE
— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) October 2, 2018
LIES
knew in advance
"Texts between friends of Kavanaugh… suggest that the nominee was personally talking with former classmates about Ramirez’s story in advance of the New Yorker article that made her allegation public." https://t.co/8J8MnYkraU
— Louisa Loveluck (@leloveluck) October 2, 2018
🦊 interview
What Kavanaugh said in his Fox News interview is now actual evidence under “penalty of felony,” @7im points out—noting that “this means that the credibility-straining claims Kavanaugh made on the network could now place him in legal jeopardy.” Fascinating. https://t.co/jhw69yLVLd
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 1, 2018
widening recognition
the widening recognition that Kavanaugh wasn’t straight under oath w/Judiciary Committee is becoming its own separate problem for his nomination whatever this week’s limited FBI investigation turns up on sexual misconduct allegations https://t.co/SqIrFCfrOu
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 1, 2018
the last lie
Everybody keeps listing the lies Brett Kavanaugh has told
But nobody is mentioning the last one he told, when @KamalaHarris asked him if he watched the Dr Ford testimony
Kavanaugh said he didn't
It was later reported that an aide said Kavanaugh did
— Shawn in Az 🌵 (@CaptainsLog2O18) October 1, 2018
lying about drinking
Kavanaugh's Yale classmate Chad Ludington says Kavanaugh "has not told the truth" about his college drinking habits: "I unfortunately believe that my probably-now-ex-friend is lying." https://t.co/vm25DEEsg8
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 2, 2018
FITNESS
his own standards
Does Brett Kavanaugh meet his own standards for judicial temperament? Look at what he said three years ago. https://t.co/F72B9YQtiR
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 1, 2018
and
Kavanaugh, before his meltdown: 'It's important to have the proper demeanor' https://t.co/HJVPjV2gkM
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) October 2, 2018
Harvard has standards
Kavanaugh Will Not Return to Teach at Harvard Law School | News | The Harvard Crimson https://t.co/mQC6oal3w4
— Anita Kumar (@anitakumar01) October 2, 2018
and
Brett Kavanaugh will not return to teach at Harvard Law School in January, The Crimson reports.
Earlier, the school's Undergraduate Council had demanded Harvard investigate the allegations against Kavanaugh before allowing him to return to teach.https://t.co/1oIroMtmcH
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 2, 2018
Dean of law school- unfit
From a distinguished law school dean who has known many justices over decades and says none were as immature and unsuited to the Court as Kavanaugh. https://t.co/HYecb9Ti1F
— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) October 1, 2018
MITCHELL
reasonable prosecutor
Rachel Mitchell says her Kavanaugh report is what a ‘reasonable prosecutor’ would say. It’s not, says @thedeannapaul https://t.co/F88isEqNO6
— John Wagner (@WPJohnWagner) October 1, 2018
also
"The things she’s highlighting that say that Dr. Ford is not credible are the very things she has taught me to ignore,”says Mitchell protege. "She’s abandoned what she knows to be true in favor of being a political operative.” @emmersbrown @seungminkim https://t.co/54aGl3qRIe
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) October 2, 2018
Nixon
A reasonable prosecutor would not bring charges based on the current information. I doubt one could bring charges after a full investigation. It is not about that now. It is about Kavanaugh, for reasons known only to him, telling easily impeachable lies.
— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 1, 2018
OBSTRUCTION
Down the dark hole of phony narrative goes the #Republican Party, fighting to deliver a friendly judge to its big donors by any means necessary. No below-the-belt punch is beyond them on this. https://t.co/dGzu2uCJAO
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) October 1, 2018
KLAN🍊
— Patrick Randall (@PatrickRandall) October 3, 2018
war on women – 3 days it lasted
Sending a message to every young woman in America. https://t.co/kdjkqZa4yn
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) October 3, 2018
The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.
and
This, from the new Times bombshell, is pretty damning stuff pic.twitter.com/223qSPXpEf
— Blake Hounshell (powered by blockchain) (@blakehounshell) October 2, 2018
also https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1047206293361123329
Eric/Stormy
👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/hHrzeWqASg
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) October 2, 2018
ignored
Trump must be SO pissed off that all the news has been about Kavanaugh. Trump's barely gotten coverage in a week. https://t.co/e0lcsibSA5
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) October 2, 2018
“you never think”
This is some of the most grotesque and disgusting behavior I've ever seen a human being display in public, much less a President of the United States. https://t.co/xyTyDkVruN
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) October 1, 2018
whitewashing transcript
After Trump’s insult to female ABC News reporter, White House whitewashes transcript.
Original: “I know you’re not thinking. You never do.”
Transcript: “I know you’re not thanking. You never do.” https://t.co/5y8nYDZPPF pic.twitter.com/X5f2QTeRfz— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 2, 2018
international non-confidence
NEW: Have no confidence in Trump
Spain 93%
Mexico 91
France 90
Germany 90
Greece 83
Sweden 82
Brazil 78
Tunisia 76
UK 70
Russia 69
Japan 66
Australia 66
Hungary 60
Poland 56
Israel 31https://t.co/bi9MdMwsCy pic.twitter.com/Xxp2PzrYGo— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) October 1, 2018
the NAFTA renamed
Justin Trudeau just scored two of the biggest economic wins of his political career https://t.co/iFVw7UXBrq via @bpolitics
— Lesley Heilesen (@fusepetal) October 1, 2018
polling
New poll on Kavanaugh tells Republicans what they don't want to hear https://t.co/hsgdvzNnqU pic.twitter.com/0TIvekofEo
— Robert Franek (@robertfranek) October 1, 2018
and
Trump said last week that women "are very angry" over the way Kavanaugh has been treated. New polling suggests he has this backwards. https://t.co/znUHXyWgcp
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) October 1, 2018
deny visa UN partners
jo
REPUBLICANS
🆚 women
MEDIA
Congratulations to all of the goldfish with bylines who were praising Trump for just not saying anything too shitty about Ford. Your perfect record of overestimating him is still intact.
— Lord Inquisitor Space Monkey (@VitruvianMonkey) October 3, 2018
ELECTIONS
Pelosi
We are 37 days out until the midterm elections. These races are going to be *very* close.
Health care, pre-existing condition protections, a woman’s right to choose, the future of key initiatives and our values are on the ballot.
Together, we can #TakeItBack for the people.
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) October 1, 2018
US
Chelsea
"Most of the horrors of this administration won't change my life. I'm protected by the color of my skin, by my privilege, my immigration status… while I find this incredibly rough [for all of us]… I know that it's not rough for me… I need to stand up."
— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) October 1, 2018
Hillary
Hillary Clinton addresses Kavanaugh's hysterical claim, he didn't do anything wrong the Clintons framed Kavanaugh with his own high school yearbook, his friends, his binge drinking & his sexual assaults!
— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) October 2, 2018
Freedom of the press
>> @SBG1 on the Supreme Court battle: "If not for rigorous, independent, investigative reporting by The Washington Post, The New Yorker and other news outlets, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now." https://t.co/LkwqSETTww
— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) October 1, 2018
world confidence
This chart shows how confidence in the US president has changed during the Bush, Obama and Trump eras in key EU countries pic.twitter.com/tkKoU4kgBj
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) October 2, 2018
women
👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/hHrzeWqASg
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) October 2, 2018
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