Vote counts, American whine, rain, Nazis,

 

IMPEACHMENT

Twitter silence

These twitter sites have all gone suspiciously dormant for 3 days running now. Speculation is that it is related to the #Mueller investigation. pic.twitter.com/IglIRiF4su

— PostSecret (@postsecret) November 13, 2018

Rosenstein

The state of Maryland will ask a federal judge today for an order declaring that Rod Rosenstein is the acting attorney general — not Matt Whitaker https://t.co/K705mpItS4

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) November 13, 2018

why Obama didn’t shout Russia!

Concern Trump would dispute the 2016 results if he lost was part of the reason why Obama didn’t more forcefully call out Russian meddling. These baseless charges of voter fraud demonstrate that fears Trump would undermine the democratic process for his own gain were well founded. https://t.co/YragwOz2kX

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 12, 2018

Corsi

I’ve had quite a few interesting conversations with Mr. Corsi of late. Here is the full story from today: https://t.co/D7JVs0PIqz https://t.co/F67gFebo6a

— Anna Schecter (@annaschecter) November 13, 2018

who is he

Just in case you're feeling sorry for Jerome Corsi, he's the guy who came up with the birther conspiracy theory and peddled it to Trump. pic.twitter.com/1EPxyRyT5u

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) November 12, 2018

SAUDI ARABIA

direct link

After Saudis murdered Jamal Khashoggi, one called a person believed to be an aide to the crown prince and said "Tell your boss." Hard to see how the crown prince didn't order the murder https://t.co/zeBa9ucKC7

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) November 13, 2018

RUSSIA

this guy

‘Who has one thumb and very interesting video from hotel room? This guy.’ pic.twitter.com/4P2hyE5648

— Damien Owens (@OwensDamien) November 13, 2018

agent Donald

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

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 11, 2018

KLAN🍊

Don jr with conspiracies

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

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 12, 2018

This May 2012 NBC story has spread on Twitter from Jacob Wohl's dad through the Trumper brigade to President Trump's son. Now has an editor's note at top pointing out the list contained errors, "only 85 noncitizens were ultimately removed from the rolls." https://t.co/NrQnmRYytM pic.twitter.com/aWNY4wsH2L

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 12, 2018

about that rain

This is a lie. USSS advises on security but the President makes the final call. He chose to skip the memorial. https://t.co/flAi0NLDvL

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) November 13, 2018

Nielsen

I guess Trump wanted more children in fewer cages https://t.co/w3l5fKRYGz

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) November 13, 2018

French Army

French army making fun of Trump. Making America laughable again. https://t.co/NwRmHd6J5d

— Thomas E. Ricks (@tomricks1) November 12, 2018

and

Disgraceful that the President is denigrating the country that made our independence possible and stands guard with us, especially on this day. I’m sorry, @GerardAraud https://t.co/umrXDz3kLY

— Kori Schake (@KoriSchake) November 13, 2018

all has left

I wrote about Trump's recent lying and flailing and while I doubt there's anything new in it I stand by the idea that he's out of ideas and increasingly pathetic. https://t.co/SeZTiTBZ5H

— David Roth (@david_j_roth) November 13, 2018

our safety

"we will lead our country back to safety…" -trump

most deaths in a hurricane in 100 yrs (puerto rico)
most deaths in a california wild fire (right now)
most deaths in a mass shooting (las vegas)
most deaths in anti-semitic attack (pittsburgh)

promises made promises broken

— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) November 13, 2018

whine

pic.twitter.com/2E3FLRq5os

— Smoketypething (@Smoketypething) November 13, 2018

meanwhile in Paris

pic.twitter.com/8ychaVS5Ca

— Kathy Higgins Jeffers (@KathyJeffers3) November 11, 2018

also

Disgraceful that the President is denigrating the country that made our independence possible and stands guard with us, especially on this day. I’m sorry, @GerardAraud https://t.co/umrXDz3kLY

— Kori Schake (@KoriSchake) November 13, 2018

WAR ON MEDIA

CNN

BREAKING News: CNN has just filed a lawsuit in DC district court saying the Trump admin has violated the 1st and 5th amendment right of CNN. The lawsuit calls for the reinstatement of Jim Acosta’s press credentials

— MONEYMADE ⚜️ 🇺🇸 (@ECNlRP) November 13, 2018

Olson

Earlier this year Trump was trying to talk Olson into helping defend Trump. Now he's helping CNN sue Trump. https://t.co/Ah7gy6ahNm

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 13, 2018

REPUBLICANS

going out of business sale

Is this a Going Out of Business Sale?

Or as entrepreneur Donald Trump called them, an Everyday Sale? https://t.co/EPlXYZnKEc

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 12, 2018

NAZI

highscool

If anybody from Baraboo High School in Wisconsin can clue me in on why it appears the entire male class of 2018 is throwing up a Sig Heil during their prom photos – that would be great.

h/t @CarlySidey pic.twitter.com/BL8lDVLMA4

— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) November 12, 2018

Pittsburg attacker

National Socialist Legion member ‘Iron Eagle’, who implicated himself in anti-Semitic theft/vandalism in Pittsburgh, claims to be an MP (military police) https://t.co/4PWuv5pICw pic.twitter.com/89PhLJUiqC

— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) November 13, 2018

France?

if there was no country more Nationalist than France, Le Pen would've won https://t.co/6fz9rNx49K

— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) November 13, 2018

MEDIA

NYT – Peggy Nooner

.⁦@Peggynoonannyc⁩ I admire your work but reporting shows some of the migrants don’t even know Trump is president, much less the mechanics of a split Congress pic.twitter.com/5K44lOGObD

— Brian Winter (@BrazilBrian) November 10, 2018

also NYT – Brett Stevens

NYT made a tremendous hiring decision: pic.twitter.com/fSx2Ry2HfL

— Alex Kotch 🔥🚲 (@alexkotch) November 13, 2018

and 🦊

According to Fox & Friends, people in Southern Florida are very close to Florida. 🧠 pic.twitter.com/1EuoKzrCBh

— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) November 13, 2018

and 🦊 caravan

Caravan mentions on Fox News in the week leading to the election: 494
The week since: 94https://t.co/DW3cHLUkU3

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 13, 2018

ELECTIONS

Fla

Scott dropped motion

BREAKING: "Gov. Rick Scott on Monday dropped his motion to impound voting machines in Broward County, after a judge said he could find no evidence for the improper activities that would justify such a step." https://t.co/qTbNdsbNvc

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) November 13, 2018

Arizona Senate

It is too a wave. And it reached all the way to the desert.https://t.co/8jVp5rVsrr

— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) November 13, 2018

Sinema wins #AZSen—Dems' first Senate win in Arizona since the 1980s, & their first majority in AZ's congressional delegation since the 1960s, per: https://t.co/EToQIv3dLE

— Taniel (@Taniel) November 13, 2018

Crossover vote

Whenever the media was freaking us all out about early turnout by party affiliation?

The story of these elections was always going to be about crossover voters.

Some R’s voted D. No D’s voted R.

Thus my positively zen Election Day. https://t.co/GUQfzB26Wj

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 13, 2018

GA Gov

The order by Judge Amy Totenberg blocks the Secretary of State from certifying the election until Friday and directs state and local officials to conduct a review of many of the provisional ballots. #gapol

— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) November 13, 2018

Ca 22

In #CA22 –

Devin Nunes: 81k votes
Andrew Janz: 66k votes

Outstanding uncounted provisionals: anywhere from 50-80,000#CountAllTheVotes

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 12, 2018

CA state legislature

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats win two California state Senate seats, gain veto-proof supermajorities in Legislature.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 13, 2018

age demographics

Share of voters in each age group who favored the…
𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚:
🔴 18 – 29: 32%
🔴 30 – 44: 39%
🔴 45 – 64: 50%
🔴 65+: 50%
𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚:
🔵 18 – 29: 67%
🔵 30 – 44: 58%
🔵 45 – 64: 49%
🔵 65+: 48%https://t.co/CDvAKVsFEg pic.twitter.com/oJDL484ztH

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) November 12, 2018

NOT US

🆚 Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi will then fill said letter with some excellent herb and smoke it like a fine cigar.

Have at it, kids. You don’t pick the boss before you even learn how to work the register. https://t.co/fbcmDxnIvC

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 13, 2018

US

first bill house Dems

House Dems' first bill includes:

-Automatic voter registration

-Restoration of the Voting Rights Act

-Public financing of elections

-An end to Congressional gerrymandering

-A constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United

It's about damn time. https://t.co/8DPaLyilqQ

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) November 12, 2018

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patriotism🆚nationalism, counting votes

 

IMPEACHMENT

SNL

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

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

KLAN🍊

Cali

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

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

and

pic.twitter.com/lyEOVSkoD0

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 10, 2018

caravan lies

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

— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) November 10, 2018

medals don’t come cheap

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

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

and

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

— David Mack (@davidmackau) November 10, 2018

and

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

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) November 10, 2018

meanwhile in Paris

Unis. pic.twitter.com/a3we7hpKDJ

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 10, 2018

Macron

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

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) November 11, 2018

and

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

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 11, 2018

Trudeau

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

— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) November 10, 2018

everyone but…

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

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) November 11, 2018

what’s he lookin at?

pic.twitter.com/wq3dIevzor

— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) November 11, 2018

disrespect

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

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

Trump: Hold my umbrella.

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

things he can do in the rain

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

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

history – JFK

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

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

music

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

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

🎼🎶🎙🇺🇸

Listen pic.twitter.com/QLEVDmMt2l

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

look

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

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

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

and

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

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) November 11, 2018

thumbs up

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

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 11, 2018

REPUBLICANS

Steve King

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

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 11, 2018

Matt Gaetz

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

— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) November 10, 2018

Flake

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

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) November 10, 2018

advice

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

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

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

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

Comey

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

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) November 10, 2018

NRA

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

— Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) November 10, 2018

ELECTIONS

Senate votes

pic.twitter.com/tzL2xgSeJW

— rbarris (@rbarris) November 11, 2018

Bill Nelson

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

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 10, 2018

no voter fraud

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

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

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

— Alex Leary (@learyreports) November 10, 2018

Utah – Medicais

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

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

— Taniel (@Taniel) November 10, 2018

NC

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

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) November 10, 2018

US

done:

Defeated:
Kobach
Rohrbacher
Walker

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

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) November 11, 2018

arbitration dropped

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

— Deepak Gupta (@deepakguptalaw) November 10, 2018

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Yesterday’s news – forgot to publish

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Cohen, Pecker

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

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) November 9, 2018

OBSTRUCTION

Veterans’ Day special

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

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 10, 2018

KLAN🍊

Malice in Wonderland

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

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

🍊🆚 Cali

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

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

— Avi Bueno (@AviAhvee) November 10, 2018

also

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

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

War on media & racism

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

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) November 10, 2018

other chapter

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

— Bigdickpicker (@footballfillibu) November 9, 2018

Veterans

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

— Damien Owens (@OwensDamien) November 10, 2018

medal for sale

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

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 10, 2018

Baltics, schmaltics

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

— Mark Lowen (@marklowen) November 10, 2018

more Paris

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

— Tom Wright (@thomaswright08) November 9, 2018

and the rain

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

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) November 10, 2018

Trudeau shade

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

— Lis Smith (@Lis_Smith) November 10, 2018

REPUBLICANS

ELECTIONS

AZ

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

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 10, 2018

New Yorker

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

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

Fla

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

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

and

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

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) November 10, 2018

US

Paris

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

— Steve Wilkinson (@SteveW_8720) November 10, 2018

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Counting before recounting; not above the law

 

IMPEACHMENT

Mueller is coming

EXCLUSIVE ===> Mueller is coming….

Your Friday afternoon Trump/Russia update:

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

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

Jr?

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

We are in for some FUN!

This next week is gonna be bonkers.

4/4

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

letter from Ds to Obama after election

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

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

campaign finance laws

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

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

KLAN🍊

Putin?

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

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) November 9, 2018

Caravan?

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

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 9, 2018

and

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

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

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) November 9, 2018

times, they are changing back

I’m sorry pic.twitter.com/s4zhaXFsS5

— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) November 9, 2018

interfering in Fla

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

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

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

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 9, 2018

REPUBLICANS

Rick Scott

Rick Scott's voter suppression record:

Cut early voting, leading to 7 hour lines

Banned groups like League of Women Voters from registering voters

Tried to purge 1000s of eligible voters

Disenfranchised 100,000+ ex-felons

Now trying to stop every ballot from being counted

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 9, 2018

Charlie Kirk

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

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 8, 2018

NAZI

Tommy Robinson

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

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 9, 2018

NRA

what you wrought

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

— ABC News (@ABC) November 8, 2018

and

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

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

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

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

domestic abusers

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

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

lane

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

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

ELECTIONS

Fla Gov – it’s a count, not a recount

I feel like this isn’t getting stressed enough:

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

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) November 9, 2018

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

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) November 9, 2018

yeah, Marco

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

— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) November 9, 2018

deja vu

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

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

counts/recounts – Arizona

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

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

GA – provisional ballots

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

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

GA purging

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

— Elise Hu (@elisewho) November 7, 2018

theft history

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

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) November 9, 2018

MEDIA

NYT again

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

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 9, 2018

and again = Brett Stevens

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

— Warren Leight (@warrenleightTV) November 9, 2018

poor  🔩er Carlson!

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

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) November 9, 2018

and

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

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) November 9, 2018

Mathew Dowd

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

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) November 9, 2018

LEFTOVERS

DWS

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

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

Burnie

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

— Maggie Klaus (@Maggie_Klaus) November 9, 2018

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

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

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

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

and there was more

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

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

and a bro

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

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) November 9, 2018

and Jill

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

About that: pic.twitter.com/c1mWvq8Kl2

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

US

Not above the Law

"What do we want? Justice!"

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

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

and

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

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

— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) November 9, 2018

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

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

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) November 9, 2018

NJ

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

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

Illinois

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

— Taniel (@Taniel) November 9, 2018

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“Die Jew Rats”, concentration camps and other🍊 times joys

 

IMPEACHMENT

Cohen – racism thread

https://twitter.com/Evan_Rosenfeld/status/1058428214786187265Wohl🆚Mueller

https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/1058286750378967040

press conference thread

A reporter asks Jacob Wohl how to spell the woman's first name, because it's spelled multiple different ways in the handout. If I heard him correctly, his response was: "We'll figure it out." He could not say how to spell her name.

No I am not joking. 4/

— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) November 1, 2018

"Sometimes people go to Jury Duty but they're also somewhere else," Jacob Wohl tells a reporter, in response to a question about Mueller's whereabouts around the time of the "incident" involving the mysterious woman who didn't show up today.

Most of the room laughed at Wohl. 2/ pic.twitter.com/pPUpptNFpr

— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) November 1, 2018

Saudi Arabia

more murders – in NYC

More news on two Saudi sisters found dead in the Hudson River: “Their mother told detectives she received a call from an official at the Saudi Embassy, ordering the family to leave the US because her daughters had applied for political asylum” https://t.co/A1ignvvSv0

— Mohamad Bazzi (@BazziNYU) October 31, 2018

KLAN🍊

Melanoma

That Indiana Joan photoshoot cost a fortune. https://t.co/9x1p0RX8vH

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 1, 2018

New hed: Melania Trump spent $95,000 on a hotel bill in Cairo, and she didn't even stay overnight. https://t.co/t4a1U3K8rN

— Heather Timmons (@HeathaT) November 1, 2018

incest Barbie

The president’s daughter is actually his greatest enabler. https://t.co/kn6yXPAi3i

— Molly Jong☠️Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 30, 2018

racist/sexist 🆚Abrams

On the one hand, she holds a BA (magna cum laude); a public policy masters on a prestigious Truman Scholarship; a Yale law degree; was a CEO; and served as Minority Leader in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017. On the other hand, she's black, so Trump says: https://t.co/YpKBa5w1qP

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) November 1, 2018

immigration add – racist AND a lie

Trump’s new immigration ad was panned as racist. Turns out it was also based on a falsehood. https://t.co/ZyEquysN6W

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) November 2, 2018

FACT CHECK: The cop-killer featured in Trump's incendiary video blaming Democrats for his release was actually released by Joe Arpaio's office in 1998 and re-entered the country during the George W. Bush admin https://t.co/SXR9OuWQJB pic.twitter.com/VUcbvEGjnw

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) November 2, 2018

lies

Your daily reminder that:

▪️The caravan has *already* shrunk by 50%.

▪️Experts expect it to be 10% of original size by the time it reaches the US

▪️It is over 1,000 miles away

▪️It is *refugees* mostly women and children.

▪️Seeking asylum is LEGAL.

▪️Trump is a racist ass. https://t.co/lc4qbtHnZS

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) October 31, 2018

shooting unarmed

 

https://twitter.com/NYTNarrative/status/1058110094448173057

– nope

After Trump said he ordered the military to shoot unarmed asylum seekers, military officials quietly let it be known that Trump is a madman who won't be listened to.

As the NYT reports:https://t.co/ISDIoMH10H pic.twitter.com/TDkGV4qilv

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 2, 2018

damn bomber/gunman

While Pittsburgh is still burying its dead, Trump complained about the killer at a political rally. What was his complaint? The killer, along with the man who mailed pipe bombs to Democrats, slowed down the momentum of the midterm election campaign!

— Pesach Lattin ✡️ (@pacelattin) November 2, 2018

Twit and comments

pic.twitter.com/nk2vKvHuaL

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 2, 2018

"We are a nation of laws" pic.twitter.com/9Ps8MZjqVs

— jordan (@JordanUhl) November 2, 2018

pic.twitter.com/8e6PuMMhzu

— Joe Smith (@joesmith628) November 2, 2018

REPUBLICANS

Immigration thinghy backfire?

Trump's immigration obsession could backfire, some Republicans fear – POLITICO https://t.co/JhR42hLvBL

— Eddie Vale (@evale72) November 2, 2018

Cruz

This is what Cruz is reduced to. Fantasizing about O'Rourke voters getting home invasions.

He has no plan for Texas. No message. Nothing to fix health care or wage stagnation or gun violence or any of it. All he has left is racism and trolling. https://t.co/bkK98TnotL

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) November 2, 2018

Obana on caravan

Obama: "They're telling you the existential threat to America is a bunch of poor refugees 1,000 miles away. They're even taking our brave troops away from their families for a political stunt at the border. The men and women of our military deserve better than that." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/cre2EF5Z2G

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 2, 2018

NAZI

Die Jew rats

A get-out-the-vote event at a Brooklyn synagogue was canceled after anti-Semitic graffiti, including the words "Die Jew Rats," was discovered scrawled on the temple's walls. https://t.co/2aBIs96FUA

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 2, 2018

concentration camps

POTUS says he is putting up "massive cities of tents", "thousands of tents" – or camps with a concentration of illegal immigrants. The overall numbers he claims could be 10, 12 or 20 million people. "The size of Vermont" he says.

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) November 1, 2018

Steve King – oops!

King says retweet of Nazi sympathizer's message was unintentional – CNNPolitics https://t.co/FXB0vb3HAa

— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) October 31, 2018

🦊

Recent @SteveKingIA Actions:

•June: Retweeted a Nazi sympathizer

•Aug: Met w/ far-right Austrian party w/ Nazi ties

•Oct: Tweeted support for white nationalist running for Toronto mayor

•Stivers (R-OH): Most prominent GOP to denounce King 👇https://t.co/G7xLo2eeiW

— Fox News Research (@FoxNewsResearch) October 31, 2018

but Israel

If I ask someone about antisemitism in America and they respond by saying they support Israel, they've told me everything I need to know. https://t.co/CAJMDg0TlR

— Max Sparber (@maxsparber) November 1, 2018

inspiration

Nigeria's Army killed dozens of people who were throwing rocks. To justify the violence, it tweeted a video of Trump saying America would do the same thing.

"If President Trump can say that rocks are as good as a rifle, who is Amnesty International?" https://t.co/djxhG0nkrm

— John Upton (@johnupton) November 2, 2018

MEDIA

NYT

tinged

I'd love to hear an editor provide any examples of things that are "racially tinged," "racially charged," or "racially fraught," yet for some reason don't qualify for the far simpler and more direct descriptor – "racist"https://t.co/FRkeWn1pgj

— 🤔Jake Laperruque😒 (@JakeLaperruque) November 2, 2018

ELECTIONS

Turnout

AP: Based on reports from 48 states, as of today at least 27.4 million have already voted ahead of November’s General Election. 24 states have now exceeded the total number of mail and in-person advance ballots cast in 2014.

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 1, 2018

29,339,096 Americans have ALREADY voted in the 2018 mid-terms. With 4 days to go, this FAR exceeds the TOTAL of 21,218,015 early votes cast nations wide in 2014.
No result of the election will be greater than HUGE voter turnout. Congratulations, America! #govote

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) November 2, 2018

Ga: Voter suppression Debbie

She should become as notorious as #BarbequeBecky. Voter-suppression Debbie? No alliteration, just truth. https://t.co/8txSZCL6bb

— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) November 2, 2018

one Arizona Green bows out

The Green Party candidate in the Arizona Senate race has dropped out and thrown her support to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, 12 News reports.https://t.co/NQXJ8Bj6z7

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 2, 2018

VW Manchin – hacked

Inbox: Today, Joe Manchin was notified that social media accounts associated with his official office had been hacked. The accounts have been secured. Manchin and staff are working with state and federal law enforcement officials to prevent further hacking and secure accounts.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 1, 2018

NOT US

Avenatti

01/ Michael Avenatti, reminded everybody yesterday who the main attraction was….

Had you forgotten already? Shame on you….. pic.twitter.com/e6ea8aSmsI

— Fraude – FIRA Inc 😼 (@Fraude_1) October 31, 2018

US

Abrams

This Must BE THE Best Comeback in a Debate

brilliant response by Stacey Abrams pic.twitter.com/BiMcpkkAKj

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) October 29, 2018

John Lewis

78-year-old Rep. John Lewis dancing to Happy by Pharrell is everything you need right now. pic.twitter.com/KsuuvbRRZi

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) November 2, 2018

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