MAGA Bombers & other Nazis; Sanders institute! Attacking Chelsea

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Schiff – Trump org

Russians may have laundered money through Trump Organization, president could be “compromised,” Schiff says https://t.co/Ps6X6NHIiX pic.twitter.com/JzIZUHzkkW

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 15, 2019

KLAN 🍊

yesterday

Trump: Day 784
-Signs Veto Overturning Legislation
-Praised in NZ Murderer's Manifesto
-Denies Far Right Crime is a Threat
-Putin Ally Deripaska Sues Treasury
-Gates Still Cooperating in Probes
-NoKo May Resume Nuclear Testing
-Pentagon Can't Account for $2.1B pic.twitter.com/rRYmfkhRSn

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) March 16, 2019

terrorist

New Zealand massacre suspect praised Trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose."

Trump has:

1. Advocated banning all Muslims from the U.S.

2. Praised the (apocryphal) killing of Muslims with pigs blood

3. Proposed creating registry of all Muslims

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 15, 2019

only “I don’t know”

The only time Donald Trump says “I don’t know enough about it yet to comment” is when a white supremacist has murdered people.

Otherwise, nobody knows more about *anything* than Donald.pic.twitter.com/vH9o5tX0Ln

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) March 15, 2019

Javanka

Ivanka and Jared were "reckless" and "omnipresent" in White House says former Donald Trump Legal Spokesman https://t.co/AFCWXzGMhd pic.twitter.com/cm3f4aRKP2

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 15, 2019

resulting in

Either Kushner or Ivanka interrupted every meeting lawyers had with Trump, as if they didn't understand the difference between PR issues & a federal criminal investigation and that you can't get between the president & his lawyers without becoming witnesses and ruining privilege. https://t.co/SUXCHRFo8W

— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) March 15, 2019

Kellyanne – terrorism

It's a genuinely tough call, but Kellyanne Conway describing the New Zealand mosque shooter as an "eco-terrorist" may be her most audacious, offensive, and appalling lie to date. What an absolute disgrace.

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) March 15, 2019

Debt plan

See this is why we need a businessman in the White House, for astute economic insights like this 🙄 https://t.co/bC6nCXX7kn

— BitterOldPunk (@BitterOldPunk) March 16, 2019

endgame and response

Saluti there is your unroll: Thread by @Teri_Kanefield: "(Thread) Trump’s endgame Hi, Jan, Graham— as a Trump ally—is behaving according to script. After the house voted overwhe […]" https://t.co/Qb2Nc7AuMk
Have a good day. 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) March 15, 2019

MAGA Bomber

Add…
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida man nicknamed "MAGA Bomber" who was charged with sending pipe bombs to critics of Donald Trump is expected to plead guilty next week.

He, like the New Zealand killer, was inspired by Trump's hate. pic.twitter.com/xbhuXSxK53

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) March 16, 2019

Pence 🍑👄

"I don't know that I've ever been more proud to be standing next to your desk than I am today," Vice President Mike Pence said to Donald Trump before the president formally vetoed the bipartisan resolution blocking his national emergency declaration https://t.co/NRzHXNA79I pic.twitter.com/n4TUVmXYY4

— POLITICO (@politico) March 15, 2019

also

An easy target": Pence takes barbs from both sides as he proves his loyalty to Trump. good read by @ToluseO @AshleyRParkerhttps://t.co/iHZNJIzDl7

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 16, 2019

Roe

This 28-page document is full of teenagers and not-yet-teenagers, who report being raped, and pregnant as a result, and here's Trump appointee Scott Lloyd, tracking information about these girls and using it to block them from being able to get the abortion they have asked for. pic.twitter.com/AbNRcpbhXo

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 16, 2019

REPUBLICANS

Graham

Lindsey Graham has gone completely off the deep end. I also think he is misjudging his voters. SC voters are very conservative but they don’t like pandering incompetence any more than any other voters. https://t.co/WYBHcewrLc

— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) March 15, 2019

Ted Cruz

BREAKING: The FEC finds that Ted Cruz violated a campaign finance statute!

He apparently funded his own campaign with over $1 MILLION in 2012 and did not disclose it.

Cruz has just been fined $35,000

Another GOP Cheater!

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) March 15, 2019

Filibuster

The simply asymmetry of the Senate filibuster: it takes 60 votes to build something, but only 50 to tear it down. The filibuster no longer binds the core conservative agenda in any way; it blocks and deforms everything the left needs to do. My latest: https://t.co/buQpx3r2Sf

— Mike Konczal (@rortybomb) March 15, 2019

Laughlin husband

Lori Loughlin's husband is apparently a vocal Trump supporter who complains about people not 'carrying their own weight' https://t.co/Uuiq2QCOYL pic.twitter.com/CwJU3qBE0W

— UPROXX (@UPROXX) March 15, 2019

MEDIA

Limbaugh

In other news, Rush Limbaugh is still a cancer on the nation of America.

And remember that POTUS praised him from the WH not one month ago. https://t.co/qSGiWTDtBv

— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) March 15, 2019

Mirror

How two different terror attacks were covered by The Mirror pic.twitter.com/eVkSaKOovX

— Media Diversified (@WritersofColour) March 15, 2019

.🦊 still on her emailz

And the President's propaganda arm Fox News has chosen HILLARY'S EMAILS as their top story for the evening. Beyond parody. pic.twitter.com/c2MPfQcgmx

— AdamM (@themadmadamadam) March 15, 2019

NAZI

train

Shabbat Shalom: Trump is a white nationalist. If you are on his train, you are on board with white nationalism. If you are not on board with white nationalism, get off. 👋 🚂

— Karen Schwartz (@pithywidow) March 16, 2019

ex- administration

Former Trump official who resigned after I reported he said on his radio show, “Go back to your Muslim shithole and go crap in your hands and bang little boys on Thursday nights. I just don't like Muslim people.”https://t.co/NOGwRrXEe3

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) March 15, 2019

Newsom – “invaders”

Gov. Newsom: Trump's reference to "invaders" less than a day after Christchurch gun massacre is "an outrage." pic.twitter.com/HHak3R6uWb

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 16, 2019

Gorka

Sebastian Gorka, in a very ominous voice, says:

"Some civilizations are better than others. And ours, the Judeo-Christian civilization is the best of all." pic.twitter.com/2tGLxnOg9f

— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) March 15, 2019

but faith not a criteria

"They do not distinguish between one faith or the other. Today, it was Muslims. Yesterday, it was my brothers and sisters in the Tree of Life Church at Pittsburgh. Prior to then, it was the African American Christians in the church." — Khizr Khan on the NZ shooting. #Hardball pic.twitter.com/LYd8kVtwmW

— Hardball (@hardball) March 15, 2019

ELECTIONS

Colorado joined the Popular vote coalition

BREAKING: It's official. Colorado Will Award it's state’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

Delaware is Also set to Join Colorado That Would make it 14 states

Those 14 states account for 184 electoral votes, just 86 shy of the 270

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) March 16, 2019

Warren

Elizabeth Warren is dominating the Democratic Primary policy debate.

universal childcare
wealth tax
big tech breakup
prescription drugs
lobbyists/corruption
affordable housing
shareholder power
opioid epidemic

Let’s be honest, if she were a man it would be a MUCH bigger story.

— Adam Best (@adamcbest) March 15, 2019

also

“This is kind of like baseball,” says @ewarren. “You can run the platform — that is, you can be the umpire — or you can have a team in the game.” Her plan to break up tech companies is part of her Opening Argument on @MorningEdition:https://t.co/0ioxUfI9b2

— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) March 16, 2019

and

Our talk with @ewarren shows an agenda considerably more ambitious than President Obama, who said the US could finance a better society if the wealthy pay “a little more.” Warren speaks frankly of dramatic change including an annual tax of 2% of the net worth of the super rich.

— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) March 16, 2019

Beto

.@BetoORourke tells @PPLiveIowa he was wrong to joke about his wife Amy raising their children “sometimes with my help.”

“Not only will I not say that again, but I’ll be more thoughtful going forward in the way that I talk about our marriage,” he said.

— Eric Bradner (@ericbradner) March 16, 2019

Booker

Congratulations, Dylan! I am so happy for you. Your story gave me hope today. https://t.co/Nz3bRloxik

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) March 15, 2019

Mayor Pete

This is American leadership. https://t.co/j4e1fTD3k8

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) March 16, 2019

primaries calendar/campaigning

https://twitter.com/tomwatson/status/1106909606406692864

electable

I don’t want to be a cranky old man here.

But I am 53 years old.

And I’ve seen 3 Dems elected in my lifetime.

Carter. Clinton. Obama.

All mainstream, broad-appeal Democrats.

Kamala & Beto may be too conservative for Bernie Twitter

They’re not too conservative for America.

— Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar) March 15, 2019

Burnie falls in the shower

Remember when Hillary had a cough and Donna Brazile wrote in her book that she was going to replace Hillary with Joe Biden and no one thought that was the craziest freaking thing they ever heard because trashing Hillary was a national pastime? pic.twitter.com/s31es5In10

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) March 16, 2019

Is time for have @SafeStepTub install. https://t.co/E0Qr3OyDPO

— Rogue Melania🍸🍸🍸 (@RogueFirstLady) March 15, 2019

Burnie – bad – a thread

Let’s talk about Bernie Sanders. I know a lot of well-meaning folks dig him, but—reality check—he would be a HORRIBLE candidate in a general election.

[THREAD] pic.twitter.com/hgrFib1CZN

— Greg Olear (@gregolear) March 16, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Burniecacas 🆚 Chelsea

I’m probably going to get flak for tweeting this but I literally don’t care. This reminds me of the Bernie supporter who gunned down GOP lawmakers. Some of his fringed far-left supporters are truly deranged. https://t.co/Spvo42TG75

— Lauren Werner 🗽 (@LaurenWern) March 16, 2019

and

problem I remember lots of folks back in the winter of 2016 saying let’s jus ignore dishonest attacks on Hillary from Sanders supporters. and where are we? pregnant Chelsea Clinton getting screamed at by Sanders supporters who blames her for NZ massacre https://t.co/u7GzuyDNMv

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 16, 2019

also

If a central part of your leftist politics is the Clinton family, you’re not a leftist in any meaningful way consistent with its traditional usage. You have no significant structural analysis of politics. You’re just a nitwit whose politics is like high school cliquishness.

— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) March 16, 2019

and

1) Disrupts a vigil
2) Tries to make money off it
3) Goes full alt-left when rightfully called out https://t.co/LpDWIdip6o

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 16, 2019

and why?

ICYMI this was the tweet that merited being publicly blamed for a mass slaughter, at a vigil for the dead. That's literally it.
(H/t @raininblack) pic.twitter.com/CfGhTseM4Q

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) March 16, 2019

also

You won’t apologize for yelling at a pregnant woman who showed up, INVITED, to support victims of a hate crime? Your response was to put more hate in the world, while wearing your #BernieSanders shirt? You’re not a nice person, thanks for showing us that. Is @BernieSanders proud? https://t.co/qPd44S52TG

— Berners are a Birth Control Policy Failure (@GabbieKDrice) March 16, 2019

Sanders Institute

JUST IN: Sanders Institute shutting down amid criticism it blurs lines between family, fundraising and campaigns https://t.co/NEetbzFfpd pic.twitter.com/AcAuCM8Sin

— The Hill (@thehill) March 15, 2019

and

$459,206 total revenue

$237,174 IN SALARIES FOR 3 EMPLOYEES!

They took over **half** of the money.

The Sanders Institute used “economic, environmental, racial and social justice issues” to take more than half of donations. pic.twitter.com/DduHbh6QYA

— José (@josecanyousee) March 14, 2019

Ro Khana 🐴👞

WTF?😱 https://t.co/jWaDNCsigl

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) March 15, 2019

US

Pelosi

override veto

Speaker Pelosi on upcoming House override vote of President Trump’s first veto: “On March 26, the House will once again act to protect our Constitution and our democracy from the President’s emergency declaration by holding a vote to override his veto.” pic.twitter.com/1nHJOlpwf2

— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) March 15, 2019

Pittsburg Jews

The Jewish community of Pittsburgh is raising money to help the Muslim community of Christchurch, and you can donate at the link below. In Jewish tradition, numbers in multiples of 18 are considered especially significant. https://t.co/OM2h3vonjU

— Dr. David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) March 15, 2019

Pelosi

House Republicans will have to choose between their partisan hypocrisy and their sacred oath to support and defend the Constitution. #FakeEmergency

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 15, 2019

Joaqin Castro

BREAKING: Texas Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro plans to run against Republican Senator John Cornyn in 2020. This Texas Senate seat could be crucial in taking back the Senate!

RETWEET if you support Castro as he battles this Trump puppet for the U.S. Senate! pic.twitter.com/EKr0qcG2sn

— Protect Robert Mueller ✊ (@DisavowTrump20) March 15, 2019

000💃💃💃000

💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫

Cohen only

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Closing statement

"My loyalty to Mr. Trump has cost me everything … I fear if he loses the election in 2020, there will never be a peaceful transition of power."
Michael Cohen's closing statement from his hearing: pic.twitter.com/k0Z5QGEqpZ

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 27, 2019

racist, con-man, cheat

“He is a racist.
He is a conman.
He is a cheat.

He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails.”

—Cohen on his longtime boss, Donald Trump #CohenHearing pic.twitter.com/6YHsK2g2VM

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) February 27, 2019

con job

Michael Cohen just gave away the one secret Donald Trump didn't want America to know: He thinks we're all suckers who pay the taxes, die in Vietnam and buy his 'infomercial' campaign. How can America not get fooled again? My instant column https://t.co/5Uq5LaiJHX

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) February 27, 2019

warning

Cohen: "I'm responsible for your silliness because I did the same thing that you're doing now. For ten years. I protected Mr. Trump for ten years.
…
The more people that follow Mr. Trump, as I did, blindly, are going to suffer the same consequences that I'm suffering." pic.twitter.com/FKBOudQJp4

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) February 27, 2019

marketing only

“He had no desire or intention to lead this nation—only to market himself and to build his wealth and power.” —Cohen on Trump #CohenHearing pic.twitter.com/SOzPEFzzJ8

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) February 27, 2019

threats

JUST IN: Cohen says Trump ordered him to threaten people or groups on his behalf about 500 times over 10 years https://t.co/JJ8eRqJeft pic.twitter.com/UFqO8lkU0s

— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) February 27, 2019

threats to him

Rep. Lawrence on Trump's tweets encouraging scrutiny on Cohen's family that resulted in his testimony being delayed: "I want to be clear — any efforts to prevent a witness from testifying in front of Congress is against the law… it's a textbook mob tactic." pic.twitter.com/9EEiKaYAo5

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2019

Moscow negotiations

COHEN: "To be clear, Trump knew of & directed the Trump Moscow negotiations throughout the campaign, & lied about it. He lied about it because he never expected to win. He also lied about it b/c he stood to make hundreds of millions of dollars. And so I lied about it too." pic.twitter.com/wQXIpVId5W

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2019

understood to be directed to lie

“Cohen, in effect, is saying that he understood Trump to be directing him to lie to Congress” @ThePlumLineGS https://t.co/VWKAeghdYZ

— Matt Mittenthal (@mattmittenthal) February 27, 2019

checks

Here are the checks Michael Cohen says he obtained from President Trump reimbursing him for the illegal hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. One is drawn on Trump's personal account, the other on his revocable trust (which owns Trump's private businesses). pic.twitter.com/8eLDVtLUNi

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) February 27, 2019

props

Cohen's prop vs Mark Meadow's prop pic.twitter.com/xUrynCIA8o

— Warren Leight (@warrenleightTV) February 27, 2019

lie Melanoma

Trump calling Cohen and putting Melania on the phone to have Cohen lie to her about his adultery: great scene for the movie.

— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) February 27, 2019

prepared

Cohen's prepared testimony is devastating to Trump. Cohen says:

1. Trump was told in advance of the Wikileaks email dump by Stone

2. Don Jr. told Trump in advance about his meeting with Russians

3. Trump personally signed checks reimbursing him for illegal hush money payment

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 27, 2019

direct

“Mr. Stone told Mr. Trump that he had just gotten off the phone with Julian Assange and that…within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign.”

Trump’s response: “Wouldn’t that be great.” #CohenHearing pic.twitter.com/XCBv4eSVYa

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) February 27, 2019

Cummings to Republicans

.@RepCummings to Republicans: "Let me say this. You made it clear that you do not want the American people to hear what Mr. Cohen has to say. But the American people have a right to hear him. So we're going to proceed. The American people can judge his credibility for themselves" pic.twitter.com/fCDKMJktzd

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2019

knew of wikileaks

changes to testimony

Big: Cohen says changes were made to his testimony about the Trump Tower Moscow deal by Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow (and maybe others on Trump’s legal team, but he was cut off.) The changes included his statements about how long the negotiations went on, Cohen says.

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 27, 2019

of Stone/Wikileaks

Cohen tells Peter Welch what Roger Stone said to Trump in July 2016: "Mr. Trump, I just want to let you know that I just got off the phone with Julian Assange and in a couple days there's going to be a massive dump of emails that's going to severely hurt the Clinton campaign."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 27, 2019

on racism

EXACTLY!!!!!! But his counter was stellar! Neither should I as the son of a holocaust survivor

— Dr. Tiffany Hill-Howard (@Drthillhoward) February 27, 2019

and

Rep. Lawrence responds to Mark Meadows using Lynne Patton to deny Trump's racism: "To prop up one member of our entire race of black people and say that that nullifies that is totally insulting." https://t.co/P7GzXKZnFX

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 27, 2019

who’s the liar?

Rep. Paul Gosar: "You're a pathological liar! You don't know truth from falsehood."

Michael Cohen: "Sir, I'm sorry, are you referring to me or the president?" pic.twitter.com/5PB0y2VMIZ

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) February 27, 2019

shame on you

Michael Cohen Snaps Back at Jim Jordan During Testy Exchange: 'Shame on You!' https://t.co/bmWfERIqZx pic.twitter.com/Ru80UwT3Lr

— Contemptor (@TheContemptor) February 27, 2019

Vietnam

Michael Cohen testifies Donald Trump tasked him with handling fallout around Vietnam deferment. "Mr. Trump claimed it was because of a bone spur, but when I asked for medical records, he gave me none."

"I find it ironic, Mr. President, that you are in Vietnam right now." pic.twitter.com/sEw1usX55d

— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) February 27, 2019

retainer fraud

Cohen says that the Trump Organization decided to reimburse him for the Daniels payment over the course of a year instead of in one shot because they wanted to "make it look like a retainer." pic.twitter.com/T2hsGwoYBL

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2019

taxes

Cohen: Trump won't release his tax returns because he's scared of getting audited and facing penalties https://t.co/a8VUTdwhft pic.twitter.com/dQTNJYJdsZ

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 28, 2019

Moment

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen addresses Wikileaks, hush payments and other details during his testimony before Congress. https://t.co/JpHeMofF8q

— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) February 27, 2019

KLAN 🍊

crimes in office

Cummings says he believes Trump may have committed crimes while in office. I asked if Trump committed an impeachable offense, he said he wants to proceed cautiously.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 27, 2019

autocrat

Also this chilling moment… https://t.co/aAm5oYOCX3

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) February 27, 2019

Vietnam

In the past Trump hid from Vietnam in America and now he’s hiding from America in Vietnam.

— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) February 27, 2019

IOU

iou pic.twitter.com/mi7y29UqB7

— Trump Draws (@TrumpDraws) May 3, 2018

racist

.@AyannaPressley: Would you agree that someone could deny rental units to African Americans, lead the birther movement, refer to the diaspora as “sh*thole countries” and refer to white supremacists as “fine people,” have a black friend and still be racist? 

Michael Cohen: Yes. pic.twitter.com/DS1GvubGBl

— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 27, 2019

peaceful transition

Michael Cohen on Trump: “I fear if he loses the election in 2020 … there will never be a peaceful transition of power.”

— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) February 27, 2019

takeaways

Takeaways from Cohen hearing

Cohen acted criminally on behalf of the Trump mob organization

Trump committed crimes during election and post in regards to hush money

Cohen believes Trump is an Autocrat

Cohen doesn’t believe there will be a peaceful transfer of power in 2020

— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) February 27, 2019

REPUBLICANS

RNC

Michael Cohen, National Deputy Chairman of the RNC? Who you still have up on your website? Huge if true. https://t.co/Au45vNunEY pic.twitter.com/QZHqwec8xP

— 𝔾𝕦𝕤 (@Gus_802) February 27, 2019

no substance

Chris Christie on Michael Cohen testimony: "There hasn't been one Republican yet who's tried to defend the president on the substance. I think that's something that should be concerning to the White House." https://t.co/ij0AmYP27T pic.twitter.com/0Zgubp7t5d

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 27, 2019

Gym Jordan shirtsleeves

He did this morning. https://t.co/fauKORxI3r

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 27, 2019

only theory

Is the Republican theory of the case that Michael Cohen is doing this all for a book deal?

Because, and I don't know if Republicans know this, but there are easier ways to get a book deal. #CohenTestimony

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) February 27, 2019

racism

Meadows angrily accuses Tlaib of racism for calling him racist pic.twitter.com/4Wj6FcJO6l

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2019

what they did

shorter this hearing
cohen: i did crimes and trump is a crook
gop: YOU DID A CRIMES
cohen: yes. for trump.
gop: YOU DID A CRIMES
cohen: yes. but you forgot the trump part.
gop: LALALALALA CAN'T HEAR YOU

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 27, 2019

why RNC then?

Someone should ask the GOP why, given Cohen's long history of criminal ties and behavior — which was in the public domain before 2016 — they made him the deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee in 2017 #CohenTestimony

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) February 27, 2019

MEDIA

🦊

hannity pulled a gun on williams on-set and he kept coming back for more abuse, don’t bet against that dude https://t.co/sEQCPViwBV

— kilgore trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) February 27, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Tracy

In bizarro world,this day was actually vindication for the Russia Denialists & the Russia Conspiracists (aka normal people) have been discredited. Actually, he's laughing at them. pic.twitter.com/KrKxMflk0f

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) February 27, 2019

ELECTIONS

US

Cummings

closing argument

This part of Chairman Cummings’ closing statement will go down as one of the most powerful moments in American history. Please watch it and share. Phenomenal. Well done, patriot. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/UT13zK5pYS

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) February 27, 2019

 

subpoenas?

Rep Cummings asked if committee will subpoena Alan Weisselberg, Donald Trump Jr given what Cohen has alleged. "I think we probably will."

"I think there are still a number of shoes to drop."

— Todd Zwillich (@toddzwillich) February 27, 2019

Grease

I love GREASE and have seen it over 100+ times, but I think I LOVE this more!

Tell me MORE #Cohen, we are RIVETED! Justice is FINALLY being served! #CohenTestimony

h/t @SaintHoax pic.twitter.com/DdiNuFRSVI

— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) February 27, 2019

000💃💃💃000

Roger Stone apologizes, Burnie digs in

 

 

IMPEACHMENTRoger Stone

pic.twitter.com/XMNchyrLkO

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 19, 2019

to wit

Roger Stone formally apologized in a letter filed with the court.

"Please inform the Court that the photograph and comment today was improper and should not have been posted. I had no intention of disrespecting the Court and humbly apologize to the Court for the transgression."

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) February 19, 2019

also

This image is stomach turning. The real Roger Stone—criminally threatening a federal judge. Another Trump associate demonstrates contempt for the rule of law & the desperate need for accountability. https://t.co/ZdQauqiwyy

— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) February 18, 2019

OBSTRUCTTON

accusations of treason

There’s no evidence that Rosenstein and McCabe were working together to plan an illegal act. Trump is lying to you in order to distract from his own wrongdoing, which is what caused those men to be alarmed in the first place. https://t.co/ePFlK88EhK

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 18, 2019

replacing Rosenstein

“An announcement officially nominating a new deputy attorney general could come as early as this week, “ reports @ABC. https://t.co/6k0xZB6uN8

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) February 19, 2019

KLAN 🍊

yesterday

Trump: Day 759
-171st Day at Trump Golf Club
-226th Day at Trump Property
-Sued by 16 States Over Declaration
-Lashes Out at 'Treasonous' Officials
-Suggested He May Fire DNI Coats
-Roger Stone Posts Improper Pic
-Considers Tariffs on Auto Imports
-Power Grab Protests Nationwide pic.twitter.com/R98YHKSE7I

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) February 19, 2019

16 states sue

3rd suit over Trump border-wall emergency declaration is a doozy: 16 states filing in northern California led by @AGBecerra So, Trump now has 9th Circuit challenge he predicted. Via @JeremyBWhite https://t.co/DDTx6NCcDr

— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) February 19, 2019

et tu, Dershowitz?

Add…
Alan Dershowitz on Fox News says that Trump's emergency declaration is "very questionable." He says he doesn't think an emergency includes Congress refusing to authorize funds that a president wants.

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) February 19, 2019

40 Nat security professionals

More than 40 national security professionals are set to declare that the border does not meet the test of an emergency. https://t.co/NB5DF7rHB4

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 19, 2019

I don’t care, I believe Putin

“I don’t care. I believe Putin,” Pres Trump allegedly said, rejecting U.S. intelligence regarding North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile capability. McCabe says he heard this from an FBI official who was at the meeting with POTUS. https://t.co/9zmoxrYNjm pic.twitter.com/lo0g9VOMAG

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 18, 2019

attack Venezuela

Page 136 of McCabe's new book, recounting a 2017 Oval Office meeting: "Then the president talked about Venezuela. That’s the country we should be going to war with, he said. They have all that oil and they’re right on our back door." pic.twitter.com/RY39h1dXoc

— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) February 18, 2019

War on Media

Good old Yeltsin could handle being satirized as a drunk bozo on Kukly, but poor Putin got verrrrrry colicky when they did him as a creepy possessed infant. So Vladimir…jailed the head of the network. P.S. definitely do not watch Kukly:https://t.co/zv7KmdaLv0 https://t.co/Pd0p4dLB5J

— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) February 17, 2019

and

Monday: no president works harder than me!

Sunday: the comedy show was mean to me! pic.twitter.com/s8nj5y6mEV

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 17, 2019

REPUBLICANS

Hypocrisy

America freaks out if Baron Trump is mocked.
Bigoted Covington teens chastised.
Even convince themselves Don Jr's a naive "boy".

But will readily abuse @Ilhan for speaking@KamalaHarris for eating

..and now 20yr old Malia Obama for being 20

Black women aren't safe online

— T. Fisher King (@T_FisherKing) February 19, 2019

also

Malia Obama is a private citizen. No part of her life should be anyone’s clickbait.

— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) February 19, 2019

Hesitant to add anything to such a nothing-story, but agree with @ChelseaClinton whole heartedly. Please don’t click on silly stories and let’s give Malia privacy. https://t.co/oRnKq1quPA

— Jenna Bush Hager (@JennaBushHager) February 19, 2019

and

Let me get this straight: Malia Obama is studying at Harvard and in a private setting, articulated her distrust and fear of a man who has spent years saying racist, xenophobic, hateful things about her father and the country she loves.

Why is she being shamed again?

— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) February 19, 2019

Soc security cap

94% of American workers will contribute to Social Security all year long, yet this year the nation’s high earners will stop contributing TODAY. #ScrapTheCap https://t.co/JuCKGKsmaN pic.twitter.com/2saPKeRlUT

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) February 18, 2019

NRA

Kamala

Kamala Harris: "It is not justice … that we do not pass gun safety laws because of fear of lobbyists … We should never bow down to those who have a lot of money because we are afraid that we may not win reelection when people are dying in our streets." Via ABC pic.twitter.com/JEEfQBlguw

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 19, 2019

NAZI

KKK

Alabama newspaper editor calls for Klan return to 'clean out D.C.' https://t.co/BE0iBgxo3Z via @mgmadvertiser

— Greg Jaffe (@GregJaffe) February 19, 2019

MEDIA

double standard

It remains curiously important to our elite political press that a D candidate is “strong” enough to say no to the base.
Rs of course are not held to this standard.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 19, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala!

Folks, Kamala Harris is accelerating. https://t.co/WyD0OKLm0X

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) February 18, 2019

also

The moment when ⁦@KamalaHarris⁩ came outside the #Portsmouth town hall to the crowd that couldn’t get in bc the fire marshal said it was too full. pic.twitter.com/FwBLo2MIqZ

— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) February 18, 2019

Watten

Bernie announcing he’s in this morning makes the timing of Warren’s call last night for every candidate to release their taxes pretty nicely done.

— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) February 19, 2019

Klobuchar

“I am not for free four-year college for all, no," said Amy Klobuchar. But she says she wants to make community college free, increase Pell Grants, and make it easier to refinance student loans.

pic.twitter.com/N5WEr6Rprb

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) February 19, 2019

Emerson poll – fucked up

2016 Vote –

49.1% – Trump
39.7% – Clinton
Someone Else – 5.7%
Did not Vote – 5.5%

Ethnicity-

Hispanic or Latino – 5.9%
White – 83.5%=%
Black or African American – 3.9%
Asian – 1.7%
Other or multiple races – 5.0% pic.twitter.com/GunVqj9Mzt

— WeStandUnited🗽 (@_WeStandUnited) February 18, 2019

NC fraud lawsuit

Day 1 of the NC-9 election fraud hearing revealed a far-reaching, brazen conspiracry to commit election fraud by Harris’ hand-picked operative. More to come tomorrow. https://t.co/S19ate9YIa

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 18, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Burniebots

Bernie supporter bot calls mobbed-up Russian oligarchs "most vulnerable citizens of another state."

The piece cited is BS, by the way, because Bernie CONTINUED to vote with the mobbed-up Russian oligarchs, and does so to this day. https://t.co/fGa9F3FR0P

— Greg Olear (@gregolear) February 19, 2019

Burnie “Black 50times?”

Also, ICYMI, here's the @BernieSanders "I said black 50 times" clip. Fact check: He didn't. I counted. #Bernie2020 pic.twitter.com/ABBmqxQWuy

— Tommy MMXIXtopher (@tommyxtopher) February 17, 2019

Burnie is in

"unprecedented"! Like 🍊, he thinks he just invented "grassroots". Here's Burnie, in his own words:https://t.co/KMP5KZmWQC https://t.co/BxYGr1dyoJ

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) February 19, 2019

Pierce

Important from @CharlesPPierce – this is why Sanders has a broad and organized opposition to his campaign specifically. And that's not going away. "Yes, that streak of messianism is still very strong in him." https://t.co/tgs4b9gK4E #Bernie2020 pic.twitter.com/A2qdAburgo

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) February 19, 2019

US

Pelosi

Listening to @TeamPelosi, I wondered, “What are the chances that @realDonaldTrump could use the words ‘precedent’ and ‘president' in the same sentence and get them both right?” pic.twitter.com/Rw6oDBFWOL

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 17, 2019

Kamala!

Kamala Harris: “I am not a Democratic socialist” pic.twitter.com/i7noBfCq9x

— robert mueller is a cop (@notcapnamerica) February 18, 2019

000💃💃💃000

💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫

“I don’t care. I believe Putin!”

 

IMPEACHMENT

“I believe Putin”

“I don’t care. I believe Putin”

ANDREW MCCABE: Intelligence officials in the briefing responded that that was not consistent with any of the intelligence our government possesses to which the president replied, "I don't care. I believe Putin."

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) February 18, 2019

McCabe notes

McCabe says his notes from his conversations with President Trump and Rod Rosenstein have been turned over to special counsel Robert Mueller. “Those memos are in the custody of the special counsel’s team.” https://t.co/e3KwHEqens

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 18, 2019

Cambridge Analytica

A former director of Cambridge Analytica, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after the 2016 US presidential election, was subpoenaed by special counsel Robert Mueller's office and cooperated, according to her lawyer https://t.co/04eTNHdDGd

— CNN (@CNN) February 18, 2019

KLAN 🍊

squirming

TRUMP: "I will hire the best people."

ALSO TRUMP: My hand-picked AG and deputy AG are criminals https://t.co/vBDyzFLvAu

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2019

Emergency argument

This Chris Wallace cross examination of Stephen Miller is just devastating to Miller's "arguments." Miller had nothing to offer except disingenuous misdirection, bogus circular logic and transparently phony outrage: https://t.co/RkKtKe7aUP

Confirms this basic underlying reality: https://t.co/ozLIGHFBWk

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 17, 2019

Coal mine

Today @GOP praises capitalism. Six days ago, a Republican president was ordering an electrical utility to buy coal from a politically favored supplier https://t.co/Bs9ORzhMVi

— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 17, 2019

War on media

A national leader threatening “retribution” against those who practice political satire. What would you say if you saw this in any other country? https://t.co/XjpzDN16Yy

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) February 17, 2019

Nobel?

Trump claims Japanese Prime Minister nominated him for Nobel Peace Prize

Trump was also nominated in 2017 & 2018, officials determined that both nominations were forged

A Japanese Embassy official in Washington told Japan Today that he had no knowledge of such a letter from Abe pic.twitter.com/DuzcCUqAkb

— Cathleen Burke (@ItsMeCathi) February 17, 2019

Moment of silence

SARAH SANDERS: It was out of respect for our President that world leaders observed a moment of silence during Vice President Pence’s speech in Munich.

— Jeremy Newberger (@jeremynewberger) February 17, 2019

REPUBLICANS

tax cuts

The anger of tax filers is only going to get worse as people realize that they paid for the billionaires' and corporations' windfall … https://t.co/oVSKXmMusU

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) February 17, 2019

MEDIA

sexism

How sexist will the media’s treatment of female presidential candidates be? You can already rule out one answer: ‘Not at all.’ … My column on what's happened so far and what to expect — and to avoid https://t.co/ZiiGTE4adu

— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) February 17, 2019

ELECTIONS

polling

2020 Ballot:

Trump 45% v. @JoeBiden 55%
Trump 47% v. @ewarren 53%
Trump 49% v. @SenSanders 51%
Trump 48% v. @KamalaHarris 52%
Trump 47% v. @BetoORourke 53%
Trump 49% v. @amyklobuchar 51%
Trump 49% v. @CoryBooker 51%
Trump 48% v. @SherrodBrown 52%https://t.co/MzvMnxyxt6

— Emerson Polling (@EmersonPolling) February 16, 2019

Middlebury Vt straw poll

WOW YALL, the #MiddleburyStrawPoll garnered 1200+ VOTES. Highest turnout in Middlebury history!

It was soooo close, but we've got the final tally:@BetoORourke – 253 votes@CoryBooker – 253 votes@KamalaHarris – 252 votes.

It's a good time to be a young candidate #youthvote pic.twitter.com/nQeSf2dARq

— Ben Wessel (@BenWessel) January 31, 2019

LEFTOVERS

👓

receipts

Btw @T_FisherKing has curated a nice collection of receipts on Bernie for all the anti-Kamala bros out there slamming her. Follow him. Sampler: pic.twitter.com/fLpYbensJt

— J. P. Gownder (@jgownder) February 17, 2019

outreach blacks thread

Bernie's "inner circle did not respond." pic.twitter.com/dlJ7B2jcgT

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) February 17, 2019

US

Joint resolution

I ask all members of Congress — Democrat and Republican — to support this joint resolution to terminate President Trump’s unconstitutional national emergency declaration to build his border wall. It sets a dangerous precedent and steals congressional authority. Will you sign on? pic.twitter.com/WSNFyAqvRS

— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) February 15, 2019

protest today

https://twitter.com/MoveOn/status/1097481690883207168

There is a protest planned against the #FakeNationalEmergency Monday at noon. People can go to https://t.co/MncKukd21e to learn more and join! Also, you can call your representatives and tell them to act to override the attempted emergency declaration at: 202-224-3121!

— Protect Democracy (@protctdemocracy) February 15, 2019

Don Cheadle

https://twitter.com/adamcbest/status/1097047337342504960

000💃💃💃000

Warren, Tapper’s🍆, Warren, Bros

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Manafort

Robert Mueller wants to know more about a $1 million condo loan made to Paul Manafort’s family in the days after the FBI raided his home. https://t.co/OK06KqZVGO pic.twitter.com/9EfGHRPuIx

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 9, 2019

Lindsay

Lindsey Graham Under Investigation, Russia-linked Money Found.https://t.co/gELux51d2Z

— The Hummingbird 🐦 (@SaysHummingbird) February 4, 2019

Whittaker

Hank Johnson got Whitaker to reluctantly admit he was advised to recuse from the Trump-Russia investigation.

— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) February 8, 2019

pardons

So are we just going to ignore Whitaker said he is aware of documents related to pardons of individuals?

— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) February 9, 2019

KLAN 🍊

NK

Celebrating a murderous thug? Hey Republicans, you okay with this? https://t.co/F7z9kEYInQ

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 9, 2019

Jared – campaign $

ABC News: President Donald Trump's campaign has spent nearly $100,000 of donor money to pay legal bills to the firm representing Jared Kushner, the latest campaign finance records show.https://t.co/1OFPdBQtjY

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) February 8, 2019

and Jared/Saudis

JARED KUSHNER https://t.co/61lpwUPdLy

— Citizenmdg (@Clancy_Dew) February 8, 2019

Incest Barbie – almost nothing

Add…
Ivanka Trump says she knew “almost nothing” about talks over the Trump Tower Moscow project.

Yeah, OK.https://t.co/3mL5g92kDr

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) February 9, 2019

medical review

They’re not even pretending an actual doctor is writing these anymore. https://t.co/BEta0aBnWc

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) February 9, 2019

First hostile hearing

"What struck me was simply the public display of independent elected officials attempting to hold a Trump administration officer accountable, without being overruled by a GOP committee chairman or having to fight for every question." https://t.co/UtNyrX39qk

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 9, 2019

Costa Rica rown of housekeepers

It was more than a few housekeepers. We went to rural Costa Rica and found a town full of former Bedminster employees who worked illegally at Trump’s prized golf course, from the beginning. EXCLUSIVE with @partlowj @Fahrenthold https://t.co/ZUuPTIOOUA

— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) February 8, 2019

REPUBLICANS

MEDIA

reminder

https://t.co/N4YS6br0jc

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) February 9, 2019

NE

inner workings

EXCLUSIVE: Private eyes detail inner workings of National Enquirer "blackmail" machine. @lachlan, @swin24, and @maxwelltani report: https://t.co/JcV9D2nhFU

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 9, 2019

I think it’s worth remembering that the National Enquirer was funded by the Mafia originally, and it’s purpose was to protect the mob in NYC .And hurt their enemies and anyone looking into their business. https://t.co/r3DMBShpNR

— Stacy Jannis (@StacyJannis) February 8, 2019

also

Feb 26, 2018 I was with Ronan Farrow at Bev Hills Hotel Polo Lounge. Dylan Howard threatened me in person for David Pecker who was of course threatening to ruin me. Ronan & Dylan also had impressive mano-mano face off at reception desk. Makes even more sense now. #FlashbackFriday https://t.co/CVeU1Cbtnh

— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) February 8, 2019

NAZI

Candace

When you hear like Candace Owens hold forth idiotically on Hitler or whatever, it's not the result of her resisting cultural indoctrination on some college campus, it's the result of her learning everything she knows about history from troop memes on imgur.

— David Roth (@david_j_roth) February 8, 2019

Izzard response

Eddie Izzard was mocking Cadence Owens’ comments 20 years ago pic.twitter.com/tgd6ZHHYvJ

— Dusty Giebel (@DustinGiebel) February 8, 2019

MEDIA

Bezos

Jeff Bezos's Medium post "turned a tawdry tabloid scandal into a gripping, time-stamped drama stretching from scenes in the White House to Saudi Arabia. He has poured gasoline on the fire, sending media, politics, & tech circles ablaze." — @teddyschleifer https://t.co/k6qcBWEZSF

— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 9, 2019

RT

RT is funded by the Russian government. You are literally state sponsored media. Hence why you were forced to register as a foreign agent in the US & labeled as a 'state sponsored broadcaster' on YouTube.

And don't even bother with the whataboutism response you're thinking of. https://t.co/FZsqyZxAH7

— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) February 8, 2019

Tapper

“Collegiality wise it was you stepping on my dick,” Tapper wrote to Ben Smith. https://t.co/BmbiJjo1sn

— Sarah Mimms (@mimms) February 9, 2019

NOT US

☕️ Boy

It's pretty clear by now that Howard Schultz isn't running a campaign, he's running a threat.

Democrats: lay off the talk of taxing billionaires or I will jump in and spoil the election. https://t.co/Rm75VXxJWX

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) February 5, 2019

also

Today's daily cartoon, by Jason Adam Katzenstein: https://t.co/xyIMNKOFNE pic.twitter.com/ZyiDrtmGcx

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 8, 2019

LEFTOVERS

🌹🆚 Warren

One of the dynamics I'm interested to see if Bernie runs is whether the "she's not socialist enough" chorus ends up helping Warren. https://t.co/dxx6Pq3k9T

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) February 9, 2019

US

Warren Launch

Warren does a *very* good job of:
1) Not just being anti-Trump
2) Explaining how the system that produced Trump is rigged
3) Naming names about who is to blame (bankers, corporations, billionaires, lobbyists)
4) Rejecting race-neutral economic analysis https://t.co/HWGvRcobRm

— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) February 9, 2019

Chelsea

Your tweets are basically the Pelosi Clap in words. Such art.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 8, 2019

000💃💃💃000