Let them eat steel slats!

 

IMPEACHMENT

“how do you?”

Nixon won 49 states. House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach him 18 months later. https://t.co/iBqgE6x6Ud

— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) January 4, 2019

Mueller report

absolutely no one outside this administration and it’s goofy teevee lawyers thinks this is how executive privilege works https://t.co/96LRRrAijf

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 7, 2019

narrative

Donald Trump was named as a co-conspirator in a federal crime entered into judgment in the Southern District of NY in a plea deal accepted by a federal judge.

Having leading elected Dems remind the American people of that daily would be a good thing.

Control the narrative.

— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) January 4, 2019

RUSSIA

Putin says Russia will supply soy beans and poultry meat to China, replacing US farmers who lost their export business due to the #TrumpTariffs. https://t.co/0iCkW9Sus1

— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) January 6, 2019

and

The soybean example: Trump starts a trade war. Putin swoops in and starts selling soybeans to China.
This is all by design. #treasonweasel #TrumpCrimeFamily

— VickieM_WV (@vickiemwv) January 7, 2019

KLAN 🍊

#Trumpshutdown and wall

Sitting down on Saturday to negotiate opening the government: Dems asked GOPrs what Trump wanted – $5.7 billion in specifics. (You don’t just get “5.7 billlion for: Wall”)

No one knew. More proof That this isn’t about protecting the border but about trumps ego getting a “win.”

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 7, 2019

Chronology

To be clear about chronology of shutdown that is now straining Nat Parks, IRS, TSA, FAA, SEC, Justice, etc:
-Dec 20, Senate *unanimously* passes CR to keep gov open
-WH said it would sign this “clean resolution” https://t.co/JK0WTNw6y8
-Trump mocked by Coulter/Limbaugh
-Shutdown https://t.co/4kbiNFHJrK

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) January 7, 2019

“let them eat steel slats”

Trump, speaking to reporters about the shutdown, says the federal workers who are on track to miss a paycheck “will adjust.” Context: The head of the largest federal workers union says its members live paycheck to paycheck and take home an average of $500 a week.

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) January 6, 2019

dictator

Pelosi: "The impression you get from the president [is] that he would like to not only close government, build a wall, but also abolish Congress so the only voice that mattered was his own." https://t.co/Ye4wucfV2h

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 7, 2019

Wall

terrorists

Let’s start our morning with a little gratitude
THANK YOU CHRIS WALLACE
👇 https://t.co/xEg7N4g7zq

— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) January 7, 2019

lies

The only lies and made up stories here are coming from the President of the United States.

I could say this every day. Any accusation leveled against him he throws right back at the accuser:

In this case, he lies. A lot.

The “I’m rubber and you’re glue” strategy. https://t.co/SSoxHYOUzn

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 7, 2019

racist

Trump is a racist.

His career began running a racist housing empire.@TheDemCoalition unearthed a Department of Justice document proving how the Trumps violated the Fair Housing Act.

I exposed it and explained it in @HuffPost in October 2016.https://t.co/rFnKzztS5E

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) January 7, 2019

REPUBLICANS

#Trumpshutdown – feelings

1995: Gingrich shuts down govt over AF1 seating.

2008: Offended by Pelosi speech, GOP rejects economic rescue plan.

2019: Graham defends shutdown tactics: "Why would you negotiate with someone who calls you a racist?"

It's all about the GOP's feelings. https://t.co/kyVHOcueuQ

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) January 7, 2019

Globes film?

Things going fine! pic.twitter.com/qOuoORV3TD

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 7, 2019

Cheney

“Thank you to Satan for giving me inspiration on how to play this role,” Christian Bale says re: playing Dick Cheney in his Golden Globe victory speech for VICE.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 7, 2019

also

To us, Satan is a symbol of pride, liberty and individualism, and it serves as an external metaphorical projection of our highest personal potential. As Mr. Bale's own talent and skill won him the award, this is fitting. Hail Christian! Hail Satan! https://t.co/ILuK8TFZXi

— The Church Of Satan (@ChurchofSatan) January 7, 2019

Jeb Jr

So you're saying the first real impact Americans will feel from the federal government shutdown is that Americans won't be able to take their company public? https://t.co/ks4oAs8iBW pic.twitter.com/t3gQf28KaO

— Herbal (@HerbCarmen) January 7, 2019

NRA

gun control

8 yrs after being shot, 6 yrs after starting @GiffordsCourage, & 2 months after beating dozens of NRA-backed R's, @GabbyGiffords will join @SpeakerPelosi and @RepThompson to introduce #HR8, Universal Background Checks.

Elections have consequences, and leadership matters. pic.twitter.com/IlxrlF8dqH

— Peter Ambler (@PeterMAmbler) January 4, 2019

NAZI

Robert De Niro accuses Trump of being a white supremacist https://t.co/2XpDRQMBS5 pic.twitter.com/xd0XakYLwO

— The Hill (@thehill) January 7, 2019

MEDIA

“Lies”

Still not too late to make that New Year's Resolution, MAINSTREAM MEDIA: They're called "LIES!" https://t.co/iSJqXrs8xf

— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) January 7, 2019

CBS

"Be Careful Not to Offend the Crazies Who Don’t Watch Me Anyway" Journalism:

1. Ask someone to say something you know is true;

2. They truthfully say what you asked them to say; and

3. You pretend it was outrageous for them to say the truthful thing you just asked them to say. pic.twitter.com/WSikHc3LUw

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) January 7, 2019

NYT

on the left

Said it before and I'll say it again: The NYT coverage of the left is unspeakably stupid. pic.twitter.com/qn8LVHbIrh

— johnknefel (@johnknefel) January 7, 2019

WAR ON WOMEN

"Women are feeling enabled to speak out now. I do think men will always be uncomfortable with powerful women, though. It's hard for them to deal with it. There will be a backlash—but I'd like to think we will not go back." –#GoldenGlobes winner Glenn Close https://t.co/hYCtkSaDy6

— LAT Entertainment (@latimesent) January 7, 2019

and

"He's abrasive. He's divisive. He's dismissive [of women]."

Bernie Sanders asked to step out by Vermont paperhttps://t.co/fIepk9vK8E

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) January 7, 2019

and

Glenn Close: "Women. We're nurturers … But we have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams. We have to say: I can do that. And I should be allowed to do that." pic.twitter.com/BfLoQqsKgy

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2019

also

Regina King says that, in the next two years, everything she produces will be 50% women. She challenges everyone else in power in Hollywood to do the same. https://t.co/mZGHGF5l9a #GoldenGlobes

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Assange

Some things you aren't supposed to say about Assange:

– stinks
– mean to poor cat trapped in embassy with him
– is a front for Russian intelligence
– has helped others act as fronts for Russian intelligence
– believes he is a messianic figure
– stinks

https://t.co/ZCbZTqpkMi

— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) January 6, 2019

Se non e vero

That bleeped @PattyArquette part was "Bernie don't run."

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) January 7, 2019

this is real tho

"He's abrasive. He's divisive. He's dismissive [of women]."

Bernie Sanders asked to step out by Vermont paperhttps://t.co/fIepk9vK8E

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) January 7, 2019

NOT US

Biden

Skeptical, huh? Only that, and it disqualified you 🤬 https://t.co/QXVoVu0hIV

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) January 7, 2019

US

Hillary!

Hillary Clinton, speaking on women's rights: "There's been a lot of talk recently about whether our country is ready for women leaders. Now that really takes me back … I know many of you and can attest as to how smart, determined … and, dare I say, likable you all are." pic.twitter.com/NG1wJGVh6j

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2019

NY – Hillary

Proud to be joined by @HillaryClinton, members of the Legislature, and so many fierce advocates to rally support to codify Roe v. Wade into state law. #RHAin30Dayshttps://t.co/uKZpUsGs5z

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) January 7, 2019

Pelosi

🤣🤣🤣 #SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/2PB51EQSvm

— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) January 6, 2019

block the bills!

Multiple Dem senators call for blocking bills until McConnell allows a vote on re-opening government https://t.co/tdVT50PvPF pic.twitter.com/yvIfzLZNkV

— The Hill (@thehill) January 7, 2019

Durbin on immigration

"The overwhelming number of undocumented people in the United States overstayed visas… The solution to that is not a concrete wall. It's a computer program," @SenatorDurbin tells @margbrennan https://t.co/FtjoGeZXWG pic.twitter.com/qSRq5w47WD

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) January 6, 2019

Letitia James

Letitia James, the state’s first black attorney general and first woman elected to the position, sworn into office@TishJames https://t.co/avPHSV2If1 pic.twitter.com/e7nxFwPcDB

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 7, 2019

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New year, old stories

 

IMPEACHMENT

OBSTRUCTION

DOJ

Someone needs to correct both Trump’s and Whittaker’s apparent assumption that the Justice Department should handle justice the same way a Fire Department deals with fire. https://t.co/a0sLSlk62H

— Joe Keenan (@MrJoeKeenan) December 22, 2018

RUSSIA

anthem, collapse

VIDEO: Bridge collapses during New Years’ Eve celebrations in Moscow pic.twitter.com/5kOuppIv64

— LIVE Breaking News (@NewsBreaking) January 1, 2019

KLAN 🍊

absurd

Another example that we are living in the Theater of the Absurd: Shutting down the government for a wall that Mexico won't pay for, that is really steel slats, now masquerading as a metaphor.

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) December 31, 2018

draws

happee new year pic.twitter.com/4FJvd5Lmrk

— Trump Draws (@TrumpDraws) January 1, 2019

fundraising

TRUMP FUNDRAISING TEXT JUST NOW: Urges supporters to demand border wall funding, pleads “We're STILL $65k SHORT!” Of what? pic.twitter.com/PNJkgfpM9i

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) January 1, 2019

REPUBLICANS

MEDIA

ratings

Daytime TV ratings from Nielsen:
#1 – MSNBC
#2 – CNN
#3 – Fox News

Real news wins and FAKE NEWS comes in last!

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 1, 2019

FB

.@Reuters technology correspondent @peard33 looks back at a year of privacy scandals for Facebook that have hit the company’s stock pic.twitter.com/iwSfGI7OhH

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 1, 2019

Louis CK

respect

Louis CK is a good reminder that when people with power ask for respect it’s called “civility” and is sacred, but when people without power ask for respect it’s called “political correctness” and is the butt of jokes.

— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) December 31, 2018

Ingram

Laura Ingraham's Radio Show Cancelled Due To Advertiser Boycott https://t.co/7uH4WV3t3S

— Secret Agent Number Six (@DesignationSix) December 31, 2018

LEFTOVERS

Burnie

Oh look. Here he is behaving like a Russian agent pic.twitter.com/u8ef2lOCuS

— I Am Chained To A Black Woman Send $27 (@BravenakBlog) January 1, 2019

US

Pelosi

Read my full statement with @SenSchumer here: https://t.co/R0xRpL8c8W pic.twitter.com/BRJv13FhOH

— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) December 31, 2018

tomorrow

Tomorrow:

-GOP House bill with $5b for @POTUS vanity wall dies

-No more stupid House hearings on Hillary's emails or regulating free speech of internet companies

-Stephen Miller's fantasy of changing the laws to restrict legal immigration ends in a whimper#HappyNewYear2019

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 31, 2018

them:

Game over, @realDonaldTrump. These Democrat committee leaders will be your worst nightmare. pic.twitter.com/nAbvVSBu3v

— Bros4America (@Bros4America) January 2, 2019

We’re still here

I'll end my year on Twitter with the Resistance anthem I wrote as a finale to my recent revue of Trump-themed parodies. The melody is Sondheim's, but the words could be direct quotes from any number of new friends I've met here this last harrowing yet often congenial year.😘❤️🎶 pic.twitter.com/ZkmwCvwpBU

— Joe Keenan (@MrJoeKeenan) December 31, 2018

original https://youtu.be/T67wmsEaYcE

NYE

🇺🇸🗽🎆 3, 2, 1…#HappyNewYear2019! Crowds brave the cold and rain to watch the ball drop at New York's Times Square pic.twitter.com/RWsqQr6dd2

— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) January 1, 2019

which villain?

Happy 2019! Which villain are you feeling like this morning? 😂🎉 #DoctorWho #HappyNewYears pic.twitter.com/rjkqKUJkgM

— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) January 1, 2019

Ultima thule

*** HELLO, HELLO! ***

January 1, 2019. The @NASANewHorizons spacecraft, launched in January 2006, encounters 20km wide Kuiper-Belt comet 2014-MU69, the farthest object we’ve ever seen close up.

Nicknamed “Ultima Thule,” a Medieval reference to “Beyond Known Lands.” pic.twitter.com/v8ekWRiNqa

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) January 1, 2019

More

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Humpty Trumpty wanted a wall

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

NJ fake green cards

The FBI have collected FAKE GREEN CARDS that Trump’s managers gave to illegal immigrants working at his golf clubs >> https://t.co/9tYRQrupNS

— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) December 30, 2018

New Jersey prosecutors have evidence that supervisors at Trump’s New Jersey golf club may have provided fraudulent green cards and Social Security numbers to undocumented immigrant workers. https://t.co/v8XySG4bxP

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) December 29, 2018

poll

MOMENTUM GROWS: Nearly 60 percent of registered voters believe that President Trump should be impeached or censured. https://t.co/Mll5GlG19n #ImpeachTrump

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) December 29, 2018

compare to emails investigation

The house judiciary and intelligence committees have officially CLOSED the three-year investigation into Hillary’s emails

ZERO indictments
ZERO felonies
ZERO arrests
ZERO convictions

Mueller has nabbed 38 people or entities with over 200 felonies. 52 are “collusion” #winning

— Mueller, She Wrote Podcast (@MuellerSheWrote) December 29, 2018

no collusion!!

Once more: your son, your son-in-law, & your campaign chair signaled to Moscow your campaign approved of Kremlin efforts to intervene in the election, and *you* collaborated with Putin’s disinformation op by echoing his false denials. You aided and abetted the Russian attack. https://t.co/mhhCtQ6bOz

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 30, 2018

KLAN 🍊

Wall

12/28 Mike Luckovich: Trumpty https://t.co/18eX7XRrJA

— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) December 28, 2018

kids deaths

Trump's first reaction to the death of two young migrant children in Border Patrol custody

First: Blame Democrats
Second: Call for his wall
Third: Call the children very sick
Fourth: Mislead about the family's response
Fifth: Congratulate Border Patrolhttps://t.co/ZEzzkERMaW

— Rebecca Leber (@rebleber) December 29, 2018

also

Still no reply from @SecNielsen on how many asylum seekers have died on her watch…

Good news is Dems take the majority in five days. We’ll get these records, even if she doesn’t turn them over.

— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) December 29, 2018

secrets

Worth recalling that the Trump administration kept the girl's death while in Border Patrol custody a secret until @NickMiroff broke the story in The Post –> https://t.co/dOHgaJrekP https://t.co/tlN20BWt5e

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 29, 2018

lies

The medical examiner says Felipe died from Influenza B. The World Health Organization says the influenza incubtion period is 1-4 days. He was in CBP custody for 7 days. https://t.co/Gx28aH4VJd https://t.co/AvA9FuIPul

— David Mack (@davidmackau) December 29, 2018

Wapo

Trump politicizes deaths of two immigrant children to score points in border wall fight https://t.co/u5J0Mai62y

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) December 29, 2018

invaders

If they were actually part of an invading army, we would have to treat them better than this. https://t.co/gjBsHrVSU2

— Ken Schultz (@KSchultz3580) December 29, 2018

abuse

Migrant children dragged, pushed at Southwest Key shelter. https://t.co/Xgnqnjy4zq pic.twitter.com/W3I7n3paXv

— azcentral (@azcentral) December 29, 2018

#TrumpShutdown

trapped

"He's trapped," Republican strategist Mike Murphy said of Trump. "He's playing poker holding two threes and suddenly putting all of his chips in. It's pure emotion, the mark of a panicking amateur." https://t.co/n4wiH07FsQ

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 29, 2018

Fed workers

Uncertain if @realDonaldTrump knows that 80% of federal workers do NOT live here in the Washington area; freezing their pay (plus shutdown) hurts voters nationwide. Federal workers in:
FL: 138,892
MICH: 52,898
NC: 72,363
OH: 78,575
PA: 97,415
WI: 29,183
(OPM data, June 2017)

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 29, 2018

reminder – Mexico

Hey @realDonaldTrump, we were promised that Mexico would pay for the wall. 100%. pic.twitter.com/tEtOdMeNDT

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 20, 2018

Lies

Twelve months of lies, damn lies, and (Trumped-up) statistics

Take a look at Sunday's front cover… pic.twitter.com/UEI7JTWzVI

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 30, 2018

WAR ON MEDIA

malware computer from abroad

JUST IN: A suspected malware computer virus from outside the United States prevented the Los Angeles Times from publishing many of its Saturday print editions, in an attack that similarly crippled other newspapers across the country, the Times said. https://t.co/mwYBtQUWse

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) December 30, 2018

REPUBLICANS

“her emailz” was bogus

Trey Gowdy closes out a disgraceful congressional career by quietly whispering that he had been lying about Hillary’s emails all along. https://t.co/9I2ls6XIvR

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 29, 2018

VA

Dear @SecWilkie: I respectfully request that you reconsider cutting group therapy for veterans with PTSD. There are better ways to cut costs. Thank you for your consideration. https://t.co/0sRKCf0Oei

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 29, 2018

Kelly

Outgoing White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly say his tenure is best measured by what the president did NOTdo when Kelly was at his side.https://t.co/Iqa5bMu5pU

— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 30, 2018

“To be honest, it’s not a wall,” John Kelly told the LA Times in an interview. The last time Kelly went on Fox and said the president was “uninformed” on the wall during the campaign, Trump shouted at him so loudly it could be heard outside Oval. This time, Kelly is out.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) December 30, 2018

snowflakes

Yes I've heard this word. I think sociopaths use it in an attempt to discredit the notion of empathy https://t.co/6tKNUdRAJ5

— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) July 8, 2018

sociopaths

Find a tweet more horrible than this. Good luck. https://t.co/a1qTmvFM2K

— Bill Prady (@billprady) December 30, 2018

MEDIA

NYT

 Maggie

No interrogation of Trump’s bullshit lie in the headline. Just worthless. pic.twitter.com/yMNybnxls2

— Ethan Grey (@_EthanGrey) December 29, 2018

Carlson

Tucker Carlson's Fox News show has reportedly been hemorrhaging advertisers since he said that immigration makes the U.S. "poorer and dirtier and more divided," The Daily Beast reports. https://t.co/cURgX6j3EG

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 29, 2018

Bothsidery

Anatomy of a dishonest social media meme. Numerous things to fairly criticize former POTUS for. Criticism of politicos is in play. But to conflate 44’s autographing of serviceman’s uniform cap w/45 signing of MAGA campaign hat is disingenuous & purposely deceptive. #BeBetter 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/UyfFeVXRpC

— James A. Gagliano (@JamesAGagliano) December 29, 2018

LEFTOVERS

poison primary

What's clear as day is this: if Sanders runs, it will poison the whole process. And if not, we'll have an interesting and generally positive primary. No avoiding this – it's like a light switch without a dimmer. https://t.co/Uu4YlqvFnU

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 30, 2018

Sirota

David Sirota’s monthlong reputational self-destruction continues:

Someone points out Bernie could ask his surrogates to chill.

Sirota shows zero chill and instead goes on a weird rant about fascists coming for journalists.

Maybe take a Twitter break, dude. pic.twitter.com/jzaPiEFvXH

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 30, 2018

why the Beto hate

the punchline is that Sanders surrogates *created* the Beto buzz in December; https://t.co/iE5xrKOI3c

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 30, 2018

US

Pelosi

How Nancy Pelosi signaled the end of Donald Trump's easy ride https://t.co/2vGmEHYtTo

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 30, 2018

Lieu

Note to @realDonaldTrump: ICYMI, Democrats crushed Republicans last month in the midterms and we take control of the House in 5 days. Good luck getting the House to vote for your vanity wall.

Cut your losses now. End the #TrumpShutdown today before you lose even more votes. https://t.co/fmtUOLzDLA

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 29, 2018

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“Work for your landlord for the rent!” and “wanna wallllll!!!”

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

where we are

"They have solid documentary evidence, perhaps even direct recordings of the conversation that made clear that Donald Trump participated in this criminal conspiracy." Garrett Graff on Mueller's investigators. https://t.co/U1aAJsAZF4

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) December 28, 2018

10 developments

THREAD: The 10 Biggest Developments in the Russia Investigation In 2018 https://t.co/ijynF9BtZ2

— The Moscow Project (@moscow_project) December 28, 2018

Cohen, Prague

Cohen now categorically denying he’s ever been to the Czech Republic. But he told @DavidCornDC in the weeks after the election: “I was in Prague for one afternoon 14 years ago.” https://t.co/E1vAa85A1w https://t.co/Fg9hVUnsqQ

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 28, 2018

House Dems

House Democrats scooping up staff, lawyers to power Trump Admin investigations, via @FoxReports @jeremyherb & @mkraju https://t.co/1alyolIgpx

— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) December 28, 2018

RUSSIA

buried treasure

The No. 2 executive at the Russian firm that now claims to own Le Pen's loan? A former Soviet military spy expelled from the U.S. in 1983 after federal agents caught him retrieving what he thought were secret documents from the base of a tree in Maryland. https://t.co/qmSCoHw6O9

— Paul Sonne (@PaulSonne) December 27, 2018

Rand

You know, his latest intermediary to Putin. https://t.co/A1shUIssNw

— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) December 28, 2018

kurds

Lavrov now calling YPG “terrorists” and signaling Moscow backs Turkish invasion. Wonder what kind of deal Russia will strike with SDF east of Euphrates now…

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) December 28, 2018

KLAN 🍊

summary

Trump: Day 706
-Day 6 of the #TrumpShutdown
-Fundraising Off of the Shutdown
-Claims Fed Workers are Democrats
-Cell Signal Puts Cohen Near Prague
-$800M Went 2 ICE's 4-Profit Prisons
-Taxpayers Footing Bill 4 Club Tents
-Melania is Returning 2 Mar-a-Lago pic.twitter.com/64Pyn2P5IU

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 28, 2018

Mexico

But Donny… for months, you've been claiming you replaced NAFTA with the USMCA, a better-than-NAFTA version of NAFTA. Therefore, according to YOU, we can't be losing money on trade with Mexico. BTW, trade deficits are not losses, you ignoramus. https://t.co/krsK5aKVZX

— Milt Shook (@MiltShook) December 28, 2018

wall tantrum

pic.twitter.com/cITyABVNiB

— Carol Ringwald (@ringwac) December 28, 2018

Shutdown

trying to distract Nancy

The “source close to the WH” must be male. Most women are great at multitasking – we have to be. A woman like Nancy will have no trouble working to end the shutdown AND investigate Trump. Dealing with the checkbook and a toddler is all in a day’s work.

— CT (@cktimmons) December 28, 2018

fundraising of it

Trump campaign fundraising off of the shutdown pic.twitter.com/QmSXkEAeo6

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 27, 2018

deceit

Schumer rejected Pence’s offer on Saturday because he said it couldn’t pass in the Senate. https://t.co/7rfA2G0rYm

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) December 28, 2018

advice

Trump Administration tweets out advice to furloughed federal workers who can’t afford to pay their bills. Among the tips: Offer to do painting or carpentry for your landlord in lieu of rent. https://t.co/xAJTI0Nea4

— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) December 28, 2018

letter

Feds who signed up to serve their country deserve better than this. They just want to do their damn jobs and maybe get paid for Christmas. Instead, this is what they get during the Trump shutdown, as Jared and Ivanka frolic in Florida and Trump spends tax money on party tents. pic.twitter.com/yY2GRk04Gv

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 28, 2018

Melanoma

MELANIA: "Donalds, I know you sensitive about you hands, so I 'buy' for Christmases, a jacket that make the hand look very, very huge. No, I laugh because I LOVE you. Wear." pic.twitter.com/S4ye1rqWGa

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) December 28, 2018

Mall lego

Lego White House at the mall has Trump in handcuffs 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/WjICmf83x1

— Hear Me Roar (@Stop_Trump20) December 27, 2018

Apprentice

I wrote a piece about the "Apprentice" producer Mark Burnett & Donald Trump. It's about how Trump would not be president without the show, and how the show itself was a huge con – and what happens when politics becomes just another form of entertainment https://t.co/fNpDZRQKC2

— Patrick Radden Keefe (@praddenkeefe) December 27, 2018

REPUBLICANS

honest grift

hello I am catching the crowdfunding wave but also being extremely honest please contribute todayhttps://t.co/bRaiyNVBNZ

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 28, 2018

#Trumpshutdown

Among Trump allies and inside the WH there is a growing appetite to keep the shutdown going, in part because they feel it messes up Pelosi’s return to the speakership and overshadows her agenda https://t.co/VYCTwS7CgK

With @swin24

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 28, 2018

Lindsay

Spoiler: This tweet will not age well. https://t.co/CLT16FTHh9

— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) December 28, 2018

Mercer

Good read on Robert Mercer. Who, so far, seemed to have had a waaay bigger impact on these elections than Russia.. https://t.co/wCXrkNMJnI

— SeriouslyUS? (@USseriously) December 19, 2016

Jordan Peterson

nothing to see here, just Jordan Peterson going on another unhinged rant about how the birth control pill destroyed Western Civilization while talking to Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump Jr. pic.twitter.com/RRSSArYxLr

— ☀️👀 (@zei_nabq) December 27, 2018

Trumpies

Trump's white male supporters may lose their food stamps https://t.co/DdQduJodas

— Jeff Lewis (@ChicagoPhotoSho) December 28, 2018

SEPARATION CHURCH STATE

Pompeo – rapture

Trump's SECRETARY OF STATE, America's chief diplomat, said "We will continue to fight these battles, it is a never ending struggle… until the Rapture." Holy shit. pic.twitter.com/M727uMoq4w

— Tommy MMXIXtopher (@tommyxtopher) December 27, 2018

LEFTOVERS

Burnie mailer

In Bernie Sanders latest unhinged email he brags about making Democrats “pay a price” for their attacks last election, blames them & their policies for Trump & threatens to make them pay once again for opposing him

This is Bernie or Bust 2020 & it’s led by Bernie himself 😡 pic.twitter.com/AJVAOushkY

— JAM (@Eviljohna) December 28, 2018

Stein

Jill Stein conned people's votes and helped make Trump president, then grifted money from people shocked that Trump had been elected president for a fake recount, and is now using that cash for her personal purposes. And she told us *Hillary* was the same as Trump. https://t.co/Ah0fw4XYwQ

— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) December 28, 2018

Corbin

He was so upset by accusations of anti-Semitism he turned down an invitation to come to Israel and see Yad Vashem and attended an anti-Jewish annual parody party. Given those actions this story claim of paralyzed by being upset is a valiant attempt at positive spin https://t.co/TgLUBt6GM1

— (((Will Cubbison))) וויל קביסון (@wccubbison) December 28, 2018

Turner

Interestingly, Nina Turner had no problem accusing Hillary Clinton of all kinds of fake scandal in 2016, but when it comes to Trump, suddenly she wants to let him off the hook for all his crimes and graft. Cui bono, Nina? https://t.co/HCNnbpy0Ls

— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) December 28, 2018

US

blue wave

WATCH: Many pundits missed the blue wave

It was actually the largest for a minority party since 1942 pic.twitter.com/rhNLEJ6GHP

— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) December 27, 2018

Jeffries

Democrats won't support the medieval border wall from the so-called president. IT'S. NOT. GOING. ANYWHERE. pic.twitter.com/42UMq4T61N

— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) December 28, 2018

DNC rule

The new DNC rules state that anyone running for the party's nomination must "affirm, in writing,…that they: A. are a member of the Democratic Party; B. will accept the Democratic nomination; and C. will run and serve as a member of the Democratic Party.” https://t.co/02K9DPPgtQ

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) December 27, 2018

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“Wasn’t scared at all!” “1st FLOTUS evah!”

 

IMPEACHMENT

Cohen, Prague, Steele

MCCLATCHY SCOOP: Cell phone signal puts Michael Cohen in Prague area in late summer 2016, via Peter Stone & @GregGordon2 https://t.co/ysz7bbmckG

— Ben Wieder (@benbwieder) December 27, 2018

reminder

Steele dossier on Cohen and Prague: “The agenda comprised questions on how deniable cash payments were to be made to hackers who had worked in Europe under Kremlin direction against the CLINTON campaign and various contingencies for covering up these operations.” https://t.co/1xV5lmQ3wi

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 27, 2018

Maddow on the other news

FWIW, this is our coverage back in April of this year when McClatchy first reported that Mueller had evidence of Cohen in Prague: https://t.co/sAJn1lk5s4

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 27, 2018

and

-McClatchy, citing 4 sources, says Cohen was in Prague-area in Summer 2016
-2 sources tell me that another major news org has confirmation.
-Cohen tweets he has never been to Prague
-WSJ says Cohen told them he went to Prague in 2001.

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) December 27, 2018

and

🍊 said you lie 😎

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) December 27, 2018

Carter Page

Carter Page says he has been the victim of " torts previously unseen in the history of the United States and without precedent in the annals of American law." https://t.co/NDNnHrKxGU

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 26, 2018

MIDDLE EAST

Iraq

Iraqi lawmakers demand U.S. troops withdraw after Trump's surprise visit https://t.co/RYBVQl3pRl via @nbcnews

— Laura Walker 🍸🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎄 (@LauraWalkerKC) December 27, 2018

ISIS

Glad to see that President Trump is finally referring to the defeat of the “territorial caliphate,” rather than the defeat of ISIS. Yes the territorial caliphate in Iraq & Syria is 99% gone. No, that doesn’t mean ISIS, the terror group with members from 100 countries, is defeated https://t.co/DQEV7dvtgb

— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) December 26, 2018

Mossad – Russia ran 🍊

Ex-Mossad head: Russia decided Trump was their best candidate, and ran him for president – Israel News – https://t.co/LIz60YVfCq https://t.co/ZuhSbbUKF5

— ΞLΞVΞNTH (@3L3V3NTH) December 26, 2018

RUSSIA

forever Putin

Russia is considering constitutional changes that could allow Vladimir Putin to remain in power https://t.co/j4kFnazk3F pic.twitter.com/8V5sm7oJyW

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 26, 2018

SA

Surprise, "our man in Riyadh" turns out to have been Putin's man in Riyadh all along https://t.co/eKtLWv04AW "President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Middle East said Prince Mohammed has every right to inherit the throne when the ailing 82-year-old King Salman dies." pic.twitter.com/g4vOVse9fr

— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 27, 2018

Iraq

Trump ignored the prime minister of Iraq during a visit to his country, giving Putin the perfect entre. Trump-plomacy. https://t.co/yh55tLk5uq

— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) December 27, 2018

KLAN 🍊

yesterday

Trump: Day 705
-Day 5 of the #TrumpShutdown
–#BoneSpurs Diagnosis Fabricated
-Shamed into Visiting Troops in Iraq
-Revealed Covert SEAL Deployment
-Ginsburg Discharged From Hospital
-Acting AG Whitaker Lied on Résumé
-Dow Spikes During Twitter Silence pic.twitter.com/yL2l3cCDBX

— Alamo_on_the_rise (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 27, 2018

summary Iraq

Pres Trump spent 3 hours in Iraq:
1) lied about 10% pay increase to troops
2) revealed classified identity of Navy SEALs
3) possibly violated rules against political activity on a military base
4) broke protocol by a visiting head of state by not going to meet Iraqi PM

— Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanM) December 27, 2018

tweet of the day

This makes me so glad I'm already a lesbian. 😮😬pic.twitter.com/cGX717js1i

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) December 27, 2018

revealed identity

.@Newsweek reports that Trump's twitter field may have revealed the deployment and identities of covert special forces in Iraq https://t.co/P8Pq887ITA

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) December 26, 2018

what HE had to go through

Zooming in, President says he ways concerned about what he had to go through to visit Iraq. pic.twitter.com/UyBdbzOOcv

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 26, 2018

not scared

Trump is entirely unable to avoid showing his cards at every turn. “We were definitely not scared. In fact we felt unscared, at some points forgetting what it means to be scared or having ‘scared’ be the single word in the English language we would not know the meaning of.” https://t.co/VBGhDkHziS

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 27, 2018

campaign/army

its against military rules to fly this flag pic.twitter.com/5q2uOt0sNU

— m i t h (@ManInTheHoody) December 27, 2018

and

For all those who want to debate how there’s nothing wrong with the political hats, posters, and comments, here’s some light reading as to “what right looks like” and was is required by DoD regulations: https://t.co/l8srvRenGB https://t.co/96xx9QKAnI

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) December 27, 2018

military raises

It stands to reason that you know when you've been given a raise. Trump told troops today that those in uniform haven't gotten one in a decade. It's a typical @RealDonaldTrump lie, brazen, bald-faced and pulled out of thin air. Here are 2004-2018 raises https://t.co/Y7uSVSopd9 pic.twitter.com/1trfWGlAxQ

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) December 27, 2018

Shutdown

Union

Largest federal workers' union breaks with Trump for saying "many" want shutdown https://t.co/pYl1gKYQPE pic.twitter.com/n06tJfHV9z

— The Hill (@thehill) December 26, 2018

democrats

President Trump tweeted that "most of the people not getting paid are Democrats," as the government shutdown entered its sixth day. https://t.co/nUrZIjphox

— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 27, 2018

TRUMP on TUES: The federal workers I’m hurting actually support me and want the wall.

TRUMP on THURS: The federal workers I’m hurting are actually Democrats, so screw ‘em. pic.twitter.com/O7BrjBey8j

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 27, 2018

Mark Warner

This is outrageous. Federal employees don’t go to work wearing red or blue jerseys. They’re public servants. And the President is treating them like poker chips at one of his failed casinos. https://t.co/bxkt67E9Bq

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) December 27, 2018

Javanka

AWKWARD — Ivanka and Jared caught vacationing after shutdown cancels time off for federal employees https://t.co/v38JvPVEMC

— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 26, 2018

tent city

AP Exclsuive: The Trump admin says it will keep a tent city holding more than 2,000 migrant teenagers open through early 2019. https://t.co/Zx7CxUprZy

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 27, 2018

and other kind of tents

Kleptocrats gotta klept https://t.co/SAa4ZnUNIt

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 27, 2018

secretary of defense

Trump praises soon to be Acting Sec Def Shanahan, per pooler @ByBrianBennett: “He’s a good buyer. I wanted somebody that could buy. Because I’m giving them a lot of money and I don’t want it to be wasted.”

— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) December 27, 2018

REPUBLICANS

trumpies

pic.twitter.com/7TqnXxv8Ki

— mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) December 27, 2018

DSouza

Yes, everyone who hired you at National Review pic.twitter.com/EGSFV7fkkL

— Jon Vespasian (@JonVespasian) December 26, 2018

market Denald

How come every time I leave the country the Stock Market has a “rally” like you’ve never seen before?! Do they I expect me not to return? Very unfair to me! Its a RIGGED SYSTEM folks, believe me!!

— DonaId J. Trump (@realDenaldTrump) December 27, 2018

Criminals – GA

Michael Williams, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia who campaigned in a "deportation bus," has turned himself in to county jail after being indicted on charges including insurance fraud. https://t.co/hAWQtwSEtT

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 27, 2018

NRA

kids

 

Just pubbed, the most comprehensive review of lockdowns ever done: More than 4.1 million students endured one last school year, and the effects were often devastating — kids wept and soiled themselves, wrote wills and texted parents goodbye. w/ @dataeditorhttps://t.co/gAA2HCCm3C

— John Woodrow Cox (@JohnWoodrowCox) December 26, 2018

Ohio

Ohio @MomsDemand volunteers are headed to the statehouse right now to try and prevent a veto override of HB 228.

Tell friends and family in the Buckeye State to text OHIO to 644-33. They’ll be connected to their state senator so they can tell them to vote NO on a veto override. https://t.co/XVUB544cVb

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 27, 2018

NAZI

Proud boys

Your periodic reminder that this violent extremist group was founded by a foreign national living in the United States on a green card.

Good thing for him he’s not brown.https://t.co/swl0X2XPo9

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 26, 2018

MEDIA

ABC doing dumb talking points

Martha should see a neurologist about that. pic.twitter.com/pU2bAfLgCU

— Nicole David (@obbiecole) December 26, 2018

NYT

"two equally flawed candidates" … "but her emails." great that @nytimes is chronicling environmental damage being done by <checks notes> our own EPA, would have been even better if their pre-election 2016 coverage wasn't so shitty which would have obviated stories like this https://t.co/mhxOEO0OE9

— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) December 27, 2018

LEFTOVERS

advice for 👓

I’m going to offer Bernie Sanders some sincere advice- he should ask his supporters/sympathetic journos to knock it off – at least for a while. At the very least, it certainly going to make many tired of the entire Sanders candidacy before it’s even launched officially.

— Armando (@armandodkos) December 27, 2018

poor 👓!

Man, Kornacki killing Bernie. pic.twitter.com/DR7XDYui6u

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 27, 2018

Sirota

This is an unhealthy obsession. pic.twitter.com/4wcyxKwbqI

— Zachary #FBPE 🇪🇺 (@zatchry) December 24, 2018

The Nation

The Nation defends a *checks*

Right-wing gun rights illegal foreign lobbyist https://t.co/1X2pYGjGnD

— Zachary #FBPE 🇪🇺 (@zatchry) December 27, 2018

same time as the Federalist

amazing pic.twitter.com/fLDvDxXcaF

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 27, 2018

and of coure, Russia

Maria Butina’s ‘Red Sparrow’ Makeover Revealed on Russian TV https://t.co/YMHxUfHnEU #Butina #MariaButina #Russia
My latest for @thedailybeast

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 27, 2018

Stein

Jill Stein's 2016 campaign manager, David Cobb, is now earning $11,280 a month in 2016 recount money, according to Stein's latest FEC report.

That's a 50 percent raise, per the Dec. 21 filing. Other staffers received a 33 percent increase in salary. https://t.co/wDgLp3OqHB

— Charles Я. Davis (@charliearchy) December 26, 2018

US

one week!

One week from today, folks. One week from today. #oversight #resist pic.twitter.com/pvngvT8ctM

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 27, 2018

misogyny

Whether Hillary Clinto run in 2020 is not the problem. The problem are people saying a woman who warned us about everything, right about everything, earned 66M votes, 3M more than her opponent, had her election stolen shouldn't be able to run again. Thats sexism and mgyonism.

— Mr. Weeks ✊🏽 (@MrDane1982) December 26, 2018

#Trumpshutdown

Why did the GOP controlled Senate adjourn until Dec 31? Because @realDonaldTrump said:

"I am proud to shut down the government … I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down.”

On Jan 3, House Democrats will pass legislation to reopen government.#JanuaryIsComing https://t.co/fqLThrCuZQ

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 27, 2018

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