“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

https://twitter.com/PaulSonne/status/1078345752781426689

Rand

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

— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) December 28, 2018

kurds

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1078721335407173632

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

https://twitter.com/cktimmons/status/1078675234834862081

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

https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1078537013995945985

Melanoma

https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1078458788917714944

Mall lego

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

— Hear Mags Roar 🌊🌊🌊 (@Stop_Trump20) December 27, 2018

Apprentice

https://twitter.com/praddenkeefe/status/1078279574549680128

REPUBLICANS

honest grift

https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1078649905860759553

#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

https://twitter.com/zei_nabq/status/1078382175949590528

Trumpies

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

— Jeff (@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 moderna-vaX-Topher (@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

https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1078649952702787584

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

https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1078763715162341376

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

— The Beat with 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

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1078327674903412739

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 (indefinite hiatus) (@ScottMStedman) December 27, 2018

and

https://twitter.com/edgeoforever/status/1078416341588160514

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

— LauraWalkerKC@counter.social (@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

— ≡l≡v≡nth (@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 (@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

https://twitter.com/ManInTheHoody/status/1078121666226483200

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

— MarkHertling (@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 Report (@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

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1078343319543984128

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

https://twitter.com/JonVespasian/status/1077992223730487296

market Denald

https://twitter.com/realDenaldTrump/status/1078271418696114176

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

https://twitter.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1078289883842707456

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 (@ArmandoNDK) 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

— Brandonheimer (@gdigitalzsmooth) December 24, 2018

The Nation

The Nation defends a *checks*

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

— Brandonheimer (@gdigitalzsmooth) December 27, 2018

same time as the Federalist

https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1078286396304044032

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

https://twitter.com/charliearchy/status/1078041032644685824

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

https://twitter.com/MrDane1982/status/1078058820893593604

#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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Home alone: believing in Santa is marginal

 

IMPEACHMENT

OBSTRUCTION

non-denial

Worth noting the most incriminating part of the CNN story wasn’t just that the lashed out at Whitaker, but that he pressured him to do more to control the SDNY team zeroing in on him. https://t.co/Lhag3MikOD

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 24, 2018

MIDDLE EAST

Syria

“I’ll let a dictator slaughter our allies because he promised he’d defeat the group I bragged about having already defeated.”

This is the kind of behavior that leads to military coups in other countries. https://t.co/gAPCa4QZh7

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) December 24, 2018

Israel

Add…
Israel's Government Collapses Amid Corruption Charges and Trump's Mideast Chaos – The Daily – https://t.co/ZcDLAF71Iu

— Alamo_On_The_Rise 🫡 🇺🇲 (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 25, 2018

ISIS

Out: The war on ISIS.
In: The war on the Americans who led the war on ISIS. https://t.co/9EGiMtygLA

— Will Saletan (wsaletan on Threads) (@saletan) December 24, 2018

not one meeting

This means that the Trump administration never had one NSC meeting to discuss Operation Inherent Resolve. Shocking. https://t.co/oKuQFXCsvj

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) December 25, 2018

KLAN 🍊

today mishugas

Trump making two contradictory arguments: He says the wall is being built — and will be built. And also says that he needs money from Congress for it to be built. Says he needs money to "finish it"

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 25, 2018

words

Merry Chrissus erry-everybody! https://t.co/i6hlP5Is1Z

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 25, 2018

yesterday

Trump: Day 703
-Day 3 of the #TrumpShutdown
-Seeks Pity Claiming 'All Alone' in WH
-Claims Shutdown $ Will Fund Wall
-Slams Top US Envoy in ISIS Fight
-Praises Saudi Arabia & North Korea
-Rails on Fed Tanking the Markets
-Dow Plummets Another 653 Points
-Posts 17 Tweets in 24 Hrs pic.twitter.com/1S1i5Xk7hx

— Alamo_On_The_Rise 🫡 🇺🇲 (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 25, 2018

Killing Santa

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1077379183477776384

reverse

Are you still a believer in Trump? Because at seven it’s marginal, right?

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 25, 2018

people who got killed

While you tweet about being home alone in the White House, I sit home today on my birthday, dealing with the reality that my daughter is no longer with me because she was killed in Parkland. Stop whining and fix what you broke. https://t.co/qDj8U5gJVT

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) December 24, 2018

watching Scrooge

https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1077348617202081793

and

I'd have done it higher quality… but I just don't care that much. pic.twitter.com/nhlaAeEsbb

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) December 24, 2018

poor me

https://twitter.com/TopRopeTravis/status/1077273313817305094

and

https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1077344583594491904

God

https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1077314129319288832

the shining

The Shining – White House Christmas 2018 Special Edition. pic.twitter.com/6zE5CAMETk

— maXruehl (@maxruehl) December 7, 2018

markets

On Christmas Eve @realDonaldTrump has tweeted the Dow into a 3% drop. Presidenting!

— Armando (@ArmandoNDK) December 24, 2018

and

https://twitter.com/kazweida/status/1077267178179547137

and

Remember, when stocks go up, it's proof of Trump's genius, but when they go down, it's someone else's fault. Probably a conspiracy by the deep state's allies, the deep private sector.

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) December 24, 2018

Caravan of Chaos

Perspective: Trump’s caravan of chaos https://t.co/IqbjWURvz3

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 24, 2018

not there

This photo is from Sunday – someone tracked down the newspaper on his desk.

Also reports state that there is not a Marine guarding the Oval Office door as is protocol.

Folks, he’s clearly not there. https://t.co/7cMdE6K4m5

— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) December 24, 2018

and

1. This afternoon, Trump said he was in the Oval Office for a "Christmas Eve briefing."
2. Reporter says it may not be true–it doesn't appear Trump was in the West Wing today.
3. Zoom in. Sure enough, the newspaper on Trump's desk is the Sunday paper. pic.twitter.com/ctMsV4qSPW

— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) December 25, 2018

T’was (thread)

1) ‘Twas the night before Christmas
When all through the White House
Not a creature was stirring
Aside from a Louse.
The shutdown was hung on the Democrats with care,
In hopes that a border wall soon would be there—

— Rosa Brooks (@brooks_rosa) December 25, 2018

REPUBLICANS

why?

They hate her because she’s been a symbol of fearless feminine power and a reliable White ally to folk they hate for her entire public life. They will never admit to your face that they think she’s a race traitor, that’s why no straight answers are given. https://t.co/enPe89Dh1i

— Propane Jane™ 🔥💣 (@docrocktex26) December 23, 2018

MEDIA

FB

Facebook’s seemingly unrestrained sharing of user data is the privacy equivalent of the BP oil spill. Ongoing, uncontained, & toxic. We will be paying the price for decades.

— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) December 19, 2018

LEFTOVERS

bros

LMAOO all this "kamala is hillary" and "beto is obama" can only come as supposed insults from a group of elitist, white leftists who clearly have NEVER spoken to the true base of the democratic party: black women

— rumjhum (@rumjhum) December 24, 2018

US

Hillary

Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today! pic.twitter.com/J1htJS8G46

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 25, 2018

RBG

Of course she is.
She's badassery incarnate.

Justice #RuthBaderGinsburg is up and working as she recuperates from #cancer surgery, according to Supreme Court spokeswoman. https://t.co/9iExIR56h5

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) December 24, 2018

Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi, noting how Trump is no longer talking about a Great Concrete Wall anymore.

“A beaded curtain or something”https://t.co/ANh8l3hpym pic.twitter.com/z7U7RSVMMN

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) December 25, 2018

the girl we heard

The first Christmas in America for the girl who made the family separation crisis real for so many Americans.

Privileged to work at a place like @MSNBC under leaders like @janelleNBC where we not only cover these stories but follow up with the protagonists months later. pic.twitter.com/rwHwkAJK2y

— Mariana Atencio (@marianaatencio) December 24, 2018

Beto

.⁦@BetoORourke⁩ is on scene with about 50 migrants who were released by ICE at El Paso’s Greyhound station. Another 150 are expected later today, 200 more on Christmas Day. pic.twitter.com/8ukvLIOhbi

— Bob Moore (@BobMooreNews) December 24, 2018

JK Rowlins

JK Rowling mocks 'Saint Jeremy' Corbyn's Brexit stance https://t.co/UJv5AOg2bz

— The Guardian (@guardian) December 23, 2018

Anthony Hopkins

https://twitter.com/AnthonyHopkins/status/1077314641934442496

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Please scream and run around in circles

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

McConnell

If any of the $3.5 M was laundered Russian money, McConnell is in deep trouble, criminally speaking. https://t.co/A7YsW0fiNf

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) December 24, 2018

Comey

https://twitter.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1077164166610329600

RUSSIA

trolls

Kremlin trolls love Trump, his chaos and his wall. Russian influence twitter is now pushing "GoFundTheWall" & "BuildTheWall" hashtags to boost Trump. Think about that. RUSSIA wants a US government shutdown. All they have to do is amplify Trump & his propagandists to hurt America. pic.twitter.com/61N4J7iPDu

— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽 (@PaulaChertok) December 21, 2018

RUSSIA

Russian Agents Sought Secret US Treasury Records On Clinton Backers During 2016 Campaign https://t.co/Hd2Hckm9eT <– very important article on corruption of the US Treasury Dept, which collaborated secretly with Russia; Clinton angle is small piece of bigger story

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 20, 2018

SYRIA

“I’ll let a dictator slaughter our allies because he promised he’d defeat the group I bragged about having already defeated.”

This is the kind of behavior that leads to military coups in other countries. https://t.co/gAPCa4QZh7

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) December 24, 2018

KLAN 🍊

Christmas Eve 🐦🐦

Trump on Christmas Eve
— Railing against Democrats on the wall
— Criticizing U.S. allies for taking "total advantage" of friendship with US
— Rebuking Mattis' worldview
— slams top U.S. envoy on ISIS fight (whom he said earlier he didn't know)
— Calls Bob Corker "little"

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 24, 2018

reason for 🥩 with the Fed

The Fed's latest rate hike may add almost $1 million to the Trump Organization’s annual borrowing costs https://t.co/Q8sz0QVmgw

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) December 24, 2018

also

https://twitter.com/bungdan/status/1077238011811622912

#Trumpshotdown

pic.twitter.com/MXvDX3Xz1u

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) December 21, 2018

“Dems did it” is doomed

The reason Trump’s shutdown narrative won’t succeed:

His own party isn’t keeping its mouth shut. In the old days, they’d stay silent while Trump manipulated the media.

Not so much anymore. https://t.co/8A3lRy2Yg1

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) December 24, 2018

to wit

I agree with Republican Senator Bob Corker.

A lot of Americans are being hurt by the vanity of @realDonaldTrump that is the root cause of the #TrumpShutdown. https://t.co/5auyi0Zk17

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 23, 2018

Grinch

The National Christmas Tree enters a dark moment in history. https://t.co/tTSOydcDpy

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 24, 2018

and

New Column: Shutdown Proves Once and For All Trump Has No Idea What He's Doing. (and for a bonus whack at McConnell, make sure you read down to the part about the criminal justice bill). https://t.co/80APqYd7DS via @thedailybeast

— Michael Tomasky (@mtomasky) December 22, 2018

cycle

The Trump Cycle 1) Trump campaigns on anti-Establishment principles (on eg Syria, Wall); 2) Establishment types Trump's appointed jam him into jettisoning his principles; 3) They rush out & tell world 4) Trump rebels & reasserts principles; 5) MSM accuses him of being "mercurial" https://t.co/9dQ8hbsvZr

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018

steady bedlam

Bonus @nytimes column today!: The Steady Bedlam of the Trump White House https://t.co/EPaKoLAGap

— Michael Tomasky (@mtomasky) December 24, 2018

vent rage

Donald Trump expected to end year as he began it, venting his venom, rage, and bewilderment on "Twitter." pic.twitter.com/p8mq3Of5ah

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) December 24, 2018

projected cabinet

Projected Trump Cabinet, March 2019 pic.twitter.com/bz0esVeKIL

— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) December 20, 2018

REPUBLICANS

Mnuchin

mnuchin: (MNOO-shkin, noun)
When the thing meant to reassure you induces panic.

Example in a sentence:
“The Great Depression of 2019 began with a mnuchin.” pic.twitter.com/0fI6AvEyx6

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) December 24, 2018

and

Correction – his wife is not there.@stevenmnuchin1
Accompanied by his secret service detail- is attending cocktail parties, hitting the links and panicking bankers & markets on his own from Cabo https://t.co/Ip1lCphybn

— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) December 24, 2018

Ben Carson

Ben Carson’s HUD dials back investigations into housing discrimination https://t.co/iNKYavtKpc

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 24, 2018

inviting Nazis

The most salient thing about this incident to me never makes it to the top of the page, that the Metropolitan Republican Club (a “bastion of establishment conservatism”) invited this violent hate group into its UES townhouse to watch a re-enactment of an assassination. https://t.co/H0LN4GJFKS

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 24, 2018

NAZI

Previously unreleased video shows that the Proud Boys initiated the attack in Manhattan against a handful of anti-fascist protesters https://t.co/4AON9VDJ3B

— NYT Metro (@NYTMetro) December 23, 2018

andhttps://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1077190471124869120

NRA

https://twitter.com/nickconfessore/status/1077194681103142912

and

I've been working on this NYT project for months: Many of the deadliest mass shootings in the US were carried out by killers who used credit cards to buy high-powered weapons+ammunition that they couldn’t otherwise afford. No one was watching. https://t.co/IU2wGj4P7F

— Andrew Ross Sorkin (@andrewrsorkin) December 24, 2018

MEDIA

FB

Right-wing propaganda is doing great on Facebook. But journalism, not so much. From our editor-in-chief and CEO, this is how Facebook's algorithm changes have affected MoJo: https://t.co/6S7Dzm654o

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 24, 2018

also

Facebook’s seemingly unrestrained sharing of user data is the privacy equivalent of the BP oil spill. Ongoing, uncontained, & toxic. We will be paying the price for decades.

— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) December 19, 2018

LEFTOVERS

Bros 🆚 Beto

https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1077227570326843392

bros reflect on candidate

To put a sharper point on it, candidates should be held accountable for how they and their surrogates campaign. https://t.co/wmzjbcT0wI

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) December 24, 2018

US

Medicare

Democrats look to states to expand Medicare coverage – Washington Times https://t.co/KYyjx0e2dm

— Andy Slavitt 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 (@ASlavitt) December 24, 2018

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Shutdown, steel slats, threats to NY

 

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

not affected by shutdoen

“The SCO is funded from a permanent indefinite appropriation and would be unaffected in the event of a shutdown.”https://t.co/yMSjX8wpn3

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 22, 2018

OBSTRUCTION

on his info

And check out the responses to requests for comment:

👉 DOJ Office of Public Affairs: um, no comment

👉 Rudy: uh, can’t confirm

👉 “Source close to Whitaker”: he and Trump have a "great relationship”! https://t.co/sDIC268FQp

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 22, 2018

kneecaps NY

Trump doesn't understand why Whitaker don't just send some guys over dere to da SDNY and break some kneecaps.

— Maxine Faulk (@MaxineFaulk1) December 22, 2018

Sally Yates

This shouldn’t get lost in the avalanche of crazy. The wall we need is between DOJ and the White House. The foundation of our democracy- the rule of law- depends on it. https://t.co/HVktymSoWF

— Sally Yates (@SallyQYates) December 22, 2018

Everyone at DOJ involved or familiar with these conversations – Whitaker, his staff, the DAG – need to be brought before Congress immediately in January to explain what they know about the president trying to interfere with a criminal probe into himself.

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) December 22, 2018

hypocrisy

Anyone who claimed to be concerned about a former president speaking with the Attorney General about unknown topics yet has no opinion about the current president pushing his Attorney General to “control” the prosecutors investigating him is a complete hypocrite. https://t.co/ghJ5dXUZdB

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 22, 2018

also, hates Whitaker now

Trump went outside the line of succession and picked a loyalist who's hostile to the Mueller probe to be acting attorney general, and even with the most favorable set of circumstances, he's still not happy https://t.co/nxMRjo52l6

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) December 22, 2018

poll

AP Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say Trump tried to obstruct the investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia. https://t.co/cMvNapnk7I

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 22, 2018

treating associates

How Trump Has Treated His Former Associates Caught Up In Mueller Probe https://t.co/6y1844fVef via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 22, 2018

RUSSIA

Japan?

Oh, great. The Kremlin wants us out of Japan as well. What will Donald do?
Putin says U.S. presence in Japan complicates signing of peace treaty https://t.co/Zm9UJ4pJbf

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 22, 2018

on Syria

Discussing the planned departure of the U.S. from Syria, state TV host Olga Skabeeva pondered why Trump suddenly decided to leave at this point in time: “Americans say, it’s because he is beholden to Putin. Is that logical? Yes, it is.”https://t.co/mGZ4lSv1si pic.twitter.com/Zhk9V6f1So

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 22, 2018

Treasury Department

🚨INSANE🚨

Treasury Dept officials used Gmail back channel with the Kremlin – the email addresses used by Treasury officials were set up BY THE RUSSIANS

While coordinating re “ISIS”, Kremlin officials pursued info on dissidents, Dem donors, Jewish groupshttps://t.co/Dkf4IvYxAg

— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) December 20, 2018

SYRIA

https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/1076300804586393600

Erdrogan Bazaar

For once the bazaar metaphor is appropriate: Erdogan quoted Trump an outrageous starting offer—and much to his surprise, the president accepted. https://t.co/Q6uXdPuLpv

— Gregg Carlstrom (@glcarlstrom) December 22, 2018

ISIS

EXCLUSIVE: Retreating ISIS army smuggled a fortune in cash and gold out of Iraq and Syria. The terrorists squirreled away wealth to finance a future resurgence, officials say. From @JobyWarrick https://t.co/cVg4oCyQFf

— Alan Sipress (@AlanSipress) December 21, 2018

US envoy quit

BREAKING: Official says US envoy for anti-Islamic State coalition, Brett McGurk, has quit; more fallout from Trump's Syria pullout. https://t.co/HwmL1u0RH3

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 22, 2018

and

“Man who claimed he beat ISIS admits he doesn’t even know the guy in charge of beating ISIS.” https://t.co/2638g3mB6b

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) December 23, 2018

KLAN 🍊

incest Barbie and Jr do adulation duty – sexy projects

https://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1075907473209344000not fit

Add…
Former defense secretaries: Trump is unfit for officehttps://t.co/VopYuAudBI

— Alamo_On_The_Rise 🫡 🇺🇲 (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 22, 2018

autocrat

Over time, the autocrat becomes more insular, and kin ties dominate. That's happening now.

Where Trump differs from other autocrats is in his complete deference to foreigners. He can't be a fascist because he doesn't care about the state. The state is just something to sell.

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 21, 2018

scared

"The explanation for all of this mayhem as described to me today by a close Trump ally: "He's scared..He's scared of Mueller. He's scared of his base… He sees it all crumbling around him."- @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/caLSVGVhZ6

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) December 21, 2018

Dem shutdown?

A “Democrat Shutdown." Really? Memories don't fade THAT quickly. Let’s remember that time you went on live TV & said you’d be “proud” to shut down govt. over your costly bumper-sticker boondoggle wall. #TrumpShutdown pic.twitter.com/YeGxbJS6gy

— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) December 21, 2018

no ownership in failures

In 2014, Trump sued to take off his name from two Atlantic City casinos that went bust after three decades. It took him 10 days to remove his name from the shutdown. "He does not own anything that goes wrong," his former casino president told me. https://t.co/LBgAqRVDPw

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) December 21, 2018

Pelosi

Because of Trump’s temper tantrum, Americans will not be getting paid during the holidays. His irresponsible and reckless actions demonstrate he has no regard for hard-working families. #TrumpShutdown https://t.co/r0yVSdJ58W

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) December 22, 2018

right headline

BREAKING: The president followed through on his promise to shut down the government if he doesn’t get funding for his expensive monument to racism along our southern border.

— ACLU (@ACLU) December 22, 2018

Firing Fed reserve chairman

Scoop: Trump has talked about firing Jerome Powell, a move that would represent an unprecedented challenge to Federal Reserve’s independence.

Advisers hope latest bout of anger will dissipate over holidays.

Story by me, @SalehaMohsin, @margarettalev.https://t.co/Cc3cLivD3Z

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 22, 2018

pretending to work

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1076284106332360704

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1076286430207459328

and

https://twitter.com/ManInTheHoody/status/1076263151870533632

Steel slats

pic.twitter.com/O4U86BR5iz

— Derek DelGaudio (@derek_del) December 21, 2018

Sit on it, you imbecile. https://t.co/R4jOyjxsqv

— John Dingell (@JohnDingell) December 21, 2018

The genius of Trump's new Border Barrier design is that the American taxpayers only have to pay for the steel slats, while Trump will force Mexico to pay for the spaces in between each slat. Brilliant. https://t.co/WYoURxsiE0

— walter dellinger (@walterdellinger) December 21, 2018

pic.twitter.com/BrnFgEH4fH

— Richard Littler (@richard_littler) December 21, 2018

Guys pic.twitter.com/oYSCSXqhcx

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) December 21, 2018

REPUBLICANS

VAWA to lapse

Violence Against Women Act to Lapse — Again

Authorization expires with partial government shutdownhttps://t.co/uwf1gdgZWp

— Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) December 22, 2018

*rattled*

NEW: Syria, Mattis, the shutdown and, most of all, Trump’s underlying conduct is rattling Republicans, including some who’ve not been very critical.

It’s clear, they say, he took no lessons from the midterm losses

w @SherylNYT @alexburnsNYT >https://t.co/p8jDzT9KSX

— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) December 22, 2018

paranoia

As Mark Twain told us, credulity is endemic in America. Apparently so is paranoia.
Which means millions of nice people fervently believe in QAnon, Seth Rich conspiracy, Pizzagate, Uranium One — and in Trump himself.
All the facts are just…"fake news."

— Joe Conason (@JoeConason) December 22, 2018

MEDIA

Bothsidery

https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/1076471274107486209

LEFTOVERS

Burnie

When #HillaryClinton said these EXACT words in 2016, Sanders contradicted her and claimed Trump wasn't the issue.

He was and #HillaryWasRight.

Just saying. https://t.co/c8cZu4fYZV

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) December 22, 2018

and stealing another Hillary idea he panned

Classic. https://t.co/dReCK3G4u1

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 22, 2018

Cacasio

https://twitter.com/edgeoforever/status/1076308236930818048

Stein

Plenty of people on here were duped by this. Wish they would spend a single minute on self-reflection. But alas… https://t.co/HLdCSsQ44C

— Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) December 22, 2018

Sirota

Dude was pushing Clinton Foundation conspiracy theories ON ELECTION DAY. #progressive https://t.co/D0O5cby9sA

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) December 22, 2018

JK Rowlings does Corbin – thread

And lo, unto her did appear a host of Corbyn defenders, who did descend upon her mentions, and she was not sore afraid, because she was used to it. And the host did sing with one voice, ‘ungodly woman, thou foolest us not. We know the true reason thou despisest Saint Jeremy.’ 1

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 22, 2018

And lo, unto her did appear a host of Corbyn defenders, who did descend upon her mentions, and she was not sore afraid, because she was used to it. And the host did sing with one voice, ‘ungodly woman, thou foolest us not. We know the true reason thou despisest Saint Jeremy.’ 1

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 22, 2018

Syria – thread

Not allies, not "principled", not "progressive", just assholes.

— İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي (@iyad_elbaghdadi) December 22, 2018

US

Pelosi

If @realDonaldTrump & Republicans choose to continue this #TrumpShutdown, the new House Democratic majority will swiftly pass legislation to re-open government in January.

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) December 22, 2018

Go fund me – ladders

It’s official: our GoFundMe for, um, “ladders” to get over Trump’s wall has raised more than $100,000 for @RAICESTEXAS to support migrant and refugee families.#GoFundTheLadder https://t.co/Ws28PkWuzQ

— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) December 21, 2018

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