No more pitching! Where’s the wall?

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 16,441,959

WORLD RECOVERIES 10,064,542

US CASES 4,371,839

US DEATHS 149,849

US RECOVERIES 2,090,129

NY RECOVERIES 275,780

states with most cases

 

US states with most confirmed covid cases

1 California 459K
2 Florida 424K
3 New York 416K
4 Texas 396K
5 New Jersey 181K
6 Illinois 173K
7 Arizona 162K
8 Georgia 153K
9 Massachusetts 116K
10 North Carolina 113K

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 27, 2020

rapid test

Hi, please find the unroll here: @EricTopol: This simple #SARSCoV2 saliva test costs $1, gets results in <1 hour, and can be performed anywhere without… https://t.co/OJv2shgSgo Enjoy 🙂 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) July 26, 2020

temps not effective

📍TEMPERATURE CHECKS: Dr Fauci comes out admonishing temps checks as not “all it’s cracked up to be” with lots of false positives and false negatives.

➡️ Us epidemiologists have said before: temperature checks are mostly pandemic response “theater” to feel good. #COVID19 https://t.co/qpuHWYSs96 pic.twitter.com/IIgm9uznsS

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 26, 2020

TX – el Passo

Hospitals in Texas Trauma Service Area I, which serves almost 900,000 people in El Paso, Hudspeth and Culberson counties in Far West Texas have 8* available ICU beds as of Sunday, according to the state.

*Not a typo.

— Bob Moore (@BobMooreNews) July 27, 2020

WORLD

UK

 

49% of voters believe Kremlin interfered in Brexit referendum https://t.co/5TC8RTThWD

— Brilliant Germ Suzanne (@expatina) July 27, 2020

KLAN 🍊

recap

So it appears the president spent the week building a gestapo force and bragging about his ability to name basic objects, then capped it off with golf at his luxury resort while a hurricane hit a state that's already dealing with a coronavirus spike that he's done nothing to stop

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) July 27, 2020

no national mandate

 

As for Trump: How many more will people will die because of his reckless self-serving ignorance?#WearAMask https://t.co/0AjUd8wcVe

— Adam B. Bear (@democraticbear) July 27, 2020

wall?

 

It’s no surprise Trump couldn’t keep it up #TrumpCantKeepItUp pic.twitter.com/3BLlUSYUnn

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) July 27, 2020

family

Here are 3 ways Trump’s ‘nepotistic family criminal enterprise’ is burrowing his campaign into the ground https://t.co/AT27br1hqf

— Al Toth 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 (@floridarocket70) July 27, 2020

🍌 republic

THE UNITED STATES OF BANANA REPUBLIC
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/6oGqJ6HZumhttps://t.co/doACxkAE8Rhttps://t.co/QE6vaZyD1Jhttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#XiJinping #JoeBiden #Trump #Coronavirus @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/izE7I6Rh1p

— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) July 22, 2020

dementia

This list of Trump's dementia signs has grown over 3 years as they all worsen. The latest is his daily pleading in public that he doesn't have dementia. It's a sure sign of his dementia impairment. This is usually a private situation but his doctors have let this spectacle ensue. pic.twitter.com/7YcdDq2fdb

— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) July 27, 2020

incendiary

"Trump is an incendiary figure," @CharlesMBlow says. "He uses fear and division as his devices. He believes they work … until they don’t." https://t.co/KAnVMMrbzo

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) July 27, 2020

pitching cancelled

Translation: "I'll be golfing and fundraising. And watching TV." https://t.co/oKnN9lgt0Z

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) July 26, 2020

song

Trump's campaign manager hates this video. Whatever you do, don't retweet this. https://t.co/SBwdJAFp9b

— br0keb0i (@thebr0keb0i) July 26, 2020

Diaper Don

This weekend, Donald Trump Jr. shot guns with Desert Tech, a Utah maker of firearms with ties to a polygamous sect. The sect has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.https://t.co/Uk9SQAkYFG @natecarlisle

— The Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib) July 27, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

Chad Wolf erm expired

 

Reminder: Acting DHS Sec.'s term expired over a month ago and he is unlawfully holding on to his office. All his actions can and should be undone if challenged in court. https://t.co/9j7H0scdDO

— CowAnon (@____A____Cqqq) July 26, 2020

.🐀🔩

USPS

 

Put your hands up if you think the Trump synophant put in charge of the USPS is up to no good with our mail-in ballots 🤚https://t.co/jvtDcLmNNY

— Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) July 24, 2020

REPUBLICANS

🐢

Oh, look.
A tweet from January that Mitch McConnell forgot to post.https://t.co/TBwMIZsH8O

— Monty 🇺🇸Hamilton's Battery🇺🇸 Boa (@MontyBoa99) July 27, 2020

Cotton

 

Black Lives Matter: Arkansas senator describes slavery as 'necessary evil' https://t.co/dtEeg7frgp

— BBC North America (@BBCNorthAmerica) July 27, 2020

Cruz

Ted Cruz spews disgust at ‘waiters and waitresses’ who he says don’t deserve $600 unemployment checkshttps://t.co/WsyzxM5Ivv

— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 26, 2020

trumpie

Well, I wonder what @realDonaldTrump has to say about one of his supporters choking this man out? Just realized that’s a Trump hat on his head. pic.twitter.com/7Ms7fxyG60

— Hank Gilbert (@Hank4Texas) July 27, 2020

NAZI

you want help?

TRUMP BEKOMMT HILFE
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/oxGqASqYLShttps://t.co/doACxkAE8Rhttps://t.co/QE6vaZyD1Jhttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#XiJinping #JoeBiden #Trump #Coronavirus @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/oAFust3G8C

— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) July 24, 2020

ACTIVISM

MEDIA

FB

If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention https://t.co/trvM5TecwA #fuckzuck

— D. Reilly (@pipeguy727) July 26, 2020

🦊

arrest leadership?

Fox's Maria Bartiromo asks acting DHS sec. Chad Wolf: "Why can't you just arrest the leadership in Portland because of their ignoring what's really happening on the ground?" (h/t @npr_matrix) https://t.co/MMcp1LWCF7 pic.twitter.com/j09tyPC5mZ

— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) July 26, 2020

ELECTIONS

polls

 

The polls show Joe Biden is a clear favorite 100 days out from an unprecedented election | Analysis by CNN’s Harry Enten https://t.co/B3guw8uCqK pic.twitter.com/t3P8VfkoiL

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 27, 2020

turnout

Despite the pandemic, turnout during the primary has been robust, particularly for Democrats. @ed_kilgore that Republicans wanting to hold down the vote will have to suppress it on their own https://t.co/tWSWO3KaFn

— Intelligencer (@intelligencer) July 27, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Warrenistas

So, the whole point of pushing for VP Warren is so they can use the 25th Amendment to strip him of power, and make Warren President.

This is just too much. pic.twitter.com/LQMMzWTFyO

— Bianca Kamala Harris the First of Her Name (@RealKHiveQueenB) July 27, 2020

US

Lewis

One final crossing over Edmund Pettus Bridge.

An incredibly moving and fitting tribute for John Lewis, a man who carried the baton of justice until the very end. Over the next 100 days, let us pick up that baton and march on to the ballot box in his honor. https://t.co/mewzRp2uTz

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 26, 2020

Kamala

Senator Harris editorial in Monday’s ⁦@USATODAY⁩ https://t.co/nVeJELj1rE

— President Kamala’s Hand (STILL) (@DearDean22) July 27, 2020

drop ballot

 

Request an absentee ballot, and when you receive it, vote and drop it off at a ballot box at your local City Hall or County Elections office. This can be done BEFORE election day. You don't have to have contact with anyone & you don't have to worry about mail delays. Pass it on!

— MaMa Deee (@MaMaDeee3) July 24, 2020

Nadler

Rep. Jerry Nadler: "The presidency is not a get-out-of-jail-free card." pic.twitter.com/lipB4bFeYr

— The Hill (@thehill) July 27, 2020

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👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 10,616,835

WORLD RECOVERIES 5,824,927

US CASES 2,729,848

US DEATHS 130,134

US RECOVERIES 1,143,490

NY RECOVERIES 89,475

Testing

Demand for virus tests is again outpacing supply.

If it persists and shortages are not resolved, turnaround times for test results will rise, tests will be rationed, and the number of infections that are never counted in official stats will grow https://t.co/j6RKWVSN2e

— Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) June 30, 2020

FLA

Florida’s emergency management director: https://t.co/wscLFnFGKN

— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) June 30, 2020

tests

But but but…Rachel Maddow just Tweeted that @VP said: VP Pence Sunday: "We are literally able to test anyone in the country that would want a test.”https://t.co/rusVOgDujL

— Dumb Precedent (@DumbOldJTramp) June 30, 2020

WORLD

KLAN 🍊

dismissing bounty story

Analysis: The only people dismissing the Russia bounties intel: The Taliban, Russia and Trump https://t.co/hbWx8PitRX

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 1, 2020

and

Trump still hasn’t said a bad word about Putin, who is paying Afghan militants to murder American soldiers. He’s insulted the Pope, allies, POWs, Gold Star families, military widows—but not one negative word about Putin.#traitor #liar #crook pic.twitter.com/6KoQz8Thgx

— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) July 1, 2020

Reading intelligence

 

Patriots, in and out of uniform, put their lives on the line to gather the information that goes into the President’s Daily Brief. They do this expecting that he will at least read the damn thing – and use it to protect Americans.

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) June 30, 2020

informed

“The president does read… This president is the most informed person on planet earth." pic.twitter.com/8ol9owvaOf

— Peter Wade 🤦‍♂️ (@brooklynmutt) June 30, 2020

Approval

President Trump's approval rating clocks in at 39% via new Pew Research poll out today.

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 30, 2020

and

Trump disapproval rating now the highest since Dec. 2017. https://t.co/Vfmzd6B2ps pic.twitter.com/RgPYW6qKFv

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 30, 2020

Antifa president

 

It kind of looks like trump is the president of Antifa here. https://t.co/5EuMEZ1aOC

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) July 1, 2020

🆚 women

New reporting says Trump insulted UK's Theresa May over Brexit and called Germany's Angela Merkel "stupid" in calls. We’ve seen this behavior before. #WomenScareTrump pic.twitter.com/UNeMexTHfr

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) June 30, 2020

More Mueller memos

More Mueller Memos!

The eighth installment of the secret documents @BuzzFeedNews fought to bring to light@JasonLeopold @a_cormier_ @ZoeTillman https://t.co/o4N1ybuQuh

— Ariel Kaminer (@arielkaminer) June 30, 2020

Housing

1/ The Trump family business was built on housing discrimination https://t.co/EnLXti6Z17

— Tom Sugrue (@TomSugrue) July 1, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

.🐀🔩

REPUBLICANS

foreign campaign contributions

 

Why would the @GOP delete this provision? This is one of those times when the simplest answer is likely the right one. https://t.co/QBrwHUoLk7

— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) June 30, 2020

MO Governor

He said WHAT?

Wearing a mask saves lives, but @GovParsonMO thinks not wearing one is a "freedom.” #MOGov pic.twitter.com/FzOooGL1of

— American Bridge (@American_Bridge) June 30, 2020

De Santis

.@GovRonDeSantis refuses to issue a statewide mask order as #COVID19 cases surge & asymptomatic young people are spreading the virus. He insists he ‘can’t control’ what young people do. Today, he signed a forced parental consent bill on abortions to CONTROL WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE DO. pic.twitter.com/IYL9sS91qd

— Rep. Carlos G Smith (@CarlosGSmith) June 30, 2020

Sessions

A brilliant @NYTmag debut from @elainaplott in this can’t-stop-reading profile of Jeff Sessions https://t.co/qn52ClU4wu

— Jake Silverstein (@jakesilverstein) June 30, 2020

QAnon for Congress

I am seeing some since last night wrongly claim Lauren Boebert is just the 3rd QAnon-connected congressional candidate to come in first in a primary. That is not correct. The number is higher than that. https://t.co/On8xPvXtPG

— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) July 1, 2020

ACTIVISM

ELECTIONS

BIDEN – FAUCI

 

#AmericaStrongerWithBiden https://t.co/tBi3EMMZHF

— Karla (@1_jazzymom) June 30, 2020

cognitive

Biden: "I can hardly wait to compare my cognitive capability to the cognitive capability of the man I’m running against."

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 30, 2020

Voters

Overall, 67% of voters who support Biden say they consider their vote more as AGAINST Trump than FOR Biden.

Black Biden supporters are about divided on this question (52% for Biden, 48% against Trump). & 68% of Black Biden voters 50 and older say their vote is FOR Biden. https://t.co/oQLKP9Bxg3

— Jocelyn Kiley (@jocelynkiley) June 30, 2020

Amy McGrath

(1/7) I'm humbled that KY Democrats have nominated me to take on Mitch McConnell in November, and I can't wait to get started to send him into retirement.
Thank you to this team. Without you, we wouldn’t be getting ready to give Mitch the fight of his political life.

— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) June 30, 2020

et al

Amy McGrath Will Face McConnell in Kentucky, and Hickenlooper Wins in Colorado– Ms. McGrath and John Hickenlooper, two moderate Democrats, prevailed in their Senate primaries on Tuesday. In Oklahoma, voters approved a Medicaid expansion. https://t.co/3g1dNRAOXJ

— b@rry (@midtownNY) July 1, 2020

Oklahoma

Big win in Oklahoma. Voters approved Medicaid expansion, which could mean 200,000 covered.

Poetic justice that this just happened in a state where Trump (who is trying to destroy the ACA entirely) just tried to show strength but actually showed weakness.https://t.co/j2Pud3vFTl

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 1, 2020

US

Cuomo

.@NYGovCuomo to Pres. Trump: "Come clean with the American people…At least have the courage to admit what everybody else already knows: you were wrong!" https://t.co/DXX6d9mwEO pic.twitter.com/cKFZhYefqd

— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) July 1, 2020

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Injecting light and disinfectant “not a Dr”

👑 🦠

US cases 886,709

recoveries 85,922

US/SK

The United States and South Korea had their first positive Covid19 cases on roughly the same day. South Korea did mass testing from the beginning and contact tracing and has had 236 deaths. The Trump Administration bungled testing for months and we now have over 49,000 deaths.

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) April 24, 2020

NY

antibody test

Bottom line:

There is some irrational exuberance on antibody tests.

They are useful for tracking trends in the general population, but should *not* be used to make personal health decisions.

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) April 24, 2020

alert

NEW: NYC Health Dept has sent alert to all medical providers advising *not* to use anti-body tests to diagnose prior covid infection nor to assess immunity.

This is due to high rate of false negatives/positives and uncertainty about how immunity works.

Dose of reality folks. pic.twitter.com/ZEHsbt3aNe

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) April 23, 2020

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

death/unemployment

Death toll tops 50,000.
Unemployment tops 20%.
President suggests mainlining lysol.

— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) April 24, 2020

transcript correction

The White House issued a correction to its transcript from yesterday's briefing.

The President asked Dr. Birx if she'd heard of using light and heat to treat #coronavirus. The original transcript had her reply: "That is a treatment."

The correction: "Not as a treatment." pic.twitter.com/NuBvlSHEqg

— Sara Cook (@saraecook) April 24, 2020

sun/disinfectant

He knows a little about the sun, don't he? pic.twitter.com/yxseWvjdfD

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) April 23, 2020

like so

pic.twitter.com/tqugNGin3z

— Edel Rodriguez (@edelstudio) April 24, 2020

and

pic.twitter.com/V4gzufOQny

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) April 24, 2020

hello darkness

Obligatory “Sound of Silence” edit pic.twitter.com/ZYgzP6fznl

— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) April 24, 2020

Larry david

I adjusted the audio. Its perfect now. pic.twitter.com/WlRHiQhZCG

— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) April 24, 2020

feigning concern

I’m pretty sure this is Trump trying to act like he is concerned about the public-health issues, not just the economy. He can’t do it. https://t.co/8d3XGCWHmk https://t.co/M98PWVEUFY

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) April 23, 2020

walking it back

JUST IN—@PressSec issues a statement to defend the President’s comments about the possibility of using disinfectants to tackle #Coronavirus: pic.twitter.com/ljsnVe5lm9

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) April 24, 2020

needs of a madman

It feels like our entire govt is now oriented around meeting the needs of a madman. Science is out the window. Hundreds of hours wasted on chasing silly theories. And not one person has survived who's willing to tell the President to knock it off. Every good President has one. https://t.co/O5H4KZUCEN

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 24, 2020

PSAs

Hi, Hospice Doc here.

Do NOT inject or consume ANY disinfectants in an attempt to kill COVID19. https://t.co/GrgMDs2K6R

— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) April 24, 2020

too easy

pic.twitter.com/LOMB6tf9dx

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) April 24, 2020

promoting malaria thinghy

Trump says "I haven't at all" stopped promoting hydroxychloroqunie as a #COVID cure. That's a lie. This chart shows all the times he mentioned it at his daily briefings and on Twitter as well. More context here –> https://t.co/d74WOMk1VO pic.twitter.com/00R7ehHZSy

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) April 23, 2020

Don Jr –

He’s just a boy standing in front of a Fox News audience begging his dad to love him. https://t.co/hnT53BIqMG

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) April 24, 2020

approved GA plan before

Trump approved of Georgia's reopen plan before bashing it https://t.co/mGQtBjK1CJ

— Anita Kumar (@anitakumar01) April 24, 2020

unemployed

there are now more unemployed people in the US than the entire population of australia

— David Mack (@davidmackau) April 23, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

immigration

 

It’s a pandemic, thousands dead, thousands more dying every day, no treatment, no vaccine and so the trump administration is worried about…. immigration https://t.co/XeNUVw4421

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) April 24, 2020

Kudlow

Asked about state budgets and SALT, Trump adviser Larry Kudlow on Fox says that he would like to lower income taxes for top earners and "broaden the base" — that is increase taxes on low-earners who currently don't pay anything. pic.twitter.com/3N407flg1F

— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) April 24, 2020

Fed $ to red states

 

Federal bailout money bypassed hard-hit New York and California for North Dakota and Nebraska, raising questions about whether stimulus dollars were deliberately funneled to states that voted for Trump and have Republican governors.https://t.co/yhFFAvSl7V

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 24, 2020

WI GOP

The Wisconsin GOP treasurer asked rally attendees to “please leave Confederate flags and/or AR15s, AK47s, or any other long guns at home” when coming to the rally Friday in Madison to “try to control the optics.”https://t.co/OX79VY6S6I pic.twitter.com/MtuWXFGREy

— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) April 23, 2020

concern

The "Red vs. Blue" gap on coronavirus concern that was closing a month ago, has widened back up again.

An update to the excellent @UpshotNYT chart with @Civiqs data through 4/22 @KevinQ @emilymbadger pic.twitter.com/HjasKoEkpG

— Drew Linzer (@DrewLinzer) April 23, 2020

NAZI

trumpie

Stay at home order is BULLSHIT. OPEN UP VEGAS pic.twitter.com/GtTEWfvTLC

— Brent Terhune (@BrentTerhune) April 23, 2020

MEDIA

🦊 aggressive flu

Here's Fox News' Laura Ingraham telling her audience of millions LAST NIGHT, "We were told the virus was far more lethal than the flu. That was terrifying. Now we know it's likely to be closer to maybe a really aggressive flu season."

This is after 50K Americans died in a month. pic.twitter.com/5mdntD6Jha

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) April 24, 2020

NYT – some experts

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1253556794405896192

recanting (and prediction)

Hey that’s cool and all, but what you really need to do is address the fact that not only did you do this terrible thing, but it was *completely predictable that you would do this terrible thing* because you are *fundamentally broken.*

Time stamp: pic.twitter.com/RqgAEBKFGJ

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) April 24, 2020

pitchbot

Obama Stumbled Badly When he Asked for Dijon Mustard. Is Trump Making the Same Mistake With Bleach?

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) April 24, 2020

ELECTIONS

US

Cuomo

BAM!!! PLEASE LISTEN TO @NYGovCuomo. Anyone who follows me knows that I have been calling on donor state Governors to address this. Thank you Gov Cuomo. @senatemajldr, you have been ripping off blue States your entire career. Your time is coming to an end. pic.twitter.com/FH1zJb4tvp

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) April 23, 2020

Eshoo – Brigt

Eshoo appears to have backing from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Asked by about the Bright situation, Pelosi directed an inquiry to Eshoo. Asked if Eshoo should have a hearing on the matter, the fellow California Democrat said, "You should talk to her." https://t.co/ktW8TVMlKh

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 23, 2020

Pelosi

passed bill

 

Moments ago, the House passed urgently-needed assistance to fight this coronavirus & save lives. With my signature, the interim coronavirus relief package goes to the President’s desk. #FamiliesFirst https://t.co/PPCaTcnwOc

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 23, 2020

.

Emotional moment for Pelosi before she signs the $500B relief bill, standing besides Maxine Waters and Nydia Velazquez. Waters' sister has been diagnosed, and Velasquez also overcame the disease.

"It could happen to anybody at any time," Pelosi said.

— Sarah Ferris (@sarahnferris) April 23, 2020

Maxine

#BREAKING AUNTIE MAXINES SISTER INFECTED AND DYING

Rep. Maxine Waters: "I am going to take a moment to dedicate this legislation to my dear sister who is dying in a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, right now infected by the Coronavirus." pic.twitter.com/vvYMGCFAK9

— Biden_Brigade (@biden_brigade) April 23, 2020

Schiff

A week ago I asked whether it was responsible to carry Trump’s nightly stream of consciousness on live TV.

Today, he suggested drinking or injecting disinfectants or “sunlight” to kill the virus.

So I will ask again: What value is there to this spectacle? https://t.co/S1ZgRhumxU

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) April 24, 2020

Kamala

It was the height of irresponsibility to force people in Wisconsin to risk their lives in order to vote. We have to make sure this doesn't happen again.

My VoteSafe Act would ensure voting is safe and accessible for all. https://t.co/6qKiKhSZKb

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) April 24, 2020

Schumer

We’re talking about jobs for police officers, firefighters, teachers, bus drivers, people who keep our food safe, and more.

This isn't abstract.

Their jobs are at stake if the government doesn’t act.

Do GOP Senators support Senator McConnell saying states should go bankrupt?

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 23, 2020

protest

Check out the huge virtual crowd joining from afar for today's powerful action in Washington DC.

Protesters in cars caravanned from the White House to place body-bags outside the Trump Hotel. #TrumpFailure #TrumpChaos #PeoplesBailout

(People wore masks & kept 6 feet apart.) pic.twitter.com/pobLk24y7n

— Anna Galland (@annagalland) April 23, 2020

and

 

Body bags have been placed outside of the Trump hotel in DC by protestors pic.twitter.com/nMPOtsfQth

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) April 24, 2020

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Battle of SCIF; Colorado?

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

State Department

Judge orders @StateDept to begin producing within 30 days documents related to the @realDonaldTrump administration's dealings with #Ukraine in response to FOIA lawsuit by @weareoversight.

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) October 23, 2019

No more whistleblower

"We are surprised by your announcement that the Committees will not receive testimony from the anonymous intelligence community employee whose complaint initiated the so-called impeachment inquiry,'' Nunes, Jordan and McCaul wrote in a letter to Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff. https://t.co/Sf3wcpcXBv

— Billy House (@HouseInSession) October 23, 2019

Laura cooper

New: Source familiar w/ Cooper's deposition says a key testimony takeaway is her technical description of the 2 ways in which funding provided by Congress can be put on hold: Congressional rescission or a Dept reallocation.

Source says neither were used in case of Ukraine aid.

— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) October 24, 2019

thugs – executive privilege

JUST NOW: ⁦@SecretaryPerry⁩, who told ⁦@MariaBartiromo⁩ that ⁦@HouseDemocrats⁩ “aren’t following the law,” can’t tell me what law they aren’t following when I asked him after his ⁦@FoxBusiness⁩ interview. pic.twitter.com/Zfu638d5EC

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 23, 2019

poll, demographics

Quinnipiac Poll on whether Congress should impeach/remove Trump

blacks
82% yes, 14% no

Hispanics
53% yes, 39% no

white men non-college
24% yes, 71% no

white men college grads
39% yes, 56% no

white women nom-college
49% yes, 43% no

white women college grads
54% yes, 41% no

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 23, 2019

History

45 years ago this week 10/21/74.

Nixon tape reveals him telling aides to “Stonewall”. Whistleblower John Dean tesifies for the govt. and explains the meeting and much more in the months ahead in Haldeman/Ehrlican’s trials. This is 10 weeks after Nixon resigned. History repeats pic.twitter.com/S62eTt2z4V

— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) October 21, 2019

WORLD

RUSSIA

#Russia's state TV is laughing at the circus caused by the Republicans storming the most restricted area of the Capitol: "Those are the people who try to tell us how to conduct ourselves!"
The host: "Poor things, they're so upset! Still—without us, they can’t elect a President." pic.twitter.com/1pTPA19eMy

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 24, 2019

ITALY

 

"Italian officials have lamented that the unusual requests by the Trump admin complicated what has been a long-lasting collaboration between allies on issues of justice & national security." https://t.co/U5b8Wow1LN

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) October 24, 2019

🍊 KLAN

can’t prosecute

ICYMI, Trump's lawyer just said that even if he shot someone on Fifth Ave., he can’t be prosecuted. https://t.co/jskin59U5G pic.twitter.com/r9aLTlNtGM

— act.tv (@actdottv) October 23, 2019

Colorado wall

yeah…. pic.twitter.com/Oe6kyZdCPe

— KevinlyFather 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇼🇸🇿 (@KevinlyFather) October 23, 2019

and

https://t.co/fmE0hiPLNB pic.twitter.com/gMzNIcl5Qu

— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) October 23, 2019

good news folder

There have been multiple stories dating back to 2017 about how the White House staff and RNC assemble a daily folder of “good news” stories and tweets to buck up Trump’s mood. This makes you appreciate how much they were scraping the bottom of the barrel to fill it out. https://t.co/WknPovmT4y

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 24, 2019

median income lie

This is their new favorite lie. And they tell it to stroke Trump's ego.

In the prior two years under Obama, real median household income went up by nearly $5,000. https://t.co/1m5IwOYEzp

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) October 23, 2019

sums up

This sums up the Trump presidency. pic.twitter.com/VeSo0gpnfn

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) October 23, 2019

election security

This type of reporting is exactly why the House just passed the #SHIELDAct. We must always do all we can to protect our elections from foreign threats.https://t.co/ZgsJHNOEGS

— Rep. Debbie Dingell (@RepDebDingell) October 23, 2019

human scum

Trump in two tweets calls “never Trumpers” “human scum.”

And says his US ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, is a never Trumper. https://t.co/mKwp6XAcUi

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 23, 2019

offspring

Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star Tribune pic.twitter.com/1AnHP8nka0

— Stone 🥶 (@stonecold2050) October 23, 2019

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Barr – Italy

The AG flew to Italy twice to personally investigate a right wing conspiracy theory the Italian government has now confirmed is nonsense. What is going on at DOJ? https://t.co/4V2gr9VJIg

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 24, 2019

🆚 election security

Because the @GOP can't win elections without cheating or foreign assistance and hacking. pic.twitter.com/jfQ7uHJN10

— Resist4Humanity (@deejay90192) October 24, 2019

storming

In a show of force for @realDonaldTrump, Republicans stormed the SCIF today and were able to scare @DeptofDefense official Laura Cooper into not testifying.

Wait … it didn't work. Cooper courageously testified.

But Republican protesters did have pizza. https://t.co/ybMjnIVz4w

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 24, 2019

Gym – nbd!

OF COURSE Republicans think endangering national security is no big deal. They’re propping up a Russian asset. https://t.co/KIzG6zWoh1

— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) October 23, 2019

I am the chief idiot!

This is false. I organized and led this press conference, including entering the committee room. I never discussed this with any White House official including the President. https://t.co/7D4XEpKdpr

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) October 23, 2019

also him

Matt Gaetz has witness tampered and obliterated national security protocols in separate tweets posted *this year* pic.twitter.com/QQqzGOwJOt

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 23, 2019

Graham

I honestly don't think he can get any more pathetic. It's uncomfortable to watch at this point. https://t.co/IPAXZrwQza

— digby (@digby56) October 23, 2019

Brooks Bros

Republicans' stunt today, storming the SCIF despite surely knowing the process taking place there was perfectly legal and orderly under House rules, reminds me of the 2000 "Brooks Bros. riot"; a stunt designed to try and stop the FL recount to help W.Bush. https://t.co/HZtICf8EZ0

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 23, 2019

who’s who

Updated this list to note that 8 of the people who Gaetz said were part of Brooks Brother The Farce (marked with asterisks) are ON THE COMMITTEES conducting the inquiry, and so have full transparency on the process. pic.twitter.com/iKqZefxEuk

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 23, 2019

hypocrisy

"It was outrageous for Hillary Clinton to refer to people she disagreed with politically 'deplorable'!"

Same people:

"Hooray for Trump calling people who disagree with him 'human scum!'"

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 23, 2019

Perry – the law

JUST NOW: ⁦@SecretaryPerry⁩, who told ⁦@MariaBartiromo⁩ that ⁦@HouseDemocrats⁩ “aren’t following the law,” can’t tell me what law they aren’t following when I asked him after his ⁦@FoxBusiness⁩ interview. pic.twitter.com/Zfu638d5EC

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 23, 2019

Grisham

Taxpayers pay Stephanie Grisham’s salary and she’s basically a Fox & Friends contributor. She has 2 more drunk driving arrests to her name than press briefings. https://t.co/OpLcZsy1fI

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2019

MEDIA

FB – Nazi

This is a WILD exchange. The last two questions at the end made me gasp. @AOC: "So you would say that white supremacist tied publications meet a rigorous standard for fact checking?" Watch how Mark Zuckerberg responds.pic.twitter.com/tHKKu7VTVU

— Brooke Thomas (@BrookeOnAir) October 23, 2019

truth – politicians

completely befuddled. pic.twitter.com/n0RjyZZvQ1

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) October 23, 2019

Joyce Beatty

I thought what @AOC did to Mark Zuckerberg was bad. But Congresswoman Joyce Beatty showed why black women are undefeated (h/t @JamilahLemieux)

pic.twitter.com/U1SeoZO3mq

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 24, 2019

Tribe

“Pelosi was right to hold off” @tribelaw you spent the last year screaming at Pelosi, belittling her like a raging misogynist, and demanding she listen to you. Perhaps you should apologize instead. pic.twitter.com/iXEESLY0fp

— D’Ag due (@ag_due) October 24, 2019

ELECTIONS

Warren

Facebook let me run an ad saying Mark Zuckerberg endorsed Donald Trump for reelection, so I’d say you probably could, @AOC. I imagine Republicans would be a lot more concerned about fact-checking Facebook ads after that. https://t.co/YA9HFvmQYk

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 23, 2019

Biden

I'm sure Biden can't wait to get started working on this issue…wait, is he even still alive?

— Powerful Mel Ankoly 🦈 #ForThePeople (@Mel_Ankoly) October 23, 2019

Buti

You mean the author of Citizens United allowing unlimited corporate spending in candidate elections and one of the 5 votes in the majority in Shelby County killing a key section of the Voting Rights Act? *That* Justice Kennedy? https://t.co/dj2Ij3KS3j

— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) October 24, 2019

Burnie

You promised to release your medical records two weeks ago.

Photocopier out of paper?

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 23, 2019

on Newsmax

for all the Democratic voters who get their news from…Newsmax? Damn, Castro too? He didn't fail the Tulsi test, but now – bye! https://t.co/CyNPsCiSaN

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) October 23, 2019

poll

#NEW From this week's 2020 primary polling from The Economist and YouGov:

Elizabeth Warren now beats Bernie Sanders among voters who cast ballots for the Vermont senator in 2016:

Warren: 32%
Sanders: 30%
Biden: 10%

Among 2016 Clinton voters:
Biden: 34%
Warren: 27%
Harris: 8%

— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) October 23, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Yang

Andrew Yang (three days ago): TULSI ISNT A RUSSIAN ASSET.

Yang (today): IM HIRING A DUDE WHO WORKED FOR UKRAINIAN OLIGARCHS WITH PAUL MANAFORT

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 24, 2019

Sanders' 2016 strategist Tad Devine is back, signing on to work w/Yang. MSM again fails to connect the dots. @Maddow is right now talking about Manafort working to install a Putin-puppet in Ukraine – & has erased the fact that Tad Devine was Manafort's colleague for that scheme.

— (((antiantisemite))) (@Tristanshouts) October 24, 2019

Tantrum

Nancy Pelosi is Speaker, not Mommy.

It’s pathetic that the second Republicans pull another outrageous, antidemocratic stunt, the bluecheck left shouts “NANCY WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT”.

Even when she’s eulogizing a family member.

You should be embarrassed.

— Bernie Sanders’ Shower Door Is A Cop! (@Valhallagrrl) October 24, 2019

US

Schiff

Today, Laura Cooper did her lawful duty and answered questions from both parties.

She did so notwithstanding efforts by the President to stop her, and when those failed, efforts by his GOP allies in Congress to do the same.

We will not be deterred from revealing the truth. https://t.co/8BMiFZa0gf

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 23, 2019

Cummings

Also reportedly scheduled to speak at funeral of @RepCummings in addition to @BarackObama are @BillClinton and @HillaryClinton. https://t.co/YdYVXT7d9E

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) October 24, 2019

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Blaming Turkey;😱 corrupt af

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Who’s who

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hayesbrown/cast-characters-trump-ukraine-impeachment

 

Sondland re 😱

Gordon Sondland to tell Congress Trump said Giuliani would have to clear any meeting with Ukraine’s president.

Sondland to say condition was Giuliani’s demand of public stmt from Ukraine promising Biden probe.

Giuliani says Sondland “seemed…in charge.”https://t.co/kV7JJg8s64

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) October 15, 2019

Fiona Hill – alarmed

NEW: Fiona Hill told House committees today that she and other White House officials grew so alarmed about efforts to push Ukraine to open certain investigations that they raised their concerns with NSC lawyer John Eisenberg. w/@aviswanatha@nataliewsj https://t.co/F5Abu0nJNF

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) October 15, 2019

Bolton – 😱 hand grenade

Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore, Fiona Hill testifies NSA John Bolton said: “I am not part of whatever drug deal Rudy and Mulvaney are cooking up.” https://t.co/q5cywOUEba

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) October 15, 2019

Pompeo adviser to testify

NEWS: Former Pompeo adviser Michael McKinley, who resigned last week, will testify in closed session on Wednesday before House impeachment investigators, according to an official working on the inquiry.

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 14, 2019

😱 thugs – Poppy funeral

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York, arrives with his associate Lev Parnas before a state funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. #trump #politics #Parnas #Giuliani pic.twitter.com/ckIofweHw8

— Al Drago (@Al_Drago) October 14, 2019

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WORLD

RUSSIA

trolling 🍊

In case you are wondered how Kremlin propaganda outlets are trolling Trump's debacle in Syria… https://t.co/Cf8uCVv8r9

— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) October 14, 2019

enter Syria

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1183857276010008577

in 2016

Just re-reading the IC assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 election for no reason. https://t.co/dWIeUvBDkJ pic.twitter.com/qMnLMdjAMk

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 13, 2019

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🍊 KLAN

Arsonist pretending to be firefighter

Trump is the arsonist who likes to pretend to play the firefighter after the blaze he started burns out of control https://t.co/yoXQMHp8L7

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 14, 2019

let others fight

And should ISIS become resurgent I am sure you will blame someone else should there be a terrorist strike against us. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/HQidBbWDyI

— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) October 14, 2019

Sue Pelosi, Schiff

For goodness’ sake will anyone who works at the White House please read the United States Constitution?! https://t.co/4gPJh88YVe

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) October 13, 2019

Incest Barbie

Is this emolument violation of money laundering, or just a straight up bribe?
Saudis And The UAE Will Donate $100 Million To A Fund Inspired By Ivanka Trump https://t.co/ksCJpLC6y4

— Frank Stanton (@Frank66Stanton) October 14, 2019

the rest of them

Eric Trump and his older brother, Donald Trump Jr., run the Trump Organization, which conducts business — and takes in tens of millions of dollars annually — around the globe and is still owned by the president. https://t.co/5wZV4i77AE

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 14, 2019

Approval by gender – Q poll

Trump approval rating by gender via new Quinnipiac poll:

Men:
48% approve
46% disapprove

Women:
35% approve
61% disapprove

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 14, 2019

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PENCE

Also

Mike Pence says Trump did ‘not give green light’ to Turkey to invade Syria, but the statement from the White House said otherwise. pic.twitter.com/XeDHVu53Lz

— act.tv (@actdottv) October 15, 2019

“but no Kobani”

Vice President says President Erdogan made a firm commitment to President Trump that he will not attack the city of Kobani (sp?)

— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) October 14, 2019

REPUBLICANS

😱 Fraud guarantee

Trump lawyer Giuliani was paid $500,000 to consult on indicted associate's firm—Lev Parnas’ company, "Fraud Guarantee." https://t.co/HDaKnfFObI

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 15, 2019

😱 examined by Feds

Breaking via WSJ: Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are examining Rudy Giuliani's biz dealings in Ukraine, including his finances, meetings and work for a city mayor there, according to people familiar. Investigators have examined Giuliani's bank records. https://t.co/QB4yHMCxaJ

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 14, 2019

Bloomberg

Wait, wait, hold up. @MikeBloomberg said what?????

At a gun safety forum that @ewarren spoke at (and that he funds philanthropically), he richsplained to her that only because he became a billionaire could she have a forum to speak at.

“Enough with this stuff,” he said.

Gross. pic.twitter.com/XZoYwmwHJq

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) October 14, 2019

Matt Gaets

I was kicked out of the delivery room but that’s cause I’m not an obstetrician and no one I know was even pregnant https://t.co/rxBtGNI1q4

— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) October 15, 2019

Coulter

Immigrants who can vote are Americans Ann. https://t.co/4QnnmsWPcX

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) October 14, 2019

Nepotism\https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1184151845062823936

dynasties

Political dynasts fighting about political dynasts, just as the founders intended pic.twitter.com/jwBFrrGhSP

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) October 15, 2019

Voter purge – Ohio

Ohio's purge of over 200,000 voters? It included the executive director of the League of Women Voters and 40,000 other active voters. She voted three times last year. https://t.co/6vK2ZnbT4N

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) October 14, 2019

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MEDIA

Ad spending

Wonder why Zuck is so keen to protect the monsters? https://t.co/Ir8hbqLCgt

— Scarlett “PocketChange4BigStructuralChange” Rabe (@scarlettrabe) October 14, 2019

All sides

Today, the library taught my students to use the "AllSides" media bias chart when evaluating sources, and to avoid the far right and left. I hate this chart, but mostly because I'm supposed to believe The New Yorker is somehow equivalent to Breitbart. pic.twitter.com/Fx4abdxLqE

— Dana Liebelson (@dliebelson) October 14, 2019

and a better one

and if a handy dandy chart is essential, why aren’t they teaching this one, which also takes factual analysis into account? https://t.co/o7oypQcDBa

— Ohm's Law (@apathystinks) October 14, 2019

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ELECTIONS

Kamala – represent

When I look at my team @KamalaHQ

I see America.

When I look up at that wall and the faces that stare back, I don’t.

That’s why I do this job. That’s why I fight this fight. pic.twitter.com/Pc3GZwAPx1

— Deja Foxx (@Deja_Foxx) October 10, 2019

Biden – reason for

Joe Biden: "I may be the last guy to publicly call for impeachment, but I am the only reason why there is impeachment going on." pic.twitter.com/VVuAeTkDID

— The Hill (@thehill) October 14, 2019

Yang

The problem isn't Zuckerberg meeting with "Americans of different political ideologies" – it's that he is ONLY meeting with people from ONE ideology in an attempt to avoid prosecution. You should do more research on this.

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 15, 2019

Tulsi puppet

.@Bakari_Sellers: "There is no question that Tulsi Gabbard is a puppet for the Russian government." pic.twitter.com/a5qtVjFu2i

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) October 15, 2019

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LEFTOVERS

Kathy Griffith

Kathy Griffin takes aim at Bernie Sanders supporters: 'They're like Trumpers' https://t.co/iJY0U40aPl

— Text NH to 70785 (@ManMet80) October 15, 2019

Kamala attackers

Who is next to step up?

Come on.

There's lots of you out there. pic.twitter.com/bdo3wNNtuz

— DSC (@RiotwomennnTemp) October 15, 2019

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US

Schiff

Syria is complicated, but this is simple.

A week ago, our Kurdish partners were secure, ISIS was at bay, and hundreds of their fighters were detained.

Then the President talked to Erdogan late one night, and disaster was unleashed.

Now we’re scrambling to contain the damage. https://t.co/fHW6tmcElz

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 15, 2019

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