👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 18,471,207

WORLD RECOVERIES 11,698,016

US CASES 4,862,513

US DEATHS 158,967

US RECOVERIES 2,448,295

NY RECOVERIES 320,652

NY ACTIVE 92,398

US states as countries ranking

 

US states cases would hold the top 12 worst if they were countries. And top 15 spots out of 20.

➡️ US also now at DOUBLE Italy’s prior reported peak cases per capita.

(Our teamMs updates on COVID trends and analyses. Figure by FAS team). #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/xP8HwLzDZW

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) August 4, 2020

WORLD

KLAN 🍊

disaster

The national COVID response was a historic and colossal blunder by the federal government.

Six months and this virus is still out of control around the country.

Six months wasted.

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 3, 2020

tell the truth:

The president has to tell the American people the truth.

It was a mistake to downplay COVID.

It was a mistake to say it would be gone by Easter.

It was a mistake to say it will magically disappear.

And it was a mistake to not set up a national testing program. pic.twitter.com/YOJosnHy6a

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) August 3, 2020

wrong

"With a country on the brink of pivotal decisions in the U.S. coronavirus outbreak… gridlock in Congress over desperately needed economic relief… an economic pain only intensified by the reality that the coronavirus curve is moving in the wrong direction"- @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/utpOSGS6pb

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) August 3, 2020

vaccine adviser

Trump's vaccine adviser says any media scrutiny of him (and his stock ownerships) will delay a vaccine breakthrough https://t.co/SMoDAwMRoO via @pdmcleod

— David Mack (@davidmackau) August 3, 2020

lied about other countries

.@RealDonaldTrump: Why did you lie – again – about how bad the virus is in Spain, Germany, France, Australia, and Japan? Deaths reported on Saturday, Aug. 1:
Spain: 0
Germany: 0
Japan: 1
Australia: 7
France: 11
U.S.: 1,244

— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) August 3, 2020

you can’t do this!

 

I need everyone to watch this. pic.twitter.com/eRPk7Dr1q5

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 4, 2020

lying about deaths being down

In this extraordinary interview, @potus said deaths were down across Florida, Texas, and Arizona

So what's the data?

Across those 3 states, using 7-d moving avg:

yesterday: 634 deaths
2 weeks ago: 435 deaths

That's a 45% increase.

Deaths are increasing

We aren't the best https://t.co/dH6vuYkJWa

— Ashish K. Jha (@ashishkjha) August 4, 2020

Ianucci didn’t write it!

Woke up today to many people asking me this. I say, with every fibre of my being, ‘No.’ I write fiction. This, sadly, is reality. America, register to vote. Then vote him out. https://t.co/UN7AOHpqef

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) August 4, 2020

evicted – blame China!

Trump on people being evicted: "It's not their fault, it's China's fault. It's not anybody's fault, it's China's fault." pic.twitter.com/5us31GfYyJ

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 4, 2020

transcript

Donald Trump Axios interview: Jonathan Swan corners US President on coronavirus https://t.co/GhhbTOl0iw

— Norman Swan (@normanswan) August 4, 2020

John Lewis

.@jonathanvswan: "How do you think history will remember John Lewis?"

President Trump to #AxiosOnHBO: "I don't know…I don't know John Lewis. He chose not to come to my inauguration." pic.twitter.com/LDv76rrIFc

— Axios (@axios) August 4, 2020

unlike Gislaine

Did Ghislaine Maxwell come to Trump’s inauguration? pic.twitter.com/YITj0It6MQ

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) August 4, 2020

healthcare plan

RELEASE THE PLAN!!!

(#TrumpHasNoPlan) pic.twitter.com/lKNRtfHUfG

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) August 4, 2020

take a cut

By government, he means himself. This is the boiler room pump and dump he used run in the 90s pic.twitter.com/D6oai6ma9P

— President “ramble-parade of lies and boasts” (@realworldrj) August 3, 2020

Kodak loan

Kodak was recently awarded a $765 million loan by Trump to produce pharmaceuticals. The company’s stock surged and the CEO received stock options just before the deal was announced. @Sruhle says, "This story is not going away and we'll continue to dig." https://t.co/htdQ0CpJHr

— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 4, 2020

and

He is now defending extorting Microsoft saying he is the "landlord" who holds the "lease" so must get his pound of flesh from corporate transactions. I am not making that up.

— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) August 3, 2020

and

Trump says Microsoft should pay 'key money' to Treasury for facilitating TikTok deal https://t.co/r4UdO690zE

— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) August 3, 2020

.

Trump wants the government to take a cut of the sale of Tik Tok because he says he created the value by threatening to ban it. “We think we deserve to have a big percentage of that price."

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) August 3, 2020

wish her well

‘Yes, I wish her well. Why shouldn’t I wish her well?’ ‘Mr President, Ghislaine Maxwell has been attested on charges of child sex trafficking’ pic.twitter.com/BkYqAmRCzi

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) August 4, 2020

investigated for fraud

A good litigator must foresee consequences of his/her actions. 45's lawyers shld have known this public announcement wld follow the motion to stop subpoena compliance. Trump and his Company Investigated for Possible Fraud, Filing Suggests https://t.co/J9SxTi6EAg

— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) August 4, 2020

mask

Trump campaign email subject line: "Patriots Wear Face Masks."

Body: pic.twitter.com/HXnBvnpMtg

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 4, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

payroll tax cut

GOP Sen. Grassley on Trump floating payroll tax cut via executive order: "I don't ever remember us giving to the president that kind of authority. The president should not have that kind of authority. The power to tax is a power of the Congress of the United States."

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 3, 2020

schools

 

High school student. Parents get infected. He’s asymptomatic. Did he infect them? No one knows.

Both his parents died. He is an orphan.

We are going to hear this story a lot when schools open. Keep your kids home if you can. https://t.co/SVxSQ7zH3u

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) August 3, 2020

and also

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1290481332141690881?s=20

GA school open

https://twitter.com/CountryLiberal/status/1290638392171077633

today’s numbers

https://twitter.com/CountryLiberal/status/1290673206395916290

.🐀🔩

poll watchers

Trump plans to deploy 50k “poll watchers” to intimidate voters. We will need more. Please contact your state or county Democratic Party to volunteer. Thank you! #ProtectOurVotes #PollWorkers @ProtectVotes (Graphic by @camorris) pic.twitter.com/YqLqGql24B

— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 (@jennycohn1) August 3, 2020

sue Nevada

 

This morning, President Trump threatened legal action after Nevada’s legislature passed a bill to mail ballots to all active voters https://t.co/la3TOyYTep

— POLITICO (@politico) August 3, 2020

REPUBLICANS

will lose

 

helpful thing is that if you know Republican, this translates into “Trump is definitely going to lose.” https://t.co/iXSSRSv8zp

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 3, 2020

Fallwell Jr

 

Jerry Falwell Jr. is a character out of Righteous Gemstones. This right wing hypocrite pretends to be super religious and is straight up having cocaine fuck parties on his yacht. pic.twitter.com/D7fEjV3qiK

— God (@thegoodgodabove) August 4, 2020

and

Nothing to see here folks, just the Rev. Jerry Falwell Jr. posing with his pants open with a woman who isn't his wife (also with her pants open) partying it up on a billionaire's yacht and making fun of people who live in trailer parks. Just like Jesus! pic.twitter.com/X3oAe6V7g2

— John Smith Chicago (@JohnSmithChgo) August 3, 2020

NAZI

body condoms

"put the bloody teachers in body condoms. i don't care" pic.twitter.com/eVAIFjXqgk

— Brendan Karet 🚮 (@bad_takes) August 3, 2020

kill them

Alex Jones told listeners last week that his predictions of a war against the "New World Order" was coming true and that his listeners should try to overcome their fear of death and be ready to “kill as many of them as quickly as possible.”https://t.co/6Pcry7XPNs

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) August 3, 2020

ACTIVISM

MEDIA

🦊

Pirro: “I should sue. I’m not a drunk. Everybody knows! My girlfriends are like, ‘Jeanine, have a drink!’ You know? I should get drunk just over that!” pic.twitter.com/WfKvumMWBT

— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) August 3, 2020

ELECTIONS

EV advantage Biden⬆️

2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes https://t.co/bwsg911vSG

— Edgeoforever 🖖 💛 (@edgeoforever) August 4, 2020

US

Hillary

This presidency, summed up:

While the country hit 154,000 COVID-19 deaths, the jobless rate soared, and an eviction crisis loomed, Trump went golfing this weekend at a course he still owns.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 3, 2020

Kamala

@KamalaHarris makes me, an immigrant and Japanese warlord from the Sengoku Era, feel seen. https://t.co/vJUtJ5GPxY

— Tokugawa Ieyasu (@ShogunTweets) August 3, 2020

NY

#BREAKING: A judge has ruled in our favor and declared the Trump administration's attempt to restrict #COVID19-based sick leave is unlawful.
 
This is a major victory for workers across New York and our entire nation. https://t.co/82MX6POKRp

— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 3, 2020

Sherlock

 

Her Majesty is looking on. Sherlock Holmes – put your trousers on! https://t.co/4u7Nz2kMSX

— Mark Gatiss (@Markgatiss) August 4, 2020

000🍫🍫🍫000

💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 16,670,538

WORLD RECOVERIES 10,261,544

US CASES 4,433,410

US DEATHS 150,448

US RECOVERIES 2,136,603

NY RECOVERIES 287,942

CA

California COVID-19, By The Numbers:

🔹 7-day average of new cases per day: 9,859
🔹 7-day average from the week prior per day: 8,911
🔹 Confirmed cases to date: 460,550

More info ➡️ https://t.co/TLLUGwPGY7 pic.twitter.com/qoqjFjDheO

— CA Public Health (@CAPublicHealth) July 27, 2020

masks work

Duh… https://t.co/ZdPEuw08HQ

— Edgeoforever 🖖 (@edgeoforever) July 27, 2020

WORLD

data reliable?

Explanation: Case (testing) data continues to flow from the states to CDC, and is independently verifiable from the state reporting, for example, on Covid Tracking Project. So this particular plot cannot be caused by the HHS changeover. https://t.co/u3zb53dgII

— Bad COVID-19 Takes (@BadCOVID19Takes) July 28, 2020

not so much

This is appalling. The @WhiteHouse stripped @CDCgov of its data-collection responsibilities for #COVID19. @HHSGov hired a private company to take over. The data is now useless, insane.
Call/write your Congressional Rep & say we need #pandemic truth in America. https://t.co/XI4DTwkZf7

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 27, 2020

donor

Much more sinister: They didn't only strip the CDC of it's data-collection abilities, they outsourced it to one of Trump's largest donors (who also financed Oscar Health — Joshua Kushner's company responsible for the national testing website)

Thread 👇https://t.co/d1lkYb02gQ

— Social✽Fly (Gov Cuomo's #StayAtHome Girlfriend) (@socflyny) July 28, 2020

TX underreporting

death panel

 

Texas has set up a panel to decide who goes home to die. #COVID19 surges and #CreepyTrump continues to lie.#TrumpKillsTexas

Pass it on. pic.twitter.com/8ddxvbgsPg

— Southern Sister Resister (@ResisterSis20) July 28, 2020

DSHS is reporting incomplete hospitalization numbers 7/23-7/27 due to a transition in reporting to comply with new federal requirements. For July 27, 82% of hospitals reported complete data to DSHS, resulting in a partial data set and the appearance of a drop in hospitalizations.

— Texas COVID-19 (@TexasCovid) July 27, 2020

Fauci warning

STRONG WARNING: Dr. Anthony Fauci says it’s “conceivable” that tens of thousands of Americans could die from #COVID19 in the coming months. “Unless we get our arms around this and get it suppressed, [we will have] further suffering and further death.” pic.twitter.com/Wcmbf1EfNt

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 28, 2020

KLAN 🍊

remember the 👑🦠?

Trump wants to re-open the economy. He wants to send kids back to school. He wants to win in November. And now, a growing number of allies and critics agree on the one thing that could help: Actually wresting control of the virus. W/ @PhilipRucker. https://t.co/g6DYTNP6dM

— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) July 27, 2020

priorities

 

150K people are dead and millions are out of work and Trump's priority for the COVID relief bill is $2 BILLION for a new FBI HQ in downtown DC because Trump doesn't want the FBI to move to the suburbs and have the old site redeveloped w/a hotel that will compete with his

No joke

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 28, 2020

and

So Senate Republicans are saying we can't afford continued relief for the unemployed to prevent economic disaster for the whole country…

…but we CAN afford to put huge piles of taxpayer cash towards public corruption to help Donald Trump's personal businesses https://t.co/kb86Wvjkno

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) July 27, 2020

also

Americans: Coordinate a nationwide testing system! A contact tracing system! Produce more PPE! Mask mandates! Stay-at-home orders!

Melania Trump: https://t.co/eE88UGJoSX

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) July 27, 2020

and

Improving a home’s curbside appeal helps in preparation for a move. https://t.co/9Cl2hZobe8

— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) July 27, 2020

Natl Sec Adviser

Here are some pictures from a few days ago of Trump's National Security Advisor not wearing a mask or practicing social distancing. He has now been diagnosed with COVID-19. https://t.co/zODoDvFMVs

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 27, 2020

Quinine – again

4) here is another earlier HCQ retrospective analysis of 1400 patients in 25 NYC hospitals. Again, no benefit for either HCQ or HCQ+azithromycin sliced 12 different ways. https://t.co/chFU7VEHCJ https://t.co/LxTZ8n9SBM

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 28, 2020

grifting

Pandemic is not time to be grifting – or ever— to promote your own business over American people who are dying. #trumpgriftsyoudie Nice one @MeidasTouch pic.twitter.com/tH2iYWiZhH

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 27, 2020

more

How does this make you feel? pic.twitter.com/LzIsp98i3E

— 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 🌊🌊🌊 (@SoldierofResist) July 27, 2020

Yankee invitation – a lie!

Trumpie was pissed that the Nationals asked Dr. Fauci to throw out the first pitch at the Nationals home opener. So he announced he was throwing out the first pitch for the @Yankees.

But it was a lie. The Yankees hadn't invited him at all. https://t.co/lOlCXnt4Tf

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) July 28, 2020

boats

More than 150,000 people are dead and the president is ranting about boats https://t.co/Frrk1bVGNG

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) July 27, 2020

winninghttps://twitter.com/AmerIndependent/status/1287846640578105344?s=20

song

I’m crying…😂😭🤣 pic.twitter.com/a2Uw7n7gae

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 27, 2020

TREASON

Their names were Staff Sgt. Christopher K.A. Slutman,
Cpl. Robert Hendriks, and Sgt. Benjamin S. Hines.

Their families deserve to know if the Russians had anything to do with their deaths, or any other US servicemembers.

And interviewers should at the very least ask about it. https://t.co/DWT4t4cQOX pic.twitter.com/QNuHM07ksx

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 26, 2020

and

Props to @APkfreking for asking the question https://t.co/c9hGF0IkQe

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 27, 2020

Barr

Let this sink in: the Attorney General just pardoned Russia for interfering in the 2016 election. https://t.co/ihJKBomifC

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 28, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

Chad Wold – who are the goons?

Oh, so they're NOT feds? Who are 'civilian law enforcement' in camo? Deputized Oath Keepers? Proud Boys? Erik Prince's Blackwater? https://t.co/mTNBmcv2tV

— Sandi Bachom (@sandibachom) July 27, 2020

illegal

"Federal Vacancies Reform Act only allows acting officials to serve for 210 days after a vacancy is declared or a new permanent head is nominated and rejected. Wolf has served 251 days. Because a new nomination hasn’t been announced, much less rejected, the clock has never reset.

— Condor (@Desertvu) July 24, 2020

Barr

 

The President’s factotum who disposes of criminal cases according to his instructions will come to Capitol Hill lying for Trump and Putin. Barr will ignore the fact Trump used stolen Russian material every day for the last month of the 2016 campaign. Like Covid-19, it’s no hoax. https://t.co/b6eKRwI94W

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) July 28, 2020

and

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1288068495192858624

schools

https://twitter.com/Peg33/status/1287838750010204160?s=20

Fed employees

https://twitter.com/Nativeman1313/status/1287788906268602381?s=20

.🐀🔩

quinine propaganda

 

Today has seen a remarkable push of pro-hydroxychloroquine propaganda. The America's Frontline Doctors video on Breitbart. Trump retweeting a claim that it works, now removed by Twitter. Massive social media action. Rudy (below).

I don't understand it, but it feels coordinated. pic.twitter.com/QdGWoDznEy

— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) July 28, 2020

REPUBLICANS

🐢

The future Senate Minority Leader is sad. https://t.co/2OVGIZHXlJ

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 28, 2020

Rudy

This lunatic grifter wants to kill you too. #TrumpGriftsYouDie https://t.co/uZVuHpQ6kA

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) July 28, 2020

Perdue

 

Holy hell. Republican Sen. David Perdue has been running a Facebook ad that *made Jon Ossoff's nose bigger*. Oh, and it just so happened to pair him alongside Chuck Schumer. The campaign has since taken it down https://t.co/MsiqDVGVN6

— David Nir (@DavidNir) July 27, 2020

GA racists

Making Black candidates blacker, giving Jewish candidates big noses– there is no floor when it comes to the GOP's bigotry. They're running on only *one* thing, and they want to make sure you know exactly what it is. pic.twitter.com/zSZQNsSdCY

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) July 28, 2020

Kudlow

It only took 150,000 dead Americans for Larry to wear a mask.

Only to then wear it incorrectly.https://t.co/C18t7SpTFQ

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) July 28, 2020

TN

Today, Dr. Deborah Birx said “Tennessee should close bars & limit indoor restaurant dining to prevent a looming escalation of the coronavirus outbreak.”
•Tennessee’s Gov said no, & “won’t give county mayors the authority to take these actions locally.”•https://t.co/9VoBONoqUF

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) July 27, 2020

ACTIVISM

anti-fed protests

 

Anti-fed protests raged overnight in Portland, Seattle, Richmond, and more.

Oregon’s attorney general is calling the chaos the “most disturbing abuse of law enforcement power” she’s ever seen. pic.twitter.com/4rtZcB6OSX

— The Recount (@therecount) July 28, 2020

MEDIA

🦊

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

<attempts to catch breath, can’t>

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

And Spiro was the Law & Order Vice President with Nixon as the Law & Order President. What a coincidence….. https://t.co/cjFBf5rhuO

— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) July 28, 2020

FB

THIS IS INSANE. Facebook allows a video containing dangerous lies about Covid to rack up 14 million views. Imagine the public uproar if this same clip aired on cable news. On a great night, that's 2 million viewers. The video on Facebook got 7x that reach — is anyone outraged? https://t.co/jhOXnmI5UU

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 28, 2020

and

if facebook is unable to manage their content at its scale maybe they should not be at that scale https://t.co/eajgTUMyGt

— darth™ (@darth) July 28, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden – vaccine

 

The development of a new vaccine requires a dedication to science, coordination, transparency, truth, and fairness to all — and we have a President who stands for none of these things. https://t.co/38t303Fknw

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 27, 2020

Harrison🆚Graham

Jaime Harrison is chasing Lindsey Graham like a cheetah running down an impala. https://t.co/XgaXUmkbZj

— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) July 28, 2020

polling

Remarkable poll findings:

College educated whites trust Biden over Trump *on crime and safety* by 52-40. Among college white women, that's 58-37 (!).

And more suburbanites say USA will be *less* safe if Trump wins (48) than say that about Biden (37).https://t.co/0wDkSGoyQo pic.twitter.com/4vAS3v5qaY

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 27, 2020

VP

 

Chris Dodd: Are you sorry for trying to compete in a primary?

Kamala Harris: pic.twitter.com/ccKLZp2tGJ

— José (@josecanyousee) July 27, 2020

US

Schumer

Kinda feel like Schumer deserves some credit on this one. Democrats could have caved, but they're not. https://t.co/rvAtD9ZzyW

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) July 27, 2020

and

The Republican COVID plan doesn’t give any new money for food stamps to help families keep food on the table.

But it gives a deduction for a three martini lunch for a big businessperson. pic.twitter.com/JtzWe4USSk

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) July 28, 2020

Kamala

Instead of taking charge during the pandemic, Trump would rather people learn to live with their grandparents dying. Learn to live with their friends on ventilators. Learn to live with boarded up businesses.

Time to move aside and let real leaders lead.https://t.co/qOHBcap4x7

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 27, 2020

Lewis, Bidens

 

A somber moment showing future president @JoeBiden and future first Lady @DrBiden paying their final respects to @repjohnlewis this evening all while @realDonaldTrump is in North Carolina tweeting nonsense. pic.twitter.com/OkvWhUjDjy

— Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) July 27, 2020

Schiff to 🍊

In this sentence, we see but one reason Trump is a failed president:

“…senior advisers began presenting Trump with maps and data showing spikes in coronavirus cases among ‘our people’ in Republican states.”

He never viewed himself as representing all of the American people. https://t.co/z5gMPEGamV

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 27, 2020

DNC platform – M4A

DNC platform committee vote on Medicare For All:

Yes: 36
No: 125
Abstain: 3

— Polling USA (@USA_Polling) July 27, 2020

Abrams to Cotton

"There's no such thing as a necessary evil, evil is evil. And slavery is one of the ultimate evils."@staceyabrams on Sen. Tom Cotton calling slavery a 'necessary evil upon which the union was built.' #TheReidOut pic.twitter.com/fTAfAS1Gb9

— The ReidOut (@thereidout) July 27, 2020

000🍫🍫🍫000

💃💃💃🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫💃💃💃

 

 

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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Protests only growing

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 16,230,817

WORLD RECOVERIES 9,931,243

US CASES 4,315,926

US DEATHS 149,400

US RECOVERIES 2,061,692

NY RECOVERIES 275,780

delayed results

Testing delays make the pandemic worse. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/RLXTlxNIrI

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 25, 2020

MO

Missouri is potentially the worst looking state, with increasing case growth and rising positivity rate. One to watch as some improvement observed in the south, mostly clearly Arizona https://t.co/zqyfpRJ9Wo

— Exante Data (@ExanteData) July 25, 2020

Fla

Good honest column from @opinion_joe. To his remaining sense that death toll remains low, the standard of care really is different and better. Lots of reasons to think this. But when we compare it to the northeast and particularly New York we …https://t.co/48w1m9WUaH

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 25, 2020

and

"One out of every 52 Floridians has been infected with the virus."https://t.co/E3VZ5UyBZv

— Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) July 26, 2020

CDC

Meanwhile the @CDCgov Travel Recommendations (updated today, July 23rd) STILL list "Most European Countries" and China as "Level 3" countries with "Widespread ongoing transmission". Many institutions follow these guidelines.
Shows how utterly worthless these guidelines can be. pic.twitter.com/EnlEvffE1b

— Ameet Kini, MD, PhD (@AmeetRKini) July 24, 2020

WORLD

Canada

“Canada is not a star of the COVID-19 class…What the Canadian example does show, however, is what the United States could have looked like if the U.S. effort had not been led by malicious, self-seeking incompetents…The worst would be over.” https://t.co/PMfWoeiFhP

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 25, 2020

Schools – IL

I hope we can learn from this.
May 17, the day Israel reopened schools, when very good covid case suppression was achieved@OurWorldInData
School reopening was considered "a major contributor" for the subsequent surge, still unchecked, with rising deathshttps://t.co/7dNfoB5ycS pic.twitter.com/Mh9ZyGIwkY

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 15, 2020

KLAN 🍊

no solutiion

While most of our peer nations have managed to get the virus under control, we’re still hitting record highs in new cases and approaching peak hospitalizations.

Now Trump’s chief of staff says “we’re not gonna have a solution to this” until there’s a vaccine. pic.twitter.com/gWr3GYmQkJ

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) July 26, 2020

foreseeable

Re-upping, as the carnage increases:

Almost everything we’re going through was foreseeable, *and foreseen*.

This was a preventable catastrophe. https://t.co/VfRorRZ8IG

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) July 25, 2020

daily briefing

Here's yesterday's thread for those who may have missed it:https://t.co/uOluvqcIAy

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) July 26, 2020

bounties? No, ban!

 

It’s been 29 days since the world was informed that Vladimir Putin was placing bounties on American soldiers. All this “president’s” smoke is for Democrats, though. https://t.co/ZjPFqXqtHK pic.twitter.com/XOzdyG617t

— #FeminismIsTheRealRevolution (@GabbieKDrice) July 25, 2020

Eric

THIS IS AGAINST THE LAW https://t.co/Q89TBUhkH4

— Sandi Bachom (@sandibachom) July 25, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

Portland goons

 

What happened when Trump sent Homeland Security officers to Portland this month? Our latest video shows how the president’s task force reignited protests and led to chaos in the streets. Thread:https://t.co/Y05ZoVNFqJ

— Evan Hill (@evanchill) July 24, 2020

antifa

Internal memo from head of DHS I&A formally changing the blame for Portland violence from "Violent Opportunists" (VO) to Antifa.
Glossary:
FIR=field intelligence report
OSIR=open source intelligence report pic.twitter.com/xmQRrRfj5r

— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) July 26, 2020

impeachable

 

“I would like you to do us a favor though.”

It’s been one year since Trump sought re-election help from Ukrainian’s president.

And set in motion a process that lead to his impeachment.

Since then, Trump begged China’s president to help his campaign.

The cancer only grows.

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 25, 2020

ICE

https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1287187941958221824?s=20

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USPS

 

65,000 mail ballots were thrown out in primaries so far because they arrived too late

Now new Trump admin postmaster general, former top fundraiser for GOP convention, says mail could be delayed. This means even more mail ballots might not count in Nov https://t.co/3qUGHpMpoF

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) July 16, 2020

GA election

 

The details in this story are jaw dropping. Among them: “In 2017, an advocacy group sued the secretary of state’s office over the integrity of the voting system. Within days, the state mysteriously deleted election data critical to the case.” https://t.co/W49jJRyXJH

— Marshall Curry (@marshallcurry) July 25, 2020

REPUBLICANS

200,000 gets you extra points

 

"My name is Reverend Jim Jones, and I approve this message!" https://t.co/ovP1GZPt6R

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) July 26, 2020

Senate

 

They tied themselves to Trump. They all deserve to lose.

“Something remarkable would have to happen for Republicans to still have control of the Senate after November,” remarked one GOP pollster. https://t.co/IIbTFFeFtz

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 25, 2020

NAZI

RW

As Trump wages war on the left, and threatens to send more federal agents to U.S. cities, far-right, white nationalist extremists seem to get a free pass. “It’s an abuse of power,” says one former DHS analyst.

https://t.co/6Uqe9Kylrc

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) July 26, 2020

MN

Today is the first day of MN mask mandate. These pics from Walmart in Marshall, MN. (h/t Raphaella M) pic.twitter.com/7xpMdv3oOp

— Erin Maye Quade (@ErinMayeQuade) July 25, 2020

ACTIVISM

crowd

This is a very energized crowd, possibly the biggest I've seen since early days BLM marches. It's wrapping around the federal courthouse, sounds of tom tom drums, say their names pic.twitter.com/BelwlrBYHq

— Beth Nakamura (@bethnakamura) July 25, 2020

and

Turnout in Portland is absolutely MASSIVE tonight! Biggest throng to date at the waterfront getting ready to march to the (In)Justice Center. BIG BIG ENERGY! The Hawthorne Bridge still flows thick with pedestrians arriving. Wow! #BlackLivesMatter #PDXprotests #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/NlSBN8YMrc

— Jules Boykoff (@JulesBoykoff) July 25, 2020

rights

Learn more about your rights here. https://t.co/OMuKk5iTtd

— ACLU (@ACLU) June 4, 2020

Carlin narrated

This video is completely devastating for Trump. George Carlin gives him the finger from the grave. Whatever you do don’t make it go viral! #AmericaWakeUp pic.twitter.com/vy2zz0j8DB

— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) July 26, 2020

fence

Protestors have placed insulation foam on the fence around the courthouse to block federal agents’ lines of sight & block impact munitions at head level. #portland #PortlandProtest #portlandoregon #oregon #portlandprotests #PortlandOR #oregon #pdx #pdxprotest #clypiancoverage pic.twitter.com/Wn1ZtdiqFv

— Clypian (@Clypian) July 26, 2020

MEDIA

covering election theft

“There’s no more important subject than the strong possibility of intentional voter suppression or other Election Day chaos that’s coming our way….This should be front and center for journalists.There is no bigger story.” ⁦@Sulliview⁩ https://t.co/0NfOSoAWLh

— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) July 25, 2020

NYT

Kudos to the @nytimes for giving voice to those whose lives/routines have tragically been upended by the virus. https://t.co/bPY8SyTrwz

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) July 25, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden – economy

 

Reminder: @JoeBiden ran the 2009 Recovery Act, which reversed the economic disaster left behind by the last Republican president and helped launch the longest streak of job growth on record.

He's the single most qualified person to clean up Trump's economic mess. pic.twitter.com/mN92xogsjQ

— Obama Economic Legacy (@DemDifference) July 25, 2020

LEFTOVERS

Sarandon

it must have been nice to ride out the Bush and Trump years up there, thanks Susan.

— Henry the Dog (@DogHerny) July 25, 2020

US

John Lewts

Crossing over one more time today.

Thank you, Uncle John. pic.twitter.com/wAccBVViEY

— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 26, 2020

Ohhh I love this so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/cuv84AFY8l

— LVaddict618 (@LVaddict618) May 15, 2020

Vindman

One year since The Call. Much has changed for me and so much more has changed for our country. I rest well knowing I did my duty. #readthetranscript #values #hererightmatters

— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) July 25, 2020

caller schoold Pirro

Oh, DAYYUMMM!

“That man didn’t come down here and shoot a bunch of Mexicans; he came down here and shot a bunch of AMERICANS.

Jeanine Pirro’s contorted face is priceless 🤣

Republicans have officially pissed off Texas! pic.twitter.com/lUEepDUCl7

— Zen Resists Hate 💙✌🏼🌊 (@ZenAndHopscotch) September 13, 2019

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You get bonus points; Occupy more!

👑🦠 numbers

WORLD CASES 15,398,550

WORLD RECOVERIES 9,373,516

US CASES 4,101,308

US DEATHS 146,192

US RECOVERIES 1,943,503

NY RECOVERIES 257,440

states/countries – new cases

If we rank US states and nations by new cases / 100K / day

1. FL 52
2. LA 45
3. AZ 40
4. MS 38
5. AL 38
6. NV 37
7. SC 36
8. GA 34
9. TX 33
–> Oman 33
11 TN 32
–> Bahrain 32
13 ID 31
–> Panama 27
15 AR 23
16 CA 23
–> S Africa 21
–> Brazil 20
19 UT 20
20. AK 19

2/3

— Ashish "The pandemic is still with us" Jha (@ashishkjha) July 22, 2020

more than 1100

More than 1,100 US #coronavirus deaths for two consecutive days. First time in 7 weeks.
All-time record daily deaths in Texas, Oregon, Alabama, Nevada
Record-breaking new cases in California
Trump's daily press conferences are only to drive up his approval numbers. pic.twitter.com/ibFVJ2BOYe

— Rick G. Rosner (@dumbassgenius) July 22, 2020

Oregon turned yellow

TX

Texas now home to three worst federal prison coronavirus outbreakshttps://t.co/jt4S4fCbjR

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) July 22, 2020

risk chart

Love this Covid-19 risk chart from @xkcdComic https://t.co/D5pfiS3ojb pic.twitter.com/hPYYCf25wd

— nxthompson (@nxthompson) July 23, 2020

wiped out the flu

Covid-19 Measures Have All but Wiped Out the Flu in the Southern Hemisphere – ⁦@WSJ⁩ ⁦@cla_cor⁩ https://t.co/QILdCAvsyw

— Carlos del Rio (@CarlosdelRio7) July 22, 2020

NY advisory 31 states

New York's travel advisory has been expanded to 31 states.

If you're traveling to NY from the following states you must self-quarantine for 14 days:

AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) July 21, 2020

WORLD

KLAN 🍊

secret briefings Brx (selected cities)

🚨NEW EXCLUSIVE FROM ME: On private call, White House's Dr. Birx warns 11 cities that local percentages of positive #coronavirus tests are rising and they should take “aggressive” action (WITH AUDIO) https://t.co/dIxQKHpgAh

— Liz Essley Whyte (@l_e_whyte) July 22, 2020

.

No cities from GA or TX, where mayors aren't allowed to create stricter local mandates. Hard to believe none of those cities qualify. How passively-aggressively convenient.

— Fred Uebele (@FUebele) July 22, 2020

WH cafeteria

 

That seems crazy fast to contact trace all of those people. Almost like they always knew the importance of test-trace-isolate methodology and have the resources to do it. Not for us poors I guess.

— Kent Bonacki (@Kent_Bonacki) July 23, 2020

👑🦠briefings

These new briefings feel … the same. pic.twitter.com/aAWXKAkWfs

— The Recount (@therecount) July 23, 2020

alternative universe

Trump ‘lives in an alternative universe’ on #COVID19 infection rates: Ex-Health Secretary https://t.co/1pBxqRWO96

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) July 23, 2020

denied

.@joyannreid: "This is what abject failure looks like as re-interpreted by Donald Trump and his people."

Here's a look at how the Trump Administration denied the reality of the deadly pandemic as cases went up. #TheReidOut pic.twitter.com/EVKpA4S1bm

— The ReidOut (@thereidout) July 22, 2020

no failure

Did the President just say they haven’t had failure in their handling of the Coronavirus? pic.twitter.com/6mBOfVl5kq

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) July 22, 2020

blame states (again)

"REOPEN OUR COUNTRY!" — tweet posted by President Donald Trump on May 18, weeks before coronavirus cases started surging because states opened up too quickly https://t.co/NT6727hgyh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 22, 2020

experts?

When @bgittleson presses Kellyanne Conway about why the president didn't have public health experts at the briefing yesterday, she says "you'll never be satisfied," and notes experts are appearing plenty of places—including "throwing out pitches." https://t.co/XUAU4Jqsok pic.twitter.com/HWfyJsAWzP

— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) July 22, 2020

Gestapo 🍊

#GestapoTrump is trending #2 in the nation. Wonder if this video by Really American had anything to do with it. Would be a shame if it went to number 1.pic.twitter.com/FUvdIEwv8T

— Chip Franklin (@chipfranklin) July 23, 2020

Albuquerque

There are no riots in Albuquerque. There's no looting. No large-scale protests. No significant increase in crime. There's literally no need to send extrajudicial stormtroopers here. Please help me amplify this. #WhyAlbuquerque

— Dr Strange PhD🔬😺🐾🌊 (@CeeEyes) July 22, 2020

Blame Biden

I'm tired of Trump's America trying to somehow blame Biden for the unrest that it has created.

It's a rare mind game to blame the future on the past.

— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) July 23, 2020

try to be Biden

this has to be the first time in modern history a candidate has been flailing so badly they resorted to pretending they’re actually the other candidate pic.twitter.com/mTx2d6bJnh

— kilgore trout, new tone haver (@KT_So_It_Goes) July 23, 2020

as bad as 🍊?

The worst thing Trump advocates can say is that if you elect Joe Biden it would be as bad as Trump’s America https://t.co/775ZmzTaAb

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) July 23, 2020

incumbent/reform?

How we gonna run reform as the damn incumbent pic.twitter.com/I7kVdzen6g

— Brixton Gunn (@GunnBrixton) July 22, 2020

anacronysm

Trump is trying to convince the suburbs that the cities are violent hellholes. He thinks it's 50 years ago and the suburbs are filling up because of white flight.

The man is a walking anachronism and it's not just his ridiculous hairdo.

— digby (@digby56) July 22, 2020

why was it Obama’s fault?

.@kaitlancollins: In 2016, you said it was Obama's fault crime was up in Chicago. So why was it Obama's fault then & not your fault now?

TRUMP: Chicago is a disaster

COLLINS: But why was it Obama's fault?

TRUMP: Because Obama did a poor job. He could've solved the problem. pic.twitter.com/5mAMgZO4QV

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 22, 2020

cognitive champion

 

The President is back to bragging about the cognitive exam. He claims he took it to quiet the media. He also talks about how well he did on the memory question but forgets the name of the test he took. pic.twitter.com/gQiyFBPK7a

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) July 23, 2020

which is so important

What normal person would add the words “which is so important” to describe saving lives!??

Only a sociopath would say such a thing, attempting to sound empathetic. Only someone for whom saving lives might actually not be so important.

Or not important at all…@Acyn https://t.co/3Wbfa7xrX0

— Alexi Murdoch 🐋 (@aleximurdoch) July 22, 2020

idiot

“The president is an idiot," the Joint Chiefs vice chair said, per notes taken by his accuser. "He is just a businessman without the basic understanding of national security. Everything is a business transaction for him.” @RoigFranzia https://t.co/pIAQq75pr0

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 22, 2020

economy

Trump's false, but relentless, messaging on this front ("I built the greatest economy") helps explain why his economic-approval rating hasn't slipped further.

Ds need to expose Trump's lies on economy.

1. Even before the virus hit, job growth *slowed* in Trump's first 3 years: https://t.co/j6RH8MGpEq pic.twitter.com/yxie3OFD61

— Obama Economic Legacy (@DemDifference) July 22, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

“ran by Ds”

what got him impeached

Trump is using law enforcement to manufacture a campaign lie about Biden. He told us so himself, straight from the Oval Office! This is what got him impeached: Manipulating govt to invent Biden smears. In both cases, his own TV ads confirm the point. https://t.co/wVze81eZvC

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 21, 2020

.

 

Another point: Not enough is being made of the fact that Trump *explicitly* said the cities getting targeted by federal law enforcement are "all run by Democrats."

As @anneapplebaum says, this is "performative authoritarianism." It's also self-damning.https://t.co/wVze81eZvC pic.twitter.com/KGb3sIpvHC

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 21, 2020

Jeh Johnson on Gestapo

 

What an effective summation.

Jeh Johnson, former DHS Secretary

Problem 1 abductions without probable cause

Problem 2 top state officials saying stay away

Problem 3 heavily armed camouflage force is inflammatory

Problem 4 undermines core DHS missionspic.twitter.com/wdeHAZnAqf

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) July 22, 2020

navy vet

https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1285759790468050944?s=20

and

https://twitter.com/evanmcmurry/status/1285957415918276608?s=20

lawless

https://twitter.com/New_Narrative/status/1286247987958755328

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census memo

 

Trump's new census memo blatantly unconstitutional

14th Amendment requires count of “whole number of persons” which includes undocumented immigrants

This is illegal effort to suppress immigrant participation in census & shift power to white GOP areas https://t.co/QRwrKAMmgU

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) July 21, 2020

REPUBLICANS

Barr

winks

 

Attorney General William Barr winks at @realDonaldTrump as he finished his remarks about Combatting Violent Crime in American Cities during an event in the East Room of the White House. pic.twitter.com/Tz2nOLGPLM

— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) July 22, 2020

– lie again

Why local journalism matters: who else can do this kind of fact checking on deadline?
"Barr claimed feds in KC made 200 arrests in two weeks. That’s not even close to true.”https://t.co/rf0CTCWYOk

— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) July 23, 2020

Chauvin – tax evasion

 

George Floyd murder suspect Derek Chauvin charged with tax evasion https://t.co/LxuhdPqloz

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) July 23, 2020

and

Chauvin murdered George Floyd after Mr. Floyd attempted to use a counterfeit $20 bill https://t.co/FrHTSlkFmP

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) July 22, 2020

QAnon

There's a funny thing tonight where right-wing personalities claim QAnon is marginal, has no effect on the GOP and has been created by liberal reporters. Then replies to those tweets are all disappointed fans explaining how important QAnon is and how they'll save the world.

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 22, 2020

ACTIVISM

MEDIA

FB- Kamala

The only relevancy Biden needs is to be leading the polls, which he IS doing, and the only plan Biden needs is to humiliate Trump with a landslide win on Nov 3, which he WILL do. Aloha. https://t.co/IzW5YlLS2H

— HawaiiDelilah™ (@HawaiiDelilah) July 23, 2020

.🦊

Sen Kamala Harris sent a letter to Facebook Zuckerberg & Sandberg demanding answers & accountability after FB approved thousands of Trump campaign ads directed users to a misleading “Official 2020 Congressional District Census” despite policy prohibiting misinfo on the Census. pic.twitter.com/EutH8arYav

— Maggie Day (@MaggieDay55) July 23, 2020

“tone”

jfc these are all from THIS MORNING pic.twitter.com/xAEsM2Ox8Q

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 22, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden

 

Let me be clear: If vote-by-mail is good enough for Donald Trump and his administration, then it's good enough for all of us. pic.twitter.com/0qQW9ff0eG

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 23, 2020

1st racist

Joe Biden calls Donald Trump the first racist to win the presidency

https://t.co/Jo6eqoZbU2

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) July 22, 2020

TX poll

New Quinnipiac Poll of Texas:

Biden 45%
Trump 44%

"It's a tossup in Texas," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.https://t.co/A2f2QUJvTB

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) July 22, 2020

LEFTOVERS

I know "Feckless Democrats!" gets some dopamine hits on twitter but they literally impeached him, unanimously voted to remove him from office, and just had a case come to SCOTUS for his financial records. I get wanting them to do more, but this is just ridiculous. https://t.co/2GJ7Xrp2qi

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) July 22, 2020

US

Kmala grilling nominee

 

@KamalaHarris grilling Trump’s nominee Patrick Hovakimian and his potential involvement in deploying federal law enforcement to recent protests.

Kamala: “Well, let's not parse words. Were you in any way involved in the decision to send federal officers to these locations?” pic.twitter.com/lkmmfR3QQ3

— J. McPherson (@PolitikPrince) July 22, 2020

also

On federal officers in Portland, Senator @kamalaharris is seeking to “get answers to why these folks are getting deployed."

Watch more: https://t.co/4Fxh9Kcnj3 pic.twitter.com/0OOQqRR0FF

— The ReidOut (@thereidout) July 22, 2020

Hillary

.@Bakari_Sellers putting in work trying to get Kamala that VP slot 👀 pic.twitter.com/FVdTn17q94

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) July 22, 2020

Chicago

Under no circumstances will I allow Donald Trump’s troops to come to Chicago and terrorize our residents.

— Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) July 21, 2020

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