👑🦠 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

https://twitter.com/brooklynmutt/status/1278061888924983307

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

 

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1278307676037013506?s=20

🆚 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 (@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

— Thomas Sugrue (@TomSugrue) July 1, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

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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 21st Century (@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

— Carlos Guillermo 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 (@GregTSargent) 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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Nobody told me about the Russians! MS flag!

👑 🦠

World Cases 10,106,045

World recoveries 5,478,192

US cases 2,596,770

US recoveries 1,081,494

NY recoveries 88,658

states yesterday

The world passed the 10 million cases mark today. Some U.S. states did more than their share today:

• Florida +9,585
• Texas +6,079
• California +4,193
• Arizona +3,593
• Georgia +1,990
• South Carolina +1,604
• North Carolina +1,541
• Nevada +1,099
• Alabama +900

— Howie Klein (@downwithtyranny) June 28, 2020

TX

Bexar County just confirmed 795 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day increase since the pandemic began. Two more people have also passed away. pic.twitter.com/h6qe2YKZIk

— Robert Price (@RobertPriceTV) June 28, 2020

exponentially

https://twitter.com/Halfastorian/status/1276760210720190465?s=20

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

👑🦠

allowed flawed antibody tests

 

https://twitter.com/richardhine/status/1276881827702153218?s=20

removed social distancing stickers

NEW: This is how crazy it has gotten.@realDonaldTrump wanted a packed house in Tulsa — so workers removed thousands of social distancing stickers before Trump’s Tulsa rally, according to video and a person familiar with the set-up @partlowj @jdawsey1 https://t.co/RdN4WD5G2H

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) June 27, 2020

.

golf

✅ 2.5 million COVID-19 cases
✅ 127,000 Americans dead
✅ 20 million unemployed

… but the #GolferInChief never misses his tee time. ⛳️ https://t.co/GJ9ZEPkQFq

— Victor Nguyễn-Long | VNL.eth (@VNL) June 27, 2020

.

We’re registering never-before-seen booms in coronavirus infections, and the president is spending his time golfing and tweeting out wanted posters for people who took down Confederate monuments.

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) June 28, 2020

Russia bounty

what now?

https://twitter.com/edgeoforever/status/1277165272781262854?s=20

LP

Putin paid a bounty to kill American soldiers. @realDonaldTrump knew about it but did nothing. How can Trump lead America when he can't even defend it? pic.twitter.com/oEbnc2cWbT

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2020

not denying it

The White House is not denying the intelligence; they are denying that Trump was briefed.

What does this tell us?#TRE45ON

— Rokey ON BLUESKY 🇺🇸 (@rokeypdx) June 27, 2020

stupidly tweeting intelligence

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1277024942232530945?s=20

and

 

#BREAKING: A European intelligence official tells CNN that Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU had recently offered Taliban militants in Afghanistan money as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there. pic.twitter.com/zRfQkKRszo

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) June 27, 2020

ACA – preexisting – lie

https://twitter.com/svdate/status/1277032621420281857?s=20

describe

https://twitter.com/edgeoforever/status/1277163850408685568?s=20

.

🐀🔩 of the Day

knew about Putin hacking

https://twitter.com/richardhine/status/1019798438593159170?s=20

PENCE

ABUSES OF POWER

doxing

 

Trump Tweets Fifteen ‘Wanted’ Posters of Mostly Minority Protesters for ‘Vandalism,’ Statue-Toppling https://t.co/zBGyc69Cvi

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) June 28, 2020

REPUBLICANS

troops

I think it's very important that this story get a lot of coverage. The GOP, after 9/11, successfully fused "Protect the Troops" w/ both a partisan and nationalistic message

"Troops," as a concept, became polarized

But the GOP is perfectly fine to let the Troops be assassinated https://t.co/veQUzWEGIB

— Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) June 28, 2020

Ted Cruz

 

https://twitter.com/JRehling/status/1276931234145304576?s=20

PROTESTS

MS flag

 

HISTORY: The Mississippi House and Senate have now both voted for a resolution to move forward on changing the Confederate-themed state flag, with thunderous applause in each chamber. #TakeItDownMS #MSLeg pic.twitter.com/BfCTQaKYXh

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) June 27, 2020

and

NEW: Read @ashtonpittman on that little thing that happened at the #MSLeg today. #MississippiFlag #MSflag https://t.co/AOax7YFrMY

— Mississippi Free Press (@MSFreePress) June 27, 2020

US Senate candidate @MikeEspyMS: “Growing up, I faced some of the worst of what our state flag represented. Despite that, I always knew progress was possible. Today our state legislators helped usher in a new era for Mississippi…The flag is coming down!" https://t.co/Sr3vQdMzCl

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) June 27, 2020

Portland abuse

6️⃣6️⃣0️⃣ Portland, OR: police bathing unarmed non-violent protestors in pepper spray for sport

27 June 2020

[@KohzKah]
pic.twitter.com/CcGT7nTSNH

— T. Greg Doucette (@greg_doucette) June 27, 2020

MEDIA

Trump gives Russia ok to give bounties for killing US troops and not one newspaper will demand he resign

100+ demanded Bill Clinton leave office

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 27, 2020

FB boycott

Levi's and Dockers will be pausing all advertising on Facebook and Instagram through at least July: "Facebook must take actions to stop misinformation and hate speech."

Hershey's also announced that it'll be cutting advertising on Facebook. https://t.co/zY8glX52Zn

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 28, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden on Russia

 

New from @JoeBiden: "The commander in chief of American troops serving in a dangerous theater of war, has known about this for months, according to the Times, and done worse than nothing." https://t.co/Tcw4ZsY6Jk

— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) June 27, 2020

and

“@JoeBiden said Americans who serve in the military put their life on the line. “But they should never, never, never ever face a threat like this with their commander in chief turning a blind eye to a foreign power putting a bounty on their heads,” he said.” https://t.co/iOASzQ9scS

— Jeffrey Prescott (@jeffreyprescott) June 28, 2020

diversity

NEW: The @JoeBiden campaign has released its staff diversity numbers.

35% of all staff members are PoC
36% of all senior staff are PoC

53% of full-time staff are women
58% of senior staff are women

— Kevin Robillard 🇺🇸 (@Robillard) June 27, 2020

Kentucky vote

Update: At least 736,770 mail-in absentee ballots had been received & processed by county clerks in Kentucky, or 87% of those sent to voters. With the (unofficial) 271,368 who voted in-person early & on Tuesday, KY past 1 million votes in a primary for the first time ever. #kysen

— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) June 27, 2020

US

 

 

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Russia paid to kill American? Invite them to G-7! 👑🦠 got us banned from EU

👑 🦠

World Cases 9,925,909

World recoveries 5,375,186

US cases 2,553,068

US recoveries 1,068,768

NY recoveries 87,889

masks

Over the last 2 weeks, cases have risen by 84% in states that don't require wearing masks in public. In states where mask wearing is mandatory, cases have fallen by 25%. https://t.co/VJkKe7yEQ3 pic.twitter.com/2iXgg3ZwZ8

— John Duchneskie (@jduchneskie) June 24, 2020

1st wave

Wake up America.

What’s happening across the country isn’t a second wave.

It’s still the first wave.

— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) June 26, 2020

and

The US hits a daily record for new #COVID cases today, southern states continue to spike, ICU beds are getting filled up, and Texas pausing elective procedures… Meanwhile crazy people perseverate on an anti-mask campaign. WTF America? Do you even remember NYC?

— Ali Haider MD (@yourheartdoc1) June 26, 2020

NYC streets

NYC will close off at least 20 more blocks to cars so restaurants can set up tables in the middle of the street, not just sidewalks and parking spaces. 🍎🍴https://t.co/Jb3bfOQZXl

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 26, 2020

WORLD

EU banned us

Breaking News: The E.U. will bar most travelers from the U.S., Russia and Brazil, which have been excluded from a list of countries deemed to have curbed the coronavirus https://t.co/fR68Rc8gLc

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 26, 2020

Russia

 

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.

The Trump administration has been deliberating for months about what to do about a stunning intelligence assessment.https://t.co/N3xBXA7h21

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) June 27, 2020

🍊 KLAN

sum up

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1276716981018857477?s=20

Putin

offered bounties to kill US soldiers

 

Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.

The Trump administration has been deliberating for months about what to do about a stunning intelligence assessment.https://t.co/N3xBXA7h21

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) June 27, 2020

confirmed by WaPo

We have confirmed the ⁦@nytimes⁩ scoop: A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan. From ⁦@nakashimae⁩ ⁦@missy_ryan⁩ me and ⁦@shaneharris⁩ https://t.co/R9tQf89L7G

— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) June 27, 2020

.

🍊’s reaction

Trump found out about Putin targeting American soldiers BEFORE he invited Putin to the G7. He was given this information in March, he invited Putin in late May.

The implications are just dumbfounding, even though I can't be surprised. No one could actually be surprised.

— Wendy *Eight Dollar Blue Check* (@WendyFF5) June 27, 2020

West point

Trump stood in front of West Point graduates while knowing that Russia had bounties out on American soldiers. pic.twitter.com/k4UgckdbSD

— Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) June 27, 2020

protect himself from 👑🦠

 

This man keeps asking his supporters and other Americans to risk catching the virus, and possibly dying from it, even as he exists in a hermetically sealed bubble of testing and other precautions. HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU! He’s using you!!! He’s protectedhttps://t.co/laEiVD9DJ3

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) June 27, 2020

LAw & Order

NEW: Since signing a modest action on police reform on June 16, Trump has shifted almost exclusively to “law-and-order” rhetoric — while dropping almost any pretense of personally addressing the widespread public anger over police brutality. w/@phscoop https://t.co/7bGqEgZ6lF

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) June 26, 2020

Obamacare

In the middle of a deadly pandemic in which cases and hospitalizations are rising across the country, the President is boasting about going to the Supreme Court to argue that the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, on which millions rely for health care, is unconstitutional. https://t.co/gjsj5yG2d8

— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) June 27, 2020

2nd term priorities

 

Here's the transcript of Trump's response when he was asked what are his top priorities for a second term. pic.twitter.com/XKMawRiXFs

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2020

and here’s the explanation for that word salad

 

#ByeIvanka is trending pic.twitter.com/Xfh8OdtjNO

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 27, 2020

over

https://twitter.com/tonyschwartz/status/1276631406265982982?s=20

and

https://twitter.com/MarianKamensky1/status/1276868507356012544?s=20

.

🐀🔩 of the Day

Assange problem

I haven’t seen #TraitorTrump this desperate to put someone in Bill Barr’s custody since the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein:

WikiLeaks Assange Accused of Conspiring With ‘Anonymous’ Hackers https://t.co/SKvuvzTC6d

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 27, 2020

wallets on lockdown

https://twitter.com/MessagingMatt/status/1276829352177606656?s=20

PENCE

👑🦠 task force meetings

This is damning: https://t.co/j33tJzi4zS

— Barry Ritholtz (@Ritholtz) June 27, 2020

Paula Reid question

—@PaulaReidCBS to Pence: "It really does sound like you're saying, 'Do as we say, not as we do.' You're telling people to listen to local officials, but in Tulsa you defied local health officials…How can you say that the campaign is not part of the problem?" pic.twitter.com/96dkjow28L

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 26, 2020

lies

 

Pence’s dishonesty is more polished and more nuanced than Trump’s. But that was a really dishonest depiction of the pandemic situation: https://t.co/CiL2USFb9I

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2020

ABUSES OF POWER

no authority to divert Pentagon $

 

Breaking: Trump admin does not have authority to divert Pentagon funds to construct additional barriers on US-Mexico border, a federal appeals court ruled, days after Trump’s visit to the wall.

In 2-1 ruling, Ninth Circuit said the $2.5 billion transfer circumvented Congress.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 26, 2020

REPUBLICANS

Kudlow

Every step of the way, Larry Kudlow has denied the health and economic effects of coronavirus.

And if he can’t acknowledge those effects, he can’t address them — or save our economy.https://t.co/xpPMhTSGBi

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) June 27, 2020

Tx

Texas reported 5,996 new coronavirus cases yesterday. https://t.co/Had3DZdmgV

— Brandonheimer (@gdigitalzsmooth) June 27, 2020

Collins

 

Susan Collins has feelings… https://t.co/5crH98aLK8

— Receipt Maven (@receiptmaven) June 27, 2020

De Santis

People from Florida are starting to post "marked safe from Covid" on Facebook. The irony is nobody here is safe. People still don't believe they have to wear masks or protect themselves #becauseDeSantis https://t.co/mwUqwXkZ4O

— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) June 27, 2020

Gohmert

Caught up with Louie Gohmert and he told me why he doesn’t wear a mask despite recommendations of CDC, Capitol physician and others. “I don't have the coronavirus. … As of yesterday, I've never had it. But if I get it, you'll never see me without a mask” https://t.co/bz0ijFVrIF

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 26, 2020

St Louis Mayor

https://twitter.com/Ohun_Ashe/status/1276692957555568640?s=20

PROTESTS

changes

Yesterday, the House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the Dems' federal reform bill. But changes that will shape the future of policing are happening locally, too.

Let’s check in across the country.

— The Recount (@therecount) June 26, 2020

Brooklyn

 

'Black Lives Matter' mural painted outside Brooklyn Borough Hall https://t.co/eZDn71HH3T pic.twitter.com/MCIOOXyPAF

— New York Post (@nypost) June 26, 2020

people rally around

NEW: More from NYT/Siena polling. A newfound majority of US voters are embracing tenets of the Black Lives Matter movement, our poll finds, and rejecting the president’s focus on looting and rioting. His narrow focus has not worked. w/ @dionnesearceyhttps://t.co/Q2CLzpydJE

— Astead (@AsteadWH) June 27, 2020

MEDIA

🦊 aged poorly

Sean Hannity on May 20: "Florida got it right, Texas got it right … the mob and the media, by the way, you own Governor DeSantis a huge apology" pic.twitter.com/7Ce58CdQtm

— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) June 26, 2020

FB

https://twitter.com/jglek/status/1276585805776027653?s=20

ELECTIONS

🍊 ad buy

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1276612916398227457?s=20

US

DC statehood

🚨BREAKING🚨
The House just passed the #DCStatehood bill (#HR51), marking the first time since the creation of the District of Columbia 219 years ago that either chamber of Congress has passed a bill to grant statehood to D.C. residents and, with it, equal citizenship.

— Eleanor #DCStatehood Holmes Norton (@EleanorNorton) June 26, 2020

and

If Puerto Rico and DC had been states and all of their elected officials were Democrats, then the GOP in 2016 would have won:
–the presidency
–the House
–the Senatehttps://t.co/0SEhSbisOo

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) June 26, 2020

pay back –Cuomo

 

When New York needed it, our fellow states answered.

We’ll never forget that generosity and we are going to pay it forward.

We are reaching out to Florida, Texas, Arizona and other states with high COVID infection rates to offer any assistance we can.

— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) June 26, 2020

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Minnesotta! Twitter war!

👑 🦠

US cases 1,768,461

recoveries 498,725

NY recoveries 65,689

WORLD

RUSSIA

Putin’s vertical

Putin’s “vertical of power” was always more political myth than reality—Covid-19 has just laid that all the more bare. My latest for @NewYorker: https://t.co/NxeFToWN3X

— Joshua Yaffa (@yaffaesque) May 27, 2020

##

Russia says that, going forward, it will no longer include asymptomatic cases in its daily count of new Covid-19 infections. Expect official stats to come way down in coming days. Serious question: are there other countries that rely on similar policy? https://t.co/73WDFqiIDo

— Joshua Yaffa (@yaffaesque) May 27, 2020

NZ

New Zealand epidemiologist:

‘We look at Trump’s behavior and we’re horrified’https://t.co/S4pyyZEJYr

— Holly Lee (@LeeHolly81) May 28, 2020

🍊 KLAN

WaPo cover

#TrumpDeathToll100K pic.twitter.com/9KtVvZRnO0

— WaterBluSky.bsky.social. 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 (@MsMariaT) May 28, 2020

Twitter – content warning

Twitter has put a content warning on Trump’s tweet calling for the military to shoot protestors “when the looting starts,” saying it violated the rule against glorifying violence. pic.twitter.com/fM9VyHRW1z

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 29, 2020

again, for the WH try

https://twitter.com/Delilah399/status/1266362508773863424

and

Now, Twitter just told ole Boss Hogg here that glorifying shootin’ was as useful as a trap door in a canoe, but how would he take it, considerin’ he only has one oar in the water.

(Fiddle lick) pic.twitter.com/C4WI9I3LrK

— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) May 29, 2020

because

Y’all…in the four years that this asshole has been in the White House I’ve always known that there’s no bottom.

Even knowing that….

“When the looting starts the shooting starts”

Dear god. The sick bastard is escalating this.

— Hope Restored In DFW (@Kennymack1971) May 29, 2020

if they vote, we lose!

Also last night: Trump said in all caps that one reason he is so worked up about mail-in voting is because he thinks it will adversely impact Republicans https://t.co/a40ZzsCOXz

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) May 29, 2020

shut down twitter if legal

President Trump says he would shut down Twitter if he could.

Asked HOW, he says "I'd have to ask the lawyers…If it were legal, if it were able to be legally shut down, I would do it."

But he's not planning to delete his account so he can "refute fake news"

— Sara Cook (@saraecook) May 28, 2020

nothing I’d rather do

https://twitter.com/atlet1972/status/1266122819487891458

and

102,000 Americans are dead
but
The President used the entire power of the united states executive branch to defend a False tweet!

— ALT-immigration &LiamNissan 🇲🇦 (@ALT_uscis) May 29, 2020

and

https://twitter.com/Buxtehude11/status/1266062560253657089

new axes of evil

The new Axis of Evil.

Trump spews lies, hate and conspiracies.

Fox dutifully repeats them.

Facebook microtargets them to millions of voters—and gets paid to do it.

Goebbels would be jealous. pic.twitter.com/pjtl82D5EI

— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) May 28, 2020

Doctor Poo

There is always a Trump tweet…. always. https://t.co/I8P6NXZvyJ

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) May 29, 2020

🐀🔩 of the Day

more lies

Remember Dr. Fiona Hill, Sr. Fellow @BrookingsFP, warning about #Kremlin lies during #impeachment testimony? NOW in an exclusive @TUSAPodcast interview she issues another warning -this time about our own "lies" as #Election2020 nears. LISTEN! https://t.co/7jTJ2ixOB7 @PodcastOne pic.twitter.com/Z1N9QK2kvz

— JJ Green (@NATSEC09) May 28, 2020

🍊 campaign tried to take down cartoon

.@Nick_Anderson_'s cartoon criticizing Trump was removed from @redbubble after the Trump campaign claimed the use of #MAGA is a trademark infringement.

Parody and critique are constitutionally protected forms of political expression. @CBLDF ✊https://t.co/VoXhEzmAxf

— National Coalition Against Censorship (@ncacensorship) May 27, 2020

and

Trump campaign attempted to remove satirical cartoon by @Nick_Anderson_ from online retailer, Campaign said it infringed on their rights! https://t.co/OFqbaiNXJ9

— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) May 28, 2020

thugs/good people

Doing the same thinng -protest
White: Good people
Black: THUGS#donaldisoverparty pic.twitter.com/VvTAcevwxb

— Sandy 🙂 (@SandraCheung_) May 29, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

Minnesotta

journalist

Omar Jiminez could be seen on air telling police: 'We can move back to where you like. We're getting out of your way.' CNN reports that its president, Adam Zucker, has spoken with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who said he apologizes and is working to have the crew released.

— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) May 29, 2020

corruption

My wife and I own no individual stocks and we even had to sell our state municipal **money funds** because she works for that demented and incompetent jackass in the White House, but this guy owns stock in companies that could actually be affected by government action. … https://t.co/A14M5yObUq

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 28, 2020

NAZI

reporter arrested

Not arrested: four men who murdered a man on camera. https://t.co/BYx6qlLGQ0

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) May 29, 2020

Minnesota police arrest CNN reporter and camera crew as they report from protests in Minneapolis https://t.co/IY0H1Lc77E pic.twitter.com/s9XmwVfabP

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) May 29, 2020

threat of violence

This is thuggery. It is regime behavior. We see you, Mr. President. https://t.co/3jmTEaOfV1

— Mkay (@JoyAnnReid) May 29, 2020

tear ga

I’m still stuck on using tear gas in the middle of a pandemic that hits the respiratory system

— @hayesbrown.bsky.social (@HayesBrown) May 29, 2020

MEDIA

what they want

This is why I've always hated when we in the media try to decipher what Trump wants or Putin wants. You don't have to decipher anything. You just have to open your eyes and your ears. They're telling you what they want. It's on you if you don't hear them.

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) May 29, 2020

🦊

State tv oscillating from “hey, the president also hates the pigs, my fellow black people!!” to “hey pigs, please shoot all the protestors”. https://t.co/sjZQq0LLOT

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 29, 2020

FB

You’ve lied 18,000+ times in office. No one lights a candle to you for prevarication and mendacity. https://t.co/18DbkPDs5G

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 29, 2020

and

pic.twitter.com/R6TBVYGh4d

— GuillaumeTC (@GuillaumeTC) May 28, 2020

and

1. This is a clarifying moment.

It shows exactly what Facebook is and who Zuckerberg is

Trump is violating Facebook's rules on election misinformation

Zuckerberg's response was to go on Fox News and defend Trump's right to undermine the integrity of the election

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 28, 2020

conservative voices

Trump says conservative voices are being silenced on social media. But if you look at the data from Facebook, conservative pages do very well and often outperform regular news orgs. 6/10 political publishers over last month, for instance, are on the right. https://t.co/CcM83Rl3Lf pic.twitter.com/1X31xno7aV

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 28, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden -heal

Biden says country won’t heal without addressing ‘underlying injury’https://t.co/lPkqX6qumM

— Sean Sullivan (@WaPoSean) May 29, 2020

-nuclear

Biden calls Trump nuclear testing talks reckless, dangerous

https://t.co/RTAHJgav9k

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) May 28, 2020

Meidas ad

End this #AmericanCarnage NOW! #donaldisoverparty pic.twitter.com/I2QWqwFrhg

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) May 29, 2020

US

Pelosi

Pelosi says Mark Zuckerberg "just panders" to Trump, describes Facebook's business model as "to misrepresent the facts," and then describes Trump's tantrum over Twitter as "silly" and "a distraction" from the public health and economic crises stemming from coronavirus pic.twitter.com/zMoLc13wWc

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 28, 2020

and

I like her last sentence: “I started off this meaning talking about testing, saving lives, opening schools… and we’re talking about Twitter. Let’s get back to talking about saving lives, shall we?”

— Jeremiah Nelson 📟 (@jmibullfrog) May 28, 2020

protest

Union Square, NY right now. I’m relieved to see some white faces in that crowd. This is our problem too. Silence is violence.pic.twitter.com/oLcrdSl9En

— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) May 28, 2020

Cuomo

Businesses in New York can now tell customers: No mask, no service.https://t.co/lFflvAWPru

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 28, 2020

Dawkins

How could fact-checking EVER be a bad thing? The only limit to fact-checking should be the time and expense of doing so. What honest, reasonable person could EVER object to being fact-checked? Please support fact-checkers everywhere. Including Twitter nowhttps://t.co/A5FwgU8Iig

— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) May 29, 2020

NDT – astology

Yup. The one-and-only @LindseyVonn asked me about astrology. I gave her a succinct answer.#AthletesAskNeil @StarTalkSports x @Uninterrupted
[Video: 40 sec] pic.twitter.com/lKX6M5d4DX

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 28, 2020

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Putin’s Obamagate!!! Down with science!

👑 🦠

US cases 1,408,636

US recoveries 296,746

NY recoveries 58,679

multiple introductions

Far too many people, including @WhiteHouse , imagine #COVID19 swept across America from Wuhan, to Seattle, all the way to NYC. No. There were multiple introductions of virus, from many places, causing separate outbreaks.
Crucial to seeing what 2nd wave(s) will be. https://t.co/gqDpECfYKG

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 13, 2020

WORLD

China

They found six new cases in Wuhan so they’re planning to test eleven million people over the next ten days. Neither number is a typo. https://t.co/X7NKtxUh52

— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) May 12, 2020

Brazil advancing

Brazil just passed Germany for cumulative coronavirus cases and is now the seventh-worst hit country in the world. Set to pass France tomorrow. https://t.co/rE8tm9TqyF

— Jake Spring (@jakespring) May 13, 2020

SK

https://twitter.com/kazweida/status/1260352524361494529

Wuhan last year

Professor Stephen Westaby, distinguished Oxford surgeon, happened to visit Wuhan to lecture to 3,000 surgeons in late December 2019. The doctors discussed with him a mysterious new viral disease. Here is his account of his visit & his reflections today.https://t.co/oiHchA2l8m

— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) May 7, 2020

🍊 KLAN

Jared

https://twitter.com/darth/status/1260353205575147521

and

Jarod Kushner #2020Fails pic.twitter.com/3QQehDTzUM

— Carol Layne (@keddle01) May 12, 2020

SCOTUS

RBG

RBG: How do you distinguish Watergate, Whitewater, Paula Jones, all of which denied Presidential immunity? This is the key question. There is no good distinction.

— David Cole (@DavidColeACLU) May 12, 2020

Sekulow

shot, chaser pic.twitter.com/mT38OCY8MF

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2020

tantrum

Who the hell did this 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/rCLyOmsXt6

— savageape (@savag3ap3) May 12, 2020

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

🐢 debunked

Fact check: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claims former President Barack Obama didn't leave President Trump a pandemic "game plan." In reality, Obama left the Trump administration a detailed 69-page document on how to respond to a pandemic https://t.co/cv8fUeWMsP pic.twitter.com/azCGlNQdXP

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 13, 2020

Lindsay donor backs out

Are people waking up?

Former Lindsey Graham donor backs his Democratic challenger after questioning Graham's principleshttps://t.co/FrJD1iJQuy

— The Accountant (@LinkedHD) May 13, 2020

Liz Cheney

I'm holding my nose while I retweet Liz Cheney but when someone comes over from the Dark Side to the light, you must encourage it. Hopefully I won't regret it. https://t.co/67y3888j2T

— Edan Clay 🇺🇸 (@EdanClay) May 13, 2020

protests imploding

Anti-lockdown protests are imploding — because the Koch network has soured on them: Columnist https://t.co/lF9yyoZRyo

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) May 13, 2020

Obamagate debunked

This… All of this pic.twitter.com/y4V0rQJuN4

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 12, 2020

scared

https://twitter.com/JustinWolfers/status/1260397703986581506Me too re-written

https://twitter.com/MonicaHesse/status/1260207976117415937

reopen

But let's hurry up and reopen because quarantined cable news hosts and a reality show star with the nuclear codes said we need to be warriors https://t.co/iLhOcmHZea

— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) May 13, 2020

Media

🦊

Tucker Carlson: “Is Tony Fauci right about the science? Do we have any particular reason to think he is?” https://t.co/veZhrh9VGd

— Media Matters (@mmfa) May 13, 2020

and poll

Don’t know whether to laugh or cry. pic.twitter.com/s77zR4eg5e

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) May 12, 2020

ELECTIONS

Biden🆚🍊

Biden campaign makes push to paint President Trump's coronavirus response as "incompetent" and "corrupt" https://t.co/0xV47CNUy3 pic.twitter.com/lI1ZxnVetO

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 12, 2020

Nebraska

 

https://twitter.com/biden_brigade/status/1260374506608250881

internal polling

New: @DCCC says it has #NE02 polling showing Kara Eastman (D) leading Rep. Don Bacon (R) 48-47% AND Biden beating Trump 52-41%

Poll details: Live Caller + IVR, 448 LVs, May 7-10, +/- 4.6%

Trump won #NE02 by 2 in 2016. Bacon beat Eastman by 2 in 2018

— Ally Mutnick (@allymutnick) May 13, 2020

CNN poll

CNN POLL CONDUCTED BY SSRS
May 7-10
REGISTERED VOTERS
Choice for President

Biden 51%
Trump 46%

Margin of error: +/-4.0% pts

BATTLEGROUND STATE VOTERS
Choice for President

Trump 52%
Biden 45% https://t.co/qRjYjsDLuj

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 13, 2020

comment

Biden winning the national vote by 6 but losing "battleground" states by 7 seems impossible. A campaign that got this result would send their pollster back in the field because something is clearly wrong with one or both of these numbers. https://t.co/iN11oqjzDz

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) May 13, 2020

US

Hillary

I can’t believe I have to write this sentence, but the president's son-in-law doesn't get to decide when the election is. https://t.co/7CrpHny6TF

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 13, 2020

Jose Andres

 

Rand Paul

 

https://twitter.com/lindarchilders/status/1260338233411375104

Here’s how Chef José Andrés’s nonprofit is feeding 7,000 seniors a week across Long Beach AND providing jobs at local restaurants👏🏼 @ABC7 @chefjoseandres #belocalish https://t.co/6GhaiTOsZa

— Rachel Jordan (@itsracheljordan) May 12, 2020

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