Journalists gunned, babies caged, Sarandon mugs for pics

 

IMPEACHMENT

Sentencing news

Former Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos to be sentenced Sept. 7 in Russia investigation https://t.co/4CuImS97MU

— Investigate Russia (@InvestigateRU) June 29, 2018

and a Twitter moment to celebrate

George Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy aide in Trump's campaign, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. https://t.co/PNxbdBSePy

— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) October 30, 2017

Cohen dreams

The Michael Cohen biopic in 2027 is gonna be lit https://t.co/8tRTFgQ8jC

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) June 29, 2018

Inauguration Russian grift

1. The report is from ABC NEWS and this is very significant for various reasons. Prime reason being: ILLEGALLY FUNNELING MONEY into the Trump campaign. https://t.co/Yn1LMFs3vN

— Ale (@aliasvaughn) June 28, 2018

answering 🍊

Bob Mueller is a decorated Marine, former DoJ prosecutor, and former FBI Director. And, let me remind you, he is a REPUBLICAN. And he was appointed by a REPUBLICAN. In a little more than a year, he has secured 23 indictments, five guilty pleas and one prison sentence. https://t.co/3sqXhJbBX6

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) June 28, 2018

Manafort 💩

Email from GOP source to Manafort:

“Paul. Something you can pass along to your friend Tom Barrack. I made certain that language that was anti the Saudi Royal Family was removed from the platform. It was inserted by AIPAC lobbyists and would have been a part of the 2016 Platform” https://t.co/TsbkfEnlef

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 29, 2018

OBSTRUCTION

House circus

Analysis | How Rosenstein’s and Wray’s testimony undermined GOP efforts to undermine the Russia investigation https://t.co/tEwCVNsdwD

— Laura Walker 🍸🦈 (@LauraWalkerKC) June 29, 2018

SCOTUS

timing of retirement

The Russians violated our elections & will likely try again w/our mid-terms.

Trump plans a summit & urges warmer relations w/Russia.

The US is in a constitutional crisis & Trump is being investigated.

A US Supreme Court justice decides this is the right time to retire.

— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) June 28, 2018

how they got him to do it

Trump recognized Kennedy's vanity, played to it, and was rewarded. Game recognize game. https://t.co/KWfvVJmowb

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) June 29, 2018

Kennedy/Kushner

The Trump-Justin Kennedy-Deutsche Bank story is going to become more interesting. Take a look at this article from April 2017 on the Justin Kennedy-Kushner connection: https://t.co/bQ3PaDdmH8

— Steven J. Harper (@StevenJHarper1) June 29, 2018

also, son

Just to state this: Justice Kennedy's son gave a billion dollar loan to Trump when no one would give him a dime, and Justice Kennedy has been ruling in favor of the Trump Administration position for 2 years as the Court decides 5-4 case after 5-4 case.

— Neera Tanden 🌊 (@neeratanden) June 29, 2018

media glossing

Two points: (1) Media has just moved on from McConnell eliminating the filibuster for SCOTUS nominees, like it just isn't even part of the narrative; (2) the "center" of the court is now John Freaking Roberts. pic.twitter.com/58idJx1GRe

— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) June 29, 2018

Important

Remember this: every judge on Trump’s Supreme Court list has been vetted by the Federalist Society. There is 100 percent certainty about how they will vote, on Roe, gay rights, voter suppression, campaign finance and labor/corporate issues. 1/

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) June 28, 2018

remakes

Read my column, “Trump Remakes America,” and let me know what you think… https://t.co/LDBfuNdzr9

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) June 28, 2018

IMPERIAL FAMILY 

Putin love

"He identifies with Putin. He seems to want Putin's respect and legitimacy … and I think he actually likes the fact that Putin attacked the United States and got away with it." @DavidCornDC on Trump. #Hardball pic.twitter.com/3Z52orSKsb

— Hardball (@hardball) June 28, 2018

why the press

Thinking of something @DavidCornDC said at an event we did together: The President attacks the press because his agenda is not supported by the facts.

— ((((Peter Sagal)))) (@petersagal) June 28, 2018

🍊  can’t be bothered to pretend

"Can you please talk to us about the dead reporters in Annapolis?"

“Do you have any words of condolence for the families, Mr. President?”

"Why are you walking away?"

Pres. Trump does not comment when asked about the deadly Maryland newsroom shooting.https://t.co/5ZcmEVQW9z pic.twitter.com/heIzI7S4Ck

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 28, 2018

lip service – “innocent”?

during an interview w/ Sinclair TV last week, Sanders suggested journalists don’t “love our country” https://t.co/R7zJ2JYyc9

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) June 28, 2018

eloquence

# of times the current President of the United States has tweeted the following words (as of June 2018)

Loser 246
Terrible 244
Dumb/dummy 232
Weak 203
Stupid 192
Dishonest 152
Dope/dopey 117
Lightweight 103
Fool 100
Incompetent/incompetence 98

Trump Twitter Archive

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 28, 2018

stuttering John

Interesting. "Stuttering John prank calls the White House and actually gets called back by President Donald Trump on Air Force One." https://t.co/xl4Ghk3Upj

— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) June 29, 2018

NAZI 

press under attack

I’ve been getting an influx of death threats over the past week. I know other journalists who have as well. These things are organized, coordinated, and serious. We’ve pretended they weren’t for way too long.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 28, 2018

even ICE wants to end ICE

Even ICE wants to end ICE https://t.co/eoCy5AuP6F

— Shaunna Thomas (@SLThomas) June 28, 2018

children de-caged

“I cried almost everyday when I wasn’t with my mother. The other children are suffering a lot,” said the 9-year-old Brazilian boy released from a Chicago shelter for migrant children.https://t.co/kdaxn5mqUE pic.twitter.com/vHq6VAxgDh

— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) June 29, 2018

REPUBLICANS

yesterday’s events

TODAY:

👮 Women got thrown in jail for peacefully protesting on public property

🔫 Journalists were murdered at work

😡 Republicans called an emergency hearing on Hillary's emails

🤦‍♀️ Republicans called for an end to Mueller's investigation

👶 The US has child hostages

— Treason Memes (@treasonstickers) June 28, 2018

Civility?

"What ever happened to civility?"
"You labeled it 'political correctness' and decided it was something bad."

— David Houston (@DavidHoustonVox) June 28, 2018

NRA

so much care not to be identified – must be why NYPD was on alert

UPDATE: The suspect in the deadly Maryland newsroom shooting was reportedly identified via facial recognition software https://t.co/n8sfDifqD8 pic.twitter.com/tZnSn2O5YM

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 29, 2018

and their cover

At least five people are confirmed dead in Capital Gazette newsroom shooting https://t.co/EpLc6FdqKp

An early look at Friday's front… pic.twitter.com/qfR7pNhu6m

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 29, 2018

“curb stomped”

Here’s the National Rifle Association’s main spokesperson @DLoesch calling for journalists to be “curb stomped” — a term for a brutal, violent assault that sometimes causes death — while referring to journalists as “rat bastards.” (Via @ShaunKing) pic.twitter.com/Mk3zHjjwAv

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 29, 2018

doors

Didn’t we hear after the last shooting the problem was too many doors? How kind of the shooter to remember that. https://t.co/xWCNz3yzWY

— Quinn Cummings (@quinncy) June 29, 2018

safe?

The Annapolis shooter was not from Syria

The shooter was not from Iran
The shooter was not from Yemen
The shooter was not from Somalia
The shooter was not from Libya
The shooter was not from Mexico

Tell me how we are safer?

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) June 28, 2018

Newspaper shot at – Capital Gazette

In a sea of white space, the Capital Gazette’s editorial page says only this:
“Today, we are speechless.
“This page is intentionally left blank today to commemorate victims of Thursday’s shooting at our office …” pic.twitter.com/2J7T7nImb5

— Paul Colford (@PaulDColford) June 29, 2018

the kids?

Have the families been reunited?

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) June 29, 2018

MEDIA

🦊 ideological news

News Flash, @greta: If you're talking about "news" media, there should be NO "ideological aisle" https://t.co/LQw6MPWNqL

— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) June 29, 2018

LEFTOVERS

Sarandon enjoying the revolution she brought about

Watching this vile opportunist photo op'ing her way through protests about problems she helped create is just galling AF. https://t.co/zTyPcfHT4X

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 28, 2018

and got a cartoon

pic.twitter.com/R5gfug70Fw

— Anna Maltese 🏹 (@MalteseAnna) June 29, 2018

US

solidarity

Occasionally, this website is good pic.twitter.com/xfpJJHONiB

— Dan Lyons (@Dan_Lyons76) June 29, 2018

000💃💃💃000

Thanks but no thanks

tour going badly

Trump Thank-You Tour noticeably smaller than rally in this same spot from 6 weeks ago pic.twitter.com/Mzp1lTq4bD

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) December 1, 2016

Event was supposed to start at 7. Now pushed back to 7:30, presumably to await more crowd. https://t.co/CRNY1fM1KM

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 1, 2016

Yay, Putin!

Trump says "one leader" from foreign country (won't say who) told him that after election, he respects USA again

— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) December 2, 2016

a guess

@annehelen Putin would be too obvious…sooooo, I'd guessssssss….hmmm…Hitlers Ghost? Yes. Hitlers ghost. Final Answer 😳@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/8OjaFMKAOk

— Wily (@WilyCarson) December 2, 2016

"We won in a landslide" = "I have yuuuuge hands."

— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) December 2, 2016

000

More 🍊 💩

Still scammed you! So there!

The guy is bragging about getting away with a scam. He's bragging that he only paid a "small fraction" of what he scammed. https://t.co/320M4EyqNf

— Armando (@armandodkos) November 19, 2016

darth manages to combine the two stories

my favorite scene in hamilton is where the president elect has to pay $25 million for defrauding 6,000 college students

— darth™ (@darth) November 19, 2016

Giant 🍊  toddler nyah-nyah-nyah (had to settle FRAUD lawsuit)

The ONLY bad thing about winning the Presidency is that I did not have the time to go through a long but winning trial on Trump U. Too bad!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2016

as seen from UK

"Who's got two tiny thumbs and not a fucking clue what he's doing? THIS GUY!" pic.twitter.com/HW4TIXrbbp

— Pointless Letters (@pointlesslettrs) November 16, 2016

 

We’re officially a 🍌 republic

Banana republic watch. Foreign diplomats getting sales pitch on Trump hotel, figuring out how to curry favor. Day 10 https://t.co/a3W6mKKcvp pic.twitter.com/lUy4B7NbDL

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) November 19, 2016

and it’s all masked in coverage

Foreground: booing at Hamiton.
Background: Trump organization muscling foreign diplomats into staying at a hotel owned by the president

— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 19, 2016

Press is clutching pearls because Pence was booed

*Trump supporters spraypaint swastikas*
Media: we need to understand their pain
*Trump detractors boo Pence*
Media: This is going too far

— Ami Angelwings (@ami_angelwings) November 19, 2016

of course 🍊 tweets

Trump chose to tweet about the incident on the left but not the one on the right. 5/Nhttps://t.co/R4RsYyM2yf pic.twitter.com/GGxccnrfH0

— S Dynarski (@dynarski) November 19, 2016

and incidentally, the guy they faint over is hiding his emails from public

Want Exhibit A of moral bankruptcy of mainstream press? See how many front page, above the fold stories on Mike Pence hiding emails.

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) November 19, 2016

Trump U in the news

CNN: Trump settles Trump U lawsuit for $25,000,000.

Fox: Trump donates $25,000,000 to needy college students.

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) November 18, 2016

and OTOH

I’m pretty comfortable asserting that nobody —NOBODY— at the new York Times honestly thinks this is where comparable Clinton news would be. pic.twitter.com/Yj6BQIwi4u

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) November 19, 2016

Listen to the man, don’t get distracted

Bannon is baiting us, has been for awhile: knows there will be an outrage cycle, distract from other goonery, deepen divisions, excite base. https://t.co/TOUOpbfwAQ

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) November 19, 2016

Anatomy of a lie – how it spreads – thread – on “Ford Mexico 🐂💩  https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/799611717160411137

Thanksgiving ought to be fun – a 🍊 voter family story

my dad tried to subtweet me, got caught, got snatched, then blocked me. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/RjtD5fnSpj

— Sleepy Ash (@AvatarRiece) November 11, 2016

0

Celebrating DOMA – and mayoral elections, Daily News trashes Greenwald

At least the free tabloids in NYC are in sync with the celebratory mood here.

Metro is trying to boost Quinn’s sagging numbers in the process (lots of politicians trying to get credit for this). NY Post ignores it and I’ll check the Daily News later

Didn’t fin the Daily News cover, but saw their hatchet job on Greenwald

They leave no stone unturned. How can anyone believe Greenwald now when

In a 2003 lawsuit, he and his then partner, Werner Achetz, were sued by their West Side condo board for having a dog that was bigger than building by-laws allowed.

The couple countered that they and their dog Uli were being singled out because they were gay, a charge the board denied. The case eventually settled.

Here’s Greenwald on the expected attacks

The personal side of taking on the NSA: emerging smears

Distractions about my past and personal life have emerged – an inevitable side effect for those who challenge the US government

Bloomberg: Keep your dictatorship out of my dictatorship!

Immersed as I was in the NSA horror, I thought for a second that – gasp – Bloomberg was doing something good for a change

I should have known better. He simply wants “his army” to break the Fourth Amendment (his stop and frisk) without federal supervision

It’s about his “stop and frisk” policy being challenged and the federal scrutiny it’s undergoing

“We have disciplined and well-trained police officers whose experience has been paid in blood.”

Maybe, But whose blood?