His campaign, not taxpayers, should pay for these events. Congress should hold Trump accountable.
Impeachment polls
“Americans are more eager to impeach Trump now than they were at similar points in the impeachment sagas of Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon.” https://t.co/TVWJGRM6vi
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 4, 2019
In perilous times: Americans are now inclined to support impeaching President Trump and removing him from office, a USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds. https://t.co/gaXxb809Se
— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) October 3, 2019
New USA Today poll:
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 3, 2019
Americans support House *impeaching* Trump by 45-38
They support *Senate conviction and removal* by 44-35 (!)
Note: 30% of Republicans say pressure on Ukraine to smear Biden is an abuse of power.
And it's early. More will come out.https://t.co/nIaJRZgP7E
Know there's a lot of other news today, but we have a tracker of impeachment polls up. https://t.co/H6uMspjp68
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 2, 2019
“A majority of voters support Congress’ current impeachment proceedings, but nearly a quarter say there is nothing President Trump could do that would cause them to support impeaching him and removing him from office, including 49 percent of Republicans.” https://t.co/5kF4YWgFka
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 2, 2019
35 percent of the voters who are against impeachment, oppose it *just because* they're worried it will hurt democrats politically, new polling from yougov/PCI finds https://t.co/ZfD7JRW55D
— aída chávez (@aidachavez) October 2, 2019
There's significant movement among Democrats and independents; less among Republicans.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 2, 2019
Among Democrats, support for impeachment has gone from 72%->80% post Ukraine.
Among indies, it's gone from 34%->42%
Among Republicans, it's gone from 10%->12%.
IRS does not audit the rich as much as the poor
i might be one of a handful voters whose top ten issues include “reform and reinvigorate the IRS to go after the rich” https://t.co/ocp7CZizDx
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) October 3, 2019
IRS audit rate for households with incomes over $10 million.
— Richard Rubin (@RichardRubinDC) May 20, 2019
Fiscal 2015: 34.69%
2016: 18.79%
2017: 14.52%
2018: 6.66%https://t.co/E06XegRI0e
Trump pursues phony Crowdstrike conspiracy theory
This crackpot conspiracy theory blames the Democrats and Ukraine for 2016 election interference. It gets Russia off the hook which of course appeals to Trump.
New from me:
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 3, 2019
A conspiracy theory called “The Insurance Policy” consumed President Trump’s inner-circle. Their connection? They all absolved Russia.https://t.co/CMMwlg8ScM
It feels somewhat reminiscent of Russian propaganda campaigns themselves—an effort not to advance a single narrative as much as to flood the zone with disinfo and speculation to the degree that an average overseer throws up his hands and decides the truth is simply unknowable https://t.co/YyTYDgQ3CO
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 1, 2019
ok i honestly did not understand the crowdstrike thing until just now, did not know it was connected to the Seth Rich thing, and am blown away once again by how the most powerful man in the world is getting his info https://t.co/SbtH84tSB1 pic.twitter.com/Eu5k44UzKH
— the norms misser (@cd_hooks) October 1, 2019
Unless I missed someone, Bossert appears to be the first Trump former administration official to condemn the president over the Ukraine call and the focus on who did the hacking in 2016: https://t.co/jHLQjEA3XQ
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 29, 2019
The Crowdstrike conspiracy that President Trump asked the Ukrainian to investigate started as a 4chan post, then was laundered through almost every step of this handy-dandy chart I made in 2017.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 27, 2019
4chan rumors become self-fulfilling prophesies—and they eventually cite themselves. https://t.co/fziI2f1BBH
The Crowdstrike conspiracy theory Trump mentioned on his call with Zelenskiy started, of course, on 4chan. Here are the origins: https://t.co/oEBkQNn65t
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) September 26, 2019
Absolutely Critical: The references to "Crowdstrike" and the "server" are abt a conspiracy theory that the DNC hack was an inside job and that Russia was framed for it by Ukraine and the DNC. It's the same theory that says Seth Rich was murdered. https://t.co/j55ZMx0UoP via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) September 25, 2019
The Trump-Ukraine phone call memo reveals that Trump pressed Zelensky to investigate CrowdStrike, a private cybersecurity firm that the DNC hired in 2016 to probe whether it had been hacked, and that Trump incorrectly suggested is owned by a Ukrainian. https://t.co/BfmWWA7H5q
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 25, 2019
Update on farmers 10/3/19
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said today that there are no guarantees that smaller dairy farms will survive:
— Axios (@axios) October 2, 2019
"In America, the big get bigger and the small go out." https://t.co/lnKA0tdcEb
In Wisconsin, 1,200 dairy farms have gone out of business in the last 2 years. Here’s the sympathetic response from Trump’s Ag Secretary:
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) October 2, 2019
“In America, the big get bigger and the small go out.”https://t.co/5Scaieyv0h
It takes a rare fella to say so plainly that America is essentially a monopoly culture, and that the ultimate goal of a free market is to achieve the absolute minimal amount of actual competition. https://t.co/xVgIizVGMy
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 1, 2019
U.S. farmers receive $14.03 billion so far in government trade aid https://t.co/ZOO0AIU460 pic.twitter.com/Q7iRWjlLmy
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 2, 2019
NEW: In Iowa, farmers are turning on Trump. It's not just trade. Trump is undercutting ethanol
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) October 1, 2019
"I supported Trump in the last election. Today, if the election were held, I don’t think I could vote for him,” said Kelly Nieuwenhuis, a corn & soybean farmerhttps://t.co/tUhKxR5E3x
This is a curious re-election message for farmers.
— Alex Wayne (@aawayne) October 1, 2019
(551 Wisconsin dairy farms have disappeared so far this year, up from 465 the year Trump took office.)https://t.co/5rQpcCO3sR
Trump's Ag secretary Sonny Perdue in visit to Wisconsin says dairy farms may need to get bigger to survive.
— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) October 1, 2019
Wisconsin dairy farmer at Dem presser: "What I heard today from the secretary of agriculture was there's no place for me." https://t.co/5dabWBKSWj via @patrickdmarley
Farmers find another reason to get frustrated with President Trump https://t.co/Adnr1sNGVO pic.twitter.com/GKaxMk782k
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 29, 2019
Just so that you know where all this money is going: “More than 92% of the country’s 2.1 million farmers are non-Hispanic whites, and more than 86% of those farm operators are men.” https://t.co/X9s0vbfRwK
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) September 23, 2019
Night of the Living Dead – 10/1/68
Night of the Living Dead is available on DVD and Blu-ray through the Criterion Collection
George A. Romero with Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, and the rest of the ensemble during the making of Romero's terrifying and trenchant masterpiece NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, a horror movie that changed horror movies, which premiered on this day in Pittsburgh, PA in 1968. pic.twitter.com/IcI1JK3Ulo
— Tribeca (@Tribeca) October 1, 2019
George Romero's classic, Night of the Living Dead, was released on this day in 1968. #horror pic.twitter.com/CHMUwcHRZk
— Holidaze Halloween 🎃 (@QueenHalloweenW) October 1, 2019
Recent polls – 9/20/19 update
Fox News poll: Trump approval on…
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 20, 2019
International trade
38% approve
53% disapprove
Foreign policy
36% approve
54% disapprove
Guns
35% approve
56% disapprovehttps://t.co/TfdFWHIV9i
WH'2020 poll (Fox News):
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) September 18, 2019
Biden 52
Trump 38
Sanders 48
Trump 40
Warren 46
Trump 40
Harris 42
Trump 40https://t.co/7HXQMaGB2o
A new Fox News poll shows Donald Trump losing to every Democratic frontrunner in the 2020 election https://t.co/8wf5XCr9sy
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 19, 2019
Is Trump a racist?
— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) September 15, 2019
– 46% of white voters said yes
– 80% of black voters said yes
– 55% of Hispanic voters said yes
(This is according to a Quinnipiac poll) pic.twitter.com/cCYzYkdlxB
A new poll finds Americans agree that taxpayer-funded stays at Trump hotels by government employees are a conflict of interest. Trump's failure to divest opened the door to this and other conflicts, and it's good that Congress is finally starting to act.https://t.co/GzxcCMJXAH
— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) September 18, 2019
91% of Republicans approve of the job Trump is doing
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 20, 2019
5% of Democrats feel the samehttps://t.co/Jg8zdMp1hY
Pres. Trump's job approval rating rose slightly in the latest @GallupNews poll, possibly in response to the Democratic debate on Sept 12. The polarization is stunning: 91% of Republicans approve of the job he's doing, along with just 5% of Democrats.
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) September 20, 2019
NEW POLL: Over one-third of Americans support beginning impeachment inquiry against Trump https://t.co/2dj4FBf98k pic.twitter.com/y21xN9Y7tI
— The Hill (@thehill) September 18, 2019
icymi
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 14, 2019
Do you definitely plan to vote for Trump for reelection as president or do you definitely plan to vote against him?
ALL
For Trump 38%
Against 52%
WOMEN
For 29%
Against 62%
MEN
For 49%
Against 42%
(NPR/PBS/Marist Poll, RV 9/5-8/19)
trend: https://t.co/HcOtBdvPmE
The panel on @Hardball discusses the new ABC-Washington Post poll and a CNN poll, which shows that President Trump is heading into the fall with his approval rating slipping. https://t.co/UfSLdRNEuK
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 11, 2019
The Post-ABC News poll finds among registered voters:
— Terri Rupar (@terri_rupar) September 11, 2019
Biden 55- Trump 40
Sanders 52 – Trump 43
Warren 51 – Trump 44
Harris 50 – Trump 43
Buttigieg 47 – Trump 43https://t.co/NtRRFZbmDd
icymi
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) September 20, 2019
Do you support or oppose requiring political campaigns to report any information they receive from foreign governments to the FBI?
Support 87%
Oppose 7%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 7/25-28/19)
more: https://t.co/219lgnboRD
