In the 1990s Newt Gingrich wrote a memo for Republican candidates to describe their Democratic opponents using the words "sick" "pathetic" "traitors" "betray" – he institutionalized the politics of nastiness. https://t.co/1WjBQk4tQJ
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) June 24, 2018
Month: June 2018
Trump, Jr.
When the Russians turned out to have nothing on Hillary, one the Trump Tower meeting participants told me, “The light just went out in his eyes. He was totally disinterested.” My profile of the President’s eldest son and namesake: https://t.co/DlfPNMiTzY
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) June 21, 2018
Trump, Jr. and the Roseanne Barr story
I’ve never seen anyone wallow in his dipshittery as proudly as Donald Trump Jr. https://t.co/5XOcaRDuUE
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 13, 2018
Donald Trump Jr. retweets this Mike Huckabee post pic.twitter.com/g469psSCpf
— Katie Watson (@kathrynw5) June 23, 2018
FBI obtains Spanish wiretaps of Alexander Torshin, the Russian banker and Putin ally who met with Donald Trump Jr. at the NRA convention in 2016. "Trump's son should be concerned," says Spanish prosecutor. https://t.co/VJ3OD0620t
— Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff) May 26, 2018
Donald Trump Jr. apparently regrets taking the Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer because it “wasted a lot of time and money.” Not because it might have been illegal.https://t.co/OaKJgktZHY
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 21, 2018
In letter to @ChuckGrassley, @ChrisCoons says @DonaldJTrumpJr may have lied about foreign govt assistance to the Trump campaign during his closed door interview before the Judiciary Cmte, and would like him to return to testify before an open hearing: pic.twitter.com/wg1U9ezdyE
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) May 25, 2018
Pleading ignorance may not be enough to get Donald Trump Jr. out of legal trouble.https://t.co/5XuWM6OqzZ
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 22, 2018
Donald Trump Jr. just liked a tweet suggesting children separated from their parents are crisis actors https://t.co/Xj7uZtClCg pic.twitter.com/szqGLBRWDh
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 19, 2018
Here’s a doozy:
“Born Trump” by @emilyjanefox is a new book about the Trump spawn. Just hit the shelves today. Seems Jr. has a nickname:
DIAPER DON
Earned it for bedwetting in college.
Between @realDonaldTrump & @DonaldJTrumpJr it appears urophilia is genetic. pic.twitter.com/g4N4m7QTXu
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) June 20, 2018
Russian trolls on Twitter have posted more than 8 million tweets and retweets, a @WSJ analysis found https://t.co/v73hovz0gQ
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) June 23, 2018
update:
I am old enough to remember when your father actually encouraged violence at his own campaign rallies. Maybe you weren't paying attention. https://t.co/48Tz9EYxda
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 25, 2018
the word lit was pronounced dead at 1:23 PM on June 27, 2018. the black community would simply like privacy during this time of mourning. https://t.co/U3SYS3XbCe
— Donwill (@donwill) June 27, 2018
Incorrect. Over course of Obama's two terms, quarterly growth exceeded 2% (annualized) 17 times, 3% eight times, 4% three times, and 5% once. (This is apples to apples; the GDPNow figure is also a quarterly figure, annualized.) https://t.co/hzMmCnkKP2
— Greg Ip (@greg_ip) June 27, 2018
Donald Trump Jr. sent two libelous tweets against me to maliciously destroy me. It is unconscionable for the First Family to attack an ordinary citizen in residency training just for expressing political dissent. It is punch down bullying to the extreme. https://t.co/lVf5HjJVft
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 26, 2018
I don’t know how we can have a civil discussion on issues when one side says crap like this:
Trump Jr.: Dems are now the party of impeaching Trump, abolishing ICE and "unbridled socialism" https://t.co/EV0EuqMui3 pic.twitter.com/dYU3XftpMt
— The Hill (@thehill) June 27, 2018
Today I learned: Donald Trump Jr. proposed to Vanessa Trump with a $100,000 ring he got for free.
He got it for free by agreeing to propose at a New Jersey mall where the jeweler was located, in front of paparazzi https://t.co/ma8wGzOkTD pic.twitter.com/qasHemwWN6
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) July 5, 2018
Jr. skipped "thoughts and prayers" and went straight to media bashing. Lots of anti-media retweets, plus this https://t.co/p9K0QxUcyZ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 29, 2018
Fox News host who is dating Trump Jr. photographed with Pizzagate conspiracy theorist https://t.co/eXvCTbI67R pic.twitter.com/p4UvehS6Tf
— The Hill (@thehill) July 5, 2018
On your marks, get set…. how long till the liberal media and snowflakes start taking shots at the great Bill Shine? Competent, hard working and a believer in making America great again! https://t.co/iqJqSiIOs7
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 5, 2018
That they don’t even pretend the sons are running the business independently of the White House anymore is probably worth noting. https://t.co/iPhcbpRcwE
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 5, 2018
Update 7/14
What I learned from making a shadow Instagram account to mimic what Don Jr. likes and follows: https://t.co/gsg2EygfkB pic.twitter.com/otmupVrHef
— Slate (@Slate) July 14, 2018
update 8/2/18
At film premiere, @DonaldJTrumpJr says modern-day Dem platform reminiscent of Nazis. "You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s . . . and you look at it compared to the DNC platform of today, you’re saying, ‘Man, those things are awfully similar." https://t.co/yRGWxoVX88
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 2, 2018
update 8/4/18:
As I often tell clients, you don’t commit crimes by accident. No one trips walking down the street and commits a felony. Committing serious crimes requires knowledge and intent.
If Trump Jr. committed a felony, it was not an accident. https://t.co/uWQT7ACkKp
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 4, 2018
update 8/10/18:
“In another political era, that's the sort of uncomfortable fact that could make someone a pariah on the campaign trail
“Today, Trump Jr. is a sought-after surrogate” https://t.co/caKS805ccq
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 8, 2018
Republican manipulate the tax law to their benefit in Nevada
From the article linked to in the tweet below: “The Treasury Department last week reversed itself after lobbying by Nevada Republicans and agreed to let a previously ineligible county reap huge benefits from the new tax law.”
After Gov. Sandoval and Sen. Heller pushed, Treasury quietly changed tax law policy benefiting one Nevada county. Now, many in a rival county are furious, wondering what happened. https://t.co/EJcExUGiyZ
— Damian Paletta (@damianpaletta) June 22, 2018
Oops!
Big typo: The soon-to-open Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City works quickly to fix a misspelling in the word 'rhythm' on a 30-foot-tall guitar installed this week. https://t.co/cdJLZnaSie #odd
— AP Oddities (@AP_Oddities) June 23, 2018
The latest from Florida Man
I love Florida Man on Twitter. He finds such weird stuff:
Police Say Florida Man Left Alligator at Wawa Gas Station https://t.co/pkyj1rt4pd pic.twitter.com/8fgCEmfr7V
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) June 23, 2018
Florida Man Pauses During DUI Stop to Chug Beer https://t.co/BN6ugbToRN pic.twitter.com/oIHydvm7cH
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) June 16, 2018
Florida Man Asks Sheriffs to Test His Meth https://t.co/R7ZC4S8aAk
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) June 14, 2018
Naked Florida Man Storms Into Stranger's House, Attacks Them With Rake; Seen Retrieving Underwear From Swamp Before Fleeing https://t.co/2Rd23eQ5Kr
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) June 14, 2018
Trump’s supporters defend him
Overall, this is an excellent article by the New York Times. However, even though some Trump supporters express misgivings, they don’t say anything about his lies and racism. I don’t know if they were even asked about it.
The article does show how Trump manipulates the media. He lies all the times so the media appears to be anti-Trump when they report on the lies and provide the facts.
Trump voters have become a resilient force for the 2018 elections. The more the president is criticized, they say, the more they want to defend him. https://t.co/titPAgqJ9l
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 23, 2018
Let's stop pretending hard-core GOP militants are persuadable voters: https://t.co/Hd1phXVuvY
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) June 23, 2018
It’s horrifying that Trump’s abuse of immigrant children and immigrants could motivate the GOP base to block a blue wave midterm. Both GOP and Dem polls show it is a winning issue for him. I’d bet pixs would change perceptions so let’s hope they leak! https://t.co/xxPKFPbfSw
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) June 23, 2018
update:
Yeah, I've been critical of parts of @jwpetersNYT's latest piece but this is a genuinely valuable take-away. https://t.co/PA5IjOP5z3
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) June 23, 2018
Letters to the Editor on the article
A handful of Democratic activists & liberal writers spread misleading and false information about our story on Trump’s political durability. Here’s my take via @IChotiner https://t.co/O5s2Yur5m1
— Jeremy W. Peters (@jwpetersNYT) June 25, 2018
Mike Huckabee’s racist tweet
Excellent comment by Karen Attiah:
This tweet is not “racially charged”.
It’s not “racially divisive”.
It's not “racialist”, or “sparking racial controversy.”
This tweet is straight up racist and the media should call it so. https://t.co/RAaMQFt6sY
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) June 23, 2018
Mike Huckabee appears to have gotten his picture from the website of Richard Spencer's Nazi think-tank (National Policy Institute). pic.twitter.com/Ov4vBl0mDE
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) June 23, 2018
I’d call you “the racist bassist” but I can’t call you a bassist with a straight face https://t.co/d5Cy3M9UCU
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) June 23, 2018
Hate is on the menu at the Huckabees today. https://t.co/fYpGvPkanv
— Touré (@Toure) June 23, 2018
Mike Huckabee's disgusting tweet is getting some attention this morning.
So I'm reposting this on how this sort of dehumanization works.
It's a Trump speciality, obviously, but Huckabee perfected it in a single tweet:https://t.co/nfSIFFeTYR pic.twitter.com/K5NhUAxylI
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 23, 2018
Mike Huckabee sharing the tried and true get out the vote message of "Democrats support scary-looking POC."https://t.co/BYPio946m3
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) June 23, 2018
Mike Huckabee is accused of bigotry and racism after a tweet touting Rep. Nancy Pelosi's
"campaign committee" https://t.co/GHUrPgKdtH pic.twitter.com/plWf5evdj3— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 23, 2018
Mike Huckabee introduces his new GOP interns pic.twitter.com/iGMO2wSMCx
— MΛᑕЯФᑕΉ1P™ (@MACROCH1P) June 23, 2018
update:
To scrub this racist shit from America we have to be louder. https://t.co/uh7PW69st5
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) June 24, 2018
no it’s not absurd, governor. Karen is right and you know it. instead of being disingenuous, you should be ashamed of your repulsive tweet https://t.co/Izcmec0kXA
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 24, 2018
Imagine being this hypocritical? Then imagine at the same time claiming you are a man of God. Then imagine that your daughter gets kicked out of a restaurant & you can't think of better jokes than "small plates for small minds". pic.twitter.com/RXur9c52tc
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) June 24, 2018
Reactions to this @GovMikeHuckabee dog whistle:
Normal people: He once seemed a decent man. This is sick.
Trump rationalizers: a) c'mon, lighten up, b) liberals are tasteless too, & c) you know, Pelosi really is soft on crime.
Elected Republicans: Tax cuts.
The dogs: Woof! Woof! https://t.co/d6C2Akp8T3— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 23, 2018
i guess it's good that we're not even pretending that these people are driven by anything other than racial animus anymore https://t.co/I0lPr6RFvI
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) June 23, 2018
Republican racism began before Trump
An excellent opinion column by Goldie Taylor
My latest @thedailybeast >> The GOP’s Racist Rot Began Long Before Trump https://t.co/T8d7xEsYxh
— G O L D I E. (@goldietaylor) June 23, 2018
Alabama is making it harder for African-Americans to vote
Add it up: These maps & data points show Alabama’s constant determination to make voting harder for African-Americans, @MaggieAstor finds. https://t.co/7TLJlVnLlW
— Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) June 23, 2018
“Witch Hunt”
Trump is using “witch hunt” more frequently in his tweets. I wonder what that means.
Trump tweets about the “witch hunt”
May 2017: 3 times
June 2017: 5 times
July 2017: 6 times
Oct 2017: 1 time
Dec 2017: 2 times
Jan 2018: 1 time
Feb 2018: 3 times
March 2018: 2 times
April 2018: 9 times
May 2018: 20 times
June 2018: 22 times— David P Gelles (@gelles) June 23, 2018
Sad! 