Products affected by tariffs

A look at products targeted by US, China tariffs https://t.co/86hI4wn5QJ

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 6, 2018

Reducing the trade deficit forces lower investment

This is not an accidental side effect.

Reducing the trade deficit means reducing the capital account surplus. It forces lower investment.

When done quickly and chaotically, it is likely disastrous. https://t.co/WYCkQmQ14n

— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) July 6, 2018

Trump says “Putin is fine”

No, he isn’t!

Annexed Crimea
Invaded Eastern Ukraine
Murders dissidents, journalists & spies
Deliberately bombs civilians in Syria
Mounting military buildup to weaken US
Interfered in election to help Trump win https://t.co/tiZiKY2m4C

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 6, 2018

Trump tariff tracker

NEW: WaPo has a Trump Tariff Tracker:

-Trump has put tariffs on $85 billion worth of imports.
-He's hit all 5 of America's top trading partners with tariffs.
-China, Canada, the EU and Mexico have all fired back. (Only Japan is still playing nice)https://t.co/dFAQUAqEIq pic.twitter.com/IcOTVrUJm1

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) July 6, 2018

Trump vodka still exists!

Trump Drinks Israel LLC, the Trump Org arm that handled Trump Vodka's sales in Israel, hasn't reported revenue since 2015. Have these bottles been on the shelf since then? https://t.co/TfdtoX1Qc8

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) July 6, 2018

Polls show tariffs are unpopular except for his base

He only cares about his base.

WaPo-George Mason poll:

74% think Trump's "taxes known as tariffs" will be bad for U.S. products

56% think they will be bad for U.S. jobs

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) July 6, 2018

Kudos PM Trudeau! "Sane" americans are with you! https://t.co/WyYGcUT911

— Vicki (@Vicki92402710) July 1, 2018

62% in U.S. disapprove ‘of Donald Trump trying to impose new tariffs on Canada’—27% approve—10% unsure—June 14-17 CBS News poll

— Vector Research (@vectorresearch) July 2, 2018

2. I'll miss this series a lot. Jeremy breaks apart our weekly @MorningConsult poll and gives us a really smart take on the context behind the public's opinion: https://t.co/lAvIWBOSzq

— Jon McClure (@JonRMcClure) June 29, 2018

.@WashingtonPost Poll: Trump announced plans to impose tariffs on some goods imported to US. China responded by announcing tariffs on some US goods sold in China. Do you think this situation will be good or bad for cost of products in US?

% Good/Bad
RV 23/73
Dem 11/89
GOP 37/56

— Aron Goldman (@ArgoJournal) July 6, 2018

A more recent CBS poll suggests that this divide may have further widened. In June, 71% of Reps approved of the tariff decision while 73% of Democrats disapproved.https://t.co/zo9FlipHS9

— Brad Jones (@B_radJ_ones) July 6, 2018

EPA is blocking the release of a study on a cancer-causing chemical

Pruitt appointees did this. Sad!

EPA is blocking the release of a report that shows most Americans inhale enough formaldehyde vapor to be at risk for cancer and other ailments https://t.co/DpPVGlhY7t

— POLITICO (@politico) July 6, 2018

From the article “The EPA officials told Politico that Trump appointees have canceled key briefings that would have advanced the study and placed undue requirements on officials who would begin the required internal review of the formaldehyde study.
“They’re stonewalling every step of the way,” the current official said.”

Covers: Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

“Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” was written by Freddy Fender who also performed the best-known version in 1975.

Freddy Fender (1959 original recording)

Sir Douglas Quintet (1971)

Freddy Fender (1975)

Texas Tornados live (1990)

Los Cenzontles, Flaco Jimenez, David Hidalgo (2017)

Remember Freedom Fries?

Revisiting extremely dumb moments in recent political history: @evepeyser writes an excellent dispatch about that time we briefly renamed French fries freedom fries. The best part is this savage quote from a French embassy spokesman in 2003: https://t.co/rNei7wiuyz pic.twitter.com/0C5aLj3CWB

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 5, 2018

Pruitt finally resigns

It’s way overdue! Trump still defends him; corruption doesn’t bother him.

Keep the investigations going! Thanks to the media for the investigations and whistleblowers for telling us the truth.

I’m waiting for right wing media to blame the media for his resignation.

Pruitt still showed up at White House July 4 festivities yesterday. https://t.co/SRruxkxKYQ
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 5, 2018

.@EPAScottPruitt does not acknowledge any errors in resignation letter but rather cites criticism he has endured: “the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us”
— David Shepardson (@davidshepardson) July 5, 2018

Notable that Trump called this a resignation. He didn't even fire the guy facing more than a dozen investigations.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) July 5, 2018

I can think of a lot of words to describe Scott Pruitt's tenure at the EPA. "Outstanding" is not one of them. https://t.co/sj1ho5qGPM
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 5, 2018

Also important to note: what got Pruitt out was not screams and temper tantrums but relentless, daily, detailed reporting on what he was doing. That's how it's done. https://t.co/t3XEHihvqu
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 5, 2018

Good riddance https://t.co/KGBmv68vdf
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) July 5, 2018

Never apologize, always double down, even when you're on your way out the door. https://t.co/gSXL3Yahtt
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 5, 2018

Why did @EPAScottPruitt resign?

-A free press
-Whistleblowers & unnamed sources
-Public outrage

Also, everyone knows that Ritz Carlton moisturizing lotion is overrated and not worth the cost. Scott Pruitt using taxpayer funds to get that lotion was likely the final straw. https://t.co/AI9f0A9Bn6
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 5, 2018

The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency is a former coal lobbyist & aide to Sen. Inhofe, who called climate change “the greatest hoax” perpetrated on Americans and then brought a snowball into the Senate to show those fancypants “scientists” that winter still exists.
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) July 5, 2018

Checks and balances worked — whistleblowers, journalists, IG's, lawmakers all played a part in exposing Scott Pruitt's abuses of power https://t.co/3JJ6cMzmLn
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 5, 2018

Florida Republican in the House contradicts Trump by telling the truth about how awful Pruitt was… https://t.co/ogBqUpZf7C
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) July 5, 2018

Not a single story we wrote about Scott Pruitt and his tenure at the EPA-by me or my colleagues at The NYT-was personal. It was about transparency, accountability, & governance. Pruitt likes to call it "The Rule of Law" He just gave us an enormous amt of material to write about.
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 5, 2018

There was very good journalism on Scott Pruitt's shenanigans. Investigative reporting has now been at least partly responsible for the departures of Trump's EPA administrator, national security adviser, health secretary and staff secretary.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018

NEW: Inspector General investigation into improper travel by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt *WILL CONTINUE*, despite resignation. Per @NBC4ITeam
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) July 5, 2018

Hmm. I thought God said “Thou shalt not steal.” https://t.co/SWXuzOYrlM
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) July 5, 2018

.@ChuckGrassley (who's been critical of Pruitt) says, in part: "Fewer things are more important for government officials than maintaining public trust. Administrator Pruitt, through his own actions, lost that trust."
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) July 5, 2018

"In the minutes following the announcement of the resignation, The Daily Beast received numerous messages from multiple former EPA staffers, &…WH officials, celebrating the news. Some were simply left in shock that his ouster from the Trump admin. actually, finally happened" https://t.co/tIkh7NKxjP
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) July 5, 2018

The US taxpayer spent $43,000 for Scott Pruitt to have a soundproof phone booth put in his office.

He made one 5 minute call to the White House from it. https://t.co/mQ12rphnAW pic.twitter.com/G3tSzS7vXi
— Peter W. Singer (@peterwsinger) August 20, 2018

i'm shocked https://t.co/VhIS1x43YN
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) March 7, 2019

EPA administrator criticizes inspector general’s conclusions on Scott Pruitt’s alleged abuses