McConnell says the federal government can’t do much about school shootings – that’s a lie!

McConnell says there isn’t much the federal government can do about school shootings – that’s a lie! That’s what you say when your party gets millions from the NRA.

“I don’t think at the federal level there’s much that we can do [to address school shootings] other than appropriate funds” ⁦@SenateMajLdr⁩ – –
Wrong!
Universal background checks, CDC research, support smart gun tech., prohibit assault weapons… https://t.co/amHFZDEsfs

— Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) July 3, 2018

from the father of a Parkland student killed in the mass shooting:

Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, you are demonstrably wrong. You are either lazy, do not care, or simply evil. You can't do anything when you do not try and you have failed. Based on these comments, YOU SHOULD RESIGN!!!#OrangeWaveInNovember.https://t.co/RY0E1NqOt0

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) July 3, 2018

2020 census update

A federal judge said there was a "strong showing of bad faith" by the Trump admin in adding a citizenship question to the census.

The judge hinted he would allow the lawsuit to move forward and senior officials will be subjected to questioning under oath.https://t.co/SduM3NvBDh

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 3, 2018

#BREAKING: In a major win for our office, a judge just found “strong” evidence the Trump admin acted in bad faith in adding a citizenship question to the Census—and ordered the federal govt to produce discovery in our lawsuit. #SaveTheCensus pic.twitter.com/V6kojLhh6S

— NY AG Underwood (@NewYorkStateAG) July 3, 2018

Trump's census citizenship question could lead to massive undercount of needy children, a new report says. https://t.co/8bha4XG1LT

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 2, 2018

Immigration articles

Several articles which show how harsh and wide-ranging Trump’s policies are:

US Border Patrol is boarding Canadian lobster fishing boats, in disputed waters claimed by Canada, and asking about illegal immigrants. Fishermen say they’ve never seen Border Patrol there before, only Coast Guard. https://t.co/YWjOkQhkwa

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 4, 2018

Unless we're rooting out Nazi war criminals, this really is crazy. And un-American. And even totalitarian. A "a de-naturalization task force" is even worse, as a matter of civil liberty, than the crisis the administration just created on the border. https://t.co/u1q20VXWkF

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 4, 2018

It’s horrific, and it’s just the beginning. The authoritarianism will accelerate now. It’s up to all of us to stand against it. https://t.co/jMb0fLvVuF

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 4, 2018

Migrant mothers at a detention center that Kirstjen Nielsen made a secret visit to were moved to a distant soccer field during Nielsen's visit, according to the Intercept.

They reportedly shouted to Nielsen for help but were too far away for her to hear. https://t.co/Scdvs79S6S

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2018

This thread is utterly devastating. https://t.co/WmTu4LAxch

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) July 3, 2018

At the ICE facility I visited, I met a woman from Mexico who has lived here for 18 years. She called 911 after her husband brutally beat her. They turned her over to immigration authorities. She now fears deportation. She has 3 kids.

There should be no agency with this mission.

— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) July 3, 2018

This is not due process. Immigration judges should refuse to preside over removal proceedings of minors who have no adult to represent their interests. https://t.co/FKFNOuQrWd

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 4, 2018

It seems that the GOP is so emotionally committed to keeping children in detention centers that they equate the stance of abolishing ICE with “open borders.”

Don’t let their hysteria get to you. A humane, responsible immigration system is possible. https://t.co/JOJJwraEPo

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) July 4, 2018

In an Iowa town, where you stand on an immigration raid may depend on where you worship https://t.co/XqLeGSFNyc

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) July 4, 2018

'They treated us as though we were animals': Letters from inside an immigration detention facility https://t.co/aSwuxbYvXM pic.twitter.com/KxkxWliD19

— CNN (@CNN) July 4, 2018

CNN’s Jim Acosta on reporting about Trump

The conundrum: Fact-checking Trump's fictions is necessary, yet it leaves many people with the impression that "all we're doing all day long is bashing the president," @Acosta says. "We have to be fact-checkers." https://t.co/fLU94PbdYV

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 4, 2018

I have said this before. Trump makes it look like the media is against him by lying and then having them fact check him. By now, everyone has decided if he is a liar or if he tells the truth. I would still like the media to fact check him but de-emphasize it; just post the results online. Then they will have time to run stories on people who do tell the trust.

Blowing up stuff to demonstrate fireworks safety

It’s not good for the watermelon.

Trump’s tweetstorm of garbage

More lies and insults

A good @juliehdavis read on Trump's posts yesterday morning, filled with inaccuracies, innuendo and insults. See below what happened when government was asked to explain one of them. https://t.co/piWLYgykX4 pic.twitter.com/5jFngBvRMJ

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 4, 2018

49% believe Trump is a racist

This is no surprise to me. It’s been obvious – Central Park Five, birther movement, “very fine people”, etc. And that’s just bigotry against African-Americans.

I assume most of the 47% who don’t think he’s a bigot are Trump supporters. All Trump supporters are:

bigots or
willing to tolerate bigotry to get tax cuts, conservative justices or other agenda items

I think many of Trump’s white Christian supporters don’t understand bigotry because they never experienced it. They just tune Trump’s racism out because it doesn’t apply to them.

Trump’s base among whites without college degrees doesn’t think he’s a racist. among everyone else, well more than half do – 56% https://t.co/0zShgRydq8 https://t.co/WWJJo14Ikw

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 4, 2018

A new polls shows 49% of Americans believe President Trump is racist. via @MSNBC https://t.co/YLK5ZcIfF6

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 4, 2018

In one sense, the polls showing how many think Trump is racist is stunning… In another sense, many polls had similar findings before the 2016 election.

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) July 4, 2018

Half the country thinks Donald Trump is a racist. HALF.https://t.co/CMd84CZIPe pic.twitter.com/7pNHZgrZmt

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) July 4, 2018

Jim Jordan

I believe the wrestlers, not Jim Jordan.

Maybe the most malign force in the Republican caucus—@jim_jordan —is exposed as a liar in a case where he apparently turned a blind eye to sex molestation (like the Penn State coaches who were prosecuted) He has always been a smear artist and should be pressed to resign pronto. https://t.co/Beoj3s9dZM

— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) July 4, 2018

Despite Rep. Jim Jordan's denials, ex-Ohio State wrestler Mike DiSabato maintains Jordan knew of abuse allegations: "I talked to Jim Jordan… These conversations were not individual conversations, they were…with a group of athletes" https://t.co/IplsCFDsrn

— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) July 4, 2018

Former wrestlers at Ohio State University say Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, knew of sexual abuse when he was a wrestling coach — and stayed silent https://t.co/dN5N4XPxIP

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) July 4, 2018

American tech workers are going to Canada

This article states:

“The spike in applications and hiring adds to the evidence suggesting that President Trump’s immigration crackdown is resulting in a loss of tech workers to Canada. ”

Sad!

Trump lie about Obama and Iran

Another in an endless series of lies

Trump relying on dubious Fox report to attack Obama is another example of him consuming RW media & echoing it to stoke conspiracies. He could have picked up phone & called his own gov't to see if claim was true, but chose to rely on Fox instead https://t.co/kMJQdPiLYB

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 4, 2018

Trump appears to have relied on a dubious Fox News story to attack Obama this a.m. The Fox story cited an Iranian news agency that cited an Iranian newspaper that quoted a single Iranian cleric. Obama officials say the cleric’s claim is false. My story: https://t.co/qoUeYRn1dt

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 4, 2018

New #FactChecker —> Trump falsely claims Obama gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians during nuclear deal talks https://t.co/4RuYVUFYlj

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) July 4, 2018

AP FACT CHECK: Trump says Iranians were made US citizens as part of 2015 nuclear deal, but nothing in the agreement speaks to naturalization: https://t.co/UNr2y5BsTK

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) July 4, 2018

update:

Experts aren't buying the claim, promoted by Diamond and Silk as well as Trump, that Obama secretly gave Iranians citizenship as part of the nuclear agreement. https://t.co/aDDsiQrpNL pic.twitter.com/WuvVSZCK5z

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) July 6, 2018