ICE arrested a man taking his pregnant wife to give birth

I am not in favor of abolishing ICE but it certainly needs to be reformed.

ICE arrested a man driving his pregnant wife to give birth. She drove herself to the hospital. https://t.co/Pi8Qw0217U

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 18, 2018

update – he was wanted for murder in Mexico

Hours after their initial reports. which got 10s of thousands of RTs.

The problem is Tweet first, fact-find second. Needs to be reversed. https://t.co/vyHxhzebLW

— Nathan the Wurtzelhearted (@NathanWurtzel) August 19, 2018

A new lawsuit says ICE agents pressured parents to be deported with their children — then separated them again when they refused. https://t.co/X74oDRYnQJ pic.twitter.com/0WDWat48Mr

— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 30, 2018

Internal ICE emails show how the government set a trap for undocumented spouses of US citizens https://t.co/oRapT7zsQt via @MotherJones

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 18, 2018

Roberto Clemente

Clemente got hits in all 14 World Series games he played in. I saw him play in the final game of the 1971 NLCS.

On this day in 1934, Roberto Clemente was born.

The 15-time #AllStar was a career .362 hitter over 14 #WorldSeries games. pic.twitter.com/7RwLlC0I8I
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) August 18, 2018

MLB should retire number 21! The Great One, Roberto Clemente 🇵🇷was born #OTD 1934. Died tragically at age 38 in a plane crash while on humanitarian mission to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Here's Clemente's @sabr bio https://t.co/YxOkqSdJo6 pic.twitter.com/BttWfyPMvv
— SABR BioProject (@SABRbioproject) August 18, 2018

Eighty-four years ago today, The Great One was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Eighteen seasons with the @Pirates proved without a doubt that Roberto Clemente was worthy of the name. https://t.co/cCGPNfbaL8 pic.twitter.com/QW9Qxqapp7
— Baseball Hall ⚾ (@baseballhall) August 18, 2018

''Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth.''

Today we celebrate Roberto Clemente’s birthday. #TheGreatOne pic.twitter.com/2qD1zC1ePY
— Pirates (@Pirates) August 18, 2018

The great Roberto Clemente was born today in 1934. He has been gone for 46 years, but the meaning of his life seems more important than ever. Proud of his Puerto Rican heritage, proud of being a black man in America, open to people of all backgrounds and stations in life.
— david maraniss (@davidmaraniss) August 18, 2018

Today (9/5) is Clemente Day

Roberto Clemente is the only player to ever hit a #walkoff inside-the-park grand slam (7/25/1956). #ClementeDay pic.twitter.com/Q1BF4ddgUP
— MLB Stat of the Day (@MLBStatoftheDay) September 5, 2018

On this #ClementeDay, let us honor & remember the great Roberto Clemente – the ultimate humanitarian. A great ball player who used his platform to help others. Be the change you want to see in the world – it starts with YOU. #ClementeDay #GiveBack #MaybinMission @MLB pic.twitter.com/NjctraqGpc
— Cameron Maybin (@CameronMaybin) September 5, 2018

SABR celebrates #HispanicHeritageMonth with profiles of Latino players over the course of the next 30 days. Enjoy!

Meet Roberto Clemente, "The Great One." His life and career were cut short by tragedy, but his impact transcended the… https://t.co/5aqXDXxSHv
— Baseball Research (@SABRLatino) September 19, 2018

Roberto Clemente’s lone campaign in the minor leagues was perhaps the least publicized part of his career – but during that season, he caught the eye of the @Pirates. We continue our series on No. 21 in 2021 with the story of his 1954 season in Montreal. https://t.co/lnRkIWHvwd pic.twitter.com/Iq5ksXaFLD
— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ (@baseballhall) June 21, 2021

Jimmy Carter’s modest life since he was president

Jimmy Carter is the only president in the modern era to return full-time to the house he lived in before he entered politics — a two-bedroom rancher assessed at $167,000, less than the value of the armored Secret Service vehicles parked outside. https://t.co/LKMAElI6hB

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 18, 2018

McGahn has cooperated with the Mueller probe

White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II told investigators how President Trump tried to ensure control of the Mueller probe — a mix of information that is both potentially damaging and favorable to Trump. https://t.co/VxwZSNUGyH

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 18, 2018

Trump’s response

This was true under Cobb. Emmet Flood is taking a very different tack, preventing additional witnesses, including John Kelly, from being interviewed. https://t.co/RokqrHoF7i

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 18, 2018

"It seems that relationship between lawyer and president is also, in this instance, infected with mistrust." https://t.co/zmZYgEKXH3

— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) August 18, 2018

THREAD: What does news that White House Counsel Don McGahn is “cooperating” with Mueller tell us about Mueller’s investigation?

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 18, 2018

The indispensable Bob Bauer, former Obama WH Counsel, on what to make of the McGahn story. https://t.co/KyA5FAusKK

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) August 18, 2018

A confirmation. https://t.co/IcJUEPos6m

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 18, 2018

McGahn is doing right! https://t.co/qqzhZRAFlY

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) August 18, 2018

This belief of Don McGahn is absolutely correct. "As White House counsel, not a personal lawyer, he viewed his role as protector of the presidency, not of Mr. Trump."

Federal employees take an oath to the Constitution, not to any person or party. https://t.co/ANvz7BM2QT

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 18, 2018

Trump, who has long been obsessed with John Dean’s role with Nixon, was enraged by the idea that he wasn’t fully aware of what McGahn did in special counsel interviews https://t.co/yvbR3exgNA

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 19, 2018

Email sent this AM after NYT story and McGahn lawyer’s comment to reporters https://t.co/V0x6j33wJW

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 19, 2018

More security-clearance cancellations have been drafted

Trump doesn’t care about free speech, just about punishing people who don’t agree. The Republican party lack of push back is pathetic. Most of them now support his dictator-like moves.

White House drafts additional security-clearance cancellations as Trump seeks to punish critics and those involved in Russia probe https://t.co/VdhjFgHdHl

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 17, 2018

Trump’s dumb parade now canceled

Of course, he blames other people

Rising costs, little planning, resistance within senior ranks of his own administration and stalling. The inside story of how Trump’s military parade fell apart. Our latest: https://t.co/RcdEZTIbtu

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 17, 2018

I bet Moscow gives Putin a good deal for HIS military parade! https://t.co/2p7jikt15A

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) August 17, 2018

The DC mayor’s office has been more transparent about the “military parade” costs in 2 hours than the White House and @realDonaldTrump have been for months. https://t.co/gUul6nsJpY

— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) August 17, 2018

Yup, I’m Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington DC, the local politician who finally got thru to the reality star in the White House with the realities ($21.6M) of parades/events/demonstrations in Trump America (sad). https://t.co/vqC3d8FLqx

— MurielBowser (@MurielBowser) August 17, 2018

The Trump military parade was always a really bad ideahttps://t.co/VIWDPzv75r pic.twitter.com/umhLVWeqxN

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 17, 2018

FBI probing cyber attack on congressional campaign

Both attacks were against Democrats. Coincidence? I doubt it.

Don't miss the pattern emerging here: candidates around the country reporting evidence of interference in 2018 election.

Reuters: FBI probing cyber attack on congressional campaign in California – sources https://t.co/YrZqRlzuFO

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 17, 2018

Update on migrant kids separated from parents

BREAKING: Trump administration releases latest numbers on migrant kids it separated from parents.

This is most detailed data we've seen so far.

➡️ 2,654 total kids separated.
➡️ 565 *still* separated; 24 are 0-5 year olds.
➡️ Parents of 366 *already* deported; 6 are 0-5. pic.twitter.com/c3YAnJzk7R

— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) August 16, 2018

2018 midterm elections update

Fact: if every state/district's result in November were an 8% uniform swing in Dems' favor from the '16 prez result, Dems would simultaneously gain 44 House seats (almost twice the +23 they need), but *lose* 4 Senate seats. https://t.co/qmCDpXyJmY pic.twitter.com/d00c4PyRkd

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018

White women have gone from +9 Trump and +12 R House in 2016 to +2 D House in 2018. https://t.co/fJODgSc3mZ

— Nu Wexler (@wexler) August 20, 2018

Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, there are now 43 Republican seats without an incumbent on the ballot. That's more than one out of every six Republicans in the House — a record in at least a century. https://t.co/SE5rn3zhoS

— Axios (@axios) August 19, 2018

Here's my simple guide to the midterms as they stand now: where the parties stand, where they hope to make gains, what Democrats need to do to succeed: https://t.co/1IhFdLpsQH

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 17, 2018

A broad consensus of indicators point toward Dems performing well in the race for the House. https://t.co/PLHS1a9A3w

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 17, 2018

Top 10 governor’s races

Trump’s effort to hold his base close seems to be working

House seats most likely to flip

New CBS/YouGov House model has a Democratic lead of 6.8 points in the national popular vote translating to a majority of 9 seats. This degree of malapportionment is an affront to democracy. https://t.co/1s606yht4s

— G. Elliott Morris📈🤷‍♂️ (@gelliottmorris) August 19, 2018

Our 2018 House Forecast: https://t.co/lyNh30TEIw

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) August 20, 2018

I think the tweet below makes sense. In the 2016 presidential election, Trump won most of the close swing states which led to his victory.

Ultimately, I think Ds either fall a few seats short of House majority or win 35+ seats. Tons of single digit races that will break overwhelmingly to D or R on Election Day – won’t break 50-50.

— amy walter (@amyewalter) August 19, 2018

Trump's "red wave" could sink GOP https://t.co/MX9xjz6pPU

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) August 20, 2018

Per @jonathanvswan – GOP strategists are concerned the base doesn’t appreciate the threat of a blue wave, due to their mistrust of polls/media.
From @jpiacenza – only 28% (!) of GOP voters said they would trust a poll indicating Dems would take the house: https://t.co/3gxFOICnNo pic.twitter.com/CwgSk9keBd

— Nick Laughlin (@nick_d_laughlin) August 19, 2018

There’s also this report from @cameron_easley – 61% of Republicans feel confident about the midterms. Just 43% of Democrats say the same: https://t.co/F62DwGhoXE pic.twitter.com/lhX3DtJ6cA

— Nick Laughlin (@nick_d_laughlin) August 19, 2018

While Trump talks of a “red wave,” here’s the reality: https://t.co/xZquJO9LPq

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) August 21, 2018

How to blow a winnable election, gubernatorial edition. By @databyler. https://t.co/s6yayvEkqd

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) August 21, 2018

This is right. In our model, there a ~60% chance that Democrats *either* win 40+ seats *or* fail to take the House. https://t.co/HSP24cE7mK

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 19, 2018

A lot of Dems tend to forget: this year's median competitive Senate seat gave Trump 56% in '16 & is 80% white.

Median competitive House seat: 49% Trump, 74% white.

U.S. as a whole: 46% Trump, 62% white.https://t.co/qmCDpXyJmY

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018

Mars vs. Venus: in 2018, the median competitive Senate seat is 7% more pro-Trump, 4x less dense, 5% less college-educated & 7% whiter than the median competitive House seat. https://t.co/qmCDpXyJmY pic.twitter.com/hP4jCQx5b6

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 20, 2018

Reason 12,345 why 2018 is weird:

Trump won #WV03's open seat by *50%* & *lost* Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R)'s #FL26 by 16%. Today, @CookPolitical rates both races the same: Lean R.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) August 16, 2018

Here's what candidates for House/Senate talked about in their primary ads. Will be very interesting once we update during fall campaigns to see how/if these categories change.https://t.co/mJB6xJw8UH pic.twitter.com/ZMXAzOLEgK

— amy walter (@amyewalter) August 17, 2018

Turnout in this year’s U.S. House primaries is up, especially on the Democratic side https://t.co/4Q4DiNZNqQ pic.twitter.com/OyrDjDFyVN

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) August 25, 2018

Trump lie about Bruce Ohr

Trump making it pretty clear DOJ official Bruce Ohr's clearance will be stripped soon: "Bruce Ohr is a disgrace. I suspect I'll be taking it away very quickly."

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) August 17, 2018

This is false. The alleged message said, “afraid they will be exposed.” Says nothing about an “anti trump Russia probe.” And “they” in this context meant the sensitive dossier sources. https://t.co/QF5ZH8fBFC

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 17, 2018

This quote is not only wrong— it makes no sense. Comey “exposed” the Russia probe himself, in public testimony, 6 days before he was fired. https://t.co/QF5ZH8fBFC

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 17, 2018

President Trump attacked Bruce Ohr, a little-known Justice Department official who has been targeted by conservative conspiracy theorists https://t.co/2eGbEzD3Cb

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 17, 2018

DOJ is once again trying to weather this in silence. But after he is done with Ohr—having once again harassed a civil servant into quitting or pressured the process to have him fired—he will move on to the next. This will play out over and over and over again. https://t.co/175SnU123Z

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) August 29, 2018

because we have rule of law, not rule of tweet https://t.co/juve9Xf7t7

— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) August 29, 2018