Guess he’s worried about Mueller
Trump brought up the idea of firing AG Jeff Sessions and was talked out of it by his lawyers and advisers at least twice in the last month. Latest w/@CarolLeonnig & @Gabriel_Pogrund: https://t.co/47ySmqujWl
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 28, 2018
Blame Trump’s trade war:
from the article below: “That likely reflected a continued reversal of soybean exports after farmers front-loaded shipments of the crop in April and May to China before Beijing’s retaliatory tariffs came into effect in early July. The United States and China are embroiled in a trade war marked by tit-for-tat tariffs. ”
U.S. goods trade deficit rises as exports fall https://t.co/pOqTgxIIRF pic.twitter.com/DUnusaqopS
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 28, 2018
More Bad News For Trump: Goods Trade Deficit Surges Most In Over Three Years https://t.co/otMk1ALXng
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 28, 2018
U.S. trade deficit widens to July to highest in five months https://t.co/CYvkVxz6tE
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) August 28, 2018
Because Trump is pursuing fiscal and other policies that widen the trade deficit, not shrink it. https://t.co/8s0WHciZJg
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) August 28, 2018
US trade deficit/surplus map pic.twitter.com/SmYtT6SVOu
— Adrian Saville (@AdrianSaville) August 28, 2018
I’ll say it again.
The 2018 elections will be a disaster. The hostility will be much worse than the 2016 elections and Trump will cause harm to the country with his divisive white supremacist rhetoric. He’s already doing it by saying the left could get violent.
If the Democrats don’t take the House, they’ll blame Russian meddling and voter suppression.
If the Republicans don’t keep the House, they’ll blame the deep state and illegal voters and warn of violence.
Exclusive: In private meeting, Trump warns Christian leaders of violence if GOP loses https://t.co/bWGQGVYASm via @nbcnews
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) August 28, 2018
Trump says the Democrats will be violent. This is an irresponsible lie. It will encourage his own supporters to be violent. Remember, Trump encouraged violence at his campaign rallies.
In Charlottesville, it was one of his “very fine people” who killed someone with a car; it wasn’t a liberal.
From the article “If the GOP loses, he said, “they will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently, and violently. There’s violence. When you look at Antifa and you look at some of these groups — these are violent people.””
Dangerous rhetoric further encouraging supporters to violate democratic norms to hold and maintain power https://t.co/fgysKu3cOj
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) August 28, 2018
Trump asked evangelical ministers to help Republicans from the pulpit by pushing their flock to vote Republican. If they do so, they jeopardize their church’s non-profit status according to current IRS guidance. https://t.co/JQNtOCbew3
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 28, 2018
Facing scrutiny for hush money payments to a porn star and a former Playboy model, Trump pleaded with evangelical leaders for political help during closed-door remarks — warning of dire consequences to congregations should the GOP lose in the midterms https://t.co/gO08QIL3eK
— CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2018
Mark this date. The President of the United States inciting violence if an opposing political party wins an election. This is a blatant call for violence. https://t.co/hva6CEm7k2
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) August 28, 2018
Well that’s incredibly irresponsible https://t.co/Pk51en1KTH
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 29, 2018
Looks like many Republicans would rather keep it named after a racist.
I assume Trump will oppose it and his cult will fall in line.
Today, I am circulating a letter with Senator Flake asking all of our colleagues if they’d be willing to join us in a resolution to officially rename the Russell Building the McCain Building.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 28, 2018
Richard Russell was a white supremacist who fought desegregation. It’s fitting to rename that building after John McCain, a man who actively resisted inciting racism when he ran against the first African-American presidential candidate. https://t.co/hTQnpFDKKk
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 26, 2018
NEW: GOP lawmakers pushing back against plan to rename Senate office building after McCain https://t.co/7bLPGMvpK9 pic.twitter.com/7Y9GImzm8A
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2018
McConnell will honor McCain in the most McConnell way possible: killing a bipartisan idea by forming a commission that will go nowhere so that he can placate the base. https://t.co/2PukY9qgrd
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 28, 2018
Bipartisan support is building for a plan to rename the Russell Senate Office building for John McCain: https://t.co/oViEYEHTvW pic.twitter.com/RtIX4vy2X8
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 28, 2018
update
Sen. Schumer wants to rename the Russell Senate Office Building for John McCain. Who was Richard Russell? https://t.co/eSIYUCZh9n
— TIME (@TIME) August 28, 2018
Republicans don’t want Democrats to rename a building to honor John McCain. https://t.co/81zzINSZnb pic.twitter.com/nAv4Nw1ffg
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) August 28, 2018
Mitch McConnell said he'll convene a bipartisan “gang” of senators to determine how to honor Sen. John McCain, leaving in limbo a bipartisan bid to rename the upper chamber's Russell Office Building after the late Arizona Republican https://t.co/QJrJqhf6ry
— POLITICO (@politico) August 28, 2018
And it's the current position of many 2018 senators that such overt racist beliefs were simply another policy position, and not a question of morality https://t.co/eT7jWlvMQ1
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) August 29, 2018
McConnell will honor McCain in the most McConnell way possible: killing a bipartisan idea by forming a commission that will go nowhere so that he can placate the base. https://t.co/2PukY9qgrd
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) August 28, 2018
The usual nonsense with no basis in fact – Trump is going after Google.
1. Watch Lou Dobbs
2. See conspiracy theory about Google News
3. Tweet to 54 million peoplehttps://t.co/uE5YALFVOB
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 28, 2018
Google responds to Trump, says no political motive in search results https://t.co/jYiy026voJ pic.twitter.com/74DaUCj4E8
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 28, 2018
Millions of illegal immigrants voting, South African farmers murdered en masse, Google’s anti-Trump news bias – the president keeps having his top officials investigate nonexistent things he believes. https://t.co/RUxyQhydrg
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 28, 2018
Larry Kudlow has no idea what he is talking about. We've held multiple hearings in @HouseJudiciary on this issue. 3 facts are clear:
-Algorithms not based on ideology.
-Algorithms respond to what people want to see
-First Amendment prevents regulating speech of private companies https://t.co/adySvS78yI— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 28, 2018
Dear @realDonaldTrump: You should read the First Amendment. @Google has the right to, for example, prioritize cute cat videos over weird Alex Jones rants.
If government tried to dictate the free speech algorithms of private companies, courts would strike it down in a nanosecond. https://t.co/C27IIzt6C1
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 28, 2018
Trump vaguely expanded on his based-on-nonsense morning complaint about Google, then said: "Google and Twitter and Facebook, they are really treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful." pic.twitter.com/9faZ8KGy5T
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 28, 2018
Without evidence, Trump reiterated claims about Google's search results, saying the company is "taking advantage of a lot of people."
Trump added that Google, Facebook and Twitter are "treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful" https://t.co/4ZYvyaA9mv pic.twitter.com/enXopOY7pM
— CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2018
The President of the United States just used the power of his office again today to attack yet another private company, and all the gutless Republicans once again have absolutely nothing to say.#Google
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 28, 2018
Trump administration considering regulating Google over partisan conspiracy theory https://t.co/qNL1C4z02P pic.twitter.com/pJCCiRx6bw
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) August 28, 2018
update
Trump's rage-googling of himself should be taken very, very seriously.
Trump is turning GOP voters against mechanisms of accountability that *are* working (media, Mueller) for purpose of maintaining the one that is *not* (the GOP Congress).
My new post:https://t.co/VuoPhKzs7X
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 28, 2018
Without evidence, Trump reiterated claims about Google's search results, saying the company is "taking advantage of a lot of people."
Trump added that Google, Facebook and Twitter are "treading on very, very troubled territory and they have to be careful" https://t.co/4ZYvyaiyuX pic.twitter.com/hoPz25Pf3n
— CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2018
No evidence of Google tampering. Plenty of evidence of Russian hacking. Guess which one is considered "Fake News" by POTUS? https://t.co/0MxNWNtHPf
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) August 28, 2018
This is some crazy, grassy knoll, faked moon landing, Obama isn't American bullshit coming out of the Oval Office.
The President has -at best- a tenuous grip on reality. https://t.co/cIOYS6T4B4
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 28, 2018
Larry Kudlow and the White House should look at the First Amendment before wasting too much time on this unconstitutional project. https://t.co/AJbhNhanVj
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 28, 2018
https://t.co/TzE7hFwtQE pic.twitter.com/EN9zshU2lh
— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) August 29, 2018
Pearl Harbor happened 5 years before Trump was born. https://t.co/6XHnNpv0Im
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 28, 2018
Trump’s rant was part of “a blistering critique of Japan’s economic policies,” sources say https://t.co/eOSyDnIChB
— Salon (@Salon) August 29, 2018
Mexico will never pay for the stupid pointless wall. They have made this clear. Is this another Trump lie or does he really believe this?
He did not say this when the Mexicans were in the Oval Office. Yesterday. https://t.co/RrPgmuiHXc
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 28, 2018
We just reached a trade understanding with the US, and the outlook for the relationship between our two countries is very positive. We will NEVER pay for a wall, however. That has been absolutely clear from the very beginning.
— Luis Videgaray Caso (@LVidegaray) August 28, 2018
and Americans don’t want the wall
ICYMI
Do you support or oppose building a wall along the border with Mexico?
ALL
Support 38%
Oppose 58%
REP.
Support 78%
Oppose 17%
DEM.
Support 7%
Oppose 90%
IND.
Support 32%
Oppose 65%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 8/9-13/18)
trend: https://t.co/nf4JAwcrG1— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 28, 2018
Interesting to see which states spend the least per public school student. Utah is lowest, Idaho 2nd lowest, Arizona 3rd lowest, Oklahoma 4th lowest, Mississippi 5th lowest. North.Carolina is 6th lowest. New York is highest, D.C. is 2nd highest. https://t.co/NolpZh9VhG pic.twitter.com/q0H7JfrQHA
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) August 26, 2018
Opinion: Fair elections just won a victory in the courts. Now the Republican assault begins. https://t.co/LjXlRCxde3
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 28, 2018
Federal judges have affirmed their earlier decision striking North Carolina's congressional districts as unconstitutional because Republicans drew them with excessive partisanship. https://t.co/waDdB7ISlo
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 28, 2018
Here's how gerrymandered North Carolina's congressional map is. Republicans won 10 of 13 seats in 2016 despite Trump's narrow win statewide. A nonpartisan map like the one below could have seen Dems win 2-5 more districts had it been in effect this decade https://t.co/bjwahIZyEZ pic.twitter.com/yI2LczFwpx
— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) August 27, 2018
If North Carolina were required to redistrict, would be worth another ~2 seats or so for Democrats. Although with a high margin for error because of all of this happening at such a late date. https://t.co/uSQZ9IsPyX
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 27, 2018
Under somewhat similar circumstances in 1996 in Texas, the state held nonpartisan blanket primaries (basically what they do in Louisiana) on the November election date and then runoffs in December in cases where no candidate won a majority.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 27, 2018
BREAKING: Federal court rules that plaintiffs in North Carolina partisan gerrymandering case have standing to pursue claims (with one exception) and affirms earlier ruling that congressional map is unconstitutional. https://t.co/kHGyAQUnds #fairmaps 1/
— Michael Li (@mcpli) August 27, 2018
The federal court is not ruling out throwing out North Carolina's current congressional plan for the 2018 election. Raises possibility of having a primary in November, followed by a general election before the new congress is seated.
— Sam Levine (@srl) August 27, 2018
Since Republicans took over North Carolina's legislature in 2010 & began their all-out assault on democracy, they have gerrymandered:
Congress
State legislature
County commissions
City councils
School boards
District courts
All but the last have gotten struck down at least once— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) August 27, 2018
Court says it has not yet decided whether to give the North Carolina legislature the opportunity to attempt to redraw congressional map, but says that if the NC lege wants to redraw map it needs to finish process by 9/17 at 5 p.m. #fairmaps 3/ pic.twitter.com/Jq2r8uWk5a
— Michael Li (@mcpli) August 27, 2018
North Carolina Republicans literally admitted to partisan gerrymandering to defend themselves from racial gerrymandering claims. They stated loudly that they drew a 10R-3D gerrymander because they (rightly) thought 11R-2D was impossible https://t.co/7X1KVOMaX2
— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) August 27, 2018
BREAKING: Federal court strikes down North Carolina's congressional districts due to partisan gerrymandering.
See how NC's districts have changed over time ↓https://t.co/WP4uz9QgiI pic.twitter.com/V056oyglHW
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 27, 2018
GSA canceled a move of FBI's HQ that could've made room for a competitor near Trump Hotel. In prior testimony, GSA chief omitted Trump's unusual intervention in the move. Now she refuses to tell Congress what he said. In related news, it's #SunshineWeek. So much for transparency. https://t.co/thHxzQRyiJ
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 13, 2019
Trump intervened in GSA's plan to relocate FBI's HQ, which could've opened space for a competitor to move in across from his hotel. @GSAEmily hid Trump's involvement from Congress. Now DOJ drops funding for the move from its budget request. Shady business! https://t.co/MXfJDiLWSZ
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 12, 2019
The administration is not asking for any money for new FBI headquarters. Reminder that moving the FBI, while long planned and important for national security, could open up new development which would compete with the Trump hotel. https://t.co/Oec4qpVrVu
— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) March 12, 2019
Ethics Crisis Reminder: Why did the Trump admin scrap the decade-long planning to relocate FBI’s HQ? Was it because the move might have created a risk that a competitor could move in near his DC hotel? This raises more questions: https://t.co/LK1b7EB9Cd
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 11, 2019
Trump’s budget benefits his business partner, D.C. hotel:
— Zach Everson (@Z_Everson) March 12, 2019
-$20 million for hospital project named after Jack Nickalus, who designed two Trump golf courses
-$0 for relocation of FBI HQ, which could lead to competition for Trump Hotel D.C.
Via @1100Penn: https://t.co/HqJ37T4Wtf
update 10/18/18
Keeping the FBI's headquarters in downtown D.C. will cost $500 million more than moving it to the suburbs, according to House Democrats https://t.co/mDGOBKjch5
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) October 18, 2018
Why was Donald Trump so interested in the FBI building? @thomaskaplan goes deep https://t.co/40xxBPFdrg
— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) October 18, 2018
The Trump admin's reversal of the plan for a new FBI HQ is an undercovered story. Everyone—Congress, GSA, GOP, Dems—had agreed on the idea of a new HQ in the suburbs. Trump stopped it without really bothering to offer a rationale. https://t.co/XsTnFxZh7s
— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) October 18, 2018
NEW: President Donald Trump was more involved in stopping FBI HQ decision than previously known, emails show https://t.co/fXIbUPJ538 pic.twitter.com/tDtonrMWHT
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 18, 2018
Could this be the next Trump scandal? @paulwaldman1 digs into the strange saga of Trump's involvement in the internal debate over relocating FBI headquarters:https://t.co/Cxvtgm79vu
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 29, 2018
Trump owns a hotel across the street from the FBI HQ. He has a financial stake in plans to redevelop or relocate.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) August 28, 2018
He cared enough to meet with the GSA about it, and to prevent them from disclosing what he said to them.
House Republican reaction: Move along, nothing to see here. https://t.co/GqkiyZyHLQ
GSA IG report details White House involvement in FBI headquarters decision. https://t.co/owpIO3e6fL
— Jonathan O'Connell (@OConnellPostbiz) August 27, 2018
Just in: Despite efforts by the Administration to dodge the truth, @GSA_OIG sent us a report confirming that Trump was in previously undisclosed meetings about the relocation of the FBI HQ. And despite telling Congress the plan changed to save money, the numbers don't add up. https://t.co/K8XZ8KdAfK
— Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) August 27, 2018
Clarification here. Trump may have been involved in scuttling a plan that would have replaced current FBI HQ near the Trump Hotel with a private development, and moved the FBI out to the DC suburbs.
— Bruce Leshan (@BruceLeshan) August 27, 2018
Trump blocked construction on the FBI hq by his hotel, then used his power to quash an investigation. This is the type of oversight @HouseGOP has refused to conduct. Thank you @GerryConnolly for your work exposing corruption. https://t.co/S1MWtku5fR
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) August 27, 2018
#BREAKING New GSA Inspector General's report finds the President was involved in scuttling a plan to rebuild the FBI HQ across the street from the Trump Hotel. @wusa9 https://t.co/SdOSeTfa8N
— Bruce Leshan (@BruceLeshan) August 27, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump intervened in plans to turn the FBI HQ across the street from his luxury hotel into a construction zone, then invoked executive privilege to block inspector general from learning what he said in meetings. https://t.co/H4sBeMXZ0A pic.twitter.com/gwqtItP4NJ
— Todd J. Gillman (@toddgillman) August 27, 2018
Sad!