Trump Illinois rally – 10/27/18

Trump is doing a campaign rally in Murphysboro, Illinois. Tweets in this thread. Mute if this is too much Trump for one afternoon.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 27, 2018

Great tweet about the caravan

We should be far more worried about the people who are angry at the caravan than the people who are part of it.

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) October 27, 2018

“How Voter Suppression Could Swing the Midterms”

Opinion column in the New York Times

Lots of state-by-state-details

This is the best one-article summary of the problem I have seen.

Texas voting problems

There have been voting machine problems and voter intimidation. Do you think the losers will accept the results?

Voter intimidation

“I’ve been here for 30 years, and this harassment that’s going on, I haven’t ever seen the likes of this.” Reports of voter intimidation at polling places in Texas https://t.co/aSLzosGQ54

— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) October 26, 2018

1/ Voter intimidation has been reported in Dallas County, with the @DallasElections administrator calling it the worst she's seen in decades: https://t.co/zmNPa4OG0R #EarlyVotingTX

— Jamie Hancock (@jamiedhancock) October 26, 2018

Second, know that if you're a registered voter, you have the right to vote. This @ACLU guide walks you through your rights. https://t.co/4j8S5GEe4X

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 26, 2018

Voting machines changing votes

IMPORTANT INFO FOR TEXAS VOTERS:

The voting machines are poorly designed but are not rigged or randomly switching votes to Cruz.

Everyone should go out and vote and double check their selections before finalizing them.

Your vote will count.

More here: https://t.co/iZxDyCULhA

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 27, 2018

Check your screens, folks! "When I got to the end, I just so happened that I glanced at the screen, I saw Ted Cruz was selected as my senator," a voter in Fort Bend County who attempted to vote straight Democrat told ABC 13. https://t.co/WYTNbQYxpD #VoteBeto

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) October 26, 2018

The issue with the Texas voting machines is not new. Fixing it (and other problems around the country) should be a bipartisan cause. 2016👇 https://t.co/rc6W5yfFhL

— Daniel Radosh (@danielradosh) October 27, 2018

Some early Texas voters who cast straight-ticket ballots say machines entered the wrong choices for Senate and other top races. The secretary of state's office blames user error. https://t.co/01ZGh3LWpH

— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) October 26, 2018

So both Trump and the Governor of Texas knew the voting machines were switching votes in the 2016 election. Why weren’t these machines fixed over the past 2 years? https://t.co/dnA5xGMSpq

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) October 26, 2018

Pittsburgh synagogue hate crime

First, my sympathy to the victims and their families and appreciation for the police for their brave work.

Trump’s hate rhetoric strikes again. Of course, he is not directly responsible for the crime but he has created an atmosphere where bigots feel encouraged and supported by the President of the United States.

I’ll never forgive him for his comments after Charlottesville when he said the Nazis included “very fine people” . That’s why we have hate crimes like this.

Anti-Semitic hate crimes and social media posts are up under Trump

The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. rose nearly 60 percent in 2017 – the largest single-year increase on record and the second highest number reported since @ADL_National started tracking such data in the 1970s. READ the report > https://t.co/UiKuC6VQB7 pic.twitter.com/dtrXXbQAns

— Oren Segal (@orensegal) March 26, 2018

More hate crimes are reported against Jews than any other religious group, FBI statistics show https://t.co/HiWVoKJNSp pic.twitter.com/rEBBD6ZLnV

— CNN (@CNN) October 27, 2018

Researchers say they are seeing an increase in anti-Semitic posts from far-right users of Instagram and Twitter, and that the services aren’t doing enough about it. https://t.co/p5bKAZj0U0

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 27, 2018

ADL has released a statement – "This is likely the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the history of the United States" https://t.co/zeYexEalCF

— Jason Wilson (@jason_a_w) October 27, 2018

Report: 72% of Religious Hate Crimes in Los Angeles Targeted Jews according to LA County Commission on Human Relations. Next was Muslims @ 12% |
Read that again: hate crimes against Jews 7 out of 10, then Muslims, 1 of 10. https://t.co/ZRgMwHMBS4

— Josh Block (@JoshBlockDC) October 19, 2018

This @milbank column is from 2016 –> Anti-Semitism is no longer an undertone of Trump’s campaign. It’s the melody. https://t.co/fJZtv9WE6u

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 27, 2018

Republicans are fomenting hatred against Jews by running ads laden with anti-Semitic tropes, like this one portraying George Soros as an evil puppet-master of the left, surrounded by stacks of cash https://t.co/gvv5lb8YYc pic.twitter.com/fiC9VBLIL3

— David Nir (@DavidNir) October 27, 2018

Trump’s reaction

Trump’s comments have been pathetic. He has not expressed sympathy for the victims. He blames them for not having guns (to make his NRA donors happy). As others have noted, the police there had guns and they got shot, too.

It's a miserable day in America when our @POTUS says there should have been guns & security inside the Pittsburgh synagogue, and nothing expressing love or loss for his 8 murder victims,
BUT the PM of a foreign country says all the right things about our American tragedy. https://t.co/Kem80IilLf

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) October 27, 2018

Of course, it’s still going on. How about Charlottesville?

“It looks definitely like it’s an anti-Semitic crime, and that is something you wouldn’t believe could still be going on,” President Trump says about synagogue attack prior to giving remarks at farmers convention pic.twitter.com/yXasz5G8Cq

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 27, 2018

Let's be clear: Trump is sending the military to guard the border against unarmed desperate migrants (who are still in southern Mexico), but faced with domestic white supremacist terrorists, he suggests that places of worship hire their own armed guards. https://t.co/bs5Muqyxlo

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 27, 2018

Trump’s message here to those Jews shot while at prayer is essentially: it’s your own fault. Warm words for the police, but only blame for the victims https://t.co/9jt8OvPryO

— Jonathan Freedland (@Freedland) October 27, 2018

Three professionally-trained armed police officers were shot responding to the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh today. What does Trump think a part-time security guard would do against a determined gunman with an assault rifle? https://t.co/8aBdl6Xrpv

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 27, 2018

This @davidfrum essay perfectly rebuts #Trump logic.https://t.co/MxoudQavbk

I think #Trump is suggesting Synagogues nationwide should be filled with guns, and prepared to get in pitched firefights with anti-semitic attackers. How would that have worked out on Kristallnacht? https://t.co/Zc8Nyzustx

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) October 27, 2018

A reporter asked @realDonaldTrump if the Pittsburgh shooting has prompted him to revisit federal gun reform.

His response: "Well again, this has little to do with it."https://t.co/osxLi44Gr2

— Kara “Don’t Boo” 👻 Voght (@karavoght) October 27, 2018

This is sickening. The President of the United States blamed the victims — those who were worshiping on Shabbat, celebrating a Jewish rite of passage, and spending their Saturday morning with their family and friends. He has normalized hatred. https://t.co/tDqfIZIWCy

— Donna E. Shalala (@DonnaShalala) October 27, 2018

The DNC hack was the fault of the DNC. The bomb sent to CNN was the fault of CNN. etc. etc. https://t.co/H8bL8n0DkF

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 27, 2018

11 people are dead in an anti-Semitic attack.

Trump refuses to let it impact his political schedule, even for a few hours

It sends a clear message to his supporters, regardless of what he says https://t.co/NwUDOhan65

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 27, 2018

Trump has created an environment that encourages racism, hate crimes

It is happening here. Donald Trump and his supporters are not legally responsible for it, but they are damn well morally responsible. https://t.co/MJWaNTxj8O

— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) October 27, 2018

"He has refused to condemn anti-semitism and racism; he has encouraged chants of 'lock her up'…; he has appeared with, and promoted the views of, those who blame George Soros and the Jews for immigration problems… He has done these things even as this violence grows." https://t.co/3V4RaYj2yb

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) October 27, 2018

Rep. Gaetz has yet to apologize for his tweet linking Soros to the caravan. Since it was posted & amplified by the President, Soros received a bomb & several people in a synagogue have been murdered. https://t.co/SKcmTgG5V8

— GovTrack.🇺🇸 (@govtrack) October 27, 2018

.@realDonaldTrump says, "It's a terrible thing what's going on with hate." No president in our lifetime has encouraged and exploited hate as much as Trump has. Republicans own his politics of hate.

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 27, 2018

This is key from @EricLevitz. Trump is fluent in this form of xenophobic populist nationalism. It requires scapegoated outgroups below *and* a globalist (read:Jews) elite manipulating those outgroups to infest/undermine the "real" people. My piece on this: https://t.co/rIPis2FOCH https://t.co/2gcJT5xUm8

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 27, 2018

The clarity in the coded language of the President lets all of the hate groups know they are empowered to spew their hate filled rhetoric and act on their violent impulse. Groups that were marginalized are now emboldened. Thank you President Trump

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) October 27, 2018

The suspect

Social media accounts suggest shooting suspect Robert Bowers was a neo-Nazi/white nationalist who loathed Jews, migrants and refugees. He also said he strongly disliked Trump because he thought Trump was too soft on Jews.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 27, 2018

"All these Jews need to die," suspect tells police on scene at Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) October 27, 2018

Here's what we know so far about the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect https://t.co/RpfEw6O6FL pic.twitter.com/r23g4ODrPw

— CNN (@CNN) October 27, 2018

The suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting wrote on social media that Jews were helping transport members of Latin American migrant caravans https://t.co/9KL2jUG3D3 pic.twitter.com/xJB7f3mJR0

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 27, 2018

We can do something about guns

It’s not too soon to say I’m horrified those worshipping at a synagogue were targeted and murdered. It’s not too soon to say we’re grateful for the first responders who risked their lives. And it’s not too soon to say that it’s in our power to take action against gun violence.

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 27, 2018

Recent Pew Research poll shows that 50% of self identified Republicans are opposed to limiting access to AR-15 type assault rifles. In other words, such weapons of death should be allowed.

— Tom Coleman (@reptomcoleman) October 27, 2018

The accused synagogue killer legally purchased and possessed 10 guns, including the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three Glock handguns used in the Pittsburgh massacre, the ATF said on Tuesday https://t.co/hnDseICmxY

— NYT National News (@NYTNational) October 30, 2018

and this

The doctor who operated on #TreeofLife shooter is a Jew. The shooter shouted anti-Semitic slurs at him even as he tended his wounds. The doctor said that he was proud to offer medical care to a human who was wounded. You want to know what it means to be a Jew? Here's your answer.

— Rabbi Latz (@RavMABAY) October 30, 2018

EPA union opposes Trump policies

As Trump slashes environmental regulations, the EPA union forms the crux of an internal resistance https://t.co/d412jGX28u

— Salon (@Salon) October 27, 2018

Racist hate crime in Kentucky

As we mourn and await the names and stories of Jewish congregants lost in Pittsburgh, there are 2 more names to say tonight:

Vickie Lee Jones
Maurice E. Stallard.

Murdered by a similar face of hate in Kentucky on Thursday. May their memories be a blessing. pic.twitter.com/xvctRm9GXO

— Alex Goldstein (@alexjgoldstein) October 28, 2018

Would like the same for the killings at Krogers DOJ @CivilRights. https://t.co/Pd4yX4SvCF

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 27, 2018

A white man who allegedly killed two people at a Kroger grocery store in Kentucky tried to enter a predominantly black church nearby minutes before the fatal shooting, police said https://t.co/9kIsCbmgjo pic.twitter.com/wVDMSFLFhz

— CNN (@CNN) October 27, 2018

A shooting spree allegedly carried out by a white suspect who took the lives of two black people at a Kroger store in Kentucky is being investigated as a possible hate crime, federal prosecutors said. https://t.co/jnZ5CjcuV7

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 27, 2018

This week a white man sent bombs to democrats; another white man shot and killed black patrons at Kroger; and another white man just killed 8 at a synagogue and 3 officers. We don’t have a caravan problem. We have a white male domestic terrorism problem. https://t.co/NxxIu9pEWX

— @JulieZebrak (@YesMomsCan) October 27, 2018

Two days ago a white man walked into a @Kroger supermarket and murdered two black elderly people.

This was domestic terrorism.

And @realDonaldTrump, a self proclaimed nationalist, has not said a word.

His silence speaks volumes.

— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) October 26, 2018

This could have very well become another Charleston massacre. As it is, it was an act of domestic racial terrorism, committed by a white man who refused to fire at another because, per a witness who told a local TV station: “Whites don’t shoot whites.” https://t.co/tyquFAvobx

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 27, 2018

Numerous terrorist attacks in America this week…

Not from people in a caravan
Not from people from Mexico
Not from people from Yemen
Not from people from Iran
Not from people from Syria
Not from people from Libya

All from white supremacists from America.

Sick.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) October 27, 2018

Don't forget the black people targeted for being black. If that church had been unlocked, we would have had another mass killing, not just two https://t.co/S3xXhGwk1M

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 27, 2018

Two-thirds of US terror attacks tied to right-wing extremists

Trump won’t do anything about this (besides encourage it). This is part of his base.

Something that probably should have gotten more attention https://t.co/HAXBfbLGzD

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 27, 2018

This didn’t start with Trump.

I keep thinking about this 2009 DHS report on right-wing extremists. Conservative bloggers went nuts and claimed Obama was targeting them, but we need to stop being politically correct and talk about this problem. https://t.co/ENd1lzKAhb

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) October 27, 2018

But none of the white supremacist terrorism has anything to do with Trump, oh no https://t.co/fXHi6hN6sI

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 27, 2018

White supremacy in America is a bigger problem than Islamic terrorism here. It is a bigger problem than crimes by immigrants. And this administration is not only not doing anything about it, they are fomenting hate among this group.

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) October 26, 2018

Two days ago a white man walked into a @Kroger supermarket and murdered two black elderly people.

This was domestic terrorism.

And @realDonaldTrump, a self proclaimed nationalist, has not said a word.

His silence speaks volumes.

— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) October 26, 2018

Trump cut funds to fight anti-right wing violence

I remember every single person who said the connections @jbouie made in this 2016 piece were unfair and ridiculoushttps://t.co/SIcE1rIC8u

— Jenée (@jdesmondharris) October 27, 2018

The Trump administration is damaging the environment by auctioning off land for oil drilling

The damage from this can’t be undone just by electing a better president. It’s permanent.

Please read the story. And share it. And thanks to NYT subscribers for supporting this kind of work. The Trump admin is transforming federal regulations. It has impact. Here is a first-hand look, from out in Wyoming, at some of that impact. https://t.co/h1NqyXV6v9

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) October 27, 2018

The Trump administration has also been in a race to lease more and more federal lands for oil and gas drilling. So much land has been put out to auction that the industry just can't take it all. Most of it is not attracting bids. But land put up for auction has skyrocketed. pic.twitter.com/ALqzArQdYi

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) October 27, 2018

DATA NYT OBTAINED VIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT also shows a massive jump in OIL PRODUCTION on federal lands in the United States in the last two years. This is a big deal. Surge is being driven by places like Wyoming/NewMexico. Impressive growth. pic.twitter.com/Z91emguCH1

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) October 27, 2018

2/4 The amount of acres offered for oil and gas development on federal lands in the past two years is striking. Check out this comparison between FY18 and a four year average https://t.co/UCJhrkdYXU

— Taxpayers for Common Sense (@taxpayers) October 27, 2018

Trump’s nationalism has changed the world

And not in a good way. The damage will be hard to undo. After Trump, why would any country sign a treaty with the US knowing it could be easily undone by a future president?

How President Trump's nationalism has already changed the world https://t.co/EKNRqmfkiq pic.twitter.com/9Q6XSEvrbi

— CNN (@CNN) October 27, 2018