More bad news about Trump’s tax cut

Even steeper: Personal and corporate tax receipts are down 9%, when comparing Jan '18 to Jan '19. $225m vs. $204m.

That's notable because Jan '18 was the first full month for the Trump tax cuts. So this looks like slowing growth + continued rev loss from the cuts. https://t.co/6xz1wHqSQ3
— Jim Tankersley (@jimtankersley) March 5, 2019

This is very good from the essential Brad Setser, our leading expert on international trade and money flows. Bottom line: the Trump tax cut is a giveaway to corporations that doesn't promote investment here 1/ https://t.co/ec2cEc0oVp
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) February 6, 2019

We need a tax code that works for working and middle-class Americans not just Wall Street. #TaxTheRich #GOPTaxScam https://t.co/dsd0u7BFsS
— Tax March (@taxmarch) February 6, 2019

The latest terrible QAnon stuff

Today, again, was supposed to be D-Day for Qanon. It's getting awfully late in the day for the parade of Hillary Clinton and half of Hollywood in shackles they believe is coming.

Oh well! Onto the next one!

(Which Q said, no joke, is in either two or four days.) https://t.co/k36vzKRkFz
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 19, 2019

Michael Flynn’s Family Is at War With Each Other Over QAnon https://t.co/ynjJmaRZp0
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) March 18, 2019

Trump Tweets QAnon, Pizzagate Conspiracy Theorists’ Content https://t.co/YOm1Zi9bb5
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 18, 2019

New from me: A Qanon book that alleges the US government created both AIDS and Monsters Inc. (as a tutorial on how to do eat children) is up to No. 56 of all books purchased.

It’s in recommendation carousels. And Amazon will not comment on any of this.https://t.co/2HjQrlWiW8
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 5, 2019

QAnon people are going wild with a fake news story claiming George Soros was arrested on Sunday. But the savvier QAnon promoters are withholding judgment for now—probably a good idea, since the article also claims that Soros possesses a magical teleporter. https://t.co/5nf68Q0taq
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) February 5, 2019

A top QAnon promoter is predicting QAnon fans will start handing out "vigilante justice" if the promised mass arrests of Democrats don't happen soon. https://t.co/IIx3ZkKfES
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) February 4, 2019

Asked about his tweet, Gorka told The Daily Beast to “go outside and lick a metal street lamp.” Thursday’s temperature in Washington, D.C. is 18 degrees Fahrenheit. https://t.co/5dLekI2Krx
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 31, 2019

Trouble in QAnon world. Praying Medic, a major QAnon promoter who has been retweeted by Hannity, is now urging disappointed believers not to focus so much on the mass arrests they were promised. pic.twitter.com/f2aup526ky
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 3, 2019

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort appears to employ a pastry chef who frequently posts online about her belief in the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory https://t.co/tjyobgid7W
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 22, 2019

Trump lies about defending pre-existing conditions

This is the same lie Trump and many Republicans told during the 2018 elections. They are not defending coverage of pre-existing conditions. Republican states have a lawsuit which would end it and the Trump administration is not defending Obamacare. Trump lies all the time but this is one of his worst lies.

Repealed individual mandate. Trying to replace real health plans with “junk plans.” Actively supporting TX court case which would eliminate #ACA & protections for pre-existing conditions. Slashed funding for staff who sign people up for insurance. Sounds like sabotage to me. https://t.co/FqotmeEk95
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) February 8, 2019

Dear @realDonaldTrump: You stated in the #SOTU that it's your "priority" to protect patients with preexisting conditions. That means you need to direct the @TheJusticeDept to stop trying to strip people of preexisting conditions coverage.

Or was that just another lie from you? https://t.co/pWAcuOX4Iy
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 6, 2019

Trump threatens investigations

Trump goes gangster and says legislation will suffer because of investigations.

Republicans who applauded him are hypocrites after all of their investigations.

There are more reasons than ever to investigate Trump and his corrupt associates. I hope he can be indicted and put in jail if the facts warrant that as punishment.

Gee, what do all of these entities have in common, other than being under CRIMINAL investigations⁉️

T-R-U-M-P#TrumpCrimeFamily pic.twitter.com/rMskEFVa89
— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) February 6, 2019

Speaker Pelosi: President Trump's suggestion in his #SOTU address that lawmakers abandon their investigations of the administration is a "threat" that has no place in Congress. https://t.co/zAeAxpiOvU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 6, 2019

"He basically told a Democratic House, 'if you investigate me there will be no legislation.'"

— Former Sen. Claire McCaskill https://t.co/pkBlNo5KYW
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 6, 2019

I can understand why the idea of meaningful oversight terrifies the President. Several of his close associates are going to jail, others await trial, and criminal investigations continue.

We’re going to do our job and won’t be distracted or intimidated by threats or attacks.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 6, 2019

This is a splendid agenda. Finally real intelligence is being brought to bear on the swamp that has thus far defined Trumplandia and defied penetration. Whatever becomes of Trump, at least we’ll learn the whole truth. https://t.co/GTH6EaMOkZ
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) February 6, 2019

Congressional Democrats accused President Donald Trump of using Nixonian intimidation tactics during his State of the Union address when he denounced “ridiculous partisan investigations" https://t.co/LQv86Bnehc
— POLITICO (@politico) February 6, 2019

In January 1974, months before his resignation, Nixon asked Congress to drop the investigation into Watergate.

In January 2019, Trump made a similar appeal. https://t.co/Z13CQqpeH5
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 6, 2019

"If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation." GOPers applauded.

How many of them supported the Benghazi investigations? The Clinton impeachment? How many shouted "Lock Her Up"?

The stench.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 6, 2019

"The state of the investigations into whether Trump is bought and paid for by foreign interests is just getting started. House Intel Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announcing today his committee will widen its probe…" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/uOc29FrCXw
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) February 6, 2019

“He’s scared. He’s got something to hide,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer responds to President Trump slamming “ridiculous partisan investigations” during the State of the Union address. https://t.co/jjthLNjiPK pic.twitter.com/PO0VbSpWOV
— CNN (@CNN) February 6, 2019

Trump’s false statements

This was before the State of the Union address

He's back! After a couple of quiet weeks, Trump made 86 false claims last week:

– 20 in New York Times interview
– 19 at Buy American order signing
– 15 in CBS interview
– 12 at meeting on trafficking
– 7 in Daily Caller interviewhttps://t.co/Cp3br9t6Yw
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 6, 2019

Trump lies about tariffs

Does he even understand how they work? US businesses and consumers pay the tariffs when they buy the foreign goods.

“We recently imposed tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese goods — and now our treasury is receiving billions of dollars,” Trump said at the #SOTU. True, but he neglected to mention that the money mostly comes from U.S. businesses and consumers. #APFactCheck https://t.co/yqTn4QRHpe
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) February 6, 2019

Trump lies about human trafficking

Do human trafficking and sex trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border mostly happen at ports of entry, or in remote areas of the frontier? Read what President Donald Trump said in the #SOTU and learn the facts about border trafficking in an #APFactCheck: https://t.co/w5yJXAjjBj
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) February 6, 2019

There is human trafficking that occurs, of course. What Trump and DHS haven't done is linked it to the border.

Here are where human-trafficking suspects were in 2015, the most recent year for which there are data.https://t.co/E8sQaH3QVn pic.twitter.com/fvjnUCq4Ja
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 6, 2019

State of the Union fact checks

More lies

A lot of fact checks were done after the speech which means Trump was able to lie without being contradicted in real time. To be fair, Trump lies so much, it would be hard for the media to keep up.

CBS offered a brief "reality check" of SOTU, but didn't address Trump's most egregious misstatements. Have you seen other fact-checking on air? pic.twitter.com/LYMTfRYm6z
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 6, 2019

President Trump's State of the Union address contained numerous claims that were false or misleading. See how his remarks stacked up against the facts. https://t.co/vdVMsI38xn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 6, 2019

Just the facts. https://t.co/ZuxIEytQx7
— Slate (@Slate) February 6, 2019

Dozens of CNNers are contributing to this detailed fact-check of the #SOTU https://t.co/n37U31wB33
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 6, 2019

Here’s where to get the facts on Trump’s #SOTU speech. Follow this account and the #APFactCheck page for live updates. https://t.co/vBNWZxOVCh
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) February 6, 2019

Fact check: President Trump claims "countless Americans" were murdered by undocumented immigrants. CNN's @jimsciutto tells us what the data show: https://t.co/7fce27AU1I #SOTU pic.twitter.com/gh2UYX5rGp
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) February 6, 2019

Trump doesn’t talk about the people killed in mass shootings.

And now @MSNBC is queuing up a fact-check, though it's now pretty late in the game. I'd much prefer this stuff before all the blather. CNN now doing a second check too.
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) February 6, 2019

We fact-checked 27 claims during President Trump's State of the Union address https://t.co/udgs4JeJiB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 6, 2019

Deustche Bank turned Trump down for a loan in 2016

The reason Deutsche Bank told candidate Trump NO LOAN in 2016? The bank feared Trump wouldn’t repay and didn’t relish having to choose between getting stiffed and trying to seize the assets of the President of the United States https://t.co/8twzX9Cyac
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) February 3, 2019

WSJ reports Deutsche Bank tried reducing exposure to Russian clients in late 2016 due to concerns about US law enforcement and national security scrutiny, following — as the NYT reported yesterday — a decision earlier that year to reject a Trump loan. https://t.co/bTAtFWHr1w
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) February 3, 2019

Burning through cash, lending tens of millions to his campaign, Trump sought a golf loan from Deutsche Bank in 2016. DB said ‘No.’. ⁦@davidenrich⁩ ⁦@benprotess⁩ and me: https://t.co/YRZOHOhpYq
— Jesse Drucker (@JesseDrucker) February 2, 2019

Proud to note that @russchoma and I were among the first to report that @realDonaldTrump had a potential conflict with Deutsche Bank. And we did this months before the 2016 election. https://t.co/ZnfnFFFyxq
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 2, 2019

Deutsche Bank, which has long been Trump's primary lender, has received an "inquiry" from House committees run by Maxine Waters and Adam Schiff.

For years, Dems have sought docs about whether any of the loans it made to Trump were connected to Russia. https://t.co/UBaFY1YYWd
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 2, 2019

As European lawmakers probe Deutsche Bank’s possible involvement with money laundering by Danske Bank — American lawmakers will be watching closely as they investigate the German lender and its dealings with President Trump https://t.co/QR971omdFA
— POLITICO (@politico) February 4, 2019

At the time that Preet Bharara was fires by Trump, he was investigating Deutsche Bank money laundering AND Ailes/Fox. https://t.co/hx4Dii54uv
— Sara Danner Dukic (@saradannerdukic) February 4, 2019

In late November, there was another massive raid at Deutsche Bank.https://t.co/NpV5zGNIJQ
— Sara Danner Dukic (@saradannerdukic) February 3, 2019

Democrats are holding politicians to a higher standard

Dems are confronting issues of race and identity head-on in the Trump era, policing their own ranks & speaking bluntly about some of the most difficult issues in American life. My riff >https://t.co/regb3lLhgB
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) February 4, 2019

Democrats’ willingness to hold their politicians to a high standard is a welcome change from the Clinton era—and compares favorably to the GOP’s support for the likes of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Rep. Steve King, and President Trump. My column: https://t.co/Qjcj9LlIJz
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) February 3, 2019