Trump-related trials and investigations – a crime wave!

Trump campaign chairman – in prison
Trump lawyer – going to prison
Trump national security adviser – going to prison
Trump White House – under investigation
Trump University – paid $25 million fraud settlement
Trump Foundation – shut down
Trump business – under investigation
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 13, 2019

Don’t forget the inauguration!

THREAD on the Trump Campaign Crime Wave: With the Manafort sentencing today, it's worth noting that if the US govt more vigorously prosecuted white collar crime, most of the key figures in the Trump campaign—including Trump and his children—wouldn't have been around by 2016….
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) March 13, 2019

Another fake right-wing photo

Chaser: Our photo comparison showing how Fox & Friends altered an image of Steinberg they showed on-air about six weeks later. pic.twitter.com/E1y8sz8WoN
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 11, 2019

Trump lied about Jews and the Democratic party

Jews overwhelmingly support Democrats. I, for one, will never forget Trump’s “very fine people” comment about Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. Trump is anti-Semitic. You can be anti-Semitic and pro-Israel. They are two different things. There are Jews who do not approve of the Israeli government’s policies. Trump just needs to shut his lying mouth.

“Jewish people are leaving the Democratic Party. We saw a lot of anti Israel policies start under the Obama Administration, and it got worsts & worse. There is anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party. They don’t care about Israel or the Jewish people.” Elizabeth Pipko, Jexodus.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 12, 2019

Nonsense

I put together a list of just the most egregious examples of @realDonaldTrump coddling, promoting or simply refusing to denounce anti-Semites and Anti-Semitism. Which am I missing? https://t.co/j0sBp4zUue
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 11, 2019

What an awful thing to say. Donald Trump’s support for the Jewish community is illusory and purely transactional. To him it’s just another commodity to be bought and sold. https://t.co/Er8lrn8lRd
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) March 11, 2019

Exit polls put the split at 69-30 in 2012, 71-24 in 2016, and 79-17 in 2018. https://t.co/Ms1Teb0c83
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) March 12, 2019

"Roughly eight-in-ten Jewish voters (79%) cast their ballots for the Democrats" in the 2018 midterms.https://t.co/VNfQtM6bZp https://t.co/cQqnRJlYRM
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) March 12, 2019

And for 25 years, "this is the inflection point and now Jews are going to become Republicans" has been remarkably stable as a dumb take. https://t.co/R27Dx0W5u1
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 12, 2019

Real life banner on CNN: "WHITE HOUSE WON'T ANSWER WHETHER TRUMP SAID DEMOCRATS HATE JEWS."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 11, 2019

If you’re going to say something, admit you said it.

Trump, who called neo-Nazis "fine people" and initially refused to reject David Duke's support, is reportedly baffled by his bad ratings among Jews https://t.co/C66ag7bMJm pic.twitter.com/3IT1G9jkhB
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 11, 2019

Trump spews more nonsense on climate change

He is a hazard to everyone on the planet. Electing a new president will not undo the damage done in his four years.

Today in the Trump-Fox feedback loop: He hears climate change denialism on "Fox & Friends" and tweets it out to the world pic.twitter.com/LPPbFQV9jL
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 12, 2019

The President of the United States, aided by Fox News, is spreading lies about a crisis that scientists agree threatens our planet.

And this is so routine that it’s no longer “news.” Don’t grow numb to this—it’s dangerous and a disgrace. https://t.co/b2bHz4pjsh
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) March 12, 2019

Trump Tweets False Claim About Climate Change https://t.co/wE9U8jODUT pic.twitter.com/aJhKUl2n3F
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) March 12, 2019

Perfect example of the toxicity of the Trump-Fox News feedback loop. Climate denier gets on Fox & Friends and literally calls research on climate change "Fake News" and "Fake Science," which Trump then accepts as fact and tweets out to his followers. https://t.co/Pny1tztuMf https://t.co/uVrYtuwsHW
— Courtney Hagle (@CourtneyHagle) March 12, 2019

Wondering where Trump gets his deranged, anti-science views on climate change? Meet William Happer, Trump's deranged, anti-science climate advisor:

"The demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler." pic.twitter.com/OyebHBeTyu
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) March 12, 2019

Trump administration "censorship" tracker shows how LGBT rights, climate change are being erased from federal sites https://t.co/A1HRyVhdsW pic.twitter.com/YPhAKGisLS
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 12, 2019

Indictments, not impeachment

I agree with Pelosi. Let’s not talk about impeachment now. We need to concentrate on policy issues. Polls show impeachment is not popular now. Let’s talk about health care, climate change, racism, etc. If impeachment was under discussion, the media would cover that instead. I will include tweets with different views on this issue. There is not a consensus.

I don’t think there will ever be bi-partisan support for impeachment. Fox News will brainwash Trump cult members so they will think the whole thing’s a witch hunt and he did nothing wrong. I would support impeachment if I thought enough Republicans in the Senate would approve of it. That’s not going to happen.

If Trump is guilty of crimes (which I think is already obvious), let’s get him indicted. If it can be done while he is president, fine. If not, indict him on 1/21/21, the first day he is not president if he serves one term. Lock him up!

Pelosi’s allies believe her skepticism about impeachment does 3 major things:

1.) protects her Majority Makers

2.) gives her an exit strategy should Mueller find nothing

3.) Strengthens her leverage if something serious arises & she reverse course to impeach him later. https://t.co/AzhJasJISY
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) March 12, 2019

Pelosi is smart, but this is good-cop/bad-cop. She goes high road knowing Nadler/Schiff continue digging. If something egregious that Mueller somehow hasn't found pops, they'll impeach. O'wise, plan has always been drive Trump's numbers down so he's unelectable by autumn 2020.
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) March 12, 2019

Disagree with @RepAdamSchiff. This shouldn't be the threshold for launching impeachment hearings. It gives Trump's disinformation/propaganda machine effective veto power over a decision that House Democrats should make strictly based on what facts emerge: https://t.co/Y9tdrgAts9 https://t.co/V4VLvOUeu9
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 12, 2019

Strikes me that largely missing from the Pelosi coverage was this line: “…unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan." Isn't that, in practical terms, the standard for impeachment? https://t.co/EHGGHJFnFm
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 12, 2019

So the line now seems to be not whether Trump's offenses are worthy of impeachment, but whether they're obvious enough to get GOP votes for removal.

That's an extremely high bar. It's also one that plenty on left will argue isn't principled and allows GOP to dictate the terms.
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) March 11, 2019

I suspect this is a political move by Pelosi, not a line in the sand, so I would not overreact to it.

That said, given that DOJ will not indict a sitting president, refusal to impeach unless Senate conviction is certain lets a Senate Minority put a president above the law. https://t.co/Phf5WLMGBq
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) March 11, 2019

Democratic @RepMikeQuigley urges his colleagues to have patience with calls for impeachment.

"We can't be seen to the American public as a single issue party, only going to try to impeach the President. … Let's get the complete body of information." https://t.co/U5Tx6yx5r4 pic.twitter.com/d40tybS29D
— CNN (@CNN) March 12, 2019

Rashida Tlaib says she's still pushing for impeachment.
AOC says "I happen to" have a different view than Pelosi.
Rep. Cohen: Trump is a 'blight' on 'humanity'

Nadler: "I'm not shutting the door" on impeachment but "we're a long way from facing that."

My piece on Dem debate: pic.twitter.com/br8EAzdiSa
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 12, 2019

Imagine how disenchanted young people will be if Democrats try to impeach Trump, and it blows up in our face, and hands the House & White House back to the Republicans in 2020?

Maybe we should be teaching young people that life is complicated and easy solutions are often a lie. https://t.co/oqb1cjYZd7
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) March 12, 2019

This is one of many misleading stories. The House is not YET ready to impeach. The Judiciary Committee is investigating and if they have sufficient evidence they will impeach. This is not a political game.https://t.co/b7HksW1PP5 via @nypost
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) March 12, 2019

I respect the anger toward Pelosi from the furthest fringes of the Trump/Russia obsessives. If you *really believed Trump is beholden to Putin, that Russia forces him to do things in its interests, that he colluded, outrage is the only rational response to her refusal to impeach pic.twitter.com/xPc2nrgnS3
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 12, 2019

"It won't pass the Senate so don't impeach" now apply that logic to say HR 1 Or background checks…
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 12, 2019

Good point!

And reupping here that some POTUS advisers believe an – not only, but one – impetus for running again is that he could have criminal exposure in SDNY cases if he isn’t in office. https://t.co/p9a70YrHHX
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 20, 2019

Trump lies about the small stuff, too

He can’t even tell the truth about a golf tournament. He has to be the winner. This is pathetic. Why lie about something so small?

He apparently cheats at golf, too.

Golf Magazine is reporting that the President has a plaque his golf club in West Palm Beach stating that he won the club's annual golf championship last year. But he never actually played in that tournament. Here's Trump bragging about his golf skills on the 2016 campaign. pic.twitter.com/8Lw3Mwerbl
— Hardball (@hardball) March 11, 2019

-man wins golf tournament at Trump club
-Trump, as president but at his own club, challenges man to 9-hole golf-off, which he wins
-Trump claims "co-championship"
-Trump has special plaque made claiming championship for himselfhttps://t.co/oZb8QrmEyi
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) March 11, 2019

Trump is world's worst cheater at golf: book https://t.co/mFuldOPgis
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 30, 2019

“‘Trump’s caddy came up to me and said, “You know that shot you hit on the par 5?”’ Tirico says. ‘“It was about 10 feet from the hole. Trump threw it in the bunker. I watched him do it.”’” https://t.co/s7G4cQmy5Z
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 30, 2019

What a scumbag!

‘He always hits first, no matter who won the last hole, then jumps in his cart w his caddie even before you’ve hit, the better to be 150 yards ahead so the two of them can foozle, fudge and foot-wedge in private.’ https://t.co/m2c2qvxgim
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) April 7, 2019

“[G]olf is a game of honor in which individual players act as their own referees, keep their own scores and assess themselves penalties for rule violations. Trump's cheating, Reilly said, motivated him to write the book.” https://t.co/bEIiIbN3JT
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 2, 2019

Trump’s budget shows he lied about not cutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security

Pathological liar Trump lied when he said he wouldn’t cut these programs. He also lied about getting rid of the deficit. Why believe anything he says?

Why do people think he keeps his promises? #SummaCumLiar https://t.co/vUpGtIdJkd
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) March 12, 2019

Trump finally submitted a budget (a month late). Let's take a look, shall we?

$8 billion for a wall Congress rejected.
$840 billion in cuts to Medicare.
Trillion dollar deficits for the next four years.

You know what, Mr. President, keep your budget. We’ll take it from here.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) March 11, 2019

.@MaddowBlog: White House suggests Obama's to blame for Pres. Trump's budget mess. https://t.co/xSwXvtIH2y
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 12, 2019

The Trump budget is a reminder that budget hawks like Mick Mulvaney have bent to Trump, not the other way around. https://t.co/T1cG7KP8wV
— Mike Warren (@MichaelRWarren) March 12, 2019

Remember when Trump said he wouldn’t cut Medicare and Medicaid? Well he broke that promise. He’d rather give Lockheed and the Saudis money for missiles. https://t.co/1uiwjdYLXr
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) March 12, 2019

Trump’s budget — his own budget — projects debt held by the public will hit $22.8 trillion by 2025, more than 50 percent higher than the year he took office. https://t.co/kxkea8P1tk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 12, 2019

Analysis: What if we measure Trump’s proposed budget for how it improves our well-being? https://t.co/bO5SrmdQeJ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 12, 2019

Did you know @realDonaldTrump wants to cut Social Security by at least $25 billion?

Also, he proposes massive cuts to Medicare of hundreds of billions.

If you or a loved one depend on Social Security & Medicare, you vote for Trump in 2020 at your peril. He is NOT #ForThePeople. https://t.co/jbHzvjdXVO
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 12, 2019

A budget is about more than numbers – a budget is about values. And the budget @realDonaldTrump released today is another big wet kiss to the super-rich & giant corporations, and it guts programs for everyone else.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) March 12, 2019

The #TrumpBudget cuts $845 BILLION from Medicare.

Remember when President @realDonaldTrump promised the American people he would not cut it at all?

Always keep your receipts: pic.twitter.com/MLhmiuVsKx
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 12, 2019

Everyone loves American icon Jack Nicklaus.

This, however, is the most petty kind of third-world kleptocratic garbage.

"I golfed with the Dear Leader and now I get $20 million." https://t.co/pVjR9zdRPD
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 12, 2019

The New Yorker: “The White House’s New Budget *Exposes* Donald Trump’s Lies About Protecting Medicare and Medicaid” #TrumpBudget https://t.co/uaapyoUieU
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) March 12, 2019

Gee, what a shock. He left out NYC. https://t.co/tp1sjDL6YC
— Melissa Jo Peltier (@MelissaJPeltier) March 11, 2019

Trump continues to punish states that didn’t vote for him.

So the Chinese invest in science, technology, artificial intelligence, etc. and we invest in walls. Easy to predict who will win the 21st century if we continue this current irrational course. https://t.co/Zrhf3PlyXx
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) March 12, 2019

Trump wants to drag us back to the 19th century when coal was king.

Trump's budget:

– Slashes funding for education by $7 billion
– Eliminates subsidized student debt
– Public service loan forgiveness

Class warfare is real. The rich are winning. https://t.co/gZ49N0uyuN
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) March 12, 2019

For many children, school lunch is the only meal they eat all day. Trump’s budget would cut $1.7 billion from child nutrition and eliminate food assistance for millions—literally taking food out of kids’ mouths.

This is not humane. This budget isn’t humane. He is not humane.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) March 12, 2019

The president made a pride point of not proposing Medicare and SS cuts during the campaign. His budget proposes cuts – but will that matter less to his voters when juxtaposed against his rivals? https://t.co/p9iELNVaOS
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 12, 2019

He will lie about the proposed cuts. Remember in the 2018 elections when Trump and other Republicans said they supported insurance for pre-existing conditions while they were trying to end Obamacare? Liars!

UPDATE: Trump's new budget would cut:
–$1.5 trillion from Medicaid
–$845 billion from Medicare
–$25 billion from Social Security

If you voted for this man based on these lies, your country needs you. Don't be fooled again by false promises. https://t.co/zO0QeDYOzl
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 12, 2019

HELLO HI:

Buried in the 2020 budget docs: a proposal to raise half-billion $ a year in "deficit reduction" by hiking immigration filing fees 10 percent.

And unlike most of the budget, hiking fees is something Trump can do without Congress.https://t.co/0XvIOIRask
— Dara Lind (@DLind) March 12, 2019

.@MaddowBlog: It's not just Medicare: Pres. Trump budget eyes Social Security cuts, too.https://t.co/Jp0VzyNbsL
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 12, 2019

First Step Act Comes Up Short in Trump’s 2020 Budget: Supporters worry because law seeks $75 million a year for five years, but president’s plan lists $14 million. https://t.co/QzgMXRP01I via @MarshallProj
— Stephen Montemayor (@smontemayor) March 12, 2019

President Trump’s 2020 budget projects big deficits despite spending cuts.

“Republicans are going to have hard time regaining credibility on this issue after abandoning their fiscal principles to follow the king of debt,” @JohnAvlon says in #RealityCheck. https://t.co/D7Yv48D8PR pic.twitter.com/wALk7aKD34
— New Day (@NewDay) March 12, 2019

Trump doesn’t understand why we have troops stationed in allied countries

First, he doesn’t understand who our allies are. He prefers dictators like Kim and Putin. He doesn’t understand that we have troops overseas to benefit our interests. That’s the primary reason. He just sees costs and wants our allies to pay (with a 50% surcharge). As one of the tweets points out, if he pulls our troops out, Russia and China will be glad to take our place. Once again, he is doing Putin’s bidding by alienating our real allies. Sad!

Trump invokes new demand for extracting billions of dollars from U.S. allies – group effort with ⁦@John_Hudson⁩ ⁦@PhilipRucker⁩ ⁦@DanLamothe⁩ https://t.co/kQMjUx01cz
— Anne Rumsey Gearan (@agearan) March 9, 2019

THREAD: The idea that US Allies should pay the full cost of hosting US troops on their soil, plus 50%, as reported by @Bloomberg, represents a fundamental affront to the very idea of why we have allies and alliances. https://t.co/g62RvygieJ
— Ivo Daalder (@IvoHDaalder) March 8, 2019

This is a terrible idea and totally misunderstands the logic of these basing agreements. We are not there to provide charity. We are there because *we want forward defense and to balance against regional powers*, and these countries' cooperation is valuable to us.
1/ https://t.co/PVc65jveQY
— Lindsay P Cohn (@lindsaypcohn) March 8, 2019

@TheRickWilson I have to believe this idea came straight from Putin. I never thought I would see a president consider selling out his country.https://t.co/jxmvIhld7X
— Mike Confoy 🇺🇸 ≠ 🇷🇺 (@mikelotus) March 9, 2019

The plan demands allies pick up the full cost of hosting U.S. troops in their countries and would likely face fierce resistance from Germany, which hosts about 32,000 American troops. https://t.co/4MnYo3DA8J
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) March 9, 2019

That’s likely because we were friends and allies, certainly not mercenaries. We serve to defend our Constitution and values, not to make a profit. https://t.co/leO69ptPCE
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) March 9, 2019

Many former colleagues from European allies and partners told me they’ve been hearing rumors of the “cost plus 50” plan the NSC is working. @JenniferJJacobs reports the reactions, and I’d add one more thing: “It’s pure idiocy.” Only the uninformed would support this. https://t.co/1KJz6uouhQ
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) March 8, 2019

Kushner update 3/9/19

He’s just as bad as Trump. He shouldn’t have a clearance. He left our officials out when he met with the Saudis. He has financial conflicts of interest because of his business interests.

My interview on #AMJoy: "Trump is grooming Jared and Ivanka for a dynastic kleptocracy. This is what you see in autocracies and in mafia states. It's a way to keep corruption going and keep that money flowing. This is a massive national security risk." pic.twitter.com/UQZReLZWs7
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) March 2, 2019

I’m with @SethAbramson here. Smarmy, slimy, smiling Jared Kushner of 666 Fifth Avenue is the beating heart of this unprecedentedly corrupt and deeply evil administration. He’ll eventually be exposed as an insatiably greedy Benedict Arnold. Read the thread and watch this space. https://t.co/E1TSV520tR
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) March 9, 2019

Why is Jared Kushner, who couldn’t get a clearance without nepotistic intervention, having secret meetings with the Saudi government and keeping U.S. officials in the dark about the substance of the meetings? Are conflicts of interest at play here?https://t.co/vZN44abwhK
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 7, 2019

When Jared Kushner travels overseas, he's not doing America's business — he's doing Jared Kushner's business. No one should believe otherwise. https://t.co/szemNcBoqw
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) March 7, 2019

Scoop: The House Oversight Committee has obtained documents from a WH source related to Jared Kushner & Ivanka‘s security clearances that the Trump admin refused to provide, according to a senior Democratic aide involved in handling the documents.https://t.co/bs9U177i0h
— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) March 8, 2019

"I have concerns whether the Saudis have been taking advantage of the [Jared Kushner] situation." -Rep. Ro Khanna pic.twitter.com/0U4m9Sal7f
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 9, 2019

"I worked hard to get Top Secret clearance. It's troubling that Jared Kushner didn't," by Emily Brandwin (@CIAspygirl) https://t.co/7st50mPHZA
— TIME (@TIME) March 9, 2019

In the Middle East, billionaires & trillionaires w/ unlimited access to the resources of the global rich. This is who Kushner wants to be associated with. Relationships w/ people of $$ & influence is problematic when talking about the secrets of the United States. @MalcolmNance pic.twitter.com/4BAHEE5XYU
— La Femme Nikita (@LaF3mm3Nikita) March 9, 2019

‘Kushner is not out securing peace he’s out to secure contracts’ for Trump businesses https://t.co/QgdikhxJic
— The Hummingbird 🐦 (@SaysHummingbird) March 9, 2019

It’s not just a scandal Trump demanded Jared Kushner get top security clearance & access to classified intel. It’s that we have every reason to expect he’s traded influence & secrets to pay off his massive debts & enrich himself & his family. https://t.co/wJpqXwxOgS
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) March 9, 2019

I had first seen Jared’s personnel doc when I reported last February that John Kelly had downgraded his security clearance https://t.co/YUZkGkWToJ

Now we know Oversight Committee has those same personnel docs for Jared & Ivanka thx to a leaky WH source https://t.co/bs9U177i0h
— Alexi McCammond (@alexi) March 8, 2019

Jared Kushner’s business sought a $100 million investment from a Saudi-backed fund.
Jared is meeting privately with the Saudi crown prince without telling US embassy officials what they discussed.

This is a problem.https://t.co/WrQrth1fkB
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 7, 2019

The only thing more Trump than a Chinese madam selling access to the President via his pay-to-play club at Mar-a-Lago would be learning that Jared had figured out a way to get a cut of the money and lie about it. https://t.co/ZneMf51efO
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) March 9, 2019

The White House twitter account was used to tweet Trump’s political views

This is wrong!

Regardless of who started—or escalated—this ugly phenomenon, it sure would be nice to go back to a time when official government agency/entity/committee accounts weren’t used for demonizing political opponents.

People can have such views; official government accounts shouldn’t. https://t.co/QSuuaVeTzN
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) March 9, 2019

It's positively nuts that this intensely partisan (and false) tweet is coming from the OFFICIAL White House account. Are there still lawyers who work in that building? https://t.co/CMb5VMPJfX
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) March 8, 2019