Trump’s tax cuts hurt blue state residents

I live in Maryland. I was not able to deduct all of my state and local taxes this year. Trump is rewarding his voters just like he did with the $12 billion for farmers. He is penalizing blue state residents – this is similar to his attacks on California. He is so vindictive. Sad.

Trump’s tax cuts are punishing states that voted for Clinton, data suggests https://t.co/926xkpygc9
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) March 7, 2019

One of Trump’s lies about the wall

Trump has told a lot of lies about the wall including claims it is being built. Here’s one of the lies:

Remember when @realDonaldTrump tweeted on Xmas Eve that he "just gave out a 115 mile long contract for another large section of the Wall"? (That's a long contract, by the way!) A govt lawyer said in court last week "there is no such contract." @aaron_leib: https://t.co/ytR1g7dG7K
— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) March 5, 2019

Trump’s FTC isn’t fining companies that label foreign goods as Made in USA

Companies Falsely Labeled Products ‘Made in U.S.A.’ Their Financial Penalty from Trump's FTC? $0. Democratic lawmakers angry. https://t.co/etcCToyxSw
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) March 5, 2019

Trump isn’t inviting women’s teams to the White House

How Donald Trump is making sports team visits "about food and about himself" https://t.co/1WprC57wHN pic.twitter.com/AVEKjEI3zc
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 5, 2019

NEW from me: ‘Where are the women’s teams?’: Trump ignores women’s champions in White House sports ceremonies https://t.co/cGVfYRPE3F
— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) March 4, 2019

Trump wanted Obama’s grades released but pressured a school to hide his own

Hypocrite!

‘Grab that record’: @mffisher with the incredible story of the mad dash to hide Trump’s high school transcript, days after Trump pressed Obama to release his school records in 2011. https://t.co/W7p55QxEru
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) March 5, 2019

This is key, because 2011 is when Trump was actually calling Obama a terrible student and saying he should release his grades.

Trump would later suggest there was something about Obama's birthplace in the records. But he largely abandoned the issue come 2015-16. https://t.co/2ieduI79CT
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) March 5, 2019

Trump almost always draws attention to his own insecurities in the way he attacks others. Goes after Obama grades while scrambling to bury his own school records. Disparages POW McCain despite avoiding Vietnam with bone spurs. https://t.co/sGYm6KUzlV
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) March 5, 2019

One of #Trump's "go-to moves is projection." He "identifies his faults, and as a defense mechanism, he projects those faults onto his perceived foes.
This week, however, the current president seems to have taken his fondness for projection to a new level."
Good take @stevebenen https://t.co/mPQdIAGoS1
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) March 5, 2019

The extensive effort to bury Donald Trump’s grades https://t.co/BPFY7Ep6Hf
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) March 5, 2019

Creature from the Black Lagoon

The film was released 65 years ago today. Try to see it in 3D on Blu-ray or at events like Blobfest. I got to meet Ricou Browning at Blobfest several years ago – he played the creature when he was underwater.

70 Years Ago, the Gill Man rose!

John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: 70 Years Ago: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) https://t.co/3GcUR2oXCc pic.twitter.com/a7LE7Ncmki
— John Kenneth Muir (@JKMuir) February 12, 2024

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
Jack Arnold's CLASSIC was released statewide in US on this day 65 years ago! (1954) pic.twitter.com/xY1K13RJiq
— Francesco Francavilla (@f_francavilla) March 5, 2019

The Enduring Terror of the Gill Man: @HauntedMeg Celebrates ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ Turning 65! https://t.co/3wLUJ0GHhR
— Bloody Disgusting (@BDisgusting) March 5, 2019

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'Creature from the Black Lagoon' is an under-'appreciated, beautiful film. https://t.co/YZJWsKn1Ug
— One Perfect Shot (@OnePerfectShot) February 26, 2019

I mourn Julie Adams passing. It hurts in a place deep in me, where monsters swim. https://t.co/yYGWR1oDyH
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) February 4, 2019

Author @malloryomeara pays tribute to Julie Adams, star of Creature from the Black Lagoon: "Julie Adams Blazed the Trail for Badass Sci-Fi Ladies" over @DreadCentral https://t.co/CVB7C4B8qm
— Hanover Square Press (@Hanover_Square) February 6, 2019

The story of the trailblazing woman behind Creature From the Black Lagoon https://t.co/YOv48FjVZL
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) March 4, 2019

https://twitter.com/BondLife/status/1102966430268416000

THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON – Released this day in 1954 – Spanish release poster pic.twitter.com/CfBwJHDNZM
— Hill Illustration @charlielargent.bsky.social (@charliehillart6) March 5, 2019

https://twitter.com/CharlesEButler/status/1102645899115810816

Horror History: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON Is Now 67 Years Old (dreadcentral.com)

I never post this guy anymore so..here he is. 'Creature from the Black Lagoon' Universal (1953) pic.twitter.com/T4xn0hB52v
— Classic Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) June 15, 2021

Julie Adams and Ben Chapman on the set of THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON ('54).

One of the most influential creature features, the cult classic continues to inspire filmmakers from Steven Spielberg's JAWS ('75) to @RealGDT's THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017).

Airing now on TCM. pic.twitter.com/2jVjPIj4xg
— TCM (@tcm) October 31, 2023

“Creature from the Black Lagoon” was filmed in glorious 3D and released as such in 1954. pic.twitter.com/B6xdvYuyfG
— Classic Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) May 8, 2023

The Creature From The Black Lagoon 1954 is concerned for Julie Adams after he accidentally smashed her head into a rock….. pic.twitter.com/OGsjorps6q
— Classic Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) June 28, 2024

RIP Agent XK150 from CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (aka the screenwriter of CHINATOWN) pic.twitter.com/f1og1X6jVd
— The Pale Autumn Moon (@paleautumnmoon) July 2, 2024

I still feel bad for him. Everyone got a cereal except for him! pic.twitter.com/CCdp7Vly8W
— Classic Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) September 7, 2024

Creature from the Black Lagoon in real colour for LIFE magazine in 1953 pic.twitter.com/Z0NbgBaj2b
— Classic Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) July 18, 2024

Julia Adams and the Creature on the set of, Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) pic.twitter.com/2GbQ78j8qf
— Classic Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) July 4, 2024

Laurel Hill Cemetery

I was watching Creed II and saw Adrian Balboa’s grave marker. I wondered if it was really in a cemetery. It is! It’s in the really odd Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia which I visited on September 2, 2011. It’s got General Meade (Northern general who won Gettysburg) and Confederate soldiers. It has a store which sells stuff like Death Mints. It has Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas’ grave and a museum-style collection of his memorabilia. You have to see the grave. It has Veterans Stadium seats (which you can still get from Archer Seating) and a giant microphone.

Here are my pictures and clips I found on YouTube.

https://totalrocky.com/filming-location-guide/laurel-hill-cemetery.html

New York state regulators investigating Trump Organization

New York State regulators have issued an expansive subpoena to the Trump Organization’s longtime insurance broker, the first step in an investigation of insurance policies and claims involving President Trump’s family business https://t.co/IAx74F8Z4o
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 5, 2019

Possible insurance fraud by the Trump organization is what @aoc was questioning Michael Cohen about in last week's hearing. https://t.co/YCNzjdgvJU
— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) March 5, 2019

Great questioning by AOC last week

As Cohen reportedly talks to investigators about insurance claims the Trump Org has filed over the years, it is worth revisiting this October 2016 story about a $17 million dollar claim for hurricane damage a Mar-a-Lago that no one remembers happening:https://t.co/dDXAvPxSpW
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) February 22, 2019

Updated my piece about Trump allegedly having inflated his financial numbers with AOC's elicitation of possible insurance fraud as well. https://t.co/NebfM4wu0H
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 27, 2019

Former prosecutor and defense attorney Seema Iyer explained the Southern District of New York has its “own venue to prosecute” Trump for “all these insurance fraud crimes, bank fraud, financial crimes.” https://t.co/B2x6mfylUx
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 3, 2019

Just ask Donald Trump. In 2005, he collected $17 million in insurance money for non-existent damage to Mar-A-Lago after Hurricane Wilma.

Only 3 weeks after the hurricane, Don Jr. got married there. No damage seen in any photos. https://t.co/oPQNrxRg0F
— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) March 5, 2019

His entire fraudulent shitpire is in flames. https://t.co/cTosFJyNuk
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 5, 2019

Trump polls update 3/5/19

New Quinnipiac poll:

Trump approval: 38-55

Committed crimes before becoming president: 64-24

Committed crimes while president: 45-43

Believe Cohen over Trump: 50-35

Congress should investigate Cohen claims: 58-35

This is so RISKY!!!https://t.co/u4QTtApKAS
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 5, 2019

from new Quinnipiac poll:

the only demographic groups giving Trump majority approval for job performance are white men (55%) and non-college whites (52%)

among those groups, 54% of white men and 57% of non-college whites also say Trump committed crimes before becoming president
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 5, 2019

This new poll from Quinnipiac has perhaps the most brutal numbers for Trump personally that I've seen. https://t.co/TdvWQBgEqN
— Philip Bump (@pbump) March 5, 2019

President Trump's job approval has gained three points since January and now stands at 46 percent, according to a new @NBCNews/ WSJ poll. https://t.co/48xpbGrLxr
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 4, 2019

Intensity gap in the Q poll is important: 46% disapprove strongly, 9% somewhat; 28% approve strongly, 9% somewhat.

Trump lacks a viable path to a majority of the US. His road to re-election is to drive a truck through his opponent's popularity and hope enough voters sit out.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 5, 2019

I’m with the 46%

Trump approval splits among whites via new Quinnipiac poll:

White men:
55% approve
40% disapprove

White women:
36% approve
58% disapprove

White non-college:
52% approve
41% disapprove

White college:
38% approve
58% disapprove
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 5, 2019

Republican Senator tweets out poll showing Trump's approval rating at 43-54 https://t.co/2Xe85FjmhM
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 5, 2019

Only 22% of American voters think Donald Trump is a good role model for children vs. 71% who say he is not, the worst number of his presidency via new Quinnipiac poll
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) March 5, 2019

'Somebody else' would beat Donald Trump in Texas, but just barely, says UT/TT Poll (@rossramsey @TexasTribune) details: https://t.co/t2HBBL3E8f pic.twitter.com/ERfdChH3tU
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) March 5, 2019

NEW POLL: Trump's approval rating jumps 3 points to 46 percent https://t.co/CzlGvInqCc pic.twitter.com/7rL32r9wQq
— The Hill (@thehill) March 3, 2019

Poll: Trump approval rating slipping in Midwest @HillTVLive @KrystalBall https://t.co/fln8LnihFS pic.twitter.com/TniSdmU2ih
— The Hill (@thehill) March 2, 2019

Poll: Two-thirds of GOP voters say Trump is held to higher expectations than past presidents (@HillTVLive) https://t.co/GZRMhSLcVT pic.twitter.com/uAcBcKsvT3
— The Hill (@thehill) March 5, 2019

New NBC/WSJ poll finds, contra early Monmouth survey, that Democratic voters care more about finding a candidate who shares their views on the issues (56%) than one who can beat Donald Trump (40%). https://t.co/wePuJ5yixs pic.twitter.com/FPRMehL8uY
— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) March 4, 2019

Trump’s job-approval rating ticked up despite broad opposition to his emergency declaration to fund a border wall, a WSJ/NBC News poll finds https://t.co/T970fiMoQI pic.twitter.com/gK95DdaGve
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 3, 2019

The Seth Rich conspiracy theory is finally retracted

Jerome Corsi has issued a formal retraction on InfoWars for his role in spreading the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. The retraction/apology is currently being featured on the front page of InfoWars. pic.twitter.com/v3E50pidb5
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 4, 2019

Jerome Corsi and InfoWars retract and apologize for spreading Seth Rich DNC murder conspiracy theory: “Dr. Corsi acknowledges that his allegations were not based upon any independent factual knowledge" https://t.co/KALh6Xh0Hd
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 4, 2019

Fox's "news" side:
1) Killed their Stormy Daniels story.
2) Published their Seth Rich story.

After the Rich story fell apart, Fox retracted it, said they were investigating what went wrong, never explained what happened, and held no one accountable.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) March 5, 2019

As this very good timeline from @willsommer points out, both Jerome Corsi and Roger Stone knew Seth Rich had nothing to do with the DNC hack while they were still publicly claiming he was the one who gave it to Wikileaks.https://t.co/Mzf7B9pt8y
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 4, 2019