Visa denials are up

Trump isn’t opposed to just illegal immigration. He’s opposed to all immigration (except from Norway of course) and people from other countries.

New Data Reveal State Department Visa Denials Surged In 2018 https://t.co/XSIV4NsbH0
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) March 1, 2019

Income inequality update 3/2/19

A Democratic president should start by getting rid of the new tax breaks for the rich.

A very brief history of the post-1980 economy:
– The pay of the top 1% of earners has risen much faster than economic growth.
– The pay of the next 9% has risen with economic growth.
– The pay of the bottom 90% has trailed economic growth. https://t.co/m9MlKOk9Fh pic.twitter.com/V0duykq67K
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) February 25, 2019

Gilded Age 2.0: U.S. income inequality increases to pre-Great Depression levels https://t.co/MyLB4vcFMA
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) February 20, 2019

As leading Democrats roll out proposals to increase taxes on the rich, the American people are largely behind them. Voters overwhelmingly see income inequality as a problem the U.S. government should be trying to address. https://t.co/ZyHBsVjtVM
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 20, 2019

U.S. income inequality has returned to levels not seen since the 1920s — and it could actually be significantly worse, Axios reports.

The top 1% owns about 40% of total household wealth. https://t.co/qi1G6SqRcK
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 18, 2019

There is simply too much inequality in cities for people to believe a rising tide will lift their boats. https://t.co/FCkoeB6JAL
— Slate (@Slate) February 15, 2019

Since 1982, three families (Koch, Waltons, & Mars) have seen their wealth increase nearly 6,000 percent, adjusted for inflation.

Meanwhile, the median household wealth went down 3 percent over the same period. Let that sink in.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) April 26, 2019

Republicans lied about economic growth

The tax cuts will only give a temporary boost to the economy

Trump/GOP promised lasting 3+% growth from self-financing tax-cuts

mainstream economists predicted brief deficit-fueled growth burst

the record so far:

2018 Q2 4.2%
2018 Q3 3.4%
2018 Q4 2.6%
deficit way up

Fed forecasts:

2019 2.3%
2020 2.0%
2021 1.8%https://t.co/eY2is6nE8q
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 2, 2019

Federal Reserve officials expressed greater concern about risks to U.S. economic growth at their meeting last month, prompting them to signal a halt to interest-rate increases https://t.co/7sgcR1SQ54
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 20, 2019

Trump lies about defeating ISIS

An interesting Trump lie. He said Feb. 6 that the 100% liberation of ISIS land would be declared "probably next week," Feb. 15 that it'd be declared in "the next 24 hours." Never happened. After the Kim summit, he just went and did it himself, falsely. https://t.co/a415qxqLt1
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 2, 2019

Republicans are lying about Democratic positions on abortion

How can we have a discussion when they lie and exaggerate so much? We do not want to kill babies! Sad!

Go on Twitter and search for “Democrat babies” and you will find lots of hateful lies and distortions from the right wing.

No, Democrats don’t want to "murder" or "execute" babies https://t.co/qTaBdacz5r pic.twitter.com/Cy8Kd1ZknB
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 1, 2019

Scott Walker, at CPAC, says that people are taking already-born babies home from the hospital and aborting them there. I did not know that was a thing.
— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) February 28, 2019

Trump smears Democrats: "They are embracing open borders, socialism, & extreme late-term abortion…lawmakers in NY cheered as they passed legislation to allow babies to be ripped from the womb of their mothers. Right up to the very moment of death… the will execute the baby." pic.twitter.com/He2coKazul
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 2, 2019

Democrats who told their constituents they’re pro-life and pro-2nd Amendment are now voting for Nancy Pelosi’s radical liberal agenda—stripping gun rights from law abiding citizens and allowing babies born alive during an abortion to be killed. The American people deserve better. pic.twitter.com/Xg5Ox2Pu8i
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) March 1, 2019

Fact check: Democrats don't support infanticide or medically unnecessary late term abortions. Meghan McCain is spreading Fox News agitprop designed to re-elect the president who routinely mocks her late father. https://t.co/ReiX5tfd0z
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 2, 2019

Trump continues to use music after the Rolling Stones say not to

https://www.thewrap.com/rolling-stones-lash-out-at-donald-trump-again-over-song-use/

And as he concludes, a song starts by that Great American Band the Rolling Stones.
— GolfDude2000 (@GolfDude2000) March 2, 2019

The Rolling Stones have told him not to use their recordings.

CPAC attendees are enjoying some Rolling Stones ahead of Trump's speech pic.twitter.com/izuAlKsMnV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 2, 2019

R.E.M. blasts Trump's retweeting video that uses "Everybody Hurts" to mock Democrats https://t.co/Iz5pDGJ9Eu pic.twitter.com/wLyydlkxIi
— CNN (@CNN) February 16, 2019

WH played Rolling Stones at the end of his speech at Honeywell mask facility in Arizona. Just as they do at his rallies. pic.twitter.com/XKlWabCLe9
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 5, 2020

Trump’s unhinged rant at CPAC

Lies and more lies. It was his longest speech ever and a preview of his re-election campaign which will be based on bigotry and lies about the Democrats. The sad spectacle shows that the Republican party has caved in to this con man.

He spoke for over two hours without going to the bathroom. I’m impressed. I’m 65 and I couldn’t do it. Maybe he was wearing a Depends.

He cursed and Republicans will say nothing, but as Keith Boykin noted, the was an uproar when Representative Tlaib cursed. Sad!

From Fighter to Fabulist, Entertainer to Victim… @PhilipRucker and I unpack the 10 distinct personas of Donald Trump on display during his epic CPAC speech. https://t.co/J81jVdYSbx
— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) March 10, 2019

President @realDonaldTrump spoke at @CPAC over the weekend on #GreenNewDeal, immigration, taxes, the Mueller investigation, unemployment and more.
Here are his comments, fact-checked: https://t.co/pEPtPfMjEG pic.twitter.com/eweOjiFayT
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) March 4, 2019

President Trump's speech at CPAC didn't make waves, even though it should have, which signifies the "danger of normalization," says @JohnAvlon. "If we buy into that normalization, I think we end up aiding and abetting the dumbing down of our democracy." https://t.co/q4PZQ1ptzX pic.twitter.com/jYyvE15mWs
— New Day (@NewDay) March 4, 2019

The 67(!) most stunning lines from Donald's Trump epic 2-hour CPAC speechhttps://t.co/sP6cC74MGU pic.twitter.com/moEvqG3pma
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) March 4, 2019

https://t.co/evQAD88Ujn pic.twitter.com/k5t608Uove
— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) March 5, 2019

A former WH adviser once said everything w POTUS is about power and dominance https://t.co/CXHjN0u3bd
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 2, 2019

Fact Check: CPAC https://t.co/J82sM1nIUI pic.twitter.com/0MMTs7yfVv
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 2, 2019

One thing I wanted to check before tweeting: after months of criticizing previous presidents for giving money to North Korea, Trump says he will get other countries to give money to North Korea "if it all works out": "Maybe not us. But I'm going to get other countries to give."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 2, 2019

Daniel Dale’s excellent thread of tweets during the speech. Dale is terrific!

Trump tells CPAC: when he called on Russia to get Clinton's emails he was being “sarcastic.” (h/t @kenvogel)@KatyTurNBC tweets her 2016 interview with candidate Trump showing he was deadly serious👇 https://t.co/K9iciVnqQf
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) March 2, 2019

He was not being sarcastic – he was asking, right out in the open, for Russian help. He often says he was joking when there is a negative reaction to something outrageous he said.

After Trump just spent 2 hours rattling off a litany of lies, Dennis Prager tells #CPAC2019 that "truth" is among the things that have been "profoundly damaged" by the left. pic.twitter.com/5YX1AFDmil
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 2, 2019

“Members of the audience left early. POTUS concluded his speech saying not one person had left early,” per pool report of Trump’s two-hour CPAC speech.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 2, 2019

This was an understandable joke in, say, 1987. Today, states that voted for the president (Texas, Kansas and the Dakotas come to mind) draw much electricity from wind farms, which bring profits to local land owners, to whom TV is available 24/7, regardless of who they voted for. https://t.co/wNO8G1uvtK
— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) March 2, 2019

Trump hates wind power. He just lost a battle over it in Scotland.

Trump’s CPAC speech recalls those made by Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev. Rambling,disconnected, profane, inflammatory, full of lies.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 2, 2019

Trump's calculated belligerence & vulgarity at #TrumpCPACLive evidence he believes he wins by showing a blue-collar/evangel base he will break rules to "protect" them. But he's reinforcing exactly the behavior that alienated so many financially thriving white-collar voters in '18
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 2, 2019

Rep. Rashida Tlaib says a curse word and Republicans scream and whine about civility and decorum. Trump uses a curse word and Republicans scream their approval. https://t.co/VUU50BlM7s
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 2, 2019

It has always been wrong for Trump to attack Sessions for recusing himself, as he was required to do. It’s also wrong for him to mock Sessions for his accent. https://t.co/A7zRW4UdCb
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) March 2, 2019

Anyone who has watched the exchange with @KatyTurNBC after he said that knows he wasn’t joking. https://t.co/w6EjqZGqdd
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) March 2, 2019

Fact-checking Donald Trump's two-hour speech at CPAC https://t.co/Um2hSQYYDX via @PolitiFact
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) March 5, 2019

And this: “Trump’s CPAC speech was a bold assertion that he has learned nothing — absolutely nothing — during his first two years in office. Not manners. Not economics. Not geopolitics. Not simple decency.” https://t.co/gwIXMXyfDJ
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) March 5, 2019

Trump says he joked about wanting Russian help in 2016. The facts tell a different story. https://t.co/blY0iTElwT pic.twitter.com/BD2Wqn3RsQ
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 5, 2019

Trump advertises his Scottish golf course

Of course, he was wrong to do that. I guess he didn’t want to point out that the Scottish government beat him in court and he owes them money for the legal bills. Will his business affect US foreign policy. This is so corrupt. Sad!

This tweet says everything you need to know about Donald Trump’s huge conflicts of interest https://t.co/EwFSkT4F1l
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 5, 2019

This is Trump’s most explicit commingling of personal interests and public office to date.

This is the tone from the top that leads his appointees to violate ethics rules.

This is shameless, corrupt and repugnant presidential profiteering.

This is an invitation to graft. https://t.co/3Gce7RGEYW
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 2, 2019

Is Trump really using the authority conferred on him by his position as president to advertise patronage of his private business as being in the national interest?

cc lawyers/legal experts https://t.co/mBuVVrU4Mf
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 2, 2019

1) The two Trump golf courses in Scotland have lost something like $200 million under Trump management. The losses are covered by loans from the Trump Organization. But where is that money coming from? Trump Co doesn't have anything like sufficient income https://t.co/EJHAnsvbHu
— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 2, 2019

This morning, @realDonaldTrump tweeted about his Scottish golf course. It's a beautiful place that's brought him a lot of trouble: 5 yrs of losses, $70M in sunk cash.
Now a court has ordered that Trump pay the Scottish Govt.'s legal fees, after they beat him in court. https://t.co/756dt4SNQR
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 2, 2019

Here's a reverse-emoluments case that the Founding Fathers didn't plan for…what happens when @realDonaldTrump owes a large debt *to* a foreign government? In Scotland, it's happening. https://t.co/WqS91m4ou0
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 1, 2019

In Scotland, @realDonaldTrump fought the Scottish govt over a windfarm that would alter the view from his golf course. He lost. Now, a court says he's also got to pay his opponents' legal fees. https://t.co/o7Ad4Qmbpp
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 1, 2019

Think about this tweet. How could the personal property of the President further relations between two countries? His statement is meaningless unless he wants foreign governments to know the key to a good relationship with America is to further its President’s personal interests. https://t.co/3Gce7RGEYW
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 3, 2019

No. No, it doesn't. No one believes that. Not even you. They spit at the very utterance of your name in Scotland. https://t.co/d4tUKqPCEC
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 3, 2019

I have been married to my Scottish wife for 15 years now. I can confirm that the Scots hate Trump even more than they hate the English, and we have fought historic wars. I am English.
— Northener (@redscar16) March 3, 2019

It’s a sign of how far we’ve fallen that this tweet alone isn’t seen as grounds for impeachment https://t.co/xOQgPkoVYI
— Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn) March 2, 2019