Trump’s plan to help poor communities is a bonanza for the rich

Just another Trump scam

How @realDonaldTrump's signature initiative to help poor communities is fueling a once-in-a-generation bonanza for the wealthiest Americans — including Trump's family and advisers. with @JesseDrucker https://t.co/zfZQkP89pA
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) August 31, 2019

Worth remembering that the tax bill was rushed through without hearings or any time for analysis, and it was widely — and correctly — predicted that this would create huge loopholes 2/ https://t.co/GVn47qOGQ6
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) September 1, 2019

Comments by Paul Krugman

The 2020 election will be terrible

Neither side will have confidence in the results. I blame the Republicans for their voter fraud lies, voter suppression, and McConnell’s unwillingness to act on election security. This is going to divide the country even more. Sad!

Why November 4, 2020 could be a very bad dayhttps://t.co/oZjGPjzHLr pic.twitter.com/BPS3XQlrMG
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 28, 2019

Nearly 40% of registered voters are concerned about the integrity of the results of the 2020 presidential race, a new polls shows https://t.co/WQW5dYZfXV
— POLITICO (@politico) August 28, 2019

"Intelligence officials are concerned that foreign hackers in 2020 not only will target the databases but attempt to manipulate, disrupt or destroy the data, according to current and former U.S. officials."https://t.co/cZjbunoXNv
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) August 27, 2019

There is no U.S. law that prevents candidates or parties from launching disinformation campaigns, so long as foreign money isn't involved.

Axios reached out to the Republican and Democratic parties to see if they're taking active stances on the issue. https://t.co/HZVKxhD9Md
— Axios (@axios) August 24, 2019

USA TODAY/Suffolk poll: Americans dread the 2020 election

The FEC was already struggling to police the flood of money in our elections.

Effectively shutting it down in the midst of the 2020 elections is the worst form of malpractice.

This will only benefit those who use money to corrupt our politics, both foreign and domestic. https://t.co/TmOb1LwAZn
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) August 31, 2019

More of a preview of Trump’s ugly re-election tactics

He will lie about Democratic positions on guns. They are not trying to repeal the Second Amendment.

Trump says Democrats want criminals and open borders. Another lie.

Trump will try to make the ‘squad’ (four liberal Democratic freshmen congressional representatives who aren’t white) the face of the Democratic party. In fact, the Democratic base is more moderate than the extremely conservative Republican base.

Trump is already making personal attacks on leading Democratic contenders Biden and Warren. He will try to do what he did in 2016. He will never be popular so he will try to destroy his opponent and make them more unpopular than him. He will not run on the issues.

He’s making phony fraud claims about the 2016 election to set his cult up to believe the results are wrong if he loses.

GOP attacks on the ‘squad’.

This Trump Facebook ad is absolutely false but it must be working because the campaign keeps running it

No Democratic prez candidate supports repealing the 2nd Amendment, no Dem in Congress supports it, it is not part of the Democratic platform

In other words, it's a lie pic.twitter.com/8wizfpgJVI
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) August 30, 2019

The NRA is going to accuse the Democratic nominee of wanting to take people's guns no matter what policy they support. They did this in 2000, 2004, 2008, 20012, and 2016.

There is zero reason to shy away from the right policy when it comes to weapons of war on our streets. https://t.co/Nk16iSJ6Hf
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 1, 2019

Trump administration sides with industry instead of science

Scientific evidence about the downsides to eating red meat, ultraprocessed foods and high amounts of sodium is mounting. But the government won't examine those issues in its dietary guidelines, under orders from @USDA and @HHSGov officials. By @lreiley https://t.co/NDIHf4F5SY
— Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) August 31, 2019

So… 44% of Republicans don’t know what the scientific method is. https://t.co/x4xwoocRQ9
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) August 31, 2019

Many Republicans don’t trust science.

More on how Trump’s policies are hurting the lobster industry

Did even one of those fools address the issue of retaliatory tariffs on export of #Maine lobster? Do they care? Trump is handing the lobster business to Canada on a silver platter. Goodbye to a lot of small coastal communities! https://t.co/5KDzo5n5uM
— Joe Niemczura, RN (@ccnepal2013) August 25, 2019

Maine lobster takes tariff hit, Canada picks up slack https://t.co/21T9OFvR0R pic.twitter.com/S3CdStfrXC
— National Fisherman (@NatFishMag) August 29, 2019

U.S. lobster exports to China have fallen as Trump’s trade war has brought retaliatory tariffs. That means layoffs in Maine and booming business for Canada.
https://t.co/XhO6qRT3y0
— NBC 10 WJAR (@NBC10) August 26, 2019

I just published Canada benefits from China shifting to it from America to meet its lobster needs https://t.co/Oy60aONhOu
— whitenoise2030 (@whitenoise2030) August 27, 2019

Lobster-loving China has now turned to Canada, hurting the American lobster industry based largely out of Maine https://t.co/RbGhgHUHAU
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 25, 2019

"What about lobsters?" @SenAngusKing discusses how President Trump's tariffs on China impact his state of Maine. "We're paying the tariffs. The idea that China is paying the tariffs just isn't true. This is a tax on the American consumers." https://t.co/EWDh5Ua46K pic.twitter.com/0FsDLFM7aW
— CNN (@CNN) June 13, 2019

Trump tweets photo of Iran that is apparently classified

Trump keeps lying when he says Comey released classified information. Trump released classified information to Russian diplomats in the White House. Now, he has released an apparently classified picture of Iranian military installations.

Trump’s pro-Russia policies, attacks on our allies and reckless release of classified information is going to make it less likely that other countries will provide intelligence information to the US. Trump is making us less safe. Sad!

Trump revealed a detailed aerial image of an Iranian launchpad, an unusual disclosure that may have confirmed the United States is violating Iran’s airspace to spy on its missile program, @shaneharris & @agearan report. https://t.co/M8Jc4P0ErA
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 31, 2019

This defense is tautological not substantive. Yes, he can declassify anything but at what cost? What do Iran & the world learn about the capabilities of US surveillance satellites, for instance? And why the need to bypass the normal interagency declassification process? https://t.co/lV1SdE2sFp
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 30, 2019

Yes but it’s not like it was transmitted on a private email server. https://t.co/LzfXu0AbDo
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) August 30, 2019

If you are in the intelligence community and charged with providing national leadership with the best information available on foreign adversaries, a new reality is wondering whether intelligence products sent to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will end up on Twitter https://t.co/zbM2GRlNee
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) August 30, 2019

Trump says he had the right to release the photo that he tweeted about Iran pic.twitter.com/EbenddQH3r
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) August 30, 2019

President Trump appears to taunt Iran with a tweet that raises concerns he disclosed classified information https://t.co/G5FdFC4Dw5 pic.twitter.com/3qKgPHDdMS
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 30, 2019

aren’t images like this supposed to be classified? https://t.co/RW8Lcp40ea
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 30, 2019

(Thread Alert):
The U.S. openly acknowledges it has a national means of collecting technical information about overseas proliferation. The U.S. has rarely disseminated such imagery, with a noteworthy exception of such images collected during the 2002-2003 runup to the Iraq War.
— Allison Puccioni (@puccioni1) August 30, 2019

The picture in Trump’s Tweet, which appeared to be a snapshot of a physical copy of the satellite image, was included in a Friday intel briefing.
"He’s not supposed to share it." “This will have global repercussions. The utter carelessness… So reckless.”https://t.co/ZEJreTSwOo
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) August 30, 2019

Trump supporters lie when they say Trump doesn’t lie

List of people who claimed this week that Trump has never lied:

-Kayleigh McEnany
-Stephanie Grisham
-Stuart Varneyhttps://t.co/yNxH2yDp1J
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 30, 2019

Analysis: Nobody around Trump has ever seen him lie https://t.co/clfqAeac8q
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 29, 2019

So awk https://t.co/oEyoXc6Qqq
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 30, 2019

Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney proclaimed with a straight face on Friday morning that Trump has never lied to the American people https://t.co/YyAPtTZdn7
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 30, 2019

Trump lies, then his inner circle lies about the lying… pic.twitter.com/RJdvfZo5nu
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) August 30, 2019

"I don't think they're lies. … I think the President communicates in a way that some people, especially the media, aren't necessarily comfortable with. A lot of times they take him so literally." — Stephanie Grishamhttps://t.co/kIaycIJEW3
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 29, 2019

Only 18% of Republicans think climate change is an emergency

Do you think that climate change is an emergency, or not?
ALL
Is an emergency 56%
Is not 42%
REP.
Is an emergency 18%
Is not 81%
DEM.
Is an emergency 84%
Is not 14%
IND.
Is an emergency 63%
Is not 36%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 8/21-26/19)https://t.co/SbYaMCuW9R
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 29, 2019

New poll shows majority of Americans (56%) see climate change as an "emergency".
Broken down by party, it's:
Democrats: 84%
Republicans: 18%
I guess that means Republicanism is an emergency.
— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) August 29, 2019

84% of Democrats now say climate change is a major threat to the country’s well-being, up from 58% in 2013. Views among Republicans have stayed about the same (27% in 2019 vs. 22% in 2013). https://t.co/oq1BirQtSV
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) August 29, 2019

Two-thirds of young Republicans fear for environment amid surge in GOP climate change concern, poll shows https://t.co/O43EYEIhdM
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 30, 2019

at least young people get it

If this bears out, wonder how long FL politicians can ignore the reality of #ClimateChange particularly its role in producing more powerful hurricanes. Is there a point where voters in FL (or TX) will turn on politicians who reject action to reduce that risk? They haven't yet. https://t.co/714GajW7Eq
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 31, 2019

Trump’s policies are bad for farmers

China is buying food from other countries instead of the US. I think US farmers have lost business permanently thanks to Trump.

Farmers are getting angry with Trump for gaslighting them so shamelessly about the impact of his trade wars on them.

Trump's agriculture sec "joked" that farmers are "whining" about their travails. You'd think this would be a bigger story.

New piece:https://t.co/hv3vw0pj0P
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 27, 2019

Shot: https://t.co/e5GlzpfBJe

Chaser: 👇👇👇 https://t.co/yhFhBs562R
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 30, 2019

Rural support for Trump was always based in large part on farmers' misunderstanding of their own interests 1/ https://t.co/Iql1qvfoBK
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) August 27, 2019

Farmers’ loyalty to Trump tested over new ethanol rules they say favor Big Oil https://t.co/NRFdpD1pu5
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) August 29, 2019

Been awhile since I had a text AND photo byline! https://t.co/aphU5DaWDH
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) August 28, 2019

The Trump administration is expected to begin paying $14.5 billion to farmers by the end of August to make up for income lost in the trade war.https://t.co/vZt6pBbh1j
— The Grey Man (@IntelOperator) August 27, 2019

'A slap in the face': Trump's ethanol waivers are sparking rebellion in farm country https://t.co/a0wAxSPh36
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) August 26, 2019

Behold, socialism. https://t.co/zEsHSVVTA5
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 27, 2019

Farm Bureau report: Wisconsin again leads nation in family farm bankruptcies https://t.co/1gaoDrOjKl
— Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) August 24, 2019

Trump is scrambling to mollify farmers who are fed up with his trade war.

August was a turning point: Wheat growers chastised Trump for being disrespectful, farmers booed Sonny Perdue for calling them whiners, USDA staff was threatened on a crop tour.https://t.co/QNITtZ7FdN pic.twitter.com/99BdIUgKPD
— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) August 27, 2019

"This President has the backs of farmers." White House trade adviser Peter Navarro defends Trump's commitment to American farmers, as some farmers say the US trade war with China directly hurts them. https://t.co/3olYhLVdux
— CNN (@CNN) August 18, 2019

Barr is holding a party at Trump’s hotel

This is corrupt. Is it legal? I hope someone challenges it. This is why Trump should have gotten rid of his businesses. If he didn’t want to do it, he should not have run for president.

This feels like Barr giving a big middle finger to everyone who values the independence & integrity of DOJ. 🤯 https://t.co/uHZUCSzzMr
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) August 27, 2019

Barr represents the death of ethics in government. https://t.co/Q6f8P2JPO7
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) August 27, 2019

Impeach him. Impeach every lawless Trump official. They don’t care and never will until held accountable. This is a smash & grab presidency. We are not helpless: tell every Member of Congress. https://t.co/KpoBBZ4nSs
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 27, 2019

NEW: Merry Christmas, Mr. President! @realDonaldTrump's new Attorney General, Bill Barr, booked the Trump Hotel's presidential ballroom for a $30,000 holiday party.https://t.co/u2gHQ27Ltj
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 27, 2019

Attorney general books President Trump’s D.C. hotel for holiday party that could cost more than $30,000 https://t.co/77u4pxbBQv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 27, 2019