Trump’s disgraceful attacks on Twitter

He’s mad because they fact-checked him on one of his thousands of lies. Twitter is better than Facebook which has done nothing. They let Trump lie all the time.

Twitter has taken the unprecedented step of adding fact-check warnings to two of President Trump’s tweets. Why did Twitter act now, and how does it decide when to use such warnings?https://t.co/mUHEhZYxOB
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 28, 2020

Your regular reminder that much of the top performing content on social media is from right-wing media. If companies like Facebook are trying to “silence conservative voices,” they’re doing an incredibly lousy job. https://t.co/SNaELVDfmK
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 27, 2020

Twitter grants Trump every possible exception from its rules and offers a relatively mild corrective — a link to fact checks already on Twitter — and he responds as if they had deleted his tweets and terminated his account. https://t.co/DrbXlLwlII
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 27, 2020

Trump's latest lies about Twitter and voter fraud aren't just deranged. They're an *abuse of power.* Trump is threatening retribution to facilitate voter suppression *and* to discourage the sharing of concrete information that could save lives. New piece:https://t.co/A9qM2Zq7RY
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 27, 2020

He’s going to go through some things.

In which Kellyanne Conway gives marching orders to trolls to swarm, harass and shake down a private citizen in the name of free speech https://t.co/X5POj0qRbF
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) May 27, 2020

Trump Campaign Manager:

"There are many reasons we pulled all our advertising from Twitter months ago, and clear political bias is one of them."#FactCheck: Twitter banned all political ads in 2019.

Even their response is a lie.
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) May 27, 2020

FWIW, the first link to a story that I see when I click on Twitter's fact-check is to The Hill, which is owned by Jimmy Finkelstein, a longtime friend of Trump's. https://t.co/Qt8RMvf49v
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 26, 2020

I saw your threat just now.

What are you going to do to punish @Twitter for simply warning its users that you're lying?

Tell everyone. We're listening. https://t.co/iyRasCr4D2
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) May 26, 2020

Twitter is like Susan Collins. https://t.co/lx2Jaf2DyC
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) May 26, 2020

What we know about the coronavirus

The U.S. has just reached 100,000 deaths from #covid19. What have we learned? A thread of 10 lessons:
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) May 27, 2020

https://twitter.com/meganranney/status/1264589288659922945?s=11

It's not really about surface transmission. It's not even really about coughs. It's about basic airborne transmission, and it's why open windows, good ventilation, and masks indoors matter so much. Good update on what we now know about coronavirus: https://t.co/REr9C1fsus
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 27, 2020

An even better concise summary: https://t.co/0AM1uUE2s2
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 27, 2020

A scientist who studies aerosols says everything she reads about COVID-19 points to a pathogen that travels through the air. https://t.co/Ku2pMZYd8x pic.twitter.com/uXKX2gKgVN
— WebMD (@WebMD) June 7, 2020

Pinpointing the cells in the body's immune response to coronavirus would help speed the development of treatments and vaccines. https://t.co/JpG89ZeY6L
— Axios (@axios) June 11, 2020

How can we assess the Covid-19 risk of going places outside the home?

It's more complicated than the “stay 6 feet away” guidelines.

We need to consider risk in four dimensions: distance to other people, environment, activity, and time spent together.https://t.co/St26LX4c3X
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 10, 2020

The CDC now says everyone "should wear a cloth face cover when they have to go out in public."

So why has guidance on face masks changed since the pandemic started? Scientists are constantly learning more about the novel coronavirus. Here's what to know. https://t.co/a30sK0MFxl
— CNN (@CNN) June 25, 2020

Coronavirus autopsies: A story of 38 brains, 87 lungs and 42 hearts https://t.co/t1EYtJSG9T
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 1, 2020

Universal Studios logo

I saw this tweet and found other stuff on the logo on YouTube. The logo has changed over the years.

For all the logo nuts, and classic film freaks out there, this is a thread about the creation of the Universal Pictures logo (1936 – 1947). It’s an excellent logo. I present it here, in appreciation of the sheer craft involved in making it. 1/16 pic.twitter.com/Ovjloyr4G7
— Tim Dickinson (@That_Chair_Guy) May 24, 2020

We continue our spotlight on the studio system beginning with Universal Pictures today.

Which of these versions of its famous logo is your favorite? pic.twitter.com/tsOusIC7ie
— TCM (@tcm) January 26, 2021

Deanna Durbin erasure! After all she did for your studio? Tsk, tsk, tsk…

Not to mention leaving out this beauty and the best opening logo sequence you ever had.

Universal Pictures (Mo' Better Blues) https://t.co/u1rNa08G5z via @YouTube
— gus (@gruxamengus) April 30, 2022

More mask polls

Should masks be required in public? Among Democrats, 93% say yes, 5% say no. Among Republicans, 43% say yes, 54% say no. Among independents, 71% yes, 29% no. #mulawpoll
— MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) August 11, 2020

Whether or not you wear a mask in public tells us a lot about your 2020 vote, per new NBC/WSJ poll.

Among the 62% of voters who ALWAYS wear a mask in public, Biden leads them by 40pts.

Among the 15% who RARELY/NEVER wear a mask, Trump is ahead by 76pts https://t.co/TaoaGRJrhF
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) June 8, 2020

Americans who think highly of the news media’s coverage of the coronavirus outbreak are much more confident in their own ability to check the accuracy of #COVID19 information. https://t.co/0dwSbLrIvm pic.twitter.com/21Kjg4jVWL
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) May 28, 2020

If schools reopen this fall, about 1 in 5 teachers say they’re unlikely to return to their classrooms, according to a new online poll, with 18% reporting that they would leave their job. https://t.co/az0bSanhrC pic.twitter.com/RGNXv9KJCS
— WebMD (@WebMD) May 28, 2020

There's endless hand wringing on *this website* about Trump guiding all COVID conversation but for 72+ hours, Biden & his team have goaded Trump into a debate on an issue where 3/4 of Americans agree w/ Biden. https://t.co/Lnk8KCqKvB
— Lily Adams (@adamslily) May 27, 2020

Most people are wearing masks… and it's a growing % of the population. Moreover, most think Trump should be wearing a mask. https://t.co/AtugaDP9TE https://t.co/3z0ZaE7EIF pic.twitter.com/a2eZ50aILr
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) May 25, 2020

According to the latest Q-poll, 64% of voters say everyone should be required to wear face masks in public.

67% say the President should.

The CDC says everyone should.

The science is pretty clear here and so are the politics.

(Curious that it is even framed as a debate)
— John Berman (@JohnBerman) May 26, 2020

Mask shortage for most health-care workers extended into May, Post-Ipsos poll shows https://t.co/ySjwdeAELN pic.twitter.com/7omnogk6D3
— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) May 21, 2020

Movie Poll 🍿🎥🎟

Would you go to a movie theater if you are required to wear a mask?
— Rich Greenfield, LightShed (@RichLightShed) May 23, 2020

More on right-wing defiance on masks

They are making a health issue into a political issue. They should wear masks for all of us.

The irony of the mask defiance is that the mask is actually a symbol of personal responsibility, previously claimed as a Republican value. https://t.co/ol2xaYmVTT
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) May 26, 2020

To call mask wearing a matter of virtue signaling is to betray that you are experiencing this pandemic at a ludicrous level of abstraction https://t.co/KXGtbGhHuT
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) May 26, 2020

Trump sharing a picture of Biden doing something supported by a large majority of the public is a perfect summary of his political strategy since the pandemic began. https://t.co/qpN8JJorrN
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) May 25, 2020

Your Face Mask Is Actually a Sign of Strength

Trump retweeted this. The message he’s sending is that how he looks is more important than public safety.

I expect more from my neighbors, much less the President of the United States. https://t.co/ZK9syx21Rc
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) May 26, 2020

Trump continues terrible lies about Joe Scarborough

It’s very unfair to the family of the deceased woman. Twitter is wrong since they aren’t removing Trump’s disgusting tweets.

Despite pleas from widower, President Trump continues to pushes false conspiracy theory about dead congressional staffer @kaitlancollins reports pic.twitter.com/GTghMarpMd
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 26, 2020

The President tripling and quadrupling down on the Scarborough accusation – and just brushing off the wishes of the family – is just another reminder that he stop at nothing, no matter how awful, when he feels threatened.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 26, 2020

Trump Defends Conspiracy Attacks on Joe Scarborough, Bizarrely Suggests Lori Klausutis' Family Agrees With Him (They Do Not) https://t.co/SefHUlgLeb
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) May 26, 2020

The president says he’s seen the letter from the widower of the woman who worked for Scarborough asking him to stop talking about his late wife. The president replies he’s sure the widower wants to “get to the bottom” of what happened.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 26, 2020

They already got to the bottom. She died from medical issues. Trump is disgraceful.

Twitter statement re: Trump's tweets about Lori Klausutis: "We are deeply sorry about the pain these statements… are causing the family." Changes are in the works to "expand existing product features and policies so we can more effectively address things like this going forward" pic.twitter.com/JxiYmaYYL4
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 26, 2020

This is lame. Twitter should do something now, not in the future!

“Please delete those tweets,” the widower begged in a letter last week to Twitter’s chief executive, Jack Dorsey. “My wife deserves better.” https://t.co/gShidk7VmS
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 26, 2020

"I do know that our hearts are with Lori's family at this time.”
–Kayleigh McEnany
What I know is that Donald Trump has given not a moment’s thought to the family of Lori Klausutis at this time.
What I also do not know is who gave McEnany permission to call Mrs. Klausutis, Lori.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 26, 2020

This controversy over the president's repugnant tweets about a dead woman shouldn't just focus on Twitter's responsibility. What about Republican leaders, White House aides, Trump's family members – where's the decency? pic.twitter.com/kCm04fxpD3
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 26, 2020

No word from Republicans. They know Trump will attack them, too.

The filth coming out of Trump's twitter account is a national disgrace. https://t.co/9bIgyLSlCL
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 26, 2020

You can dislike/complain/criticize an anchor's coverage without accusing them of murder and causing immense pain for someone's family.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 26, 2020

She is 100% correct. Collins has been doing a great job asking questions of Trump.

A lot of heat on Twitter this morning for allowing Trump to push this heinous conspiracy theory about Scarborough, but also worth noting: Trump's tweets have also been cross-posted to Facebook as well.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 26, 2020

Does any WH employee want to defend this behavior?@KellyannePolls?@PressSec?@MarkMeadows? pic.twitter.com/bjZgl1TRQ8
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 26, 2020

McElhany did defend Trump.

T.J. Klausutis to @Jack: "The President of the United States has taken something that does not belong to him — the memory of my dead wife — and perverted it for perceived political gain." He wants Twitter to delete Trump's tweets accusing @JoeNBC of murder https://t.co/aCqCLgXOAJ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 26, 2020

McEnany defends Trump’s baseless theory about Scarborough being involved with a murder of a former aide 19 years ago. Brings up Scarborough’s past comments and says: “It’s Joe Scarborough who has to answer these questions.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 26, 2020

Why is the president accusing someone of possible murder and the family is pleading with the president to stop, @PressSec is asked. She says the president said it was "not an original Trump thought."
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 26, 2020

New: Despite an emotional plea from widower of Lori Klausutis to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the company will *not* remove tweets by President Trump insinuating without basis that Joe Scarborough was responsible for Klausutis’ death. @donie reporting.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 26, 2020

Trump took the tragic death of a young woman, Lori Klausutis, and has tried to exploit it for political gain in the most disgusting way imaginable. This letter from her husband to @jack asking him to delete Trump’s sick tweets is a heart-wrenching must read. pic.twitter.com/Qlk5NY9yx3
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 26, 2020

Just a note to the people at home. If *you* accuse an innocent man of murder, you will probably lose your house in the ensuing defamation suit. Trump is not using his American right of "free speech." He is abusing a uniquely presidential immunity from defamation action. https://t.co/NVuGuhga09
— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 26, 2020

Trump’s endless lies

Trump has now turned dishonest subtext about California into a flat lie, saying, "People that aren't citizens, illegals — anybody that walks in California is going to get a ballot." Ballots are being sent to registered voters, not anybody; non-citizens can't vote.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 26, 2020

The president keeps escalating his false claims about mail in voting. What evidence is there that “mail boxes will be robbed?” What does that even mean? And ballots are being sent to registered voters, not “anyone living in the state.” https://t.co/4aRrOVz0NW
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) May 26, 2020

In addition to a) misspelling Conor b) misspelling Lamb c) going after a veteran on Memorial Day as an "American fraud," the president d) falsely claimed Lamb voted for Pelosi as speaker. Lamb kept his promise not to do so, voting instead for Joe Kennedy. pic.twitter.com/bkPgN87DIc
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 25, 2020

Trump constantly says he built the best economy in history and no journalists call him on this lie in real time. It just doesn't happen. So he keeps repeating it. Here is the truth. Please share this with a journalist.https://t.co/9eHN7QrYa0
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) May 25, 2020

Trump lies about the most trivial things. He also played golf yesterday and there's photos! https://t.co/pM9s40X5n3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 25, 2020

In a Friday speech to vets, Trump delivered the falsest version of his ever-escalating lie about Pelosi's Feb. Chinatown trip. She urged people to shop at Asian-American businesses; she didn't talk about travel from China, much less say it's cool for infected people to fly in. pic.twitter.com/5VxNmWZoNu
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 24, 2020

It’s sort of impressive that Trump would bash Fox polling as fake in a tweet following one where he shared a fake poll number. https://t.co/2zKwOcv5Sd
— Philip Bump (@pbump) May 23, 2020

Here's my weekly video on the president's dishonesty, featuring his new nonsense about Michigan voting and the return of his imaginary Michigan award: pic.twitter.com/tXrAyqoaqo
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 23, 2020

Here’s the president bantering with himself about an approval rating number he made up. Sane stuff. pic.twitter.com/bHFTusg5W1
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 23, 2020

The good news: I've finished fact checking a 7-week backlog of the president's false claims.

The bad news: It took so long that I have a new 3-week backlog.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 22, 2020

Trump lies that "we'll always protect you on pre-existing conditions, much more so than the Democrats." Democrats got these protections created, in Obamacare, and have fought to save them; Trump and Republicans have tried/are trying to weaken them/entirely eliminate the law.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 26, 2020

Trump lie: "In California, the governor sent …millions of ballots all over the state, millions. To anybody. To anybody. People that aren't citizens, illegals, anybody that walks."

California SoS website: "All registered voters in California will receive a vote-by-mail ballot."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 26, 2020

More people are concerned that Trump won’t accept an election loss

Trump is already saying the election is rigged. I don’t expect him to concede if he loses. We are headed for a real crisis if Biden wins and Trump won’t accept the loss. I am sure he will get Russian help again and will do nothing to stop their interference.

On Trump cheating in the election, @mtomasky says it's a given: "Everyone knows he’ll cheat. Even his supporters know he’ll cheat. His cheating is one of the things they love about him."

Here are the five all-too-plausible scenarios. https://t.co/plh4wJJfhT
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 25, 2020

He knows he’s gonna lose. So he’s planting the seeds with his followers that it was stolen from him. To incite. And divide. And delegitimize. And cause unrest. Yes, it’s ugly. Yes it’s un-American. And yes, we all gotta be strong together to squash what he’s doing. https://t.co/vRJXk6musr
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 25, 2020

When Trump alleges efforts “to Rig the 2020 Election” against him, he’s laying groundwork to dispute a November loss.

That’s not cause to despair—it’s cause to act now.

I offered 4 steps to guard against this a year ago on @CNNOpinion.

Let’s get on it: https://t.co/lT2r6CF4MR pic.twitter.com/xyvTEXdciJ
— Joshua A. Geltzer (@jgeltzer) May 25, 2020

“Trump’s actions suggest he is interested in suppressing the November vote. Why?…If you make it easier for more people to vote with absentee and mail-in ballots, Trump said on Fox & Friends, ‘you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.’” https://t.co/bnj7aDa8RZ
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 25, 2020

Trump is not going to go away quietly when he loses to @JoeBiden. https://t.co/W9Gb4HYeT5
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) May 24, 2020

Trump declares states of emergencies in major cities

The DOJ announces a criminal investigation into Biden

Trump refuses to accept a loss and won't leave the White House

Doomsdayers are planning for the most contentious presidential election since 1876https://t.co/GWq37Bn8fH
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) May 24, 2020

New coronavirus polls 5/25/20

Another reason I think Trump is going after voter by mail: He's dumb enough to think it tilts to the Dems and favors minorities, but in some areas, it's possible the GOP might want to suppress the *senior* vote. https://t.co/fDvT10Kbdx
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 28, 2020

New ABC/Ipsos poll:

Only 39% of Americans approve of Trump's handling of coronavirus, down from 44% in April.

60% disapprove.https://t.co/MJyVz0tfYH

Maybe those magical mask-free photo-ops aren't working.

As we argued yesterday, this contrast might favor Biden: https://t.co/81mY8t2NAW
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 22, 2020

Conway suggests media to blame for Trump’s virus poll numbers https://t.co/igl0xsxK8c
— MSN (@MSN) May 23, 2020

Strong concern about a second wave of coronavirus infections is reinforcing widespread opposition among Americans to reopening public places, a new poll finds. https://t.co/UZazfSe7Pt
— Missoulian (@missoulian) May 20, 2020

Rewording the poll: do you directly know someone in real life who got the virus (AKA not a friend of a friend)
— Adam Ozimek (@ModeledBehavior) May 21, 2020

Do you think it will be safe or unsafe to send students to elementary, middle and high schools in the fall?

ALL
Safe 40%
Unsafe 52%
REP
Safe 68%
Unsafe 25%
DEM
Safe 20%
Unsafe 73%
IND
Safe 39%
Unsafe 51%

(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 5/14-18/20)
full wording: https://t.co/5enVMCYdyN
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) May 25, 2020

More than eight-in-ten Americans say the U.S. can learn either a great deal or a fair amount from other countries about ways to slow the spread of the #coronavirus. https://t.co/LiP5Cyqeh2 pic.twitter.com/qVy5zfmdGK
— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) May 24, 2020

Younger U.S. adults and those with more education are more likely to view information from the WHO about the coronavirus outbreak as trustworthy https://t.co/gVUxDFsvCc pic.twitter.com/sRRAZjDJZO
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) May 24, 2020

Americans take a dim view of raiding their Social Security to cover pandemic expenses. Poll via @DataProgress and @SSWorks https://t.co/t0CJ3gjHUu
— Lorie Konish (@LorieKonish) May 22, 2020

Most Democrats believe that not enough testing for #COVID19 constitutes a major reason behind new infections of the disease. https://t.co/dQVmNoNDwl pic.twitter.com/feLsQoYrPH
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) May 22, 2020

new ABC News poll on how Americans rate Trump’s handling of coronarvirus pandemic:

approve 39%
disapprove 60%

https://t.co/K4D1H2OLnt
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 22, 2020

More Republican voters think violations of personal freedoms from stay-at-home orders (50%) are a "major problem" than think a lack of available testing (41%) is a "major problem" via new Fox News poll.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) May 22, 2020

Majorities across demographic groups say they would get vaccinated for the coronavirus, but there are some differences by race and ethnicity, partisanship, religion and other factors. https://t.co/5lMtuZzzRB pic.twitter.com/Ruc6zLH7GX
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) May 22, 2020

A survey of 1,500 people found that 25% would go to a cinema immediately and 34% within one month https://t.co/GGrVNM94tI
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 26, 2020