Lawsuit against the Trumps is proceeding

Then there’s stuff like Trump University. Just a sleazy family.

Can anyone tally up and briefly summarize the number of lawsuits CURRENTLY going against Trump, his businesses, children, fake charities? I would be interested in that and would pay a freelance journalist for their time.

I'm interested in the VOLUME.https://t.co/r1mCMQ5EKq
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) May 19, 2020

A federal judge has allowed a federal lawsuit accusing President Trump, his three eldest children and his company of collaborating with a fraudulent marketing scheme to prey on investors to proceed, denying the Trumps' request for a stay https://t.co/mqkiOaKzPY
— CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2020

A federal judge has refused to stay a lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and the Trump Corporation committed "various business torts," including engaging in an illegal pyramid scheme. https://t.co/o1M0UBWf7a
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 19, 2020

Trump, his family and his business cannot pause a lawsuit accusing them of promoting a pyramid scheme, a federal judge ruled, finding a "strong likelihood" that their appeal seeking to move the case to arbitration will fail. @CourthouseNews

Doc: https://t.co/vODsPcqyRd pic.twitter.com/2OHZfkQbcZ
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 18, 2020

Covers: Send Me Some Lovin’

Here’s “Send Me Some Lovin'” in honor of the late Little Richard who originated it.

This is a list of cover versions from Second Hand Songs. I just discovered this site and it looks great.

New coronavirus polls 5/16/20

NEW POLL: 76% support #Masks4All requirements for customers at stores. Only 23% opposed. @jeremyphoward https://t.co/7o87sZh0EC
— David Keating (@DavidLKeating) May 16, 2020

approval of Trump’s handling of coronavirus, by race/religious belief:

black Protestant 19%
Hispanic Catholic 29%
Jewish 34%
white Catholic 55%
white Protestant 56%
white evangelical 75%

all Americans 41%
https://t.co/A75F48irR4
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 16, 2020

Most Americans – including 68% of those who have lost their jobs or taken a cut in pay due to the #coronavirus outbreak – are concerned that state governments will lift restrictions too quickly https://t.co/KXSTd9Vfm4 pic.twitter.com/Q7Eus3ulJE
— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) May 16, 2020

Nurse: The supply of ”PPE has been sporadic.”

Trump: ”Sporadic for you. We have tremendous supply.”

He’s dead wrong!

New Poll of over 400 Massachusetts nurses:

Only about half say their workplace has enough PPE.

60% fear they’ll catch the virus. https://t.co/8YV82nyliC
— Christopher C. Alberto (@ChrisAlbertoLaw) May 7, 2020

New, from me & @hrfingerhut: The coronavirus has prompted almost two-thirds of American believers to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives, per a new poll from the U. Chicago Divinity School & AP/NORC.

More fascinating findings here ->https://t.co/PVq29nymiq
— Elana Schor (@eschor) May 15, 2020

A new poll shows concern about climate change correlates with the way people are responding to the virus. https://t.co/1MqewTsG7x
— grist (@grist) May 2, 2020

Meanwhile, Governors maintain their sky-high ratings. Interestingly, we still see a difference persist in gubernatorial job ratings between those who took early social distancing action versus those who took late action. pic.twitter.com/GKhzthnLM9
— Nick Gourevitch (@nickgourevitch) May 5, 2020

This one speaks volumes. 12% of America has wanted to get a test for coronavirus for themselves or a household member. Only ~1/3 of that (4%) has actually gotten a test. In suburban and rural America, you see especially abysmal rates of getting tests for those that want them. pic.twitter.com/byMge8hZ7W
— Nick Gourevitch (@nickgourevitch) May 5, 2020

DEUTSCHE: “Half of US households have already withdrawn or plan to withdraw money from their retirement accounts due to coronavirus-related circumstances.” pic.twitter.com/oPjFgartyT
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) May 15, 2020

ABC / Ipsos poll:

73% of Americans believe there are not enough tests available in the United States. Only 26% said there's adequate testing available right now.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 15, 2020

In your opinion, do you think it is necessary for people in your community to avoid gatherings with friends that you do not live with at this time, or is this NOT necessary?
Necessary 75%
Not necessary 24%
(Washington Post/U. of Maryland, 5/5-10/20)https://t.co/FZqvGXKZcC
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) May 15, 2020

In your opinion, do you think it is necessary for people in your community to stay at home as much as possible at this time, or is this NOT necessary?
Necessary 78%
Not necessary 22%
(Washington Post/U. of Maryland, 5/5-10/20)https://t.co/FZqvGXKZcC
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) May 15, 2020

DeVos is using stimulus funds to help favored private and religious schools

NEW: Public school districts have been told to reserve money, intended to help low-income children, for private schools https://t.co/F87Db24M2I
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 16, 2020

Lot of interest in DeVos stimulus story today. For more great coverage, please see:
From:@ElissaNadworny: https://t.co/nHBsIggxHd
From @Kery_Murakami: https://t.co/zFMBeoW8Yt
From @matt_barnum: https://t.co/xx14qZuK9D
From @AndrewUjifusa : https://t.co/3B2dTJi6kx
— Erica L. Green (@EricaLG) May 16, 2020

Secretary Betsy DeVos is using the $2 trillion stimulus bill to boost private and religious schools that she has long supported.

The funds were primarily intended for public schools.https://t.co/NQBOZ1LVkI
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 15, 2020

“Public schools have faced 3 distinct challenges since pandemic began: scrambling to make sure poor kids don’t go hungry, teaching students remotely who lack internet & bracing for dramatically smaller budgets.” DeVos’ new directive will make all 3 worse. https://t.co/AGWLqhrnnU
— Derek W. Black (@DerekWBlack) May 16, 2020

How Betsy DeVos’s handling of relief funds hurt some of the country’s neediest schools, students https://t.co/nAVIPN6UmP
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 13, 2020

Taxpayer money spent at Trump businesses

We started this year w/ a simple Q: how much taxpayer money has been paid to @realdonaldtrump’s businesses?

The govt provided no answer. Trump Org provided no answer.

So we started digging. So far, we’ve found $970,000.
But…https://t.co/lJbUeMU2My
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 15, 2020

These payments are so interesting b/c they offered @realdonaldtrump and his biz such a clear moral question.
They could set any price, knowing the govt *had* to pay. The only limit was their own sense of what was right — given that this was taxpayers’ money.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 15, 2020

NEW: The Secret Service just signed a $179,000 contract to rent golf carts in Bedminster — a sign they're preparing for @realdonaldtrump to visit this summer.
Trump hasn't visited any of his properties since 3/8 — the longest streak of his presidency.https://t.co/EsY3HVvRkX
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 15, 2020

Coronavirus in prisons

Guards at Farmville, an ICE prison in Virginia, have acknowledged using violence at least three times on detainees, who have been protesting their conditions amid the spread of coronavirus.

Those Farmville detainees are protesting for good reason. https://t.co/H3h0w49dVx
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 14, 2020

Nearly 900 inmates have tested positive at the Federal Correctional Institution in Seagoville, two weeks after the prison announced an initiative for mass testing.https://t.co/vW3xf3CZUu
— Elvia Limón (@elvialimon) July 15, 2020

There are now 143 kids in Texas youth prisons who have tested positive for COVID-19 – that's around 20 percent of the population. pic.twitter.com/CtiwKoCN5A
— Keri Blakinger (@keribla) July 15, 2020

Over the last two weeks, there have been 919 new COVID-19 cases in California's San Quentin State Prison.https://t.co/H3aFvaym7F
— Salon (@Salon) July 6, 2020

>> Top medical officer at California prisons ousted amid worsening coronavirus outbreak. In a fateful decision, official moved inmates out of prison with outbreak, causing COVID-19 nightmare at many prisons https://t.co/x0rAP4LB6g
— Shelby Grad (@shelbygrad) July 6, 2020

BREAKING: Juan Moreno Haines, an incarcerated journalist, and regular contributor to The Appeal who has reported on the conditions prisoners are facing from inside San Quentin as the virus has rapidly spread, has tested positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/pW11mJ3bnQ
— Matt Ferner (@matthewferner) July 2, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin prison triples in just 2 weeks after reckless transfer of inmates https://t.co/OdJmglkhA5)
— Kate Chatfield (@ChatfieldKate) June 18, 2020

In 1970, a federal judge declared Arkansas’s prison system unconstitutional. Fifty years later, as the coronavirus spreads throughout the state’s prisons, inmates say that they are still being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. https://t.co/IPR30f7Z5k
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 17, 2020

Here is one more reason why we need to end mass incarceration. In American jails and prisons at least 64,000 people have been infected with COVID-19 and 589 inmates and workers have died. Today we're looking at an unprecedented level of capital punishment.https://t.co/0MisplGpyL
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 14, 2020

The toll continues to mount: follow @MarshallProj tracker to see infections, deaths, testing rates in prisons X-country — the incarcerated and staff. Cheers to @katiepark @ultracasual @Weihua_Li1 and @MarshallProj staff + @AP https://t.co/A9gUv4Fo8w
— Susan Chira (@susanchira) May 15, 2020

“We have seen a handful of states begin to mass test prisoners,” Katie Park of The Marshall Project says of COVID-19 testing in prisons. “But, in a lot of cases states are testing prisoners at a lower rate than the general population.”https://t.co/ykEpBDmqM4
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 16, 2020

My latest: Right now, more than two million Americans are sitting behind bars as the coronavirus outbreak deepens. Many prison systems have ended in-person visits for loved ones. Inmates say there's little they can do to avoid catching the virus. https://t.co/F5xk8Xv7ub
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 15, 2020

In Texas, some counties are excluding incarcerated people who test positive from case counts, masking the prevalence of the virus in rural areas. In at least nine counties, @TexasObserver found, prison cases make up more than 10% of the total.https://t.co/XDJxp8jFUq
— Aaron Littman (@aaronlittman) May 12, 2020

We’ve seen a rapid spread of coronavirus in state & federal prison systems, and not enough is being done to protect incarcerated people from the virus. The Administration must do better. https://t.co/4FKI0YFWKC
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) May 9, 2020

A federal judge is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit designed to force the state to better protect prison inmates from the #coronavirus. https://t.co/mbiG83DeY3
— News12CT (@News12CT) May 16, 2020

Scoop by @josephcneff: halfway houses a new vector of infection—@MarshallProj: Photos Show No Social Distancing In Halfway House https://t.co/tJdD2EbzxV
— Susan Chira (@susanchira) May 16, 2020

WATCH: @KatiePark of The Marshall Project tells @ChuckTodd that "a handful of states are mass testing prisoners" for COVID-19. #MTPDaily

Katie Park: "But in a lot of cases, states are testing prisoners at a lower rate than the general population." pic.twitter.com/MCMNIFYFU0
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 15, 2020

Coronavirus stats 5/16/20

“If the United States had begun imposing social distancing measures one week earlier than it did in March, about 36,000 fewer people would have died in the coronavirus outbreak, according to new estimates from Columbia University disease modelers.” https://t.co/Fm1QGn55uW
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 21, 2020

Staggering fact. The US has 4.25% of the world’s population. Yet we have 32% of the world’s COVID cases, and 28% of the world’s deaths.
— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) May 16, 2020

New stats from NJ show a massive spike in deaths compared to 2019 — thousands higher than official number of fatalities linked to COVID

Experts called the spike “catastrophic” and suggest the impact of the virus was worse than feared. w/@byJoeHernandez https://t.co/Q4jvrQ9Gts
— Ryan W Briggs (@rw_briggs) May 6, 2020

.@NickKristof — The true US death count from #COVID19 already is over 100,000 https://t.co/X6FohB9Q5f pic.twitter.com/7EXncrdaYJ
— David Beard (@dabeard) May 14, 2020

“Using an apples-to-apples comparison, we can say that the coronavirus has already killed eight times as many people as the flu. By the time we get data for the entire season, the difference appears likely to be at least tenfold,a full order of magnitude.” https://t.co/Uwo3PlGRIM
— Shawn Donnan (@sdonnan) May 2, 2020

Sometimes the simplest data visualizations are the most informative. I made this graph yesterday from the @JHUSystems global data.
It shows the US 8X expected cases, 6.5X expected deaths on a population basis. Underreporting of deaths is systemic; for that the US is no exception. pic.twitter.com/36C8Fe7el9
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 2, 2020

Trump smears and attacks

That’s all he knows how to do. His campaign should be based on what he wants to do but, just like in 2016, he is focusing on tearing down his opponent.

Most of the attacks on Biden that the RNC tested didn't move voter sentiment substantially. There were a few that showed promise, but they were traditional GOP lines about issues like taxes, people briefed on the data said https://t.co/YqAOKSC2qr
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 16, 2020

Is he a crook now? I thought he was old and confused. Or a puppet of China. Or sleepy. Or creepy. Or a radical socialist.

Good campaigns figure out one story to tell about their opponent. They might get there, but it’s May and Parscale and co. haven’t figured it out yet. https://t.co/3ROQDj46By
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 16, 2020

Lots in our story on all that Trump is hurling at Biden—including a wave of F’book ads painting him as senile—and the president’s son is now suggesting the former VP is a pedophile >>https://t.co/Kv570T5tVo pic.twitter.com/H33RrlOIdV
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) May 16, 2020

The president’s campaign didn’t respond to an email asking if they condoned the unfounded accusation.

Don is a high-profile surrogate for his dad’s campaign and has also appeared at events on behalf of a number of Republican lawmakers
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) May 16, 2020

Satire becomes reality

Paging @Suzanne_VY An idea for you? pic.twitter.com/k9dptZDvqP
— Larry McCauley (@larryfroot) April 2, 2020

Where was this when I was an altar server?
Fun! https://t.co/vNSKfETqfb
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 16, 2020

Trump supports abusive protesters

The reporter was just trying to cover the story. These attacks were uncalled for and Trump’s approval of them is disgraceful.

In times of crisis, leaders usually try to unite the country. Remind everyone we’re all Americans, in this together. Trump, on the other hand, is promoting a video in which people hurl insults — “You are the virus,” “traitor,” “enemy,” “disgusting,” etc. — at a local TV reporter. https://t.co/ewA1XBOh4K
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 16, 2020

The president has now twice amplified this https://t.co/xzu6Px3M0A
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 16, 2020

This is a local news reporter, not one of the national reporters the president goes after. He went to cover these folks’ stories, stories the president has been trying to amplify. Instead of recognizing that, he just attacks the reporter because reporters = bad. https://t.co/25GR8xc9z3
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 16, 2020

A LOCAL station reporter, not a network person, here is interviewing the president's supporters and getting all kinds of unwarranted abuse, and here is the president's reaction. pic.twitter.com/ljwnYDlPfB
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 16, 2020

sad https://t.co/OXZAF9UJ8U
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 15, 2020