Trump’s spending on the wall was unlawful

BREAKING: A federal appeals court rules Friday the Trump admin. does not have the authority to use military funding to pay for construction of a border wall. https://t.co/0PaLmkcre4
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 26, 2020

Breaking: Trump admin does not have authority to divert Pentagon funds to construct additional barriers on US-Mexico border, a federal appeals court ruled, days after Trump’s visit to the wall.

In 2-1 ruling, Ninth Circuit said the $2.5 billion transfer circumvented Congress.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 26, 2020

BREAKING: A federal appeals court ruled in our case that President Trump’s attempt to transfer billions of dollars in military pay and pension funds for border wall construction is unlawful.
— ACLU (@ACLU) June 26, 2020

Trump’s disgusting effort to kill Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act)

There’s a pandemic going on

Many people are losing health insurance when they lose their joj

Sad!

On Thursday night, the Trump admin. filed its brief to repeal Obamacare with the Supreme Court.

"…[Americans] are not buying what the administration is selling. Simply put, gutting Obamacare is a political loser," writes @LloydGreen9.https://t.co/C0tvpdRbjD
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 26, 2020

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn the Affordable Care Act. If successful, this would bring a permanent end to the health insurance program known as Obamacare and wipe out coverage for as many as 23 million Americans. https://t.co/wvUCqmqk3F
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 26, 2020

Trump wants to rip millions of Americans health care away. In the middle of a pandemic.

His administration is saying so in black-and-white right here.

Don't let him. Vote!https://t.co/1Jtgyy7ZTG
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 26, 2020

Trump is trying to change the law so that an insurance company can deny coverage for the millions of Americans who survive COVID19. So if you’ve had COVID19 Trump is gonna make sure you pay, forever, with higher premiums.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 26, 2020

NEW tonight: Trump administration files a brief asking the Supreme Court to wipe out Obamacare, arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the entirety of the law must be struck down with it. https://t.co/08W0r6ivdT
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 26, 2020

Democrats are uniting around a plan to make health care central to the 2020 campaign after the Trump admin's push to strike down the ACA, w/ @StephArmour1 https://t.co/hMziMsjadU
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) June 26, 2020

Polls show that Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) is popular

Trump still wants to kill it.

Majority Support Obamacare Despite Trump’s Supreme Court Bid to Kill ACA

#ACA #Obamacare is still vastly more popular with the American people than Donald Trump https://t.co/8EwjLiZASg
— Christopher Lawson (@Corpulace) June 26, 2020

It's still more popular than not.https://t.co/9f1zT0dq2E
— Mike 😷 Hamm (@mike_hamm) June 26, 2020

Growing majority of Americans like Obamacare (ACA).

According to FOX NEWS POLL. https://t.co/YLkh0tap1s pic.twitter.com/AqeN7PqOyF
— Kate Pryde (@Mutant187) June 25, 2020

an old poll

NEW POLL: Ten years on, the Affordable Care Act is more popular than ever. The program has a net +23 favorability rating (54% favorable-31% unfavorable), which represents a 22-point increase since last tested in June 2019 (46%-45%). pic.twitter.com/wdU4bzKjvo
— Navigator Research (@NavigatorSurvey) February 27, 2020

Trump’s ridiculous claim that Obama committed treason

New #FactChecker –> Michael Flynn, Barack Obama and Trump’s claims of ‘treason’ https://t.co/p1e6E5FVZv
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) June 26, 2020

In response to plummeting poll numbers due in part to his divisive handling of racial unrest, Trump tries out a new message: his wildly popular African-American predecessor committed treason. https://t.co/bCKqCE5GUa
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 23, 2020

Tonight in accusations of treason: https://t.co/7skJqHdUWJ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 23, 2020

In @DavidBrodyCBN interview, President Trump, without evidence, accuses President Obama of “treason” and says he’s looking forward to seeing what the Justice Department pursues in the coming months. pic.twitter.com/AKo9chdgPI
— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 22, 2020

Right wing media spreads conspiracy theories and misinformation

Let’s just say they lie a lot.

Three new studies about conservative media and Covid-19 "paint a picture of a media ecosystem that amplifies misinformation, entertains conspiracy theories and discourages audiences from taking concrete steps to protect themselves and others." https://t.co/EkMFU3O2ND
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 25, 2020

Three research studies now give devastating weight to what many intuitively knew: That Fox and other pro-Trump media lulled their audiences into not taking coronavirus seriously in the crucial early days. My column, building on @_cingraham's analysis: https://t.co/TIkrLhr67Y
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) June 28, 2020

Coronavirus poll update 6/25/20

Timely poll result given Trump’s comments today about reopening the schools https://t.co/QcK00uRQS4
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) July 7, 2020

65% of U.S. adults say that they have personally worn a mask in stores or other businesses all or most of the time in the past month. https://t.co/RBHHGIQqvQ
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) June 28, 2020

55% of U.S. adults say the reasons why Black people face higher #COVID19 hospitalization rates than other racial or ethnic groups have more to do with circumstances beyond people’s control. 44% say it has more to do with people’s choices and lifestyles. https://t.co/KogZJOJQkj pic.twitter.com/cmC5vGaYQa
— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) June 27, 2020

A new Pew poll finds a sharp partisan divide over concerns about Covid-19, with 61% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents saying the worst is behind us while 76% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents think the worst is still to come https://t.co/P1GCxWUZKN
— CNN (@CNN) June 25, 2020

THREAD: As the U.S. sees growing numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases, a new AP-NORC poll finds support for measures to slow the virus’ spread has declined from the early days of the pandemic. https://t.co/ITBmmhjIBd
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 25, 2020

Absolutely heartbreaking.

Our communities are suffering because of this administration’s lack of leadership.https://t.co/ee6M2BNGaY
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 28, 2020

CNN didn’t cover Biden’s speech today

They devoted hours to Trump’s Tulsa rally. This is 2016 all over again. Trump is dominating media coverage. It’s very unfair to Biden.

If this was 2016 and Trump was the challenger, CNN would have a carried this event from beginning to end. https://t.co/NXO2DbIpV4
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 25, 2020

This is a great clip. https://t.co/495WpveYP6
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) June 25, 2020

I sent this message in an email to Brian Stelter at CNN today (6/26):

Overall, I think you do a great time during a very challenging time for reporters between having a president who lies often and several major crises happening at the same time.However, I think you should have addressed why CNN did not broadcast Biden’s event on Thursday. I am concerned that we will see a repeat of 2016 when CNN and other networks gave Trump excessive coverage which helped him win the nomination and election. Yes, a lot of CNN’s coverage points out Trump’s lies and failings. However, more coverage of Biden is needed now in the interest of fairness.
Harris Levy

Racial anxiety drives support for Trump

This isn’t news. It’s been studied since the election.

Every Trump supporter is either a racist or is willing to tolerate racism.

What happened to “economic anxiety”? 🤔https://t.co/M3fSGabRi4
— Midwin Charles (@MidwinCharles) June 25, 2020

Here are some old articles

Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did

Donald Trump’s support in the 2016 campaign was clearly driven by racism, sexism, and xenophobia

Two studies suggest Trump broadened the Republican Party’s appeal by tapping into deep-seated anxieties and prejudices

Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism

TV’s influence on elections

Television has had a huge influence on elections starting with the Kennedy-Nixon debates. Kennedy obviously came across better on TV. Charisma and excellent public speaking helped Clinton and Obama win. We have elected a movie star (Reagan) and reality TV star (Trump).

This applies to music too. Most successful musicians are attractive. The exceptions are those who are obviously or deliberately unattractive like Meat Loaf or Alice Cooper. Because of video, you don’t see average looking folks become successful musicians.

I am discussing this because of Tom Nichols’s tweets.

Not only do I hope Biden wins in 2020, I hope it starts us on a path away from thinking that every presidential candidate has to be some kind of celebrity or a rock star. Politics is hard work and it's mostly boring. I blame JFK, Reagan – yep – and Bill Clinton for a lot of this. https://t.co/fl8yUKBxaO
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 22, 2020

If you don’t think that television and our stupid celebrity culture is part of our political problem, then you’re going to be shocked when another Trump shows up down the line.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 22, 2020

I am not comparing these presidents on substance. I am talking about how they were marketed, and how years of making presidents into glamorous celebrities has led us to a very bad place. The presidency is now part of a celebrity culture, and I hope that ends. https://t.co/7woGyTyTXZ
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 22, 2020

Trump campaign’s unpaid bills

They have stiffed cities over and over.

Perhaps the most ironic of Trump's super-cheesy moves is the failure of his campaign to pay police departments all over America for security during his MAGA rallies. He's a fraud who constantly sings the praises of cops, then screws 'em. Nice. https://t.co/qp9D0RXU2h
— Maggie Harper (@painterly111) August 4, 2020

Pence will hold a "Cops for Trump" event in Tucson after city officials say the Trump Campaign still refuses to pay a 4 year-old bill. The campaign has racked $2 million total in unpaid bills total. https://t.co/6eWg5nxrxl

I wrote about this a year ago: https://t.co/K2Ck5V5h7U
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) August 7, 2020

NEW: @VP Mike Pence scheduled to conduct "Cops for Trump" rally in @cityoftucson on Tuesday.

BUT: Trump campaign still won't pay a $81,000 police bill Tucson officials sent in 2016 stemming from a MAGA rally that year. https://t.co/nQafAXtU8T
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) August 6, 2020

Trump’s campaign will leave Tulsa tonight owing — in the opinions of 14 municipal government — more than $1.8 million in unpaid police and public safety costs stemming from MAGA rallies. https://t.co/nAOOSflyno
— Dave Levinthal (@davelevinthal) June 21, 2020

Trump has racked up unpaid bills for his political rallies all around the country, more than any other candidate.

Oh and he still owes DC for the Fourth of July and for his inauguration. https://t.co/2sOnhB8tfi
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 22, 2020

Cities across the U.S. say Trump has failed to reimburse local officials for security assistance to the president’s campaign during his MAGA rallieshttps://t.co/AR41ztIulg
— POLITICO (@politico) October 8, 2019

What is the possible justification for the Trump campaign, flush with cash, to not pay strapped localities the police and public safety bills? https://t.co/rTLQGXAWvt
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 15, 2020

Here are some checks that @realDonaldTrump is more than welcome to put his name on. https://t.co/pZSkgsf6Jh
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) April 16, 2020