Trump continues to attack mail-in voting

Republicans are big on voter suppression.

That's the thing about democracy, Mr. President: People get a choice.

And when your response to a deadly pandemic is tragically incompetent, you abuse the power of your office, and you strive to divide Americans,

You may not like the choice they make. https://t.co/lcy1M10PeB
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) June 19, 2020

President Trump says the "biggest risk" to his reelection is not stopping increased mail-in voting. https://t.co/gJNFZi0eA5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 19, 2020

California to send every voter mail-in ballot for November https://t.co/HjJyCAW9Z3
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 19, 2020

Florida's House Dem. Leader Kionne McGhee tells NBC that party leaders are very concerned Trump will try and jam up mail-in ballots — Seniors are turning sharply against Trump in the state and many are expected to mail in their ballots.https://t.co/ZekpYBOzqN
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 12, 2020

A judge is threatening to hold Tennessee officials in contempt for not allowing coronavirus fears as a valid excuse for mail-in voting.https://t.co/5POtGd6CL5
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 12, 2020

"The president is out there all the time spreading conspiracy theories about the outcome, about voting and mail-in ballots," Nick Confessore says. "It's really an insurance policy … If he loses he can say, 'well I didn't really lose.'" https://t.co/OUtcEa1HGa
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 15, 2020

In @realDonaldTrump’s telling, there are only two possible scenarios this fall: He wins or the election was stolen.
(Remember, he still claims to have won the popular vote he lost by 3 million in ‘16, arguing “massive fraud” which no one could ever find.)https://t.co/AHaQ26ym8a
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 19, 2020

Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law legislation providing money to help run North Carolina elections safely and securely during the COVID-19 pandemic and making it easier to cast mail-in absentee ballots this fall. https://t.co/yJxekwrFat
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 14, 2020

Trump’s grudge against the US Postal Service is a threat to the US election

The Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy advocacy group based in New York, last week argued that a mail-in option for the presidential elections is critical. https://t.co/oGJ1bytNxR
— Dennis S Brotman 🇺🇸 #DemCast #DemCastNJ (@DenbrotS) June 17, 2020

Funny how often “activists with an axe to grind” turn out to be right. Maybe if the energy spent on snark were applied to system engineering we’d all be better off. “Activists cite tabulation flaw in mail-in ballots in Georgia” https://t.co/OkkIuLsakb
— Richard DeMillo (@rad_atl) June 13, 2020

Without reliable mail service, we cannot have a functioning democratic election this November. https://t.co/BkM839GLWN
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) June 15, 2020

Trump threatens Tulsa protesters

He’s inciting his cult to commit violence.

He doesn’t get it. This is exactly why he is sinking. https://t.co/dsEPq4odTg
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 19, 2020

By the way, if your headline says "Trump appeared to threaten" or "Seemed to threaten" over his Tulsa tweet, get better writers.,

It was a threat. Full stop.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 19, 2020

The 1st amendment rights of protesters are the same in Tulsa as elsewhere in the US. So are the 1A rights of Trump supporters. It's up to OK and Tulsa authorities to follow the law and protect all citizens. But what Trump's doing is inciting his followers to extra-legal action. https://t.co/JUnWxHnZ2Z
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 19, 2020

Trump attacks the Buffalo protester who was injured by police

The man who was pushed to the ground by police has a brain injury.

Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old protester who was pushed by two Buffalo, New York, police officers earlier this month, has a fractured skull and is not able to walk, his lawyer said in a statement provided to CNN https://t.co/5anz3qUqZM
— CNN (@CNN) June 16, 2020

The WSJ told Trump that the 75-year-old protester shoved by police in Buffalo, Martin Gugino, has a brain injury and can't walk. Trump called him a "professional agitator," made some additional baseless insinuations about him, and said this. https://t.co/mSijb32Dwu pic.twitter.com/NG3E1bqNjX
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 19, 2020

While debunking OAN's false claims about the 75-year-old protester injured by Buffalo police, I stumbled across Facebook video shot by an activist which suggests that the protest might have been infiltrated by an undercover officer disguised as a protester https://t.co/rvZUXNSIQy
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) June 17, 2020

.@kwelkernbc: Is it incumbent upon the president to have facts before he tweets out a conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old man?

McENANY: The president did have facts

WELKER: It's a baseless conspiracy theory

McENANY: It's not [it is] pic.twitter.com/c3lzx6niBz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 10, 2020

More right-wing nonsense about Antifa

If you want facts, check out What is Antifa?

Huntsville, Alabama police "identified elements of 10 of 13 antifa roles" from a BLM protest on June 3rd.

Their source is… a chart made by Hong Kong protesters. https://t.co/gEhAJE5xmW pic.twitter.com/r0Hq9ad60r
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) June 19, 2020

I decided to do my new column when I heard that a small, remote logging town on the Oregon coast had been panicked about an antifa invasion, with 200 armed men turning out to fight of the invaders. Similar hysteria has hit towns across the country. https://t.co/6X8zLD612P
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) June 18, 2020

Why isn't it a bigger story that Trump and many of his top law enforcement and national security officials continue to wholly *invent* a "domestic terror" threat without offering the slightest justification for the claim? https://t.co/xsiBVp0xvE https://t.co/udxU6FZ25W
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 15, 2020

Authorities have arrested a Colorado man who they say held two roofing-company salesmen at gunpoint. They were knocking on doors in shirts with the company logo, but the man told police he thought they were antifa. https://t.co/8TteG5vzp1
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) June 14, 2020

NEW None of 400 arrested in Washington during George Floyd protests show ties to Antifa or extremist groups, D.C. officials said. By @keithlalexander and @MerylKornfield https://t.co/usAG76mi7E
— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) June 14, 2020

Oh boy https://t.co/T00NtMpg0U
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 14, 2020

Scant evidence of “antifa” shows how sweeping the protests for racial justice have become https://t.co/G074ZFyyCL
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 13, 2020

Rather than repeating work Daily Beast, AP, and NPR already did showing Billy Barr lied when he blamed the violence on Antifa, maybe it's time to report on WHY Barr lied about the culprits?

Why would an authoritarian AG frame those opposed to right wing authoritarianism?

🤔 https://t.co/MOnIWaauji
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 13, 2020

New York Times: "None of those charged with serious federal crimes amid the unrest have been linked so far to the loose collective of anti-fascist activists known as antifa." https://t.co/A1oHMjfY12
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 12, 2020

If you've been getting your news from right-wing media, you probably think armed militant Antifa activists have seized a section of Seattle.

But the mayor's office tells me, "City officials have not interacted with 'armed antifa militants' at this site."https://t.co/ctZiwNNCx6
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 11, 2020

Opinion: Trump’s bluster about "Antifa" and the protests takes another hit https://t.co/wGmJzPy0hx
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 11, 2020

I spent the last week tracking rumors of roaming bandits of Antifa coming to destroy small towns — and talking to experts about how, and why, this is happening (it's not just the president tweeting) https://t.co/A3tFlPAK3H
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) June 9, 2020

All week, as I was reporting on the antifa panic throughout the country, I kept thinking about the 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, and the '80s Satanic Panic — residents convinced an invisible enemy was coming to their town, no matter how tiny.https://t.co/lybZJCDbd6
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) June 7, 2020

President Trump branded protesters clashing with police after George Floyd’s death as radical-left thugs. Democrats blamed the far-right. But AP finds most of those arrested last weekend in Minneapolis and D.C. were locals. Few were affiliated with groups. https://t.co/7nzO4DMroJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 6, 2020

New from @BrandyZadrozny + me:

Armed residents in small towns all across America, warned by social media and local police, have been gathering to fight off "busloads of antifa," coming to loot their towns.

They never show up.

So what happens next?https://t.co/lybZJCDbd6
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) June 6, 2020

First the Daily Beast and now the AP have looked and looked and looked without finding Antifa behind the protests. https://t.co/hwIFqMKqZm https://t.co/9HFzcWN9OT
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 6, 2020

New splash page on Trump campaign site pic.twitter.com/56yxLrGA1X
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 6, 2020

conspiracy theory addled conservatives are destroying this country and social media is the poison swamp they get radicalized in https://t.co/ad1MlUcJqQ
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) June 6, 2020

The day three suspected boogaloo guys were charged with threatening a protest, Barr talked about the threat of "antifa-like" tactics.

The next day, Barr warned about antifa again. An FBI report that day saw no link to antifa in the day's protests in DC.https://t.co/C6fMwG6XJ4
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 5, 2020

Barr keeps squealing about 'Antifa.' But Antifa is not referenced — not once — in any of the first 22 federal criminal cases from the protests. https://t.co/3EQJT4NMEc
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) June 5, 2020

Coronavirus stats update 6/18/20

The whole world is asking why the US has given up on fighting covid. We have the largest economy on the planet. pic.twitter.com/dk7Wf3T4Y7
— Michael Carpenter (@mikercarpenter) June 19, 2020

Two things about where we are:
– that worrisome uptick in cases over the past week or so, and
– that mortality is declining, suggesting a lot of cases that went undetected in April and May. https://t.co/RSR2NylWVc pic.twitter.com/XujYZ0jDNm
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 19, 2020

The US death toll is now over 117,000 and rising; on April 20, Trump said death toll would reach 50,000-60,000. On Feb. 26, Trump said the cases in US would soon be “close to zero.” Tonight, Trump says the numbers are “minuscule” compare to before and the virus is now “dying out” https://t.co/KQAmshVcXl
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 18, 2020

REPORTER: Coronavirus cases are rising in 22 states, including Oklahoma, where you plan to hold a big rally this week. Aren't you worried about people getting sick?

TRUMP: No, because if you look, the numbers are very minuscule compared to what it was. It's dying out. pic.twitter.com/xWIOO3ja2c
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) June 18, 2020

Sad day: ARIZONA has crossed the rubicon… its epidemic now exceeds Brazil and Peru to be one of the hardest hit regions in the world. Exceeding all European countries as well.

Today: Record cases, record positivity %, record ER, record hospitalizations, record ICU. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/czTCaSeOJ4
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) June 17, 2020

I know I’m not alone in saying that I’m worried. pic.twitter.com/zqcUbo5ogl
— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) June 19, 2020

Another fake video

This is ugly. Trump has no bottom. It’s good that Twitter labeled it but they should take it down.

Twitter has added a label to President Trump's tweet tonight saying it violates the company's policy against "manipulated media." https://t.co/4VP4vHar36
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 19, 2020

Trump is now campaigning for reelection with fictional propaganda videos that include fake footage meant to demean his perceived enemies in the media https://t.co/38f3sMjPKq
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 19, 2020

Imagine living through the last month in America, then turning around and trying to turn racism into a punchline.

You'd cringe if your drunk uncle posted this, let alone the president. https://t.co/cqNBpdkRA5
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 19, 2020

Trump's case against CNN is so strong that he needs to invent evidence to make it https://t.co/odsw8zpDgE
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) June 19, 2020

President tweets out more faked-up @cnn “clips.” https://t.co/QxBGAxNNqe
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) June 19, 2020

Coronavirus outbreaks

If you’re not careful……

Teens test positive for coronavirus during senior week stay in Dewey Beach; may have exposed 100 partygoers https://t.co/WJRtllVtAw
— Baltimore Sun Health (@BaltSunHealth) June 22, 2020

Wow. 236 people infected at one Oregon church that was holding services in defiance of a stay-at-home order. https://t.co/dGhjiQ9p2H
— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) June 18, 2020

“Erika Crisp was excited to go out with 15 of her friends to a newly reopened bar in Jacksonville, Florida. But she now regrets the decision after all 16 of them tested positive for COVID-19 — along with seven of the bar’s employees.” https://t.co/jPBnXs8GkC
— DeMarcus 🛹 (@semperdiced) June 17, 2020

Trump campaign runs ads with marking once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners

Is Facebook changing its attitude toward Trump, or is Trump getting more odious? https://t.co/uRA8OmkfmZ
— Slate (@Slate) June 19, 2020

Trump campaign runs ads with marking once used by Nazis to designate political prisoners.

The red inverted triangle was first used to identify Communists, and applied as well to members of other opposition parties. https://t.co/RHfK6ZM29a
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 18, 2020

88, is that so https://t.co/SsVQsIcTmn
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) June 18, 2020

Funny how these things keep happening — scheduling a rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth, using a Nazi symbol in campaign ads. Why, it's almost as if the Trump campaign is full of white supremacists and fascists, who can't help themselves https://t.co/jFt6QAWYbP
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 18, 2020

Facebook takes down ads run by President Trump’s re-election campaign for breaching its policies on hate https://t.co/cCdwEl15fJ
— CNN (@CNN) June 18, 2020

Supreme Court upholds DACA

Republicans will complain but their position is not shared by the majority.

NEWS: Supreme Court blocks the Trump administration's recession of DACA. Chief Justice Roberts writes the opinion, joined in full or part by the four liberal justices.

DACA survives.https://t.co/qzI1YGgzNA
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 18, 2020

Eight years ago this week, we protected young people who were raised as part of our American family from deportation. Today, I'm happy for them, their families, and all of us. We may look different and come from everywhere, but what makes us American are our shared ideals…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 18, 2020

I get the impression that you do a lot of things that the Supreme Court regards as illegal. https://t.co/dqeTVAjIQG
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 18, 2020

Images like this do more for America’s standing in the world than anything we could do through our foreign policy. https://t.co/Y2jGfyV6wm
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 18, 2020

Nearly 75% of Americans Support Legal Status For DACA Beneficiaries, Poll Finds#DACA https://t.co/85l1IKVOqY
— Antonio Arellano (@AntonioArellano) June 18, 2020

But 70% of Americans support DACA. It will energize the base, but Trump cannot win with with 30%, no matter how energized they may be. https://t.co/c7qntoZwSn
— No Malarkey Spoon (@Political_spoon) June 18, 2020

Sorry you didn't get to screw over millions of American dreamers for your racist base.https://t.co/Eex2C0yzA6
— 'Stache Exotic (@Stache2020) June 18, 2020

2/ 69% of Trump voters don't want to see Dreamers deported. Protecting Dreamers is one of the most popular, bipartisan issues in America. Rescinding DACA was always for the purpose of using Dreamers as bait to get the Wall and deport others. That blew up. https://t.co/IYwvN5h433
— Alan Cross (@AlanLCross) June 18, 2020

Reminder: Democrats offered Trump *$25 billion* for wall/border in return for a path to citizenship for the DACA-eligibles. WH rejected.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 18, 2020

Trump could have had a deal

DACA is safe. For now. And Sotomayor makes clear that POTUS’ intent was bigoted in her concuring decision:

“Taken together, ‘the words of the President’ help to ‘create the strong perception’ that the recission decision was ‘contaminated by impermissible discriminatory animus.’” pic.twitter.com/sC7YJlRUlW
— Phillip Atiba Goff (@DrPhilGoff) June 18, 2020

He mad. https://t.co/k6Ib0UQ0hc
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 18, 2020

Playbook PM: TRUMP has spent 3yrs delighting in flouting governing conventions and cutting corners.

BUT TODAY, the SUPREME COURT slapped him across the face with the rulebook, upholding DACA because the TRUMP ADMINISTRATION did not follow the correct procedures in repealing it.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 18, 2020

This is a sobering reminder that how we vote matters. #Election2020 is about what kind if country we choose to be. I choose caring and cohesive. #VoteOutHate https://t.co/KaEiZNz4dF
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) June 18, 2020

Opinion: In big DACA ruling, Trump’s bad faith blew up in his face https://t.co/WqYLiqm1bb
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 19, 2020

Don’t forget about Breonna Taylor

No police officers have been arrested for her murder. We cannot forget about her and her killers must be held accountable.

#BreonnaTaylor’s killers have still not been arrested.

We had to fight to get her name said. Fight to get her family heard. Fight to get the activists heard.

And we’ll keep fighting. #SayHerName
— brittany packnett cunningham does not do remixes. (@MsPackyetti) June 18, 2020

Breonna Taylor's family is demanding answers about her death from the City of Louisville, Kentucky, an attorney for her family says in a letter.

It ends by saying Taylor's mother, Tamika, "deserves the truth" and that "the city deserves the truth." https://t.co/ti1N0EyISR
— CNN (@CNN) June 16, 2020

It has been 96 days since Breonna Taylor was killed. Her killers have not been arrested. If the system will continue to protect her killers, then we must change the system.
— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) June 17, 2020

Breonna Taylor’s police report said she had “no injuries” when she in fact had 8 gunshot wounds. And the 3 cops responsible still walk free. WT fucking F?
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) June 17, 2020

For 21 days, protesters in Louisville have gathered in the name of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by Louisville Police. https://t.co/Cdpx0g35cA
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 18, 2020