Trump administration won’t say where $600 billion of stimulus loan money went

What are they hiding? It’s our money – we deserve to know where it went.

NEW: Democrats are asking major banks to provide reams of info on businesses who obtained PPP loans, attempting to circumvent a decision by Treasury not to provide the info. w/ @Zachary @woodruffbets https://t.co/PVKNu3b3a3
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 15, 2020

What are they hiding?
That’s the question taxpayers should be asking as the Trump administration refuses to reveal where a half-trillion dollars of our hard-earned cash has gone https://t.co/lwsoY0MDTW
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) June 16, 2020

In a reversal from their previous position, the Treasury Department and Small Business Administration say the names and loan amounts of businesses receiving taxpayer-backed coronavirus assistance will not be made public https://t.co/SNXPq69Vba
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 11, 2020

Let’s be clear: Secretary Mnuchin is part of the most corrupt administration in history riddled with conflicts, cronyism, & incompetence. It’s absurd that he believes he should hand out more than $500 billion of taxpayers funds in secret. https://t.co/7tMbtk1W0j
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 12, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) – Building ramparts of secrecy around a $600 billion coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has moved from delay to denial in refusing outright to disclose the recipients of taxpayer-funded loans https://t.co/xJoAUXuPae
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) June 12, 2020

This is extraordinary. $600 BILLION in taxpayer money, directed to business loans. And they won’t say who got the money!?!https://t.co/7zCEKd52Ik
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 13, 2020

Larry Kudlow defends decision not to name which businesses receive big, taxpayer-funded loans. "I don't know think that promise was ever made & I don't think it's necessary…There's a certain privacy element here." Says he'll let Mnuchin make any "technical adjustments."
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 14, 2020

This is categorically FALSE
Promise was absolutely made
We ALL heard it https://t.co/IL4HvHZqqA
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) June 14, 2020

Larry Kudlow says there is a "certain privacy element" at play in the Trump Admin's refusal to disclose the recipients of its $600B coronavirus loan program.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) June 14, 2020

Fox News shares altered photo of Seattle protests

New: Fox News has appended an editor's note to the stories associated with the digitally altered and misleading photos it published of the Seattle "autonomous zone" that made it appear violent & dangerous. The network says it "regrets these errors."https://t.co/TcvMctX4zL
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 13, 2020

The @SeattleTimes catches Fox News digitally altering photos to mislead the public about the situation in Seattle: https://t.co/GTy42PWJv7
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) June 13, 2020

June 2020: @FoxNews runs faked news, producing digitally altered composite photos of Capitol Hill in Seattle: https://t.co/DkUerAnw8O Fox retracted after @SeattleTimes contacted them.
This goes beyond abysmal ethics. Fox made propaganda to support Trump’s lies about “terrorism.” pic.twitter.com/o6QKOR4vJM
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) June 13, 2020

Trump dismisses protesters: “These aren’t my voters”

Trump only cares about his cult members.

NEW: “These aren’t my voters.” Trump dismisses protesters as aides push for harsh tactics. By @carolelee @ckubeNBC @albamonica @kwelkernbc https://t.co/KtqXFycitC
— Dafna Linzer (@DafnaLinzer) June 12, 2020

Covers: Ain’t Nothing You Can Do

Booby Bland’s original version from 1964 and Van Morrison’s fine live cover from 1974.

Wearing masks helps

I see so many people are not wearing them when I go out. Everyone should wear a mask.

Oh https://t.co/1T8My6pFds
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) June 16, 2020

The U.S. Surgeon General on Sunday urged people to wear face coverings, saying they will promote freedom during the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/vZsdaUwvyk
— KTLA (@KTLA) June 14, 2020

The early guidance not to wear face masks was a huge and tragic screw up.https://t.co/rVrckwZTu1
— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) June 12, 2020

Wear a mask or face covering when you are around other people: https://t.co/qO5AMFjuH5
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 12, 2020

University of Arizona doctor: People not wearing masks is a factor in state’s spike in coronavirus cases

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: studyhttps://t.co/afOcprTdZ8 pic.twitter.com/a9qUruaCnU
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) June 11, 2020

Study shows how face masks could prevent a second wave of Covid-19 — but there’s a catch

Covers: Smile

The music for “Smile” was written by Charlie Chaplin and used in his 1936 film Modern Times. Lyrics and the title were added in 1954. The first version with lyrics was recorded by Nat King Cole. It has been covered by many artists since then.

One of them was Eric Clapton who I saw perform it in 1974.

The Jimmy Durante version is used in the 2019 film Joker. In the film, Modern Times is also shown at a benefit.

Trump downplays systemic racism

That’s what racists do.

Trump's downplaying of racial inequity in policing 2day in Dallas-“You always have a bad apple. No matter where…& there are not too many of them” in police-a reminder how much modern GOP coalition unites around the belief systemic racism no longer exists https://t.co/mNuUty3KYu
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) June 11, 2020

As Trump speaks in Dallas on race and policing, a reminder: The event excludes the three top law enforcement officials in the county – a police chief, sheriff and district attorney, who all are black. https://t.co/GsHFCmJo4R
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 11, 2020

Trump flew to Dallas today, allegedly for a roundtable on race and policing. But Trump did not invite the Dallas police chief, the Dallas county sheriff or the Dallas district attorney, all of whom are black.

The real purpose of the trip — a $580,600/person fundraising dinner. pic.twitter.com/79s3stsMtc
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 11, 2020

OAN poll showed Trump and Biden tied in Florida

The Trump campaign attacked CNN for a poll showing Trump was behind but his favorite network had him tied in Florida with Biden. Then they took the poll down. Lol!

So OAN promised a pro-Trump poll to counteract the CNN one. It published the poll. It had bad numbers. It tried to frame them in remarkably bad ways. It then unpublished the poll. https://t.co/trjWtZ3Skb
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 11, 2020

Official response from CNN General Counsel to @TeamTrump‘s letter demanding CNN apologize for a poll that shows @JoeBiden leading. pic.twitter.com/pQaGPxsA0y
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) June 10, 2020

Majority disapproves of how Trump handles race relations

President Trump approval rating on race relations among black Americans via new @CNN poll today:

7% approve
91% disapprove
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 8, 2020

icymi

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling race relations?

Approve 31%
Disapprove 63%

(CNN Poll, 6/2-5/20)https://t.co/HLWkveOR6w
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) June 11, 2020

icymi

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling race relations?

WHITE
Approve 38%
Disapprove 57%

BLACK
Approve 7%
Disapprove 91%

(CNN Poll, 6/2-5/20)https://t.co/HLWkveOR6w
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) June 11, 2020

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling race relations?

Approve 33%
Disapprove 58%

(CBS News Poll, 5/29 – 6/2/20)https://t.co/ZWtW0kpOzW
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) June 5, 2020

Nearly 60 percent of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump's handling of race relations, poll says https://t.co/ZJkCRnEMBE
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 4, 2020

New CNN poll

84% think the peaceful protests in response to police violence are justified.

65% say Trump’s response to the protests has been more harmful than helpful.

63% disapprove of Trump's handling of race relations.https://t.co/ssV9Eb0CSI
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) June 8, 2020

Approval of Black Lives Matters is way up but most Republicans still disapprove of it

THREAD: NEW POLLING HIGHLIGHTS

In 2016, just a quarter of Americans (27%) said they approved of Black Lives Matter.

Today, that number has more than doubled: 57% now say they have a favorable view of the movement.https://t.co/sKxzG163qA via @YouGov, @AndrewRomano pic.twitter.com/98RPqhmJhG
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) June 11, 2020

Public opinion rarely moves fast, but it has on #BlackLivesMatter

In the last two weeks, American voters’ support for the Black Lives Matter movement increased almost as much as it had in the preceding two years. https://t.co/VUuyDQBbQc
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 10, 2020

Polls taken since Floyd’s death have found significant differences in what kinds of threats we perceive and condemn. https://t.co/L4iO2lE0mE
— Slate (@Slate) June 12, 2020

A national poll suggests a major shift in the country's view of the protests begun in 2016 by Colin Kaepernick, who may be getting a glimmer of revived interest from the NFL https://t.co/9JawPBnYww
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 12, 2020

POLL: A majority of black Americans support the movement to defund police departments (57%), and putting the money towards other community programs (64%). https://t.co/UMsFq950SH
— ABC News (@ABC) June 12, 2020

Almost seven in 10 Americans say they've felt both hopeful and angry as mass demonstrations against racial injustice have roiled the US, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS shows, with significant differences reported depending on political party and race. https://t.co/Px7ra5tGH9
— CNN (@CNN) June 12, 2020