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Month: August 2020
QAnon followers on Facebook
This just gets worse and worse.
EXCLUSIVE: Documents from an internal Facebook investigation into Qanon show, for the first time, the massive scale of the conspiracy theory's community on the platform. We're talking thousands of groups, millions of members. From me and @ArijitDSen https://t.co/LElvZbXzpP
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) August 10, 2020
Fake Jeffrey Epstein flight logs have become an obsession among the QAnon crowd, leading them to target Chrissy Teigen, Beyonce, and a host of others who have nothing to do with the late sex trafficker https://t.co/ziPUUHim2B
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) August 10, 2020
Facebook removes QAnon group with 200,000 members, cites harassment and misinformation https://t.co/ddPC8o2udd pic.twitter.com/5PIeZmUtZc
— The Hill (@thehill) August 7, 2020
Yesterday: Fringe QAnon candidate tweets about pizzagate…
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) August 6, 2020
Today: The president of the United States retweets her twice. h/t @AlKapDC https://t.co/BcnkPXF29V pic.twitter.com/FxQwckueYe
The QAnon crowd is obsessed with this completely bonkers "documentary" called OUT OF SHADOWS, alleging (without a shred of evidence) that Hollywood is run by satanist pedophiles. It's racked up tens of millions of views and YouTube refuses to ban it https://t.co/QSxuTkFgy3
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) August 6, 2020
My boss @Scott_Wiener has been dealing w/ some of the worst online harassment I've ever seen. Having never dealt w/ QAnon mobs before, I'll just say, it's terrifying and sad and dark. Thank you @alibreland for your excellent reporting.https://t.co/XkoUMX88JS
— Catie Stewart (@catrionastew) August 6, 2020
Terrorism experts say QAnon is a threat to national security https://t.co/6A6vYPj450
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) August 6, 2020
Trump wanted to be added to Mount Rushmore
You can’t make this up.
White House reached out to South Dakota governor about adding President Trump to Mount Rushmore, New York Times reports https://t.co/0MqdAsJfft
— CNN (@CNN) August 9, 2020
Trump’s sabotage of the post office
“How many ways can the new Postmaster General sabotage the @USPS?” https://t.co/lj4b0O9wqw
— Slate (@Slate) August 8, 2020
Trump and his political agent the POSTMASTER GENERAL are pulling apart the US Postal Service authorized by the Constitution. How can Republicans in Congress allow this to happen? 630,000 angry employees. Rural America in peril without USPS.
— Barry R McCaffrey (@mccaffreyr3) August 8, 2020
Trump’s Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and his wife, Aldona Wos, nominated to become our ambassador to Canada, own between $30 million and $75 million of assets in competitors to the US Postal Service. No problem there, right?
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 8, 2020
23 postal executives were reassigned or displaced in today’s shakeup. The new structure centralizes power around a Trump megadonor and de-emphasizes decades’ worth of institutional postal knowledge. ✉️ https://t.co/IZ2eLhtXQc
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) August 7, 2020
I asked a bunch of postal workers what’s wrong with the mail. Their answers were scarier than expected. https://t.co/56aAtqHofg
— Adam Clark Estes (@adamclarkestes) August 7, 2020
Democrats have an opportunity to save the mail before the election. They’re running out of time. https://t.co/pB8DyNU0WY
— Slate (@Slate) August 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/AdyBarkan/status/1291962702709919745?s=20
Top Democrats say postmaster general acknowledged new policies that workers say are delaying mail, @jacobbogage reports https://t.co/4v2a2h7frA
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 6, 2020
Senate Democrat launches inquiry into Postal Service delays https://t.co/F529y7WskI
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) August 5, 2020
President Trump and his appointees have begun taking cost-cutting steps that appear to have led to slower and less reliable Postal Service delivery https://t.co/3aRHpxQThW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 1, 2020
Let's see, it's safe to mail Social Security checks, prescription drugs, and your driver's license, but not to vote? Undermining the USPS is the backdoor of undermining the election. Support USPS. https://t.co/qh0igvHicy
— Richard Stengel (@stengel) August 1, 2020
Lies, lies, lies
Trump just keeps lying.
This tweet gives a year of Bush to Obama and a year of Obama to Trump…
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020
Actual numbers:
Obama Inauguration Day 2009 open: 8,279.63
Obama last full day 2017 close: 19,732.40 (+138%)
Trump Inaug 2017 open: 19,795.06
Trump close yesterday: 27,791.44 (+40%) pic.twitter.com/Fn13cD7mEh
No:
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020
Russia doesn’t want Trump to lose
Trump didn’t “ban” China
Foreigners can’t easily mess with mail votes
No mass fraud in NY
Trump isn’t first to tariff China
Trump wasn’t left 0 ventilators
“1917” pandemic didn’t end World War 2
Obama didn’t do treason https://t.co/qwliJeu4IJ
No, Democrats aren’t cheating in the election by negotiating a relief bill
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 8, 2020
No, Trump isn’t a pioneer in protecting people with pre-existing-conditions
No, foreign countries can’t easily forge and submit mail ballots
No, the virus isn’t “disappearing” https://t.co/gjnz6twVgF
Mary Trump’s book is number one — by hundreds of thousands of copies https://t.co/wdHIbEAAmK
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 6, 2020
This morning, President Trump is repeating many of the same falsehoods and misleading statements and numbers on Covid and mail-in voting. Not worth repeating here.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 5, 2020
Fact check: President Trump litters briefing with false, unsubstantiated claims on voter fraud, Covid response and Beirut explosion https://t.co/v8RQTsmnBR pic.twitter.com/oIEKUcmnZA
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 5, 2020
"You cannot just ignore B.S. You have to shovel it."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 5, 2020
—@brikeilarcnn pushing back on the assertion that fact-checking Trump et al just "gives life to the lies"
Hoover and Kennedy both donated their salary. Trump has said this four times since July 2019. https://t.co/MQcGt4WNwr
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 3, 2020
Trump falsely claimed Obama "never even tried" to do criminal justice reform (bipartisan bill died in 2016 amid opposition from many Republicans during the Trump campaign; Obama still took multiple measures through executive action).
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020
Trump says he asked Steve Schwarzman of Blackstone if it's possible to legitimately do what Hunter Biden did in China, and Schwarzman said no, it's not possible.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 11, 2020
Schwarzman's spokeswoman says he has never spoken to Trump about either Hunter Biden or Joe Biden.
Trump told a detailed story last week about how he discussed Hunter Biden's business dealings with Blackstone Group founder Steve Schwarzman. Schwarzman's spokeswoman says, “Steve never spoke to the president about Joe Biden or his family." https://t.co/zOPBZF3eu0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 1, 2019
Trump considers directing the postal service not to deliver mail in ballots
He will do whatever he can to sabotage voting by mail.
The White House is considering directing the postal service not to deliver mail in ballots. 23 postal execs were sacked this week. If this doesn’t scare you, democracy must be optional to you. https://t.co/Dm4oTgcdWI via @politico
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) August 8, 2020
The 2020 election will be a fiasco
Neither side will accept the results if they lose.
If Trump loses, he’ll blame illegal votes and mail voting.
If Biden loses, he’ll blame voter suppression and foreign interference.
Trump has told numerous lies about illegal aliens voting and voter fraud in order to undermine public confidence in the election. If he can’t win, he wants to take the country down with him. Sad!
“The president has very little, if any, power with how elections are conducted. Trump’s power is that he has no shame and that shamelessness has infected his entire political party,” said Democratic lawyer Marc Elias. w/@peterbakernyt @NYTnickc @maggieNYT https://t.co/G6AMS5gCPg
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) August 8, 2020
The longer it takes to affirm the election result, the more doubt Trump can sow.
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 11, 2020
And the more effective he will be in doing so.https://t.co/GSvxikEpTO
Only one in five voters (21%) say they are "very confident" that the November election will be conducted fairly and accurately via new Monmouth poll.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 11, 2020
42% say they are somewhat confident, 24% say not too confident and 12% so not at all confident.
trump will almost certainly try to contest the election results regardless of what happens but the best way to rob the effort of any oxygen is to make sure he’s losing on election night. https://t.co/Ox804iOlSs
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 11, 2020
New Monmouth poll among voters concerned about election meddling in 2020: Who is most likely to be the source of any election meddling?
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 11, 2020
Republican voters:
55% Democrats
12% China
11% Post Office
6% Russia
Democratic voters:
40% Russia
31% Trump
16% Republicans
9% China
47% of Republicans say they are "very optimistic" about the 2020 presidential election vs. 24% of Democrats who say the same via new Monmouth poll out today.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 11, 2020
Tracking Trump’s deregulation
This remains one of the most important reporting resources documenting the policy priorities of this administration: https://t.co/CpA7PB6ZIg
— Siddhartha Mahanta (@sidhubaba) August 8, 2020
More research about the coronavirus
Scientists keep learning new things about COVID-19.
Children can carry coronavirus in their noses and throats for weeks even if they don't show any symptoms, which might explain how the virus can spread silently, researchers in South Korea reported https://t.co/hb8B1KURym
— CNN (@CNN) August 29, 2020
“It seems baffling that despite mounting evidence of its importance, we are stuck practicing hygiene theater—constantly deep cleaning everything—while not noticing the air we breathe.” https://t.co/Mwqti7cOkk
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) August 9, 2020
A growing body of research has made it clear that airborne transmission of the coronavirus is possible.
— Axios (@axios) August 8, 2020
That fact means indoor spaces can become hot spots.https://t.co/h47KzpMmHw
Of those hospitalized with COVID-19, a third or more display some sort of neuropsychiatric symptom. Some of these symptoms resolve in a matter of weeks or months. But others could last longer—much longer.https://t.co/ybk9K4nHdx
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 7, 2020
Covid-19 patients not showing symptoms may have similar amounts of the novel coronavirus in their bodies as those who do show symptoms, according to a new study from South Korea. https://t.co/m0iXXeuAAA
— CNN (@CNN) August 7, 2020
BREAKING: People without symptoms carry just as much virus in their nose, throat and lungs as those with symptoms, and for almost as long. We’ve suspected this, but here is solid proof from a big study.https://t.co/uSOlsiu3oE
— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) August 6, 2020
Growing body of research suggests that indoor spaces with poor ventilation or lack of new air can raise the risk of the virus' spread, according to infectious disease aerobiologist. https://t.co/edpfTmywmS
— ABC News (@ABC) August 1, 2020
THREAD: The science on COVID-19 points to a menacing reality: If people who appear healthy can transmit the virus, it may be impossible to contain. #RacingforaRemedy https://t.co/GnIyGlwDI4
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 28, 2020
Trump’s order to cut the payroll tax is a poor idea
- I don’t think he can do it without Congress
- Both Republicans and Democrats didn’t support it
- It only helps people who are working, not the large amount of unemployed people
- It would accelerate the financial problem timetable for Social Security since the payroll tax is how it’s funded
“I think what he was saying is that the deferral of the payroll tax to the end of the year will be made permanent…the tax is not going away," WH economic adviser Larry Kudlow says Pres. Trump’s promise to cut payroll taxes permanently will not impact Social Security or Medicare. pic.twitter.com/p9yCo9tR2v
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 9, 2020
Trump promises permanent cut to payroll tax funding Social Security and Medicare if he’s re-elected, via @TonyRomm https://t.co/70SQyyUb2v
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) August 8, 2020
“The Democrats want it…everybody wants it,” Trump falsely says of a payroll tax cut.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 8, 2020
Trump says he’ll make payroll tax cut permanent if he becomes president, an idea that has drawn criticism from both parties over concerns about its impact on the Social Security trust fund
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) August 8, 2020
Trump says, if there is no deal, he'll act under his own authority to defer the payroll tax "for a period of months, til the end of the year," "and it'll be retroactive to July 1," and might extend it past the end of the year.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 7, 2020
The durability of Stephen Moore as the GOP's go-to guy on economics tells you something about the party. I don't think he's ever gotten anything — factual, legal, analytic — right 1/ https://t.co/rv2D3dMvwg
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) August 3, 2020
President Trump is pushing Congress to include a payroll tax cut in the next economic relief package.
— CNN (@CNN) July 21, 2020
Such cuts have had mixed results in the past, and some economists argue that it's not the best way to boost the economy right now. Here's what to know: https://t.co/rAdt1Frgto
The Trump administration wants a payroll tax cut. Experts question whether it could work https://t.co/w0r9bRICUq
— CNBC (@CNBC) June 5, 2020
Trump’s payroll tax holiday pauses payroll taxes but does not end them permanently. This executive action by itself doesn’t cripple either Social Security or Medicare, but it does increase the pressure on huge programs already under financial stress. https://t.co/yCpEPEpvyb pic.twitter.com/doeT6r7Nvk
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) August 11, 2020
Sad! 