We have to prevent Trump from declaring victory before mail votes are counted. The news media will play a major part in determining what the public thinks on election night.
Month: September 2020
Trump’s endless lies
And his cult lies right along with him
President Trump used a Labor Day press briefing at the White House to give a campaign-style address, attacking his political opponents, touting the alleged success the US has had against Covid-19 and repeating many false and misleading claims along the way https://t.co/hsAzz8pnKM
— CNN (@CNN) September 7, 2020
He's telling one lie after another and giving misleading statics about the pandemic and the economy. It is irresponsible to show this unfiltered to the public. People who don't usually watch TV all day are at home today and may not realize how pathological these "briefings" are
— digby (@digby56) September 7, 2020
Few would tolerate a co-worker, a boss, a friend, a spouse, a teacher, who constantly lied. Trump couldn’t get away with it if Republican leaders cared about truth. They don’t. They care about power. They should never be trusted. @JohnJHarwood https://t.co/8zNCHbkETU
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) September 7, 2020
“For the president and his top supporters, it was a campaign push brimming with disinformation — disseminating falsehoods and trafficking in obfuscation at a rapid clip, through the use of selectively edited videos, deceptive retweets and false statements” https://t.co/XOQ1RdSABY
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) September 6, 2020
"Why keep acting like things are normal after 20,000 false and misleading claims?" asks @brianstelter, as Pres. Trump's falsehoods continue to accrue. https://t.co/sE3dWvBU7l pic.twitter.com/416fwGRF21
— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) September 6, 2020
CNN's @ddale8 has fact-checked every false statement from Donald Trump since 2016. He takes you through his process and explains some of the President's biggest "tells" https://t.co/GDYh22FjOm
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 5, 2020
Trump blatantly lied about CNN on Thursday night. During a spiel about his Walter Reed visit, he confidently said that "CNN reported that I had a heart attack." The crowd booed. He said it again. CNN never reported such a thing. Search CNN's wbsite to see for yourself.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 4, 2020
The president lies to the crowd in PA that CNN reported as fact that he'd had "mini-strokes." Crowd boos the media.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 3, 2020
Biden wants to raise taxes on Americans who make more than $400,000 a year. (And as you might have guessed, 82% of Americans do not make $400,000 a year, so this is a lie). https://t.co/tnmvHKHgDv
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) September 2, 2020
Biden campaign wants pro-Trump ad on FRACKING removed in battleground PA, telling TV stations it "makes up a policy, ascribes it to Vice President Biden, and then says the nonexistent policy will result in job losses of 30 times more people than actually work in the industry.” pic.twitter.com/bVQspPOl7x
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) September 2, 2020
Officials in Wisconsin continue to stress that Pres Trump is not telling the truth when he says law enforcement in Kenosha has been federalized. Gov Evers deployed Wisconsin National Guard troops & got National Guard troops from other states.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) September 1, 2020
FBI & US Marshals are also helping.
Twitter deletes Trump’s retweeted claim minimizing coronavirus death toll https://t.co/o7OlIFiV1g
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 31, 2020
Trump on Portland: “The entire city is ablaze all the time.”
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) August 31, 2020
Fact-check: 100% flat out lie.
Lost in all of Trump's tweets about the protests were a pair of tweets in which the President is once again downplaying the coronavirus threat. Both tweets (one has been taken down by Twitter) falsely claimed the coronavirus death toll is in fact a fraction of what it is.
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) August 30, 2020
Trump retweeted two tweets featuring an egregious false claim about Covid data.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 30, 2020
One was from a supporter of the QAnon idiocy; now been deleted. The other was from campaign advisor Jenna Ellis, who linked to a piece by conspiracy site Gateway Pundit, which cited the QAnon tweet.
IRS commissioner makes money from Trump properties
If you’re concerned with Trump’s tax returns, you’ll want to hear about his IRS commissioner, who has made hundreds of thousands of dollars renting out Trump properties while refusing to release Trump's tax returns. https://t.co/zBiNnAUvrs
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 7, 2020
This is Charles Rettig.
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 2, 2020
Rettig failed to disclose his financial ties to Trump Waikiki when he was appointed.
Rettig told Congress that it's his decision whether or not to turn over Trump’s tax returns.
Rettig has an incentive to keep them hidden.https://t.co/WmFrIKnBTi
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig Profits From Trump Properties | Law & Crime https://t.co/MFZhPyOhPb
— K.Street1111 SOS America (@kstreet111) September 6, 2020
Trump’s IRS chief earns over $100,000 per year from Trump property while in office: new documents.
— The Great War & Modern Memory (@ps9714) September 3, 2020
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig has refused to release Trump’s tax returns despite law requiring him to do so. #wtpBlue #DemCast #wtp2020 https://t.co/2NJfaLONSq
NEW: Charles Rettig is Trump’s hand-picked IRS Commissioner who is supposed to release Trump’s tax returns. He makes as much as $1 million in rental income from the Trump-branded properties he owns. https://t.co/veG6eQpNWL
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) April 25, 2019
Another misleading Trump ad
This is the supporter of Biden and Black Lives Matter who appeared in a Trump ad, cleaning up after violence while a narrator extolled Trump's greatness. He's speaking up. Backstory here: https://t.co/G6rTVS6NdL https://t.co/EhoqxO2rSO
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 6, 2020
Georgia wrongly purged almost 200,000 voters
NEW: Nearly 200k of the 313,243 Georgia voters who were removed from the voter rolls in 2019 were mistakenly purged— a 63.3% error rate.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) September 6, 2020
It was wrongfully concluded that those people had moved, when they had not.
Kemp (R) won GA by less than 55k votes. https://t.co/NblEJIA0NM
"The results of our investigation are breathtaking and heartbreaking: 198,000 Georgia citizens wrongly purged from voter rolls—using a system which tends to target younger voters and voters of color." https://t.co/JOMuUfytHX | @ACLUofGA
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) September 7, 2020
Over 63% of the 300K voter registrations that were purged in Georgia were fine & belonged to people who had the right to vote! What’s fukked up is…nothing will be done about it with this administration in charge 🤬The GOP has to cheat to win! https://t.co/5lu1JyxoH9
— Ducks Can Resist Too 🌊🍑🐱🦆🏳️🌈💙#EqualityAct (@dhershiser) September 7, 2020
#Georgia Wrongly Removed More Than 200,000 Voters From Its Rolls, ACLU-Commissioned Report Finds ~ via @InsideEdition #GeorgiaPurge #SaveMyVote2020https://t.co/lW2FOcSLWH
— Greg Palast (@Greg_Palast) September 7, 2020
UV Light Phone Sanitizers
Are these sanitizers just gimmicks or do they really protect you? https://t.co/9xNTDdeo2B
— PCMag (@PCMag) September 6, 2020
How to sanitize your phone and other tech, according to doctors
KeySmart CleanTray: UV-C sterilize your phone, keys, earbuds and much more https://t.co/jKL2ToiyRL by @the_pc_doc
— ZDNet (@ZDNet) July 22, 2020
Most Jews will vote for Biden
After “very fine people” at Charlottesville, I can’t imagine how any Jew could vote for Trump.
Over Three-quarters of U.S. Jews Voted for Biden in Election, Poll Finds
Still true now (2023)
Biden leading Trump among Jews 72-22%. He won Jews 68-30 in 2020 and probably wins them by the same margin in 2024. Obama won Jews 69-30 in 2012 and Clinton 71-24% in 2016. https://t.co/bVPeuH9cPk
— Drew Savicki (@DrewSav) June 26, 2023
Every election cycle you see people on the right conflate GOP gains among Orthodox Jews with Jews overall. https://t.co/HhTW8jDj2O
— Drew Savicki (@DrewSav) June 26, 2023
More on how to vote
50 days until Election Day🗳️✉️ The @washingtonpost has an awesome interactive graphic with state-by-state info to help you figure out requirements and deadlines in your state, and how they may have changed in this pandemic voting year. Check it out! https://t.co/hzWCQZPB4w
— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) September 14, 2020
The biggest takeaway for voting in the November election? Don’t wait.
— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 6, 2020
A guide on how voters can better navigate the election, and in the process, make the voting system better for everyone: https://t.co/ua0NcYOJ75
In 40 states, registration is just a click away. Here's how to get started and why you might want to consider signing up to be a poll worker, too. https://t.co/JhWUUl9ukG
— PCMag (@PCMag) September 5, 2020
In the 2018 midterms, 114,000 mail ballots weren't counted because they were late. For your vote to count, it's important to know your state's timeline — both for requesting a ballot and for sending it back. Here's a full list. https://t.co/eglwLyrS1K
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 7, 2020
More than 80 black people have been killed by police since Breonna Taylor died in March
The Black lives that don’t make headlines still matter https://t.co/dpJCRxm0EV
— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 5, 2020
White supremacists are the greatest terror threat
White supremacists will remain the most "persistent and lethal threat" in the United States through 2021, according to Department of Homeland Security draft documents https://t.co/2h828GwdCH
— CNN (@CNN) September 8, 2020
NEW: A draft DHS report I reviewed calls white supremacists the most dangerous terror threat to the US homeland.
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) September 4, 2020
Subsequent drafts of the same document, which I also reviewed, use slightly different language to describe the threat
Story here: https://t.co/fnczPxLwUV
White supremacists are invading American cities in order to incite a civil war.
— David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) August 30, 2020
Trump is supporting them, and sees the violence as helping him, while he attempts to solidify an apartheid regime that disenfranchises urban Americans.
My latest @monthly:https://t.co/lvwkC3QVId
“cherrypicking” https://t.co/t5W3O0G7vO
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) September 6, 2020
Even Trumps DHS has identified White Supremacist Terrorists are the most existential threat to the US. Antifa? Not even on the list.
— Call Me Prez🌊🗽🔥🆘🍑❄️💪 (@lunaticopresid1) September 5, 2020
A side note: No need for terror cells in the US anymore when they can recruit homegrown terror cells right here.https://t.co/hX5Nb9GWRS
Heavily armed white supremacist militias in the streets of Louisville today. https://t.co/Fw9fr0ZPQB
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) September 5, 2020
One of the ways the fascist militias prepared for their march in Louisville today. I’m starting to think they’re worse than the anti-fascists. https://t.co/8D5Ec5ybT5
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) September 5, 2020
"The Trump administration’s white supremacist propaganda machine reached a new low," explains @jeanguerre https://t.co/kZei3mPjBX
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 5, 2020
This is a long thread, but it's right. And Claire says something I've thought but not said out loud: There could well be police forces who've been infiltrated by white supremacists who are going to up the violence intentionally. This is a time for steady nerves. https://t.co/l6NefKNcah
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 29, 2020
Miles Taylor, after the White House's National Counterterrorism Strategy just had two paragraphs on domestic terror:
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) August 26, 2020
“They said, ‘We’ll come up with a separate domestic terrorism strategy.' Bullshit. They never did. It just got lost.”https://t.co/WUwJNY1SZt
Sad! 