It’s not just his embrace of QAnon supporters. Trump is himself promoting *at least nine separate conspiracy theories* right now — about protesters, coronavirus, voting, Biden: https://t.co/HKhPXI9z7m
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 2, 2020
Month: September 2020
More on schools and the coronavirus
Only a day after returning to school to plan the forthcoming school year, two staff members in Brooklyn public schools tested positive for COVID-19 https://t.co/T8gRZTS1Uo
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 9, 2020
More than 20 New York University students were suspended for breaking the school’s new coronavirus-related policies as colleges across the country grapple with how to keep the virus from spreading on campus. https://t.co/9GGlTm8AeG
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) September 8, 2020
At schools around the US, suspensions — and dismissals — are rising along with Covid-19 cases.
— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 5, 2020
And a growing number of students are seeing in-person classes canceled. https://t.co/py51CLNNwD
What? Unpossible. There was no way to see this coming. https://t.co/CyEfRTi78E
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 7, 2020
Dozens of Indian University students were caught on video partying atop boats on Lake Monroe over Labor Day weekend https://t.co/sO615lkN1A
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 7, 2020
This is frightening news and undermines the argument that younger Americans can get COVID with little impact. Left unchecked, myocarditis can be fatal. Trump and Pence need to stop recklessly carping about the need for college football. Follow doctors’ advice. https://t.co/InRMLI8J4j
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) September 3, 2020
"The University of Georgia reported 821 positive cases last week, nearly four times the total from the prior week."https://t.co/E7Qe7LYK9c
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 2, 2020
NEW — In call with Govs, top WH officials conceded sending kids back to colleges had caused the potential for mass COVID spread. They encouraged schools to NOT send the infected students back home, warning of another June-like outbreak.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 1, 2020
W @matthewt_nyhttps://t.co/QspfeNwrM1
Just announced: @NYCSchools will delay its start for in-person school until Sept. 21.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) September 1, 2020
An ousted Florida data scientist created a dashboard to track Covid-19 in US schools. She tells @chriscuomo, she built it because, "we've had no leadership at the federal level." https://t.co/OgYOPX3WyJ pic.twitter.com/GYlaTMxY3u
— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) September 1, 2020
Up to 35% of COVID-positive athletes who play for Big Ten schools developed myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart that can be fatal, according to a new report. https://t.co/jWFv0I8Qvw pic.twitter.com/5TgNWBjtp3
— WebMD (@WebMD) September 3, 2020
It only took a few student parties for a coronavirus outbreak to spin out of control at the State University of New York at Oneonta. It is now the first SUNY campus to shut down because of the virus after trying to reopen for classes.https://t.co/Aoc5tWt269
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 4, 2020
Dr. Fauci urges schools to keep students on campus as outbreaks of the coronavirus spread. https://t.co/sf6dJO0nRo
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 4, 2020
56% of Republicans believe most or part of the QAnon conspiracy theory
This is terrible news. These people don’t believe in facts which is why they support Trump.
56% of Republicans believe QAnon is partly or mostly true. https://t.co/C1KPWZ6FT7
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 2, 2020
UPDATE: At least a 21st QAnon-supporting congressional candidate has now secured a spot on the ballot in November. Tracy Lovvorn of Massachusetts’ 2nd Congressional District has been declared the winner of the Republican primary by default. https://t.co/yM8gPNJOhq pic.twitter.com/o6sbqJLeYx
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) September 2, 2020
Qanon conspiracy theorist and so-called "firefighter prophet" Mark Taylor claims that protesters are victims of mind control who are being controlled by "handlers" carrying umbrellas. https://t.co/ahtJ89mZ1c pic.twitter.com/gO7aBW8muG
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 1, 2020
Hearing about the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon a lot lately? Same.
— Ashley Shaffer (@ashleyshafferx) August 31, 2020
So I asked @NathanBomey to tell me everything I need to know: https://t.co/7S29sm9gsS
QAnon will be mainstream GOP orthodoxy by next year https://t.co/aH82G1Ayor
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) August 31, 2020
Trump’s spasm of crazed tweets and retweets this morning—e.g., the retweet of a QAnon follower claiming CDC data really show only 6,000 COVID deaths—reeks of really frantic desperation. Did they tell him last night that their own polling showed no gains from his convention?
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 30, 2020
This headline is insane… https://t.co/IesFyU9eTp
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 29, 2020
Very excited about the future of politics. https://t.co/H1PBiiIQGY
— Matt Bors (@MattBors) August 29, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg's claim that QAnon is *just now* evolving from misinformation to violence is patently false.
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 28, 2020
An armed QAnon supporter blocked traffic at the Hoover Dam bridge in June 2018. The FBI called it a domestic terror threat in May 2019. https://t.co/0xpkoFE4WS pic.twitter.com/vPhzLbiXOn
7 percent favorability is low for a politician, but seems high for a 4chan-spawned gamified movement based on satanic panic, blood libel, and a promised authoritarian crackdown that will supposedly cleanse the world of evil and usher in a new utopian age. https://t.co/1vHRWSwpIV
— Travis View (@travis_view) August 28, 2020
Excellent, disturbing reporting by @onthemedia and @BrandyZadrozny on how QAnon has taken a genuine issue, child trafficking, and hijacked it in ways that hurt the cause — sometimes with the help of journalists who don't realize they are being duped. https://t.co/g6nP476JDI
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) August 27, 2020
"QAnon is batshit crazy," Lindsey Graham tells @PeterHamby. "Crazy stuff. Inspiring people to violence." https://t.co/9CYH4LVIY6
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) August 27, 2020
House lawmakers introduce bipartisan resolution to condemn "dangerous" QAnon conspiracy theory https://t.co/KmVj3zr2s3 pic.twitter.com/PcBEnRmIqy
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 26, 2020
Why Trump embraces QAnonhttps://t.co/5S6pAx563S
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 26, 2020
The interesting thing about the dangerous QAnon fringe conspiracy is that if Trump and the GOP would have publicly disavowed it earlier, it probably wouldn't be dominating news during the 2020 Republican National Convention.
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) August 26, 2020
Sometimes I try to process this — that a global conspiracy theory was formed bc John Podesta sent some emails about pizza — and my brain shuts down like HAL in 2001 https://t.co/9AdmGWhI2P
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 25, 2020
How will QAnon influence U.S. politics in 2020 and beyond? https://t.co/OveXK43979 pic.twitter.com/Mdzf6mrj1J
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 24, 2020
Crazy conspiracy theories are what you go for when you can't do your actual job https://t.co/teLfv0QaWT
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) August 24, 2020
.@jaketapper: "The FBI has called QAnon a domestic terror threat. Do you agree with that assessment?"
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 23, 2020
Acting DHS Secy Chad Wolf: "I don't have any reason to believe anything different from the FBI." #CNNSOTU
Here's an example of local TV (@WNEP, an ABC affiliate in Scranton, PA) getting duped into covering a QAnon event as a "just folks" demonstration against human trafficking. These events happened all over the country today.https://t.co/Rp309w3AkM
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 23, 2020
Covers: Jesus Is Coming Soon
I thought of posting this while watching a show about Eric Clapton today. Blind Willie Johnson made terrific gospel records in the late 1920s.
Voice of America (VOA) update 9/2/20 – updated 5/21/23
Formal federal investigation finds Trump CEO’s over Voice of America repeatedly abused power – my story for NPR https://t.co/MfhRWRNDf4
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) May 21, 2023
A federal watchdog says Michael Pack, former President Donald Trump's pick to oversee the parent agency of the Voice of America, expenditure of $1.6M to investigate his internal critics was a gross waste of taxpayer funds
— NPR (@NPR) August 20, 2022
https://t.co/4snZtd6zNI
Trump has politicized the VOA like he has done to much of the government. It’s disgusting.
Details on the @StateOIG report regarding the previous politically-appointed @USAGMgov CEO who was accused of attempting to politicize @VOANews and other US-funded broadcasters. https://t.co/iyQFKYf32u https://t.co/iK33BwE2x8
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) July 8, 2021
Eight current or former staffers say the agency has broken down in many ways under Michael Pack — as staffers were swept away and standard budgets weren't approved.
— NPR (@NPR) September 2, 2020
Officials even say they were unable to fulfill orders for toilet paper for a facility.https://t.co/jhMVrrWXFJ
We send this letter with the utmost respect, out of love for @VOANews and our profession. https://t.co/TkcwC1bQNb
— Patsy Widakuswara (@pwidakuswara) August 31, 2020
It isn't the biggest thing in the news but Trump's purges at Voice of America keep getting worse: https://t.co/fCnBM03tOd
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) August 15, 2020
"driving out honest, skilled, talented long serving professional public servants on trumped up charges and replacing them with people of no qualifications whose only attribute is loyalty.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 13, 2020
McCarthy couldn’t have done it better.”
3/3https://t.co/oQJy4mfHda
Taxpayer-funded news outlet Voice of America promotes Mike Pence propaganda in response to Joe Biden’s announcement that Kamala Harris is his running mate. https://t.co/K3J5Zv0Wy3
— Alexandra Chalupa (@AlexandraChalup) August 11, 2020
The new CEO of Voice of America, the federal government’s broadcasting agency, will not extend the visas of the dozens of foreign journalists who work there, NPR reports https://t.co/HSFzVgtQzT
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 10, 2020
The gutting continues. There is no rationale, other than xenophobia, for this move. https://t.co/RHjYe9xelt
— Laura Rosenberger (@rosenbergerlm) July 9, 2020
Federal media agency announces new interim heads after firings by Trump appointeehttps://t.co/tDXlZyDYSe
— Axios (@axios) June 30, 2020
I’ve been trying to learn who is running Voice of America for past 10 days. No luck.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 25, 2020
Today, a source tells me, at routine morning call, staff asking Qs about firewall were told there *is* an acting VOA director but his/her identity is "unannounced."
Can you do that in gov’t?
The heads of four organizations overseen by the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) were all dismissed Wednesday night — a move likely to heighten concerns that new Trump-appointed CEO Michael Pack means to turn the agency into a political arm of the administration.
— Michael Holmes (@holmescnn) June 18, 2020
DOJ will charge Broidy
This is big news. Broidy was partnered with DeJoy & Michael Cohen as the 3 Deputy Finance Chairmen for the RNC (for gosh sakes, is every last person affiliated w/the RNC corrupt!). Let’s hope Broidy flips and tells prosecutors any and all dirt he knows on DeJoy. #JusticeMatters https://t.co/63E9FAESu4
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) September 2, 2020
“Elliott Broidy is fantastic,” Trump said a few years ago at his first presidential fundraiser. “Everybody loves Elliott.”
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) September 1, 2020
This was *after* Brody pled guilty to bribing NY pension officials. https://t.co/NDW2Cmi4pe
Sad! 