Trump's moves this week "were so blatant that one had to look to authoritarian nations to make comparisons," reports the New York Times. Good for them! https://t.co/AFn5hQas1W
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) October 12, 2020
Question: if his actions were without precedent should your coverage break with precedent, as well?
Analysis: New research explores authoritarian mind-set of Trump’s core supporters https://t.co/ez6lGKmgsR
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 12, 2020
YouTube CEO won't say if company will ban QAnon https://t.co/SL4sEUw2HS
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 12, 2020
QAnon is tearing [white] families apart https://t.co/T8IXvIV6ZL
— @tiffanydcross (@TiffanyDCross) October 12, 2020
Etsy recently banned QAnon merch on its platform, but many sellers & influencers are promoting pastel "Save the Children" merch as a workaround. Thanks to @AnnieKNK of @QanonAnonymous for sharing insights on feminization of QAnon: https://t.co/PN3OL7Nnjh
— Liz Flora (@Liz__Flora) October 12, 2020
Peloton confirmed to me that the company removed QAnon-related hashtags https://t.co/sgZLxcRdtw
— Rachel E. Greenspan (@rach_greenspan) October 9, 2020
QAnon conspiracy theorist and Infowars host DeAnna Lorraine says Trump is right to reject a virtual presidential debate because Biden might be replaced by a clone or CGI. pic.twitter.com/mqJ9tEjo2Q
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 9, 2020
At the end of the day, QAnon people just want their political enemies murdered on television.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 7, 2020
That’s all this is, and that’s all it ever was. pic.twitter.com/gCeIzfjphO
New reporting from CNN shows how QAnon spread on Facebook beyond the United States. https://t.co/rV3R6NQejv pic.twitter.com/IGyPOAY1vb
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 7, 2020
Facebook's QAnon ban seems to have been really broad and effective. Everyone in one of the QAnon-adjacent groups I follow is talking about how all their favorite groups are gone. pic.twitter.com/8sPiUBNJbW
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) October 7, 2020
Facebook banning all openly QAnon-related accounts is a big deal. As always, the million-dollar question is how they actually enforce the policy, but it's farther than many people expected them to go. https://t.co/vrzeSj9DfL
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) October 6, 2020
An @AP review finds Facebook and Twitter aren't enforcing even limited restrictions in place to stem the spread of the QAnon conspiracy theory. https://t.co/GBB7Y2xoNd
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) October 1, 2020
QAnon believers are convinced Trump is just feigning quarantine to launch the mass arrests of Democrats. After all, they figure, he already has hydroxychloroquine, so could easily cure the virus if it was actually a threat. https://t.co/SFxMzg3Izl
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 2, 2020
Would you like to see the Affordable Care Act—also known as Obamacare—remain in place, or ended?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 22, 2020
REP
Remain in place 12%
Ended 78%
DEM
Remain in place 95%
Ended 4%
IND
Remain in place 58%
Ended 29%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, LV, 10/16-19/20)https://t.co/tmBCnRGPDY
1/2
Given what you know about the 2010 health reform law—known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare—do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 16, 2020
Favorable 55%
Unfavorable 39%
(Kaiser Family Foundation, 10/7-12/20)
1/2
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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 12, 2020
Overall, do you generally favor or generally oppose the health care law known as Obamacare?
Favor 57%
Oppose 36%
(CNN Poll, 10/1-4/20)
trend: https://t.co/tmBCnRGPDY
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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 12, 2020
Do you think the Supreme Court should or should not overturn the health care law known as Obamacare?
WOMEN
Should overturn it 24%
Should not 70%
MEN
Should overturn it 41%
Should not 52%
(CNN Poll, 10/1-4/20)https://t.co/tmBCnRGPDY
“A Fox News poll last week showed that, by 64% to 32%, voters prefer to keep Obamacare rather than repeal it.”https://t.co/3qYag9W1uy
— Roger Tansey 🌊🌊🌊 (@rogertansey) October 12, 2020
Fox News poll: Would you keep Obamacare in place or repeal it?
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 7, 2020
Today: 64% keep in place, 32% repeal
Nov 2016: 41% keep in place, 52% repeal
Dec 2014: 38% keep in place, 58% repeal
Pretty stunning how drastically views Obamacare have changed in just six years.
"Obamacare was a disaster."
— Chris Walker (@thatchriswalker) October 8, 2020
Pence.
Americans LOVE Obamacare (we still need single payer…)https://t.co/CINNVDG9Wj
#ThanksObama #ThanksBiden https://t.co/T3KqNOjvqK
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) December 23, 2021
California Republican Party says it will not comply with state's cease and desist order on ballot drop boxes https://t.co/rmMpqHjzeG
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) October 15, 2020
California GOP installed unofficial ballot drop-off boxes. State officials say they’re illegal. https://t.co/nNi4QC1YB7
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 12, 2020
The California Republican Party was involved in an effort to prevent absentee voting during a pandemic. Now their staff is involved in election fraud. This is what the GOP has devolved into. Shameful. https://t.co/YTy9sXBkYX
— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) October 12, 2020
California state officials say Republicans deliberately installed fake ballot boxes across the state. https://t.co/PFIWxyeDNI
— Complex (@Complex) October 12, 2020
All that election fraud that Trump has been screaming about? Looks like the @CAGOP decided to prove him right by committing it. https://t.co/YN2G2rvf05
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) October 12, 2020
The Trump Campaign and the GOP have sued to block states from having "drop boxes" where voters can drop off their ballot instead of mailing them.
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) October 12, 2020
Now the California GOP has set up its own unofficial drop boxes, which the state says is illegal.https://t.co/gX92Cn2ncx
California election officials are investigating the placement of unofficial drop boxes for mail-in balloting in Los Angeles, Fresno and Orange counties — illegal sites that could be used to identify and eliminate the ballots of unsuspecting voters. https://t.co/DU02hDRmZi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 12, 2020
“Operating unofficial ballot drop boxes—especially those misrepresented as official drop boxes—is not just misleading to voters, it’s a violation of state law”https://t.co/dsk9WsYZDq
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 12, 2020
“We were forced to break election laws”
— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) October 12, 2020
GTFOH https://t.co/NGsl4x6KfD
This is happening all over #California Make sure you use an official ballot box. The sec of state @AlexPadilla4CA has posted the list of OFFICIAL boxes. https://t.co/DcMxkNVBSA
— Rabbi Jill Zimmerman (@RabbiJill) October 12, 2020
I don't consider this voter fraud. It is the GOP engaging in unsanctioned ballot harvesting (and apparently in violation of state law). https://t.co/FjYFbJxCcT
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) October 12, 2020
A California pastor encouraged parishioners to use an unauthorized GOP ballot drop box at his church https://t.co/3te8bc2YY8 pic.twitter.com/K7xnl5jA0u
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 14, 2020
Update: This new policy is specific to Holocaust denial. You can still deny other genocides on Facebook. https://t.co/cHxaLcdvNK
— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) October 12, 2020
The absence of an apology here is notable. Also absent: any acknowledgement that allowing Holocaust denial on Facebook may have contributed to those trends in anti-Semitic violence he's now citing. https://t.co/NqJMBYibjR
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) October 12, 2020
New Post-ABC poll: A slim 52% majority of voters oppose Barrett hearings, though a 62% majority support high court upholding Roe v. Wade https://t.co/IprtXVBZ5i pic.twitter.com/Ji60f2vfGB
— Post Polls (@PostPolls) October 12, 2020
White Nationalists are the big problem, not Antifa. Trump encourages and inspires them.
Foreign terrorist adversaries remain a severe threat to U.S. interests both at home and abroad, but the predominant terrorist threat at home today is increasingly domestic in nature, conducted by American citizens inspired by multiple extremist ideologies. https://t.co/IrTr2p06Pu
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) October 11, 2020
Powerful @postopinions op-ed from @GovWhitmer : I will hold the president accountable for endangering and dividing America https://t.co/n2GkNf9OKg
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) October 11, 2020
The dude was not antifa in any way shape or form. He posted memes about killing antifa frequently. https://t.co/5vMv8AnSw1
— Josh Russell (@josh_emerson) October 9, 2020
Attorney General William Barr stays in the background after arrests of 13 men who allegedly plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer https://t.co/9Mfed9hkNH
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 10, 2020
So listen to this sheriff at 1:40. This suggests that the FBI might be wise to investigate his potential involvement or foreknowledge of this plan or other illegal activity by this group. https://t.co/abgIttB1RH
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 9, 2020
That we have not heard from the Attorney General about this foiled attack on the Governor of Michigan speaks volumes. It's the most chilling aspect of what we learned today. Especially in contrast to the AG's bizarre statement abt the killing of a suspect in Oregon last month.
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 9, 2020
Man charged in plot to kidnap Whitmer shared stage with West Michigan sheriff at rally https://t.co/3eii0J1Vq6
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) October 9, 2020
Gov. Whitmer on ABC: "A decent human being would pick up the phone and say, 'are you OK? How's your family doing?' That's what a decent human being does. That's what Joe Biden did. And I think it tells you everything you need to know about the character of the two people."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 9, 2020
Just remember, when there’s violence in black communities, it’s not because economic circumstances create desperation, but because we are “animals,” “super predators” who lack “personal responsibility.” https://t.co/apPmQc5l9Y
— Full Dissident (@hbryant42) October 9, 2020
Where is the AG and why has he not made a public statement on the arrest of right-wing militia members WHO WERE ATTEMPTING TO KIDNAP A SITTING GOVERNOR?
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) October 9, 2020
I’m really stuck on this thing where FoxNews refused to cover the most significant story of the day—the most significant domestic terrorism plot *in years*—in prime time because it doesn’t fit the editorial narrative they are using to mindf*ck Americans toward political violence https://t.co/KwTyAWCl4e
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) October 9, 2020
Black and Brown people all over the country live in far greater poverty and aren’t radicalized into kidnapping a Governor.
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) October 9, 2020
Give me a break. https://t.co/KSq7idrUVu
I’ve covered terror attacks and plots all over the world – from London to Paris to Turkey to Russia to Asia and beyond. I’ve never witnessed political leaders hesitate to rigorously stand behind the victims and targets – whatever their party affiliation.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 9, 2020
The extremist group implicated in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor trained for civil war https://t.co/jwqxus02Wk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 9, 2020
Rick Snyder poisoned the entire water system in Flint and it never once crossed Black folks mind to kidnap him.
— Corey Richardson (@vexedinthecity) October 9, 2020
How is COVID-19 affecting the US? From staying healthy to paying rent, explore in-depth data on how life in America has been impacted by the pandemic.
— USAFacts (@USAFacts) August 12, 2020
Explore the data: https://t.co/8EIBx9y7zx
78% of Covid deaths are people 65 and over
— Rick Newman (@rickjnewman) October 8, 2020
92% are 55 and overhttps://t.co/zWVJUSWXWS
Trump has utterly failed to take care of seniors. But he'll get right on it if they vote him a second term, sure
You’ve probably heard about test positivity—a powerful metric that can reveal the percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive. This metric comes with some pretty big caveats. Let’s break them down: https://t.co/JaJmSS7Vc6
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) October 8, 2020
This is astonishing. Almost every state that’s failing is Republican. pic.twitter.com/i8RGdEifsl
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) October 12, 2020
The Trump cult continues to deny reality.
89% of Republicans who rely most on President Donald Trump and his coronavirus task force for news about COVID-19 say the U.S. has controlled the outbreak as much as it could have; 59% of Republicans who rely most on other sources said this. https://t.co/6M26leqgGe pic.twitter.com/uNSPsXzRDG
— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) October 12, 2020
Over 7 in 10 registered voters (74%) say wearing a mask and practicing social distancing reduce their chance of catching the coronavirus. 56% say they reduce it "a great deal," and that group favors Biden 75%-20%. https://t.co/1XlE7JajhG https://t.co/LMpW9t3vHI
— Scott Clement (@sfcpoll) October 12, 2020
Insane new @pewresearch data proves your media source determines your reality.
— Bruce Mehlman (@bpmehlman) October 8, 2020
Believe the U.S. did all it could to control COVID:
FoxNews / Talk Radio Only: 90% yes
MSNBC/CNN/NPR Only: 3% yeshttps://t.co/BTjdbbMkVv pic.twitter.com/tmh8OQkMQd
"Viewers who trust Fox News coverage more than CNN's are slightly less likely to take preventative measures against the novel coronavirus and a little more likely to put themselves at risk, according to a new study published Thursday…" https://t.co/AtQm8lzfgr
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 9, 2020
90% of Republicans who only indicated Fox News and/or talk radio as major sources of political news say the country has controlled the COVID-19 outbreak as much as it could. https://t.co/8adiMKmSNP pic.twitter.com/4enjdXZS3d
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 8, 2020
The topline here is bad for Trump (Biden +10) but also lots of evidence for why his messaging on COVID is terrible (from a political as well as public health standpoint). https://t.co/FqmFhQOJ56 pic.twitter.com/nu8p8CS3TE
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 7, 2020
ABC-Ipsos poll:
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 5, 2020
In two separate questions, an identical 72% said that Trump did not take the "risk of contracting the virus seriously enough," nor "the appropriate precautions when it came to his personal health."
NEW: Two-thirds of Americans say President Trump handled the risk of coronavirus infection to others around him irresponsibly, according to a new CNN Poll. 69% of Americans said they trusted little of what they heard from the White House. https://t.co/tTlOVBgy70
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) October 5, 2020
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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 14, 2020
PENNSYLVANIA
Regardless of how you might vote, tell me whether you trust Joe Biden or Donald Trump to do a better job on each of the following issues. … The coronavirus pandemic:
Biden 52%
Trump 38%
(NYT/Siena College Poll, LV, 9/30 – 10/2/20)https://t.co/IiCgGgKEMr
COVID-19 can survive on money, phone for weeks — but experts say there's 'limited' evidence virus spreads this way https://t.co/bVaksQThBH pic.twitter.com/eoyPHF68GK
— Yahoo Life (@yahoolife) October 12, 2020
This fall, cold-weather sniffles are likely to provoke even more anxiety than usual. Is it the flu, or is it Covid?
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 1, 2020
Find out how to identify the symptoms for each and what the differences are. Read this article for free on https://t.co/ArIO60ohwU.
The flu and COVID-19 share several common symptoms. Here's a look at how to differentiate the two viruses.https://t.co/dcoQFCb7CV
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) October 14, 2020
The virus that causes Covid-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers found. https://t.co/6VevkEyzu0
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 13, 2020
Some people who recover from Covid-19 are back to normal health within weeks. But for others, issues persist for months or cause damage that might lead to additional health issues in the future. https://t.co/5qDMO1ZYBf
— CNN (@CNN) October 11, 2020
Really cannot imagine myself voluntarily participating in an indoor activity within the next year. https://t.co/QQP1UILioX pic.twitter.com/GRujCll0W3
— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) October 11, 2020
Most patients hospitalized with Covid-19 have neurological symptoms, a new study suggests https://t.co/t7eF30TXHm
— CNN (@CNN) October 11, 2020
Covid-19 virus 'survives on some surfaces for 28 days' https://t.co/oYgtoJnJE0
— BBC Health News (@bbchealth) October 11, 2020
If you feel lousy, it can be difficult without a test to know if you’re sick with the flu or you have Covid-19. But there are some clues.https://t.co/T9EeftVkyU
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 11, 2020
Most pregnant women have mild covid-19 cases but suffer prolonged symptoms, study finds https://t.co/hDTOCRo9HX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 10, 2020
Using data from the COVID Tracking Project, we’re following how each state is responding to Covid-19. Here's where we stand this morning. https://t.co/r0HDQiaN3Z pic.twitter.com/do2cOKuzgw
— POLITICO (@politico) October 9, 2020
People who have COVID-19 but no symptoms have the same amount of virus in their nose and throat as those with symptoms and may play a major role in spreading the disease, a new study reveals. https://t.co/7niGbyGlQR pic.twitter.com/nmh97x9rl5
— WebMD (@WebMD) October 9, 2020
Am I immune to the coronavirus if I’ve already had it? You have some immunity, but how much and for how long are big unanswered questions. https://t.co/of8gEwMeIm
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 8, 2020
Can the coronavirus travel more than 6 feet in the air? Research indicates it can, but it’s not clear how much of the pandemic is caused by such cases. https://t.co/6QMJQljXHD
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 8, 2020
One expert on airborne viruses laughed outright when she saw the setup for tonight's vp debate. https://t.co/lGNYNySEkH
— Jia Lynn Yang (@jialynnyang) October 7, 2020
Confusion, delirium, memory loss and other kinds of altered mental function afflicted nearly a third of hospitalized coronavirus patients in a large new study of Covid neurological symptoms. Many had trouble doing everyday tasks when they went home. https://t.co/LTwsPu9Pj6
— NYT Science (@NYTScience) October 5, 2020
The CDC on Monday said that people more than six feet apart in enclosed spaces with inadequate ventilation can be infected with the coronavirus through the airborne transmission of tiny droplets that float in the air for minutes or hours. https://t.co/HpzbgEYJiF
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) October 5, 2020
There’s still a lot scientists don’t know about immunity after recovery from COVID-19, and how long it lasts. https://t.co/A7QojxVAFM #TrumpRallyPA
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) October 14, 2020
Sad!