Trump’s endless lies – update 9/18/19

There's no dishonesty off switch for Trump; he lies not only to average citizens but to audiences who know he's making most of this stuff up. He made 25 false claims at his NC rally last week — and, also, 22 in his speech to the House Republican Retreat. https://t.co/zuxdiLieBB
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 18, 2019

Trump made at least 26 false claims at his rally last night.

That’s 26 I can immediately call false without doing additional research, because he’s said them before or because they’re so obvious. https://t.co/0LRrYRx2rX
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 17, 2019

Committee Republicans and Corey Lewandowski have both claimed that Trump was never notified that Russia was interfering with the 2016 election.

This is not true.

Trump received his first intelligence briefing on 17 Aug. 2016. The hacking and theft of Dem emails was covered.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) September 17, 2019

Eric Trump’s Four-Pinocchio claim that the Obamacare website cost more than Trump’s border barrier https://t.co/PBYmcw2YJC
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 16, 2019

it runs in the family

>> @ddale8's latest: "Trump criticizes the media for accurately reporting his comments on meeting with Iran"https://t.co/5ffgkiIISQ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 16, 2019

Climate update 9/18/19

more bad news for the most part

This is alarming.

A major new study concludes that even if Dems win the White House and Congress, the conservative justices on the Supreme Court are very likely to strike down most climate legislation.

Unfortunately, i's a persuasive case.

New piece:https://t.co/zHi0JFyDAC
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 16, 2019

I have an awful suspicion that the climate crisis already has passed beyond the capabilities of our politics and our political institutions to handle. https://t.co/GzAmFEoPrf
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 18, 2019

Meet the 15 women leading the fight against climate change, from Greta Thunberg to Ellen Page https://t.co/iQBvuWmcMz
— TIME (@TIME) September 17, 2019

Remember when we said climate change would cause mass migration, & the right called us crazy?

Well, it’s happening. And walling ourselves off from the world isn’t a plan for our future.

It’s time to recognize climate refugees in our immigration policies. https://t.co/Oo0uyT65ti
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 16, 2019

“These fish have maybe four generations left before they are gone,” one scientist said of the Chinook salmon, whose disappearance is also threatening orcas and dozens of other species. https://t.co/jy53HEIZdx
— NYT Climate (@nytclimate) September 16, 2019

"Religious Christians are the key to America taking action on global warming — yet the way climate activists frame the issue often alienates the very people they most need to persuade — and talking about coral reefs won’t cut it" https://t.co/2o1Y4Nqol4
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 16, 2019

The Climate Crisis Is Poised to Make Huge Swaths of America Totally Uninsurable https://t.co/b4J2hTvDgf via @thedailybeast
— Thomas Edsall (@Edsall) September 15, 2019

The people affected first and worst by the climate crisis are often the least likely to have their stories told. With your help, Tipping Point aims to change that.https://t.co/Fd2s5yMCRN
— Emily Raboteau (@emilyraboteau) September 13, 2019

If there's one group on earth taking the climate crisis seriously, it's the graphics department at @nytimes. This analysis of the spring floods in the Midwest is stunning in its detail and powerhttps://t.co/uyym5iVokl
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) September 12, 2019

Climate change: “We are running out of time. It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation. We desperately need the Hollywood community to take this issue seriously" https://t.co/sPwRzJ5vXz
— Variety (@Variety) September 10, 2019

Environmentalists cite mounting evidence that unburned gas leaking from pipes and compressor stations harms the climate more than carbon dioxide https://t.co/EPQEilK7Nq
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 9, 2019

Chao is being investigated

Trump sure has appointed a bunch of grifters.

The House Oversight Committee launched an ethics investigation into Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

Reports allege Chao used her position to benefit a shipping company owned by her sisters and father, among other accusations.https://t.co/M1pOgrbXLC
— Axios (@axios) September 17, 2019

The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Monday sought documents from Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao as it investigates what it calls “troubling questions” into whether the Trump appointee misused her position for personal and family benefit.https://t.co/ia8xy2q1gP
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 18, 2019

The House Oversight Committee has finally taken notice of the Transportation Secretary’s many alleged efforts to use her office for personal gain. https://t.co/EgCeD7cg6J
— Slate (@Slate) September 18, 2019

My thoughts on swamp creatures Chao and McConnell nicely reflected in this @MatthewRozsa post: https://t.co/o3sNFmDYgx
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 17, 2019

Trump lies about Representative Omar

Disgusting and dangerous

Trump used his Twitter account to boost a baseless smear claiming that @IlhanMN partied on the anniversary of 9/11, a claim that’s based on footage of her dancing that wasn’t actually taken from that day https://t.co/7Y5oBKZnkL
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 18, 2019

A Twitter spokesperson tells @donie that Terrence K. Williams deleted the tweet that smeared Omar — Twitter did not remove it. (Trump's tweet promoting the now-deleted smear remains active.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 18, 2019

Rep. Ilhan Omar said Trump's retweet of a video falsely claiming she celebrated the anniversary of 9/11 "puts [her] life at risk."

Twitter is currently looking into the matter.https://t.co/R7V0t7bGpv
— Axios (@axios) September 18, 2019

Since July, I've written stories on Trump falsely accusing Omar of calling Jews evil, Trump falsely accusing Omar of saying Al Qaeda makes her proud, and Trump sharing a tweet falsely accusing Omar of dancing on the anniversary of 9/11.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 18, 2019

1/ Anatomy of a smear: progressive activist @AdamGreen posts on Sept 13, at a reception for the Congressional Black Caucus annual legislative conference, video of @IlhanMN dancing:https://t.co/sYFKN76rto
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 18, 2019

If anyone is still wondering, this is the event where Rep. Ilhan Omar was dancing, on September 13. The president, who has repeatedly smeared Omar, promoted a video claiming she was dancing on the September 11 anniversary. pic.twitter.com/G20rzLHV3F
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 18, 2019

On the retweet Trump did, which falsely claimed she was dancing around 9/11 – this appears to be yet another in a four year effort to validate his debunked claim of seeing “thousands” of cheering Muslims in NJ that day. https://t.co/HuSxExLPGt
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 18, 2019

Trump administration denying information to the House

They’re hiding something or someone. They have no basis for denying the release of the information to the House.

There’s only one. https://t.co/zOeCplrl1J
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) September 15, 2019

This looks very troubling, even by Trump standards. I suspect this story is going to get worse. https://t.co/Fc2ZSQ3HsB
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) September 14, 2019

It’s now totally clear the Trump administration either doesn’t know the meaning of “shall” or doesn’t give a flying F about the law. https://t.co/O4TlwSudDZ
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 14, 2019

1/ It's been the longstanding view of the Executive branch–incl. in Democratic administrations–that this and similar statutes must be read to give the POTUS the final word on whether and how *classified* info will be provided to the HPSCI and SSCI.@just_security @lawfareblog https://t.co/fkY78ByxY2
— Marty Lederman (@marty_lederman) September 14, 2019

Hearing from whistleblowers is particularly important wrt the IC, where secrecy prevents the scrutiny normally facilitated by the press or civil society. That’s why the law requires notifying Congress. This is a big deal. https://t.co/3iVIJrJMZ8
— Suzanne Spaulding (@SpauldingSez) September 14, 2019

Complaint was filed 4 days after PDDNI submitted her resignation as demanded; her/DNI’s last day in office was 3 days after complaint filed but before IG referred it to Acting DNI. Whatever it was, I’m confident she would have sent it to Congress had she been appointed Acting DNI
— Carrie Cordero (@carriecordero) September 14, 2019

Good thread on whistleblower complaint being withheld from Congress👇🏽 https://t.co/bU4yxH60WL
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 14, 2019

This is why we can’t have a Cabinet of “Acting” officials. Even otherwise good people face tremendous pressure to protect the President, as they essentially audition every single day for the permanent nod. https://t.co/CL51LIJz7G
— Ned Price (@nedprice) September 14, 2019

Update on Trump’s lie about the hurricane

"The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at NOAA on Friday after the agency’s Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama," @NYTimes reports.https://t.co/nzHml32iJx
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 9, 2019

They would fire people for telling the truth!

A top NOAA scientist is probing why NOAA put out bad info to back up Trump.

Worse, he flatly stated that the public now has reason not to have confidence in the agency's info.

Here are numerous other examples of the suppression of good data under Trump:https://t.co/102nyz9Wkd
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 9, 2019

As I said yesterday, the Trump-installed NOAA leaders who threw integrity out the window, endangered public safety, and stabbed our scientists in the back—must be held accountable for betraying the public trust and undermining faith in our institutions. They should resign now. https://t.co/E7D9WoOpcF
— Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) September 9, 2019

NWS director Louis Uccellini praised the staff from @NWSBirmingham – who corrected Trump's false claim – and asked them to stand, prompting "a standing ovation from hundreds of forecasters." https://t.co/SwZdyOMvvI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 9, 2019

Contradicting the president's lies is apparently a firing offense in this administration. Probably because if you start doing it, you won't have time to do anything else.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) September 9, 2019

The use of the word "However," here is also unfortunate, since it suggests this anonymous Trump aide's claim deserves equal weight as an equally likely or plausible explanation for what happened. https://t.co/HUe2wzupYi
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) September 9, 2019

Trump makes money on military trips to Scotland

Just the latest example of Trump’s corruption. Republicans will say nothing and Democrats have been ineffective so there is no reason for Trump to stop using his office to make money. Sad!

Allegations of Gov officials sending business to Trump:

1. Trump to host G7 at his Doral resort

2. Pence stayed at Trump resort 181 miles from Dublin

3. Military planes refueled at Trump Scotland resort

4. Bill Barr to host Xmas party at Trump Hotel

House: Scorch the earth
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) September 7, 2019

It sure looks like Trump is using the military, and our tax dollars, to line his own pockets. https://t.co/fW6f3AmmAD
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 7, 2019

BREAK: THE AIR FORCE has just confirmed to us that seven C-17 crew members stayed at Turnberry in March. Air Force ops & spending in Scotland are still under investigation, a spokesman said, and a response to House Oversight is not immediately forthcoming. https://t.co/kJGD033rTS
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) September 7, 2019

They’re stonewalling like Trump does for all investigations.

Holy cow, US Air Force fuel purchases at Prestwick Airport started in October 2017 and have totaled $17.2 million, not the $11 million previously reported, according to @nytimes https://t.co/ZIHCT5W9nb
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 7, 2019

PerDiem for Glasgow is $160 per night for lodging and $85 for meals and incedental expenses. There is no way Trump charges that little for rooms and meals. They are literally turning crews upside down & dumping their pockets. Has any checked if they played golf? https://t.co/aHfTaVSGVQ
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) September 7, 2019

NYT has now confirmed: DOD personnel have stayed at Trump Turnberry golf resort in Scotland since the surge that started in Oct. 2017 of DOD flights making stopovers there. But it remains unclear if DOD is doing this to benefit Trump Org. Here's our piece. https://t.co/b8fgJjegPS
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) September 7, 2019

It’s clear they are doing this to benefit Trump. It’s not the cheapest or most convenient place to stay. This is corruption.

There is always, always, always a tweet https://t.co/6PyiGNf7xc
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 7, 2019

"I don’t know that voters in Wisconsin and Michigan are going to moved by terms like the emoluments clause, but they will understand that here’s a president who’s wrapped himself in the military and national security looting our military." – @SykesCharlie https://t.co/hnAjalSyBN
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 7, 2019

This is unreal. And quite telling that despite first becoming aware there were questions about this in April, there isn’t even a whisper of an explanation from the Pentagon or the White House. https://t.co/snGfnYJxUD
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) September 7, 2019

It's 34 miles from Prestwick Airport to Trump Turnberry. Google counts 120 hotels witin near vicinity of Prestwick
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 7, 2019

In January 2017 I warned America about the danger of Trump refusing to divest his assets. Tonight—as with every night for the past 2.5 years—I wish I was wrong. Trump can't do this alone. So may people have to have been corrupted by him for this to happen! https://t.co/OExkquW6Cc
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) September 7, 2019

"the normalization of corruption"https://t.co/cpp3aIzFxr
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 7, 2019

The Times reported today that Trump Turnberry was giving a discount to the military for staying at the hotel. We have not yet confirmed that, but it could explain why the rates were potentially lower, if true.
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) September 7, 2019