Younger people are supporting Democrats more than before

Big, big generational differences https://t.co/8US0w35pob
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) February 11, 2019

Adelson’s contributions to Republicans pay off for him

Ethics Crisis Reminder: Sheldon Adelson gave $5M to Trump’s inauguration. He and his wife gifted half a million to a legal defense fund for Trump associates. Adelson appears to have influenced Trump administration policies, and his wife received a presidential medal.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 12, 2019

Quid pro quo for one of Trump’s largest donors? https://t.co/jU1294izSq
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) February 8, 2019

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson poured more than $83 million into GOP candidates in 2016, including at least $20 million to elect Trump. He just got a gift in the middle of shutdown to protect his gambling business from competitorshttps://t.co/AWzcnX93gM
— Alfons López Tena #FBPE (@alfonslopeztena) February 8, 2019

NEW via @thamburger:
Justice Department decision to issue legal opinion long sought by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson draws criticismhttps://t.co/BD0hqC0dfe
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) February 8, 2019

A fund set up to help pay legal expenses incurred by aides to President Trump drawn into the Russia investigation raised $500,000 in the final quarter of 2018 — all of it coming on Oct. 1 from Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. pic.twitter.com/AMpv2CSlOk
— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) February 1, 2019

Since he brought up the economy, remember this:

🚫 He and Republicans forced a $1.3 trillion #GOPTaxScam that rewarded Sheldon Adelson with $670,000.000.00.

🚫 He shut down the government costing our economy $11,000,000,000.00. #SOTU
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) February 6, 2019

So we’re just gonna pretend Sheldon Adelson doesn’t exist, and that Kevin McCarthy is trying to punish ⁦@IlhanMN⁩ out of sincere commitment to the wellbeing of us Jews? Cool, cool. https://t.co/oFa3R3Prw0
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) February 11, 2019

Republicans in Congress and the NRA

We have to get to the bottom of the connections between the NRA, Russia, and Republican campaigns including Trump’s in 2016.

At the heel of the hunt, I think the key to general Republican complicity in this scandal is going to be the fact that a lot of them got laundered Russian money in 2016, a lot of which got washed by the NRA.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 13, 2019

The NRA, which pumped $30 million into #Trump campaign, says it took money from 23 Russia-linked donors https://t.co/5M8LKBGfTz

— David Beard (@dabeard) January 2, 2019

Republican senators overseeing NRA-Russia probes are top NRA allies https://t.co/WeqabL5YVD

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 21, 2019

The National Rifle Association appears to have illegally coordinated its political advertising with Republican candidates in at least three recent high-profile US Senate races, according to Federal Communications Commission records. https://t.co/N29pHiZZ7K

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 14, 2019

Senator Richard Burr & NRA appear to be even tighter than we thought. Documents from the @FCC show that the NRA’s ads in @SenatorBurr’s race were authorized by the same media consultant working for Burr’s campaign-which is against the law. https://t.co/qPg57a3mk6 #NoNRAmoney

— Newtown Action (@NewtownAction) January 15, 2019

The Senators investigating ties between the Kremlin and the NRA are big allies of the gun group—but they don't seem to be impeding the investigation, a sign that the NRA's hold on lawmakers may be weakening. https://t.co/VImPUpoMnR

— The Trace (@teamtrace) January 18, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked U.S. intel report says Butina/Torshin operation to co-opt the NRA was blessed by the Kremlin. https://t.co/Ri670G8OSC

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) January 14, 2019

Democrats in Congress are diverse. Republicans are mostly white men.

This is big and underrated. There has never — never! — been a House Democratic majority without a powerful bloc of southern conservatives. And now there is. https://t.co/FQT0GgQ3Oc

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 3, 2019

This context is depressing, as is the fact that of those 11,000 plus people who have served in Congress, fewer than 400 of them have been women. Sigh. https://t.co/VkzgHOuTl6

— Christina Reynolds (@creynoldsnc) January 3, 2019

■ Record numbers of women

■ Muslim and Native American women serving for the first time

■ Texas is sending the state's first two Latina members to Congress

■ Two black women from New England will also make history by coming to Washingtonhttps://t.co/jgoYDyv1mx

— CNN (@CNN) January 3, 2019

Total women in the U.S. House:

1989:
16 Democrats
13 Republicans

2019:
89 Democrats
13 Republicans

— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) January 3, 2019

Speaking as boomer-era white man, this really struck me while watching the ceremony too.

– Actuarially, the new GOP delegation is 90+% white men, and it looks even more than that. 13 GOP women (of 199).

– New Dem delegation looks — very different. 89 Dem women (of 235). https://t.co/nv2ETd2Gtu

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) January 3, 2019

In the new Congress:

-record # of women
-1st Muslim women to serve
-1st Native American women to serve
-1st Latina members from TX
-more women with young children
-most Black members in history of the House (53)

= more diversity of thought, experiences, perspectives…

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 3, 2019

Tlaib used Thomas Jefferson's Quran from 1734, & Omar used her grandfather's Quran she brought with her as refugee to US in 1995.

Even attire made history. Rashida the first in Palestinian dress which became a trend today under #TweetYourThobe ; Ilhan the first wearing a Hijab.

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) January 4, 2019

The newly sworn-in Congress is the most diverse in US history. Meet some of the freshman lawmakers who broke down race and gender barriers. https://t.co/VuCiX44gVZ pic.twitter.com/3UySscN6Zy

— CNN (@CNN) January 3, 2019

At a time when there are more women in the House than ever, the percentage of those women who are Republicans is almost at a record low. https://t.co/cOXQmVAXEU

— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 4, 2019

Trump learned nothing from the massive Republican House losses in the midterms

This will hurt Trump and the Republicans going forward (which is fine with me). Trump just lives in his Fox News bubble and ignores the facts.

“He’s playing poker holding two threes and suddenly putting all of his chips in. It’s pure emotion, the mark of a panicking amateur.”https://t.co/kBMSraYTqD
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) December 29, 2018

from the article linked to above:

“Republican critics, such as veteran strategist Mike Murphy, say Trump is threatening the GOP by “learning nothing from November and playing to the third of the country that he already has.””

Repeating this point, but the tendency of presidents to recover after bad midterms doesn't necessarily happen automatically—it may happen because it prompts them to pivot. Not clear if there's any recovery if there's no pivot, and Trump isn't pivoting. https://t.co/u6qD9Vvrcr pic.twitter.com/nsjrrdS7FO
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 29, 2018

A great illustration of how Republican hands are tied: they lose 40 seats in the House because voters reject Trumpism, but take no steps to move from him bc their remaining members (and leaders) are in mostly Trumpy districts

The president won Wyo by 40https://t.co/t3f46diWoz
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) February 10, 2019

Maine’s governor’s election was not stolen

It was done under the ranked choice system approved by Maine voters.

Maine governor deems congressional election "stolen" while certifying result https://t.co/29cBeFc3Pz pic.twitter.com/RNJ7o5VeRo

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 28, 2018

Not only are the Governor’s comments wrong, this is yet another attempt by the Maine GOP to undermine the will of Mainers, who twice voted to approve RCV. Maine people are tired of this kind of poor leadership — which is why they voted for sweeping change in November. #mepolitics https://t.co/aMDBj1Onnc

— Jared Golden (@golden4congress) December 28, 2018

GOP governor who attempted voter suppression measures & ignored the result of an election to expand Medicaid now complains about a “stolen election” after the GOP loser failed to win a majority as required by law. Good thing Maine will finally have an adult as governor again soon https://t.co/CgHPm4ljdS

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) December 28, 2018

BREAKING: In Maine, GOP Congressman Poliquin has filed a motion to dismiss his appeal of the decision upholding Maine’s congressional ranked choice voting. The litigation is over, Democrat Golden has won, and ranked choice voting has survived.

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 28, 2018

“Stolen election,” he hand wrote. https://t.co/FEBMAXag2R

— James Pindell (@JamesPindell) December 28, 2018

Chaos in the North Carolina district 9 congressional election

There is obvious fraud here by Republicans. Now the want to seat the guy in Congress. A new election is the right solution.

If the House doesn't want to seat a candidate, he doesn't get seated. Dems aren't trying to install the Dem candidate; they're just not going to recognize the election results, given the fraud case. Either Harris wins a special or he's not a congressman. https://t.co/EPPtWQXBwu

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 28, 2018

BREAKING: Rep @StenyHoyer tells @wsoctv that Mark Harris will NOT be seated on Jan 3.

“Given the now well-documented election fraud that took place in #NC09, Democrats would object to any attempt by Mr. Harris to be seated on January 3." #ncpol @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/Uf0IZIRfQY

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 28, 2018

Just in from a @McCreadyForNC spokesperson: "Mark Harris and his allies promised to support a complete investigation into this attack on our democracy. He has now broken this promise and is instead doing all he can to obstruct this bipartisan investigation." #NC09 #ncpol @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/qoBIKZZOUe

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 28, 2018

GOP in legislature used the lame duck session to change election law, allowing a primary if there's a new #NC09 election — ie, a chance to dump Harris. My cynical sense is that Woodhouse is trying to get the base thinking "stolen seat" either way https://t.co/A6qG4tozdQ

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 28, 2018

What a mess. Via @alanblinder https://t.co/7MnGElNLg9

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 28, 2018

Dear fellow North Carolina friends, the GOP state legislature just voted to keep investigations of election fraud secret. Now GOP politicans can rig elections without the public knowing. That's just wrong. It's pure corruption.

— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) December 28, 2018

Sources: Tomorrow Mark Harris will ask the NCSBE to certify #NC09. If that doesn't happen, republicans will ask a federal court to order the state to certify Harris as the winner. #ncpol @wsoctv

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 28, 2018

The dissolution Friday of North Carolina's elections board injected further uncertainty into a still-undecided congressional race https://t.co/lEgTc27Dna

— POLITICO (@politico) December 28, 2018

North Carolina elections board dissolves before certifying November results of 9th district racehttps://t.co/UyC3xo1UEj

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) December 28, 2018

North Carolina Congressional district #9 coverage from North Carolina

This is a link to great local coverage of the election fraud.

I am proud of the work my @wsoctv team and I are producing related to #NC09. We will not stop investigating these claims of election fraud or be intimidated. Here is a link to all of our past coverage:https://t.co/uZ0YVygsem

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) December 19, 2018

Here is other coverage of North Carolina:

This is a remarkable story: As evidence of election fraud mounts, Republicans in North Carolina now pushing not only for new general election but also for new primary to remove the GOP candidate who appears to have benefited from the fraud via @CNNPolitics https://t.co/ORPNAVXrXo

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) December 12, 2018

This dude almost certainly committed election fraud on a massive scale and the headline probably ought to emphasize that rather than trying to be cute. https://t.co/B5raieNHle

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) December 15, 2018

Some really good reporting here by @AmyEGardner and @bethreinhard on the tangled web in N.C. election-fraud investigation. https://t.co/XDq7lzKbA0

— Paul Farhi (@farhip) December 15, 2018

After years of railing against supposed voting fraud, Republicans have fallen silent or actively attacked a probe that threatens one of their own. https://t.co/4XHlPAMxVx

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 9, 2018

It is election fraud, not voter fraud. Voters didn’t do anything wrong.

Republicans need to stop looking for excuses to blame voters for everything. https://t.co/5tVMU5GWuq

— Abe Rakov (@aberakov) December 10, 2018

Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would require photographic identification to vote in North Carolina. https://t.co/UdTlEvvhxI

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) December 15, 2018

Kemp lied about voter fraud in Georgia

Anyone filed an ethics complaint yet?
Kemp’s maneuver is “perhaps the most outrageous example of election administration partisanship in the modern era”https://t.co/URubBt9F6Y

— Georgia Election Integrity (@PaperBallotsGA) December 14, 2018

To the media outlets (national and in-state) who irresponsibly trumpeted @BrianKempGA’s abuse of power as if it were fact, read this @ajc piece and learn from your mistakes, because Kemp will repeat his unethical behavior as governor. #gapol https://t.co/nr0H2usMzK

— Georgia Democrat (@GeorgiaDemocrat) December 15, 2018

When the media learned that candidate Brian Kemp (then Georgia Secretary of State) had left GA’s voter database exposed online, he fabricated a story about the GA Democratic Party trying to hack into the database to steal the election. #FraudOnThePublic 1/ https://t.co/YSLvXzj50I

— Jennifer Cohn (@jennycohn1) December 15, 2018

72 hours before Election Day, @BrianKempGA, as Georgia Secretary of State, said Democrats had hacked the voter rolls to steal the election.

A deep investigation just determined he made the whole thing up. All lies.

A gross, unethical abuse of power. https://t.co/6V50gqES6J

— Shaun King (@shaunking) December 15, 2018

Brian Kemp refused to resign as Georgia's secretary of state while running for governor. Days before defeating Democrat Stacey Abrams, his office accused democrats of election cyber crimes. Today, the AJC reports they had "no evidence" backing the charge. https://t.co/vwgbHu3k9Q

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 16, 2018

The saddest thing here is the reporting was already out there when Kemp made his allegations before the election. It was not hard for the AJC, as the primer Georgia newspaper, to follow up on this https://t.co/MjmA2wlZFv

— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) December 16, 2018

a wild abuse of power by a figure whose tenure was practically defined by wild abuses of power. kemp’s victory is illegitimate and georgia’s election system needs to be scrapped and rebuilt from fhe ground up https://t.co/YxVaWs8OmM

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) December 16, 2018

Investigation finds Brian Kemp's claims that Georgia Democrats committed election fraud are not likely true https://t.co/07rRfEK08u

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 16, 2018

Michigan Republican scam

They are going against the wishes of the voters. Sad!

Gov. Rick Snyder signs laws to significantly scale back citizen-initiated measures to raise Michigan's minimum wage and require paid sick leave for workers. https://t.co/sxP3nFB1mv

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 15, 2018

from the article:

“To prevent minimum wage and earned sick time initiatives from going to voters last month, GOP lawmakers approved them in September so they could be more easily altered after the election with simple majority votes rather than the three-fourths support that would have been needed if voters had passed the proposals.
The tactic — never done until now — was pushed by the business community as necessary to avoid jeopardizing the economy. But it was criticized as an unconstitutional attack on voters’ will at a time Republicans in Michigan are trying to dilute the powers of incoming elected Democrats.”