Ohio super PAC broke campaign finance laws

A super PAC backing Rep. Jim Renacci spent more than $450k to win him the Republican OH-SEN primary, and it didn't disclose any of those expenditures until last week—a blatant violation of campaign finance laws https://t.co/REsPJJfS7P

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 2, 2018

Democrats are voting in competitive primaries

The article linked to below states:

“Democrats have appeared to be more enthusiastic than Republicans about the 2018 elections, showing up in massive numbers to protest President Trump and volunteer for campaigns.”
and
“Democratic turnout has risen more sharply than Republican turnout in at least 123 congressional districts, including districts where Republican incumbents are most vulnerable, in states like California and New Jersey.”

In more than 20 of the most competitive House races of 2018, the share of Democrats voting in primaries notably increased, compared with 2014 https://t.co/6ddX15RNi4

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 1, 2018

Blue wave in Miami

The article notes that Democrats have won three special elections in Miami-Dade County in the last nine months. Voting is the only way to take the country back from Trump and his enablers.

Eileen Higgins’s surprise victory in a heavily Hispanic district has deeply unsettled Republicans in South Florida, where local elections have long been determined by ethnicity https://t.co/2agQRwwItQ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 30, 2018

How can we have a civil discussion on immigration

Your president:

When people come into our Country illegally, we must IMMEDIATELY escort them back out without going through years of legal maneuvering. Our laws are the dumbest anywhere in the world. Republicans want Strong Borders and no Crime. Dems want Open Borders and are weak on Crime!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2018

Democrats don’t want open borders

Democrats don’t want MS-13

Democrats don’t want crime

How can we talk to someone who lies about what we think? Trump doesn’t really want to negotiate on immigration. He wants to keep it alive as issue through the 2018 election to get his bigots riled up.

Another bigoted Republican candidate

Who would vote for this guy? At least the party repudiated him.

Who votes for this kind of bs? https://t.co/ANfGQl23KA

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) June 28, 2018

Why would Trump meet with Putin?

Is it to discuss how to rig the 2018 US elections? Trump is doing nothing to prevent Putin from meddling in the 2018 elections. I wish he treated our allies as well as he treated our enemies.

Sounds like he's rewarding Putin for having attacked the US election for the benefit of Trump. https://t.co/Zef9ppnyKe

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 27, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump have set a place and time to meet. https://t.co/xbVDuFPV40

— CNBC (@CNBC) June 27, 2018

The Trump administration has again allowed Russia to make the first public statements about US-Russia relations (this time a Trump-Putin date night in Helsinki) its just like you would expect a deferential junior partner/supplicant to act.

— Greg Sarafan, Esq (@GSarafan) June 27, 2018

Putin attacks the United States 2016 elections and now Trump rewards him with a summit. If Trump were President on 9/11 does that mean he would held a summit with Bin laden just a year and half after the terror attack?

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) June 27, 2018

This article notes: “Russia experts stress there is no comparison between Trump’s policies and Putin’s most draconian actions. But they worry Trump’s affinity for the Russian leader and their similar set of instincts could lead the U.S. president to make concessions at the summit on issues such as arms control, the NATO military alliance loathed by Putin and Russian activities in Ukraine, which have been condemned by the international community.”

Why Trump is emphasizing immigration

This tweet explains it perfectly. Republicans can’t run on the issues so Trump falls back on bigotry to motivate his base. I’m sure he’ll go back to bashing the NFL when it gets closer to football season. (To be fair, a new poll shows people are giving him good marks for the economy.)

Electorally speaking,

the tax bill isn't convincing voters,

Obamacare repeal isn't convincing voters,

deregulation isn't convincing voters,

the economy isn't convincing voters,

nat'l security isn't convincing voters,

so the President has chosen fear and hatred to motivate.

— David Jolly (@DavidJollyFL) June 25, 2018

Trump’s supporters defend him

Overall, this is an excellent article by the New York Times. However, even though some Trump supporters express misgivings, they don’t say anything about his lies and racism. I don’t know if they were even asked about it.

The article does show how Trump manipulates the media. He lies all the times so the media appears to be anti-Trump when they report on the lies and provide the facts.

Trump voters have become a resilient force for the 2018 elections. The more the president is criticized, they say, the more they want to defend him. https://t.co/titPAgqJ9l

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 23, 2018

Let's stop pretending hard-core GOP militants are persuadable voters: https://t.co/Hd1phXVuvY

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) June 23, 2018

It’s horrifying that Trump’s abuse of immigrant children and immigrants could motivate the GOP base to block a blue wave midterm. Both GOP and Dem polls show it is a winning issue for him. I’d bet pixs would change perceptions so let’s hope they leak! https://t.co/xxPKFPbfSw

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) June 23, 2018

update:

Yeah, I've been critical of parts of @jwpetersNYT's latest piece but this is a genuinely valuable take-away. https://t.co/PA5IjOP5z3

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) June 23, 2018

Letters to the Editor on the article

A handful of Democratic activists & liberal writers spread misleading and false information about our story on Trump’s political durability. Here’s my take via @IChotiner https://t.co/O5s2Yur5m1

— Jeremy W. Peters (@jwpetersNYT) June 25, 2018

Alabama is making it harder for African-Americans to vote

Add it up: These maps & data points show Alabama’s constant determination to make voting harder for African-Americans, ⁦@MaggieAstor⁩ finds. https://t.co/7TLJlVnLlW

— Patrick Healy (@patrickhealynyt) June 23, 2018

Republican bigot running for Congress

This article states: “The Republican nominee for a US House seat in New Jersey has said diversity leads to Muslims killing Christians and that Kwanzaa is a fake holiday made by black racists to divide America.”