Lock him up!

In a scene you couldn't script, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is found guilty on eight counts and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleads guilty to eight counts within minutes of each other. Trump is on Air Force One flying to a rally in West Virginia.

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 21, 2018

Today, in federal court, the President's fixer said the president ***directed him to break campaign law*** to cover up an explosive allegation a few days before an election that the president won by 77,000 votes across three states.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 21, 2018

An admitted felon is "saying that his co-conspirator and/or his aider and abetter was the president of the United States. That is something that I think is basically without precedent in American history" —@JeffreyToobin

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 21, 2018

Former Justice Department aide: “If Trump knew about the payments in advance or even agreed to them later, he’s looking at liability as a conspirator for what is now a proven crime.” https://t.co/IqXzdQ2DNT

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) August 21, 2018

#MichaelCohen just said he committed felonies in coordination with and at the direction of @realDonaldTrump to violate campaign finance laws. Now we know precisely why Lanny Davis played the audio recording b/t Cohen & Trump AND precisely why Giuliani tried to get ahead of it.

— Laura Coates (@thelauracoates) August 21, 2018

Cohen committed crimes "In co-ordination with, and at the direction of" @realDonaldTrump . Thus, President appears to be co-conspirator and/or aider and abettor of a federal crime.

— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) August 21, 2018

Whether or not *called* an unindicted co-conspirator, that’s what the sitting president IS as of close of business today, August 21, 2018, a day that will live in legal infamy. That’s the import of two of Michael Cohen’s guilty pleas.

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 21, 2018

Just to summarize: Michael Cohen has admitted he paid hush money–at the behest of a "candidate"–to two women whose stories, if they had been fully known, might have changed a few votes in the 2016 election.

— Paul Farhi (@farhip) August 21, 2018

Trump is going to look for someone to go on TV and spin the Cohen allocution about being directed by Trump (described only as a federal candidate). It's…hard to spin.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 21, 2018

I despise Trump but I doubt the Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal stories would have affected the election if we had known about them. Remember, we already knew about Access Hollywood, Mexicans are criminals, the birther lie, etc. and 62 million people voted for him anyway. We already knew he had been unfaithful in the past.

If Trump can’t be charged while he is president, I want him to be indicted as soon as he leaves office Lock him up!

“Truth isn’t truth”

What a ridiculous and dangerous thing for Giuliani to say!

“Alternate facts.” — Conway
“Facts develop.” — Sekulow
“Truth isn’t truth.” — Guiliani https://t.co/8gl5eoEs9U

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) August 19, 2018

I don’t understand how the president’s lawyer can say “truth isn’t truth” on national TV and people who support Trump can be totally unbothered.

The truth is not a partisan position.

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 19, 2018

"Truth isn't truth."

"What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening."

"Alternative facts."

These are dangerous constructs intended to foster blind loyalty in the face of objective reality. Suppression of truth is the last step towards tyranny.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 19, 2018

Trump lies again

It would be good news even if he told the truth. He just can’t be honest. It makes it hard to give him credit when he exaggerates. Sad!

Ok, the facts:
Growth in 2016 (pre-Trump) = 1.6%
Growth in past 12 months = 2.9%

Growth has definitely picked up, but it hasn't doubled. #economy https://t.co/tKX8oasbxc

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) August 17, 2018

Trump lies on military spending

This lies plus more in the New York Times fact check

https://t.co/mGKpREb7TJ

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) August 14, 2018

Trump keeps getting more dishonest

Trump is getting significantly more dishonest over time, both in false claims per week and in false claims per word. Here's the chart of false claims per week: pic.twitter.com/8iFnaM8xcs

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2018

July was Trump's most dishonest month so far, with 280 false claims. June was his second-most-dishonest month, with 268. A chart showing how extraordinary the last two months have been: pic.twitter.com/roACxutu2H

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2018

In addition to the 132 false claims last week, Trump also made 76 false claims two weeks ago. All four of his most dishonest weeks as president have come in the last seven weeks: pic.twitter.com/HhBfWMd4I2

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2018

A breakdown of Trump's false claims over the last two weeks:

36 at Pennsylvania rally
31 on Twitter
30 at Ohio rally
22 at Florida rally
19 to Illinois steelworkers
12 to VFW
11 in GDP speech
10 in Limbaugh interview
9 with Italian PM
5 to pastorshttps://t.co/7jTMjcFwnt

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 9, 2018

Daniel Dale does a great job tracking Trump’s statements.

Wage gains are being wiped out by inflation

Trump keeps lying that wages are growing for the first time in 20 years. In fact, nominal wage growth is the same as it was in the late Obama era – and real (inflation-adjusted) wage growth has fallen into negative territory: https://t.co/7AxhZqTPpa

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 10, 2018

While productivity continues to slowly rise, wages aren'thttps://t.co/50yvXb4NUZ pic.twitter.com/pSybNiYls5

— Axios (@axios) August 8, 2018

A new low point for Trump on the real wage growth front, down 0.2% Y/Y per today’s CPI report https://t.co/t8cyf4BZv0 pic.twitter.com/wWGHFxw5Kf

— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) August 10, 2018

Folks say this economy is on the rise. Well, that may be true for shareholders and stockbrokers. But for most people in America, wages are flat — while the cost of tuition, gas, and housing are climbing. We cannot leave the middle class behind.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 6, 2018

This is stunning. New data out today: real wages are in decline, while corporate profits soar, after the GOP tax cuts. pic.twitter.com/9v3dQxp6p0

— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) August 10, 2018

Even Fox Business corrected Trump

Extremely rare Fox fact check of Trump: Fox Business points out he was wrong this morning that NFL players get a majority of the league's ticket revenue. https://t.co/86URCawWOv

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 10, 2018