Trump’s Minnesota rally

"And you know, I went to people — I thought about it — I thought, oh, I think I'm such a genius." — Donald "Genius" Trumphttps://t.co/X91mk5KjG3

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 21, 2018

update:

.@anamariecox stood among the true believers in Duluth last night: https://t.co/u1a6THOHi0 via @RollingStone pic.twitter.com/jWIAiSPPtQ

— John Hendrickson (@JohnGHendy) June 21, 2018

Fact Check of the Day: At a campaign rally in Minnesota, President Trump misstated facts about illegal immigration, experimental medicine and NASA https://t.co/YXsBY824OI pic.twitter.com/eXhcbH0Tr8

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) June 21, 2018

Give the kids a break

Oh, give the kids a break already https://t.co/HNWkIkr8y5 via @MotherJones pic.twitter.com/i9jeqvBNKS

— Kevin Drum (@kdrum) June 21, 2018

“..since 1999 there’s been a 71 percent increase in the share of kids who don’t eat vegetables” according to the article.

Democrats and Republicans have very different views on media bias

This links to a study on which news sources Democrats and Republicans think are unbiased. The differences are remarkable but not unexpected in our polarized country.

Staggering difference in what Democrats vs. Republicans see as unbiased news sources in new @knightfdn @GallupNews study)https://t.co/0HXvITtSzc pic.twitter.com/zqKHDpjaSU

— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) June 20, 2018

"U.S. adults estimate that 62% of the news they see in newspapers, on television, or hear on radio is biased." https://t.co/fdH5jPQCwx via @GallupNews @knightfdn pic.twitter.com/Y7mgYxQ1N7

— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) June 20, 2018

Distrust of the media leads to this:

Distrust of the media makes motivated reasoning easier. https://t.co/CxDQBvB8Qr

— Jonathan Ladd (@jonmladd) June 20, 2018

People think there are more immigrants than there are

From the study cited in the article: “For instance, in the U.S., the actual number of immigrants as defined above is 10%, but the average perception is 36%”

America has an information problem. https://t.co/8u1oJmAiEC pic.twitter.com/6bnLITlhOP

— Chris Canipe 🍎 (@ccanipe) June 20, 2018

This article shows the percent in the US as 14% which is still much lower than the perceived total.

Coast Guard security for Trump’s trips to Florida cost nearly $15 million

Sad!

Taxpayers have paid nearly $20 million for extra Coast Guard patrols that protected President Donald Trump by land and sea during 16 winter and spring trips to West Palm Beach since his inauguration, according to records obtained by USA TODAY. https://t.co/s4NzWy8Dfy pic.twitter.com/T5Mq9m8Iwc

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 21, 2018

Most Americans favor legal status for illegal immigrants who came as children

Nearly three-quarters of Americans favor granting permanent legal status to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally when they were children. https://t.co/Z7IRnkwwBO pic.twitter.com/xUGRcpsTPk

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) June 21, 2018

This has been consistent the whole time I've covered the issue. Even as Trump took over the GOP, a big chunk of his own supporters said they'd be fine with a path to citizenship. https://t.co/VVN3UWQTlC https://t.co/3M5CBkrcyc

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) June 18, 2018

Trump reversed his family separation policy

Trump reversed his policy about separating families after saying only Congress could do it. What a damn liar!

BREAKING: President Trump just signed an executive order to keep families together at the border, reversing his position that he has no authority to do so https://t.co/lbfrZeJ4uR pic.twitter.com/gbOeJeEDA8

— CNN (@CNN) June 20, 2018

YOU DON’T THANK THE KIDNAPPER FOR RELEASING THE HOSTAGES https://t.co/ecLSmuiidc

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 20, 2018

At some point there will be a crisis that is not of the White House’s own making and they will need people beyond the president’s base to have faith in what they say. https://t.co/8d1AdeYm0w

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 20, 2018

It’s also an executive action she said that Trump couldn’t take, and “only” Congress could act https://t.co/x87efNrzgc

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 20, 2018

When we made this, people accused us of exaggeration, but it was really almost entirely rooted in Trump's campaign promises. It's remarkable how focused his administration has been on bringing so many of those pledges to bear. https://t.co/c13oHTOcYd

— Kathleen Kingsbury (@katiekings) June 20, 2018

9 months old. Someone’s 9 month old baby is here. In New York City. Without parents. https://t.co/jYSdm0i2YE

— Jamie Stelter (@JamieStelter) June 20, 2018

Here's a clue that the executive order was slapped together and posted on short notice: The White House misspelled "seperation" in the heading. https://t.co/R00q5wMUii pic.twitter.com/JABvXeJ9ha

— Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) June 20, 2018

This is why Trump thinks he’s winning: by creating a crisis all now accept the idea that there is an immigration crisis… https://t.co/MD5LoE0QKJ

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) June 20, 2018

This tweet was just 3 days ago. https://t.co/TFGcpsJ6gT

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 20, 2018

POTUS created family separations at the border, and now he wants credit for ending them. This is how dictators operate. https://t.co/JiF9uCZwMv

— Jill Filipovic (@JillFilipovic) June 20, 2018

Key: trump ends separation policy. Remember – dhs secy said policy didn’t exist. Cites “zero tolerance” remains. Lack of tolerance is how we got in trouble w/ separation. Justice is about law and fairness. If potus doesn’t get that – doomed to repeat same mistake. #DOYOURJOB

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) June 20, 2018

Is there no one—not a single person—with a political appointment in this administration who has the soul, the decency, the moral backbone to quit over family separation? Not one?

— Ruth Marcus (@RuthMarcus) June 20, 2018

To be clear: This is not a story about the media. This is a story about the Trump administration’s decision to enforce a “zero tolerance” policy at the border https://t.co/4sujwcsJDn

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 20, 2018

About that Peace Prize nomination … https://t.co/nO07MyAL1r

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 20, 2018

The president’s order does not solve this problem. It does nothing to reunify the 2,300 children who have been taken from their parents. pic.twitter.com/jo2knb8eT8

— Senator Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) June 20, 2018

Per DOJ press call and convos with HHS, DHS: No one seems to have a plan for reuniting these 2300 kids with their parents

— Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) June 20, 2018

Gene Hamilton, counsel to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, said he couldn't say when the migrant children separated from families right now will be reunited with their parents.

He referred reporters on a White House conference call to HHS and DHS officials. https://t.co/fPmcXqQtgr

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 20, 2018

That's one reason why Trump's executive order is worded to only require that the family be kept together "where appropriate and consistent with law and available resources." As a practical matter, children will still be taken from their parents under his new policy. https://t.co/YSCoBnGR9p

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 20, 2018

Buyers tied to Russia bought Trump properties with cash

looks shady to me!

Buyers connected to Russia or former Soviet republics made 86 all-cash sales — totaling nearly $109 million — at 10 Trump-branded properties in South Florida and NYC. Many of them made purchases using shell companies designed to obscure their identities.https://t.co/882IsQlMdK

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 20, 2018

Potential Zinke conflict of interest

Sad!

The Interior secretary is involved in a multi-million-dollar project funded by the chairman of an energy-services giant, which strikes ethics experts as a situation full of conflicts of interest https://t.co/1qK39GVSdu

— POLITICO (@politico) June 19, 2018

This miscreant needs to be brought to the bar of justice. Thoroughly corrupt https://t.co/tyIEC8ORH6

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) June 20, 2018

Ryan Zinke sought Wednesday to explain his role in a real estate deal involving a nonprofit he launched and developers backed by the chairman of Halliburton, a major energy company with extensive business before his department https://t.co/5nLoAG85It

— POLITICO (@politico) June 27, 2018

Ryan Zinke’s interest in opening a microbrewery is now part of an ethics probe into his dealings with an oil services executive.https://t.co/aMu2Ix28w4

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 2, 2018

Hypocrisy on immigration

This tweet makes a great point!

The irony of the Trump admin enforcing misdemeanor unlawful entry because “all laws must be enforced” when he pardoned Joe Arpaio because he was “treated very unfairly” when he was prosecuted for blatantly violating a court order re immig actions should not be lost on anyone.

— Daniel S. Goldman (@danielsgoldman) June 19, 2018