Presidential values

Good tweet on the photo below.

It doesn’t say anything about the contrast with Trump. It doesn’t have to. Sad!

Each president in this photo did things I disagreed with politically. Quite a lot, in fact, for most of them.

And yet I never doubted that every single one of them acted based on core values, including love of country—not, primarily, love of self. pic.twitter.com/N19fV1zPoD

— David Priess (@DavidPriess) April 22, 2018

Excellent tweet on the federal Cohen investigation in New York

When prosecutors uncover evidence of a serious crime, they are obligated to investigate it. Mueller went to Rosenstein for guidance and now federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating. That’s how the system is supposed to work. https://t.co/JSk7OuvCtq

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) April 22, 2018

Was 2016 the most winnable election in modern history?

These tweets and the blog post that inspired them discuss the false concept that 2016 was the most winnable election in modern history.

Nate Silver writes: “The background conditions in 2016 (no incumbent, average economy, Democrats in power for 8 years, high partisanship) weren’t particularly favorable to Clinton; instead, most “fundamentals” models from political scientists saw the race as a toss-up.”

Jon Cooper also makes an excellent point about voter suppression.

Sad!

New Orleans Pelicans

A really funny tweet

All credit to NO musician Davis Rogan who has long argued that New Orleans should rechristen the Pelicans the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and shame Utah into giving the name back. https://t.co/xZublaBw1Y

— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 22, 2018

Great tweet on Trump and Russia

More anger about Haley than we've ever heard Trump express against Putin. https://t.co/OsRXCtltGU

— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) April 19, 2018

Fired Trump appointee working for the Trump 2020 campaign

Even if the $7k is his weekly salary and not the $15k, that's $364,000 annually. https://t.co/tcUN9msNhb

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) April 16, 2018

Made-up attack on Comey

on Fox, Corey Lewandowski just criticized Comey for failing to protect Boston during the April 2013 Marathon bombing. Comey became FBI director in September 2013. H/T @DafnaLinzer

— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) April 16, 2018

Sean Hannity is a client of Michael Cohen

I wonder what Hannity did!

The @MichaelCohen212, executive VP to @realDonaldTrump joined me in studio today to discuss the #TrumpPhenomenon pic.twitter.com/reEaksFaX4

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) August 10, 2015

Simpsons stamps

In 2012, the USPS Inspector General audited the postal service's business and found that it lost $1.2 million bc it misjudged how many people would buy Homer Simpson stamps. https://t.co/s0FPUKGsyr

— Kayla Tausche (@kaylatausche) April 13, 2018

Another good tweet

The best description I've seen is that Fox News treats its viewers like mushrooms–keep them in the dark and feed them sh!t.

— Brian Krassenstein🐬 (@krassenstein) April 14, 2018