Trump administration is promoting abstinence-only sex education which doesn’t work

“Although there is overwhelming scientific & anecdotal evidence that abstinence-only programs don’t work, the Trump White House is moving forward with its plan to emphasize teen pregnancy programs that encourage adolescents to wait until marriage for sex.” https://t.co/aisP43W8pp

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 26, 2018

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— Democracy Forward (@DemocracyFwd) March 21, 2018

Democrats and Republicans have a lot of misconceptions about the other party

Blacks made up a quarter of the Democratic Party, but Rs estimated the share at 46%.

Rs thought 38% of Dems were gay, lesbian or bisexual. The actual number was 6%.

Dems estimated that 44% of Rs make more than $250K a year. The actual share was 2%.https://t.co/h7gdKGyT7V pic.twitter.com/wPoQxjSfZj

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 26, 2018

update:

According to a new study, Americans’ perceptions of the opposing political party tend to skew far from the truth. @OTMBrooke and @perrybaconjr discuss why the gulf between perception and reality is so wide. (@onthemedia) https://t.co/YTe3Yv13py

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) July 28, 2018

Trump false claims

I would call them lies but Daniel Dale does a great job of tracking things Trump says that are not true. I recommend following him on Twitter. He comments on Trump’s speeches in real time.

TRUMP SHATTERS DISHONESTY RECORD: The president of the United States made 103 — 103 — false claims last week. Fifteen per day. https://t.co/2mL4fbjh0L

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

Fact check: Trump’s misconceptions about immigration and laws and court

Washington Post

Paul Ryan is a hypocrite

You didn’t say jack when Steve King RT’d a Nazi Paul https://t.co/oXLUgwyvQl

— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) June 26, 2018

Republicans in Congress remain silent after Steve King retweets Nazi sympathizer https://t.co/tFnLvweNJR

— Salon (@Salon) June 14, 2018

Oh by the way, sitting US Congressman and member of the GOP in good standing, Steve King retweeted Nazi propaganda last week . #civility

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 25, 2018

It blows my mind that the reporters are not bombarding Ryan’s office for comment on a GOP member tweeting Nazi propaganda https://t.co/ocLCNRYAce

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 26, 2018

Great point about heckling of Nielsen

The type of heckling that Sec. Nielsen experienced at that restaurant happens to working reporters at nearly every Trump rally, often times at the explicit direction of Trump himself https://t.co/nNCo03AGpN

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) June 26, 2018

Also how many videos have we seen of Trump supporters going off in public in the election's aftermath? At least 15 gazillion

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) June 26, 2018

Trump lie about alleged call from Fallon

Trump said Fallon called him. Fallon said he didn’t. Trump is a pathological liar so I believe Fallon. Trump has done this before as noted below.

Fallon says Trump was lying when he claimed Fallon called him to say his episode got big ratings. (Boy Scouts, president of Mexico, news anchors, probably US Steel — Trump is often lying when he says someone called or wrote him to give him a compliment.) https://t.co/9q8T0WREii

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

Large banks are doing really well

The article linked to in the tweet states: “Banks have more than doubled their capital, their main financial defense against losses. Profits are surging on the back of the stronger economy, and bank stocks have risen more than the broader stock market since the election of Donald J. Trump. Wall Street’s chief executives are enjoying hefty paydays. The Trump administration has started to relax post-crisis regulation, and banks are angling for more loosening. ”

The largest United States banks could soon be free to pay out as much as $90 billion in spare profits to their shareholders https://t.co/nENeAUXNE2

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 22, 2018

Banks have also paid billions in fines. Yet, Republicans and some Democrats have eliminated safeguards put in place after the recession.

Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $5.1 million to settle a U.S. regulator’s claims that employees abused clients by persuading them to sell certain investments before maturity, generating large fees for the lender https://t.co/q26CR0K2Ym

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 25, 2018

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

Joe Biden was refused service at a bakery in 2012. This is what Paul Ryan did.

In 2012, a baker refused to serve Joe Biden. VP candidate Paul Ryan brought him to a rally. https://t.co/Qm2pY2FtYZ

— Amy Fried (@ASFried) June 25, 2018

They have a lot of nerve talking about how Sarah Sanders was treated.