Trump’s tax returns must really have something bad in them

He’s got to be hiding something.

What happens if Democrats subpoena Trump's tax returns? Newt Gingrich says it will have to go to the Supreme Court, and "we'll see if the Kavanaugh fight was worth it." https://t.co/2LLAb9MhEi

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 25, 2018

Poll on public view

In case anyone thought Republicans were pushing Kavanaugh out of a devotion to the rule of law. https://t.co/fZhx3HAE2w

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) October 26, 2018

I remember a time when Susan Collins said Kavanaugh would be the most neutral umpire ever. https://t.co/1tGWye2lMo

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 26, 2018

Trump rally falsehood bingo!

Whoever made this did a great job!

Trump "is telling the same lies over and over" at his rallies as @ddale8 documents here: https://t.co/hu8ZYQc9vf. There will be ten more in the next 13 days. Play along each night using this handy bingo card! (cc: journalists) pic.twitter.com/1w7W3oWFQi

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) October 24, 2018

The Russians and Chinese listen to some of Trump’s calls

He bashed Hillary Clinton for her email server but he is using an insecure iPhone. He has been warned about it and still does it. Sad!

of course Obama is correct https://t.co/0GqTvlHsWN

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 26, 2018

WATCH: @KenDilanianNBC discusses national security implications for President Trump after the New York Times reported that Russia and China listen to some of the president’s phone conversations. https://t.co/dNsMeQeEeS

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 25, 2018

When Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones, American intelligence reports indicate that Chinese spies are often listening, current and former American officials tell NYT. https://t.co/1iZq6PQ1Jy

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 24, 2018

Trump falsely accused President Obama of wiretapping his campaign, yet has ignored warnings from intelligence officials that Chinese and Russian spies are eavesdropping on his conversations as president. Let that one sink in.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 25, 2018

“We briefed Trump's chief of staff early in 2017 about the vulnerabilities of these phones,” said a former senior intelligence official. “It scared the crap out of Reince Priebus but that didn’t matter. It didn’t change the behavior of the president.” https://t.co/1YvAmgVQwR

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) October 25, 2018

Opinion: The White House spin on Trump’s phone is probably true. That should scare us. https://t.co/PZzyiKTXxE

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2018

There's a Trump tweet for that.https://t.co/VcBwBS33OH https://t.co/68gv61fz7n

— Faiz (@fshakir) October 24, 2018

The so-called experts on Trump over at the New York Times wrote a long and boring article on my cellphone usage that is so incorrect I do not have time here to correct it. I only use Government Phones, and have only one seldom used government cell phone. Story is soooo wrong!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2018

Trump’s tweet claiming he 'only uses government phones' was sent from an iPhone https://t.co/u3CYB4IOGZ pic.twitter.com/8o55XSROdV

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 25, 2018

I think it’s perfectly reasonable to point out the titanic hypocrisy of the Republicans on this issue. https://t.co/0RmInfwKqB

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 25, 2018

China ridiculed but did not exactly deny an article in The New York Times detailing how Chinese intelligence agents eavesdropped on cellphone conversations President Trump had with friends https://t.co/iAxGwywbGP

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 25, 2018

This statement only provides partial information about the two government phones Trump uses, one for calls one for tweets. White House also had ample opportunity to say this before story ran pic.twitter.com/9AP5fB60Yy

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 26, 2018

“Older People Are Worse Than Young People at Telling Fact from Opinion”

This explains some Trump voters – they are vulnerable to lies.

When it comes to differentiating factual from opinion news statements, age matters. https://t.co/fOmGerN3Sw pic.twitter.com/gbHhiKgEay

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) October 23, 2018

A thing I run into a lot is older conservatives who fail to understand the credibility difference between an NYT or even Fox report versus an anonymous commenter on Conservative Treehouse. This study goes a long way towards explaining why! https://t.co/sgk94AY8I9

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 23, 2018

Trump approval polls 10/23/18

The more he lies, the higher his approval rating goes?

I am guessing this is about the economy.

Trump's current RCP avg is 44.2% approval.

That's equal to or better than 7 of the last 17 presidents on the eve of a midterm (using Gallup data). pic.twitter.com/6dQVbCEvK9

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) October 22, 2018

ICYMI
The way Donald Trump is handling his job as president:
Approve 44%
Disapprove 50%
(Gallup tracking, 10/15-21/18)
trend: https://t.co/rgbas8B8xA

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 22, 2018

New NBC/WSJ poll shows Trump job approval rating w/ college+ women at 27%-70% (!) vs. non-college men at 64%-32%.

Biggest GOP problem in 2018: women w/ college degrees are the likeliest demographic to turn out in a midterm election.

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 22, 2018

Trump approval up to -9 in FiveThirtyEight
It was -19 at VA-GOV https://t.co/PwfzZ6Pp2g

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) October 22, 2018

Trump's approval rating is now 47%, the highest of his presidency, per WSJ-NBC poll. Makes the midterms a "barnburner," per pollster who conducted the survey. https://t.co/c94khZf1tg

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 21, 2018

Trump lies about the opioids vote

His life is a lie. https://t.co/2gY5mRzK7i

— david maraniss (@davidmaraniss) October 21, 2018

Sad!

2018 elections update – 10/21/18

How Republicans could keep the House

Wisconsin’s Walker confronts dire political outlook

Even if Sri Kulkarni doesn’t succeed, his campaign will leave an infrastructure in place for the future: from waves of new Democratic voters locally, to interns and organizers schooled in community engagement who can replicate it anywhere in America. https://t.co/A8nfqCQe9N

— The Intercept (@theintercept) October 21, 2018

"These voters want someone who will keep Trump’s worst impulses in check — and they no longer have faith that Republicans will do that." https://t.co/xa6LLL11ci

— Swing Left (@swingleft) October 21, 2018

In Nevada, a midterm clash between newfound Republican organization and organized Democrats’ renewed enthusiasm https://t.co/C6qbJKWAWA

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) October 21, 2018

Why the 2018 Election Won't "All Come Down to Turnout":https://t.co/DAZ4sZgXYn

— Dave Hopkins (@DaveAHopkins) October 21, 2018

During and since 2016, Ds have focused more on identity issues and Trump criticism, diluting core economic message. The public is noticing (though harder for out party in good economy). https://t.co/TtVGKInQCm

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) October 21, 2018

in new NBC/WSJ poll, education effect among white voters is powerful

college degree moves white men to +4 D (from +42 R without degree)

college degree moves white women to +33 D (from +8 R without degree)https://t.co/WZov67BCEL

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 21, 2018

So, this is another poll where Democrats are doing better among likely voters than registered voters. We were seeing a fair amount of that in polls this summer, but less in September, when R enthusiasm had seemed to improve. Now more pollsters are showing a D turnout edge again. https://t.co/Aso3xtPPqq

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 21, 2018

Trump's approval rating is now 47%, the highest of his presidency, per WSJ-NBC poll. Makes the midterms a "barnburner," per pollster who conducted the survey. https://t.co/c94khZf1tg

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) October 21, 2018

House polls are noisy, but the Upshot/Siena numbers were pretty bad for the GOP this week after having been a bit more equivocal in early October. Even in the Senate, there were some brighter numbers for Dems in a few races (e.g. IN) this week, but probably too little/too late.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 21, 2018

A few weeks ago, the GOP improved from being modest favorites to fairly clear favorites to hold the Senate. That's a *big* deal and would be a nice accomplishment in what looks more likely than not to be a rather blue year otherwise (e.g. in House and Gov races).

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 21, 2018

Great story https://t.co/gwg2rosZSo

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) October 21, 2018

To combat voter suppression in Dodge City, we’re raising funds and recruiting volunteers to make sure all eligible Dodge City voters are able to vote and have their vote counted. Support our Dodge City GOTV effort ➡️ https://t.co/gSH1qx0DgS

— Kansas Dems (@KansasDems) October 20, 2018

Look, we all know what he means by "unqualified": it's running for office while black. https://t.co/niebYbUi0d

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 20, 2018

.@RepMaxineWaters: Congress has not done enough to ensure the safety & security of these elections. So, they're in. They've already started to undermine some of our campaigns… they've not been able to undermine the actual election systems… it's about creating division #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/TfbYvsNp0E

— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) October 21, 2018

On Election Day, November 6th, Lyft is offering rides to the polling place for HALF OFF and Uber is offering FREE RIDES to your polling place!

No excuses! Get out and vote!#SundayMorning #SundayMotivation pic.twitter.com/bLlDJFMeeQ

— Brian Gay (@brian2596) October 21, 2018

Clark County, Nevada set a record on the first day of early voting in the state.

The Saturday turnout of nearly 22,000 as of 3 PM was already over 4,000 more than the previous record for the first day of early voting during a midterm. https://t.co/VUliiAHFVn

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 21, 2018

Election Day is less than three weeks away, but many Americans are already voting. Here's everything you need to know about what could be very eventful midterm elections: https://t.co/V6cAFPvIHC pic.twitter.com/6WGdG0znjE

— ABC News (@ABC) October 21, 2018

It is fair to conclude that the GOP has made voter suppression a central part of their election strategy for 2018. We can assume this will continue in the future.

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) October 21, 2018

Ginning up the deplorati base two weeks from Election Day by trading on the humanity of others. This is no different from a century and a half of picking the pockets of white Southerners while telling them they will always rate higher than black folk. #AsLongAsSomeoneIsUnderYou https://t.co/a4DmqFuYyw

— David Simon (@AoDespair) October 21, 2018

"Her fighter-pilot bio and national fundraising base pushed her past Jim Gray in the primary, and she seems to have a celebrity aura that has insulated her from one of the heaviest, harshest and falsest barrages of attack ads ever seen in a KY election." https://t.co/B97FX9Zqq0

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) October 21, 2018

Harry Enten helps you navigate CNN's new tool, The Forecast, which uses a vast amount of polling data and voter information to give you daily midterm election predictions https://t.co/CTjRjAHGf3 pic.twitter.com/rxbeWr1dLD

— CNN (@CNN) October 21, 2018

ICYMI: Democrats need a two-seat pickup to retake the U.S. Senate, but their efforts seem to be fading in the home stretch. Follow @ ReutersTV's midterm election coverage https://t.co/9Ly39VzcNQ pic.twitter.com/IaBKLP06gq

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 21, 2018

The hutzpah of the GOP on health care this election is stunning. I’m listening right now to NY Rep. John Faso on NPR claim he’s against ACA repeal.

He voted FOR the repeal bill!!!! It ended insurance for 30m Americans!

Does the think his constituents are so stupid they forgot?

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) October 20, 2018

from new NBC/WSJ poll,
America’s mid-term election in a nutshell:

it’s white men without college degrees (+42 R) against white women college graduates (+33 D), Latinos (+40 D) and African-Americans (+70 D)https://t.co/WZov67BCEL

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 21, 2018

“The Cruelty Is the Point”

This column by Adam Serwer is excellent.

From the column:

“Even those who believe that Ford fabricated her account, or was mistaken in its details, can see that the president’s mocking of her testimony renders all sexual-assault survivors collateral damage. Anyone afraid of coming forward, afraid that she would not be believed, can now look to the president to see her fears realized. Once malice is embraced as a virtue, it is impossible to contain.”

Trump is withdrawing the US from another international organization

After Trump, if the next president wants to rejoin organizations and treaties, will anyone trust the US?

The Trump Administration is detaching the U.S. from the world one organization at a time. Self-defeating. https://t.co/EFrxHTm12o

— Nicholas Burns (@RNicholasBurns) October 17, 2018

U.S. moves to curb steep discounts on packages shipped from China https://t.co/kc9uSpN6ru

— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) October 17, 2018

from the Washington Post

Republicans will try again to kill Obamacare after the midterms

Obamacare is more popular than ever but that doesn’t matter to McConnell.

Today, Mitch McConnell has expressed a longing to kill protections for people with preexisting conditions, cut medicare, cut medicaid and cut social security after midterms. Contrary to the GOP elites opinion – lot of folks won't vote to commit suicide. https://t.co/a5fu2giUkB

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 17, 2018

Mitch McConnell says Senate Republicans may try again to repeal Obamacare if they win enough seats in the midterm election, per @Reuters.https://t.co/fB8OVk2Wb2

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 17, 2018

republicans doing everything they can to stymie obamacare and gut its protections for consumers, then turning around and promising to protect those protections, is just breathtakingly cynical, even in the age of trump https://t.co/SyX0SiR7r2

— jamelle g-g-ghoulie 👻 (@jbouie) October 16, 2018

McConnell: GOP may take another shot at repealing Obamacare after the midterms https://t.co/NsT5OMdKxC

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 17, 2018

As you read this, Trump and GOP are still trying to gut coverage for pre-existing coverage in a lawsuit in federal court. Can The MSM media PLEASE cover this at least half as much as they Covered Trump meeting Kanye?! This will have a real impact on lives! https://t.co/GVFpW2xQDB

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) October 14, 2018