Trump administration won’t make drillers and miners pay for damage to federal land

Trump team stops asking drillers and miners to pay for damage to federal lands, @dino_grandoni reports in the Energy 202: https://t.co/jgrnshXuNC

— Brady Dennis (@brady_dennis) July 26, 2018

The White House won’t give read outs of Trump’s calls with foreign leaders

Another norm trashed by Trump

The White House isn't even going to try to give read outs of the President's phone calls with world leaders anymore. This can't be good. https://t.co/qx323YqAzx @kaitlancollins
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) July 25, 2018

Scientists object to Trump’s wall

Thousands of scientists object to Trump’s border wall https://t.co/YLLXSFh1Dn

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 24, 2018

Public support for Roe v. Wade decision hits a new high

Meanwhile, Republicans want to overturn or damage it.

New, from the NBC/WSJ poll: As the Supreme Court stands to be reshaped with Trump's new nominee, public support for the court's decision in Roe v. Wade hits a new high. https://t.co/KlDCYKNpGi pic.twitter.com/EU7hAbC8t8

— Carrie Dann (@CarrieNBCNews) July 23, 2018

52% of Republicans say #RoevWade should remain the law of the land. GOP senators can faithfully represent their constituents by joining Dems and expect Kavanaugh to #CommitToRoe https://t.co/ULzZiFBFlN

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 23, 2018

Poll on racial diversity

Does increased racial diversity have a positive or negative impact on America?

ALL AMERICANS
• 64% positive
• 31% negative

DEMOCRATS
• 85% positive
• 13% negative

REPUBLICANS
• 43% positive
• 50% negativehttps://t.co/fYaJ2fwX7R pic.twitter.com/ngszY4fdby

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) July 23, 2018

I think Trump is preparing to not accept 2018 election results if Republicans lose

I have said this before. Trump will say the elections were rigged and may try to invalidate the results. I never thought he would say Russia favors the Democrats. We all heard Putin say he wanted Trump to win in 2016. Trump’s tweet is nonsense.

If Trump really believes there will be election meddling, then he should do something to prevent it. Remember, last week he said Russia was not meddling in the 2018 elections before he walked it back.

Trump is laying the foundation for later claims that ONLY election results favoring the GOP will be valid.

In 2016, he did this with his repeated “RIGGED” assertions, and the media inadvertently assisted him by challenging Dems to say they would accept any results.

🚨🚨🚨 https://t.co/nSD9Vcl9kH

— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) July 24, 2018

Dear @realDonaldTrump: Based on your statement below, I look forward to you pushing for funding for election security. The House GOP voted last week to turn down that funding. Tell them they are wrong. Thanks. https://t.co/sZhFo22kZX

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 24, 2018

This is not normal. It's not normal that the president is tweeting this kind of nonsense given the facts as we know them.

Trump could have tweeted "PASS THE SECURE ELECTIONS ACT NOW!" He could be trying to make elections safe from outside interference. Instead, disinformation. https://t.co/IgnXrB9pS6

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 24, 2018

If so, it's weird that you aren't taking the prospect of more Russian sabotage seriously, in direct contradiction of your Director of National Intelligence. https://t.co/TCZ05SCu7S

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 24, 2018

Vladimir Putin, feet from Donald Trump, last week: "Yes, I wanted him to win." https://t.co/7ahAWVdAgd

— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) July 24, 2018

So if there's a blue wave, it will suddenly be Russia's fault? https://t.co/wfR8GE5wMy

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) July 24, 2018

update 8/1/18:

I worry about how many of T’s followers could easily be convinced by T, backed by Putin-directed social media and Putin-orchestrated events, that any Blue Wave that flips the House or removes or votes out T is a coup or is at least rigged and should be violently resisted.

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 2, 2018

This is exactly my point!

Trump’s war on global public health

Excellent piece by @Laurie_Garrett on Trump's battle against breastfeeding and the wider war it heralds on global public health initiatives. https://t.co/2VFFeV59uQ

— Diane E. Tourell (@dianetourell) July 20, 2018

Tabloid company may have acted as a political supporter of Trump instead of news organization

Not surprising

Prosecutors believe that American Media Inc. acted more as a political supporter than as a news organization as it helped Michael Cohen prevent embarrassing coverage of Trump https://t.co/xtXXQmgRmJ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 21, 2018

Political Science – Randy Newman (1972)

I have posted this before but it seems pertinent after Trump’s attacks on our allies. It was a satire when it was released but it sure sounds like Trump.

Judicial nomination withdrawn

Where does Trump find these people? Don’t they vet them or don’t they even care what they have said?

I will vote NO on Ryan Bounds for a lifetime appointment to the 9th Circuit. Some backstory: breaking with a 100-year-old Senate practice, Republicans moved his nomination forward over the objections of both Senators who represent the state that Bounds will be appointed to.

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) July 18, 2018

Facing opposition from some GOP Senators, the judicial nomination for Ryan Bounds was just withdrawn.

Here’s a May WaPo story about some of his writings while a college student that led to some of the the opposition. https://t.co/W02rM8EjsN

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 19, 2018

McConnell withdraws nomination nomination of Ryan Bounds to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit after concerns about racially insensitive writings from his past, GOP senators say — amounting to a significant loss for the White House.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 19, 2018

IMPORTANT: Republicans are taking another step to destroy the judicial nominations process as we know it by confirming Ryan Bounds without approval from home-state senators @RonWyden & @SenJeffMerkley. The Congressional Research Service says this has never happened. #CourtsMatter

— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) July 18, 2018

Tim Scott, in his quiet disapproval of Ryan Bounds today, has done more to check the President than Jeff Flake or Bob Corker have done with all of their speeches and soundbites.

— Sam Rubinstein (@Sam_Rubinstein) July 19, 2018