The unmasking scandal was just another Trump cult lie

“Occam has never had a straighter razor.” https://t.co/iYeGvKuSSh
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosNYT) October 14, 2020

Back in May, Fox News portrayed the "unmasking" story as one of the greatest scandals in American history. Hosts like Hannity, Carlson, and Ingraham went all in on it. And the network's "straight news" division hyped it too. Now it has fallen apart. https://t.co/G63KicEoMS
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 14, 2020

Some will roll their eyes at news DOJ has quietly ended its "unmasking" review without criminal charges, but it remains shocking that a US president and his allies in opinion media have, without evidence, endlessly accused his predecessor of crimes.

In the end, it was a lie. https://t.co/Y2dLFQIolR
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) October 14, 2020

"The prosecutor appointed by AG Barr to review whether Obama-era officials improperly requested the identities of individuals whose names were redacted in intelligence documents has completed his work without finding any substantive wrongdoing." https://t.co/41e9h2bs53
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 13, 2020

The ENTIRE point of "unmasking" is that you literally don't know who the person is…that's why you make the request to find out the identity. So *by definition* no one could have been deliberately "targeting" Trump officials…how does he not understand this?
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) October 14, 2020

This. https://t.co/ZJJASvyFHw
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) October 14, 2020

The "Obamagate" unmasking case has fizzled and @washingtonpost says no DOJ report is planned.

Why is it important to continue to point out Trumpworld's campaign of manipulation?

Because the American people were the victims. They were repeatedly misled by Trump and his allies.
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) October 14, 2020

'Obamagate Is Over': Dan Abrams Goes Off After Report Unmasking Probe Wrapped Up Finding No Wrongdoing https://t.co/oBUBuUOCpR
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) October 14, 2020

Oshkosh has the worst outbreak

The nation’s worst outbreak is in Oshkosh. Green Bay and Appleton aren’t far behind. https://t.co/0nhC5JdHKH pic.twitter.com/TZSIzJab4a
— Dan Shafer (@DanRShafer) October 1, 2020

I wish there was at least as much attention being paid to working-class Wisconsinites in Oshkosh and Green Bay, who are suffering and dying because of a COVID-19 surge that never should have happened, as is being paid to Republicans in Washington who downplayed a pandemic. pic.twitter.com/akwhHpvFuI
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) October 4, 2020

Mayor of Oshkosh, which now has the highest average daily cases per 100K in the country: “I’m honestly not sure that anything we do right now will make a difference … It’s too late.” https://t.co/RbIMKi2Kj2
— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) October 2, 2020

The Oshkosh-Neenah area has the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the country. The latest message from the Winnebago County Health Department has many alarming details: pic.twitter.com/qnpuskgydY
— Sophie Carson (@SCarson_News) October 2, 2020

'This is real': Wisconsin bar owner details COVID from hospital bed – WISN Milwaukee: Mark Schultz, 64, owns Oblio's Lounge and Primo Restaurant in Oshkosh. https://t.co/jogqASPycP #guestpost #globalnews #worldfirstnews
— @easyjanjansen (@easyjanjansen) October 10, 2020

Trump the authoritarian

Trump's moves this week "were so blatant that one had to look to authoritarian nations to make comparisons," reports the New York Times. Good for them! https://t.co/AFn5hQas1W

Question: if his actions were without precedent should your coverage break with precedent, as well?
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) October 12, 2020

Analysis: New research explores authoritarian mind-set of Trump’s core supporters https://t.co/ez6lGKmgsR
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 12, 2020

More about the QAnon conspiracy theory 10/12/20

YouTube CEO won't say if company will ban QAnon https://t.co/SL4sEUw2HS
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 12, 2020

QAnon is tearing [white] families apart https://t.co/T8IXvIV6ZL
— @tiffanydcross (@TiffanyDCross) October 12, 2020

Etsy recently banned QAnon merch on its platform, but many sellers & influencers are promoting pastel "Save the Children" merch as a workaround. Thanks to @AnnieKNK of @QanonAnonymous for sharing insights on feminization of QAnon: https://t.co/PN3OL7Nnjh
— Liz Flora (@Liz__Flora) October 12, 2020

Peloton confirmed to me that the company removed QAnon-related hashtags https://t.co/sgZLxcRdtw
— Rachel E. Greenspan (@rach_greenspan) October 9, 2020

QAnon conspiracy theorist and Infowars host DeAnna Lorraine says Trump is right to reject a virtual presidential debate because Biden might be replaced by a clone or CGI. pic.twitter.com/mqJ9tEjo2Q
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 9, 2020

At the end of the day, QAnon people just want their political enemies murdered on television.

That’s all this is, and that’s all it ever was. pic.twitter.com/gCeIzfjphO
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 7, 2020

New reporting from CNN shows how QAnon spread on Facebook beyond the United States. https://t.co/rV3R6NQejv pic.twitter.com/IGyPOAY1vb
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 7, 2020

Facebook's QAnon ban seems to have been really broad and effective. Everyone in one of the QAnon-adjacent groups I follow is talking about how all their favorite groups are gone. pic.twitter.com/8sPiUBNJbW
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) October 7, 2020

Facebook banning all openly QAnon-related accounts is a big deal. As always, the million-dollar question is how they actually enforce the policy, but it's farther than many people expected them to go. https://t.co/vrzeSj9DfL
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) October 6, 2020

An @AP review finds Facebook and Twitter aren't enforcing even limited restrictions in place to stem the spread of the QAnon conspiracy theory. https://t.co/GBB7Y2xoNd
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) October 1, 2020

QAnon believers are convinced Trump is just feigning quarantine to launch the mass arrests of Democrats. After all, they figure, he already has hydroxychloroquine, so could easily cure the virus if it was actually a threat. https://t.co/SFxMzg3Izl
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 2, 2020

Obamacare polls update 10/12/20

Would you like to see the Affordable Care Act—also known as Obamacare—remain in place, or ended?

REP
Remain in place 12%
Ended 78%

DEM
Remain in place 95%
Ended 4%

IND
Remain in place 58%
Ended 29%

(Quinnipiac U. Poll, LV, 10/16-19/20)https://t.co/tmBCnRGPDY

1/2
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 22, 2020

Given what you know about the 2010 health reform law—known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare—do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?

Favorable 55%
Unfavorable 39%

(Kaiser Family Foundation, 10/7-12/20)

1/2
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 16, 2020

icymi

Overall, do you generally favor or generally oppose the health care law known as Obamacare?

Favor 57%
Oppose 36%

(CNN Poll, 10/1-4/20)
trend: https://t.co/tmBCnRGPDY
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 12, 2020

icymi

Do you think the Supreme Court should or should not overturn the health care law known as Obamacare?

WOMEN
Should overturn it 24%
Should not 70%

MEN
Should overturn it 41%
Should not 52%

(CNN Poll, 10/1-4/20)https://t.co/tmBCnRGPDY
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 12, 2020

“A Fox News poll last week showed that, by 64% to 32%, voters prefer to keep Obamacare rather than repeal it.”https://t.co/3qYag9W1uy
— Roger Tansey 🌊🌊🌊 (@rogertansey) October 12, 2020

Fox News poll: Would you keep Obamacare in place or repeal it?

Today: 64% keep in place, 32% repeal

Nov 2016: 41% keep in place, 52% repeal

Dec 2014: 38% keep in place, 58% repeal

Pretty stunning how drastically views Obamacare have changed in just six years.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 7, 2020

"Obamacare was a disaster."
Pence.

Americans LOVE Obamacare (we still need single payer…)https://t.co/CINNVDG9Wj
— Chris Walker (@thatchriswalker) October 8, 2020

#ThanksObama #ThanksBiden https://t.co/T3KqNOjvqK
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) December 23, 2021

Republican fake ballot drop off boxes in California

California Republican Party says it will not comply with state's cease and desist order on ballot drop boxes https://t.co/rmMpqHjzeG
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) October 15, 2020

California GOP installed unofficial ballot drop-off boxes. State officials say they’re illegal. https://t.co/nNi4QC1YB7
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 12, 2020

The California Republican Party was involved in an effort to prevent absentee voting during a pandemic. Now their staff is involved in election fraud. This is what the GOP has devolved into. Shameful. https://t.co/YTy9sXBkYX
— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) October 12, 2020

California state officials say Republicans deliberately installed fake ballot boxes across the state. https://t.co/PFIWxyeDNI
— Complex (@Complex) October 12, 2020

All that election fraud that Trump has been screaming about? Looks like the @CAGOP decided to prove him right by committing it. https://t.co/YN2G2rvf05
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) October 12, 2020

The Trump Campaign and the GOP have sued to block states from having "drop boxes" where voters can drop off their ballot instead of mailing them.

Now the California GOP has set up its own unofficial drop boxes, which the state says is illegal.https://t.co/gX92Cn2ncx
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) October 12, 2020

California election officials are investigating the placement of unofficial drop boxes for mail-in balloting in Los Angeles, Fresno and Orange counties — illegal sites that could be used to identify and eliminate the ballots of unsuspecting voters. https://t.co/DU02hDRmZi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 12, 2020

“Operating unofficial ballot drop boxes—especially those misrepresented as official drop boxes—is not just misleading to voters, it’s a violation of state law”https://t.co/dsk9WsYZDq
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 12, 2020

“We were forced to break election laws”

GTFOH https://t.co/NGsl4x6KfD
— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) October 12, 2020

This is happening all over #California Make sure you use an official ballot box. The sec of state @AlexPadilla4CA has posted the list of OFFICIAL boxes. https://t.co/DcMxkNVBSA
— Rabbi Jill Zimmerman (@RabbiJill) October 12, 2020

I don't consider this voter fraud. It is the GOP engaging in unsanctioned ballot harvesting (and apparently in violation of state law). https://t.co/FjYFbJxCcT
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) October 12, 2020

A California pastor encouraged parishioners to use an unauthorized GOP ballot drop box at his church https://t.co/3te8bc2YY8 pic.twitter.com/K7xnl5jA0u
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 14, 2020

Majority opposes Barrett hearings, supports upholding Roe v. Wade

New Post-ABC poll: A slim 52% majority of voters oppose Barrett hearings, though a 62% majority support high court upholding Roe v. Wade https://t.co/IprtXVBZ5i pic.twitter.com/Ji60f2vfGB
— Post Polls (@PostPolls) October 12, 2020

The Michigan plot was domestic terrorism

White Nationalists are the big problem, not Antifa. Trump encourages and inspires them.

Foreign terrorist adversaries remain a severe threat to U.S. interests both at home and abroad, but the predominant terrorist threat at home today is increasingly domestic in nature, conducted by American citizens inspired by multiple extremist ideologies. https://t.co/IrTr2p06Pu
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) October 11, 2020

Powerful @postopinions op-ed from @GovWhitmer : I will hold the president accountable for endangering and dividing America https://t.co/n2GkNf9OKg
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) October 11, 2020

The dude was not antifa in any way shape or form. He posted memes about killing antifa frequently. https://t.co/5vMv8AnSw1
— Josh Russell (@josh_emerson) October 9, 2020

Attorney General William Barr stays in the background after arrests of 13 men who allegedly plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer https://t.co/9Mfed9hkNH
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 10, 2020

So listen to this sheriff at 1:40. This suggests that the FBI might be wise to investigate his potential involvement or foreknowledge of this plan or other illegal activity by this group. https://t.co/abgIttB1RH
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 9, 2020

That we have not heard from the Attorney General about this foiled attack on the Governor of Michigan speaks volumes. It's the most chilling aspect of what we learned today. Especially in contrast to the AG's bizarre statement abt the killing of a suspect in Oregon last month.
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 9, 2020

Man charged in plot to kidnap Whitmer shared stage with West Michigan sheriff at rally https://t.co/3eii0J1Vq6
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) October 9, 2020

Gov. Whitmer on ABC: "A decent human being would pick up the phone and say, 'are you OK? How's your family doing?' That's what a decent human being does. That's what Joe Biden did. And I think it tells you everything you need to know about the character of the two people."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 9, 2020

Just remember, when there’s violence in black communities, it’s not because economic circumstances create desperation, but because we are “animals,” “super predators” who lack “personal responsibility.” https://t.co/apPmQc5l9Y
— Full Dissident (@hbryant42) October 9, 2020

Where is the AG and why has he not made a public statement on the arrest of right-wing militia members WHO WERE ATTEMPTING TO KIDNAP A SITTING GOVERNOR?
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) October 9, 2020

I’m really stuck on this thing where FoxNews refused to cover the most significant story of the day—the most significant domestic terrorism plot *in years*—in prime time because it doesn’t fit the editorial narrative they are using to mindf*ck Americans toward political violence https://t.co/KwTyAWCl4e
— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) October 9, 2020

Black and Brown people all over the country live in far greater poverty and aren’t radicalized into kidnapping a Governor.

Give me a break. https://t.co/KSq7idrUVu
— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) October 9, 2020

I’ve covered terror attacks and plots all over the world – from London to Paris to Turkey to Russia to Asia and beyond. I’ve never witnessed political leaders hesitate to rigorously stand behind the victims and targets – whatever their party affiliation.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 9, 2020

The extremist group implicated in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor trained for civil war https://t.co/jwqxus02Wk
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 9, 2020

Rick Snyder poisoned the entire water system in Flint and it never once crossed Black folks mind to kidnap him.
— Corey Richardson (@vexedinthecity) October 9, 2020

Coronavirus statistics update 10/11/20

How is COVID-19 affecting the US? From staying healthy to paying rent, explore in-depth data on how life in America has been impacted by the pandemic.

Explore the data: https://t.co/8EIBx9y7zx
— USAFacts (@USAFacts) August 12, 2020

78% of Covid deaths are people 65 and over

92% are 55 and overhttps://t.co/zWVJUSWXWS

Trump has utterly failed to take care of seniors. But he'll get right on it if they vote him a second term, sure
— Rick Newman (@rickjnewman) October 8, 2020

You’ve probably heard about test positivity—a powerful metric that can reveal the percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive. This metric comes with some pretty big caveats. Let’s break them down: https://t.co/JaJmSS7Vc6
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) October 8, 2020

This is astonishing. Almost every state that’s failing is Republican. pic.twitter.com/i8RGdEifsl
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) October 12, 2020