Fact check: We reviewed all of the Trump campaign’s TV ads since June. Two-thirds contained clearly misleading claims or videos. https://t.co/ulJZU81f2b
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 15, 2020
How to Vote
When and how to vote in all 50 states https://t.co/T1Kdrei4em
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 16, 2020
There's been a lot of misinformation on how to vote, especially with anxiety about the USPS. While mail-in voting is safe, there's alternatives:
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 16, 2020
Early Voting
In-person absentee voting
Ballot Drop Boxes
Community Ballot Collectionshttps://t.co/CBTnYcEAl6
Folks, here’s that website we mentioned with voting information for every state and locality:
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 14, 2020
https://t.co/wCJxxWIpDc
Please RT! https://t.co/QdKZkXJnvq
In other news, we've got a very big project up summarizing early voting options, mail voting options, and key voting deadlines in each state, a lot of which have changed during the pandemic. Check it out!https://t.co/NuzR3nYbdX
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 14, 2020
The Seth Rich Conspiracy theory
When a disgraced liar meets a libel case, you get this https://t.co/eEEhoLDOQt
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) January 13, 2021
Fox hosts Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs will be deposed next month in a lawsuit filed by Seth Rich's parents. https://t.co/oMDFeRkD5X
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) September 15, 2020
Update: Butowsky appears to have deleted his Seth Rich retraction, after initially burying it under a bunch of retweeted cute animal videos.
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 13, 2021
"This is the true story of an untrue story. It’s the story of how Fox News took a conspiracy theory from the online fringes and mainstreamed it into global news." https://t.co/50DDMKqOvh
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 16, 2020
Fox News editors scrambled as their Seth Rich smear fell apart, according to newly unsealed emails. But weeks after the retraction, one top editor was unrepentant and declared: "We will be vindicated." https://t.co/02RCZuKVUa
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 25, 2020
Covers: On the Road Again (Willie Nelson song)
“On the Road Again” was a Willie Nelson song recorded by him in 1980. It was in the film Honeysuckle Rose. It’s currently in a hotel commercial. That version is by First Aid Kit. It sounds like Lucinda Williams to me.
More on Trump’s sabotage of the post office
NEW —> Tracing Trump's Postal Service obsession — from "loser" to "scam" to "rigged election”
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 15, 2020
My latest with @jdawsey1 + @AshleyRParkerhttps://t.co/Z6o4mHk4S9
My first Sunday A1 for @nytimes: "Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms"
— Luke Broadwater☀️ (@lukebroadwater) August 15, 2020
With the great team of @jackhealyNYT, @shearm, @Hailey_Fuchs & more. https://t.co/0jrAIEmHky
If the USPS $ issue gets fixed it’ll partly be bc rural state GOP senators – esp the three facing competitive races – light hair on fire w McConnell/Trump >>
— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) August 15, 2020
“There is no pharmacy here,” Thullner said
Herreid is about 100 miles south of Bismarck, ND https://t.co/zpjvS9ARo6
Democracy can be deconstructed one brick at a time–or by demolishing a whole wall of bricks at once. Sabotaging mail-in voting during a pandemic is a whole wall. #USPS
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) August 15, 2020
Baltimore area residents continue to report serious problems with U.S. Postal Service delivery this week as the union representing local postal workers says their processing equipment is being dismantled. https://t.co/rXqzNpv3fh
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) August 15, 2020
Trump admits he is damaging the post office to hamper mail-in voting
US Postal Service is warning states it may not be able to deliver ballots in time based on current election rules https://t.co/uNq2ZRGDxX pic.twitter.com/Zw0eMJ1Ndu
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 14, 2020
Harsh new statement from Schumer/Pelosi:
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 14, 2020
“The President’s comments today made plain that he will manipulate the operations of the Post Office to deny eligible voters the ballot in pursuit of his own reelection. The President’s own words confirm: he needs to cheat to win.'
True: https://t.co/yQ9Mhv3yCB
The Lincoln Project hits Republican Senators on the Postal Service. (Thread) https://t.co/ODGu3FM2pW
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 14, 2020
This is really serious. Trump is blatantly trying to manipulate the election in his favor by crippling the post office, in order to disqualify as many ballots as possible. Democrats need to make a big deal out of this *now*. If it's not fixed soon, we need mass (masked) protests. https://t.co/ZoCB6OcQXo
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) August 14, 2020
Alternative: Stand in line to vote, take your chances that you won’t become sick. https://t.co/r6iL8rE8c0
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) August 14, 2020
Each of these groups has standing to sue Trump and his stooges for undercutting the USPS.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 14, 2020
So do voters, candidates, and
states trying to cast electoral votes reflecting their citizens’ preferences https://t.co/TPQG3I2xpc
The U.S. Postal Service is planning to remove about 15% of letter sorting machines it uses around the country, meaning 502 will be taken out of service, according to documents obtained by Motherboard. https://t.co/Q6KJ3pYXnp
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 14, 2020
NEW: @jacobbogage got USPS data showing at least 671 USPS mail sorting machines have been removed across the country since June. Represents a reduction in national mail sorting capacity of 21.4 million pieces of mail per hour. https://t.co/6lOGfByZBC pic.twitter.com/FGV1nto0kn
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) August 14, 2020
The @usmailnot4sale campaign has a page of resources for members of the public who want to help #SaveThePostOffice https://t.co/yKtAW959gT
— APWU National (@APWUnational) August 13, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service has written to election officials in 46 states and D.C., warning that it can’t guarantee that every mail-in ballot will be delivered in time to be counted in the high-stakes November election https://t.co/197DABe1D2
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 14, 2020
We don’t have the will to beat the virus
I blame Trump for this country’s terrible response to the coronavirus. But the public has to take some of the blame for being unwilling to make the sacrifices needed to beat the virus. Great tweet by Peter King.
The truth is, we do not have the will as a country to make the relatively tiny sacrifices (masks, no huge gatherings) to make this pandemic go away. That is why we just passed 5 million cases. That is why we can't resume normal lives.
— Peter King (@peter_king) August 10, 2020
So much of the political response to the virus has boiled down to "I want this thing [schools, football, a functioning economy, etc] but I am unwilling to do the work necessary to have the thing."
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) August 10, 2020
What I have learned in 2020 : During a pandemic, entire societies are held captive by the immovable certainties of its dumbest citizens.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) August 10, 2020
I was sort of the opposite, LOL. I kind of assumed during that time Americans wouldn't put up with the sort of lockdowns they had in China. Then by March I thought lockdowns would last a few weeks then it would be a real struggle to get people to abide by them after that. https://t.co/0OyayYIEEq
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 22, 2020
Birtherism is back
Trump and his cult smear Kamala Harris and cowardly Republicans don’t stand up for her.
Graham’s unequivocal statement here is interesting since for at least a decade, he has supported revoking birthright citizenship https://t.co/6reHwxnaER https://t.co/2f8SLI4Xxn
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) August 14, 2020
Dear Republican Senators — @realDonaldTrump has smeared one of your colleagues suggesting she is not eligible to be President. Anyone of you want to stand up for your colleague? Any on of you have an ounce of respect for the Senate? Anyone still have any decency?
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) August 14, 2020
Fact check: Trump promotes another birther lie, this time about Kamala Harris
— CNN (@CNN) August 14, 2020
Facts First: Harris was born in Oakland, California. She meets the Constitution's requirements to serve as vice president or president. There is no serious question about this. https://t.co/BwG86gRAbe pic.twitter.com/7AFuK3mGcW
Trump smeared Kamala Harris using appallingly racist, misogynistic language last night and it's not even a story https://t.co/YUXiNd2JRU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 14, 2020
President Trump has suggested inaccurately that Kamala Harris isn’t eligible to be a vice presidential candidate. Jared Kushner, however, denies that Trump suggested anything of the sort. “Right now, you’re the ones spreading disinformation.” pic.twitter.com/jHrUL8dwO7
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) August 14, 2020
Kamala Harris was born in California and is eligible for both the vice presidency and presidency. President Trump yesterday gave credence to a false and racist conspiracy theory that she's not eligible. https://t.co/1Ks7VLn1L2
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 14, 2020
Constitutional law scholars weigh in on the Newsweek op-ed and the Kamala Harris eligibility theory Trump parroted today. “I hadn’t wanted to comment on this because it’s such an idiotic theory. There is nothing to it.” See also: “Total bs.” https://t.co/Ocv87Ck2jW
— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) August 14, 2020
New #FactChecker —> Trump promotes false claim that Harris might not be a U.S. citizen https://t.co/3UgguufElq
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 14, 2020
The odious Birther Movement has been born again. Their claims about President Obama were nonsense. Their claims about Kamala Harris are false and malicious. Anyone who supports this smear is reprehensible. https://t.co/z6O7QzlE6U
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) August 13, 2020
Appalling. And should be condemned by every single Republican elected official. But won’t be. https://t.co/BUtHzSlLBh
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 13, 2020
Q: Can you definitely say that Kamala Harris is eligible to be VP?
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) August 13, 2020
Pres Trump: "I heard it today that she doesn't meet the requirements. I have no idea if that is right…I would have assume that the Democrats have checked it out."
FACT CHECK: Harris is absolutely eligible.
Trump is pushing a new birther conspiracy lie. He knows full well that Kamala Harris is qualified to be president or Vice President.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 13, 2020
We’re really doing this again as if this is real? He was forced to admit it was a lie that he had perpetuated about Obama in 2016. https://t.co/MduthtuOXF
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 13, 2020
This is how Trump does his birther lying – just-asking-questions, maybe-true-maybe-not, check-it-out. It’s garbage. https://t.co/jxYnNx4yCG
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 13, 2020
Trump, dipping his toe in Kamala Harris birtherism…
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) August 13, 2020
"I heard today that she doesn't meet the requirements…I have no idea if that's right."
That article was not only nonsense—it was trying to stoke the same racist hate that Trump stoked years ago when he pushed his “birther” conspiracy theories. https://t.co/ZrPebpdcND
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 13, 2020
That shadowy forces—George Soros, the Muslim Brotherhood—are secretly controlling the Democratic Party is a favorite theme of Fox News’s opinion-side programming. https://t.co/15HyflE9mj
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) August 13, 2020
Agreed. You've covered it. If so, hopefully you've noted that it's totally false. Now, we're done. Just because they tell the lie doesn't mean anyone needs to repeat it. https://t.co/uebiY5lr7m
— Christina Reynolds (@creynoldsnc) August 13, 2020
President Trump suggests that Kamala Harris, an American citizen who is 55 years old and was born in Oakland, Calif., might not be eligible to serve as Vice President.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) August 13, 2020
The birtherism smear is racist. It's a lie. And it's disgusting. It's the epitome of Donald Trump.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 13, 2020
Kamala Harris is an American. She's ready to serve on day one. Period.
Newsweek: It’s not Birtherism per se, we believe Kamala’s birth certificate, we just wonder about about this other technicality that we never talk about when it's white candidates.
— Touré (@Toure) August 13, 2020
Reminder that the “birther” stuff was a loser for Trump in 2016, so much so that he awkwardly renounced it right before the election. https://t.co/sW1Kolf6Os
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 13, 2020
Can't believe we have to say this: Yes, Kamala Harris, a natural-born U.S. citizen from Oakland, California, is allowed to be both president or vice president no matter where her parents are from.https://t.co/LBdlSXKhJT
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 13, 2020
I did not expect that the Oakland-born Harris would be subject to a reprise of the "birther" attacks…But having had a front row seat to watch what my party has devolved into over the past decade, maybe I should not have been surprised. https://t.co/kG5Pg9d5Kk
— Doug Heye (@DougHeye) August 14, 2020
QAnon update 8/14/20
More people believe this horrible stuff. It’s found a home in the Republican party.
The big takeaway from today's briefing is that Trump refused to disavow or criticize QAnon when given the opportunity. That is the big takeaway. The rest seems to be regular Trump noise.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 14, 2020
QAnon will be GOP orthodoxy in at least four years, two years if Biden wins and takes office. https://t.co/cyCOZdfjlx
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 14, 2020
Asked if he agrees with Marjorie Taylor Greene on the QAnon conspiracy theory (which is bonkers nonsense), Trump says she did very well in the election and is very popular; he declines to address his views on QAnon even when the reporter presses.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 14, 2020
Trump avoids answering when @colvinj specifically asks if agrees with the candidate he recently congratulated and how she's embraced QAnon conspiracy theory. https://t.co/flmwYzWlxp
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 14, 2020
Here's a look at QAnon, where it originated and what its followers believe. https://t.co/vtJNwgfW4q
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 13, 2020
New from me:
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 14, 2020
Has a friend, almost overnight, become certain masks are for slaves, pedophiles run the world, and Donald Trump is saving it?
You're not alone.
Here's how QAnon and Facebook created the viral anti-mask tirade — and radicalized your friends.https://t.co/AkfedPpsyn
QAnon conspiracy theorist Francine Fosdick warns that infrared thermometers are a tool for mind control and possibly the Mark of the Beast. pic.twitter.com/Z1IP0D1m4e
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) August 14, 2020
How QAnon *should* be covered… plus much more in tonight's @CNN media newsletter: https://t.co/RmJ8HSqsiO
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 14, 2020
We talked about this in the Rabbit Hole QAnon episode, but it's still wild to me that part of what fueled the rise of QAnon was Facebook trying to fix its misinformation problem after 2016 by boosting groups with "meaningful social interaction" over pages. https://t.co/TtvYrnTati
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 13, 2020
Kevin McCarthy pick up your phone https://t.co/0koutah516
— Drew Savicki (@SenhorRaposa) August 13, 2020
I’ve been covering Congress a long time, more than 26 years. Never seen anything like what this candidate is saying. Yet Republicans will allow her to be part of their conference if she wins. https://t.co/0TCrkdmB6H
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) August 13, 2020
GOP House candidate refers to “the so-called plane that crashed into the Pentagon. Odd there’s never any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon.”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 13, 2020
This is insane. And of course patently false. https://t.co/Rar3HhjPeE
QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene is "crazier than a shithouse rat" and a racist according to @therickwilson.
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 13, 2020
"And Trump’s Republican party is increasingly full of Marjorie Taylor Greenes."
Yikes, that can't be good.https://t.co/61nqSnL12s
Trump, House Republicans embrace candidate who has made racist statements, drawing attention to party’s tolerance of bigotry @rachaelmbade @isaacstanbecker https://t.co/yVRXfpaEGg
— Dave Clarke (@davecclarke) August 13, 2020
Analysis: Republicans risk legitimizing QAnon now https://t.co/FOXDKxbI8s
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 12, 2020
President Trump praised a QAnon supporter who is on the verge of becoming a Republican member of Congress, tweeting that Marjorie Taylor Greene is "a real winner." CNN's @mkraju reports some of the GOP who criticized her extreme and racist remarks are now supporting her. pic.twitter.com/uo2AZLLROx
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) August 13, 2020
Long past time for GOP leaders to answer for embracing QAnon, and not by reference to QAnon (which is a term few outside of the cult have heard) but to the unhinged beliefs. Why do you welcome people who support a fabricated plot to round up and kill your political enemies? https://t.co/5g9DiwBilP
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) August 12, 2020
One of the more effusive QAnon adherents running for Congress won on Tuesday. She was the only winner Trump decided to congratulate. When a Republican congressman criticized the conspiracy theory, a Trump campaign staffer attacked him. https://t.co/IfzqNfKAZx
— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 13, 2020
Blame Fox News for the Rise of QAnon https://t.co/D7dM4070MB via @thedailybeast
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 14, 2020
House GOP candidate known for QAnon support was 'correspondent' for conspiracy website https://t.co/xhDZNvBoNU
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) August 14, 2020
More on bad Trump picks
Current status of the Trump admin.
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) August 12, 2020
The nominee for the Pentagon #3 said Obama was a Muslim terrorist.
The nominee to head OPM said John Podesta took part in Satanic rituals.
The nominee for head of BLM said there wasn't a hole in the Ozone layer.https://t.co/H1yAXSBxPr
State OIG' London embassy report nods to racist & sexist comments by Amb Woody Johnson, but largely downplays them, no details. OIG recommends a more thorough review by State & appropriate action. State & Johnson reject the recommendation, w/ @jmhansler https://t.co/0nqAgkzl3u
— Kylie Atwood (@kylieatwood) August 12, 2020
Holy fuck. “One Black female diplomat told colleagues that Mr. Johnson disparaged her efforts to schedule events for Black History Month, asking her whether he would have to address an audience that was ‘just a bunch of Black people.’“ https://t.co/Ahvcd0f73u
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 12, 2020
