DHS lies about New York

US District Judge Furman notes the court “has the power to conduct an independent investigation in order to determine whether it has been the victim of fraud.”https://t.co/2muCaIqXRj
— Mike Scarcella (@MikeScarcella) July 29, 2020

New York Times: Homeland Security officials made false statements to justify expelling New Yorkers from programs that speed global travel, federal lawyers admitted. https://t.co/gZetGBfZFW
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 24, 2020

The Department of Homeland Security admits it made false statements in defense of denying Global Entry to New Yorkers https://t.co/BbQxnLtZ30
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 24, 2020

Wear a mask

Everyone should wear a mask. This isn’t about politics. The Trump cult is ignoring science and preventing the country from lowering the threat from the virus.

7 myths about face masks you shouldn't believe https://t.co/UaV4V0lXQn
— CNET News (@CNETNews) July 29, 2020

When the coronavirus first took hold in the US in March, we didn't have a lot of research on how effective masks were.

But scientists have done more studies since then. And the science suggests: Yes, you should wear a mask. https://t.co/UIQEuLdULd pic.twitter.com/xZcgupBjVf
— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 29, 2020

Masks don't just protect others. It's looking like they reduce the wearer's viral load, too, and might lead to see severe bouts of illness. https://t.co/RRPnIAj84h
— John Schwartz (@jswatz) July 28, 2020

State #mask mandates acted as a safety net leading to far milder increases in new #COVID-19 cases when states reopened. https://t.co/fbHEbW73iy pic.twitter.com/Bk5g4izFg7
— MoodysAnalytics ECON (@economics_ma) July 17, 2020

Homemade cloth face masks likely need a minimum of two layers, and preferably three, to prevent the dispersal of viral droplets from the nose and mouth, a video case study indicates. https://t.co/aUtvxJc99z pic.twitter.com/FyKOXFhuUI
— CNN (@CNN) July 25, 2020

The mask decision that will haunt President Trump's reelection bid https://t.co/kaGNokePod pic.twitter.com/SvFikwwGof
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 6, 2020

Wearing a face mask during the pandemic saves lives. And it may save the economy, too, by preventing the need for lockdowns that would wipe out 5% from US GDP, according to Goldman Sachs. https://t.co/VriQGHxaF5
— CNN (@CNN) June 30, 2020

McDonald's will require customers to wear face masks at all of its U.S. restaurants starting Aug. 1.

Because face masks have become a subject of contention, the chain says it will help employees get "de-escalation training."https://t.co/c93W8DIE8Z
— NPR (@NPR) July 24, 2020

Noses usually catch COVID-19 first, so keep them covered with face masks, experts say

https://t.co/qkWPxBzBGm
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) July 25, 2020

Mom influencers on Instagram are the latest to enter the no-mask fray https://t.co/e6OVt8m5H6 pic.twitter.com/T3iFxQcOcF
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 24, 2020

The U.S. still lacks a unified approach to handling Covid-19, including the use of face coverings https://t.co/xBrAqzk9ri
— POLITICO (@politico) July 19, 2020

Trump accuses critics of treason and hating the country

My idea of treason is what Trump does by doing things to benefit Putin. I hate Trump, I don’t hate the country. Trump is trying to stifle dissent by his poisonous talk and using troops to attack protesters.

Trump on Democrats:

“They are sick. Real sick.”

“They don’t love our country”

“They want to wipe out every trace of religion from our national life.”

“They want to indoctrinate our children.”

“They want to destroy our suburbs”
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 29, 2020

After accusing her of treason. Does no Republican in Congress see anything inappropriate or dangerous about a president declaring that his political opponents are traitors? https://t.co/Lk8UL1DBJs
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 12, 2019

The last time an American was convicted of treason was in the 1940s, but as the impeachment inquiry unfolds, President Trump has used the term to accuse people of disloyalty and signal to his supporters that his political opponents are un-American https://t.co/ls6mviZm05 pic.twitter.com/9ekuoGap6H
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 2, 2019

The President believes that you’re either on his side or you’re a traitor to our country. https://t.co/M5cWXAEpss
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) September 23, 2019

What would you say if you saw it in another country? pic.twitter.com/PRpL9LDMre
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) September 23, 2019

Beyond the immediate toxicity of Trump's tweet about Schiff, he continues to reveal a complete lack of understanding about what "treason" is. https://t.co/0IRMVY07vY
— Philip Bump (@pbump) September 30, 2019

Trump has started to throw the word "treason" around. Just a couple times last year, now half a dozen times so far on Twitter this year… https://t.co/wqyTyVgAFZ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 17, 2019

Me: “prosecutors…have tremendous power & discretion in terms of who they investigate & seek charges against &…there could be "a chilling effect" on them if they watch the president and the AG prosecute people who investigate Trump.” https://t.co/uttgDhCXFc
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) May 25, 2019

CNN's @brianstelter looks at "the new abnormal" – President Trump's reckless talk about treason.

"The President is continuing to accuse members of the intelligence community of treason. An idea that only makes sense if you subscribe to the Sean Hannity cinematic universe." pic.twitter.com/o0KOMszoL2
— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) May 19, 2019

The President is accusing the people who conducted lawful, authorized investigations of him and his campaign of treason and suggesting they be imprisoned. What would you say if you saw it in another country? https://t.co/MGnvvjyew1
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) May 17, 2019

Covers: One Way Out

“One Way Out” is probably best known from the live cover by the Allman Brothers on 1972’s Eat A Peach. It was originally recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1961.

Trump won’t stand up to Putin

Once again. Trump takes Putin’s side by not asking about the bounties. Does Putin have something on Trump? It sure seems like it. Withdrawing troops from Germany also helps Russia. We need a president who works for America, not Putin. Sad!

37 times Trump was soft on Russia | Analysis https://t.co/U95uEzdltn pic.twitter.com/8bHdSUMp3O
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 29, 2020

Among the many stunners in this interview, Trump claims not to know that Russia is arming the Taliban. https://t.co/u6WRnxE92Z
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) July 29, 2020

I assume Trump is lying

If you need another reason to vote against Trump and his enablers, this is it: We can’t afford to have a Putin puppet in the Oval Office.@PostOpinions https://t.co/uenesPnUJ5
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) July 29, 2020

Trump suggests that he did not believe the US intelligence on the Russian bounties https://t.co/tiu8TgafUl
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 29, 2020

This is deeply disturbing. Beyond admitting he never raised Russian bounties intel to Putin in at least 8 conversations, asked about Russia arming the Taliban, Trump says “Well, we supplied weapons when they were fighting Russia, too”. A Russian talking pt https://t.co/6yZkyPMyXo
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 29, 2020

Trump probably gets Russian talking points in his calls with Putin.

President Trump appeared to excuse Russia providing weapons to the Taliban, which raises so many questions about his dealings with Russia. https://t.co/NeEN1c0hod
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 30, 2020

Trump lies about throwing out the first pitch

It appears that he made it up because he was jealous of Fauci. Trump lies about everything.

So, it turns out that Trump LIED about being invited to throw out the opening pitch at the Yankees game. What a pathetic, jealous, insecure loser! https://t.co/elvLvR1spH
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) July 28, 2020

President Trump’s announcement last week that he’d be throwing the opening pitch at a Yankees game on Aug. 15 shocked his own staffers and the New York team—because it hadn’t actually been scheduled https://t.co/MT8EzaTlb5
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 28, 2020

TRUMP said the @Yankees invited him to throw out the 1st pitch on Aug. 15.

But he had not actually been invited to do so by the Yankees.

The team & the WH staff were surprised by the announcement, report @katierogers & @noahweiland.

Trump later canceledhttps://t.co/oEvs5nB4WQ
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) July 27, 2020

Trump and his son are spreading more nonsense about hydroxychloroquine

New from me and @oneunderscore__

Dark money and PAC’s coordinated the “reopen” push behind doctors' viral hydroxychloroquine video. https://t.co/FXGmUL79I6
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) July 28, 2020

That Breitbart video from the doctors claiming that Hydroxychloroquine cures the coronavirus has been going crazy in anti-vax, anti-mask, reopen Facebook Groups today. Its at >20 mil views on FB. And that doesn't include all the private groups it's been spreading through. pic.twitter.com/QJ8ocMf3aM
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) July 28, 2020

Because when the leader of a cult – in this case the president – makes a pronouncement, the rest of the cult has to prove that pronouncement to be right, at any cost https://t.co/FzK8LAbOej
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 28, 2020

A new study has found that the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine — given either alone or in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin — did not improve the conditions of hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate Covid-19 https://t.co/ijYXNZtlNZ
— CNN (@CNN) July 24, 2020

Stella Immanuel, Trump’s New Favorite COVID-19 Doctor, Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine https://t.co/PjYcMBvCrU
— Kathryn Watson (@kathrynw5) July 28, 2020

Twitter penalizes Donald Trump Jr. for posting hydroxychloroquine misinformation amid coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/nOOlIsWLu8
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 28, 2020

Trump and Donald Jr retweeted a video posted on Breitbart of doctors claiming hydroxychloroquine works. I can’t believe I am typing this with 150,000 dead already. It was removed but only after being widely viewed. https://t.co/PgXB8lxUdQ
— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) July 28, 2020

A Twitter spokesperson says the tweet with the video Donald Trump Jr. shared—which dismissed masks and lockdowns and promoted hydroxychloroquine, an unproven drug the president has touted for COVID-19—violated its "COVID-19 misinformation policy." https://t.co/uTQWbHvaVI
— ABC News (@ABC) July 28, 2020

Republican campaign’s anti-Semitic ad

The Republican party is full of bigots. This is disgusting.

Republican Sen. David Perdue's campaign takes down Facebook ad that appeared to make Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff's nose bigger, following accusations of anti-Semitism https://t.co/7QOSMUVt1q pic.twitter.com/Ifhmi8BUMG
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 28, 2020

"Perdue’s aides blamed an “unintentional error” by an outside vendor when a filter was applied. Critics saw something more malicious, noting that Ossoff was featured along w/ Chuck Schumer, who is also Jewish." https://t.co/9mrGSj1cvB
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 28, 2020

I think it was intentional. Why else would you alter a picture?

Sitting U.S. Senator David Perdue's digital attack ad distorted my face to enlarge and extend my nose.

I'm Jewish.

This is the oldest, most obvious, least original anti-Semitic trope in history.

Senator, literally no one believes your excuses.https://t.co/PiA7P4O4M2
— Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) July 28, 2020

Holy hell. Republican Sen. David Perdue has been running a Facebook ad that *made Jon Ossoff's nose bigger*. Oh, and it just so happened to pair him alongside Chuck Schumer. The campaign has since taken it down https://t.co/MsiqDVGVN6
— David Nir (@DavidNir) July 27, 2020

Mail voting update 07/28/20

Trump is lying about voting by mail. The amount of fraud is negligible. Trump just doesn’t want people to vote. I am concerned that Republicans will challenge votes to reduce votes for Democrats.

If 7.3% absentees were rejected in a November swing state, it could conceivably cost Dems up to 2% of statewide margin. https://t.co/gTr9X8FDDP
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) July 28, 2020

Via the latest ABC/Post poll, 51% of Dems plan to vote by mail vs. just 20% of Republicans, thanks to Trump's attacks. That's unprecedented. https://t.co/jBpoEr9GfZ
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) July 28, 2020

WV confirms that anyone will be able to vote absentee there this November. https://t.co/SOtLVkrUIA We're down to just 8 states that will still require an excuse.
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) July 27, 2020

Top Republicans have repeatedly raised concerns with Trump campaign officials about such attacks, recognizing they need to expand voting by mail to compete with Dems in a number of closely contested states. Trump clearly unmoved by those concerns. https://t.co/jEvTEY6xkz https://t.co/LP28TMupWb
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 27, 2020

We're down to 9 states (CT, IN, KY, LA, MS, NY, SC, TX, WV) that are not allowing everyone to vote absentee in the fall. https://t.co/pJnKKxCTgD
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) July 20, 2020

Here’s how Trump’s opposition to mail voting hurts the GOP

I just want to reiterate here that it is extraordinarily difficult to forge a ballot and have that ballot be counted. https://t.co/GVVVpTKQr7
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) July 28, 2020

AG Barr voted by mail. So did 15 other Trump officials

Trump
Pence
McEnany
Conway
Ivanka
Melania
Azar
Ross
DeVos
Stepien
McDaniel
Kushner
Glassner
Ayers
Parscale

GOP only opposes mail voting when Dems use it pic.twitter.com/rBOKnJUoNe
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) July 28, 2020

Barr, who’s voted by mail himself, says all-mail voting would “substantially” increase the risk of fraud.

In Colorado, which votes entirely by mail, only 0.0027 percent of 2.5 million ballots cast in 2018 were even forwarded for fraud investigation. pic.twitter.com/QpieU6PNMC
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) July 28, 2020

Reupping this from @amyegardner: Election officials contradict Barr’s assertion that counterfeit mail ballots produced by a foreign country are a ‘real’ worry https://t.co/8mW7bnybqH
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) July 28, 2020

Tens of thousands of mail ballots have been tossed out in this year’s primaries. What will happen in November? https://t.co/4FH18zEYR9
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 27, 2020

Coronavirus poll update 7/28/20

While 44% of all U.S. adults have heard a lot about the use of the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus, that figure rises to 60% among Americans who rely most on Trump and his task force for COVID-19 news. https://t.co/AZlL0c3hyF pic.twitter.com/CzVLH5BmFA
— Pew Research Journalism (@pewjournalism) July 28, 2020

icymi

The way each of the following have responded to the coronavirus pandemic:

President Donald Trump
Approve 43%
Disapprove 56%

Director of the Nat'l Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci
Approve 74%
Disapprove 20%

(Fox News Poll, RV 7/12-15/20)
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 21, 2020

I don't think voters are totally numb to it: https://t.co/vnBoTg6nxU
— Chris Warshaw (@cwarshaw) July 28, 2020