Trump lies about the steel industry

The tariffs have failed and actually harmed the steel industry.

Trump yesterday: "In one year Tariffs have rebuilt our Steel Industry – it is booming!" https://t.co/rKZfeMoxzV
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) May 15, 2019

U.S. Steel stock prices: 📉

• May 18, 2018: $36.46
• May 14, 2019: $15.13 https://t.co/EdMVFlR5sn
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) May 14, 2019

Trump’s bad Iran policy

He pulled out of the nuclear deal (which Iran has adhered to) but doesn’t have a clue about what to do instead. I hope we are not heading in the direction of sending troops to fight there.

In a normal world, we would ask WH @PressSec why a president who has only reduced US troop presence in the Middle East is serious about this. Is this political saber-rattling or policy? And why don’t America’s own allies buy US intel on Iranian plans to attack US forces? https://t.co/gtjBSBe1lv
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 15, 2019

“Intel/military officials in Europe and US said over the past year, most aggressive moves have originated not in Tehran, but in Washington.

One American official said increased Iranian threat was ‘small stuff’ – goal was to draw Iran into armed conflict” https://t.co/HhtCmUUsnK
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 15, 2019

This is complete madness.

Trump cancels a diplomatic deal with Iran—against the advice of Secretary Tillerson, Secretary Mattis, European allies, the International Atomic Energy Agency—and now has drawn up plans to send 120,000 American troops into a new war in the Middle East. https://t.co/a2GtL4vjXb
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) May 14, 2019

It’s hard to take admin claims about Iran at face value. The administration lies at a record-setting pace and Bolton himself was credibly accused of twisting intelligence in the past to justify U.S. action against Iraq and Cuba. My column: https://t.co/QAWWjJbFdQ
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) May 8, 2019

I oversaw Iran policy and planning at the Pentagon from 2009-2011, at the height of concerns over Iran’s nuclear progress, and no plausible contingency except invasion and regime change would require sending 120,000 US forces to the Middle East. https://t.co/tBbpEVzddM
— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) May 14, 2019

Really good point. Frightening but good. https://t.co/QAVUlzjCzF
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) May 14, 2019

Re-upping, as I may have to do every day:

1) Before the invasion of Iraq, it was obvious that it would be a catastrophic mistake.https://t.co/Zhbck2W4L9

2) Military engagement with Iran would be far stupider, more reckless, and more destructive. https://t.co/U3HLwyOFaj https://t.co/rD9Hlgelu7
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) May 14, 2019

Trump pulled out of the Iran Deal even though Iran was complying, and has been trying to provoke Iran into giving him a pretext for war ever since. He lied to the American people about getting us out of wars, lied about the Iran Deal, and is lying about Iran now
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) May 14, 2019

More ignorant Trump comments on wind energy

Moron

Trump on wind energy: "When the wind doesn't blow you don't watch television that night. Your wife says, 'what the hell did you get me into with this Green New Deal, Charlie?'"

The crowd responds with extremely tepid applause. pic.twitter.com/sHtPuHB2by
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 14, 2019

President Trump: "Under the Green New Deal, they don't like clean, beautiful natural gas. They don't like anything. They don't know what they like. They sort of like wind even though it kills all the birds. You want to see a bird cemetery? Go under a windmill sometime." pic.twitter.com/eZqxdFJr36
— The Hill (@thehill) May 15, 2019

1. Hearing from an ornithologist raging about Trump's @POTUS latest lie, seeing "piles of bald eagles" next to wind farms. While, like most scientists, this guy knows that @GOP lie with abandon about science, this one is about something Trump lies that he "saw"…
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 14, 2019

White supremacists who kill should be prosecuted as terrorists

White supremacists are killing more and more Americans. Here's why they have not been prosecuted as terrorists. https://t.co/3CiQbQW1xH
— CNN (@CNN) May 15, 2019

Several Trump properties are in decline

He is getting what he deserves for not disposing of his properties when he became president.

Trump Doral resort’s income drops 69% in two years https://t.co/psGMtto0QC
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 15, 2019

NEW: @realDonaldTrump’s company said its huge Doral resort was in steep decline — a signal of its expanding problems https://t.co/jo3RXVPBhJ
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 15, 2019

Trump Tower now ranks as one of the least desirable luxury properties in Manhattan, according to Booomberg. https://t.co/o2h80NJqfa
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 14, 2019

This yr, I think of our Trump Org. coverage as 3 I’s:
1. Income. How’s the biz doing financially?
2. Influence. Who might try to influence @realdonaldtrump thru his biz?
3. Immigration. Is the biz using undocumented labor, despite Trump’s rhetoric against it? 1/
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 15, 2019

Banning abortion is not popular

Republicans are just appealing to their extremist conservative base.

There is no state in the country where support for banning abortion reaches even 25 percent. (Data for Progress analysis of the 2016 Cooperative Congressional Election Studies) pic.twitter.com/lrOxU0eNaz
— Data for Progress (@DataProgress) May 15, 2019

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Do you think Roe vs Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that affirmed a constitutional right to abortion, was the right decision and should be upheld or was the wrong decision and should be overturned?
Right 56%
Wrong 33%
(PRRI, 8/22-9/2/18)https://t.co/NcyOEkga4i
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) May 15, 2019

Yep, @paulwaldman1 is so right about this: The GOP's frontal assault on Roe v. Wade shows that Republicans understand power, and how and when to use it:https://t.co/d0rvUnCEEU
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 15, 2019

"About two-thirds of Americans…believe that Roe v. Wade should remain the law."@cindi_leive, who wrote an NYT op-ed, says AL abortion bill "in no way represents what the majority of Americans believe about how these personal decisions should get made"https://t.co/hyr0Qg1XR2 pic.twitter.com/4JnKMUSaFW
— CNN (@CNN) May 15, 2019

Trump lies about the Johnson Amendment

Fact Checker: President Trump’s shifting claim that "we got rid" of the Johnson Amendment https://t.co/zKb4Hc9QmD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 9, 2019

Donald Trump repeated this lie at the National Day of Prayer service today.

.@realdonaldtrump claims he eliminated Johnson Amendment, says religious leaders can now speak freely https://t.co/yL0KoMldt4 via @PolitiFact
— Scott Satalino (@editor_pmrt) May 2, 2019

Trump’s Florida rally 5/8/19

more bigotry, more lies

President Trump, at a rally in Florida, wrongly described the revenue generated from tariffs on China and exaggerated the effect of a trade deal with South Korea https://t.co/AjBRQRxqgI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 9, 2019

The 56 wildest lines from Donald Trump's whirlwind last 24 hours | Analysis by CNN's Chris Cillizza https://t.co/39gJcZrbrP pic.twitter.com/YreApzv8D3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 9, 2019

Trump pitted disaster victims against each other. His rally crowd applauded. https://t.co/dMAvBzirG3
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) May 9, 2019

FirstDraft transcript of the #trump #maga rally in Panama City Beach is live. https://t.co/uoaKcdaNke
— Factba.se (@FactbaseFeed) May 9, 2019

It’s exactly what it looks like. https://t.co/aHzCHG1XWj
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 9, 2019

Covers: Jesus Is Just Alright

I was watching a show on the Doobie Brothers today which included their version of “Jesus Is Just Alright”. Their 1972 version closely tracks the Byrds version from 1969. I was not aware until I prepared this post that the original version was by the Art Reynolds Singers from 1966.