The fastest-widening gulf between the parties. Dems are all-in on "health care is a right." GOP increasingly ties benefits of any kind to getting and keeping a job. https://t.co/5QkBXJOKWY
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 19, 2019
Recycling tips
How to make sure your recycling gets recycled:
1) Learn your local rules.
2) Clean the food off.
3) Break down your boxes.
4) Consume less!https://t.co/wbf3VtrMCY— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) January 20, 2019
High costs of Trump’s inauguration
The New York Times reports that private donors spent more than $100,000,000 on President Trump's inauguration https://t.co/6DjfGy0Fnv
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 20, 2019
We went inside the $1.6 million fee that Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was paid. It includes per diems plus hotel bills and room service, Ubers, even a car to drop off laundry https://t.co/PVaZDLD68l
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 15, 2019
.@WSJ reports @realDonaldTrump’s Inauguration Committee is under investigation for “pay to play.” Makes perfect sense to hire the self-admitted “pay to play” former Rep. @MickMulvaneyOMB, for Chief of Staff.
“If you were a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn't talk to you”
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) December 15, 2018
Trump’s economy
This is Trump's economy, two years in https://t.co/mreLIdzoZh pic.twitter.com/ExZaj6EDjW
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 20, 2019
The attack on the Native American is Trump-inspired bigotry
Update:
Agreed. I don’t think I’ve seen so many mea culpas in my life. We are constantly allowing ourselves to be manipulated for fear of appearing unbalanced. Truth should always mean more than balance. https://t.co/OAf98df4b9
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) January 22, 2019
Many of the students were wearing MAGA hats. Trump makes fellow bigots bold.
On MLK weekend, a mob of whites heckled indigenous people while the lone black statewide officeholder in VA (population 20% black) protested as the legislature paid tribute to a Confederate general. But tell me more about how we're not instilling racism in the next generation.
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) January 19, 2019
Trump called Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas and joked about Wounded Knee.
Jason Chaffetz posted a selfie next to a Native American statue in Disneyland.
Rand Paul posted one next to a teepee on a beach.
These leaders influenced these kids to become bigots. #CovingtonCatholic
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) January 20, 2019
As much as we should point fingers at Trump for unleashing explicit racism and bigotry into America’s body politic, I am reminded that America was literally built upon violence against indigenous peoples.
This is in America’s DNA. https://t.co/rzpR8h0X9e
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) January 19, 2019
Diocese of Covington: "We condemn the actions of the Covington Catholic High School students towards Nathan Phillips specifically, and Native Americans in general." https://t.co/9Id0ss5Qxt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 19, 2019
It never ceases to amaze me at how willing we are write off the transgressions of young white boys as youthful indescretions, all the while remanding black and brown boys to prison in record numbers.
— G O L D I E. (@goldietaylor) January 20, 2019
White boys in MAGA hates yelling “Build That Wall!” at an elderly native man is a reminder that The Wall has never been about border security it has always been a symbol of a deeply racist desire to eliminate non-white people from America
All non-white people
— JeremyIstanbul (@witliftin) January 19, 2019
That racist punk trying unsuccessfully to stare down the older Native American veteran, as his white MAGApack mocks the music, is a sickening image that sums up Trump's reinvigoration of the darkest aspects of our history. Notice how the punk flinches with some of the drum beats.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 19, 2019
WaPo spoke with Nathan Phillips, the veteran in the indigenous rights movement.
He said that while he was being harassed he kept drumming and singing, thinking about his wife who died from bone marrow cancer and the threats facing indigenous communities. https://t.co/vam0fWzhr5
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 19, 2019
Video showing a group of high school boys, many wearing "Make America Great Again" gear, surrounding and jeering a Native American elder at the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington, is drawing widespread condemnation https://t.co/rH2OJgAc45
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 19, 2019
By me: how a group of students from Covington Catholic immortalized themselves, as their predecessors in Arkansas and Mississippi in the 1950s and 1960s did; and how the mayor of Covington took a stand on the right side:https://t.co/uv4AwbKKfU
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) January 20, 2019
Well I guess this answers the question of where this kid got the idea that his behavior was acceptable https://t.co/rSqx1gTJt1
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) January 20, 2019
Trump administration prosecuting volunteers who left water for migrants on protected land
This is terrible!
Trump's Justice Dept. has chosen to criminally prosecute volunteers who leave water for migrants on protected land rather than banning them from the area or admonishing them. Four were convicted this week; they face a fine or up to six months in prison. https://t.co/yW7dNbeIyL
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 20, 2019
The next president should give these women a full pardon and an apology. https://t.co/Tjp8LLo1kk
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 20, 2019
Trump responds to the Buzzfeed story with lies
✅ Russia probe didn’t start from the dossier.
✅ Dossier not discredited.https://t.co/D6vHkt4WGq
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) January 19, 2019
Please stop lying. The Russian probe was not entirely based on the Steele memos. And please explain why you lied to voters about your business interactions with Russia—and why you falsely claimed Russia was not attacking the election. Thank you. https://t.co/Jj3vCFUOb3
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 19, 2019
The 2020 census citizenship question will probably wind up in the Supreme Court
It’s a bigoted idea and the Trump administration has lied about why they wanted it. Sad!
The Supreme Court drops 2020 census case https://t.co/Ju6clj0hUv pic.twitter.com/GkhN2Ly6Io
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 18, 2019
A judge ruled that the Administration can’t add a last-minute citizenship question to the 2020 Census. I believe it would undermine the purpose of the Census: to count everyone. This lengthy opinion shows why. Thanks @brianschatz for your leadership. https://t.co/foxHqyIZTd
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) January 16, 2019
BREAKING: DOJ has filed notice that it is appealing this week's ruling against the Trump administration's sought inclusion of a citizenship question on the once-a-decade Census. pic.twitter.com/gNn6WrWXCi
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) January 17, 2019
The census judge’s message to SCOTUS: You cannot reverse my ruling without looking like hypocritical suckers. https://t.co/S92rtFWLeW
— Slate (@Slate) January 18, 2019
This week's ruling on the #2020Census citizenship question is "incredibly careful, thorough and well-reasoned," says the Brennan Center's @tomTMwolf. https://t.co/gkRcNwMtV9
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) January 18, 2019
The majority opposes the wall
Most Americans not only oppose the wall, but also don't want to compromise on that position to end the shutdown. https://t.co/67TsrkVyuB pic.twitter.com/uXRjt4eWKb
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 17, 2019
Declaring a national emergency as a way to spend $5 billion without congressional authorization is also spectacularly unpopular: 51-36 against; 41-20 strongly against https://t.co/AxuaHcpIea
— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 18, 2019
Poll shows federal workers don’t prefer a border wall to getting paid
A metaphor squared: "The wall is…perfect for Trump because for a long time he has characterized himself as a kind of wall against these cultural and demographic changes that conservative whites and especially white Christians really worry about," says @robertpjones https://t.co/cHxk35cUNk
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) January 22, 2019
More bad polls for Trump
Of course, it’s amusing that he complained polls where rigged when he also attempted to rig them. What a liar and hypocrite.
Trump has the same approval in January 2019 with 3.9% unemployment that Reagan had in January 1983 with 10.4% unemployment https://t.co/RQOAcuWF3Q https://t.co/xU6Jioie9r
— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 18, 2019
OK, finally had to write about the political implications of the shutdown. It's clearly hurting Trump’s approval rating. But will it hurt him in 2020? https://t.co/JNy85jXlkI
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 17, 2019
Long time between now and Nov 2020. But Trump numbers do not have him on a winning trajectory. https://t.co/NaDlwevM3D
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 17, 2019
A remarkably bad new poll for Trump: A quarter of his supporters aren't committed to voting for him in 2020 and among independents, who he won in 2016, 62 percent plan to vote against him. https://t.co/9FsED95mlk
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 17, 2019
"Just 30 percent of registered voters said they will definitely vote for Trump in 2020, while 57 percent said they will definitely vote against him."https://t.co/0xlZ9G94lj
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 17, 2019
There's a real possibility that Trump's tendency to ignore polls he doesn't like will cost him re-election. https://t.co/2kavbJxf7G
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 17, 2019
Two years before the Journal reports on Cohen rigging online polls, Trump was complaining about rigged polls. https://t.co/tQrzjVXKBP
— Philip Bump (@pbump) January 17, 2019
Honestly. This isn't going well for him. None of it. pic.twitter.com/xlgsW1VCzl
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) January 17, 2019
Declaring a national emergency as a way to spend $5 billion without congressional authorization is also spectacularly unpopular: 51-36 against; 41-20 strongly against https://t.co/AxuaHcpIea
— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 18, 2019
