Trump’s phony tax cut

Trump promised a middle-class tax cut before the election. It’s just made up nonsense.

It wasn’t a real thing when Trump announced it. It isn’t a real thing now. It never will be a real thing. Clear? https://t.co/xXtcB1gTX9

— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) December 18, 2018

Kemp lied about voter fraud in Georgia

Anyone filed an ethics complaint yet?
Kemp’s maneuver is “perhaps the most outrageous example of election administration partisanship in the modern era”https://t.co/URubBt9F6Y

— Georgia Election Integrity (@PaperBallotsGA) December 14, 2018

To the media outlets (national and in-state) who irresponsibly trumpeted @BrianKempGA’s abuse of power as if it were fact, read this @ajc piece and learn from your mistakes, because Kemp will repeat his unethical behavior as governor. #gapol https://t.co/nr0H2usMzK

— Georgia Democrat (@GeorgiaDemocrat) December 15, 2018

When the media learned that candidate Brian Kemp (then Georgia Secretary of State) had left GA’s voter database exposed online, he fabricated a story about the GA Democratic Party trying to hack into the database to steal the election. #FraudOnThePublic 1/ https://t.co/YSLvXzj50I

— Jennifer Cohn (@jennycohn1) December 15, 2018

72 hours before Election Day, @BrianKempGA, as Georgia Secretary of State, said Democrats had hacked the voter rolls to steal the election.

A deep investigation just determined he made the whole thing up. All lies.

A gross, unethical abuse of power. https://t.co/6V50gqES6J

— Shaun King (@shaunking) December 15, 2018

Brian Kemp refused to resign as Georgia's secretary of state while running for governor. Days before defeating Democrat Stacey Abrams, his office accused democrats of election cyber crimes. Today, the AJC reports they had "no evidence" backing the charge. https://t.co/vwgbHu3k9Q

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 16, 2018

The saddest thing here is the reporting was already out there when Kemp made his allegations before the election. It was not hard for the AJC, as the primer Georgia newspaper, to follow up on this https://t.co/MjmA2wlZFv

— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) December 16, 2018

a wild abuse of power by a figure whose tenure was practically defined by wild abuses of power. kemp’s victory is illegitimate and georgia’s election system needs to be scrapped and rebuilt from fhe ground up https://t.co/YxVaWs8OmM

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) December 16, 2018

Investigation finds Brian Kemp's claims that Georgia Democrats committed election fraud are not likely true https://t.co/07rRfEK08u

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 16, 2018

Many people don’t believe Trump

62% say Trump isn’t telling the truth in Russia probe.

Half of the country says the investigation has given them doubts about Trump’s presidency, according to a new NBC/WSJ poll. https://t.co/X9t5UWDhtb

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 16, 2018

NEW: First-ever @washingtonpost Fact Checker poll finds few Americans believe Trump's falsehoods https://t.co/jbpfu6l1ZX

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) December 14, 2018

Kushner firm will benefit from Trump administration Opportunity Zones

White House boosts tax break that’s attracted Kushner, Scaramucci and other wealthy investors

New York-based Cadre, in which Jared Kushner still holds at least a $25 million passive stake, is a high-profile example of how early investor interest in the program appears focused on the places that need it the least https://t.co/1qJGatNlUB

— TribLive.com (@TribLIVE) December 16, 2018

A real estate investment firm co-founded by Jared Kushner, is betting on the Trump administration’s Opportunity Zone tax breaks but isn’t that interested in steering its investors to the poorest, most-downtrodden areas that the program seeks to revitalize. https://t.co/DmZteFweft

— PBS News (@NewsHour) December 16, 2018

Middle Eastern money and Trump

Corrupt

Prosecutors with Mueller and other offices have questioned whether money from Qatar, Saudi and the UAE made its way to the inaugural committee or the super pac backing Trump https://t.co/OjLfcolxQ4

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 14, 2018

According to sources, while one part of Mueller's team has indicted Russian spies and troll-masters, another cadre has been spending its time focusing on how Middle Eastern countries pushed cash to Washington politicos in an attempt to sway policy https://t.co/cQGFuT51Up

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 14, 2018

Federal prosecutors are scrutinizing whether Trump super PAC got foreign money from Qatar, Saudi Arabia & United Arab Emirates https://t.co/2dEbE0csaP

All three countries are on top 10 countries or top 10 foreign governments spending on U.S. influence & lobbyists in FARA data pic.twitter.com/bE46xn0sVd

— Anna Massoglia (@annalecta) December 14, 2018

ICYMI: Mueller’s team has already questioned several witnesses about donations to Trump’s inauguration committee from donors with connections to Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.#Maddow https://t.co/ej7BIzjJFR

— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) December 14, 2018

Sears paid executives but didn’t give workers severance pay

Let me get this straight: Sears has $25 million laying around to pay out executives who ran the company into the ground, but doesn't have any money to give the thousands of workers they laid off severance pay? https://t.co/nA0yXDmyS5

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 16, 2018

More on the Trump administration efforts to bypass appeals courts

Here’s a new example of their shady practices.

1/2 Trump, represented by DOJ in the emoluments case, has taken the very unusual step of asking the 4th Circuit to reverse the trial judge’s decision at a very early stage in the case, where an appeal is not usually available. The standard is very high. https://t.co/tJkdo3R1ZS
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 19, 2019

They want to go right to the Supreme Court with their two new Trump-appointed conservative justices.

2019 is the year the Supreme Court will make or break Trump https://t.co/i1UujSmPw3 pic.twitter.com/SpPbrg9CAQ
— CNN (@CNN) December 16, 2018

This is a cruel, disgracefully irregular, and legally dubious request that no normal SG would ask SCOTUS to grant. So of course this SG asked anyway. https://t.co/tU2ftg6qET
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 15, 2018

Melania Trump is not the first First Lady who has been mocked and criticized

Remember how they talked about Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama?

You had nothing to say when Michelle Obama was called a man, was called an Ape, when she was accused of disrespecting the White House for showing her bare shoulders. I actually agree with you that Melania shouldn’t even be the focus as her husband directs a criminal enterprise. https://t.co/o60t1ISHeV

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) December 16, 2018

In case you were wondering (or were not alive in 1990s), the Fox/Kurtz claim that Melania Trump has endured uniquely harsh criticism is, ummm, incorrect.

These two clips while HRC was FLOTUS. The second, by later Atlantic editor, did not mean “Saint Hillary” in a positive way. pic.twitter.com/wZI2wjcFtY

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) December 16, 2018

If only @HowardKurtz had been alive in the 1990s. https://t.co/zMeN8QccQO

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 16, 2018

2/ On Thursday, CNN contributor @katebrower wrote that FLOTUS's answer "proved that she doesn't understand what it means to be first lady…Is her family's legacy the thing that worries her most?…"https://t.co/eQDZ2P0q9v

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 16, 2018

Melania's spox wrote a long column attacking a column by CNN contributor @katebrower. Missing Melania's spox's column is any responsibility for Melania's words or actions. Melani's spox lied about her being birther and lied about Melani's jacket. https://t.co/t1cYeGqV8f

— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) December 16, 2018

I’ll just drop @ktumulty’s thread here in case @HowardKurtz missed it. https://t.co/lnrf1jj0UD

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) December 16, 2018