Lots of problems here. I don’t think it will be easy to get people to work for the State Department after Trump or rebuild foreign trust in the US.
Almost Half the Top Jobs in Trump's State Department are Still Empty | Via: TheAtlantic https://t.co/VSRIQx1l0D
— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) November 6, 2018
Trump’s war on the State Department
Diplomat who quit the Trump administration
A Western official complained that establishing a working relationship with US counterparts has become very hard since Trumps ousts everyone or simply keeps positions open at the State Department https://t.co/k9E6WXxmqr pic.twitter.com/obsXDax5YQ
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) April 5, 2018
U.S. diplomats may soon be prohibited from using the phrases "sexual and reproductive health" and "comprehensive sexuality education" under a proposal being floated to Mike Pompeo, four people familiar with the issue told Politico. https://t.co/HLy2yn8WG1
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 1, 2018
Veteran U.S. diplomats say that the State Department is in its most diminished condition since the McCarthy purges, in the 1950s: https://t.co/uMoT53jUJx pic.twitter.com/4EFYuuaCMv
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 16, 2018
Tom Shannon’s departure leaves just one career ambassador at the State Department, @kcalamur writes https://t.co/1AvjrM4c53 pic.twitter.com/g7WcmEIDeX
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 5, 2018
Emails allegedly show the White House planned a purge of the State Department https://t.co/ekTTYa3rjB
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) March 20, 2018
Tillerson leaves behind a hollowed out State Dept:
Key Ambassadors not appointed: 38
Assistant Secretary vacancies: 16
Under-Secretary vacancies: 6, including 1 fired today
h/t @mitchellreports
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 13, 2018
Frustrated State Department employees hire attorneys, charging ‘political retribution’
Daniel Dale’s thread
It is the last Trump rally*!!! (*Before the next rally.) Tweets in this thread.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 6, 2018
Fox News hosts are now stumping for Trump on stage. Fox News is not carrying it live.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 6, 2018
Trump, in Missouri, says "I'm not on the ticket." Earlier in Cleveland: https://t.co/06KmAFqVrs
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) November 6, 2018
And at 9:30 p.m. here in Cape Girardeau, President Trump calls Hannity on stage. The first words out of his mouth are "fake news" – as he points to the press in the back of the arena. If anything is fake, it would be this tweet Sean sent out earlier today. Fake tweet? https://t.co/hZYcPCwDtI
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) November 6, 2018
The final midterm MAGA rally in Missouri. pic.twitter.com/ahMdKxBmHQ
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 6, 2018
I went through Donald Trump's final campaign rally transcript.
So you don't have to.https://t.co/REH0hMlmCC
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 6, 2018
Since this Trump quote is starting to go around — it was clear to me that it was an inadvertent error. This is his standard line (lie) about Democrats and Medicare, and he said Obamacare by accident. He fumblingly tried to semi-correct it right afterward. https://t.co/VNvSu4FMaP
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 6, 2018
Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter what the public thinks. The conservative-dominated Supreme Court will either roll back Roe v Wade or cripple it.
If you’re into smaller government, why do you think the government should be able to say you can’t have an abortion? Republicans only want government interference when it agrees with their policies.
There is deep disagreement between – and within – the American political parties over abortion. In fact, the partisan divide on abortion is far wider than it was two decades ago. https://t.co/SAmYock5Rk pic.twitter.com/8TyKcqnARh
— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) November 6, 2018
There are signs that Democrats are unusually motivated by abortion this year. https://t.co/kM6Vey5rtr pic.twitter.com/BN9ac4WKIq
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) November 6, 2018
'No Blame'? ABC News finds 17 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats or alleged assaults – ABC News – https://t.co/58C3E2DctT via @ABC
— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) November 6, 2018
I think Trump, Jr. definitely wanted to and tried to collude with Russians. Isn’t that a crime? I hope he gets a cell with Flynn, Jr.
Trump advisers are bracing for Mueller to deliver the results of his investigation as early as Wednesday.
Sources tell VF that besides Trump, Roger Stone and Don Jr. have the most exposure. "I'm very worried about Don Jr.," said an ex-West Wing official.https://t.co/HgXGUpnq87
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 6, 2018
update 11//28/18
The Trump administration's attempt to rig the 2020 census is one of the greatest threats to democracy in the United States.
Evidence at a federal court trial exposed their charade. https://t.co/pET7bA2dbF
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 28, 2018
More lies from the Trump administration:
Trump's census citizenship question is an attack on immigrant communities. If successful, it will impact ALL of us for the next decade.
At stake:
📝 Congressional representation
📝 Accuracy of data for drawing districts
📝 How billions in funds are spenthttps://t.co/OSrk0QNvJ2— ACLU (@ACLU) November 9, 2018
What to know about the citizenship question @uscensusbureau is planning to ask in the #2020census https://t.co/3gbf0HSqpc
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) November 5, 2018
Commerce Sec Wilbur Ross said in sworn testimony that Justice Dept requested citizenship question on 2020 Census. Docs show it was the other around – with cameos by Steve Bannon and Kris Kobach. https://t.co/WF7Pa35jgh
— Beth Reinhard (@bethreinhard) November 6, 2018
Wilbur Ross lied when said census citizenship question needed to enforce Voting Rights Act
Head of DOJ civil rights division said "not necessary" to enforce VRA & ordered by Sessions not to meet with Census Bureau. Smoking gun evidence as trial beginshttps://t.co/ntK72oZK7Q
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 5, 2018
Re-upping this. Today marks day one of a very important @newyorkstateAG and @aclu trial in NY about the Trump admin’s quest to add a citizenship question to the census. In this NYT editorial, I explain what’s behind it. https://t.co/dA1NuBofEp
— Vanita Gupta (@vanitaguptaCR) November 5, 2018
Regular reminder that, just because Trump hates Sessions, that does NOT mean that Sessions is an acceptable Attorney General…. https://t.co/kD8NUa2LLz
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) October 27, 2018
Opinion: Is the Supreme Court helping the GOP put yet another thumb on the political scale? https://t.co/GPghtaFiHl
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 23, 2018
The Justice Department is set to defend the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census as a trial over the issue opens in federal court in New York https://t.co/C7g9JAh53t pic.twitter.com/oNU7caK0Cz
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 5, 2018
REMINDER: The 2020 census will determine how many representatives each state has in Congress.
Today's the first day of our trial to stop the citizenship question, the damage of which could last until 2030.https://t.co/bw6qelwkMY
— ACLU 🗳 (@ACLU) November 5, 2018
“the citizenship question could depress responses from noncitizens btwn 5.1% & 11.9% an estimate she called conservative given the widespread fears among immigrants that the Trump admin will use the question 2 deport undocumented immigrants”#causeascenehttps://t.co/iV2tZeRoZa pic.twitter.com/LGOaITs9rT
— Kim Crayton 🏢 💻🎙 (@KimCrayton1) November 27, 2018
update 6/21/20
Tom Petty’s family decries Trump’s use of "I Won’t Back Down" at Tulsa rally, send cease-and-desist notice to the president https://t.co/aIiaxqh5Ny
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) June 21, 2020
Why doesn’t he just respect the wishes of artists?
I thought about this today because of the latest objector, Rihanna.
Rihanna doesn’t want Trump playing her music at his "tragic rallies," but she may not have a choice https://t.co/puNPsnDubv
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 5, 2018
Trump is still using “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones in spite of their objections. It’s in the background in this clip from today:
At last @realDonaldTrump #Trump rally of the season for us in Fort Wayne, Indiana @Acosta got dozens of requests to sign autographs but this one cracked me up. #cnn #realnews pic.twitter.com/XJMQXSfyVN
— Matt Hoye (@mattyhoyeCNN) November 6, 2018
Rihanna and Axl Rose became the latest to ask President Trump not to use their songs at his rallies. Recent changes in music licensing could help. https://t.co/rvM9BFnLML
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 6, 2018
The Rolling Stones said the same thing during his Presidential campaign…You know what happened; nothing because they just kept playing the songs https://t.co/mDbiUJTz3N
— Terrence Maddoux (@Jrizzell) November 5, 2018
Rihanna said she wants to stop Donald Trump from playing her music at rallies. Can she? https://t.co/kNgH9Diytu
— TIME (@TIME) November 5, 2018
Neil Young has once again told Donald Trump to stop playing “Rockin’ In The Free World” at his campaign events https://t.co/cYFR8kFedX pic.twitter.com/sXf4Q1Dsua
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) November 6, 2018
Like many musicians, Rihanna has asked Trump to stop playing her music at his rallies. MAD is unable to verify rumors that Francis Scott Key has crawled out of his grave and asked Trump to cool it with the National Anthem.
— MAD Magazine (@MADmagazine) November 5, 2018
Twitter removes President Trump's Nickelback video after copyright complaint https://t.co/pD5gk4W20r pic.twitter.com/pSuTQJ7Jj9
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 3, 2019
DOJ has shown a remarkable lack of respect for the judicial process by repeatedly seeking to skip over the lower courts and, rather, go straight to the Supreme Court – including in our #2020Census case and, just today, regarding the injunction we secured to protect #DACA.
— NY AG Underwood (@NewYorkStateAG) November 5, 2018
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to intervene in DACA https://t.co/j4N7MJAuh3
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 5, 2018
The Justice Department petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene in several cases over the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program https://t.co/c5uCcSRujf
— POLITICO (@politico) November 5, 2018
Big DACA news hours before the polls open – DOJ moving ahead to do "take every lawful measure" to end DACA as soon as possible. https://t.co/2v3KcXjwpo
— Todd Schulte (@TheToddSchulte) November 5, 2018
The Justice Department's request, on election eve of the midterms, involves a case seeking to overturn protections for Dreamers. https://t.co/PIKyAmPxzM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 5, 2018
Will Harping on Immigration Do What Trump Wants It to Do? Evidence from @johnmsides, Tesler, and my Identity Crisis in advance of tomorrow’s votes. https://t.co/i9vGF0TnQo
— Lynn Vavreck (@vavreck) November 6, 2018
Yogi Berra famously said: "We made too many wrong mistakes."
People are so spooked by #Trump's unexpected victory that they are making the wrong mistake this year by underestimating the strong tilt to the Democrats. Here's why I think they'll do well:https://t.co/IAjMjHzRAm— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) November 6, 2018
ICYMI
A spate of House polls reinforces good news for the Democratic Party (@pbump) details: https://t.co/7RIc50qKPE pic.twitter.com/VLfIeyKGbW— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) November 6, 2018
Hugely important point just now by @ezraklein: if the outcome of the midterms is that Republicans lose the popular vote for House and Senate, as they did w/ the White House, but due to gerrymandering emerge still controlling all three (and the Supreme Court)? Legitimacy crisis.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 6, 2018
Top 10 Senate races by TV ad spending (gen elex), via @Kantar_Media:
1. Florida: $96.3 M
2. Nevada: $78.7 M
3. Indiana: $76.8 M
4. Missouri: $72.3 M
5. Tennessee: $59.4 M
6. Arizona: $51.7 M
7. New Jersey: $50.5 M
8. Texas: $47.1 M
9. W. Virginia: $33.9 M
10. Montana: $27.8 M— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) November 5, 2018
The inimitable @jmartNYT got a shoutout here in West Fargo at Heitkamp’s last rally of the campaign. As a tribute to her mother (and this article!) she and her daughter wore “SHE MADE US STRONG” sweatshirts https://t.co/B1iy7tTTll
— Catie Edmondson (@CatieEdmondson) November 6, 2018
Long considered a Republican stronghold, there is a razor-thin margin between the candidates competing to be the first female representative in New Mexico's 2nd district https://t.co/MxKdHXbx0P pic.twitter.com/n8sFLs4nd9
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 6, 2018
I guess we're about to find out how good Trump's favorite pollster is pic.twitter.com/Q09EpYFRsB
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) November 5, 2018
8 big questions for Election Day | Analysis by CNN's Chris Cillizza https://t.co/LJNPMLuZa0 pic.twitter.com/KWaOYfn075
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 6, 2018
Two years later, Trump isn't different. We are. https://t.co/4tylQy07Bd
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) November 6, 2018
Trump effect? Candidates plow record amounts of their own money into congressional bids https://t.co/xZYIEKg4pT pic.twitter.com/nDRhKqNePo
— CNN (@CNN) November 6, 2018
In the midterms, President Trump’s unrelenting focus on immigration may not work the way it did in 2016 because voters have already sorted themselves out along partisan lines, say @johnmsides, Michael Tesler and @vavreck. https://t.co/6brYAY5ExP
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 5, 2018
Stunning. An estimated ONE in THREE black men are barred from voting in Kentucky, the highest rate in the country. Wild guess which veteran Kentucky politician has been a staunch defender of the state’s disenfranchisement law. https://t.co/mTaV45kcax
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 5, 2018
Democrats gained by more than 3 pts in our final polls over our initial ones, and this individual-level analysis indicates that's not merely because of identifiable changes in the composition of the sample, like more Dems https://t.co/zv2PSu8neT
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 5, 2018
"While female & minority lawmakers prepare to expand their influence within the opposition party, the House GOP is projected to become more white, male & conservative after its female & minority members face strong challengers at the ballot box." https://t.co/NOEogIQ840
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) November 6, 2018
So who's ahead in each race for governor?
(The closer the dot is to the center line, the tighter the race. And the wider the band, the less certain the model is about the outcome.)https://t.co/CGJ5zpSiPA pic.twitter.com/ZJeI2UC8Kf
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) November 6, 2018
3 bills in 30 years. 17 votes against protections for pre-existing conditions.
No, Mr. President. People in Orange County will replace the production of corruption, mediocrity, and extremism.
See you in January. https://t.co/hsRGQcjc1J
— Harley Rouda (@HarleyRouda) November 5, 2018
Regarding #GA06, it's possible Stacey Abrams (D) & Lucy McBath (D) are better-suited to turning out the Dem base than Jon Ossoff (D) & $30 million ever were. We'll see.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 5, 2018
"Most Americans say Trump is a deciding factor in their vote." @SusanPage on #Midterms2018. #hardball
— Hardball (@hardball) November 6, 2018
— icymi —
INDIANA
U.S. Senate:
Joe Donnelly (D) 45%
Mike Braun (R) 38%
Lucy Brenton (L) 5%
(Fox News Poll, LV, 10/27-30/18)— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) November 6, 2018
Regarding #GA06, it's possible Stacey Abrams (D) & Lucy McBath (D) are better-suited to turning out the Dem base than Jon Ossoff (D) & $30 million ever were. We'll see.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 5, 2018
Daniel Dale’s thread
Trump is doing his third-last rally of the campaign, in Cleveland. Tweets here. (I will skip the second-last one and then do the last one.)
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 5, 2018
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