Scheme to discredit Mueller

One of rare times the special counsel’s office has given a public statement at length https://t.co/7GO9WcW3pk

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 30, 2018

A woman who worked as a paralegal with Robert Mueller in the 1970s said someone offered to pay her a significant amount of money if she accused Mueller of sexual misconduct and workplace harassment https://t.co/relG5Ccm4k

— POLITICO (@politico) October 30, 2018

NEW: The Special Counsel's office was made aware of a scheme to pay off women to make up sexual harassment claims against Mueller. It has referred the scheme to the FBI. STORY: https://t.co/LXVGfIgZaj

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 30, 2018

New from me + @brandyzadrozny + @tom_winter:

A company called “Surefire Intelligence” has ties to this Mueller smear.

Jacob Wohl denied having ties to Surefire.

Surefire’s official phone number redirects to a voicemail box registered to Jacob's mom.https://t.co/aVPzVDjGR4

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 30, 2018

So when I suggested that Trump was vapor-waring the 14th amendment to distract from healthcare/stock market declines/gun massacre … I overlooked that Trump might be distracting from key supporters being investigated for major crimes against the Mueller investigation

— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 30, 2018

This will implode. I can already hear this hitjob lobbyist’s attorney standing on the front steps of the courthouse insisting his client will be cleared of all charges…. https://t.co/CLuhndL9AF

— J🎃sh Campbell (@joshscampbell) October 30, 2018

They did. https://t.co/7y3YvssaJK

— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) October 31, 2018

Climate change roundup 10/29/18

This is a lot of bad news here. Trump’s ignorance will cause major damage to our country.

The only good news:

Maybe more people finally understand that climate change is real when it affects them.

Climate change is driving animals farther up mountains. The ones whose homes don't stretch as high will eventually be "shit out of luck." A sobering report from @edyong209 https://t.co/373yuRcYvT

— Rachel Gutman (@rachgutman) October 29, 2018

The internet is NOT prepared for what's to come https://t.co/QnwMhNoIag pic.twitter.com/sEubudBRQm

— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) October 28, 2018

World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause https://t.co/L5uNwm1Cmv

— Salon (@Salon) October 28, 2018

This essential @fivefifths piece draws a straight line between 3 of the most pressing concerns of our time: climate change, social inequality, and the threat of autocracy. https://t.co/hksrAXrCBa

— Ed Yong (@edyong209) October 24, 2018

Two farmers in Georgia, husband and wife, face a cotton crop ruined by Hurricane Michael, the third year of bad storms. Climate change, says the wife. No it wasn't, says the husband. At that point, the wife just shrugs: "House divided," she says. https://t.co/5bYRg5ewhm

— Kim Murphy (@kimmurphy) October 19, 2018

Yet more evidence that we need to act now on climate change. The only rational response is massive, global action. There are so many critical issues today, but this is the big one. https://t.co/11mUWfhwGg

— Daniel Ornstein (@danielornstein) October 20, 2018

“I always thought climate change was a bunch of nonsense, but now I really do think it is happening,” said White, a 65-year-old Trump supporter, as she and her young grandson watched workers haul away downed trees and other debris lining the streets https://t.co/xYxSIbkvpj

— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) October 18, 2018

If true, it's sad this is what it takes for belief change to occur on climate. And personal experience is both not scalable (most places won't be hit by hurricanes) and not fast enough (most severe climate impacts come after we pass various dangerous thresholds of warming). https://t.co/pGj3wDddkh

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) October 18, 2018

Trump’s claim about climate scientists is ‘misleading and very damaging,’ weather group says

Fun fact: @JeffFlake has voted for every judge Trump has nominated, all of whom are devoted to ending environmental regulations. https://t.co/SXVpRdRFSr

— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) October 17, 2018

in other words, Trump and the Republican Party remain in denial about what the entire rest of the world considers not only a proven fact but also a crisis requiring immediate action https://t.co/S90RmVwSIN

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 15, 2018

Wisconsin’s Foxconn scam

update 11/6/18

The $3-billion Foxconn deal, meanwhile, won't make Wisconsin money for 25 years, according to the state’s Legislative Fiscal Bureau: https://t.co/Q9m0cXkVfR

— Danielle Paquette (@DPAQreport) November 6, 2018

Foxconn promised to create 13,000 "permanent" Wisconsin jobs. But the company changed the type of factory it will build, downsizing to an automated plant that will only require 3,000 employees.

Taxpayers will pay between $220,000 and +$1,000,000 per job. https://t.co/fllXF6A7UD

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 5, 2018

update 11/2/18

No Wisconsin Republican seems willing to talk about Foxconn.https://t.co/pdfcwUzJbI via @CharlesPPierce

— Esquire (@esquire) November 2, 2018

The price tag (in the form of tax incentives) for Foxconn's big Wisconsin factory keeps getting steeper.
The promises for job creation keep getting fuzzier.
Interesting reporting from @TheVerge @BruceMurphyMKE https://t.co/wLIWORCSTP

— Ben Casselman (@bencasselman) October 29, 2018

Early voting

I voted in Maryland on the first day. It wasn’t crowded in the late morning. I encourage everyone to vote.`+

After Day 4 of early voting, 279,684 Marylanders have cast ballots in the general election — a 137% increase from 2014 when 117,804 voted during the first four days of early voting. https://t.co/JYdojwzZNA

— Luke Broadwater (@lukebroadwater) October 29, 2018

The stolen colon

Kansas City police recovered a stolen inflatable colon:

BREAKING: WE HAVE RECOVERED THE STOLEN COLON. Thanks to a tip, officers found the giant, inflatable, pilfered intestine in a vacant house in the 7100 block of Virginia. No one in custody yet. Investigation is continuing. #stolencolon pic.twitter.com/QAILIr3G6d

— Kansas City Police (@kcpolice) October 29, 2018

Here’s background:

And if you had not been fortunate enough to hear about the stolen colon, here's the story on it: https://t.co/sWWc8JbmEl

— Kansas City Police (@kcpolice) October 29, 2018

Someone stole a 10 ft long, 150 lb inflatable colon from the University of Kansas Cancer Center. Does anyone know the scope of the crime? Hopefully, there's no obstruction of justice. We need to flush out what happened here and get to the BOTTOM of it. https://t.co/1bPB1hynxr pic.twitter.com/tazoJx4Nsf

— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) October 24, 2018

Kansas City Police Need Your Help Tracking Down a Giant, Inflatable Colon — https://t.co/8hkg6xuBRO pic.twitter.com/OsbvmMHU94

— Mental Floss (@mental_floss) October 24, 2018

The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia has a large real colon and sells merchandise about it!

The megacolon

mega colon plush

The inflatable colon reminds me of the giant heart at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Why did the bomber target Maxine Waters?

Maybe it has something to do with Trump’s constant attacks on Waters.

Of the 535 members of the House and Senate, I wonder how the bomber picked Waters. https://t.co/rPswKvHmaX

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) October 24, 2018

Asked about President Trump's attack on @RepMaxineWaters this weekend, @KellyannePolls says Waters went first.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 29, 2018

Maxine Waters, who Trump and Fox like to highlight/mock/target as scary/unattractive/“low IQ” black woman because they think their white voters/viewers will respond to that https://t.co/KGxcPbBnAG

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 27, 2018

Maxine Waters didn't tell anyone to be violent, you idiot — only to protest elected officials. Trump explicitly glorified the idea of his political opponents being beaten or shot. https://t.co/nRyBXvwXOd

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) October 28, 2018

2018 elections update – 10/29/18

A Harvard University poll found that 40 percent of young people ages 18 to 29 said they would “definitely vote” in the upcoming midterm elections — and that sixty-six percent of the likely voters surveyed preferred Democrats to win Congress. https://t.co/LuzbgjvPcl

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) October 29, 2018

There’s a lot of data in this, especially that the WH is basically going all-in on Senate and Gov races. Many of the states on this list (TN, MO, IN) have no competitive House races, implying that the WH accepts the CW the House is likely lost.

Also, no NV, AZ, or ND. https://t.co/JPsdKLaPvL

— Justin Slaughter (@JBSDC) October 29, 2018

I'm not really sure what exactly happened in Michigan, but the poll margin in that race got cut in half in a very short period of time. Stabenow still has a sizable lead, but more like 10 instead of 20.

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) October 29, 2018

With election day just over a week away, the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll shows the "hold your nose and vote" brigade leans toward the Democrats https://t.co/THUk0vJyxp

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 29, 2018

FLORIDA
Governor:
Ron DeSantis (R) 43%
Andrew Gillum (D) 48%
(NYT Upshot/Siena College, LV, 10/23-27/18)

— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 29, 2018

The White House announces that Trump will hold 11 campaign rallies in 8 states over the final 6 days of the campaign.

Oct. 31: Florida
Nov. 1: Missouri
Nov. 2: West Virginia, Indiana
Nov. 3: Montana, Florida
Nov. 4: Georgia, Tennessee
Nov. 5: Ohio, Indiana, Missouri

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 29, 2018

Because of this effort, the quality of the average House poll this year has been the highest since at least 2006. https://t.co/AgTnCd0lPv

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) October 29, 2018

This climate skeptic could lose his House race after his district was flooded by a hurricane https://t.co/oQBPNWLFGt pic.twitter.com/EKccKVonPy

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 29, 2018

Where Donald Trump is going in the final week of the 2018 campaign — and whyhttps://t.co/jz7WTLbGnv

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 29, 2018

This is an illustrative snapshot of 2018 spending: CLF has put the most money on the air of any individual group, but pro-Dem groups have a huge advantage overall https://t.co/qncqmd7yvf

— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) October 29, 2018

Hard to overstate what a big plot twist the huge Dem spending advantage is. Every R theory of the case, as recently as a few months ago, involved a big upper hand on TV to disqualify Dem challengers in swing districts.

— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) October 29, 2018

“I think we’ll have a suburban wave. A lot of the districts that we are most likely to lose are Democratic-leaning, they’re just going to what their modern DNA is.”

– ⁦@lieslhickey⁩ on 2018 as a realignment cycle in burbs a la 2010 in rural areas https://t.co/blTAOll0yN

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) October 28, 2018

Wow — Bloomberg throwing $900k into Georgia 7, a changing district where the incumbent, Rob Woodall, has not run 1 TV ad & Dem polling shows a competitive race >>https://t.co/TYSKOkb5vl https://t.co/SDMUzRueva

— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) October 28, 2018

Steve King on his support for European far-right white nationalist groups: “If they were in America pushing the platform that they push, they would be Republicans.”https://t.co/a5by2aCpbq

— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) October 29, 2018

The part-time president

The presidency as a part-time job. https://t.co/z6z9yhvXAz

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) October 29, 2018

Gallup poll on Trump – 10/29/18

Quite a drop. Trump slides from 44-50 to 40-54 in Gallup.https://t.co/j39pfxP9SM pic.twitter.com/O19ou3aSEy

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 29, 2018

Since Gallup polled through Sunday, this is a first glimpse into how the public is reacting to Trump's divisive rhetoric about last week's violence. @latimes also polled through Sunday and found a 4 point shift to Democratic candidates. https://t.co/izI9WAf8YJ https://t.co/8jwnzQyPmY

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) October 29, 2018

GALLUP: President Trump's job approval rating is 40% 👍 to 54% 👎, a net decrease of 8 points since last week. pic.twitter.com/vA5s6CxvTI

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 29, 2018

Sarah Sanders lies

I guess you have to lie if you work for a pathological liar like Trump.

Sarah Sanders just said that Trump got elected by an overwhelming majority of 63 million Americans.

Hillary Clinton got 2.9 million more votes in that election.

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 29, 2018

“The president has had a number of moments of bringing the country together.” — Sarah Sanders

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 29, 2018

Name one. I can’t. He wants to divide the country.

No @PressSec, CNN did not say @realDonaldTrump was directly responsible for the bomb sent to our office by his ardent and emboldened supporter. We did say that he, and you, should understand your words matter. Every single one of them. But so far, you don’t seem to get that. pic.twitter.com/ZbH5DQggWq

— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) October 29, 2018

Sarah Sanders declines to list which outlets Trump considers the "enemy of the people": "I think those individuals probably know who they are."

"Shouldn't you have the guts, Sarah, to state which outlets, which journalists are the enemy of the people?" CNN's Jim Acosta asks. pic.twitter.com/lktIZ9CZk1

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 29, 2018

The FBI is investigating a colleague of @AndrewGillum but @PressSec contends @realDonaldTrump comment of calling @AndrewGillum a theif is because of the FBI investigation of @AndrewGillum. @AndrewGillum has said the investigation is not about him.

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) October 29, 2018

At what point should media say Sarah Sanders’s lies and distortions are not news and should not be treated as such?

— Touré (@Toure) October 29, 2018