I agree with this column.
In my opinion, Republicans can’t win on the issues (taxes, health care, Me Too, etc) so they resort to name calling and bigotry to rile up their base,
Trump’s $110 billion in arms sales to the Saudis is fake
Orioles won the World Series 10/16/83
They haven’t been back since. I saw game 2.
On this date 35 years ago, Oct. 16th, 1983 the Baltimore Orioles won the World Series, defeating the Phillies in 5 games #goodtimes pic.twitter.com/eXqC8Zhyrh
— Ron Matz WJZ (@RonMatzWJZ) October 16, 2018
Oct 16, 1983: 35 years ago, the Baltimore Orioles won the World Series in 5 games over the Philadelphia Phillies. #80s pic.twitter.com/7WPNH9zVDk
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) October 16, 2018
Military support for Trump is decreasing
Up now: Support for Trump among troops is slipping, and the armed forces are now evenly divided over whether they approve of his presidency. The results from our latest Military Times poll: https://t.co/C4tVUDWThT pic.twitter.com/RpGHfSdFSI
— Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) October 15, 2018
Tommie Smith and John Carlos – 50 years ago today
50 years ago, on this day, Tommie Smith and John Carlos shocked the world with their peaceful demonstration against poverty, lynching, and the treatment of black people in the United States of America. This moment in 1968 continues to inspire athletes, like myself, pic.twitter.com/orF3jeC2SJ
— Malcolm Jenkins (@MalcolmJenkins) October 16, 2018
Today on the 50th anniversary of Carlos, Smith and 1968, please check out this interview I did with John Carlos that posted yesterday: “I’ve Been Raising My Fist For 50 Years.” https://t.co/4P9Ed6SDts
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) October 16, 2018
50 Years Ago Today: Tommie Smith & John Carlos raise hands for Black Power on the Olympic podium. Peter Norman, the Australian who takes silver, wears a badge from a US civil rights organization. Norman is ostracized for life. When he dies, Smith & Carlos serve as pallbearers. pic.twitter.com/pcrxMEuHuC
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 16, 2018
And all disrespect to @brentmusburger who called Tommie Smith and John Carlos "black skinned stormtroopers" in 1968, and never had the character to apologize. Here's the article where he wrote that libel. https://t.co/KOzq8DYb6n
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) October 16, 2018
Fifty years ago, Harry Edwards was the lead organizer behind the Olympic Project for Human Rights, which led to Tommie Smith and John Carlos' Black Power salute atop the Olympic medal stand in Mexico City. Now, at 75, he’s counseling Colin Kaepernick. https://t.co/27wPbXnqdj
— The Undefeated (@TheUndefeated) October 15, 2018
Thank you to @David_C_Steele and Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports for sharing their knowledge on the ‘68 Olympics protest with my @merrillcollege Sports, Protest and Media class today. Buy. Their. Books. pic.twitter.com/wpi9UBTuJt
— Kevin B. Blackistone (@ProfBlackistone) October 17, 2018
50 years ago, U.S. Olympians Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in the ‘Black Power’ salute as they stood on the podium.
SN’s @David_C_Steele examines the current state of athlete protests and rebellion since the powerful moment in 1968: https://t.co/SOzY3MYdR9 pic.twitter.com/TozkQlrNVx
— Sporting News (@sportingnews) October 16, 2018
2018 elections update – 10/16/18
Can’t Rohrabacher get the Russians to give him some money?
I think this is the biggest fundraising advantage for any challenger against an incumbent right now. #CA48 pic.twitter.com/ZeAY0wBVe5
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) October 16, 2018
The battle to control Congress is on and Democrats are gunning for key governorships in Trump country, ABC News' @devindwyer reports https://t.co/N45xju56hv
Watch "The Big Vote" on https://t.co/RgLiovbp5B or the @ABC News app pic.twitter.com/bGDquxTaR3
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 16, 2018
Where the House is:
1. Dems seem to have clear advantage in enough races to net at least a dozen seats.
2. They need to net 24 for control.
3. Many more close contests are overwhelmingly for GOP-held seats, so Ds have many options for other wins they needhttps://t.co/CRryENfi3x— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) October 16, 2018
It's not hard to amass a list of Democratic House contenders who could graduate very quickly to future Senate nominations if they win next month in NJ, CO, TX, KY, PA, NC & other states https://t.co/wC7CX71MEA
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 16, 2018
CNN poll: Cruz leads O'Rourke with three weeks to go (Jennifer Agiesta, CNN) https://t.co/zuacWfnvOi
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) October 16, 2018
What she and her campaign did was terrible.
But damn if this isn’t the most honest and real apology from a politician I’ve ever seen.
Thread: https://t.co/8RVdkV1Vnr
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) October 16, 2018
It's coming. (Although our actual interactive will round these off to the nearest 1 million!). pic.twitter.com/WIzhFSCs8M
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 16, 2018
With the November midterm elections fast approaching, it is becoming increasingly clear that both Washington and statehouses around the country could be in for major changes.
Take a look at 7 key races that tell the story of the 2018 midterms: https://t.co/eSDvlL0XYo pic.twitter.com/1tgizJrrt3
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 16, 2018
When a person has paid their debt in full, they deserve a second chance. Vote Yes on FL’s Amendment 4 and help restore people’s right to vote. @realgranthill33 @Warrickdunn & Stan Van Gundy
— Anquan Boldin (@AnquanBoldin) October 16, 2018
“I got into this race because of health care, because of my mom. She did not have health care when she was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer.” Democrat Elissa Slotkin, running for Congress in Michigan, shares a personal story with @devindwyer. https://t.co/fu2aIINxDY pic.twitter.com/Y4naxE0iym
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) October 16, 2018
Vulnerable Republicans embrace party’s beloved B.S. and jingoism strategies in closing days of campaign: https://t.co/AyWu1SSiNM pic.twitter.com/8e5z51MH4P
— Slate (@Slate) October 16, 2018
The Adelsons have spent $112 million on Republicans
update 11/10/18:
The Adelsons bought themselves a medal just like they bought themselves an embassy and a political party. The list reads like someone tried to toss in all-American icons — Babe Ruth, Elvis — to cover up international corruption with domestic nostalgia. https://t.co/vsDIxlFLlb
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 10, 2018
update 11/5/18
JUST IN: GOP megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, who are Jewish and big Israel supporters, gave maximum donations to GOP #NC09 nominee who said Jews & Muslims have to convent to Christianity to achieve peace. https://t.co/IAFGOnJaiQ
— Alex Kotch 🔥🚲 (@alexkotch) November 5, 2018
The caravan freak-out ads being used to save a Republican in Minnesota, which @jwpetersNYT writes about here:https://t.co/t2imyIDfna
Are being run by Paul Ryan's designated House R super PAC, funded chiefly by Sheldon Adelson, as @readsludge notes here:https://t.co/wKF5RMFtsg— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) November 4, 2018
update 10/24/18
One fun thing you learn in reading about Sheldon Adelson, who is behind this ad, is that every GOP candidate holds him in total contempt. He knows nothing about anything and is a craven greedhead and bigot. But he does pay for this. https://t.co/uBbq5oreiB
— David Roth (@david_j_roth) October 22, 2018
update 10/22/18:
MORE ADELSON $$$ COMING? Sheldon & Miriam Adelson have already donated an astounding $112 MILLION to super PACs trying to helping Republicans keep control of Congress. They're considering giving even more, according to GOP finance operatives. https://t.co/CLi9OXzkC7
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 22, 2018
update 10/20/18:
Now it’s $112 million. Keep in mind he’s getting many millions in new tax breaks.
$$$$$HELDON ADELSON$$$$$: The casino magnate & his wife Miriam Adelson donated a combined $25M last month to @Senate_Fund, per a new @FEC report, bringing the couple's total giving to GOP super PACs this cycle to **$112 MILLION**. pic.twitter.com/EUNvXb7feL
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 19, 2018
The Adelsons have spent at least $88 million on GOP causes so far this cycle, according to Federal Election Commission filings https://t.co/6jqzAbxoRF
— POLITICO (@politico) October 16, 2018
Trump has raised over $100 million for 2020
This will give him a big head start. Democrats need to raise money for the presidential election even though the candidate will not be selected for almost two years.
EXCLUSIVE: The TRUMP campaign paid $1.6M over the last 3 months to an in-house ad-buying company it created called AMERICAN MADE MEDIA CONSULTANTS. The set-up allows the campaign to avoid vendor commissions, & also obscures its spending in @FEC reports. https://t.co/8mjmvrXQZX
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 15, 2018
The Trump 2020 machine has been churning for two years and has a $100 million+ head start over Democrats before the midterms — a move unheard of before this president. My latest: https://t.co/xI2yZ93pAh
— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) October 16, 2018
Elizabeth Warren's DNA test is a first stab at a question all 2020 Democratic hopefuls must answer: How do they run against Donald Trump? | Analysis by CNN's Stephen Collinson https://t.co/YrSEKGHmYi pic.twitter.com/mZS9ANWndn
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 16, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump to Fox Business on Democrats who may challenge him in 2020:
"I’m hearing names that are shockingly bad but they’re nasty."
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) October 16, 2018
Obamacare has majority support
The prevailing attitude toward the ACA has changed, and it's not hard to see why Democrats are eager to align themselves with it. https://t.co/99alp7ySOR pic.twitter.com/SclRndfNKf
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) October 16, 2018
Republicans are suing to get rid of protection for people with pre-existing conditions but they lie and say they support it.
As you read this, Trump and GOP are still trying to gut coverage for pre-existing coverage in a lawsuit in federal court. Can The MSM media PLEASE cover this at least half as much as they Covered Trump meeting Kanye?! This will have a real impact on lives! https://t.co/GVFpW2xQDB
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) October 14, 2018
A new study shows the huge costs of the Republican war on Obamacare https://t.co/uSpFXMyQVm pic.twitter.com/1SuFflUJIX
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 15, 2018
Republicans have a pre-existing conditions problem. #VoteForCare https://t.co/zXNsa2DQHR
— Senate Democrats (@dscc) October 12, 2018
Erik Paulsen in #MN03 also lies about protecting people with pre-existing conditions. Truth is his actual votes would gut the ACA’s protection of those with pre-existing conditions. #VotesNotQuotes #HealthCareVoter https://t.co/d6I1dIhgW7
— Lana Fx Slavitt (@somuchweirdness) October 16, 2018
.@ScottWalker has said throughout #WIGOV race that if ACA is repealed, he'd call a special session to have the Legislature pass a bill requiring coverage for pre-existing conditions. @SenFitzgerald told reporters today he's not sure there are enough GOP Senate votes to pass it.
— Jessie Opoien (@jessieopie) October 16, 2018
P.S. —> @ScottWalker authorized his attorney general to lead the lawsuit to strike down the ACA's pre-existing condition protections. What a liar. https://t.co/FeFCB4Owrf
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) October 16, 2018
Um—you’re literally trying to overturn the ACA. So, this is a lie. https://t.co/AKdSxgG5Az
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) October 15, 2018
#FactCheck from the @AdkEnterprise
“I have always been very clear: I do not support repeal-only,” Stefanik said.
However, in February 2015 — four weeks into her first term — she voted for a bill to repeal the ACA without directly replacing it. #NY21 https://t.co/DWBBAAIgLL
— Tedra Cobb for Congress (@TedraCobb) October 16, 2018
Helluva line from Arizona GOP Senate candidate Martha McSally tonight: “We cannot go back to where we were before Obamacare, where people were one diagnosis away from going bankrupt.”
She voted for the AHCA, which repealed Obamacare.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 16, 2018
Outrageous attempt to keep workers from signing up for healthcare on their day off.
Obamacare signup site to be shut down for 12 hours nearly every Sunday of open enrollment | PBS NewsHour https://t.co/pIadA29fZg— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) October 15, 2018
Missouri’s attorney general is suing to kill Obamacare, throwing the lives of millions with pre-existing conditions into uncertainty pic.twitter.com/ZGl7AwTnmg
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 11, 2018
Why are so many GOP politicians lying about their efforts to undo Obamacare and stop protections against pre existing condition exclusion. If they are lying now, what will they do if elected? https://t.co/ZIN72LWAv2
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) October 16, 2018
"I was only against it until I was for it." https://t.co/yP6ZEtW0on
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) October 11, 2018
Trump is lying about saving the pre existing safeguards in Obamacare because his Administration is part of a lawsuit to end them. He indecently continues to attack the late Senator McCain while the other Republicans remain silent. https://t.co/aC3sPJeXlG
— Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) October 11, 2018
"Voters now overwhelmingly list preserving health coverage and protections for people with pre-existing conditions as top issues, and roughly 70 percent say the future of Obamacare factors prominently in their vote." https://t.co/Ce1L5i7Q8U
— Health Care Voter (@HealthCareVoter) October 16, 2018
Trump tried to engineer a death spiral and kill Obamacare's markets. Instead, they're thriving. https://t.co/tNTKwLQ4fl pic.twitter.com/U1JWNA9MZH
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) October 12, 2018
Here are those who fought hard to kill ObamaCare now basically promising ObamaCare if they're (re)elected.
Provide @charles_gaba names of those he's missing. https://t.co/nmWjfv4xYH
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 16, 2018
republicans doing everything they can to stymie obamacare and gut its protections for consumers, then turning around and promising to protect those protections, is just breathtakingly cynical, even in the age of trump https://t.co/SyX0SiR7r2
— jamelle g-g-ghoulie 👻 (@jbouie) October 16, 2018
Trump repeats Saudi denials
He doesn’t care about human rights, only money. Even many Republicans in Congress don’t agree with him on this issue.
The President appears to be repeatedly taking the Saudi denials at face value (first King Salman, now MBS) and amplifying them. No indication of any daylight between the US & Saudi Arabia, even as it is becoming apparent Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate https://t.co/X490v0qcNn
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) October 16, 2018
Trump on Saudi Arabia’s responsibility for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi: They deny it.
Trump on Russian interference in American elections: They deny it.
Trump on Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assaults: He denies it.
Trump on Roy Moore’s alleged pedophilia: He denies it. https://t.co/YqgBPUIr5A
— Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver) October 16, 2018
"Just got off the phone with OJ Simpson. He totally denied knowledge of the murders. He's committed to finding the real killers." https://t.co/UNJ4c7jIwL
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) October 16, 2018
"Just got off the phone with OJ Simpson. He totally denied knowledge of the murders. He's committed to finding the real killers." https://t.co/UNJ4c7jIwL
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) October 16, 2018
Reminder: Trump has access to US intelligence. The Saudis, including MBS, have insisted for two weeks Khashoggi left the consulate. Now…something "took place" there? https://t.co/v1iEE5KCcx
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 16, 2018
The president is willingly and knowingly doing the counter messaging for the Saudi kingdom. He floated the "rogue attackers" theory and now vouching for their transparent denials and vows to investigate. https://t.co/nFBsILZFdn
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) October 16, 2018
Nothing to see here, folks. https://t.co/pvyCuBFqLy
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) October 16, 2018
Was that also an "accident"? https://t.co/Y7gZNDUClo
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) October 16, 2018
And you believe him? Just like that? Just because he told you so? Did he say it "strongly", as Putin did when he denied Russian interference in our 20126 presidential elections in Helsinki? Wouldnt it be prudent to get the facts before giving cover to the Saudi regime? https://t.co/HZgFyUqjwE
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) October 16, 2018
Trump and Pompeo are helping the Saudis sweep a murder under the rug: https://t.co/CrfjIusPmP pic.twitter.com/JV23dJtVUo
— Slate (@Slate) October 16, 2018
This doc from @realDonaldTrump’s company shows how key Saudi biz was at his NYC hotel this year. https://t.co/2ItSFryVeb
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 16, 2018
He was murdered in their embassy https://t.co/MVYzHcTTj7
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) October 16, 2018
Kavanaugh must love being lumped in with Khashoggi's killers. https://t.co/Y1eYhDAWrO
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 16, 2018
I can’t remember the last time I was shaking with anger and grief, but here goes:
Jamal had threats against him. US intelligence knew there were threats against him. THE SAUDIS WERE REPORTEDLY READY TO ADMIT THEY KILLED HIM. They have not even tried to prove innocence. https://t.co/h98W2xcCc4
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) October 16, 2018
