More than 400 children are still separated from their parents

More than 400 migrant children remain separated from their parents. Here’s what we know, by @Josh_Barrage. https://t.co/Fxo2Gh1RuF

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) September 7, 2018

Trump lied when he said the GDP was higher than the unemployment rate for the first time in 100 years

You'd be shocked, shocked, shocked to learn that this tweet by @realDonaldTrump is totally false! There are many periods just since WWII that the GDP has been higher than the unemployment rate. pic.twitter.com/XAdr5HTtcY

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) September 10, 2018

This has happened 64 times in the past 70 years.

👉🏻 https://t.co/stTx47H8Zi https://t.co/76gBJsiAW2

— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) September 10, 2018

Why does Trump insist on lying when the truth is good enough? https://t.co/yIkYEBbkkL

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) September 10, 2018

Not only did Obama never say this, but Obama topped 5% in one quarter, so who has the bigger magic wand? https://t.co/RALoEcQquj

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) September 10, 2018

A White House adviser had to correct it and he didn’t know where Trump got his number. Trump could just take credit for the facts but he has to lie about it to make is seem even bigger. He lied about Obama too. That’s pathetic.

Sad!

Lou Dobbs calls George W. Bush a liberal

This shows how extremely conservative the Trump cult is. Bush was very conservative by any objective standard.

Fox host Lou Dobbs called George W. Bush a “radical” liberal. It would be funny if it wasn’t yet another indicator of how detached Trump’s GOP is from reality. https://t.co/q2QDhYWcd0

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 11, 2018

Stephen Miller’s childhood rabbi condemns him

“Honestly, Mr Miller, you’ve set back the Jewish contribution to making the world spiritually whole through your arbitrary division of these desperate people.” https://t.co/hvU3ChkwQE

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) September 11, 2018

More on the 2020 Census

With the 2020 census rapidly approaching, it is critical that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and other top Census Bureau officials testify under oath about the addition of a citizenship question and why a warning about added costs and decreased census accuracy was dismissed.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 21, 2018

More to the story about the #2020Census citizenship question. See the whole thread. https://t.co/rH43a9LxmK

— Stas Kolenikov (@StatStas) September 11, 2018

More than 65,000 mention the word "citizenship" in comments about the 2020 census https://t.co/U9w7wKqr06

— All Things Census (@allthingscensus) October 5, 2018

Republicans want more tax cuts

This would add a lot to the deficit. Their first bill already has and is not popular because the public know it primarily helped the wealthy. Republicans only care about the deficit when Democrats want programs that would help people.

Federal deficit soars 32 percent to $895 billion https://t.co/ryobSmzCPt pic.twitter.com/ltcKld8HZo

— The Hill (@thehill) September 11, 2018

House Republicans unveil tax cuts that conservative estimates say would add $2.4 trillion over 10 years to the deficit. (Liberal estimates put it at $3.4 trillion over 10 years.)

That is NOT counting the $1.9 trillion cost of the original GOP tax lawhttps://t.co/E6bugxkPYq

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) September 11, 2018

Good discussion of how the new GOP tax bill could push factories offshore from Zheli He @Wharton.

E.g., "by expanding production facilities abroad Harley-Davidson not only avoids tariffs imposed by the EU, it also reduces its overall U.S. tax liability."https://t.co/cLUyJsLoQG

— Seth Hanlon (@SethHanlon) September 11, 2018

Republicans could limit SALT impact in new tax legislation https://t.co/QmngYbx6Oj

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 7, 2018

2018 election update 9/11/18

Republicans have a 2 in 9 chance of keeping control of the House, while Democrats have about a 7 in 9 chance of winning control of the House. https://t.co/lyNh30TEIw pic.twitter.com/BGE2g4zziY

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) September 11, 2018

In North Carolina, Democrats sense that could be a major voter backlash over GOP overreach on a range of issues, including the bathroom bill and gerrymandering. A must-read story from @AmyEGardner in Apex: https://t.co/a6PHh4UjYg

— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) September 11, 2018

Trump's approval rating is about the same as Obama's and Clinton's before their 1st mid-term election.

In 1994, Clinton's party lost 52 House seats and 8 Senate seats
In 2010, Obama's party lost 63 House seats and 6 Senate seats

h/t @DBAmericas #Election2018 pic.twitter.com/JcnLGVXX9k

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) September 11, 2018

GOP data firm gives roughly similar probabilities for Dems taking the House and Republicans keeping the Senate https://t.co/k1rJ4PS6Lz

— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) September 11, 2018

Yeah I think so.

FWIW they should have been worried when the model said Rs had a 70% win probability. That's what Hillary Clinton had around Election Day. She had a real advantage, but obvs a win wasn't guaranteed. https://t.co/rgh4UYf35d

— David Byler (@databyler) September 11, 2018

Is a strong US economy enough to give Republicans and President Trump a victory in November’s midterm elections? https://t.co/pbCo2fuscA pic.twitter.com/9wzFCF3VAf

— CNN (@CNN) September 11, 2018

Why the Dems are looking good to retake the House but not the Senate: https://t.co/wbYWdb772S pic.twitter.com/4JIkXPkYEO

— Slate (@Slate) September 10, 2018

NEW: There's a wholesale shift among Hollywood donors and activists this year. They're getting nerdy about midterm House races, checking Cook Political Report and fundraising for Democrats across the country. https://t.co/kzE72gWlYE

— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) September 10, 2018

Trump threatens ruination of Canada

Is this how to treat a neighbor and great ally? We have a trade surplus with Canada.

The only two entities I can think of that have threatened the “ruination” of Canada in the last 70 years are Al Qaida and the current US President. https://t.co/DaMXnzqUad

— Stephanie Carvin (@StephanieCarvin) September 7, 2018

The president of the United States warned today that he could cause the "ruination" of Canada. Story on his latest escalation: https://t.co/nhyqINdYfP

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018

Trump's auto tariff threat against Canada is nothing new. This is merely the most dire way he has expressed it.

He also said today that he sees this particular threat as an effective bargaining tool, claiming other countries just give in whenever he raises it.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 7, 2018

Canada is the biggest export market for the US https://t.co/j5wiSQNoGp

— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) September 7, 2018

Many Canadians are bewildered over the US president's cacophony. US has a beneficial trade surplus with Canada with existing trade agreements. Why is he misleading and mudding the water with an allie.https://t.co/2QondBkqpn

— Andre Lafleur (@andre_triangle) September 7, 2018

So, how large does our trade SURPLUS with Canada have to be for them to no longer be "taking advantage of us"? https://t.co/uNOczuUJNu

— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) September 7, 2018

US has been running a modest trade surplus with Canada on a huge volume of trade. But can anyone tell me what happened to US-Canadian trade in 2008/9? Was it simply that the great recession hit the US so much worse than Canada? Construction tanked in US? @SoberLook @Brad_Setser pic.twitter.com/qagyr7hA4w

— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) September 7, 2018

Have no idea what Trump is trying to achieve. The US has a trade surplus with Canada. Even Trump's own website says so. Why is he lying to the American people and why do Americans believe him? https://t.co/KLpwHB2W8H pic.twitter.com/8VCMrhfedx

— Bob Heaslip (@BobHeaslip) September 3, 2018

Trump shouldn’t have attacked the press in front of the sheriffs

Trump makes everything partisan. How can we believe these people will be fair?

Those uniformed sheriffs who applauded Trump’s tirade against the press? I talked to them to ask if they felt conflicted. They loved it. “We got to see our president chewing some serious ass.”

https://t.co/yBP468kQO1

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) September 7, 2018

Felons

George Papadopoulos will be sentenced today. So, if you're keeping score at home:

Trump's Lawyer: Felon
Trump's Campaign Chairman: Felon
Trump's Deputy Campaign Chairman: Felon
Trump's National Security Adviser: Felon
Trump's Foreign Policy Adviser: Felon

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) September 7, 2018

In fact:
Papadopoulos – 14 days prison
Paul Manafort – convicted on 8 counts
Michael Flynn – guilty plea, awaiting sentence
Rick Gates – plea deal
13 Russian nationals & 3 three Russian companies – charged
12 Russian GRU officers – charged
Plus: Pinedo, van der Zwaan, Kilimnik https://t.co/6CVQPCDeeE

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 7, 2018