Trump Organization executives face federal campaign-finance probe

Trump executives face U.S. campaign-finance probe, source says https://t.co/eg5DRYquG1 pic.twitter.com/PiL0gIlRu2

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) September 7, 2018

Worker incomes grew more slowly in counties Trump flipped

Where Trump flipped counties, worker incomes grow more slowly https://t.co/5GcqV9VdaI

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

The article states:

“In the 220 counties that flipped from voting for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in 2012 to Republican candidate Donald Trump in 2016, the average worker earned about $46,000 in the 12 months through March, up 1.9 percent from a year earlier. That compared with a 2.6 percent increase to around $56,000 for the country as a whole, according to a Reuters analysis of Labor Department data. “

Republicans torpedo deal to stop using stolen documents in elections.

Maybe Trump’s Russian pals have promised him more stolen documents.

GOP torpedoes deal with Democrats to stop using stolen documents in election campaigns. Why are Republicans so obsessed on spying on political opponents? It’s a telling institutional sickness https://t.co/TZcoQtGxsH

— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) September 7, 2018

Trump’s made up economic garbage

This is based on nothing.

The 4.2 GDP growth won’t last but Trump will blame someone else for that.

If Democrats had won in 2016, "instead of having 4.2 up, I believe, honestly, you'd have 4.2 down," Pres. Trump claims. https://t.co/iFxuMLbZmF pic.twitter.com/6kGxXJ0346

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 7, 2018

Trump defends congressman who body slammed a reporter

I don’t want to hear any more from Trump about how liberals will be violent. He just praised a guy who attacked a reporter.

"He's fought in more ways than one for your state," Trump says of Greg Gianforte, the congressman who became famous nationally for body-slamming a reporter. "He is a fighter and a winner."

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 7, 2018

Pro-Trump commentator now on RT

Last November RT America officially registered as a foreign agent in the U.S. for being a propaganda arm for Russia https://t.co/lI0ivyTsn8

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 7, 2018

Latest Trump lie about the wall

NEW: Over the past couple weeks, Trump has begun telling supporters he's already spent $3.2 billion on the wall–twice the amount Congress has authorized. He said it twice last night at a rally in Montana. https://t.co/CH1wBO0Gxx

— David Nakamura (@DavidNakamura) September 7, 2018

Nike sales are up

Nike was thinking that it's a good business decision for a company to be on the right side of history. https://t.co/aqBUgrNm7L

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) September 7, 2018

Nike’s online sales jumped 31% after the company unveiled its Kaepernick campaign https://t.co/cPwnQYuc5L pic.twitter.com/8dNxxOdq7C

— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) September 7, 2018

Trump was wrong to attack Nike and wrong to note that they are his tenant (just more proof that he has conflicts of interest). Shouldn’t Republicans be upset when he attacks specific businesses? I didn’t think they would approve of that.

Asked about the Nike-Kaepernick controversy, on which he has been conspicuously quiet, Trump says plainly: "Nike is a tenant of mine. They pay a lot of rent."

Just FYI, in case you have a brand in need of POTUS tweet insurance https://t.co/JONvyP6m87

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) September 4, 2018

Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts. I wonder if they had any idea that it would be this way? As far as the NFL is concerned, I just find it hard to watch, and always will, until they stand for the FLAG!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 5, 2018

Trump says Nike "is getting absolutely killed" over Colin Kaepernick ad, renews attack on NFL players https://t.co/88BqR6aWVg

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 5, 2018

Washington Post

Nike’s use of Colin Kaepernick is the single most polarizing use of an athlete endorser in at least two decades. Witness: 650 comments off this tweet. Never had a statement of fact get this type of attention. https://t.co/UbwuVsr9Yx

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 14, 2018

Nike spent an estimated $5 million on advertising the Kaepernick “Just Do It,” the overall return is approaching $300 million, according to @ApexMGAnalytics pic.twitter.com/VBr86JtXwb

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 14, 2018

update 9/24

A couple weeks ago, @realDonaldTrump asked, "What was Nike thinking?" https://t.co/UXqQrSYQBd

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 23, 2018

78 percent of Nike’s political contributions are to the GOP. https://t.co/mNXQMWYV9x

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) September 23, 2018

.@QuinnipiacPoll: 84% of 18-34 yr olds say NFL players have a right to protest; 65% of 18-34 yr olds approve of the protest https://t.co/Zshcho5CTx

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) September 16, 2018

Reactions to the anonymous New York Times op-ed column about Trump

I really like this first one. The op-ed says nothing about Trump’s racism such as his reaction to Charlottesville or the hundreds of children still separated from their parents.

You cannot publish a 965-word op-ed excoriating Donald Trump’s “worst inclinations” while omitting any and all references to his racism, bigotry, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and white nationalism. https://t.co/y7PwGXWBiN

Comic: @Lubchansky / @TheNib pic.twitter.com/YizQrjWBZE

— The Intercept (@theintercept) September 7, 2018

Writing the anonymous @nytimes op-ed is unquestionably a fireable offense. But unless the author is a uniformed service-member, it sure as heck ain’t a crime—to say nothing of “national security.”

Whle he’s at it, what other constitutionally protected speech should DOJ look at?? https://t.co/aLM2gDy7iM

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) September 7, 2018

Of course the most vociferous denier of authorship of the op-ed, the most over-the-top denigrator of the anonymous author's motives and character, is probably the true author.#PersecutionAndTheArtOfWriting

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 7, 2018

Opinion: You can bet reporters will track the author of the “resistance” op-ed down https://t.co/clm8weDxER

— POLITICO (@politico) September 7, 2018

“No one took the memo separating children from their parents away from Trump’s desk.” – @chrislhayes

— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) September 7, 2018

Two DOJ officials tell The Daily Beast they’ve been passively resisting Trump since he took office.

"We see ourselves as rebels," one official said, adding that the op-ed marked a perfect time to celebrate. "We even went around fist-bumping each other." https://t.co/0TirTXy2uD

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 7, 2018

Talking to source inside admin about Times op-ed. His take:

“Having been a part of some successful attempts to thwart Trump’s worst impulses, I would say that the successes are small, tactical, and temporary.”

— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) September 5, 2018

What if the 10% includes war with North Korea or Venezuela? My view of anonymous is more charitable: https://t.co/qQPnOmmMUj https://t.co/a8sk25YzNN

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) September 7, 2018

It says something about the character of the Trump Administration that Trump officials don't simply deny, in a dignified way, authorship of the Anonymous op-ed. Instead, to pander to Trump, they denigrate the author's character and impugn his motives. Sad.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 7, 2018

Writing this op-ed was not a crime. Using law enforcement resources to hunt down the writer is an abuse of power. https://t.co/jiofzVOqQa

— ACLU (@ACLU) September 7, 2018

Tucker Carlson: We have a "pretty good idea" who wrote anonymous NY Times op-ed https://t.co/fT4DyzIta0 pic.twitter.com/AxGMbVUsOy

— The Hill (@thehill) September 7, 2018

Amid all the denials about who penned anonymous NYT op-ed, @KarenTravers tells @StartHereABC administration officials "haven't addressed the substance of what's in the op-ed, and that's really notable." https://t.co/6u8MeBkaaR

🔊: https://t.co/2NO9AnXPqa pic.twitter.com/8seBQOA1Gu

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 7, 2018

Of course. It's like a septic tank full of rabid rats. https://t.co/e6J0FTEpdX

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 7, 2018

You do not use the Justice Department to find and prosecute your own staff unless they've committed a crime. But thank you for a reminder of what was once the "law and order" party, who thought Barack Obama was an out-of-control dictator, has sunk to defending. https://t.co/TvqFAHcXvv

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 7, 2018

But identifying and bringing to justice the people who worked with Russia to undermine our democracy is a “witch hunt” https://t.co/Cd9IsgkawR

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 7, 2018

WH has narrowed down search for anonymous op-ed writer to a few suspects, I’m told. Trump is “obsessed” with finding the person but Kelly has advised him to let it pass. Trump is also said to be mad at Shine over handling of Woodward book. “We should get Hope back here,” he said.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 7, 2018

Trump threatens the New York Times

Trump is way out of line by claiming the op-ed threatened national security and urging the Justice Department to investigate.

That would be an abuse of power, because there is no evidence that the author of the op-ed violated the law, as I discussed in @POLITICOMag: https://t.co/Aoawf78ZpM https://t.co/13OBDrsBsn

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 7, 2018

Statement from ⁦@nytimes⁩: pic.twitter.com/mqKoSUeGKx

— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) September 7, 2018

Unbelievable split-screen moment: TRUMP just told reporters he wants the Justice Department to investigate who wrote the anti-Trump op-ed in the NY Times. Meanwhile, OBAMA just condemned those who "pressure the attorney general or the FBI" to punish their political opponents.

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) September 7, 2018

President Trump says he wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate and uncover the identity of the senior administration official who penned an anonymous op-ed in The New York Times this week https://t.co/I4q5f1ol0H pic.twitter.com/dXDEhUsDk4

— CNN (@CNN) September 7, 2018