Lewis Hine’s photos exposed child labor

The searing photos that helped end child labor in America https://t.co/mawCdQDruN

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 3, 2018

This is at least the 6th Trump official exposed this year for making anti-Muslim and/or neo-Nazi comments. At some point bigotry starts to look like a job qualification https://t.co/KBPEepAOeO

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 1, 2018

Manufacturing employment is still low

Overall employment in manufacturing in the U.S. is still at its lowest level since before the U.S. entered World War II. https://t.co/h9j3S6zyuX pic.twitter.com/zdCgYQc8XV

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) September 2, 2018

Trump’s favorite poll – he still lies about it

Rasmussen leans Republican

.@Rasmussen_Poll just came out at 48% approval rate despite the constant and intense Fake News. Higher than Election Day and higher than President Obama. Rasmussen was one of the most accurate Election Day polls!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018

Rasmussen is by far the most Republican-leaning regular pollster, but even in Rasmussen, Trump's numbers aren't "higher than President Obama."

On the same date in 2010, Obama had the same Rasmussen approval, 48%. When Obama left office, he was at 62% in Rasmussen. pic.twitter.com/0Yyp8W95bV

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 2, 2018

The American South will be most affected by climate change

I think Trump’s southern supporters will find out climate change is not a hoax.

I won’t be around for it but I think it will be great if Mar-a-lago is underwater!

The American South will bear the worst of climate change's costs, Robinson Meyer reports: https://t.co/dh3yM0JsKX pic.twitter.com/qCbHc2uVlv

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 2, 2018

Another new poll

More bad news for Republicans.

We’ll see what happens. I guess the Russians will have to increase their interference which Trump won’t stop.

Blue Wave 🌊Building?
"Last month, the IBD/TIPP poll showed registered voters split at 45%-45% on whether Congress should be controlled by #Republicans or #Democrats.
current poll shows Dems w/an 11-pt advantage."

50% prefer Dem-control vs 39% for #GOP.https://t.co/E7y6PQYKzU

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 3, 2018

Trump attacks Justice Department on charges against Republican congressmen

Trump thinks winning elections is more important than punishing crime. He really doesn’t understand that the Attorney General is loyal to the law, not to him and his party.

The President of the United States criticizing his own Attorney General for obtaining felony indictments against two sitting Republican congressmen—not because the charges aren’t serious or thoroughly substantiated, but because of the potential _electoral_ ramifications.

Yuck… https://t.co/K2x0RSCGEj

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) September 3, 2018

The implication being that Justice Dept officials should have delayed or thrown out charges for political reasons, because of the midterms. Notice he does not weigh in on the charges themselves, which are in each case based on long lists of serious allegations. https://t.co/NrsbUi4fut

— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) September 3, 2018

The president is now arguing that the Justice Department should make its justice decisions based on what’s best for the Republican Party. pic.twitter.com/RgcUQbRAak

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 3, 2018

The President believes it’s the Attorney General’s job to cover up crimes that are committed by elected Republicans. https://t.co/AeqV9EQAqZ

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) September 3, 2018

Authoritarian despots are able to dictate who gets prosecuted and who does not based on political calculations. President Trump is signaling that’s precisely how he wants to run the Department of Justice. This isn’t a drill. It’s an attack on our basic democratic institutions. https://t.co/i8HpCpDjm0

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) September 3, 2018

The president complains that the first two congressmen to endorse him were indicted by the third. https://t.co/I2mKiUWapB

— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) September 3, 2018

This is the most insightful official statement yet on the current approach to the justice system: Cry foul about politics infecting DOJ and then ponder aloud why DOJ isn’t considering the political ramifications of prosecutorial decisions. https://t.co/PyKvin2b3Y

— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) September 3, 2018

Perhaps the leaders and the Judiciary Committee chairs in both Houses should say something to make clear that Trump speaks only for himself and not for the Republican Party? https://t.co/gRuXdEuKBa

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 3, 2018

Dear @realDonaldTrump: No one is above the law. Not you, not your associates, and not Members of Congress. That's one reason America is great. https://t.co/P68706QU44

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 3, 2018

There’s been a lot of Twitter invective directed against Bush and some against Obama, but here’s what I’ll say for them: the idea of them acting like this never would have occurred to me. https://t.co/EnR0oJQXIx

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) September 3, 2018

This makes no sense. Collins’s insider-trading allegation is from 2017, when he was at *Trump’s* White House event. https://t.co/8KhOO3daKX

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) September 3, 2018

POTUS lays it on the line again: the job of the Justice Department in his view is to protect his friends and punish his enemies. https://t.co/MUH9McUoZe

— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) September 3, 2018

When Trump says something like this it is quite apparent that we are already past the rule of law. https://t.co/p97sXra7ML

— John Markoff (@markoff) September 3, 2018

It is not hard to see Trump's argument here – people accused of breaking the law should not get in legal trouble if such trouble would hurt the Republicans – eventually being applied to himself.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 3, 2018

This is in keeping with what he frequently tells people privately. He alleges Holder “protected” Obama. https://t.co/3FM75Mc4kr

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 3, 2018

Law and Order President, my ass. https://t.co/kAxYMvG0B1

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 3, 2018

LABOR DAY TWEETS: Trump attacks AG Jeff Sessions for indicting two Republicans for corruption, saying it could hurt Trump and the GOP. My story: https://t.co/bZhyGwMk0q

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) September 3, 2018

In saner times pressuring the attorney general to quash criminal investigations of political allies might have been considered an impeachable offense. How many GOP elected officials will raise an objection to this? https://t.co/RWf8rI1pij

— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) September 3, 2018

The "Obama era" reference in Trump's tweets about Collins' and Hunter's indictments is bizarre. The Collins indictment, from actions taken in summer 2017, was brought by Trump's own handpicked US atty from Manhattan.

— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) September 3, 2018

Most Trump voters don’t mind the n-word

From this article:

“Few Trump voters think that using the n-word makes whites racist, just 42 percent find the slur offensive, and only a quarter wouldn’t vote for a candidate who said it. By contrast, more than three-quarters of people who voted for Hillary Clinton think the n-word is offensive, racist and should disqualify political candidates who have said it.”

New poll shows 60% disapproval of Trump

We’ll have to see if this a trend or outlier.

60% disapprove of Pres. Trump, numerically the highest of his presidency; 53% disapprove strongly, the first time more than half have said so in an @ABC News/WaPo poll. https://t.co/uoninVOCVD pic.twitter.com/SBqz6Z9tXg

— ABC News (@ABC) August 31, 2018

The poll

New ABC/WaPo poll:
-60% disapprove of Trump, 36% approve
-45% say corruption in Washington has increased since Trump took office, 13% say decreased
-63% support Mueller probe
-53% say Trump obstructed justice
-64% say Trump should not fire Sessions
-66% oppose Manafort pardon

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) August 31, 2018

Disapproval of Pres. Trump is at a new high, support for the Mueller probe is broad, and half of Americans favor Congress initiating impeachment proceedings against the president, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds. https://t.co/HZMl5cy2Iy pic.twitter.com/vOisDBNtnJ

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 3, 2018

Trump’s response:

The ABC/Washington Post Poll was by far the least accurate one 2 weeks out from the 2016 Election. I call it a suppression poll – but by Election Day they brought us, out of shame, to about even. They will never learn!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018

Trump administration rolls back worker safety protection

The Trump administration has rolled back worker safety protections affecting underground mine safety inspections, offshore oil rigs and line speeds in meat processing plants, among others https://t.co/GGinRmUcFU

— POLITICO (@politico) September 3, 2018

Sad!