Trump’s rollback of emissions standards will be bad for our health

Here is an extraordinary/blunt admission from Trump-era EPA: between 470 & 1,400 people in the US will die prematurely EVERY year, starting by abt 2030, as a result of the new power plant rule the EPA is releasing today. @LFFriedman https://t.co/97udHglhOz

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) August 21, 2018

Also in the fine print: The Trump plan would lead to 48,000 new cases of exacerbated asthma every year https://t.co/598dSvWRNA https://t.co/CnL4VxrEf9

— Jonathan Ellis (@jonathanellis) August 21, 2018

President Trump's coal emissions rollbacks will be bad for the country's health, experts say https://t.co/NVi1wOUfB1 pic.twitter.com/H5MqeA8Dzp

— CNN (@CNN) August 21, 2018

Goodbye "Clean Power Plan" as Obama-era EPA called it. Trump-era EPA has renamed it. Now it is "Affordable Clean Energy rule." EPA just put out a news release, will unveil it Tuesday 10 a.m. Stay tuned to NYT. Here is a preview by @LFFriedman https://t.co/8JBPn8n062

— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) August 20, 2018

Coal is not coming back for the same reason 35mm film is not coming back. Cheaper, cleaner, better alternatives were discovered. @realDonaldTrump scrapping the Clean Power Plan will not save the coal industry. It will just make our air and water dirtier. https://t.co/9gtnCtQcD6

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 21, 2018

JUST IN: California governor says the EPA's new coal pollution rules are a "declaration of war" against America https://t.co/c38h3btF3L pic.twitter.com/qOkV4sagj2

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 21, 2018

The other side:

A very good day for Kentucky. I applaud @realDonaldTrump for continuing to roll back and working to end the Obama war on coal. https://t.co/7Phg0z1DtT

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 21, 2018

.@realDonaldTrump promised he’d end radical Obama job-killing regulations on coal and restore American energy independence, and he’s delivering with today’s action. This means more jobs, lower prices, and a return of American strength!

— Rep. Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) August 21, 2018

Coal isn’t coming back

Coal is not coming back for the same reason 35mm film is not coming back. Cheaper, cleaner, better alternatives were discovered. @realDonaldTrump scrapping the Clean Power Plan will not save the coal industry. It will just make our air and water dirtier. https://t.co/9gtnCtQcD6

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 21, 2018

19 months into Trump's presidency there has been little improvement in the coal industry. https://t.co/1Bpjo6oES9 w @jendlouhyhc @TimLoh pic.twitter.com/C2TPoPJTSj

— Ari Natter (@AriNatter) August 21, 2018

Just a reminder that the #solar industry employs more Americans than coal, oil and gas energy generation combined. #SolarIsNow pic.twitter.com/Ma9iqPEymP

— Solar Industry (@SEIA) August 21, 2018

Hundreds of children are still separated from their parents

Here’s a sad example:

This story from @TexasTribune about how a father and son were separated by the Trump administration is heartbreaking. Byron is 7 years old and is still in a shelter here – long after his father was deported.

Hundreds of children are still separated.https://t.co/leh4z3q3z2 pic.twitter.com/TD2OSxSSk9

— Dom (@DomDiFurio) August 20, 2018

Big drop in refugee admissions for Iraqis who have helped the US

The US should help people who helped us.

Admission numbers for Iraqis who helped the US government and are trying to come to the US as refugees (FY)
2016: ~5,100
2017: 3,000+
This year: 48 https://t.co/z4eNa6ULJ5

— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) August 20, 2018

My scoop: Pentagon officials are raising concerns within the Trump administration about the sharp drop in refugee admissions of Iraqis who helped the U.S. in battle https://t.co/ksqkdtxuJD

— Yeganeh Torbati (@yjtorbati) August 20, 2018

“The Pentagon is concerned that not providing safe haven to more of the Iraqis, many of whom interpreted and did other key tasks for U.S. forces, will harm national security by dissuading locals from cooperating with the United States in Iraq and other conflict zones, the officials said. “

Los Angeles County has more people than 41 states

This shows how under-represented urban areas are in the Senate when one county has more people than 41 states.

Los Angeles county is home to more people than each of these 41 states pic.twitter.com/er5PpRTl0r
— Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) August 20, 2018

The fourth largest city in California has 300,000 more people than the entire state of Wyoming.

Yet we still let Wyoming have two entire senators for some stupid reason.https://t.co/4C2QhVIuyf
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) February 28, 2019

This like “Truth isn’t truth”

Dumb is still dumb. https://t.co/TIupK75WEz

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) August 21, 2018

Russia hacked conservative sites

But Trump does nothing.

So 2 things are now clear:

1. Russia feels free to hack and hurt even American conservatives who are anti-Trump without fear that Trump will put America’s interests above his own and thus punish Putin.

2. Microsoft is pushing back even if Trump is not.https://t.co/jZ9hYZg3nN

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 21, 2018

Trump is back to “if” on Russian interference

This is pathetic. All US intelligence agencies and Congress know Russia interfered in the election. Why does Trump believe Russia?

Analysis: Trump returns to an "if" on Russian interference https://t.co/oamABxf6Rl

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 21, 2018

Cohen could be charged with bank fraud of over $20 million

Breaking News: Michael Cohen, President Trump's ex-lawyer, is under investigation for bank fraud in excess of $20 million. Charges could come soon. https://t.co/4KNDvJM0MV

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 19, 2018

Not everyone would take stolen information to help their campaign

The Trump side says everyone would have met with the Russians to get dirt on Clinton. That’s not true.

Here are two examples of similar situations from prior campaigns.

Keep pointing out that Gore 2000 campaign received stolen Bush debate book, which would have helped tremendously in prep. (I had one of few copies; it was well done.) They turned it over to FBI. That stolen info came from Austin, not Russia. What Rudy is saying is so absurd. https://t.co/le6Aj5bvVz

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) August 20, 2018

During 1976 Carter campaign, I was in cubicle in Atlanta next to then-foreign-policy-staffer R Holbrooke.

Overheard him getting phone call w tip from foreign source about our opponent, then-Prez Gerald Ford.

RH said, “We’ve got to report this,” went to Zbig Brz to do so. https://t.co/ywRv0Lr3H5

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) August 19, 2018

That was Tom Downey, who deserves immense credit. https://t.co/nk649QdRDx

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) August 20, 2018