The Good German

This is an excellent film

It’s THE GOOD GERMAN (2006) by Steven Soderbergh with George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. Even shot with period equipment. Died at the box office, alas. https://t.co/25wKXDW4Yd

— Eddie Muller (@EddieMuller) July 3, 2018

Trump and Putin will meet one on one

What will Trump concede to Putin now? I guess Trump will offer concessions on Syria and Crimea.What else is left? Putin should be thrilled with Trump’s work attacking our enemies.

Trump doesn't care what people think about his relationship with Putin | Analysis by CNN's Stephen Collinson https://t.co/7R50bXsN4k pic.twitter.com/zJfSzbQmIe

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 3, 2018

Trump planning one-on-one meeting with Putin without aides present: report https://t.co/MTgp22LHAe pic.twitter.com/A1bgviUTlV

— The Hill (@thehill) July 3, 2018

"Tump’s willingness to accede to Russian power in Syria troubles Pentagon officials, but they seem to be losing the argument…Putin has taken a decisive position in Syria at minimal cost—with a deferential Trump now seeming ready to confirm his victory" https://t.co/Ihr7akyxgz

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 3, 2018

If Trump got so easily and willingly played by Kim Jong Un, imagine what Putin has and will do to him.

— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) July 2, 2018

Trump has sent letters to our allies with demands. I wonder if he sent a letter to Putin (delivered by Bolton?) with demands as well.

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) July 3, 2018

Trump wants to meet with Putin alone, with no other aides present on either side, in Helsinki this month. That means no note-takers, witnesses, or official record. https://t.co/nUepSFAUNP

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 3, 2018

A Trump confrontation with our allies at the upcoming NATO summit meeting "could play into the hands of Putin … whose primary goal is sowing divisions within the alliance," the NYT reports:https://t.co/frtxoJZcqu

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 3, 2018

If Trump isn’t compromised by Putin or beholden to the Kremlin, he sure loves making it look like he is… https://t.co/jjRHThVqjB

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) July 3, 2018

Amazing. It did not take John Bolton long to completely debase himself. Whether you liked him or not, he had strong consistent views. Threw them out the window for a narcissistic, reckless, sociopath in league with Putin. https://t.co/WU5DXDLHdG

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) July 2, 2018

Trump insists no other Americans allowed in to his Putin meeting https://t.co/wPpnSUmxmg pic.twitter.com/20ZuPqc1q8

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 3, 2018

Report released days after Bolton repeated Putin line Russian state was not involved, and ahead of Trump one on one with Putin on July 16 https://t.co/YhphuSX1t8

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) July 3, 2018

.@PressSec refuses to rule out recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, after Bolton did the same:

"I'm not going to get into any negotiations at this point."

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) July 2, 2018

About a million people dropped health care because of cost

“According to a new government report, about a million people appear to have been priced out of the market for health insurance last year.” according to this article:

A new report looks at people who buy their own insurance but don’t qualify for federal subsidies under Obamacare https://t.co/kLEAtCvw6c

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) July 3, 2018

Trump finally orders lowering of the flag for Capital Gazette victims

Better late than never

Trump changed position on lowering flag for Gazette victims. Good. sanders explanation doesn’t make sense entirely. Did Trump not know directly? Who knows but notion that press should be dissed was obviously understood by his team and that’s the problem. https://t.co/HktS9Jo6x5

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) July 3, 2018

Sarah Huckabee Sanders tells CNN that president Trump will lower flags for the victims of the Capital Gazette shooting:

"Last night, as soon as the President heard about the request from the Mayor he ordered the flags to be lowered."

The proclamation will be coming shortly.

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) July 3, 2018

"Disgraceful": Trump once criticized Obama for not swiftly lowering the American flag. Now it’s his turn. https://t.co/RBZhMj7oTT

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 3, 2018

Good call by Trump: The president ordered flags flown at half-staff today to honor the five Capital Gazette victims

Rob Hiaasen (age 59)
Rebecca Smith (age 34)
Gerald Fischman (age 61)
John McNamara (age 56)
Wendi Winters (age 65)https://t.co/1V67EZ2eKl

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) July 3, 2018

Covers: Little Sister

“Little Sister” was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. The first recording was by Elvis Presley in 1961. It was covered by Ry Cooder in 1979 and Dwight Yoakam in 1987. Yoakam opened his set with it on June 19, 2018 in Baltimore.

Elvis Presley

Ry Cooder

Dwight Yoakam

White House using official Twitter account to attack two senators

The White House twitter feed lies and attacks Senators Harris and Warren. How is this constructive or legal? Taxpayers should not have to pay for this partisan venom. There will never be a good discussion on immigration as long as the Trump side says Democrats want crime, open borders and MS-13. I don’t think Trump wants to solve immigration – he likes it as an issue. Good for Senator Harris for fighting back!

White Houses lashes out at Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren https://t.co/3NUgi32sMP

— POLITICO (@politico) July 2, 2018

The Trump administration* found a disgusting new way to use the official White House Twitter account https://t.co/zs5vCPVPN1

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 2, 2018

Re: White House tweets attacking Senators: Section 1352(a) of Title 31: No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall..be used directly or indirectly to pay for any .. written matter… intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 2, 2018

White House official twitter account slams potential 2020 opponents over ICE FALSELY accusing @SenKamalaHarris of "supporting the animals of MS-13" and @SenWarren of "supporting criminals moving weapons, drugs and victims" across our borders. Raises questions of law and ethics

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 2, 2018

As a career prosecutor, I actually went after gangs and transnational criminal organizations. That's being a leader on public safety. What is not, is ripping babies from their mothers. pic.twitter.com/WyyHU3U7jE

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 2, 2018

Harris responds to the tweet from the official White House account. I’m told by a source close to her that she has used her personal campaign account to reply to this tweet to make it clear that it was inappropriate for the White House to use their official account. https://t.co/7Riq53k6LJ

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 2, 2018

Verified White House account being used to target individual US Senators. pic.twitter.com/9OXbKdvAG5

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 2, 2018

the idea here (and it should be straightforward at this point) is to do get people to repeat the (false) allegation by doing something that breaks an unspoken norm (using the White House account for trolling) https://t.co/e5AzkdkOUA

— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) July 2, 2018

wrote in October how even MS-13 experts think the Trump WH exaggerates the gang's threat to justify its immigration crackdown. still relevant nowhttps://t.co/ItbJpzrDup https://t.co/iqvxoMJn41

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) July 2, 2018

update:

There’s no basis for this claim at all. Harris has never said anything positive about MS-13. She simply called to “critically re-examine ICE and its role and the way it is being administered,” suggesting “starting from scratch” is an option. https://t.co/9Pil9ZB3Ut

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 3, 2018

https://t.co/viogk6RCNX pic.twitter.com/fzhzZnbdnm

— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) July 4, 2018

Prior Democratic votes on Supreme Court finalists

They have already been voted on by the Senate for lower judicial positions. I expect Trump’s nominee to be approved by a small margin.

Of the five most talked-about SCOTUS finalists:
–Three Dems voted for Barrett (Kaine, Manchin, Donnelly)
–One Dem voted for Kavanaugh (Carper)
–No Dems voted against Hardiman (95-0)
–No Dems voted against Kethledge (voice vote)
–All Dems voted against Thapar

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) July 2, 2018

The county that voted for Obama and Trump with margins of 20%+

Besides, in convos w/ labor Dems in Howard Co., IA (only place that voted for Obama & Trump by 20%+, 98% white), barely heard about Russia/latest POTUS tweets/scandals. Top 3 refrains?

1) Get big $ out of politics
2) Medicare for all
3) Tax wealthy morehttps://t.co/TxFYMyExUf

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) July 2, 2018

Atlas of Redistricting

So excited that our Atlas of Redistricting won News Data App of the Year!! Congrats to our crew @ellawinthrop @juruwolfe @bycoffe @RitchieSKing and everyone at @FiveThirtyEight who made it a reality. https://t.co/wXjtqxlFYi

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 3, 2018