Thursday, October 25, 2018

Gillum calls on DeSantis to stop calling him "Andrew" and show him more "respect"


Arizona Republican Senate candidate says she doesn’t want to talk health care—just “things that matter”


New voters get notices listing wrong Dodge City polling site


If Dems take control of the House and subpoena Trump's tax returns, Gingrich told @ktumulty that the legal fight would go to the Supreme Court "AND WE WILL SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE KAVANAUGH FIGHT WAS WORTH IT." Audible gasps in audience as he spoke:


There were ZERO U.S. soybean exports to China last week, typically one of the strongest export weeks of the year. The administration’s #tradewar is an unfolding disaster for North Dakota soybean farmers.


I am demanding answers from the White House about @realDonaldTrump’s use of Air Force One for political purposes. American taxpayers should not be footing the bill for @realDonaldTrump’s partisan campaign events (because it’s illegal).


Ghosts of 1987 stock market crash suddenly appear


Trump told @WSJ this week: "We don't have tariffs anywhere." In fact, his administration this year has imposed tariffs on more than $300 billion in imports. Here's a list:


EXCLUSIVE: Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri, the Saudi spy chief taking the fall for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, met with Michael Flynn and other members of the Trump transition team in New York shortly before Trump’s inauguration


Erick Erickson has compared Planned Parenthood to Nazis, argued gay men should expect to be assaulted, published screeds on "liberal fascism," and called MSNBC “the Left’s Alex Jones.” MSNBC hosted him to talk about civility


This is urgent: Poll after poll shows Claire McCaskill TIED with her extremist GOP opponent in Missouri’s toss-up Senate race. She needs funds to stand up to GOP attack ads, so I promised her that we’d come through. Control of the Senate is at stake. Give now to help Claire win!


Gaslighting minorities for years saying things like, "what's wrong with dressing in blackface" and "Santa is white" and walking away with $69M (i.e., being paid NOT to work) is the white privilege-est thing ever.


Sean Hannity just said re-electing Dana Rohrabacher is one of the top priorities nationally. Hannity is calling on his supporters to act in CA-48 and ensure Rohrabacher's re-election. Now’s your chance to tell Sean no way


If you have info that could assist the #FBI's investigation of suspicious packages, call 1-800-CALLFBI (225-5324) or use https://t.co/iL7sD5efWD. If you observe suspicious activity that requires an immediate response, call 911 or contact local law enforcement immediately.


Investigators believe some of the packages that were sent out may have originated in Florida, according to one law enforcement official


For the next 2 weeks, be that annoying friend, family, school, work or church member who reminds everyone, every time, of the importance of voting on November 6. Remember all the brave souls who gave their lives for our country and #VoteBlue


They saw a lady paying for her gas with pennies and he gave her some money. Not knowing she had just lost her husband and was having a tough time.


Google shielded 3 male executives accused of sexual misconduct, according to interviews with dozens of employees and documents obtained by The New York Times


The Finance 202: It's not just the stock market dive the GOP should worry about


BREAKING: The Dallas News, which leans right, just endorsed @BetoORourke over @tedcruz. This is huge.


The Washington Post called this the largest mass assassination attempt of officials in history. And it’s not over.


Just VOTE. For the love of all things holy, just fkn VOTE. Straight Democrat. No excuses. None. End this nightmare.


China tariffs take their toll in Mass., starting with iRobot


You know @realDonaldTrump, your protestations that the NY Times is wrong and that you rarely use your cell phone would carry FAR more weight if you hadn't spent the last 25 minutes tweeting from your cell phone...


So @BetoORourke people...they’re targeting college students, who love you. Please get your campaign to coordinate w/@ACLU


#TrumpCrash - With Stock Market in Freefall, Earnings Mean Practically Nothing -


New pipe bomb fears after Robert De Niro's restaurant is sent suspicious package Police are at the scene investigating the possibility of an eighth package, reportedly addressed to former Vice President Joe Bide


Breaking: NYPD investigating another suspicious package delivered to address in Lower Manhattan.


#BREAKING: Similar package sent to top Democrats sent to Robert De Niro's NYC home, law enforcement sources say


Mueller's team is investigating whether Jerome Corsi knew stolen emails would be leaked and passed information about them to Trump associate Roger Stone, a source familiar with the investigation tells


The Senate is in recess and nobody is around, which means Republicans think it’s the perfect time to hold confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s controversial nominees to lifetime courts seats.


Corporate Europe is getting worried about the rise of populism


Opinion: Democracy itself is on the ballot this year


Meetings arranged for Elliott Broidy, a major Trump fundraiser and former Republican National Committee official, should have triggered foreign agent registration, experts say.


I feel it. Middle Class Destroyed: 50% Of All American Workers Make Less Than $30,533 A Year


Wisconsin Has Seen Largest Middle-Class Decline Of Any State, Study Finds


The Latest: Official says bombs packed with glass shards


The devices appeared to be pipe bombs, came in similar packaging, and were likely meant to be found and create panic, explosives experts say


Tillerson is being named personally by the NY AG as having perpetrated the fraud, oh boy....


A special shout out today to the US Postal Service & their amazing, dedicated law enforcement agents — overworked & underappreciated. Thank you @USPS


NEW: Facebook loses appeal over £500,000 Cambridge Analytica fine. ICO says ‘contravention so serious’ maximum penalty must be enforced


So, yesterday, Russian Ambassador to US was hanging out in Utah -- where Mitt Romney, who as prez candidate argued Russia is greatest strategic threat to America, is running for Senate -- looking to make friends with "businessmen". Utah press not covering, but Russians sure are.


China, Japan seek warmer ties against backdrop of U.S. trade friction


American Defense Contractor Accused of Enslaving U.S. Citizen Linguists


Bombshell New Study Calls For Ban On Pesticide Family Tied To Brain Damage In Kids


SoftBank faces tough decisions about its relationship with Saudi Arabia


How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump


Historian Christopher Browning on the Trump regime: We’re “close to the point of no return”


Four White Supremacists Face Federal Charges In California Attacks


A caravan of phony claims from the Trump administration


Complaint alleges votes for Dem Stacey Abrams are being changed to Republican Brian Kemp


Kinda weird, @realDonaldTrump isnt bringing up the tax cut results, the stock market, wages, or healthcare before the midterms. You know, things that make our lives better?


BREAKING: Yemeni hospital official: Death toll from airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition near port of Hodeida climbs to 19.


Why the killing of one man set off a louder uproar than other Saudi actions — such as the war in Yemen and the humanitarian crisis it has caused there


A photo of bloodied law enforcement officers from 2012 was used to make false claims about the migrant caravan. Here’s Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, helping spread it:


Mural in Texas. Change is coming.


We don’t know the bomb maker but we certainly know who provided the targets. Until a Trump target, few knew Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Same with Soros. These attempted murders were for Donald Trump, who is responsible. But not man enough to admit it!


MBS just joked that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is going to be in Saudi Arabia for two days, "So I hope that rumors don’t start that he’s been kidnapped.”

Hilarious

Trump Shoves Nationalist Needle Into His Followers’ Veins


Russia under Putin is a corrupt state captured by a mafia, invading other countries


Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Russia will have to target the nations that would host them.


Sarah Sanders fires back at CNN criticism after bomb scare: "You chose to attack and divide"


Florida families shouldn’t have to live in fear of being one illness away from bankruptcy. As governor, I’ll expand Medicaid for 800,000 Floridians and fight every day to make sure every person in this state has the healthcare they need.


"All that will be left is an arms race" if the U.S. withdraws from the INF treaty and another nuclear weapons treaty is allowed to expire. Russia will put the U.S. withdrawal from the former treaty before the UN General Assembly for a symbolic vote.


This is the dumbest statement in the history of both politics and economics. Remember when @realDonaldTrump said he would hit 4% GDP growth and you said “There’s no magic want for that”?


Investigators seeking suspicious package addressed to former Vice President @JoeBiden


BREAKING: Speaker at Trump campaign rally tonight attacks “crooked Hillary Clinton,” crowd responds “lock her up.” This, only hours after someone tried to assassinate the Clintons, the Obamas, former AG Holder, former CIA Dir Brennan, and George Soros.


About that wall Trump said Mexico would be paying for...


Sen. Ted Cruz blames Rep. Maxine Waters and Sen. Cory Booker for today’s violence.


"Trump unleashed the dogs of hatred in this country from the day he declared he was running for President and they've been snarling and barking at each other ever since. It's just inevitable there are going to be acts of violence that grow out of that,


Politicians face threat of election-season violence largely unknown in the U.S. _ and questions on the effect of increasingly vitriolic rhetoric.


Detail of new @washingtonpost ad seeking justice in the Saudi killing of columnist Jamal #Khashogg


FBI arrests leader of neo-Nazi gang who fled to Central America


Climate change denialism on a sinking island


Mueller link seen in mystery grand jury appeal The special counsel appears to be locked in a dispute with a mystery grand jury witness, but much of the case is sealed.


BREAKING: AFP: Tokyo's Nikkei closes down 3.72% as global markets plunge


Ted Cruz calls for civility amid bomb threats, hours after discussing putting Beto O'Rourke, Hillary Clinton in jail


Under the surface, this stock market is slowly ‘rotting away’


The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to rule that businesses can discriminate against workers based on their sexual orientation, gender identity without violating federal law, Bloomberg reports


"You might have to declare martial law along the border,” Rep. Louie Gohmert suggested when asked what might happen as the migrant caravan approaches the U.S.


Noble Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa, Poland's first postcommunist president, says a new international "solidarity" movement is needed to propel democracy forward in Russia and respond to Moscow's aggressive foreign policies.


Hillary Clinton: "Usually when people ask me how am I doing ... I say, 'well, as a person I'm great; as an American I'm worried.'" "I worry about the direction of our country, I worry about what kind of world will be waiting for [my grandchildren]" https


Here's the latest on "Megyn Kelly Today:" Kelly will not be hosting Thursday's show, and she is unlikely to return thereafter, per a source...


Words matter, Jim. You can't devote your career to demonizing people you disagree with, then say "aw shucks, violence is bad" when followers act on your rhetoric. You said Maxine Waters 5 times in the first minute of our debate. Own up to your fear-mongering. It's working


Wisc: FBI arrests Jeremy Ryan, GOP candidate who lost his election bid in August, for “trying to buy radioactive material with the intent to kill someone.” Ryan attempted to buy a “lethal dose of a radioactive substance” online between March and Oct 2018.


DoJ official confirms to me this morning that the Department continues to hold the position that it will not defend Obamacare against a lawsuit that will, among other things, undo the protections for people with preexisting conditions.


Today seems like a good day to ask again: what price should domestic purveyors of disinformation pay for shredding our cognitive fabric and fomenting violence?


Dana, you and the NRA are again inciting violence and using threats of gun violence to intimidate voters. Dana Loesch, this may be a game for you but people die playing your game. You need to rot in hell.


Breitbart has lost hundreds of advertisers because of a Twitter campaign by @slpng_giants. Now it's threatening a lawsuit.


"He may not know what the nation needs, but he knows what his fans want," says CNN's @brianstelter about President Trump pointing a finger at opponents and the media on the same day suspicious packages were sent to Democrats and CNN. "It's as simple as playing to the base."


Megyn Kelly dropped from colossal talent agency CAA after blackface controversy


Sean Hannity attacks Hillary Clinton for not being civil....on a day when someone tried to assassinate her


Trump warns of violence if GOP loses midterms


In case you forgot why Trump leads chants of "Lock her up" ...


BREAK: NBC news chief Andy Lack blasts Megyn Kelly today in a company all-hands as the network declares war on one of its stars.


The good news is that Trump doesn't know very much super-secret stuff, so when China and Russia listen to him talking on his iPhone at least they're not getting U.S. secrets


A new poll out in #Thursday’s @USAToday shows @realDonaldTrump and the #GOP are losing voters over the controversial confirmation hearings of Brett #Kavanaugh.


Gillum: "Now, I'm not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist. I'm simply saying the racists believe he’s a racist."


White nationalist leaders arrested in L.A.; private messages show effort to 'reimagine' movement