Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Analysis: Trump just keeps hitting California with empty threats


In the service of whim: Officials scramble to make Trumps false assertions real


Brian Kemp owes more than $800,000 in insider loans to bank he helped start


Wow. Shep Smith responds to a Trumpist who claims Trump "has intel" to support his racist lies


Trump officials aggressively bypass appeals process to get issues before conservative Supreme Court


McConnell, if you think you're going to get away with taking from seniors after you have given to the rich, you have another thing coming. We will not allow you to touch #SocialSecurity, #Medicare, or #Medicaid to make up for your wild tax cuts for corporations & the rich.


Fixed it for President Nationalist


Opinion: Is the Supreme Court helping the GOP put yet another thumb on the political scale?


Kudlow: New Trump tax cuts might not happen "for a while"


White House required applicants for VA judicial panel to disclose party affiliation and rejected the Dems, scoops


Why does @tedcruz: -Vote against universal background checks? -Vote to sell your private browsing data? -Vote to add $2T to the debt + send most of it to corps. and the wealthy?


Kemp is def sneaking out the back rn


NEW: This study shows a direct transfer between 2 decades worth of tax cuts benefiting the top 1% and proposed GOP cuts to safety net programs -- and it's coming weeks before the midterms


National Security Advisor John Bolton just confirmed that @realDonaldTrump and Vladimir Putin will meet again in Paris around the November 11th WWI anniversary celebrations


New from Standing Rock Sioux and Native American rights groups on threat to block thousands of Native Americans from voting in North Dakota in this year's election:


After everyone from the White House press secretary to the vice president has vouched for his claim that "Middle Easterners" have infiltrated the caravan, Trump tells reporters he has no proof of “Middle Easterners” in there, but that there “very well could be.”


They murdered his Dad, dismembered his body, orchestrated a cover-up, lied about the murder, then lied about the cover-up...and now are forcing Khashoggi's son, who is a captive in his own country, to participate in a photo-op shaking hands with the prince who murdered his Dad.


This is a bit of a worry when the wife of a Supreme Court Justice is in the disinformation business.


Asked about Russian election meddling in Moscow, Bolton quotes an unnamed senior U.S. intelligence official telling him China's election meddling makes Russia look like the Junior Varsity... doesn't cite evidence of current Russia 2018 meddling cited in last week's DOJ complaint


GOP gubernatorial candidate in Connecticut: We shouldn’t vaccinate kids "for no reason"


Russian trolls get DM from US Cyber Command: We know who you are. Stop it


Brian Kemp expressed at a ticketed campaign event that his Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams’ voter turnout operation “continues to concern us, especially if everybody uses and exercises their right to vote.”


An increasing number of Georgia voters, especially minorities, are convinced that the Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams election is rigged: “Everybody I speak to says, ‘I’m voting but why?' Even if Stacey wins, do you know Kemp’s in control of it?"


Is the Assault on Voting Rights Getting Worse, or Are We Just Noticing It More?


“We’ve got an enormous number of enormously rich people that have convinced themselves that they’re rich because they’re smart and constructive. And they don’t like government, and they don’t like to pay taxes.”


Never mind the damn polls! Keep working as hard as you can. Your children’s lives are at stake


The Garland County Election Commission left Susan Inman, the Democratic candidate for secretary of state, off the election ballot. Early voting began without her as an option. Sites had to be shut down. Inman says the glitch left her in "sheer disbelief."

Glitch

CNN isn't messing around with this chyron


"Jamal Khashoggi's body parts have been discovered" - Sources have told @AlexCrawfordSky "grisly details" about how Jamal Khashoggi's body parts were discovered.


Donald Trump claims that Democrats encourage undocumented immigrants to vote illegally


Who’s ready to make history? This video was epic.


Analysis: Trump’s caravan panic is self-defeating


“We do not have to do anything,” a senior Turkish official said. “The Saudis are doing a great job at ruining themselves.”


Geraldo Rivera Attacks Sean Hannity Over Immigration Stance: ‘Are You Gonna Shoot Em?’


The irony is there *could* have been a middle-class tax cut like the one Trump imagines, but he and GOP Congress decided to help corporations first. Not clear how reminding everyone of that fact helps the GOP now.


Body parts of Jamal Khashoggi have been found in the garden of the Saudi Consul General's home


"Why the migrant caravan is not a border crisis"


trade war. Why the food on your plate could decide key midterm races.


Complicated dynamic here in the Mississippi special but this is basically bad news for Democrats. There a 2 main Republican candidates and 1 Democrat; top two go to a runoff. The Republican (McDaniel) that the Democrat could beat is way behind and unlikely to make the runoff.


If the President would stop tweeting and actually read the U.S. Constitution, he’d realize that his own party has the majority in both chambers of Congress and that the “horrors taking place on the border” are happening on their watch!


Caterpillar shares dive 5% after disappointing forecast


Utah refused to prosecute four sexual assault cases. So the alleged victims set out to do it themselves.


To see who drives the network, look beyond Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch.


BREAKING: 538 said Nevada’s Senate race is the closest in the entire country. If we LOSE here to Trump-backed Dean Heller, we’ll LOSE our chance to take back the Senate! We’re counting on you. Please, chip in NOW to help us win – every dollar will be DOUBLED! Donate NOW


Kevin Rudd says ‘power of the Murdoch media’ to blame for Australia’s coup culture


Former President Barack Obama at Nevada rally: "I know you can bet on anything here in Vegas, but you don't want to bet that the Republicans are actually going to protect your health care"


Every time you see a Trump tweet blaming Democrats for a policy decision, remember that for two years now Republicans controlled the White House and both houses of Congress!


Republicans outpacing Democrats in early voting in key states,


They took your bodily presence from my world. But your beautiful laugh will remain in my soul forever. My darling


ox News “accidentally” shows footage of @KamalaHarris instead of a perpetrators mugshot because there is no bottom.


.@POTUS: "I'm a nationalist."

I think we should believe him this time.

There’s one person Erdogan didn’t mention in his big “naked truth” speech: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman


U.S. financial institutions recently closed bank accounts tied to Russian oligarch Aras Agalarov, due in part to suspicious transactions that occurred just after the infamous Trump Tower meeting, which Agalarov helped organize, according to Mother Jones.


Goldman Sachs is in deep shit. It appears they helped to launder $3.5 billion along with UAE's IPIC. The Swiss are investigating Falcon Bank over 1MDB. Falcon Bank is also implicated in Ru Govt money laundering


A FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE


Hi @RepHartzler I've been talking to your constituents for over a year. No one has seen you. No one has heard from you. Will you debate me? No. Will you hold a town hall meeting? No. Will you meet with voters, answer any questions on Twitter, Facebook or email? No!#VoteHerOut


OH NO! Not a National "Emergy!"


Maybe, just maybe, they should have started sooner.... cc @thespybrief U.S. Begins First Cyberoperation Against Russia Aimed at Protecting Elections


"The President ... says it’s ok to grab women by their private parts": Man accused of groping woman on flight invokes Trump


The reason you're not "supposed" to use the word "nationalist" is, it's the word neo-Nazis use to describe themselves. Congrats to the Republican Party on your coming-out party.


Congressional bill by Republicans to TERMINATE the Environmental Protection Agency, effective December 31, 2018 🌎 These are midterms of our existence America!


Democrats are agonizing about whether two groups of infrequent and liberal-leaning voters will turn out... or dash their hopes of winning control of Congress


Trump is making baseless claims about the migrant caravan. Here are the facts


The Trump administration has taken steps to broaden the availability of health plans that don’t have to cover patients’ preexisting medical conditions, signaling support for state proposals to promote sales of these skimpier plans


Trump said the threat was directed at Russia, China and “anybody else that wants to play that game.” We've got a certifiable MADMAN IN THE WH!! WE ARE NOT OPERATING WITH SENSE HERE EITHER.


President Trump claimed in a series of tweets that he would declare a "national emergency" over migrant caravans moving toward the United States through Central America and Mexico. Here's what to know.


The Supreme Court ruling blocking Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from having to sit for a deposition is a victory for the Trump administration. SCOTUS IS LOST, AFTER TRUMP IS GONE, KAVNO AND GORSUCH MUST GO TOO!!!!


Tons of misinformation about the caravan floating around. This photo of a bloodied police officer has tens of thousands of shares on a few big FB pages. It was taken in 2012, and has nothing to do with the caravan.


Trump just said he's "one of the most popular presidents in this country"


Saudi sees deals worth $50 billion at investment conference despite boycotts


How many jobs?

Obama Brings Crowd To Its Feet After Destroying Trump For Taking Credit For The Economy


‘I’m a nationalist!’: Trump makes stunning confession he noted his aides warned him


Erdogan tells Saudi King to send 15 members of Saudi Hit Squad to stand trial in Istanbul. Erdogan also says “since this is a political murder. Everyone, including the accomplices in foreign territories must be held accountable”