Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to the border in 'Operation Faithful Patriot' amid Trump's condemnation of migrant caravan https://t.co/PpZ021to70
— ❌Micee❌ (@SanMateogirl11) October 29, 2018
LIVE: Homeland Security briefs on Trump's troop deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border https://t.co/8kmCggQ4n6
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 29, 2018
Grotesque on multiple levels. Wagging the dog, using the military for purely political purposes. Deploying massive armed force against a small group of unarmed civilians. And threatening to deny even the right to apply for asylum, which is illegal https://t.co/fBgRdY5ikZ
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 29, 2018
Trump's creating a situation where the army might gun down innocent people at the border just to score political points before the Midterms.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) October 29, 2018
Essential facts:
Caravan is at best 2 months away from border.
Midterms are 1 week away.
Do the math. https://t.co/uX0LD3Cn6c— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 29, 2018
I thought the Posse Comitatus Act prevented the U.S. Army from doing anything other than being in support of the National Guard . Didn't Trump start to send the Army to the border before and found out they couldn't do anything other than in a supporting role, so he cancelled it ? https://t.co/IWUdYcjYiC
— mytruth (@newplanet9903) October 29, 2018
Meanwhile…
By travelling to Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Trump is ignoring a plea from Pittsburgh's mayor that Trump refrain from visiting "while we are burying the dead."
"Our attention and our focus is going to be on them."
The first funeral is planned for Tuesday.https://t.co/rsXXp64zs4
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 29, 2018
Nearly 45,000 people sign letter saying Trump's not welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism https://t.co/wj3Z0fTLXu pic.twitter.com/zdnU2OUAos
— The Hill (@thehill) October 29, 2018
"Once you arm and have people in synagogues, in mosques, in churches, and schools, you start to have them in daycares … We might as well move into a prison at that point because we're living in a police state."@billpeduto on Trump suggesting armed guards. #Hardball pic.twitter.com/ZBvKoQ1o8V
— Hardball (@hardball) October 30, 2018
For a half century, American conservatism and the GOP did a decent job, most of the time, of marginalizing conspiracy theories and repudiating bigotry. But at least for now it’s Trump’s GOP and conservatism, so conspiracy theories and bigotry seem to rule. https://t.co/X0Acf1yPoM
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 30, 2018
Check out tweets from last two days. I refer to Fake News Media when mentioning Enemy of the People – but dishonest reporters use only the word “Media.” The people of our Great Country are angry and disillusioned at receiving so much Fake News. They get it, and fully understand!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2018
… watch: on @allinwithchris, @SteveSchmidtSES tells @chrislhayes that the president's rhetoric & actions on the migrant caravan is his "reichstag fire." pic.twitter.com/bEfcU4heIp
— fake nick zombie 🧟♂️ (@nick_ramsey) October 30, 2018
American Democracy Is Malfunctioning in Tragic Fashion https://t.co/VTWD1zE7Qh
— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) October 30, 2018
Remember when Trump had to pay all that $ in the Trump U. case? Well, this RICO action against him & fam makes that seem like peanuts. It reveals stunning frauds. Kudos @kaplanrobbie @JoshuaMatz8, Andrew Celli & their colleagues at @KaplanHecker @ecba_llp https://t.co/4uNgs2iNbD
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) October 30, 2018
New lawsuit: #TrumpCrimeFamily received MILLIONS in secret payments in exchange for persuading poor people to invest in scams. https://t.co/AWYZqYjASp
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) October 30, 2018
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WORLD
Pompeo discusses cooperation with Brazil’s "Trump of the Tropics" https://t.co/jtzwP1S745 pic.twitter.com/jrRZWAYEuZ
— The Hill (@thehill) October 30, 2018
It’s time to break with Saudi leader, MbS, writes @AmbassadorRice. #JusticeForJamal https://t.co/hAud5t45jM
— Joe Cirincione (@Cirincione) October 30, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
The OBR is brutal on how Brexit has hurt the economy. #Budget2018
– "The vote to Leave appears to have weakened the economy."
– Economy 2 to 2 1/2% smaller than "if referendum had not been called".
– UK from top to "near the bottom" of G7 growth table. https://t.co/i1AI27JssD— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) October 29, 2018
The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph: ‘Taxpayers handed Brexit bonus’ #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/SWLtxOunhJ
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 29, 2018
Tuesday's FT: "Hammond’s giveaway clouded by Brexit" pic.twitter.com/FEkAfhPnEA #BBCPapers #tomorrowspaperstoday (via @BBCHelenaLee)
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) October 29, 2018
The UK is now desperately trying to get an agreement to replace the agreement it already which provides for smooth air and other travel between the UK and the rest of Europe. But that existing agreement is torn up by Brexit. But, hey, says Grayling, it is all the EU's fault. https://t.co/EM6qvrvKfd
— Tom Hayes (@BEERG) October 29, 2018
33 things they should put on the back of the Brexit 50phttps://t.co/aQ4kNPICMt pic.twitter.com/gZecIh3EAS
— The Poke (@ThePoke) October 29, 2018