Trump is spreading a murder conspiracy to the horror of a widower. Jack Dorsey's stance will cost him https://t.co/R2dj8VeSB9
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 26, 2020
The story is Trumps obvious mental deterioration/illnesses and how these tweets are symptoms.
He wants the deflection/wedge to be the story and you guys keep taking the bait.
Write about his obvious lack of mental capacity.
— Rams for Biden (@BidenRams) May 26, 2020
"These tweets are awful but [Trump] knows what they do, he knows what's going on, and beyond just appealing to his base, he's doing it because they're doing nothing about it, and he knows they will" – @karaswisher w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/wmDhpJ06Ie
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 26, 2020
New: Statement from Twitter about adding a fact check to President Trump's mail-in ballot tweets.
"These tweets contain potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail-in ballots." pic.twitter.com/l03AWY0C0B
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 26, 2020
Trump campaign manager on Twitter flagging Trump mail in vote tweets: “We always knew that Silicon Valley would pull out all the stops to obstruct and interfere with President Trump getting his message through to voters.” pic.twitter.com/g53gJo4mw2
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 26, 2020
For the first time ever, Twitter has applied a fact-check label to Trump's tweets.
It shouldn't have taken this long, it should be applied more widely, and tbh the tweets shouldn't even still be up, but it's … something. pic.twitter.com/9LlGYoQjvK
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) May 26, 2020
Twitter: Where you can falsely accuse someone of murder, but cannot spread falsities about mail-in voting. That is a bridge too far.
— Adam Wren (@adamwren) May 26, 2020
Trump is an ‘insecure coward’ growing ‘more erratic’: Conservative warns ‘he’s not thinking clearly’
https://t.co/3JOtdBhPja— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 26, 2020
He absolutely can't overrule governors. Even if he wants to. https://t.co/aI2BT73Je2
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 26, 2020
"Can you take the mask off I can’t hear you?” says President Trump to a reporter in the Rose Garden.
“I’ll just speak up,” says the reporter
“Because you want to be politically correct.” the president replies.
An illustration of how mask wearing is being politicized here
— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) May 26, 2020
Trump voter says he doesn’t wear a mask in public because Trump doesn’t wear one. pic.twitter.com/MzrGQl83PT
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) May 26, 2020
She was fired by Trump over a report showing medical workers faced shortages of PPE. https://t.co/SGwXM1Apkg
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 26, 2020
Today is Tuesday. Where are the letters we were promised on Tuesday? pic.twitter.com/Z4NSiaUFOQ
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) May 26, 2020
Analysis: Kayleigh McEnany’s latest briefing is a case study in gaslighting, whataboutism and false claims https://t.co/NIxpSExI8f
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 26, 2020
Do you know how to stop the WH shitshow? Stop showing up. Hand in your press passes tell them it's over. Don't cover it! They crave the attention even if it's negative. 100,000 + Americans have died and they are pushing propaganda? WTF?
— Monica Fraker (@FrakerMonica) May 26, 2020
Perspective: Biden wore a mask. Trump did not. Now a single accessory can define the presidency. https://t.co/2Epo9aZMw6
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 26, 2020
Biden just now, when asked why he apologizes when Trump says a ton of offensive things and never apologizes: “If I say something offensive, I should apologize.” I remember when this was the way normal adults thought about life.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 26, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Some in No 10 think they’re through the worst of the Dominic Cummings row – tomorrow’s papers suggest not yet. pic.twitter.com/RalL66Lumi
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) May 26, 2020
I think it's possible that the handling of this means that there is no longer any conventionally good outcome for Boris Johnson. Keep Dom, piss off voters and MPs. Fire him, lose a man you'd already gone all-in on after Sabisky, Javid etc. https://t.co/E18Iutwq6E
— Luke McGee (@lukemcgee) May 26, 2020
His fate could still go either way – but Tory insiders are worried about a Cummings rebound
– My analysis https://t.co/ZEg96JdZBF pic.twitter.com/ru427Lb6oP
— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) May 26, 2020
The reason Keir Starmer hasn’t called for Dominic Cummings to resign is that he probably doesn’t want him to. With these figures, who can blame him. https://t.co/Hgp2ImHl0x
— David Clark (@David_K_Clark) May 26, 2020
Minister resigns as row over Cummings engulfs government’s coronavirus response https://t.co/m4ZeZucYil
— Gary Gibbon's Blog (@GaryGibbonBlog) May 26, 2020
Did my #Cummings rant, about how focussing on him IS very relevant to the #Coronavirus issue, as a single post, if that's of use to anyone pic.twitter.com/aLi1kZ8rlm
— Dean Burnett (@garwboy) May 26, 2020
‘He made those who struggled to keep to the rules feel like fools and has allowed many more to assume they can now flout them. The prime minister knows all this and has chosen to ignore it.’
Savage brilliance from @maitlis #newsnight pic.twitter.com/1tX879ICqZ
— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) May 26, 2020
Here's a comparison between Wales and England this bank holiday past, in case anyone was interested in evidence of effective Government messaging. pic.twitter.com/0I0NQAqM94
— Ava-Santina (@AvaSantina) May 26, 2020
Tomorrow's @dailystar #frontpage:
– It’s official, folks! Cops: don’t drive if you’re blind #dominiccunmings
– A dom & dumber excuse
– Hosepipe ban on its way#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/QW0E54fepW
— Daily Star (@dailystar) May 26, 2020
NEW/EXC. Back in real world. The UK is nowhere close to meeting the target for 50,000 customs agents it needs for #Brexit, and the govt. "misleading" about it – haulage, customs chiefs tell me. Stay with me briefly. It's mad. /1Threadhttps://t.co/e7VluYHlAq
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) May 26, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Hundreds of riot police took up posts around Hong Kong’s legislature overnight, with protests expected Wednesday over a bill criminalising disrespect of #China’s national anthem and against plans by Beijing to impose a #NationalSecurityLaw https://t.co/qAiewtyBZ1 #HongKong #HK
— Rosalind Mathieson (@RosMathieson) May 26, 2020
Highly rated companies including Disney, Apple and ExxonMobil have borrowed $1 trillion in five months as they seek to boost their balance sheets for dealing with the coronavirus crisis https://t.co/exGCiVow6M
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 26, 2020
“The city, the government, they have forgotten us.”https://t.co/yPUQYDBZwZ via @NYTimes
— 💥𝚍𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝💥 (@dodaistewart) May 26, 2020
Brazil's been added to @realDonaldTrump's administration's travel ban since its death toll passed 100K. Last week, I spoke on Bolsonaro's #COVID19 response in World #In60Seconds: "Pretty much the worst of any major democracy around the world." Chime in. https://t.co/O9x5A2cl9j pic.twitter.com/ZZWnjRD8Vh
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 26, 2020
A Canadian court is set to issue a key ruling tomorrow that will decide whether Huawei’s CFO is released or extradited to the US for trial. https://t.co/455namolGu
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 26, 2020
Tomorrow, @AstroBehnken & @Astro_Doug become the 1st humans to launch to the @Space_Station from American soil since the final space shuttle mission in 2011. Don’t miss our live coverage, including video from the @SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft!
Details: https://t.co/McKRZTW8rs pic.twitter.com/4CX64mc18f
— NASA (@NASA) May 26, 2020
NEW: The NHL says it will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams if it is able to resume play. https://t.co/gVIywohJu4
— ABC News (@ABC) May 26, 2020
Finally… and thankfully…
Amy Cooper, a white woman who called the police on a black man, Christian Cooper, for asking her to leash her dog in Central Park, has been fired by her employer https://t.co/ikbocOFD7j
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 26, 2020
and to put that in some context…
BREAKING: Four Minneapolis police officers were fired following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after an officer kneeled on his neck while he was handcuffed on the ground, shouting that he couldn’t breathe. https://t.co/TOsnyLzm9b
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) May 26, 2020
RIP Sean bell, unarmed innocent black man killed in Nov of 2006 by the NYPD on his wedding night
His daughter graduated 😭🙏🏼❤️ pic.twitter.com/LP0l8gVXSg
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) May 26, 2020
The Overnight Note 