NEW: Trump announces $61 million in grants to hire more police in cities as part of "Operation Legend."
Points to "criminal illegal aliens" and "deadly politicians" as justification. pic.twitter.com/cBiqzl1Sx8
— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) July 22, 2020
#BREAKING: Trump announces he's sending federal agents to Chicago https://t.co/bsNAgftxFE pic.twitter.com/LOS71Eqtc1
— The Hill (@thehill) July 22, 2020
Trump suggests he's ready to go in with "great force" and that local police departments are working with federal forces in defiance of local elected officials. pic.twitter.com/dkvTmexeFW
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 22, 2020
Pres Trump says other U.S. cities –like Albuquerque– like will also soon see a "surge" in federal law enforcement and he claims local officials are "too proud" or "too political" to ask for help.
Note: Many local leaders have said these federal authorities escalate tensions.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 22, 2020
Says the man who violently broke up a peaceful demonstration outside the White House. https://t.co/Xluy16NI6d
— Simon Marks (@SimonMarksFSN) July 22, 2020
As Trump threatens to dispatch agents to Chicago and other Democratic strongholds, insiders worry the situation could spiral:
“It’s like the president is starting the fire,” says Janet Napolitano, “and then saying, ‘I have the only fire extinguisher’” https://t.co/mHqbAfyZhm
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 22, 2020
As tends to be the case with this administration, the fine print (additional resources for existing law enforcement efforts) is a contrast to the president's rhetoric (we're surging police to finally end bloodshed and save besieged American cities) https://t.co/8sApRCdH36
— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) July 22, 2020
“Operation Legend” will be noted in history as the embodiment of fascism in America under Trump. https://t.co/UD82xUKyz0
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) July 22, 2020
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) July 22, 2020
Undertrained, unaccountable, and emboldened: The Border Patrol is the last thing we need in American cities right now https://t.co/Jy5gR8G7Jj
— Ian Gordon (@id_gordon) July 22, 2020
"Operation Legend" is better branding than "Operation Extralegal Attacks Snatching Protesters Off the Streets In Unmarked Vans and Beating Veterans With Clubs."
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 22, 2020
The problem with this ad, is his supporters will LOVE it… 😦
Donald Trump isn’t the president of law and order, but rather chaos and destruction. #GestapoTrump pic.twitter.com/LpeLSnoChn
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) July 22, 2020
In the case of testing and dealing with COVID, the administration has left it to states. In the case of protests in cities where officials aren’t asking for help, the Trump administration is sending in federal officials. https://t.co/DSIhjsQZT2
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 22, 2020
Despite severe shortages in Covid-19 testing supplies and lags in results, the Trump administration is still sitting on billions of dollars in unused funding that Congress allocated months ago. Lawmakers have questions about why the money hasn't been used. https://t.co/xqInLk43ov
— CNN (@CNN) July 22, 2020
JUST IN: California reported 12,807 new cases in the last 24 hours – its highest number ever for one day. https://t.co/EtLrRMeePP
— ABC News (@ABC) July 22, 2020
Trump begins his July 22 coronavirus news conference by trying to blame #BlackLivesMatter protests and Mexico for the ongoing spike in cases pic.twitter.com/t1qI4OKcCQ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 22, 2020
Trump on Dr. Deborah Birx, a key figure in his pandemic response: "An unbelievable woman. A woman of tremendous substance. And style, frankly. She has an amazing style. She walks into the room and she can take a scarf and do 15 things with it." https://t.co/yuLVNZurd5
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 22, 2020
Documents show the consulting giant helped ICE find “detention savings opportunities” — including some that the agency’s staff viewed as too harsh on immigrants. https://t.co/of842ryiLt
— ProPublica (@propublica) July 22, 2020
#BREAKING: House votes to repeal Trump travel ban https://t.co/dgLEAzjkdc pic.twitter.com/2m72iK4o2X
— The Hill (@thehill) July 22, 2020
BREAKING: NAACP is suing Betsy DeVos alleging the Trump administration is siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID-19 emergency relief away from public schools and giving the funds to private schools. pic.twitter.com/sHmMkztw7T
— Megan Mineiro (@MMineiro_CNS) July 22, 2020
In an extensive interview with me, Mary Trump discusses why her uncle @realDonaldTrump lies so much, why he's "racist," and why she wrote her tell-all best-seller book. Please give it a look and pass it on. https://t.co/2eyjBaDVJw
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 22, 2020
NEW: @realdonaldtrump's private company said it is getting into direct political organizing, seeking to trademark the name "telerally."
Three days later, Trump's 2020 campaign held its first "Tele-rally."https://t.co/1hU3egOoU2— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) July 22, 2020
Accusations of profiteering against @ProjectLincoln from Trump acolytes are pretty rich.
Trump committees spent $22M at Trump properties since 2015. Trump directed the US ambassador to UK to steer the British Open to his resort.
Now that’s corruption.https://t.co/8bwCGKsGAw
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) July 22, 2020
Claret thug. https://t.co/9xZTiCXZSL
— The '60s at 60 (@the_60s_at_60) July 22, 2020
what is it with Republicans and (other people’s) money…?
House Republicans’ flagship super PAC is relying heavily on “dark money” funding from an allied nonprofit to bolster its reserves as it plans an aggressive push to reclaim the House.https://t.co/PFgNUcdebn
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 22, 2020
Remember how Martha McSally proposed a tax breaks for people who go on luxury vacations during the pandemic?
Yeah.
Guess what? She also got lots of money from the travel industry PACs that would benefit from the tax break.https://t.co/Knyy51S6Qg
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) July 22, 2020
Surprising no one…
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz spent taxpayer money on a personal TV studio https://t.co/Jewg2NhBHv
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) July 22, 2020
FBI agents have arrested Ohio's Republican House Speaker, Larry Householder, in connection with a $60 million bribery scheme allegedly involving state officials and associates. A former Ohio Republican Party Chairman was also arrested. https://t.co/JhFi1hj9sQ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 22, 2020
but not enough to bail out the unemployed…
day 2 of stimulus talks: “what in the hell are we doing?” w/ @lukebroadwater > https://t.co/DcYtXqqPlg
— Emily Cochrane (@ESCochrane) July 21, 2020
Government unemployment payments=consumer demand. I know Republicans don't give a shit about helping the unemployed but you'd think they would care about supporting consumer demand during a crisis. They don't! They're not really "pro-business," they're more "punish humanity."
— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) July 22, 2020
This is an apology in the same way that playing Uno makes me bilingual. https://t.co/2K2QcRwX0n
— Maya Rupert (@MayaRupert) July 22, 2020
See the asshole on the right? That’s Woody Johnson, our ambassador who Trump got to pressure the British Government to move the British Open to his Golf course… on the left is Ghislaine Maxwell…Trump wishes her well.
What the F*** pic.twitter.com/VMft8kI9bh
— Hal Sparks (@HalSparks) July 22, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
You won a referendum by lying. You became leader by deceit/disloyalty. You have failed on Covid. Failed on Brexit. Your oven ready deal is not even spam. And you have sold out your country for a few tennis matches with Russians. You are to the UK what Trump is to the US. A blip https://t.co/957B115m3T
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) July 22, 2020
‘The Russia report is so damning, the U.K. government can’t just do nothing’ My interview on Channel 4 News https://t.co/93mvwIFEsh
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) July 22, 2020
It's just going to be an online form:
Name
Nationality
Are you a spy? (Y/N) https://t.co/bkf7sroBJT— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) July 22, 2020
these questions aren’t going away any time soon pic.twitter.com/juMzVN6T22
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) July 22, 2020
Meanwhile…
A new mutation of Covid-19 is now the most dominant strand of the virus globally and forming clusters quicker in the UK #coronavirus #covid19 https://t.co/hTPl9UPMwR
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 22, 2020
And even meanwhiler…
"So yes, the Government might be warning us to get ready for the worst… But let’s not kid ourselves. There is time left for a deal to be done, and both sides will strive their utmost to make sure they do it" – @anandMenon1 https://t.co/Q0rY4PIupW
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) July 22, 2020
"By almost every market metric, investors are rewarding European unity and punishing the U.K.’s intractable problems."https://t.co/FJtVVKrnHk
— Best for Britain #OneCrisisAtATime (@BestForBritain) July 22, 2020
2 headlines this morning – D Telegraph: ‘Britain Close To Abandoning Hope of Brexit Trade Deal’. Financial Times: ‘UK Abandons Hope Of US Trade Deal By End Of Year’.
— John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) July 22, 2020
Comedy hour
Boris Johnson to use YOUR money to divert from the fact he’s building a border he said he’d never build.
There. Fixed it for you.
— Ian James Parsley (@ianjamesparsley) July 22, 2020
Old AND sad…
i cannot stop laughing pic.twitter.com/lNVNADeKhs
— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) July 22, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Britain’s government is opening a new and special pathway to obtaining British citizenship for eligible Hong Kongers from January 2021. The change to immigration rules was introduced after China imposed a new, sweeping national security law on Hong Kong. https://t.co/IlhjjQzoZa
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) July 22, 2020
NEW: The vaccine supply race is heating up. Trump admin spends almost $2bn on 100m doses from BioNTech and Pfizer.
Option to purchase 500m more.
Works out roughly $40 per immunised person (vaccine requires two doses, probably).
— Joe Miller (@JoeMillerJr) July 22, 2020
For Trump and his Republican Governors who say you can only get it once…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19 a ***3rd time*** https://t.co/Ga65bDH5QM
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) July 22, 2020
Police in Bolivia are recovering the bodies from homes where Coronavirus victims died. Hospitals have hung signs that read: "There is no space" https://t.co/VsqaPRzOW3
— Jim Clancy (@ClancyReports) July 22, 2020
Elsewhere…
😂😂😂😂 Can we all please remember that this government is not yet a month old https://t.co/5vP35DlKEC
— Ash Stronge (@ashstronge) July 22, 2020
Finally…
Astronomer claims to have pinpointed date of Vermeer's View of Delft https://t.co/4Acsj7N0ki
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 22, 2020
And from one artist to another….
Yeah, not sure those were his biggest failings lads… https://t.co/doEmQSjPco
— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) July 22, 2020
The Overnight Note 