U.S. Intelligence Says Republicans Are Working With Russia to Reelect Trump https://t.co/CvznkcopLY
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) August 8, 2020
Russia is interfering in our elections to help Donald Trump & tear down Joe Biden. No other country is doing this. And Russia is doing so with the help of Trump’s Senate allies Ron Johnson and Lindsey Graham.
Our elections must belong to us. pic.twitter.com/7Eg7Fd1pja— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 7, 2020
Sen. Blumenthal, who says he was “shocked” by what he learned in a classified briefing about election threats, says the statement issued yesterday by the top election security official “only hints at the threats…there is much more.” https://t.co/BvSPsHXvW3
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) August 8, 2020
Meet Senator Ron Johnson in all his glory. https://t.co/XzPsP7tYgd
— Julie Covfefe (@Julie_Kanon) August 8, 2020
Russia’s interference in 2016 might be remembered as the experimental prelude that foreshadowed the attack of 2020, argues @FranklinFoer in this terrifying piece.https://t.co/aXM4NJ27XN
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) August 8, 2020
Meanwhile..
BREAKING: the United States has surpassed 5,000,000 cases of Coronavirus, more than a quarter of the world’s total
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) August 8, 2020
“COVID has reduced to tatters the illusion of American exceptionalism. At the height of the crisis, with more than 2,000 dying each day, Americans found themselves members of a failed state…” https://t.co/4JghO7ZR8Y
— randomirish (@randomirish) August 8, 2020
BREAKING: Pres. Trump signs executive orders for coronavirus relief after negotiations with Democrats in Congress reach an impasse. Democrats have promised to file a legal challenge, citing Congress' constitutional authority to determine federal spending. https://t.co/Bf0gm2YQF5
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 8, 2020
Trump may not know it while playing golf with his billionaire friends, but millions of unemployed Americans are now going hungry and facing evictions. If the GOP can provide $1 trillion in tax breaks for the rich, they can support a $600 supplement for unemployment insurance.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) August 8, 2020
THREAD: Trump’s delusional “news conference” goes off the rails at Bedminster. Rest assured @atrupar doesn’t miss a beat. https://t.co/elyjoyJBG1
— Michael Hinkelman (@MHinkelman) August 8, 2020
“The Coronuuuuhhhhh…” He doesn’t know what it’s fucking called.
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) August 8, 2020
The applause and laughs highlight how inappropriate this is.
— Patti O'Brien (@OBrieninDC) August 8, 2020
So, the President is announcing largely illegal policy via executive order at his own business, with paying customers in attendance, and promising a bribe to anyone who votes for him
— flavortown alderman (@jesseltaylor) August 8, 2020
Trump suspending the payroll tax has nothing to do with pandemic relief and everything to do with the GOP's crusade to destroy what little social safety net exists in the US.
The payroll tax funds Social Security and Medicare. #SaveSocialSecurity #SaveMedicare https://t.co/ekOwj5e7l2
— Rita Moore ✍️😷🌹 (@_RitaMoore) August 8, 2020
Attention Americans:
🗣 Say goodbye to Social Security and Medicare – Trump announced he's cutting the tax that pays for them.
#TrumpIsACompleteFailure pic.twitter.com/ckPYZgv8NQ— Sharen🌊thegoodsister (@CellierGomez) August 8, 2020
Trump says he will be "signing some bills."
The Senate didn't pass a bill. The House and Senate did not agree to a bill. There is no bill.— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) August 8, 2020
Trump has no idea what he’s even signing. pic.twitter.com/s8t3005f92
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) August 8, 2020
Of the four documents just signed by @POTUS, only one is an executive order ("assistance to renters and homeowners"). The other three are memoranda.
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) August 8, 2020
Trump is now offering pens to the people watching. “Would anybody like a pen. Anybody?”
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 8, 2020
A reporter asks POTUS why he keeps making false statement that he passed Veterans' Choice. He ends the presser, to applause from club members.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 8, 2020
It's fairly alarming that the President has been lying for years at nearly every public event about passing a bill and this may be the first time a reporter has challenged him about it to his face. https://t.co/93YX6Svidu
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 8, 2020
.@GOPChairwoman Ronna McDaniel is here too. The president leaves from Bedminster for two fundraisers in the Hamptons tonight. pic.twitter.com/8QZ1fE4055
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) August 8, 2020
It could always be worse. You could be here…
250,000 bikers to descend on S Dakota to shun masks, wear "Screw COVID" t-shirts, and spread the deadly virus from coast to coast in the coming weeks with the blessings of GOP's @govkristinoem. https://t.co/D3E4tBplvC
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) August 8, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Britain is heading for full lockdown again by September unless Boris Johnson's government sorts out the "disaster" of test and trace: @Sir_David_King chair of @IndependentSage https://t.co/avlQnBbBxh
— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) August 8, 2020
but hey, look over here…
Does anyone ever ask why Britain seems to think everything is someone else’s fault; someone else’s responsibility? UK to urge France to crack down on migrant crossings https://t.co/KbbilgA55I
— Jessica Simor QC (@JMPSimor) August 8, 2020
Ministry of Defence tells Priti Patel her Navy plans have ‘more holes than Swiss cheese’ | The New European
Priti Patel is an idiot. https://t.co/LMzIRPSWLG
— Dr Martin Remains 3.5% (@MartinRemains) August 8, 2020
— Elaine (@ElaineYoung94) August 8, 2020
🚨 People smugglers have used Brexit to panic migrants by claiming trips to the UK could become more difficult https://t.co/GfSYv9ODDE
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 8, 2020
That French response to Priti Patel in full pic.twitter.com/0PiAasVL0I
— CJohnston (@CJohnstonNI) August 8, 2020
— Lucky Man 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@luckyma_man) August 8, 2020
David Lammy calls on Britain to have more compassion for refugees and migrants fleeing horrendous situations. They deserve our compassion not our punishment. https://t.co/apDbb5AkUJ
— Best for Britain #OneCrisisAtATime (@BestForBritain) August 8, 2020
Meanwhile…
Tate & Lyle
▪️Backed Brexit
▪️Tory Party donor
▪️Only beneficiary of new post-Brexit rule change
▪️Stand to gain £73mWelcome to Britain. The banana republic sprinkled with sugar. https://t.co/cqRCPFbH0v
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 8, 2020
And of course…
What the fuck does Boris Johnson know about morals? pic.twitter.com/o8FByE9Eob
— Kneale Jefferis (@KnealeJ) August 8, 2020
SUNDAY TIMES: @BorisJohnson : Children suffer more by staying home #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/e8VOeODUHt
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) August 8, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Belarus president is arresting his political opponents https://t.co/7TebtO8EMf
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) August 8, 2020
Seems like momentum for change is building in Israel.
I don't know if he's corrupt, but I hope whoever replaces Netenyahu, will not be tone deaf or stubborn & can find a way to create equality, peace, prosperity & a symbiotic future.
That will take compromise but its possible. https://t.co/N0tSQM0uGo
— Henry Joseph-Grant (@speirin) August 8, 2020
After a brief lull, hurricane season is set to roar back at breakneck pace later this month https://t.co/1zJvM4Qmc0
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) August 8, 2020
The Overnight Note 