President Trump said Thursday he opposes much-needed funding for the US Postal Service because he doesn't want to see it used for mail-in voting this November, fueling allegations that he is trying to manipulate the postal system for political gain. https://t.co/DwAnG1LHWr

— CNN (@CNN) August 13, 2020

The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election

They’re stealing the election before our eyes. And why isn’t Trump being impeached for extortion of the USPS, withholding Covid relief unless they refuse mail-in ballots. Criminal https://t.co/YCss4m1brd

— Pam Resists (@ResisterForever) August 13, 2020

A spokesman for the United States Postal Service confirmed that the agency has removed four blue boxes from Portland, and 27 from Eugene this week. https://t.co/AqnRmCxmDK

— Willamette Week (@wweek) August 13, 2020

"The only reason why there would be any resistance to funding the Postal Service is to try and subvert this election. To try and sabotage this election…the only way @realDonaldTrump can win this election is if he cheats."

via @Morning_Joe pic.twitter.com/r3qwlhaYWy

— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) August 13, 2020

Trump says he would not veto funding for the post office, but says the problem is “all these millions of ballots coming from nobody knows where”

Then he goes back to the Carolyn Maloney story

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 13, 2020

Non-rhetorical question: Now that Trump has openly admitted that he wants to cut funding to the post office to suppress mail-in balloting – what is the actual defense of this?

Inviting ardent defenders of the President to respond. Fire away.

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) August 13, 2020

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's investments in @USPS competitors were already deeply problematic. But his purchase of @Amazon stock options after his appointment is inexcusable. The @OIGUSPS must investigate this corruption. https://t.co/Dlmsk25Ul8

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) August 13, 2020

Ocasio-Cortez challenges Trump to release his college transcript after attacks: "Loser has to fund the Post Office" https://t.co/ZJlYcccwQ6 pic.twitter.com/Vs4FASnoE2

— The Hill (@thehill) August 13, 2020

Prosecutor's investigations should never be built to be the October surprise in a Presidential election. It's increasingly clear that the Durham one is. That's not just something that's wrong at DOJ, that's the core of rot in Trump's administration. https://t.co/DuYouwTvj3

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 13, 2020

Committing election fraud right before our very eyes. https://t.co/gbA1RChc0c

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 13, 2020

the first rule of ratfucking club https://t.co/5AxKqBNEev

— john thenation, founder of the nation (@Theophite) August 13, 2020

"The campaign is not serious, but it’s not a joke, either. It has aspects of both vanity project and Republican ratfucking operation, but not fully either. Instead, it is an entirely original creation, previously unknown to science." @Bencjacobs on Kanye: https://t.co/jVDSGavRgJ

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) August 8, 2020

“If it’s not going to be an honest and fair election, people really need to think long and hard about it”

Someone should ask the president what he means by that

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 13, 2020

I see the new management at Voice of America is hard at work pleasing the royal family.

Ivanka Trump Continues Women Empowerment Agenda Amid Pandemic  https://t.co/ALPhnGzRPm

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 13, 2020

Holy shit. Trump pushes a baseless, birther-style theory about Kamala Harris that holds she's not a citizen because birthright citizenship isn't a thing.

"I just heard it today that she doesn't meet the requirements … I have no idea if that's right." pic.twitter.com/ZIXYrleuVf

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2020

Trump campaign attack on Kamala Harris's citizenship is right out of the birtherism playbook https://t.co/SkXNy2r5uG

— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) August 13, 2020

When Trump says "I heard…[vile thing]…I have no idea if that's right," ask: "Do you not have a responsibility as president of the United States to make sure info is true before you repeat it in public?" He won't answer or will say some b.s., but the question makes the point.

— Elizabeth de la Vega (@Delavegalaw) August 13, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden calls on governors to mandate masks for the next three months. https://t.co/SQ9GAiBSPc

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 13, 2020

In case you were wondering why Biden/Harris are pushing mandatory mask laws https://t.co/ihnLfKOr6r

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) August 13, 2020

President Executive Order suddenly claims he doesn’t have the authority to do stuff pic.twitter.com/gN4ZnTZBQg

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 13, 2020

Vendettas against ousted regimes are dangerous — but letting the chips of blind justice fall where they may is cathartic and may be essential if we’re to move forward together in truth and decency.https://t.co/xptqvagNq6

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 13, 2020

JUST IN: Senate leaves until September without coronavirus relief deal https://t.co/2Q9xA1Q2uf pic.twitter.com/PXnTQa7G6D

— The Hill (@thehill) August 13, 2020

Here's what you have to believe to continue backing Trump at this point. Seeing it all in one place is … vertiginous. https://t.co/ZU9xiQOSqb

— David Roberts (@drvox) August 13, 2020

👀"From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union, to catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump’s clandestine lovers, I wasn’t just a witness to the president’s rise—I was an active and eager participant." https://t.co/LdKBeBxHMf

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) August 13, 2020

The Party of Lincoln Belongs to QAnon Now. Thanks, Donald! https://t.co/amAIP69rid via @thedailybeast

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 13, 2020

"“I was going to go against my principles and buy the Daily Mail today just so I could frame the front page and put it up in the downstairs loo" https://t.co/gMNOqgAw9y

— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) August 13, 2020

See, I’m the exact opposite to Jim. I did well at my A-levels, but neglected to be the son of the 4th Baron Bethell. I even forgot to be educated at Harrow. Rookie error, Tbh. https://t.co/DBe6PZMrZB

— . (@twlldun) August 13, 2020

I posted this this morning but I wasn't sure if it was necessarily true.

Having seen how the day went, I'm absolutely convinced it's true.

The limitless malice of Cummings' Brexit Britain. https://t.co/SJnCFYr9fp

— Simon Ubsdell (@SimonUbsdell) August 13, 2020

There's a demo tomorrow outside the dept of education in London 🙂

— Long Covid Hattie (@covid_long) August 13, 2020

I'm as open-minded as the next man, but in the middle of a pandemic with rising infection rates, reopening soft play centres two weeks before sending all children back to school seems A Bit Fucking Cavalier.

— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) August 13, 2020

"Andrew Mills, who served as an unpaid adviser to the Board of Trade, chaired by the international trade secretary Liz Truss, secured a large deal for PPE on behalf of Ayanda Capital, an investment firm that he also advises."https://t.co/xX4smkCvyH

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) August 13, 2020

Wait, they found *another* racist, misogynist bigot in the Trump administration?! They just have the worst luck in hiring, I tell you. https://t.co/lHMI1VCJxX

— David Roberts (@drvox) August 13, 2020

Opinion: Life here in Britain is largely returning to normal, highlighting Trump’s failures in America https://t.co/Wr5kchW39L

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 13, 2020

BREAKING: Palestinians are recalling their ambassador from the United Arab Emirates after the UAE agreed to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel, the official Palestinian news agency says. https://t.co/NuKkoP47vr

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 13, 2020

UAE normalizes illegal occupation & apartheid of Palestine by Israel with assistance from US. The UAE is the 3rd Arab nation to reach such a deal with Israel, after Jordan and Egypt.

Israel states it will "delay" not halt, annexation of the West Bank. https://t.co/M8IexOM4XB

— Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) August 13, 2020

This.. My theory has always been that the more a leader talks about Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque the more abstract the issues become and the less it is about Palestians and addressing their concerns and needs.. https://t.co/lo5Z2Gh349

— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) August 13, 2020

Establishing diplomatic relations with the UAE would be Israel’s first formal relationship with a Gulf state and its third with any Arab country https://t.co/Fd77X678hf

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 13, 2020

National security adviser says Trump "should be a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize" https://t.co/xyklbe5Ze7 pic.twitter.com/3EjanYCBHa

— The Hill (@thehill) August 13, 2020

Lukashenko is crushing peaceful protests in his Belarusian dictatorship while Europe watches. Expressing concern has never stopped a dictator. https://t.co/KSl6A4kpBD

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 13, 2020

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for 26 years, often called Europe’s “last dictator."

But the people of Belarus have been protesting over Lukashenko’s failed coronavirus response and increasingly authoritarian leadership.https://t.co/NjsSa7KnOd

— The Recount (@therecount) August 13, 2020

One protester told The Associated Press: “We’re not afraid, there’s no fear … We respond with solidarity and a peaceful protest. It is all we have.”https://t.co/7OPCCALMDI

— The Recount (@therecount) August 13, 2020

As the UK strikes France of its safety corridor list, here's a short situation update of European countries according to 14 day infections / 100,000 citizen /1 https://t.co/P4zA48e5Mb

— Holger Hestermeyer (@hhesterm) August 13, 2020

People should not fear spread of COVID-19 in food, packaging: WHO https://t.co/oJdtHpw5Rd pic.twitter.com/mD9tf599Rw

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2020

Russia's top respiratory doctor quits over 'gross violations' of medical ethics that rushed through Putin's coronavirus 'vaccine' https://t.co/leTqFTOTjU

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 13, 2020

The Philippines will begin large-scale human testing of Russia's coronavirus vaccine in October, but President Rodrigo Duterte will not receive the inoculation until regulators guarantee its safety, his spokesman said https://t.co/BUPS5hl6yE

— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 13, 2020

Brazil not yet ready to buy Russia vaccine, says health minister https://t.co/G6SGeNZmRG pic.twitter.com/M8dIVyOtIf

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2020

Facebook was drilling under the Oregon coast to connect a high-speed cable to Asia earlier this year when an accident left drilling equipment and 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid stranded beneath the seafloor. The company has no plans to retrieve it.https://t.co/FNAz3padYc pic.twitter.com/DfRVmTs78F

— Kale Williams (@sfkale) August 13, 2020

Patrick Oliver, the fisherman who found the two missing paddle boarders off the coast of Galway, has said he was prepared to go as far as was necessary to try and rescue them, as if not, they would have continued further out to seahttps://t.co/kpCtBWQBZR

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 13, 2020

What a day!!! Home are the Heroes … the front page of tomorrow’s Galway City Tribune. Father-and-son heroes Patrick and Morgan Oliver and cousins Ellen Glynn and Sara Feeney who were rescued!
We’re in shops from early morning or to buy online at https://t.co/QMlGTOxYY6 pic.twitter.com/5c5gS4y09G

— Enda Cunningham (@endacunningham) August 13, 2020