BREAKING: NY Attorney General reveals long-running investigation into financial practices of @realdonaldtrump's company — asking if Trump Org. inflated assets to fool lenders and avoid taxes.https://t.co/ZZ5CtiboDV
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 24, 2020
New York state's attorney general wants a court to force Eric Trump to be deposed in an investigation of the Trump Organization
https://t.co/yB9qHRBmaz— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 24, 2020
It feels like things are falling apart for Trump on a lot of different fronts, which means he will be even more willing to do whatever it takes to win the election, given the consequences of losing.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 24, 2020
“Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, has already testified as part of the probe, though his questioning in July was cut short when he was asked whether he’d testified before a federal grand jury.”https://t.co/11AQYdP3ur
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) August 24, 2020
Don Jr. fears losing election and being prosecuted by Biden administration.https://t.co/qazKPKgOQ0 pic.twitter.com/bipnx82V12
— Bertrand Gilfoyle 😷🏡💻 (@bert_gilfoyle) August 24, 2020
Trump promised an “uplifting and positive” RNC. That lasted about 30 seconds. https://t.co/l0tTOcl8Z5
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 24, 2020
Hey Siri,
Why is America the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic? https://t.co/nwHp2xIQM4
— Matt Rogers 🎙️ (@Politidope) August 24, 2020
DeJoy sounds like his last job was counting money in the back room at ‘Bada Bing!’ “Dis freakin’ guy here with da questions, c’mon Carmine let’s go, I don’t need dis sh*t.’ @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/ojibRtev17
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) August 24, 2020
DeJoy's position appears to be that massive changes are happening and they're great, but he has no idea who made them. Elves appear to be running the highest levels of the post office late at night after DeJoy and his executives go home.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 24, 2020
.@POTUS @realDonaldTrump, I have a message for you that will be hitting the airwaves shortly. Good luck tonight at the @GOPconvention! @American_Bridge pic.twitter.com/8hyiFr8RXI
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) August 24, 2020
"Owning the libs and pissing off the media," shrugs Brendan Buck, a longtime senior congressional aide. "That's what we believe in now. There's really not much more to it."https://t.co/i6rwttKRQL
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 24, 2020
Falwell resigns. https://t.co/JlnfTq1UY6
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) August 24, 2020
Jerry Falwell Jr. will not be actively participating in the Republican National Convention…merely watching from afar.
— Brian O'Sullivan (@osullivanauthor) August 24, 2020
This may make some people angry, but Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s sex life is really none of our business. That's between him, his wife, their former pool boy, an undisclosed number of younger women, all their lawyers, any videographers, and the Board of Trustees of Liberty University.
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) August 24, 2020
Pompeo's speech to the #RNCConvention2020 makes a mockery of the memo warning against this behavior that he issued to State Department officials. What kind of example does this set? pic.twitter.com/FERoMFXser
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 24, 2020
BREAKING: Social Security Chief Actuary: Trump's proposal to eliminate payroll taxes would deplete the Social Security Trust Fund by 2023, "with no ability to pay benefits thereafter." https://t.co/gVX3ktboEm
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) August 24, 2020
Tropical Storm Laura may rapidly intensify into a major hurricane before hitting Gulf Coast https://t.co/HylQVdlpHG
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
My third dispatch from #Minsk #Belarusprotests focuses on the way that the surreal events of yesterday (wPresident Lukashenko running around machine gun in hand) showcase his view of force, and the way this will crisis may likely conclude @ForeignPolicy https://t.co/Cry1LgGVMx
— Vladislav Davidzon (@VladDavidzon) August 24, 2020
Belarus' President Lukashenko wears body armor and carries rifle as tens of thousands of protesters who continue to demand he step down. https://t.co/KjDM0DhXEz
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 24, 2020
“The situation is much, much worse than what is being reported. The Uyghur people have disappeared… Death is everywhere right now.”
By @cjwerleman https://t.co/Aq7BSr3ZoR— Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) August 24, 2020
Mexico investigating video of apparent extrajudicial army killing of cartel suspect https://t.co/1ZTp6KqIMK pic.twitter.com/m8XVC7Msag
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 24, 2020
Early Islamic gold coins unearthed by archaeologists in Israel https://t.co/32oP8qhd20
— The Irish News (@irish_news) August 24, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
“The challenges Boris Johnson faces this autumn would test a competent government to its limit, let alone one as inexperienced, as demonstrably inept and as packed with unqualified second-raters as his” https://t.co/eWznNMz0Rw
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) August 24, 2020
Boris has always been a total fuck up, never been capable of getting anything right. Poor nazarene zaghari ratcliffe knows better than most! #Panorama pic.twitter.com/2hdGDwuIWY
— kerry Hooper🌹 (@hewitson10) August 24, 2020
Tonight’s expired feline…
Zzzzzzz
— Sam Thompson (@JarrieSam) August 24, 2020
"You cannot hope to bribe or twist
(thank God!) the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
unbribed, there’s no occasion to."
Humbert Wolfe 1924 pic.twitter.com/JJmdVXlWpJ— James Doleman (@jamesdoleman) August 24, 2020
Tuesday’s Guardian: “Systemic racism blamed for ‘lost generation’ of TV industry talent” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/6q8m1RDcmu
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 24, 2020
And finally…
My @NewYorker postscript for Justin Townes Earle, whose music was deep & dark, & whose life ended too soon. There’s a link in here to him covering “Graceland,” a performance that fully topples me every time. Love to his family & to those who knew him well: https://t.co/Bw60IJ4DXv
— Amanda Petrusich (@amandapetrusich) August 24, 2020
Justin Townes Earle 1982-2020 pic.twitter.com/AzerqkUZa1
— Steve Earle (@SteveEarle) August 24, 2020
The Overnight Note 