The most uncomfortable thing about Trump's presidency has always been what it says about America. He is basically all of our worst and most absurd traits manifest in one person.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) September 28, 2020
“Trump does not merely stand accused of financial deception. His entire persona — his face to the world — is a deception. He not only tells lies; he inhabits a lie. As a successful business leader and anti-corruption outsider, Trump is a complete fraud.”https://t.co/hQ6ctVZUAs
— Michael Gerson (@MJGerson) September 28, 2020
TRUMP has prepared for days for the dbate! pic.twitter.com/MLrHQRCdA5
— W.J. RIDGE (personal acct) Managing Director (@whyfund) September 28, 2020
Exclusive photo! @RealDonaldTrump prepping for the debate tomorrow night… pic.twitter.com/WN5TAwdZKV
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 28, 2020
Betting odds – enjoyed this pic.twitter.com/MsPgxWLE22
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) (@BrendanNyhan) September 28, 2020
“A blockbuster new investigation by the New York Times into twenty years of Donald Trump’s tax returns… goes a long, long way toward explaining Trump’s furious and desperate efforts at using all the levers of the U.S. government to keep his tax returns hidden”- @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/EJsj579SaJ
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) September 28, 2020
Opinion: Trump’s taxes show why he is desperate to stay in office https://t.co/hmXceUsXwj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 28, 2020
What we know — and still want to know — about the finances of Trump’s company https://t.co/01wrzhX1YG
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 28, 2020
#Florida man @limbaugh says @realDonaldTrump's ability to dodge paying any taxes for so many years is something to be proud of. https://t.co/wg97pDCLB0 via @shearm #TrumpTaxes
— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) September 28, 2020
"Fox & Friends" welcomed the White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and Donald Trump Jr. to present defenses of the president on Monday morning after a New York Times investigation into his years of tax avoidance.https://t.co/8w8Pb2yWuW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 28, 2020
CNN's Poppy Harlow to WH Spox Brian Morgenstern: "These are remarkable reporters from the NYTimes… It is not OK for you to accuse them with no facts of coordinating with the Democratic Party. Please stop doing that or this interview will end. Brian, stop attacking the press." pic.twitter.com/XrXx8Gz8IL
— The Hill (@thehill) September 28, 2020
Michael Cohen: Trump's "biggest fear" is "a massive tax bill," possible fraud charges https://t.co/OR0p2EMZ3A pic.twitter.com/p0VUp07AcF
— The Hill (@thehill) September 28, 2020
Michael Cohen says Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric, and the entire Trump family are involved in Donald Trump's tax evasion scheme. pic.twitter.com/trkOijqNtr
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 28, 2020
There's another massive revelation in the NYT's tax returns story: Trump wrote off $26 million in unexplained "consulting fees" between 2010 and 2018, with almost $750,000 apparently going to his daughter Ivanka in one disclosure | Analysis by @CillizzaCNN https://t.co/TVO9xgIr89
— CNN (@CNN) September 28, 2020
Donald Trump considered daughter Ivanka as his 2016 vice presidential pick, according to book by former campaign aide, The Washington Post reports https://t.co/xz9RicJuge pic.twitter.com/AsTzoIpnAM
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 28, 2020
Ummm… pretty sure I’m not paying my daughter a $700K consulting fee and taking it off my taxes. https://t.co/bSWLTT9kSw
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) September 28, 2020
The Trump tax scandal is an indictment of the president — and the system https://t.co/SXbxepSGpF
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) September 28, 2020
Can’t wait til @nytimes launches probe on Anthony Kennedy’s sudden retirement and Brett Kavanaugh’s debt magically disappearing.
— csd 🇺🇦 (@csd) September 27, 2020
"We can slow it down perhaps a matter of hours, maybe days at the most,” Sen. Dick Durbin tells @ThisWeekABC. “But we can't stop the outcome." https://t.co/gjTvcCGabC
— ABC News (@ABC) September 28, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett's Qualifications Don't Matter https://t.co/RqL0C4Qox0
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) September 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Commerce secretary says 2020 U.S. census will end Oct. 5, despite judge ordering it to continue to end of October.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 28, 2020
He doesn’t just misremember old statements. He lies about things immediately after they happen. https://t.co/fa4vVtatRC
— Slate (@Slate) September 28, 2020
The ol' Chinese Ballot Barn. https://t.co/aOTs5wrJLy
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 28, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan rages in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region https://t.co/IaYIzKjhn1
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 28, 2020
It is a complicated scenario: #Turkey recruiting islamist terrorists in #Syria and sending to #Azerbaijan to help Erdogan`s puppet Aliyev to fight against #Armenians in #Karabakh / #Artsakh https://t.co/soe24HoK3G
— Kornelij (@Kornelij) September 28, 2020
New thread. I'm quoted here on the #Karabakh fighting. (There is a lot more nuance if you watch the whole interview) I’m aware that people like to quote me selectively so important for me to state a few core beliefs I have about this conflicthttps://t.co/iF6lXsR3tR
— Thomas de Waal (@Tom_deWaal) September 28, 2020
Several hundred arrests amid protest calls in Egypt – rights group https://t.co/I1UhwCDNMr pic.twitter.com/PMD58HZRMw
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 28, 2020
Spanish Court Upholds Ban on Catalan Leader Quim Torra – The New York Times https://t.co/Zxh4ecXdiQ
— Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas i Sayrol (JACS) (@JACS_JaumeACS) September 28, 2020
The Supreme Court has upheld an 18-month ban from public office handed down to Catalan premier Quim Torra for disobedience. The unanimous sentence is definitive and means that Torra will have to step down as premier https://t.co/f2vU28t1xt
— El País English Edition (@elpaisinenglish) September 28, 2020
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States | ProPublica Climate migration maps the military wasn’t joking when they announced to the senate years ago this is homeland security concern https://t.co/D4tVx8gLq4
— Michelle Rodriguez (@MRodOfficial) September 28, 2020
This is unprecedented. Now 70 countries signed, ahead of UN summit, World leaders pledge for Nature, recognising that we have a state of Planetary Emergency. As we see action on Climate getting real, are we seeing the same On Nature? https://t.co/gdlMutsCOI
— Johan Rockström (@jrockstrom) September 28, 2020
This is not a drill. This is now.
— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) September 28, 2020
We're launching NowThis Earth—covering our changing planet, biodiversity, extreme weather, and more—so we can better inform, change, challenge, and act 🌏 pic.twitter.com/f5EmiQ7OBC
But, hey…
An American man who lives in Thailand was unhappy that a hotel wanted to charge him a $15 corkage fee for bringing his own bottle of gin to the restaurant. He left a negative review and was arrested under Thailand’s criminal defamation law. https://t.co/qQweS6gSTY
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 28, 2020
The looming legal minefield of working from home https://t.co/UYjEcpZaYM
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 28, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
‘Every week is an ordeal’: Johnson under pressure over Brexit and lockdown https://t.co/h3EADEDEHD
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 28, 2020
Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces further measures for the North East of England.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) September 28, 2020
He says "we will introduce legal restrictions on indoor mixing between households in any setting".https://t.co/TH2UYQiUHQ pic.twitter.com/frWHg0Fol2
From March 2019. Nothing changes.@jonsnowC4 to Matt Hancock: “Nobody in the country knows what’s going on… And you know nothing about what’s going on, even inside the Cabinet. The Cabinet is at sea. The country is at sea. We are a laughing stock.”pic.twitter.com/rWed4AO7tw
— Damon Evans (@damocrat) September 28, 2020
Tuesday's i: "New Covid offences fuel Tory rebellion" #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/J2M1BJQhD9
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) September 28, 2020
That's ok then pic.twitter.com/4AeDno4WwP
— James Doleman (@jamesdoleman) September 28, 2020
Great to see the UK commit vital funding to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are available for the world’s poorest people. PM @BorisJohnson's plan will improve the way we prepare for future crises like this. https://t.co/SMzVlVpEyQ
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) September 26, 2020
Meanwhile…
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— Julie Lawrence 3.5% 🇪🇺 #RejoinEU 🇺🇦🌱 🎪 💙 (@juliehinukeu) September 28, 2020
Boris Johnson sends Michael Gove to Brussels to resolve Northern Ireland border dispute https://t.co/lMeKgEWQ40
So, a little thread on the challenges we face in #Brexit Round 9 and Boris’ backfiring IM Bill.
— Rem Korteweg (@remkorteweg) September 27, 2020
Despite (or perhaps, because of) the collapse in trust due to the IM Bill, a deal between the EU and UK can still be done. But it will come at a cost. And BJ will have to pay it.
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And here it is. The moment we've known was coming for four years: when the reality of what a US trade deal entails meets the sensibilities of British consumers. https://t.co/05Qp0rDHA3
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) September 28, 2020
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey says his party are "now championing a universal basic income"
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) September 28, 2020
"We cannot allow the random unfairness of this pandemic to scar people's lives… we must stand together leaving no one behind"https://t.co/FC9NRKhtcV pic.twitter.com/WMrfXIvO9Q
Claudia Webbe: Leicester MP charged with harassment and sacked by the Labour Partyhttps://t.co/KgMdbOhRJS
— Thomas Evans ♿ ✝️ 🇬🇧 (@ThomasEvansAdur) September 28, 2020
The Overnight Note 