"This is virtually a declaration of war by Russia on the United States and we should take that seriously.” https://t.co/FWtA3xZUt6
— The Hill (@thehill) December 19, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — All fingers are pointing to Russia as the source of the worst-ever hack of U.S. government agencies. But President Donald Trump, long wary of blaming Moscow for cyberattacks, has been silent. https://t.co/MtJyHH8WyF
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) December 18, 2020
Fmr. CIA and Pentagon Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash on the alleged Russian cyberattacks on US agencies: "I think Trump requested cyber hacking from Russia. He welcomed it, he benefited from it and I think he's rewarded it." https://t.co/QgYHCJJEmg
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 18, 2020
We learned this week that the Pentagon & the rest of our government have been under sustained cyberattack by Russia. Yet Trump & his team are suspending Dept. of Defense transition briefings? Are you kidding me? This puts Americans at greater risk. NOT OK! https://t.co/M4KTccDtWc
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) December 18, 2020
“If this was China right now, the president’s Twitter feed would be lit up with complaints and rants … today, we hear nothing about Russia," @selectedwisdom says about Pres. Trump's silence about the alleged cyberattacks on US agencies. https://t.co/LgDyC7XLGZ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 18, 2020
Trump never took the Russian threat seriously. We are now paying the consequences of that neglect.
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) December 19, 2020
The illegality that will emanate from this grift in the years to come will keep investigators awfully busy. Trump’s Future: Tons of Cash and Plenty of Options for Spending It https://t.co/EIhVikAs3C
— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) December 18, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Jared Kushner helped create a Trump campaign shell company that secretly paid the president's family members and spent $617 million in reelection cash, a source tells Insider https://t.co/WE8YlMp6iY
— Politics Insider (@Politicsinsider) December 18, 2020
First, Eric Trump stole from kids with cancer. Now his wife Lara is implicated in a massive scam that diverted hundreds of millions of #MAGA cash through a shell company set up by Jared Kushner. #TrumpCrimeFamily #Corruption https://t.co/HuBoD2BPZq
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) December 18, 2020
Trump is begging his supporters to fork over cash for the Georgia runoffs.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 15, 2020
There's just one hitch: Trump's new political machine is pocketing most of the dough — and the campaigns of the Georgia senators aren't getting a cent. https://t.co/Mra6N8qsy1
“We’ve seen lots of scam PACs over the years, but never one tied so closely to a president.” https://t.co/mklwENlCCb
— Charles Bethea (@charlesbethea) December 18, 2020
You forgot to add that Trump did not pay Stormy Daniels.
— K Voelker (@kristinev905) December 18, 2020
I don't know why it is this thing in particular, but this story about Kushner's shell company that stole $617 million in campaign funds for the Trumps has me so angry I want to burn things.
— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin, Esq. (@ECMcLaughlin) December 18, 2020
310,000 dead Americans and all they care about is the grift.
The fucking selfishness.
Trump has sent 729 tweets since the election. Not a single one was about the COVID death toll. https://t.co/vPxQMiG3wY
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 18, 2020
"The pardons, people should look at it as Donald Trump's final betrayal of the country."@NicolleDWallace on Trump mulling pardons for Manafort and Assange. #thereidout pic.twitter.com/t7eJhgVOJp
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) December 19, 2020
Lots of work coming for state AGs & DAs if Trump issues pardons designed to reward friends for loyalty. https://t.co/wY325q1Feg
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 18, 2020
Trump has made it clear: we need to pass a new amendment to the Constitution, reforming and restricting the pardon powers granted to the president – so future presidents can't put their friends, cronies, relatives, and themselves above the law. My latest: https://t.co/tVE536mS4u
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) December 18, 2020
Of course, Trump would not do this unless both he and Weisselberg were guilty of numerous crimes. https://t.co/pYVy8R2YD9
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) December 17, 2020
Trump attempting to pardon
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) December 17, 2020
Allen Weisselberg is basically an admission he’s been running a corrupt organization for the last 40 years. @realDonaldTrump
Opinion: If Trump pardons himself, Biden should un-pardon him https://t.co/Nz7oQVzySQ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 18, 2020
.@mckaycoppins says Mike Pence's extreme kowtowing to Trump is about ambition, yes, but sources tell him it's also due to Pence's belief in a controversial "servant leadership" theology: "It's not just a matter of political convenience, it's a matter of his duty to God." pic.twitter.com/DCJgN5Gnf0
— The Mehdi Hasan Show (@MehdiHasanShow) December 19, 2020
John Kelly was the DHS head when Trump’s zero tolerance policy was under consideration & Trump's chief of staff when it was implemented. Then he joined the board of the company running the largest facility housing migrant children separated at the border. https://t.co/YKPpyyEgWx
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 19, 2020
No they were not. They worked for a liar and a racist. Many lied themselves. They flouted CDC guidelines and infected others. These are not good people.
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 18, 2020
'Apprentice' producer Mark "Burnett has been talking up the prospect and has told associates he sees a revived Apprentice as a potential huge money spinner, according to a person familiar with his thinking."
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) December 18, 2020
BREAKING: Congress approves 2-day funding measure to avoid shutdown, sending bill to President Trump. https://t.co/2qzULjmFFk
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 19, 2020
GOP senator blocks bill for $1.2K stimulus checks for second time https://t.co/nXNwkCdv0V pic.twitter.com/h1s4FodQqj
— The Hill (@thehill) December 19, 2020
Perfect! A competitive tax system is just what unemployed people with no income for months on end need, not some "check" for "actual money" that could be used to "pay the rent" or "buy food" and "other basic necessities" https://t.co/5SZtkViInH
— Anthony D'Amato (@anthdamatomusic) December 19, 2020
Why do Republicans hate struggling families so much?
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 19, 2020
Not sure why fundamentalist evangelicals like this, but they support a regime that is lockstep behind the creation of this kind of economic depravity.
— Hawk Guy (@iowhawk) December 19, 2020
Dec. 14: Voting technology company Smartmatic sends legal notices to Fox News and other right-wing media outlets over 'disinformation campaign' https://t.co/esOUfkkv4a
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) December 19, 2020
Dec. 18: https://t.co/pUwAzLiGuJ
Talking of Fox and hypocrisy…
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MAKE NO MISTAKE, BRITAIN IS FUCKED TOO
Rupert Murdoch received the COVID-19 vaccine as he profits off his network stoking fears and spreading misinformation about it. https://t.co/8mIxMYsJF3
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) December 18, 2020
Murdoch received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as his network’s biggest star peddled vaccine skepticism and told viewers they should react “nervously” to the rollout https://t.co/rYTMdgmTzQ
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 18, 2020
Non-UK NHS staff are forced to pay for access to medical treatment. How does he get away with it? Maybe some hack who's willing to forgo any future Murdoch job will ask the question. The haystack for searching is over there.
— Clay Harris 🇪🇺 (@mudlarklives) December 18, 2020
Boris Johnson calls crisis meeting over new Covid strain https://t.co/Sgvyr6WoKE
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 18, 2020
PM Boris Johnson says he's "hoping to avoid" another national lockdown in England but admits Covid cases have increased "very much" in recent weeks https://t.co/RecKp1UKbO
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 18, 2020
Some of those that work forces
— . (@twlldun) December 19, 2020
Are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
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Killing in the name of pic.twitter.com/vD5egvn5TE
You won't find a better 2-sentence summary than this:
— Alan Ferrier (@alanferrier) December 18, 2020
"#Brexit is a national tragedy built on a chimera. The UK is about to discover that it has traded the real power to shape its destiny for an illusion drenched in nostalgia."https://t.co/bauqeXN0ST
Just remember that every customs officer or 🙄gunboat captain you see employed to deal with Brexit…
— Femi😷 (@Femi_Sorry) December 18, 2020
That salary could have gone to a doctor, a nurse, a teacher, a home-builder, train technician… pic.twitter.com/uay6Tbi9Ld
Davis didn’t understand the EU before he supported Brexit, didn’t understand it while he was negotiating Brexit, doesn’t understand it now Brexit’s happening. He is one of the most embarrassing politicians of our age, and thus fully embodies it. https://t.co/oUCXhqmgPv
— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) December 18, 2020
Boris Johnson is as incompetent as General Haig at the Somme | Patrick Cockburn https://t.co/lf1WU0at56
— The Independent (@Independent) December 18, 2020
I wish @EmmanuelMacron a speedy recovery, just as I did @BorisJohnson. It also makes me feel profoundly ashamed to have once worked for a newspaper that regards the French president contracting a potentially fatal illness as ‘karma.’ https://t.co/JKUGoVoBst
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) December 18, 2020
Joe Biden says trade deals won't be his priority in snub to Boris Johnson's Brexit Britain https://t.co/Jfq7Fi33UB
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) December 18, 2020
And now we go live to the sunlit uplands. https://t.co/zAFzPsHqs2
— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) December 18, 2020
When Nigel told 'leave voters' he was leading the fight against 'the establishment'.
— The Cart Horse (@TheCartHorse1) December 18, 2020
Ladies & Gentlemen
I give you, the establishmentpic.twitter.com/EpYEleuD9u
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