Chewing nails and watching the polls
RCP's averages are extremely subject to who happens to have polled the state recently, which is often the spammier, lower-quality pollsters, and that's been especially true recently with live-caller polls not having been terribly active in the states over the past 2 weeks.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 20, 2020
I love many things about RCP, but if you have an average and 1/3 of it consists of Trafalgar and InsiderAdvantage and 0% of it consists of live-caller polls, it's not going to be a very reliable average. pic.twitter.com/3LTQ7gEwAd
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 20, 2020
What’s he hiding?
The Associated Press, while investigating how Trump plowed through a billion dollars during the campaign, found this interesting detail: A web of limited liability companies hid more than $310 million in spending from disclosure, records show.https://t.co/PzK64wS85O
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 20, 2020
But they just didn’t have the time for a stimulus package!
The Senate is on track with a rare weekend session to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by next Monday. Democrats decry the rush, but don't have the votes to block the installation of President Trump's pick before Election Day. https://t.co/YVV8uXHsRl
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 20, 2020
‘Being addressed’
Miami police say this fully-uniformed officer’s wearing of a Trump mask in a polling station violates public policy https://t.co/OX37XH261h pic.twitter.com/sn7M5PRusB
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) October 20, 2020
Another wingnut theory shot to hell
NEW—Largest CDC study on mortality to date pegs #COVID19 associated excess deaths at 285k. But that is not all. There are huge % excesses deaths, especially in young adults 25-44 and in Hispanic, Black, Asian, Native American minorities. Whites less so.🧵 https://t.co/gRoSSBuqSm pic.twitter.com/W29nDZLf1c
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 20, 2020
DOJ files antitrust suit against Google
And it’s about damned time. I can’t tell you what their ad monopolies have done to strangle online sites:
The Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for allegedly abusing its power and dominance over smaller rivals.
— NPR (@NPR) October 20, 2020
It is the most significant action the federal government has taken against a tech company in two decades.https://t.co/WZvAfxjQ0u
WaPo: How does Google’s monopoly hurt you? Try these searches. https://t.co/w1G1BoQKau
— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) October 20, 2020
This DOJ case mirrors the one that the Russians did in 2014, and Russia is the only country in the world that has actually broken Google's monopoly and has a competitive search market. https://t.co/tc2XcygVQM
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) October 20, 2020
Washing money
Breaking: New NYT Trump taxes report.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 20, 2020
Trump's tax records show that Trump maintains a previously unknown bank account in China. The foreign accounts do not show up on Trump's public financial disclosures because they are held under corporate names. https://t.co/kU18ggxrDs
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fiona Apple:
Over everything
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile: