I cannot wait for our Justice Department to return to the real work Americans need the Department to do instead of this nonsense. https://t.co/Z7yiHlEb3E
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) October 19, 2020
Category: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Not to beat a dead horse, but…
President Trump is running a disinformation campaign, and researchers say it’s the US media that’s the biggest amplifier, doing the most damage. https://t.co/RSAbUK1eqr
— MIT Technology Re-boo! 👻 (@techreview) October 19, 2020
This new PRRI poll has some really breath-taking numbers on the extent to which Trump's base of support is centered among Republicans who watch Fox News. https://t.co/OToaQza5pi
— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 19, 2020
Manslaughter
This WP investigation, based on inside reporting, finds that Trump and like-minded advisers — in particular, Scott Atlas — have abandoned the war on the virus. They've decided to accept mass infection, and they've undercut measures to stop the spread. /1 https://t.co/LDWSvzQ6ta
— Will Saletan (@saletan) October 19, 2020
Dr. Birx reportedly asked Pence to remove COVID-19 adviser pushing 'junk science' https://t.co/vcjiX45bIR via @YahooNews
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) October 19, 2020
If only
“A huge reason that our politics is not so extremely polarised and so far out there is because we no longer have any Murdoch-owned press” // Why New Zealand rejected populist ideas other nations have embraced https://t.co/Ds1qsmf82y
— Prof Fiona de Londras (@fdelond) October 19, 2020
Chilling
Even @navalny had difficulty coming to terms w/ the Kremlin poisoning critics. "there is always this little voice, this bit of doubt. Like, really, did they poison them? But why didn’t they die? Maybe they really did take too much medicine?" @mashagessen https://t.co/ap2E8pgH1G
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) October 18, 2020
How you can tell Trump is losing
When his Republican enablers are claiming they opposed him, but apparently not out loud:
Cornyn says he broke with Trump on deficit, border wall, but kept opposition private https://t.co/EqtAIdnDyA
— Fort Worth Star-Telegram (@startelegram) October 18, 2020
If Chris Coons is saying yes, it’s going to happen
.@jaketapper: "Your mind is open to adding seats to the Supreme Court?"
— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) October 18, 2020
Senator Chris Coons: “Yes."pic.twitter.com/6CChXidi3k
Shelly to the rescue
Contributions from megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson account for roughly 90% of money raised by Preserve America PAC in September. Created August 31st, the super PAC will report spending $77 million, almost all of it spent on attacking Joe Biden.https://t.co/vyt05upWRX
— OpenSecrets.org (@OpenSecretsDC) October 15, 2020
Two faces has our Ben
So loyal in public!
WashEx has audio of @BenSasse on Trump: "kisses dictators' butts… sells out our allies… way he treats women… mocks evangelicals behind closed doors… family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity… flirted with white supremacists." https://t.co/9ShMOyNX9Y
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 15, 2020
Building lifeboats
As our pal Driftglass likes to say:
BREAKING: Chris Christie urges Americans to wear masks to fight the coronavirus that put him in ICU for 7 days, warning that the virus is "something to take very seriously." https://t.co/fNduWamMrR
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 15, 2020