Trump: Day 583
-151st Day at a Trump Golf Club
-194th Day at a Trump Property
-Mass Shooting in Jacksonville FL
-234th Mass Shooting of the Year
-589th Mass Shooting During Term
-Makes No Mention of FL Shooting
-Rejected Plan 2 Praise John McCain
Add...
Day 688 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
Add...
Day 540 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
Add...
Day 327 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injured 546 and Congress has taken NO action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
Add...
3 dead and 12 injured after a mass shooting at a Madden video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. twitter.com/i/moments/1033…
Add...
Florida mass shootings:
8/26/18 Jacksonville Landing, 3 killed, 12 injured
2/14/18 Marjory Stoneman HS, Parkland: 17 killed, 17 injured
6/5/17 Fiamma, Orlando: 5 killed
1/6/17 Fort Lauderdale airport: 5 killed, 6 injured
6/12/16 Pulse Orlando: 49 killed, 53 injured
Add...
Today’s shooting in Jacksonville, FL was America’s 234th mass shooting in 2018 and the 589th mass shooting since Donald Trump took office.
Add...
No. of mass shootings 1/1 - 8/26 (incl. #Jacksonville):
🇦🇺 1
🇦🇹 0
🇧🇪 0
🇨🇦 1
🇩🇰 0
🇫🇮 0
🇫🇷 1
🇩🇪 0
🇮🇪 0
🇱🇺 1
🇳🇱 0
🇳🇿 0
🇨🇭 0
🇸🇪 0
🇬🇧 0
🇺🇸* 234
Impressive track record, @NRA!
* overall stats: 37,817 incid., 9,502 deaths
Add...
Trump’s first tweet after Jacksonville is—surprise—about himself:
Add...
Sen. Chris Murphy has introduced an amendment that would block the Department of Education from allowing school districts to use Title IV federal funds to purchase firearms for teachers.
Add...
Day 149 without Trump publicly offering his condolences for Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, the fallen American service member who lost his life after an IED bombing in Syria. Why?
Add...
Day 149 Since Hope Hicks left as Trump’s 4th Communications Director after testifying to a Congressional committee that she had told "white lies" on Trump's behalf.
With Bill Shine, Trump is directing all White House messaging and communication.
Add...
Day 76 since Trump made specific commitments to end military exercises with South Korea & eventually withdraw US forces from the peninsula without NO specific commitments on timing or verification of denuclearization from Kim Jong-un.
Add...
North Korea state-controlled newspaper accuses US of "hatching a criminal plot" after Trump cancels Pompeo visit hill.cm/zZmml7U
Add...
Day 6 since Trump was implicated as an unindicted co-conspirator in violating federal campaign finance laws to keep affairs quiet and Congress has refused to call for investigations and impeachment.
Is Trump above the law?
Add...
It’s not just impeachment on the agenda - a Dem-controlled congress will mean an array of subpoenas for Trump, his family, and on topics including firing of @PreetBharara and other USAs axios.com/newsletters/ax…
Add...
White-collar crime prosecutions are at a 20-year low.
IRS audits are at a 15-year low.
These factors made it easier for Manafort and Cohen to commit their crimes. wapo.st/2NiMUeA?tid=ss…
Add...
“The myth of Trump is now unraveling,” said Barbara Res, a Trump Organization executive from 1978 to 1996. “He’s becoming more obvious and people are starting to know what he’s like, and what he’s doing.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/he-ca…
Add...
"Weisselberg is a big fish—perhaps the biggest fish of all. Fearing that Weisselberg might implicate them in a crime, any cronies, dealmakers, attorneys, & others who might want to exchange information for leniency from prosecutors, will now do so." newyorker.com/news-desk/swam…
Add...
Trump is at his Virginia golf club, marking his 151st day at a Trump golf club and his 194th day at a Trump property since taking office at our expense.
Add...
I'm old enough to remember when Trump said he'd never see his golf courses ... would be working all the time
Add...
Michael Gerson, a top aide in George W. Bush’s White House, compares what's transpired this week to Nixon White House counsel John Dean’s bombshell congressional testimony in June 1973.
"There is, again, a cancer on the presidency," Gerson writes.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-can…
Add...
Pool report: "Pool met the motorcade outside Trump's golf club in Sterling, Va at 3:39pm. A small crowd of protesters (about 20 as of 3pm) stood on the corner leading to the club entrance holding a variety of signs, including 'Traitor,' 'Lock him up,' and 'Cage Trump.'"
Add...
It's like "Where's Waldo?," only for undermining American democracy. Trump has started talking about the Russia investigation like it's some sort of an Easter egg hunt
nytimes.com/2018/08/26/us/…
Add...
Poll: Majority of Americans say Trump has not been honest about Mueller probe hill.cm/5wMsRFo
Add...
Axios has obtained a spreadsheet that's circulated through Republican circles on and off Capitol Hill — including at least one leadership office — that meticulously previews the investigations Democrats will likely launch if they flip the House.
axios.com/newsletters/ax…
Add...
Some expected Democratic investigations:
—Tax returns
—Trump family businesses
—Stormy Daniels
—Comey firing
—W.H. staff personal email use
—Kushner ethics compliance
—Travel ban
—Family separations
—Hurricane response in PR
—Election security
—Security clearances
Add...
Brighten this sad day for America with a fun quiz from the NYT: Who said it, Donald Trump or John Gotti? @DCrittenden1 scored a perfect 17/17, see if you can match her nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Add...
Office of @SenJohnMcCain announces memorial events:
8/29 - AZ State Capitol ( open to public)
8/30 - North Phoenix Baptist Church (limited public seats)
8/31 - US Capitol
9/1 - National Cathedral
9/2 - Service and private burial at Annapolis johnmccain.com
Add...
Trump rejected plans for a White House statement praising McCain as "a hero"
wapo.st/2wrsskH
Add...
McCain did not want Trump to attend his funeral: report hill.cm/sXbZl7Z
Add...
The Kremlin’s tribute to late, great John McCain:
“The enemy died.”
(Uttered by Russian parliament upper house's International Affairs Committee member Oleg Morozov).
Add...
An odd comment from Sarah Palin, whose career was turbocharged by McCain's selection of her as VP
Add...
A message to a nation mourning John McCain with coverage on all three major cable networks.
Add...
“For Republicans, honor and integrity are now passé.” nytimes.com/2018/08/25/opi…
Add...
The Republican tax cuts gave Sheldon Adelson a nearly $700,000,000 windfall earlier this year. Adelson has since given $30,000,000 to a Paul Ryan-linked super PAC.
nyti.ms/2MsMc1t
Add...
Day 42 at the #KremlinAnnex
"SHAME"
Add...
72 Days until midterm elections.
We've got great candidates, great energy, and great issues. Take nothing for granted -- we can't let up.
To power a 🌊 this November, make SURE you're registered, help others register & vote early!
IWillVote.com
Add...
Add...
Daily reminder...
Add...
In case you missed yesterday's thread:
Add...
He's thinking of the WSJ poll out today which has him at 52% DISAPPROVAL
He's done this before
There is no current polls that has him at 52% approval
Add...
Pete Wehner, aide to 3 GOP presidents: “moral indictment against Trump is obvious and overwhelming. Corruption in private & public life, how he treated his wives, business dealings/scams, pathological lying, appeals to darkest impulses of Americans” nytimes.com/2018/08/25/opi…
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.