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Aug 27, 2018, 43 tweets

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

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Day 688 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office

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Day 540 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.

The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies

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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

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3 dead and 12 injured after a mass shooting at a Madden video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. twitter.com/i/moments/1033…

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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

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Today’s shooting in Jacksonville, FL was America’s 234th mass shooting in 2018 and the 589th mass shooting since Donald Trump took office.

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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

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Trump’s first tweet after Jacksonville is—surprise—about himself:

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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North Korea state-controlled newspaper accuses US of "hatching a criminal plot" after Trump cancels Pompeo visit hill.cm/zZmml7U

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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?

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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…

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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…

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“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…

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"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…

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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.

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I'm old enough to remember when Trump said he'd never see his golf courses ... would be working all the time

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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…

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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.'"

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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/…

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Poll: Majority of Americans say Trump has not been honest about Mueller probe hill.cm/5wMsRFo

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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…

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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

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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…

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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

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Trump rejected plans for a White House statement praising McCain as "a hero"
wapo.st/2wrsskH

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McCain did not want Trump to attend his funeral: report hill.cm/sXbZl7Z

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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).

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An odd comment from Sarah Palin, whose career was turbocharged by McCain's selection of her as VP

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A message to a nation mourning John McCain with coverage on all three major cable networks.

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“For Republicans, honor and integrity are now passé.” nytimes.com/2018/08/25/opi…

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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

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Day 42 at the #KremlinAnnex

"SHAME"

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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

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Daily reminder...

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In case you missed yesterday's thread:

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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

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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…

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