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Updates:
Boo hoo!
Is it because you’re a flight risk? pic.twitter.com/QEmJh473e4
— Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) (@speechboy71) August 15, 2022
BREAKING: A federal judge has *denied* Lindsey Graham's attempt to quahs his Fulton County grand jury subpoena.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 15, 2022
"[T]he Court finds that the District Attorney has shown
extraordinary circumstances and a special need for Senator Graham’s testimony."https://t.co/9Red9FgbRh
But wait! There’s more:
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani is now a ‘target’ in a Georgia investigation into election interference in 2020 https://t.co/PRl9dHYnzu
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 15, 2022
President Biden/Biden Administration:
Per new WH memo: Biden will host a celebration event for the Inflation Reduction Act at the White House on September 6 and travel across the country to highlight its benefits. @POTUS will also attend the groundbreaking of @intel’s Ohio semiconductor fab. pic.twitter.com/SCXDZjWul9
— Jenny Leonard (@jendeben) August 15, 2022
And the GQP and The KKKult of ‘Two Stupid’ want to abolish the FBI 🙄:
Operation Cross Country is a coordinated operation among the #FBI, other federal agencies, state and local police, and social services agencies across the country to find and assist victims of human trafficking, particularly child victims. Learn more at https://t.co/NKzg6tnsv9. pic.twitter.com/gxqBRdn6kB
— FBI (@FBI) August 15, 2022
Elections/Voting/Campaigning:
A big WaPo @AmyEGardner exclusive —> Across the battleground states that decided the 2020 vote, candidates who deny the legitimacy of that election have claimed nearly 2/3 of GOP nominations for key state/federal officeshttps://t.co/p0hYmvhSsF
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 15, 2022
Another year, another high-profile voter-fraud summit goes bust https://t.co/PgpPgjzqT1
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) August 15, 2022
Do better, PA:
This new, desperate, bizarre ad from Dr. Oz shows a bong popping out of John Fetterman’s head. pic.twitter.com/sAEUNvfWoP
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) August 15, 2022
This is like a Little League pitch to Trea Turner. https://t.co/XCQe4wXCMg
— schooley (@Rschooley) August 15, 2022
Why isn’t this guy behind bars?
Peter Navarro claims that he has “circumstantial evidence” that Liz Cheney is going to try and steal her election tomorrow with fraudulent absentee ballots. pic.twitter.com/4TEuppoXOw
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 15, 2022
Immigration:
Read more about the impact it will have if DACA is shut down and how current recipients are navigating the uncertain future.https://t.co/Ekl8mCDTZg
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 15, 2022
COVID-19/Covidiots:
Carnival Cruise drops COVID-19 testing policy for vaccinated guests https://t.co/KwVCuhSvaI pic.twitter.com/RFPzStJQuV
— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) August 15, 2022
Newscasts:
This is one of the longest monologues I've done for a while but do take out 10 mins of your time to watch:
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 15, 2022
On @MSNBC, I tallied all of the Trump/Trumpworld lies and excuses in the wake of the FBI search…and debunked them all.
Please do watch and share:pic.twitter.com/gnN69Sdnox
CNN’s Jim Acosta Corners Andrew Yang Over His Tweets About Mar-a-Lago Raid: ‘Are You Giving Trump a Pass?’ https://t.co/k5U2nXmqxK via @mediaite pic.twitter.com/rGIwcp5koI
— Natalie Korach (@NatalieKorach) August 14, 2022
Jim Acosta: “How does the “Forward Party” feel about Roe v Wade?”
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) August 14, 2022
Andrew Yang: “The “Forward Party” has a—not left or right- but “forward” stance on even the most divisive & contentious issues.”
Jim Acosta: “What does that even mean?!” https://t.co/JqHKQdBs1x
“You were just a democrat ten minutes ago.” –@Acosta
— Olivia Julianna 🇺🇸🦅🗳️ (@0liviajulianna) August 15, 2022
WHEW 😂💀 pic.twitter.com/TAvHcTmG4n
If there's one thing Trump is known for, it's his empathy towards Hillary Clinton. https://t.co/67yPOIhZpb
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) August 15, 2022
The Worst People in the World:
This is Garrett Ziegler, the twatwaffle that disclosed the FBI agents information on Truth Social. Little wannabe Nazi. pic.twitter.com/jkVceUV5Gw
— Nurses Against Dick Pics. 🪷🇺🇦 (@ClaudetteGGibs1) August 13, 2022
Kirk: The raid at Mar-a-Lago only makes me like President Trump even more pic.twitter.com/fNRRNITChD
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 15, 2022
Kirk: That wasn’t just a raid against Trump, that was a raid against your values… That is a Presidential Landmark where treaties were signed, deals were negotiated. That’s a desecration of the conservative movement! pic.twitter.com/uT2xkV4HN5
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 15, 2022
Hey Junior… Love daddy’s new campaign headquarters pic.twitter.com/lUsfJ2JsOz
— BlueDream (@58bugeye) August 15, 2022
Weird Day on Fox & Friends:
People on Fox "say the FBI is acting like 'the East German Stasi in the Cold War' and the Nazi 'Gestapo,' and call its agents part of a lawless criminal organization that planted evidence, bugged Trump’s bedroom, and may be planning his assassination." https://t.co/C9MfB22ft0 https://t.co/HokbkCq6eY
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 15, 2022
Craven Assholes:
“Mr. Bolton, who served as Mr. Trump’s third national security adviser over 17 months, said he had never heard of the standing order (of declassification) that Mr. Trump’s office claimed to have in place. It is, he said, ‘almost certainly a lie.’”https://t.co/GExoOGxRbT pic.twitter.com/NuOcifIR4y
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) August 15, 2022
Q – How much trouble is your former boss in?
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 14, 2022
Jason Miller – I don’t think he’s in trouble at all. Pres Trump can declassify any of these documents when he chooses. And he had a standing order that anything he had removed to the WH was brought to Mar-a-Lago .. was declassified. pic.twitter.com/YS7ZmFkE4d
TFG:
Why did Donald Trump name John Solomon and Kash Patel as his representatives for access to the presidential records of his administration on June 19, 2022?https://t.co/9Iq0ncI5c5 pic.twitter.com/dDxBUpWvuM
— Lisa Rubin (@lawofruby) August 14, 2022
World News:
A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem's Old City, wounding eight people including a pregnant woman, whose baby did not survive. https://t.co/6bIOgMwBoj pic.twitter.com/RUA5jNEZ1j
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) August 14, 2022
Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church earlier in the day, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows.
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 14, 2022
➡️ https://t.co/p62XOePUa3 pic.twitter.com/Bd09FvS9ZW
