Day 598 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
Day 388 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
Reminder: The Trump administration is systematically locking up thousands of children at unheard of rates - now a staggering 12,800.
The government classifies these children as "unaccompanied"
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Ex-Trump campaign adviser Barry Bennett tells WaPo that the migrant caravan is a "political gift." "I wish they were carrying heroin," Bennett said. "I wish we had thought of it."
Who thought of this is still to be determined.
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Trump's own team knows his caravan claims aren't true, according to The Daily Beast.
"It doesn’t matter if it's 100 percent accurate," a senior Trump administration official said. "This is the play." thedailybeast.com/trumps-own-tea…
Federal court rules Trump order blocking funding for sanctuary cities is unconstitutional hill.cm/NVnTbTx
WSJ: Do you believe [MBS]? Do you believe the denials?
Mr. Trump: I want to believe him. I really want to believe him.
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CIA Director Gina Haspel has listened to audio purportedly capturing the interrogation and killing of Jamal Khashoggi, WaPo reports.
A person familiar said it was "compelling" and could put more pressure on the US to hold Saudi Arabia accountable.
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France prepared to back sanctions against those involved in Khashoggi killing
The U.S.???
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Trump’s administration is backing a lawsuit that would gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions
A pre-existing condition: Republicans in Congress have voted dozens of times to repeal Obamacare... GOP AG’s aim to strike down Obamacare in court... And McConnell has indicated Republicans will try repeal again if they maintain control of Congress. latimes.com/politics/la-na…
The RNC has spent more than $1,500,000 at Trump-owned properties during the 2018 election cycle, according to FEC filings. #EmolumentsClause
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When Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones, American intelligence reports indicate that Chinese spies are often listening, current and former American officials tell NYT.
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Trump’s aides have repeatedly warned him that his cellphone calls are not secure, and they have told him that Russian spies are routinely eavesdropping on the calls, NYT reports. nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/…
American spy agencies, officials tell NYT, had learned that China and Russia were eavesdropping on Trump's cellphone calls from human sources inside foreign governments and intercepting communications between foreign officials.
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Officials said Trump has 2 official iPhones that were altered by the NSA and a third personal phone that's no different from the millions of iPhones in use around the world.
Trump keeps the personal phone because he can store contacts in it. nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/…
Last year, Trump's cellphone was left behind in a golf cart at his club in Bedminster, N.J., causing a scramble to locate it, two people familiar with what took place tell NYT.
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Just 58 days ago
A senior law enforcement official says a suspicious package was found at the Chappaqua home of Hillary and Bill Clinton.
The concern is the package is similar to the bomb found in the mailbox of George Soros' home in the same county days earlier.
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Federal authorities believe that the explosive device at George Soros's home was left there by someone and was not delivered by the Postal Service, several law enforcement officials tell NYT.
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U.S. Secret Service: Late on October 23, the Secret Service recovered a package addressed to Hillary Clinton in Westchester County, NY. Early this morning, a second package addressed to Barack Obama was intercepted in DC. Both were handled as potentially explosive devices.
Here is the full statement from the U.S. Secret Service about the potential explosive devices sent to Clinton/Obama via @ElizLanders
Hillary Clinton in Florida: "We are fine thanks to the men and women of the Secret Service ... Every day, we are grateful for their service and committment. And obviously, never more than today. But it is a troubling time, isn't it?"
Here's the moment when CNN's fire alarm went off while Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto were on the air. (via CNN)
The suspicious package that was sent to CNN in New York was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, NBC's Pete Williams reports on @MSNBC. nbcnews.to/2NXf12F
NBC News reports: The devices, which appear to be working explosives, were in manilla packages that included stamps and signatures on them with a return address belonging to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, according to 3 senior law enforcement officials. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…
NBC's Pete Williams reported on @MSNBC that authorities intercepted another packaged addressed to former Attorney General Eric Holder. It was never delivered to him. The package had all the earmarks of the others, according to Pete Williams.
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI confirms 'suspicious package' went to Rep. Wasserman Schultz' office in Sunrise, FL.
@MSNBC reported: A suspicious package addressed to Maxine Waters was intercepted at a Capitol Heights processing facility that handles mail going to the Capitol. The FBI is now involved in investigating whether it is similar to the others. —via @kasie and @AlexNBCNews
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Law enforcement official: Bombs sent to prominent Democrats and CNN were packed with shards of glass.
Reuters reports, citing a person familiar with the situation, that there was no suspicious package addressed to the White House. cnb.cx/2CZUJ7u
NYT's Jeremy Peters on @MSNBC: "Let's not pretend as if the president didn't say, imply, the other night that George Soros was behind the funding of this caravan ... The same speech in which the president said I have admiration for this guy who bodyslammed a reporter."
"There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the W.H. about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media," CNN president Jeff Zucker said. "[Trump] and especially the W.H. press secretary, should understand their words matter." nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
Trump allies and pro-Trump media are calling the bomb threats 'false flags', The Daily Beast reports.
Rush Limbaugh hinted that the attempted bombings were set-up by Democrats.
"It's happening in October," Limbaugh said. "There's a reason."
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Trump officials routinely try to make something out of nothing. Trump makes a false claim or nonexistent promise and the WH scrambles to make it real like: the new tax cut, military parade, Space Force, Middle Easterners in the caravan. washingtonpost.com/politics/in-th…
Trump has obliterated his one-week record for dishonesty. He made 170 false claims, including many big lies, during his rally-and-interview blitz two weeks ago: thestar.com/news/world/ana…
New York sues ExxonMobil, saying it ‘misled’ investors about climate change risks
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The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to rule that businesses can discriminate against workers based on their sexual orientation, gender identity without violating federal law, Bloomberg reports. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…
Via @eliseviebeck: While Stormy Daniels publicly battles Trump, Summer Zervos’s defamation suit against him quietly advances wapo.st/2q8BeRV?tid=ss…
Before Trump’s appearance tonight at his rally in Wisconsin, the crowd erupted in a 'Lock her up!' chant while Senate Republican candidate Leah Vukmir was attacking Hillary Clinton. washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-…
Trump says media has to "Stop the endless hostility"
What a pathetic little man!
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In 2016, when Trump was fighting back calls to release his tax returns, a Beverly Hills tax lawyer wrote an op-ed bolstering his claim that he shouldn't release his returns while under audit.
In 2018, Trump made him commissioner of the IRS
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The IRS commissioner also owns property in a Trump-branded hotel in Hawaii. wnycstudios.org/story/trump-in…
In case you missed yesterday's thread:
In Wisconsin, Trump blames his political opponents and the news media for the turbulent national media environment -- while taking no responsibility himself -- on a day bombs were sent to Democrats and media. cnn.com/2018/10/24/pol…