Trump speaking to Rush Limbaugh, in about 15 minutes, probably: "You know, Rush, I hate the letter 'V.' We should really get rid of it, just a stupid letter. This one general came to me and he said, 'Sir, we don't need that dumb letter that kind of looks like a 'U' but isn't.'"
"I mean, seriously, it's a dumb letter. Get rid of it. Anyway, I have this bucket next to me. Beautiful steel...maybe aluminum or rubber...who knows. Beautiful steel bucket. And I like to stick my head in it sometimes. Just wear it around and pretend I'm a knight, you know?"
"Everyone around me loves it. They all say, 'Mr. President, you look great in that bucket. It's so good for our country.' And it is so good, Rush, truly. It's so good for our country. Bucket. I sold many buildings, you know. And they were made of things too. Not buckets."
"I think that's why the people love me so much. They come up to me and they say, 'Sir, your buildings are so huge, so beautiful. Thank you for saving America from Crooked.' You know that's what I call her, Crooked Hillary. So Crooked. We'll be putting her in prison soon."
"Bucket Barr, my attorney general. You know Bucket, great guy. Tough. He'll be locking her up. And I want to tell you about the big, powerful athletes who came to the White House. You remember that. Big, strong men. We fed them McDonald's, and let me tell you, they love Trump."
"And buckets. They love buckets too. Everyone does. It's why I'm so popular. Probably more popular even than Honest Abe Lincoln. Honest Abe, I call him. Nobody ever called him that until I started doing it. Great name. I'm good at naming things. I just name, name, name. Good."
"Honest Abe's hat looked kind of like a bucket, when you think about it. He would know. He'd know, see what I'm saying. Anyway, we're doing great, our country is doing great. This virus, if that's what you want to call it, is gone. We cured it. If it was ever real, who knows?"
"You know 'virus' starts with the letter 'V.' Not many people know that, but it does. Another reason we have to get rid of that letter. Such a bad letter. Sleepy Joe loves the letter 'V,' let me tell you. If he wins, it will be 'V' everywhere. Nothing but 'V.' So bad."
"But how about our boaters? Our beautiful, magnificent boaters. They love Trump. Have you seen them? Parades. They do parades, such great heroes, and you imagine what Crooked Hillary or Sleepy Joe would do to them. Take their boats. Just take them. You'd have no boats. GONE!"
"And Rush, you know, here's the thing, Rush. Farmers. Farmers and judges. And purple. Buckets too. Hannity. Then, of course, antifa. We need law. And buckets. Hoax. It's all...anyway, I have to go. Very busy. Time for bucket. Then Tucker Carlson. Rush. USA. Keep America Great!"🔚

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4 Sep
1/ And now Fox News - yes, Fox News! - confirms the story from The Atlantic about Trump talking shit about veterans. For what it's worth, I'll share my thoughts from a journalism perspective.
2/ A story using anonymous sources is easy to deny, even if it comes from a respected journalist at a respected publication. But, when other reputable news organizations (AP, Washington Post etc...) start getting confirmation that the story is accurate, it gets hard to tamp down.
3/ It's worth noting that magazine fact-checking is often painstakingly thorough. Nobody wants to get sued. So it's highly unlikely a publication like The Atlantic runs a story like that unless it's rock solid.

But regardless, that reporting is now buttressed by other reports.
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20 Aug
1/ This is beautiful, and gut-wrenching. And horribly true. So let me tell you a story.

I've felt an anger boiling in me lately. I try to keep those kind of feelings at bay and use humor to make my points. It seems better, for some reason. Maybe even more productive.
2/ But between the catastrophe of Trump's coronavirus response and the senseless, cult-like devotion of his supporters, I feel angry. Mad that people aren't fully rejecting incompetence and rank cruelty. Mad that damn near 40% of the country seems lost. And I mean lost. Gone.
3/ That video from tonight's convention reminded me of the root of my anger. Before the rest of the country heard of "family separation," I got a tip about a little girl being held in Chicago. She had been separated from her mother, who fled Africa with her in mortal fear.
Read 10 tweets
11 Jul
1/ WARNING: Extended rant.

I live in a state (Illinois) that has taken coronavirus seriously and in a metropolitan area (Chicago) that has had serious and smart restrictions. But things have reopened a good amount, and what I'm seeing is confounding.
2/ This morning I drove past a baseball field and there was a little league game starting. None of the kids were wearing masks and they were huddled around each other making no effort to distance. None of the coaches were wearing masks or distancing. None of the parents either.
3/ I see high school kids all over the place congregating, and the vast majority are not wearing masks. Kids in our area are hanging out mask-less and not social distancing.

What the hell do people not understand about this? If you can't socially distance, you wear a damn mask.
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9 Jun
1/ I've said this before: Trump's play - and likely what he wanted all along - is to draw his cult following and their unquenchable thirst for grievance into a news network that will give him constant adoration while also allowing him to continue the grift.
2/ Some part of his lizard brain surely sees that reelection - while definitely still possible - is in jeopardy. As a narcissist, he needs an exit strategy, and OANN is the culmination of his ego-driven dreams. It gives him a platform to never admit defeat, and to stoke rage...
3/ ...among his most slavish supporters, squeezing them for donations to legal defense funds and various other shams. It also gives him and his Evil Addams Family offspring a tool to promote endless Trump-branded garbage.
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20 Apr
1/ Something from today's column about coronavirus stay-at-home order protesters I wanted to expand on a bit. There are good people out there who are feeling desperate because they need to get paid. Rent is due. Bills are due. The government's $1,200...

chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-hu…
2/ ...isn't nearly enough. I get that, I empathize with that and I'm worried too. As I noted in the column, my industry is getting clobbered. Pay cuts, furloughs or layoffs are coming. It scares the crap out of me. But the thing that doesn't seem to be getting through to some...
3/ ...is that rushing to reopen the country will set us back. We'll be right back where we are now, or we'll let a huge number of people die. The other issue is: How do you reopen businesses when people aren't ready to come out? The polling is clear on this. A vast majority...
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30 Mar
1/ A quick thread about something positive. A week ago I tossed out the idea of finding ways to connect with isolated seniors and people with disabilities. I called it #PandemicPals because I'm bad at branding.

chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-hu…
2/ I've now connected more than 150 people with assisted-living facilities and organizations that work with people with disabilities, and the letters and cards going out and the general acts of kindness are inspiring.
3/ People are getting their whole family involved, turning their kids loose on this as a project, networking with their book clubs and knitting clubs and drinking buddies and generally doing some amazing things. Isolated people need this. People sending cards and letters need it.
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