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Back in 2012, just six years ago, the DNC mocked Mitt Romney and gave then-President Obama a standing ovation for what the GOP nominee said about Russia during a debate:

Romney, who calls Russia our "No. 1 geopolitical foe," doesn't seem to realize it's the 21st century. #RomneyNotReady http://t.co/xcvhOAFS

— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) October 22, 2012

During a discussion at OzyFest in New York City, DNC chair Tom Perez sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash:

At #ozyfest2018 for @Inc listening to @TomPerez waiting for @HillaryClinton to come onstage pic.twitter.com/QgUZ4qfKbv

— Jemima McEvoy (@jemimacmcevoy) July 21, 2018

The man who is now the chair of the political party that mocked Romney a few years ago suddenly sounded a lot like the person the DNC mocked:

On a panel at #Ozyfest Tom Perez tells Dana Bash, ‘Russia is our most serious adversary.’ That is emphatically not what the previous Democratic president said.

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) July 21, 2018

Was Perez pressed to offer a formal apology to Mitt Romney on behalf of the Democratic Party?

How dare he criticize Obama!

— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D., M.S. (@Neoavatara) July 21, 2018

Romney-Perez2020 https://t.co/IsS99398fg

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) July 21, 2018

The 1980's called… https://t.co/0vSPJzGxOE

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) July 21, 2018

Mitt Romney called, he wants his foreign policy back. https://t.co/A2wzFx7cWB

— Greg B (@gregb94) July 21, 2018

You can’t make this stuff up.

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Tell us more about President Donald Trump being a Putin puppet or something:

The Pentagon has announced it will provide $200 million in security assistance to Ukraine. https://t.co/XvAblnoMxm

— Axios (@axios) July 20, 2018

The money is considered “non-lethal” aid but will be used for “additional training, equipment and advisory efforts”:

#BREAKING Just in: The Department of Defense announced today that they will provide $200 million to Ukraine in security cooperation funds for additional training, equipment and advisory efforts to build the defensive capacity of Ukraine’s forces.

— James LaPorta (@JimLaPorta) July 20, 2018

When will Dems and the media accept that Trump’s actions are different than what Trump says?

The Pentagon just provided $200 MILLION worth of security assistance to Ukraine. It’s the latest example of the Trump administration’s tough actions against Russia. https://t.co/8ebWKzywi9

— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) July 20, 2018

And here’s Secretary of Defense James Mattis:

Mattis: "Russia should suffer consequences for its aggressive, destabilizing behavior and its illegal occupation of Ukraine," U.S. defense secretary says in statement

— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) July 20, 2018

In other news, the National Security Council “shot down” that proposal for a referendum in Crimea to determine if it’s part of Russia or Ukraine:

Breaking: US National Security Council has shot down Putin’s proposal for a referendum to be held to decide the fate of war-torn eastern Ukraine, saying it would not be legitimate because the area is not under control of the Ukranian government, source tells me and via @Reuters

— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) July 20, 2018

Statement here:

White House now says it "is not considering supporting a referendum in eastern Ukraine," despite Putin offer. Statement from NSC spokesman Garrett Marquis: pic.twitter.com/fMyz100KRJ

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) July 20, 2018

Yes, actions do speak louder than words but Trump won’t get credit for it:

That proverbial tree that falls in the woods will get more notice from the mainstream media than this news.
Question: Do actions speak louder than words? https://t.co/SlV2pxtftB

— Charles V Payne (@cvpayne) July 20, 2018

From the president himself:

I got severely criticized by the Fake News Media for being too nice to President Putin. In the Old Days they would call it Diplomacy. If I was loud & vicious, I would have been criticized for being too tough. Remember when they said I was too tough with Chairman Kim? Hypocrites!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2018

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You NEW here?! Sean Spicier SUPER-TRIGGERS Lefties with tweets on Comey, Deep State, and of course RUSSIA https://t.co/GGpEB3Vo0L

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 19, 2018

Gen. Michael Hayden hits DEFCON 3 on the OMG-o-meter with Trump's latest on Russia https://t.co/SretqVKTai

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2018

OOPS: Russia walks back claim that Bill Browder donated $400M to Hillary Clinton's campaign https://t.co/J2Gp0ZwLCX

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2018

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Yikes. Every other word in this new ad from Planned Parenthood of New York City is “f*ck.” The ad is so back that Axios’ Jonathan Swan thought it was a “spoof”:

When a Dem source sent it to me I genuinely thought this Planned Parenthood ad was a spoof. https://t.co/vf58xRkVq6

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) July 21, 2018

And Bloomberg’s Sahil Kapur called in “painful”:

This is painful https://t.co/dWBN5AVuRm

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 21, 2018

And this actually could be worse than the “Abolish ICE” nonsense:

As a loyal Republican I’m not sure who I like better right now / these people or the socialist abolish ICE keep you from eating dinner people. Close call. https://t.co/ut5mpZ74qp

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) July 21, 2018

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HUH? Planned Parenthood must have a seriously WARPED definition of 'constitutional right' https://t.co/84NKYloXrU

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 2, 2018

Planned Parenthood's Margaret Sanger Award recipient gives 'Families Belong Together' marchers her FULL support https://t.co/jGNFJ9noKZ

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 30, 2018

WTF!? Planned Parenthood's support for 'Families Belong Together' march SHATTERS self-unawareness record https://t.co/w6898nGRHL

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 30, 2018

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Bernie Sanders tweeted out this video of fellow socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the road in Kansas to campaign with Dem Brent Welder when she accidentally said, “We’re going to flip this seat red in November”:

Here in Kansas City with @Ocasio2018 to support @BrentWelder and flip this seat in November. pic.twitter.com/RwH5NIhmoo

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 20, 2018

Maybe she means red as in the signature color of communism?

Welder, a labor lawyer, is running against Emily’s List endorsed Sharice Davids, a lesbian, Native American, amateur mixed martial arts fighter who was a fellow in the Obama administration:

Kansas– you have a primary August 7
Here are two Emily’s List endorsed candidates who are not backed by Russia. Please take a friend and vote.
Sharice Davids (KS-03) @sharicedavids
Laura Kelly (KS-GOV) @SenatorKelly

— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) July 17, 2018

The winner

@ShariceDavids will defeat Brent Welder in the @KansasDems' primary and then go on to defeat Congressman @KevinYoder (R. KS-03) in the general election. #KS03

— Krishan Patel (@IAmKrishanPatel) July 15, 2018

Related:

WE'VE GOT A LIVE ONE! Oliver Willis is giving Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a SERIOUS run for her money https://t.co/fxMEv40gBN

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

She's got FAIL! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's LATEST allegation against ICE her most DESPERATE yet https://t.co/8X9pT9cMvM

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

'WOMP WOMP'! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes ANOTHER painful punch from liberal media outlet https://t.co/GsihY3So5E

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

ICYMI==> WORST GAFFES YET? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stumbles — AGAIN — in Q&A with Cynthia Nixon https://t.co/dQQHXAcjfm

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 19, 2018

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It’s not just Roseanne Barr who writer-director James Gunn thought should be fired. Check out what he had to say about Fox News’ Laura Ingraham:

I’m really looking forward to season two of Handmaid’s Tale so I hope @hulu stops advertising on the Aunt Lydia show – uh, I mean, on the Laura Ingraham show, so I can watch it. Online bullying & shaming of teenagers should not be supported by Hulu. Let them know.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 29, 2018

That mob doesn’t look so good when it’s heading your direction, does it?

It gets worse…

Gunn defended Laura Ingraham losing her show because Fox News would just replace it with something else so nobody would lose their jobs:

A) He’s the freaking President of the United States. One of his jobs is to facilitate the economy. B) If Ingraham’s show is canceled it’s replaced by another – an equal amount of jobs. It’s not an overall loss as it is with the NFL. C) Do I really have to explain all this?

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 23, 2018

Good news! “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” will still get made and nobody will lose their jobs either!

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'Hung, on his own petard': WHOOPS! It looks like Disney took James Gunn's advice when they fired James Gunn https://t.co/3xQGts5pDa

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

Ben Shapiro: Firing James Gunn 'for vile old joke tweets is bad precedent and a mistake' https://t.co/nLLCpsMyLU

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

GUNN GONE: Disney fires James Gunn from 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' https://t.co/61e65wKQfI

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

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What the heck is happening? Michael Avenatti just happened to run into Michael Cohen at a restaurant in New York City?

Stormy lawyer @MichaelAvenatti says his run-in with Michael Cohen this week at an NYC restaurant was "lengthy" and "frank." And: “Had Mr. Trump witnessed this interaction, he would have blown a gasket."

— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) July 20, 2018

Michael Avenatti confirms he and Michael Cohen ran into each other at a NYC restaurant Monday night. Avenatti declined to say exactly what they talked about but described their meeting as "productive," adding it "could ultimately end up being a critical" @VanityFair also reported

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) July 20, 2018

That’s just not believable:

There are THOUSANDS of restaurants in NYC
What are the odds Cohen & Avenatti “ran into” one another? https://t.co/VN8RtteF84

— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) July 20, 2018

And after this and all the other Michael Cohen news broke today, Avenatti went on MSNBC and said he’d consider representing Michael Cohen:

New: @MichaelAvenatti Avenatti tells me he would not rule out representing Michael Cohen.

— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) July 20, 2018

Watch here:

Breaking: @MichaelAvenatti says if Michael Cohen "was prepared to do the right thing", I would "absolutely consider" representing him.

"Michael Cohen and I had a chance to converse" we had "a very positive meeting" pic.twitter.com/AGA0MTvgmq

— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) July 20, 2018

A couple of issues with all this, from defense attorneys…

First up, Scott Greenfield points out the possible issue with Avenatti meeting with Cohen at the restaurant:

A lawyer communicating with a represented party is a violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility, Rule 4.2 in NY and Rule 2-100 in CA. https://t.co/GpmIOtcx3e

— Scott Greenfield (@ScottGreenfield) July 20, 2018

And here’s @Beyondareasdoubt’s reaction to the idea that Avenatti could somehow represent Cohen:

I just busted out the loudest laugh in a very public place. This clown will say anything for attention. And for you non-lawyers, the clear conflicts of interest couldn’t even be waived at this point imo https://t.co/ndtIm1zNNw

— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) July 20, 2018

To expand b/c I have a few minutes:
Clown represents Stormy. Stormy is currently suing Cohen. Clown is also representing Stormy in frivolous defamation lawsuit against Trump, who of course was Cohen’s prior client, and at least somewhat involved in Cohen criminal investigation

— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) July 20, 2018

Yet the media just keeps airing the circus:

In other words, as I’ve said from Day One, Avenatti is a clown and the MSM is a bunch of folks for continuing to give him airtime. But please journos run away from twitter because it’s scary here!

— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) July 20, 2018

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'Who let THAT guy out?' Michael Avenatti's 15 minutes are officially UP https://t.co/K3KfIQFhSw

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2018

Michael Avenatti takes break from defending dozens of migrant mothers and children to party with the Trump baby balloon in London https://t.co/YsW8c7hk2E

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 13, 2018

'Beyond embarrassing': Please let Stormy Daniels be Michael Avenatti's campaign director in 2020 https://t.co/hR3iZ4SOVv

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 10, 2018

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Some dude in a Vladimir Putin mask covered the giant bull statue on Wall Street in New York City with dildoes in an effort to protest President Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia:

The Wall Street bull was covered in dildos by an activist in a Putin mask pic.twitter.com/x61UGlx5Pt

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 20, 2018

It can’t get stupider than this, right?

This changed everything. At least for the guy who sold him the dildos. https://t.co/WWOgC444HS

— Scott Greenfield (@ScottGreenfield) July 20, 2018

is this really …. activism https://t.co/0TeBnMaPlJ

— shahzada (@theSameeAhmad) July 20, 2018

The Left: "Why isn't anyone taking what we say about Trump seriously enough to cause any form of change?"
Also the left: https://t.co/3plJ8NqrmN

— DontaeRiceArt (@BrokenHAX) July 20, 2018

What a clear message. Obviously, dildos send a strong message. I mean, when I think political outrage…I think dildo.

I think that's what it was invented for. Political statements. https://t.co/HVzkLFupKC

— Nathan Eames (@NathanEames1) July 20, 2018

Exit question: Is this sexual harassment of the Fearless Girl statue?

I hope the little girl facing the bull has been moved or eyes covered. pic.twitter.com/KUy54buPad

— Mona T. (@TraceMona) July 20, 2018

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Oh, the HUMANITY! Resistance leader unleashes TORRENT of Trump Derangement MELTDOWNS https://t.co/PxCMgKIOnI

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

'RIP TWITTER'! NYT scoop suggests Michael Cohen is NOT finished with Donald Trump https://t.co/67U8ZLqXaC

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

Dream BIG! David Hogg breaks out the Latin to explain how Trump's appointments might be 'declared void' https://t.co/bdYalHf8Dm

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

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As we debate whether or not James Gunn deserved to get fired for disgusting old tweets, it appears that James Gunn thinks he should’ve been fired for disgusting old tweets:

When it comes to the topic of Disney firing @JamesGunn, I think we should listen to @JamesGunn. pic.twitter.com/vctdjCwj9w

— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) July 20, 2018

Whoops!

Hung, on his own petard: https://t.co/QRSwq99mze

— varifrank (@varifrank) July 20, 2018

Petards flying everywhere. https://t.co/3TPTOEJhpJ

— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) July 20, 2018

What did he think would happen?

they hate living by their own rules https://t.co/b353b6trLI

— pittsburghdan (@danky1465) July 20, 2018

And this:

If you're a gleeful Robespierre, don't be surprised if one day you end up in the cart headed for the guillotine.
https://t.co/InDodcBu4R

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 20, 2018

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Ben Shapiro: Firing James Gunn 'for vile old joke tweets is bad precedent and a mistake' https://t.co/nLLCpsMyLU

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

GUNN GONE: Disney fires James Gunn from 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' https://t.co/61e65wKQfI

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

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Now that James Gunn has been fired over his disgusting old tweets, Ben Shapiro, who is actually at the center of all this, tweets that “firing him for vile old joke tweets is bad precedent and a mistake. There is no limiting principle to the outrage mob”:

I think @JamesGunn is an a**hole, as my exchange with him earlier this week made clear. I also think that firing him for vile old joke tweets is bad precedent and a mistake. There is no limiting principle to the outrage mob. https://t.co/wtSFzrIUER

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 20, 2018

Keep in mind, nobody on the Right even cared about James Gunn that much until, out of nowhere, he called Ben Shapiro and “a**hole” after actor Mark Duplass tweeted that people should follow Ben even though they may disagree with him:

Maybe you disagree with Mark Duplass, which is completely fair (personally I think even Ben Shapiro's mother should unfollow him). But that doesn't make Duplass' point-of-view evil. There are a lot of traitors & racists in the country today. Perhaps save the outrage for them. 1

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 18, 2018

Not everyone can be right all the time about everything, and, if you think that's possible, then eventually you're going to be standing by yourself, "right," but alone. 2

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 18, 2018

We have a President who's an operative for a foreign nation at our helm. We have immigrant children still held without parents. Our election was attacked by Russia and the corrupt GOP is doing everything to make sure we don't put protections in place against it happening again. 3

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 18, 2018

Mark Duplass tweeting how you should follow an asshole because he thinks it's the kind thing to do simply can't be the bar for moral outrage.

Have a good day. 4/END

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 18, 2018

Gunn added:

I’ve made many mistakes both on film & off, @benshapiro. As for the asshole thing, I really don’t know who you are other than the guy who once made fun of a high-schooler for using incorrect grammar in a tweet where you yourself used incorrect grammar. So, you know, asshole. https://t.co/vlxDawhwh8

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 18, 2018

It was when Duplass apologized for telling libs to follow Ben and insinuated that he endorsed “hatred, racism, homophobia and xenophobia” that conservatives started checking out old tweets from both of them:

pic.twitter.com/DT9th08KGF

— Mark Duplass (@MarkDuplass) July 19, 2018

So, what do you think? Should Gunn have been fired or not? Let us know down in the comments.

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GUNN GONE: Disney fires James Gunn from 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' https://t.co/61e65wKQfI

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

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According to NBC News, there’s a new “parenting trend” that’s sweeping the nation (or maybe not):

Julie and Nate Sharpe are raising their 3-year-old twins using the pronoun they, them and their to shield them from gender stereotypes. This is a new parenting technique called, "theybies." https://t.co/OVY4THxZuT

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 20, 2018

A trend?

Is this one of those stories that creates a trend out of one weird story? https://t.co/D21Td4lTBz

— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) July 20, 2018

OK, so we’re kind of speechless after that story, but not everybody was:

This is stupid, but maybe a 6 on the stupidity scale for the fringe-left social trends NBC tries to popularize. https://t.co/myIPSykvBV

— Jason Hart (@jasonahart) July 20, 2018

We used to frown upon people calling children the plural of "it"

this is literally unpersoning "them" https://t.co/osCTalxzrx

— LauraIngallsWildest (@PollySpin) July 20, 2018

Such nonsense. https://t.co/DgJMSJo8PS

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) July 20, 2018

GP My God. Better start budgeting now for mental health care for these kids in the future. https://t.co/PRKzHlgVOH

— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) July 20, 2018

I reject you calling them Julie & Nate as those names are loaded with gender bias & stereotypes, & more gender neutral names would be appropriate. https://t.co/3Gk8QDvEnV

— Populo Iratus (@cmahar3) July 20, 2018

The next generation of Alex P. Keatons. https://t.co/nfKNrWVAuU

— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) July 20, 2018

If you live long enough you see everything.

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Looks like Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Fox News career may be drawing to a close:

Per 3 sources briefed on matter, Don Jr’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle is leaving Fox News. More details TK

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) July 20, 2018

NEW: Kimberly Guilfoyle expected to leave Fox News to take role with pro-Trump super PAC America First, sources tell ABC. –@Santucci https://t.co/ZkTjmrSaRe

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 20, 2018

It’s worth waiting for confirmation on this, given that Guilfoyle’s enjoyed a great deal of success at Fox News. But a move to America First isn’t beyond the realm of possibility.

What a twist! https://t.co/FTzMnX9boI

— John Alvarado (@john_chris_1) July 20, 2018

Trump world has it’s own gateway with reporters. https://t.co/pyK4WDLd1K

— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) July 20, 2018

Guilfoyle has been an outspoken Trump supporter on Fox News. She’s also currently dating Donald Trump Jr. and the relationship has reportedly grown very serious, so she may very well want to take a more active role in helping Donald Trump.

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Update:

'Trump loves whores': Kimberly Guilfoyle targeted for sexually charged FILTH amid reports she's leaving FNC https://t.co/WvybdaAtz3

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 20, 2018

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A protest that was expected outside Rep. Maxine Waters’ office in Los Angeles failed to materialize, so some supporters of the Democrat congresswoman counter-demonstrated anyway, going as far as to burn an American flag:

There was no protest outside Maxine Waters office today. A group called #oathkeepers did not show up. Some counter protestors who came to support Waters burned an American flag in the street. #maxinewaters #flagburning #flag pic.twitter.com/pafH7nJrWL

— Carlos Granda (@abc7carlos) July 19, 2018

Flag on fire: A small crowd that gathered to support Democratic US Rep. Maxine Waters in LA pulled a flag from a passing pickup truck and burned it after chanting 'black power.' https://t.co/csQZW9YrTX

— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) July 20, 2018

Maxine Waters supporters burn the American flag during counter protest https://t.co/hcAEOaJEsT via @MailOnline

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) July 20, 2018

Waters is one of the Democratic politicians who has called for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement https://t.co/TXJIhBdeoA

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 20, 2018

More details:

According to the Associated Press, the group had gathered with the expectation they would be confronting a far-right group, called the Oath Keepers, after they said they would hold a rally.

When a vehicle driven by two white men approached, the counter-protesters, who had been chanting “black power” and other slogans, stopped it, opened the doors, and grabbed the flag out of the back.

What a disgusting display.

So much freedom and tolerance… https://t.co/uPQliIEawS

— Michael Crass (@MichaelCrass7) July 20, 2018

Maxine Waters should be soooo proud! https://t.co/dmIs1ymHMp

— Melanie Hude (@HudeMelanie) July 20, 2018

Words fail me. https://t.co/sUgdsRMY1g

— Brice T. Pearson (@bricetpearson) July 20, 2018

Nope not a scene from the middle east https://t.co/RqNAY9Rc8J

— John (@magaman) July 20, 2018

While chanting" America Was Never Great"? https://t.co/PWjDLL8iE6

— Dennis Gordon (@dpg3251) July 20, 2018

America…a country so great even people that hate it don’t leave https://t.co/iD8WlElfqr

— El Diablo (@MakaveliOrDie) July 20, 2018

Funny how that works.

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We know we’ve covered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a lot today already, but dammit, every time we think we’re out, lefty idiocy just pulls us back in.

While some liberal media outlets have tried to pump the brakes on deifying Ocasio-Cortez, the aspiring congresswoman can at least rest easy knowing that Slate hasn’t abandoned her just yet:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s gaffe is minor compared with the usual lies and ignorance in Congress: https://t.co/S0aANcqKWq pic.twitter.com/yAf9smy84u

— Slate (@Slate) July 19, 2018

Because of course. Jordan Weissmann writes:

It’s possible that this is what she meant all along: Unemployment is low, but everybody has two jobs. An exaggeration, perhaps, though not an outlandish one.

But let’s say Ocasio-Cortez really made a sincere mistake during her PBS appearance. So what?

On the other hand, the mistake also deserves its proper context, which is that the comment would barely be news if it were uttered by a Republican. GOP orthodoxy of course includes a series of big lies—climate change isn’t real, tax cuts will pay themselves, Obamacare is collapsing by itself, and so forth.

This would be an outlandish, false claim not merely an exaggeration. And that's already being generous with what she said. pic.twitter.com/E2M1QDkX43

— John Sexton (@verumserum) July 19, 2018

Also, “barely be news if it were uttered by a Republican”? How the hell did he type that with a straight face?

lolololololololololol

— harrison bergeron (@harrisonberger0) July 19, 2018

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH https://t.co/efNYPE8MDL

— Mujahed (@kebejay) July 19, 2018

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/HVdaNwvDzq

— Meech (@michi83) July 19, 2018

Geez Louise.

Gaffe is a mistake. Not knowing something and speaking about it makes you ignorant.

— M Dot (@MDot82753496) July 19, 2018

Economic illiteracy & abject ignorance of basic geopolitics is a gaffe now pic.twitter.com/Qbbv7IPd2V

— George. (@jitotweets) July 19, 2018

What makes Weissmann’s take even more deliciously stupid is this:

Identical excuse used by Trump supporters. https://t.co/TGU9b5AsCl

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 19, 2018

Yep. Weissmann is engaging in classic whataboutism. He just can’t bring himself to admit that just because Donald Trump says stupid things doesn’t mean that Ocasio-Cortez — or any Democrat — can’t say something just as stupid.

Here’s what Weissmann tweeted earlier this week:

It's kind of funny watching conservatives come down on Ocasio-Cortez for flubbing a question about unemployment when Trump spent the entire presidential campaign saying the "real" jobless number was 42%.

— Jordan Weissmann (@JHWeissmann) July 17, 2018

Newsflash: Stupid is stupid. And invoking Trump to defend Ocasio-Cortez is pretty damn stupid.

“Our new Marx BAE is just as inaccurate and inarticulate with unemployment numbers as Donald Trump” isn’t really the talking point I’d be fashioning but hey, full leeroy Jenkins. https://t.co/w2J2ytjYU7

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 17, 2018

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Good ol’ Kamala Harris. While most Democrats have moved on to shrieking about Kavanaugh (or going back to crying about Russia), Kamala has really been focusing all of her feigned outrage on illegal immigrants.

She really knows who her voters are, eh?

The only issue with her tweets and pandering is she’s complaining about legislation that was actually passed by a Democrat and upheld by another Democrat. Granted, most of her base probably doesn’t understand the basics of what is happening with illegal immigrants in this country, but c’mon. Surely some of them can Google, right?

Every single day these families are separated, another child goes to sleep terrified because they don’t know where their parents are. All because of a policy used to punish immigrants fleeing violence. This is not reflective of a civil society.https://t.co/vC7r1E8fMy

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 19, 2018

Maybe not.

A policy set by Bill Clinton and enforced by Obama as well.

— Mike a.k.a. Proof (@ProofBlog) July 19, 2018

Your record as AG of CA belies your concern over separating families. #Fraud #ResignNow

— DerSchrecklicher (@DSchrecklicher) July 19, 2018

Tough crowd, Kamala.

it is a tyrannical policy.

— alienghic@octodon.social (@alienghic) July 19, 2018

Freakin’ Obama.

No. Incorrect. “ALL BECAUSE” you and your congressional colleagues haven’t moved on immigration reform in years. Last I checked, @POTUS doesn’t make the laws. But, I’m not surprised you’re confused. When you don’t support rule of law or know our constitution, it can be tough.

— SundayNightsLiveToo! (@snltoo) July 19, 2018

Oh, yeah. There’s that too. The president isn’t supposed to pass legislation, Kamala. That’s your job. We know you all got used to President Pen and Phone, but we’ve all seen what a mess that makes of people’s lives with DACA, right?

She’s REALLY milking this.

There are still 2,600 immigrant children who have yet to be reunited with their families or caretakers.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 19, 2018

and as a result i kamala am proposing ____________ #action #DoSomething

— ROSIE (@Rosie) July 19, 2018

Whoa, Rosie called her out.

Not bad, Ms. O’Donnell.

It’s easy to talk to the talk, Kamala.

Or would that be to tweet the tweet?

Hrm.

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Stand back, everybody. Brian Stelter’s latest fit of ecstasy cannot be contained.

At this afternoon’s White House press briefing, reporter Jordan Fabian turned his time over to Hallie Jackson after Sarah Sanders tried to move on from Jackson’s follow-up question:

So that was @Jordanfabian who threw his question back to @HallieJackson as she tried to ask a follow up but Sanders was trying to move on.

— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 18, 2018

And Stelter couldn’t get enough of it:

It happened! @PressSec tried to avoid @HallieJackson's follow-up questions by calling on The Hill's @JordanFabian. But Fabian deferred to Jackson, so she could follow up. So many viewers have wanted to see this happen… unity… and today it did.

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 18, 2018

Swoon!

Put your pants back on, Brian. https://t.co/oN32TxsN8V

— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) July 18, 2018

No, but it happened! So many viewers!

10 people are watching this. https://t.co/IwB26R60RH

— RBe (@RBPundit) July 18, 2018

"So many viewers have wanted to see this happen…"

It's professional wrestling. https://t.co/BNr3urDMaf

— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) July 18, 2018

But unlike professional wrestling, this is real. The feelings are so authentic, man.

When you are in jr. high and you just found out your bestie texted the girl you like and she is gonna text you back and you get so excited you tweet about it/

— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) July 18, 2018

Are you suggesting that what happened isn’t exciting? That this is anything less than historic?

And now the oppressed class of journalists will finally know what its like to be free https://t.co/nHgdAUA2Br

— Mujahed (@kebejay) July 18, 2018

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Many Democrats have recently called for Immigration & Customs Enforcement to be abolished. A vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a non-binding resolution showing support for ICE, law enforcement and the military gave Democrats a chance to show they’re against the agency en masse, and instead, most voted “present” instead of yes or no:

133 Democrats refuse to vote “yes” or “no” on a motion supporting ICE, for fear of alianting their base. Instead, they voted “present.” 34 progressives vote no (they want to abolish ICE) and 18 more pragmatic minded Ds voted “yes.”

— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) July 18, 2018

Well, there it is:

18 House Democrats support ICE. 167 do not. https://t.co/ZgQhMUaE4v

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) July 18, 2018

Senate Dems blocked a similar measure:

Senate Dems block measure to express support for ICE https://t.co/Bwwe60Hkvz pic.twitter.com/cWpAZGBe9k

— The Hill (@thehill) July 18, 2018

So many Dems unwilling to go on the record as either supporting or not supporting ICE says all we need to know about how the Left knows their “abolish ICE” movement is viewed by the general public.

The blue wave good bye continues apace https://t.co/XKjfR7lWZc

— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) July 18, 2018

Maybe with the right policies we can get them to oppose other government agencies.

— Brian Garst (@BrianGarst) July 18, 2018

135 dems voted "PRESENT" why? We know Why.

— Tea Party Trumper (@TeaPartyTrumper) July 18, 2018

Absolutely.

One House Republican voted no:

The resolution stating the support of Congress for ICE is adopted 244-35, with 133 Democrats voting present, 34 Democrats voting no, 18 Democrats voting yes, 226 Republicans voting yes, and one Republican — Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) — voting no.

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 18, 2018

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In case you didn’t know, Gab promotes itself as “The Free Speech Social Network” and is trying to lure Twitter users who feel they’re being censored to its social media platform. It also engaged in a nice bit of corporate trolling Tuesday after a project lead at Twitter said parenthetically that “election integrity” is Twitter’s top priority.

We've heard some questions recently about the status of Verification on Twitter, so wanted to address directly. Updating our verification program isn’t a top priority for us right now (election integrity is). Here’s some history & context, and how we plan to put it on our roadmap

— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) July 17, 2018

That’s quite a big admission to make in parentheses, and Gab was quick to jump on it:

Twitter’s top priority is censoring for the primaries. https://t.co/Jej8CPG6EZ

— Gab.ai (@getongab) July 17, 2018

Solid burn.

It’s already in effect by conservative accounts. Many replies that don’t include any offensive words are hidden simply for being pro-conservative.

— Censored (@bballnpolitics2) July 17, 2018

We’re old enough to remember when @GayPatriot had his account locked for abusive behavior after calling Chelsea Manning “Bradley.”

It’s no secret that we rely on Twitter for material, so we were interested to see what Kayvon had to say about Twitter’s verification process, and why so many blue-checks we’ve never heard of seem to get away with truly abusive behavior on the platform.

Back in November we paused public Verification b/c we wanted to address the issue that verifying the authenticity of an account was being conflated with endorsement. Our intention was to hit the brakes until we had a fix across policy/enforcement/product. https://t.co/HJW40w9dAH

— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) July 17, 2018

Despite that goal, we still verify accounts ad hoc when we think it serves the public conversation & is in line with our policy. But this has led to frustration b/c our process remains opaque & inconsistent with our intented pause. This is far from ideal & we still intend to fix

— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) July 17, 2018

Though we've made a lot of progress towards a holistic solution, the truth is that this work is still incomplete and we’re choosing not to prioritize it just now (attached is an email I sent our Health leadership team last week) pic.twitter.com/6xoEv1n3TR

— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) July 17, 2018

OK, brace yourself for this next tweet:

Instead, our team is focused on information quality ahead of the elections– our highest priority within the Health roadmap. This focus will help us move faster on what we think is most important. After we make more progress, we plan to address Verification.

— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) July 17, 2018

All 90 percent of Twitter users want is an edit button to fix typos, but Twitter’s team is “focused on information quality ahead of the elections.” Honestly — somewhere between the time that Hillary lost and the Russian collusion narrative caught fire, someone floated the idea that “fake news” on social media had cost her the election, and social media companies are still running with that.

I know this isn’t the most satisfying news, but I wanted to be transparent about our priorities. Feedback and thoughts welcome, as always.

— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) July 17, 2018

Feedback?

Is this a joke? Twitter cares about election integrity about as far as they have gone to stop shadow-banning and censoring conservatives.

— Uncaduv (@Uncaduv) July 17, 2018

You mean silencing people that don't go along with your protected PC culture? You people are going to be in for another RUDEEEEEE AWAKENING come November

— Flanderz (@KFlanagan721) July 17, 2018

Election integrity has nothing to do with Twitter regardless of what Democrats say. If #FakeNews is such a danger, why hasn't @CNN been able to convince anyone to vote Democrat?

— Rob Kurtas (@robknyc) July 17, 2018

Any way you can use censorship to help manipulate people into voting Left is the top priority. This has become perfectly clear to most.

— jsmall (@jsmalls131313) July 17, 2018

Anyway, back to election integrity and why it’s so important:

Look everyone, as I’ve already said: fake news is our main concern right now. Did you know that there are 1.2 trillion fake news articles a day on Twitter? Blue ticks ain’t gonna help with that. We need to be focussed on what’s truly important.

— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvonbp) July 18, 2018

He’s got a point: mainstream media outlets with blue checks like CNN spread plenty of fake news on Twitter, but we trust ourselves to sort it out.

BS- you’re liberal dbags, all you needed to say

— big daddy (@jsalicea00) July 17, 2018

How dare you accuse Twitter of being liberal, just because its CEO backtracked after being caught eating at a Chick-fil-A during Pride Month.

You’re right. Completely forgot about their background

— jack (@jack) June 10, 2018

Yeah, Chick-fil-A is anti-gay … more fake news.

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CNN's Oliver Darcy still not satisfied with Facebook's handling of 'fake news' sites like InfoWars https://t.co/5u7NXZOZ0K

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 12, 2018

SPLC faces dozens of lawsuits, but look which tech companies it's in bed with https://t.co/aEUjZYJ2lF

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 20, 2018

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One of the odd moments to come out of the Helsinki press conference was when Russian President Vladimir Putin said that financier and Putin critic Bill Browder had donated $400 million to the campaign of Hillary Clinton:

MORE: Putin says we suspect U.S. intelligence officials were involved in channeling $400 million from businessman Browder to Hillary Clinton election campaign

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 16, 2018

The claim was quickly shot down by multiple fact-checkers.

From the New York Times, for example:

We tried to fact-check PUTIN's claim that @BillBrowder's associates donated $400M in un-taxed Russian $ to @HillaryClinton's campaign, but it was so completely without evidence that there were no pants to light on fire, so I hereby deem it "WITHOUT PANTS." https://t.co/js3XprGK1T

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) July 16, 2018

And PolitiFact:

Vladimir Putin said @HillaryClinton campaign got $400 million from financier Bill Browder partners.
Data says …
$315,000 to Clinton and DNC.https://t.co/1ujZlOjSge pic.twitter.com/4maFBeHHhL

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) July 17, 2018

According to a report for the Russian state-sponsored news agency TASS, what Putin meant to say was the Browder gave $400,000, which is close to what PolitiFact reported:

PUTIN WALK BACK: Russian government corrects his claim that @BillBrowder allies donated $400M in untaxed $ to @HillaryClinton.
Apparently, he meant that $400k went to @TheDemocrats.
NOTE: This is still INCORRECT (assuming he's still referring to the Ziffs) https://t.co/k80YFFS0RV

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) July 18, 2018

Browder disputes the PolitiFact ruling and says he donated “ZERO”:

BREAKING: After Putin accused me at the Helsinki Summit of donating $400m to the Hillary Clinton campaign, the Russian General Prosecutor clarified that Putin should have said $400k. The real answer is I donated ZERO. Total amateur hour. https://t.co/xqxsglR7sj

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) July 17, 2018

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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2018

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen calls for a hearing with the interpreter at the Trump-Putin summit — if she's alive https://t.co/BrUdkxs1nw

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2018

Wanna see the DUMBEST thread on Twitter? Check out Resist-DOLT Scott Dworkin’s bright IDEA for beating Putin https://t.co/LaOFURGjKZ

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 17, 2018

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Quote of the year, via FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb at a Politico summit on agriculture policy from Tuesday: “An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess.”

WATCH:

The Trump administration will start cracking down on calling nondairy products like soy and almond drinks “milk.” “An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess,” said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb at #ProSummit https://t.co/gDMRpOrbDp pic.twitter.com/cKqZB7042a

— POLITICO (@politico) July 17, 2018

The war over “liquid coming from nuts” has begun:

Trump Admin Declares War on Liquid Coming from Nuts cc @jayleeson https://t.co/Cg6Kysucoz

— Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) July 18, 2018

Long overdue if you ask us:

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) thinks so, too:

Wisconsin dairy farmers have been asking the @US_FDA to simply enforce the laws already on the books. I’m encouraged to hear they will finally start enforcing milk marketing standards on non-dairy food products. https://t.co/VY3f1H5D6M

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) July 17, 2018

And this does bring us “one step closer to the Swanson doctrine”:

One step closer to the Swanson doctrine. pic.twitter.com/q7HEL90Evw

— Angela Morabito (@AngelaLMorabito) July 18, 2018

But liberals are angry about it for some reason:

This administration’s priorities, man. https://t.co/YAOBYO2NrR

— Emily Atkin (@emorwee) July 18, 2018

So much for the party of science.

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Oops! It looks like The New York Times was a little too anxious to include some provocative quotes in its July 6 profile of Bavarian premier Markus Söder, the man known as “Germany’s Trump.”

The Daily Caller notes Tuesday that the Times on Sunday appended a correction to its profile clarifying that it had fallen for a satirist and misattributed quotes to Söder.

New York Times Falls For Satire Website About German Politician https://t.co/WNYFmRqAB6 pic.twitter.com/peaUfwW2NK

— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 17, 2018

As people have commented so many times before, isn’t it funny that these errors that later demand corrections always seem intended to make Trump or his administration look bad? Here’s the best part of the correction:

While he has a reputation for making provocative statements, he did not say that German children should be called Klaus, not Kevin, nor did he propose having the entire Green Party sent for a drug test. Those comments were written by a satirist, not Mr. Söder.

Note that instead of just making the correction, the Times had to qualify it by adding that Söder “has a reputation for making provocative statements”?

That’s another thing: when an outlet like The New Yorker does a puff piece on socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, do they ever say she has a reputation for making provocative statements, such as calling Israel “the occupier of Palestine” and saying that capitalism “will not always exist in the world”?

In any case, we’re not defending Söder or any of his provocative statements — the real ones, that is.

Layers and layers of fact checkers…

— jenntenn (@jenntenn) July 17, 2018

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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 27, 2018

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