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Trump Addresses the Republican Jewish Coalition

lol pic.twitter.com/ygk965BpTZ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Sheldon Adelson gets an ovation as he arrives at the Republican Jewish Coalition event in Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/VxjegzirAj

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

On the same day that one of his fans was charged with plotting to murder her, President Trump gratuitously attacks Ilhan Omar pic.twitter.com/rPbC7BYNnu

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Trump says that if Jared Kushner can't bring "peace to the Middle East," then "nobody can" pic.twitter.com/cIraQoyfSP

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition, Trump asks, "how the hell did you support President Obama? How did you do it? How did you support the Democrats?" pic.twitter.com/puVJbYg8KF

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Trump views trade deficits like having a negative balance in his extramarital affair hush money account. That's not how it works. pic.twitter.com/PyiBZ8gyTS

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

TRUMP: "Don't forget, I have a very good relationship with Kim Jong Un… We have a great relationship… Relationship is very important. You know that very well." pic.twitter.com/9T80ocS2GK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

wut pic.twitter.com/DhgHU9m8PL

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Trump tells a story about how he deceptively avoided phone calls from world leaders who were trying to advise him against moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem because he had already made up his mind to do it and he didn't want to listen to anyone pic.twitter.com/XZCCTLDjmx

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Speaking to the American Republican Jewish Coalition, Trump refers to Bibi Netanyahu as "your prime minister" pic.twitter.com/rAv4MrxyBt

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

😳 pic.twitter.com/IdM5iWNoit

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Trump admits that his decision to recognize the Golan Heights as a part of Israel was completely impulsive and even surprised the US ambassador pic.twitter.com/DHwvNiJxW9

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Trump still seems to think that he's speaking to a group of Israelis.

"If implemented, the Democrats' radical agenda would destroy our economy, cripple our country, and very well could leave Israel out there all by yourselves. Can't do that." pic.twitter.com/qWvCNKjB8V

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Trump refers to @AOC as "a wonderful young bartender, 29 years old." pic.twitter.com/KL1mtvljtY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

TRUMP: "The asylum program is a scam. Some of the roughest people you've ever seen. They should be fighting for the UFC. They read a little page given by lawyers. They tell them what to say."

He mentions that some asylum seekers have "tattoos on their face." pic.twitter.com/oSZhyrLbRX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

After threatening to close the border with Mexico, Trump uses the sort of white nationalist rhetoric that motivated the New Zealand mosque shooter: "I will do whatever is necessary to stop an invasion of our country. That's what it is." pic.twitter.com/LMw5rQo83U

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Days after falsely claiming his father was born in Germany, Trump suggests his father was from Brooklyn. (Fred Trump was actually born in the Bronx.) pic.twitter.com/tmbaixjk5s

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

"reinstute" pic.twitter.com/3fEhI0jV9C

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Trump closes by claiming "there is more spirit for the Republican party right now than I have ever seen."

(Republicans lost 40 seats in the House last November and have done nothing since.) pic.twitter.com/W6hW7OXyHT

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Trump describes US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman as "like a wonderful, beautiful baby." pic.twitter.com/kTv768ZQk5

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

Trump says the quiet part loud, tells the Republican Jewish Coalition that "some of you won't like this, maybe, but I would love to see peace in the Middle East." pic.twitter.com/ck1mW07i7j

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2019

The Wealth Share of Top 0.01% in the USA

The wealth share of top 0.01% has reached new highs.

It'll take deep economic and social changes to address the wealth inequality of today https://t.co/5V0FztiLJA pic.twitter.com/9LXj4cy2tl

— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) April 8, 2019

0.01% own 11% (Source: See tweet)
0.99% own 29% (Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung 2019-04-19, p. 8, about Morris Pearl)
19% own 50% (Source: SZ…)
80% own 10% (Source: SZ…)

Inequality measures:
  Median: 87.5%
  Gini: 77.2%
  Plato: 79.7% (Pareto: 89.8%/10.2%)
  100%-SOEP: 87.1%
  Hoover: 70.0

This just gives a rough idea.

Strong Brexiteer Thinks Again

I argue, as a Brexiteer, that we need to take a long deep breath. We need to swallow our pride, and think again. My new piece for Open Democracy makes the case for a long Brexit pause for reflection: https://t.co/KCOdzZIXU1

— Peter Oborne (@OborneTweets) April 7, 2019

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There's a lot in this article that I disagree with, and there's a lot that many Brexiters will also disagree with. And (perhaps for that very reason) I think it's the first truly balanced and comprehensive analysis of Brexit I've ever read. Thank you.

— Nadia Nomad (@nadialanomade) April 7, 2019

What?

Trump tells a weird story about how Presidents Bush and Obama built a "not good-looking wall" along the Rio Grande, but failed to "put doors on it."

"We are filling up those big gaping wounds in this wall… a wall and big holes in it." pic.twitter.com/tY0sgSy7lc

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 5, 2019

The Greatest Fraud in British Political History

Best 11 minutes you'll spend tonight, Germany is on to the greatest fraud in British political history, it's all in here, Leave's lies, illegal spending, dubious companies, Banks' dodgy diamond mines, Farage; even a cameo by @shahmiruk
Full version here: https://t.co/SP3W3t4uxv pic.twitter.com/rsG5pb6dlZ

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) April 4, 2019

BRILLIANT – If you though that was 11 minutes well spent, we recommend you invest the best 30 minutes you're ever likely to spend this week. This longer subtitled version contains extensive footage from @carolecadwalla and @EmmaLBriant
h/t @EuphoricEuler https://t.co/hMKnds9Wkv

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) April 5, 2019

The Baroque President

Indeed pic.twitter.com/7vVhHzTlVy

— St Peter (@stpeteyontweety) April 3, 2019

This man would look much better with a bald head. Really. He just doesn't get it. Could it be that he actually has a rather low self esteem? How sad.

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 4, 2019

By the way: The image posted by @stpeteyontweety is not the original photo.
But it is beautifully baroque.

In my view, Trump is a terrible president. He perhaps would be a better president if his self esteem would be big enough to stop pretending and to be less attackable. pic.twitter.com/OM6MAIf8OX

— Goetz Kluge (@Bonnetmaker) April 5, 2019

Controlled Grassroots Movement

Important story from @jimwaterson. Journalists and MPs have been chasing this for months. With no answers. Who is paying for the hard Brexit ads. Extraordinary & yet unsurprising that Lynton Crosby is involved. But still no answers as to who is paying???https://t.co/F4fUXfjy2x

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) April 3, 2019

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"In almost every act of our lives we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses.
It is they who pull the wires that control the public mind."
Edward Bernays 1929

— Ron Reid (@ron611087) April 3, 2019

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