- 00:42:06 Retweeted @AstroKatie 2017-01-22 22:54:59 Dictionary shade https://t.co/fT4WyuhB8J
- 00:42:47 Retweeted @LavishTantrums 2017-01-22 23:53:08 BRILLIANT.
(I do not know who created this. Sadly, I did not). #alternatefacts https://t.co/Q8m6rXqbEQ - 01:29:30 Retweeted @maggieNYT 2017-01-22 22:10:33 During largest grassroots movement Dems have had in years, most of the candidates to be chair were at an exclusive donor retreat.
- 01:57:22 Reading – Will Marco Rubio defy President Trump on his pick for secretary of state? (Demirjian/Sullivan) https://t.co/KDPzJoPAUg
- 02:04:09 Retweeted @elakdawalla 2017-01-11 03:39:59 I don't care what your party is, the fact that "I believe in science and reason" has become an applause-or-boo line is an embarrassment. in reply to elakdawalla
- 02:04:28 Retweeted @mpdillon 01:42:08 Nothing more authentically Rubio than that the guiding consideration on "upside" here is for his own ambition, rath… https://t.co/7B3uoQ122A
- 02:12:06 Retweeted @MerriamWebster 2017-01-22 19:50:18 Our #1 lookup is 'fascism', which has been trending consistently for the past few months.
We report trends when th… https://t.co/MzIv7fZ72Z
- 02:27:07 Retweeted @theBenEstes 01:36:11 Really impressed with @varadmehta. Great work. ⚡️ “A historian breaks down why there's no 'Trump resistance'”
- 02:30:29 Retweeted @ComedyCentral 01:36:54 #AlternativeFacts are just like regular facts except you're full of shit.
- 02:36:49 Retweeted @hotterthanjuly 01:39:50 Wait for it… https://t.co/RqN1bi5T9D
- 02:50:32 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom 02:18:34 Whoa. https://t.co/ee3xJ09WrA
- 02:53:10 Retweeted @myhairisblue 2017-01-22 23:51:52 I just overheard a woman on train ask her seat mate where she was on 9/11 and she said "Christmas party." I have so many questions
- 02:56:58 Reading – News Media, Target of Trump’s Declaration of War, Expresses Alarm (Ember/Grynbaum) https://t.co/k6Pto1BuBG
- 03:03:17 Retweeted @peterwsinger 02:45:31 Get to know the Logan Act
https://t.co/knX41tpIr7 - 03:04:36 Retweeted @ghoshworld 02:43:37 Unsolicited advice for US editors: Rotate out your senior Washington staff, replace them with your senior foreign correspondents. 1/3
- 03:04:39 Retweeted @ghoshworld 02:45:02 Foreign correspondents are used to dealing with hostile regimes that have much to hide: they know how to dig out information. 2/3
- 03:04:43 Retweeted @ghoshworld 02:46:32 And veteran Washington correspondents would bring useful, DC-informed perspective to covering Trump-influenced foreign affairs. 3/3
- 03:05:04 Retweeted @ghoshworld 02:55:29 Foreign correspondents rarely have the luxury of access, and develop reporting skills that are essential to cover the Trump administration.
- 03:05:08 Retweeted @ghoshworld 02:59:22 No coincidence that MidEast correspondents see echoes of Sissi/Saddam/Assad in Trump's rhetoric, media posture. They'll be at home in DC.
- 03:16:02 Retweeted @RiskyLiberal 01:10:14 Tonight is Trump and Melania's 12th anniversary. Melania is back in NYC with Barron tonight. https://t.co/yV3B9APU4o
- 03:18:23 Retweeted @maggieNYT 2017-01-22 18:05:25 Putting everything else aside, I've had a few people close to Trump administration suggest this may have been a trap for the press sec.
- 03:22:24 Retweeted @mattmfm 01:46:21 4:00pm: Michael Flynn was sworn in as Trump's National Security Advisor.
8:30pm: WSJ reports Flynn under investigation for ties to Russia.
- 03:25:21 Retweeted @aravosis 2017-01-22 04:38:49 A second cnn reporter just accused trump of "lying." He used the word. Reporters are reticent about using that word. Not any more.
- 03:31:07 Retweeted @owillis 03:21:22 hey reporters, how's the fucking pivot going?
- 03:40:17 Reading – Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Even His Top Aides (Baker/Thrush/Haberman) https://t.co/mppqetzltv
- 03:40:23 Retweeted @matthewamiller 03:10:49 Well this account of our president's stability is reassuring. https://t.co/OKuonatLiG https://t.co/9gxkhC8xyL
- 03:41:55 Retweeted @AuthorLMendez 03:41:34 Like the campaign, it amazes me how many keep trying to make Trump pivot a thing then are stunned when it fails…a… https://t.co/Y7qrP2dMwl
- 03:48:39 Retweeted @TBCJay 2017-01-22 23:44:27 We aren't a monarchy. I prefer opposition as well, but we owe no "loyalty" to our civilian leaders. https://t.co/LhRvAfJWo0
- 03:55:32 Spot on! -> Send the interns (@jayrosen_nyu) https://t.co/s9pJDW76Ee
- 03:57:47 Retweeted @MichaelSocolow 2017-01-21 23:41:41 Reminder: When Nixon ignored Dan Rather's Q at a press conference, Tom Brokaw followed up: "Will you answer Dan Rather's Q?"
Took real guts. - 04:32:56 Reading – Trump struggles to shake his erratic campaign habits (Josh Dawsey) https://t.co/T03ZZTKGMe
- 04:33:23 Retweeted @JimGoldgeier 03:58:50 "He gets bored and likes to watch TV, so it is important to minimize that" -not usually a sentence referring to a p… https://t.co/NOJSHUn9VN
- 04:33:58 Retweeted @AthertonKD 04:32:52 "What TV show from the Golden Age of Television is good enough to keep the President entertained so he doesn't do a Nuke War?"
- 04:35:50 Retweeted @owillis 04:31:40 hah
remember "no drama obama" and the media complaining he was too "cold" and was like "spock"?you know, the good… https://t.co/1dTrymiKFd
- 04:46:49 Retweeted @aravosis 04:30:32 This is an excellent, scary analysis of Trump's modus operandi. (It's the second long comment.) Trump as "1984." https://t.co/YIvNHl4Qfx
- 04:49:25 Retweeted @AthertonKD 04:29:54 New rule: you're only allowed to write "politics is like Game of Thrones" takes when there's a murder and a succession crisis.
April, maybe
- 04:55:29 Retweeted @gabrielsherman 2017-01-22 23:15:34 Also Trump sources reminding me that Trump didn't want Spicer in the job. He wanted Kellyanne as press secretary. Spicer was a Priebus pick.
- 04:59:24 Retweeted @jbview 04:24:19 Late to this, but Huh what? Popular opposition to Obama was called Tea Party – a patriotic (and FWIW insurrectionis… https://t.co/TXhlmIjC4l
- 04:59:29 Retweeted @smotus 04:24:16 Is there an equivalent of Godwin’s Law for references to the fall of Rome?
- 04:59:52 Retweeted @matthewamiller 2017-01-22 21:50:29 If it was a mistake for Lynch to meet with Bill Clinton, what is it when Comey regularly meets with a president he's investigating?
- 05:01:11 Retweeted @2020fight 2017-01-22 18:39:55 After all the outrage over Hillary Clinton's emails, White House staffers are currently using their personal emails… https://t.co/AeLTNMZtky
- 05:02:09 Retweeted @AdamWeinstein 03:52:27 WH insiders are already having leak wars to place blame. Only a matter of time before some dire shit gets leaked &… https://t.co/M42niTZhZY
- 05:02:20 Retweeted @joshtpm 04:22:59 Also, at the risk of stating the obvious, Trump White House leaks like a sieve. Suspect that will lead to even more internal instability.
- 05:03:41 Retweeted @rachbarnhart 01:54:28 Every high school in America should plan classes in media literacy. Evaluating credibility, accuracy, fairness and content. No time to lose.
- 05:03:53 Retweeted @jeremoss 04:14:56 They actually used to do this. In public school, in the 1970s, with grammar-school kids. Using films. https://t.co/uzJQ4uecAZ
- 05:06:34 Retweeted @PaulaChertok 03:51:57 Can't say it enough: THIS is the story. Trump propaganda succeeded in deflecting from profound #WomensMarch to medi… https://t.co/ZlTIGePVS9
- 05:07:18 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 04:21:08 Tillerson is going to be confirmed and so will the rest of his cabinet. The people bothered by the show to date just don't matter. in reply to _Drew_McCoy_
- 05:08:07 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 04:20:25 People who don't like Trump (hi!) still don't like him but there's no reason to believe his supporters are upset. And Hill GOP is with him. in reply to _Drew_McCoy_
- 05:08:17 Retweeted @joshtpm 04:20:25 Upshot of most reports is Trump didn't have to order Spicer. Spicer was advisor most in favor of going full primal scream.
- 05:26:52 Retweeted @chandlerpowell9 05:00:43 Made friends with this massive ball of fluff @AustraliaZoo Wildlife Hospital yesterday. Meet Beatrice the kookaburr… https://t.co/JGTeRP8l0P
- 05:28:20 Retweeted @JoeMuto 05:01:45 Who had "day 3" in the "Trump administration devolves into circular firing squad" betting pool? https://t.co/ZI3XEAtjPn
- 06:13:46 Retweeted @jbarro 05:46:01 One lesson from this mess: Massive protests the day before the SOTU could drive Trump off whatever message he hoped to project into whining.
- 06:24:24 Retweeted @nktpnd 05:50:44 If a foreign leader insults Trump, what are odds he resorts to using classified info on said leader to offer a retaliatory comeback?
- 06:36:11 Reading – Reuters editor defends photo of President Trump's inauguration (Nicole Hensley) https://t.co/8XL6JINfbq
- 06:36:44 Retweeted @joshtpm 04:04:49 People close to Trump say he must be insulated from news to prevent self destructive outbursts ¯\_(ツ)_/¯… https://t.co/BuulInfVaa
- 06:37:49 Retweeted @foxmaxfox 2017-01-22 01:15:36 Okay this is a note posted at my grandma's retirement community, apparently 50 people came and her 101 y/o friend m… https://t.co/awdkucWrNP
- 14:07:18 Reading – The вЂGreat Conservative Sorting’ has begun (Daniel Drezner) https://t.co/5CyWz7TKyV
- 16:03:12 Retweeted @PatriciaMazzei 15:27:27 And Rubio's a yes on Tillerson https://t.co/xVMxqJDtZQ
- 16:04:57 Retweeted @ananavarro 13:03:18 In life, most sane adults, pick their battles. Trump-world went to war over inaugural crowd-size. No battle is too small or stupid for them.
- 16:33:13 Reading – Star Wars: Episode VIII has an official title: The Last Jedi (Andrew Pulver) https://t.co/V2cQPlqcMf
- 16:54:34 Retweeted @maggieNYT 16:04:58 One person close to the administration was blunt just now – Trump's issue with Spicer was not just subtance/delivery, but visuals.
- 16:56:37 Retweeted @robertjbennett 15:47:27 equivalent of the greater government blinking a pattern as if being held hostage https://t.co/QIpzLQL3Hd
- 17:00:41 Retweeted @joshgerstein 16:27:28 I'm like a broken record on this but stories that jump out of the traditional political lane quite important https://t.co/KzoXCGAJVy
- 17:10:17 Retweeted @williamjordann 15:29:38 Rubio's stand is coming, just you wait, next time he's really going to let them have it: https://t.co/UOcf3gR0d3 https://t.co/Rq2rRQ8Aem
- 17:29:57 Reading – Inaugural Speech Dims G.O.P. Hopes for a More Conservative Trump Agenda (@jmartNYT) https://t.co/ojjYPRtyS5
- 17:30:48 Retweeted @HeerJeet 17:07:11 This deserves more attention: Trump team tried to create false impression CIA was enthusiastic about him. https://t.co/bCLrOVMPCv
- 17:32:14 Retweeted @paleofuture 17:06:39 unhinged? would an unhinged president look so cool and normal using his cool and normal face? that's what i thought https://t.co/xZ0BdphhVx
- 17:55:04 This reads like over the top paranoid conspiracy theory, but… -> Dear Mr. Putin, Let’s Play Chess (@LouiseMensch) https://t.co/mit2is6OBk
- 17:59:42 Retweeted @Tara_Mckelvey 17:34:00 Day One: The White House press office door is usually unlocked. Today I was told to leave, and the door was locked. https://t.co/Z1PKQltDad
- 18:00:39 Retweeted @sdkstl 06:27:12 Four responses to the "stick to science" brigade from @AstroKatie @mcnees @BadAstronomer @DrMRFrancis https://t.co/eASeqTBJm2
- 18:01:22 Retweeted @michaelcrowley 03:05:56 Seeing hints of Russian propaganda outlets starting to undermine Trump https://t.co/5ubFXBfzLk
- 18:02:36 Retweeted @BadAstronomer 17:57:57 “Don’t worry”, Congressional GOPers said during the campaign, “we’ll rein in Trump once he’s elected.”
- 18:04:18 Retweeted @dandrezner 17:57:36 Now Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway have gone too far: https://t.co/0hwMbemvAo
- 18:06:58 Retweeted @stellaaaa 17:12:22 From my District Congressional Office. No more operators, no calling to WH. Automated out. https://t.co/i0wUo7xcgk
- 18:29:34 Retweeted @AllMattNYT 16:34:03 Trump's secret plan to take down ISIS: Order the Pentagon to come up with a plan to take down ISIS https://t.co/17ydhmcnTq
- 18:44:29 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 18:42:36 One minute warning to @PressSec briefing
- 18:44:46 Retweeted @JohnWonderlich 18:35:42 Questions that will be left behind for a lack of time in this presser would have consumed a week of news in 2013.
- 18:44:50 Retweeted @BrendanNyhan 18:44:28 -Flynn/Russia investigation
-Spicer lying re crowds
-Emoluments suit
-Politicizes CIA
-Tax returns
-Lack of DT resi… https://t.co/wMXBbJLBNM - 19:01:54 Retweeted @mviser 19:01:35 There have been a good number of questions so far. None have gotten to a core concern: Sean Spicer lied from that podium on Saturday.
- 19:06:46 Retweeted @NoahCRothman 19:05:38 Spicer is doing a better job of this than his Sat performance suggested. Maybe he wasn't the problem…
- 19:07:03 Retweeted @mehdirhasan 19:03:53 Is *any* reporter in the WH briefing room going to ask Sean Spicer about his five brazen falsehoods in that same room on Saturday? Anyone??
- 19:10:05 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 19:09:04 Spicer: "Yes, I believe we have to be honest with the American people. I think sometimes we can disagree with the facts."
- 19:10:09 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 19:09:41 Spicer says, like reporters, he may get things wrong and update. So will he acknowledge everything Saturday that wa… https://t.co/J3hRwdUMmg
- 19:10:45 Retweeted @ericgeller 19:10:37 Spicer blaming Inaugural Committee for giving him incorrect WMATA ridership data. <symbol> in reply to ericgeller
- 19:11:21 Retweeted @jbendery 19:09:49 "Sometimes we can disagree with the facts." — White House press secretary Sean Spicer
- 19:11:29 Retweeted @AriMelber 19:11:00 Spicer now arguing government misinformation is no different than a journalist getting a fact wrong that is later corrected.
- 19:11:37 Retweeted @LisaDNews 19:11:00 SEAN SPICER: Says he had incorrect numbers on 2009 subway usage. But insists it was still most-watched inauguration.
- 19:12:13 Retweeted @philipaklein 19:11:12 Spicer admits Metro ridership figures he gave were wrong, but won't take back statement that it was most watched inaugural ever.
- 19:12:22 Retweeted @Max_Fisher 19:09:42 Spicer says it’s okay for the White House to lie to the American people because sometimes news stories have corrections.
- 19:12:48 Retweeted @mviser 19:11:32 “Sure. It WAS the most watched inaugural.” — Sean Spicer, after pledging to never knowingly lie from the podium
- 19:13:11 Retweeted @anniekarni 19:11:39 New line on crowd size from the weekend. "Never mind the audience that was here," says Spicer. People watched on TV and online.
- 19:13:57 Retweeted @PollsterPatrick 19:12:03 Spicer:' It's unquestionable."
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
- 19:14:34 Retweeted @Bencjacobs 19:14:14 This chyron https://t.co/Op2z0aBeZj
- 19:14:57 Retweeted @peterwsinger 19:14:26 On the positive, Spicer's suit now fits him.
On the negative, the more he speaks the more he looks in over his head. - 19:15:17 Retweeted @kwcollins 19:12:47 The easiest way to lie with numbers is to forget about denominators.
- 19:15:21 Retweeted @BrendanNyhan 19:14:26 And adding streaming, etc. to current TV ratings doesn't account for people listening on radio in past eras, etc. A… https://t.co/xTzuZLGwxw
- 19:16:27 Retweeted @_cingraham 19:16:09 Spicer really is Baghdad Bob.
- 19:19:06 Retweeted @Olivianuzzi 19:18:33 The White House is going to move on from their lies about crowd size and the CIA, but those lies have permanently damaged their credibility.
- 19:19:17 Retweeted @7im 19:18:33 when @PressSec has folks chasing their tails over inaugural ratings, they aren't asking abt Russia, DeVos, Gag Rule, TPP, obamacare etc
- 19:28:19 Retweeted @Yamiche 19:27:33 .@PressSec on unemployment rate and jobs: For too long it's been about numbers.
(How else do you measure employing people around the US?)
- 19:28:48 Retweeted @politicalwire 19:27:24 Sean Spicer started off nervously, but after the Jon Karl question he really picked up and is doing better
- 19:29:59 Retweeted @byelin 19:29:21 DC pundits now going out of their way to praise Spicer, so this is going well.
- 19:32:04 Retweeted @BeverleeHughes3 19:24:06 How the hell do you disagree with a fact? You lie. Jesus, these people are dangerous idiots. https://t.co/BTXtZ8V5nl
- 19:42:28 Retweeted @iDudeness 19:41:09 Feel like I'm watching American journalism getting drowned in a bathtub. #SpicerPressBriefing
- 19:49:38 Reading – Individual Americans have far less power over President Trump than they did a week ago (@pbump) https://t.co/FyHPFwpzBm
- 19:55:33 Retweeted @jimsciutto 19:55:23 .@seanspicer is now equating fact checking admin's false statements with underestimating Trump. They are not the same.
- 19:55:38 Retweeted @BCAppelbaum 19:54:52 We are now in the third minute of listening to Sean Spicer explain that the president's feelings were hurt by crowd size reports.
- 19:55:58 Retweeted @ajjaffe 19:55:15 If coverage of the inauguration crowd is "demoralizing" I hate to see POTUS reaction to his first legislative setback…
- 19:56:12 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 19:55:07 Spicer is having a meltdown that Trump doesn't receive universal accolades. My guess: Trump demanded that Spicer make press give it to him. in reply to sarahkendzior
- 19:58:07 Retweeted @Ibishblog 19:55:02 Spicer babbling pathetically about the view from the podium (no one said it was not a lot of people) and then how demoralizing coverage is.
- 19:59:11 Retweeted @DavidCornDC 19:54:27 Oh, @seanspicer says "it's a little demoralizing" for Trump to hear people say the crowd was not so big. Oh, poor baby.
- 20:00:22 Retweeted @petridishes 19:56:42 looks like we're going to spend this whole week debating whose was bigger
- 20:00:42 Retweeted @Ibishblog 19:57:59 Oh no! Spicer 1st press briefing has gone full-on "Nixon's last press conference": "just once, report the facts and what we say," etc. WOW!
- 20:01:12 Retweeted @aaronmedwards 19:57:31 "did he do the pee thing"
it's a very simple question
- 20:01:23 Retweeted @JoyAnnReid 19:56:17 Spicer just definitively said "there were no Trump folks" in any of the first three rows at the CIA. So again, someone is lying.
- 20:01:54 Retweeted @ktumulty 19:57:21 Marathon White House briefing. #penance #reboot
- 20:02:10 Retweeted @poniewozik 19:57:14 Sean Spicer's position on the inauguration crowd size now seems to be that comparisons were correct, but hurtful for media to report.
- 20:03:02 Retweeted @Scout_Finch 20:02:16 Takeaways from the 2nd first briefing—1) Donald's feelings are still hurt about crowd size and 2) double down on claim CIA cheered Trump on
- 20:03:16 Retweeted @SecretsBedard 19:59:51 News at last… @seanspicer says @realDonaldTrump will announce a replacement for Antonin Scalia to Supreme Court next week
- 20:03:51 Retweeted @al_haig 20:00:36 After that whiny "why won't people applaud us" statement from Spicer, I'm starting to think the march succeeded beyond all expectations.
- 20:04:54 Retweeted @tamarakeithNPR 20:00:56 UPDATE: NPR has acquired a Florida document showing Eric Trump has replaced his father as president of Trump Intl H… https://t.co/zdFwNnLr6C
- 20:10:46 Retweeted @sarahkendzior 19:50:51 Spicer says Trump is continually frustrated that he's told "It's not big enough" <symbol>
- 20:12:18 Retweeted @owillis 20:11:07 you guys are easily satisfied. this is sad. https://t.co/CZuD3DtgqV
- 20:13:40 Retweeted @noboa 20:11:42 Folks: the whole Trump thing makes a lot more sense if you realize that he’s exclusively interested in ONLY talking & engaging his base.
- 20:20:21 Retweeted @joshtpm 20:18:05 Best part of presser was the wearied mix of pity &contempt on Acostas face as he talked to Spicer abt importance of having some self respect
- 20:20:56 Retweeted @CBSEveningNews 19:50:01 Kellyanne Conway reverses course, says President Trump will release taxes after audit is complete https://t.co/jYhabuUCBa
- 20:40:54 Retweeted @dospueblos 20:21:29 .@secstatewa sez 3 'faithless' Demo electors will appeal 1K fines, 4th has cple days to decide
#waelex #WAleg @EverettHerald
@seattleweekly - 21:09:10 Retweeted @FoxNews 20:47:22 BREAKING: Former President George H.W. Bush moved out of ICU. https://t.co/jZFsKPvJfa
- 22:09:41 Retweeted @MartinBelam 21:02:18 As long as you live you'll never see a photograph of 7 women signing legislation about what men can do with their r… https://t.co/p7i51PqjoU
- 22:21:17 Retweeted @josh_wingrove 22:08:49 Circumstances — cancellation/rescheduling/never confirmed — are not clear.
Nonetheless: Team Trudeau won't have a Kushner visit tomorrow. in reply to josh_wingrove - 22:25:48 Reading – U.S. judge finds that Aetna misled the public about its reasons for quitting Obamacare (Michael Hiltzik) https://t.co/RRHpjwrVcM
- 22:34:24 Retweeted @_Drew_McCoy_ 22:07:35 Trump so far…
1- Reinstate Mexico City, which any GOP President would have.
2- Pulled US from TPP, which Bernie Sanders would have.
- 22:38:08 Thread on the ott article I referenced earlier -> https://t.co/4x3ACzCkSR
- 22:40:45 Retweeted @LaloDagach 02:47:05 No, it's not ok to punch Nazis.
It's not ok to punch ANYONE just cuz u disagree with them.
Don't hurt people.
HO… https://t.co/rMqsLywDag
- 22:53:51 Reading – Trump’s new FCC chief is Ajit Pai, and he wants to destroy net neutrality (Jacob Kastrenakes) https://t.co/XlwYu387oo
- 22:56:21 Retweeted @chrislhayes 22:32:51 So a total of three outlets (WSJ, CNN, FOX) all now have Flynn being investigated (CNN goes with present tense). Could all be same sources
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