Incredible replies to this tweet.

https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/1005080597038059520?s=20

https://taskandpurpose.com/im-us-born-army-vet-border-patrol-just-try-arrest-wife/

«While the agents returned to their vehicles to check our ID cards, I posted an update to Facebook letting friends know about our situation as a last-ditch safety measure. I also took a pen from the center console and wrote my sister’s phone number on my wife’s arm, in case she needed to call from jail.»

https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1005422404351545344?s=20

https://twitter.com/TeaLady24/status/1004964436984127488?s=20

Tea™ (@TeaLady24) Tweeted:
A friends mum felt that the usual hospital pain scale didn’t relate to her as a patient. So I give you, created by her son, The Work of Art Pain Scale: (genius) #workofartpainscale https://t.co/BtHiYJEHe0 https://twitter.com/TeaLady24/status/1004964436984127488?s=17

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1005116845240848385.html

Worth reading the tweet itself, plus the replies.

How class says goodbye.

https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1005117568913412098?s=20

I agree with this.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/06/normalizing-trade-relations-with-china-was-a-mistake/562403/

In 2000, Congress made the fateful decision to extend “permanent normal trade relations,” or PNTR, to China. As the economists Justin Pierce and Peter Schott have argued, the permanence of PNTR status made an enormous difference: Without PNTR, there was always a danger that China’s favorable access to the U.S. market would be revoked, which in turn deterred U.S. firms from increasing their reliance on Chinese suppliers. With PNTR in hand, the floodgates of investment were opened, and U.S. multinationals worked hand in glove with Beijing to create new China-centric supply chains. The age of “Chimerica” had begun.

….

There is no going back. We can’t rewrite history. A bipartisan coalition promised Americans that granting China PNTR would help ensure our prosperity and that China would soon be transformed from foe to friend, and we were foolish enough to believe them. The question is what we should do now. For starters, I propose admitting that we made a grave mistake.

Source: http://cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/national-politics/how-define-wave

In 2006, we [The Cook Rpt] had 38 Republican-held seats in Toss-Up. Democrats won 21 — or 55 percent of them.

More important, Democrats won half of those seats (11) with under 52 percent and all but two, with under 55 percent of the vote.

In 2010, Republicans won 65 percent of the Democratic seats in Toss-Up (32 of 49). Republicans won two-thirds of those races by 52 percent or less.

This year, Republicans have 23 seats in toss-up and six in lean Democrat or worse. That means Democrats would need to hold all of their own seats in toss-up (2), win the six leaning their way, and win 17 — or 73 percent of the toss-up seats.

[Italics mine, if you can even see them with whatever theme I’ve picked.]

Most important races are within 5 points, so, like, 47-52 or 46-51.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-family-owned-factory-saw-a-chance-to-bring-us-jobs-back-from-china-then-trump-raised-tariffs/2018/06/06/93c30372-68d6-11e8-bf8c-f9ed2e672adf_story.html

«

CLEVELAND — Bill Adler was invited last year to bid on a contract to make commercial sausage stuffers for a company that wanted to replace its Chinese supplier. The customer had just one non­negotiable demand: Match China’s price.

Adler, owner of metal-parts maker Stripmatic Products, thought he could. But even as he readied his proposal, talk of President Trump’s steel tariffssent the price of Stripmatic’s main raw material soaring.

In April, with prices up nearly 50 percent from October and the first wave of tariffs in place, Adler’s bid failed. His costs were too high.»

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/top-aide-to-epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-resigns/561974/

Government spokesperson to a writer at The Atlantic:

«When reached by phone, Jahan Wilcox, an EPA spokesperson, would not comment. He said: “You have a great day, you’re a piece of trash.”

Classy.