The first winds and high tides are hitting the Carolinas as the slow moving Florence approaches land. Here’s the latest from CNN. Meanwhile, as FEMA and law enforcement officials brace for the oncoming deluge, President Trump’s issued a paranoid Tweetstorm that dropped record amounts of delusion. “3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico,” Trump insisted. “This was done by the Democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible.” (I mean, there’s a chance, if you think about it, that Hurricane Maria never even hit Puerto Rico and that everyone there just turned out their lights at the exact same time because a power outage would be bad for Trump.)

+ WaPo: Why Trump’s tweets about Puerto Rico are obviously untrue. (Yes, they’re obviously untrue. But we’re now having the debate. Remember, it’s not about convincing you what’s definitely true. It’s about leaving you uncertain whether there’s anything you can believe…)