It is a tale of two unions.
"Scotland will have a choice." First Minister Nicola Sturgeon seeks #indyref2 as Brexit looms https://t.co/EQ3xCsAlvJ pic.twitter.com/Q2P8A95f29
— CNN International (@cnni) March 13, 2017
Tuesday's i: "Future of the UK in doubt" #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers (via @MsHelicat) pic.twitter.com/sdFWB1epsU
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 13, 2017
Tuesday's THE GUARDIAN: May's Brexit plan upstaged as Sturgeon seizes her moment #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/IB47yrZKbt
— Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) March 13, 2017
House of Lords passes #BrexitBill – paving way for prime minister to trigger Article 50 so the UK can leave the EU https://t.co/6PRWQRkMci pic.twitter.com/ummJ1fcAVt
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 13, 2017
On day Nicola Sturgeon calls indyref2, oil prices hit three month low. Brent crude just above $50.
— Andrew Neil (@afneil) March 13, 2017
MPs have voted to reject an amendment to the Government's Brexit Bill calling for protection of EU nationals already living in the UK
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) March 13, 2017
I actually can't think of many Brexiteers I'd regard as truly committed to the UK. Most come across as English nats who want a dominion.
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) March 13, 2017
and, perhaps predictably..
Sinn Fein demands border poll in wake of Sturgeon's call for second Scottish independence referendumhttps://t.co/qVVaHmW6U7 pic.twitter.com/nBwdni8dqH
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) March 13, 2017
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WORLD
https://twitter.com/JohnDesMarteau/status/841414114211713028
Republicans’ health bill would make millions of Americans uninsured again. pic.twitter.com/a1DjiDjdaY
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 13, 2017
According to CBO, a 64-year-old with income of $26,500 pays $1,700 for ACA coverage. Under Ryan bill: $14,600. More than half their income.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) March 13, 2017
FYI, House GOP handpicked the CBO director. Their own guy is the one saying the bill is a humanitarian catastrophe waiting to happen.
— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) March 13, 2017
More guns, less medicine: Trump's military spending binge would swamp savings from health care repeal https://t.co/vcXVzkD3kG by @ZaidJilani
— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) March 13, 2017
Spicer: Americans can trust what Trump says, "if he’s not joking" https://t.co/W7FswriSao pic.twitter.com/cmGRPFV0po
— The Hill (@thehill) March 13, 2017
JUST IN: Trump administration asks for more time to provide Intel committee with wiretapping evidence https://t.co/SHqR2CgzUu pic.twitter.com/wwAo0s29IE
— The Hill (@thehill) March 13, 2017
Famous last words?
“Let’s hope it’s not going to be as bad as some people are predicting,” Trump says of the coming storm. “It usually isn’t.”
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) March 13, 2017
Is Winter Storm #Stella a weather "bomb" waiting to blast the Northeast coast? https://t.co/V362r0n70X pic.twitter.com/2PdAhT6HpB
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 13, 2017
Big snowstorms, like the one aiming at US East Coast, aren't normal. https://t.co/Vly9cxAj9P by @EricHolthaus #365climateimpacts
— Dr. Anne Jefferson (@highlyanne) March 13, 2017
Scoop: Trump gives CIA back the authority to do lethal drone strikes, reversing Obama. By @glubold and me. https://t.co/WBNGGhdblb
— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) March 13, 2017
Iowa GOP chairman breaks with Steve King over David Duke-approved anti-immigration tweet: https://t.co/SRWMvkxJuu pic.twitter.com/HZWUWyfKj8
— The Hill (@thehill) March 13, 2017
Rep. Steve King: "I'd like to see an America that's just so homogenous that we look a lot the same" https://t.co/9nnRwDEbMW
— CNN (@CNN) March 13, 2017
Weasel words https://t.co/cTrckg3gcz
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) March 13, 2017
Hundreds of innocent US citizens ordered to turn over cellphones at border. Of 25 @nbcnews found, 23 are Muslim: https://t.co/8Pr1ACczw3
— Dafna Linzer (@DafnaLinzer) March 13, 2017
German Chancellor Merkel reschedules her visit to the White House because of snowstorm https://t.co/VDn4x4JfX4
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) March 13, 2017
The mayor of Ankara tells journalists that the US founded ISIS. His evidence: President Trump himself said so. https://t.co/ezJbS1OwTv pic.twitter.com/LsRlZGF8WB
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 13, 2017