Taoiseach Varadkar says the challenge of our generation is Brexit and every single aspect of life in NI could be affected pic.twitter.com/gkXhbhO2DL
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 4, 2017
Taoiseach offers ‘practical solutions’ on Brexit https://t.co/nxekg3KEc4
— Irish Times Politics (@IrishTimesPol) August 5, 2017
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar throwing some brutal shade on the UK government over hard Brexit absurdity. Dublin has more ideas than London
— NeilMackay (@NeilMackay) August 4, 2017
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Government was not going to design a border for Brexiteers https://t.co/kxOjSiOO9T pic.twitter.com/tFVXjKbuRW
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) July 28, 2017
Noel Whelan: Varadkar’s straight talking on Brexit is welcome https://t.co/caYNdBw6N4
— Irish Times Opinion (@IrishTimesOpEd) August 4, 2017
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar unequivocal about how European identity can only enhance our Irish – and British – identities, not dilute them https://t.co/w7b9asV6XJ
— the Irish World (@theirishworld) August 4, 2017
Leo Varadkar at @queensubelfast: “we need to build more bridges and fewer borders” https://t.co/Vvrs0Rj889 pic.twitter.com/xEmna4BdN8
— Slugger O'Toole (@SluggerOToole) August 4, 2017
In Saturday’s Times: Varadkar says ‘Turkey deal’ can help Brexit pic.twitter.com/LUcglXF12r
— The Times IE (@thetimesIE) August 4, 2017
Why should we propose solutions to a ‘hard’ Border we don’t want? https://t.co/fLjgXVG3ad via @IrishTimesOpEd
— Cliff Taylor (@CliffTaylorIT) August 4, 2017
Meanwhile..
Lord Sugar says Boris Johnson and Michael Gove should be in prison over Brexit 'lies' https://t.co/5nGxvtILyC
— Stephen Dedalus (@StFilansDream) August 4, 2017
Brexit could leave Britain with a bare larder, farmers warn https://t.co/hTDM9cKPxR
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 4, 2017
***
TODAY IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced four people have been charged over leakshttps://t.co/7JVA0lxJBl pic.twitter.com/K53ynNQYVh
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 4, 2017
Sessions' broad attack on leaks aimed at an audience of one: Trump https://t.co/yUW7cUaUVH pic.twitter.com/pvXjlcaUuy
— POLITICO (@politico) August 4, 2017
Our statement on Jeff Sessions' disturbing press conference announcing a crackdown on leaks and journalism https://t.co/4gEkZ4S1JN pic.twitter.com/MbQFowUktn
— Freedom of the Press (@FreedomofPress) August 4, 2017
Why arguments against WaPo’s Oval Office leaks are wrong https://t.co/V8Ev2SOckx pic.twitter.com/CVb5dtxe9g
— CJR (@CJR) August 4, 2017
Relaxing guidelines to make it easier for investigators to subpoena journos & their records would have a chilling effect on #pressfreedom.
— CPJ (@pressfreedom) August 4, 2017
What Justice Department #leak review could mean for the media: https://t.co/7W3PX8ZdFW
— Society of Pro Journ (@spj_tweets) August 4, 2017
Chuck Todd: "I look forward to ignoring" Sessions media subpoena https://t.co/zkpgiYcaMa pic.twitter.com/wkEVMLJKNu
— The Hill (@thehill) August 4, 2017
On the other hand, foreign leaders fearing leaks cd be reluctant to talk to POTUS. @stevenmazie. That cd be main @davidaxelrod concern. https://t.co/AfikCrFboZ
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 4, 2017
What the public wouldn't know wo/ leaks:
Watergate
Pentagon Papers
Gov spying on citizens
Inside story of Theranoshttps://t.co/v6J5F76UOQ— 🐠 JD Lasica (@jdlasica) August 4, 2017
Bureau chiefs to meet next week with DOJ over media leak guidelines https://t.co/aiFEXNvmb3
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) August 4, 2017
Not smart & not healthy for DOJ or the press. These were reforms Holder implemented after realizing we made mistakes in handling leak cases. https://t.co/SuYP6F1qBY
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) August 4, 2017
You guys were ready to throw Obama out of office because he wore a tan suit https://t.co/BSD2zeNbtP
— Mike Gianella (@MikeGianella) August 4, 2017
More great reporting from @RosieGray on the brutal fight for control of the NSC: https://t.co/16JSozGgXP
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) August 4, 2017
McMaster the top Kremlin target since he knows the threat Putin represents. He's also the target of the Bannon right—not a coincidence. https://t.co/4RsqQPDIAe
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 4, 2017
John Kelly quickly moves to impose military discipline on the White House https://t.co/0K5WWRrfa6
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 4, 2017
If you like my #TrumpToddler thread, you'll love @petridishes' #TrumpBabysitter column. https://t.co/lbqCSmtASb
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 4, 2017
Same week that the White House couldn't explain how a Seth Rich conspiracy theorist ended up in a meeting in Sean Spicer's office: https://t.co/AACreJateV
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) August 4, 2017
GOP Congressman Charlie Dent: If You’re Not Loyal to Trump, Some Republicans Consider You an ‘Infidel’ https://t.co/TmZ70HGTdw
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) August 4, 2017
Meanwhile..
How a goofy Southern sitcom became the vanguard of the neo-Confederacy https://t.co/oCxEikAY1C pic.twitter.com/g3aBBq7kQ5
— POLITICO (@politico) August 4, 2017
Wait, what.. they’re going to fist the New York Times?
.@DLoesch has a message for the @nytimes: “We're coming for you.” One
non-#fakenews story is not enough. #NRA #ClenchedFistofTruth pic.twitter.com/Hm1QkJi5Tp— NRATV (@NRATV) August 3, 2017
***
BUSINESS
'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli – 'America's most hated man' – convicted of securities fraudhttps://t.co/aNdjpVGaXT
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 4, 2017
Sure, they had search high and low to find a jury who don't hate Martin Shkreli. The sketch artist? Not held to the same standards pic.twitter.com/C94Q7MWtvX
— James Harvey (@jamesharveytm) August 4, 2017