US President Trump steps onto world stage with maiden UN speech https://t.co/JuzJQ0yBl9 by @AndrewBeatty & @jcartillier
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 17, 2017
As world leaders gather at UN, all eyes are on Trump: https://t.co/3RMouS2S0W pic.twitter.com/KpD9aRfDdK
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) September 17, 2017
Haley: Trump will bring "a new day at the UN" in first major speech https://t.co/fJjVLxc8RF pic.twitter.com/oJ2eMCQHzR
— The Hill (@thehill) September 17, 2017
How Nikki Haley defied the skeptics, sidestepped Trump, and won the heart of the UN https://t.co/a1jB5RjHNA
— Quartz (@qz) September 17, 2017
Pres. Trump apparently referred to North Korea leader Kim Jong Un as "Rocket Man" during a series of tweets Sunday https://t.co/exbSyo0PqW pic.twitter.com/V85F9hppJs
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 17, 2017
Meanwhile..
McConnell "engaged and serious." White House "all hands on deck." Rs whipping votes this week, already at 49. https://t.co/L42MRDEkeb
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) September 17, 2017
JUST OUT: Here's a summary of the Graham-Cassidy repeal. Yes, it's that bad.
Spread far and wide if useful. pic.twitter.com/Z0bbj0qaPd
— Andy Slavitt 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 (@ASlavitt) September 13, 2017
oh and…
Dem: Trump sharing GIF knocking down Clinton with golf ball "below the standards of even this President" https://t.co/eW5J0hxSyK pic.twitter.com/ctC4I8Ztsz
— The Hill (@thehill) September 17, 2017
Trump golf ball tweet should earn unanimous rebuke from congressional women https://t.co/uL9dlqaFkr
— Magi Gibson (@MagiGibson) September 17, 2017
Trump thinks hitting a woman with a golf ball and knocking her down is funny. Myself, I think it indicates a severely fucked-up mind.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) September 17, 2017
A ranking of Trump’s Sunday morning tweets from least to most insane: https://t.co/xRrP6fRiwg pic.twitter.com/qslMTDBQ27
— Slate (@Slate) September 17, 2017
I miss when we had a president who taught constitutional law instead of one who retweeted pictures of a train with a hat on it pic.twitter.com/LnwKDDczF7
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) September 17, 2017
Facebook's new statement to @CNN confirms: "We are providing information to Special Counsel, including ads and related account information." https://t.co/oP8voVhXJ5
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 17, 2017
JUST IN: Michael Cohen to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, he tells NBC News
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) September 17, 2017
Take anything #MichaelCohen says with a pound of salt, warns @DavidCornDC https://t.co/ngDmMz6RXv
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/richardhine/status/909530924789960704
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WORLD
Yen Weaker After Abe Decides To Hold Snap Elections https://t.co/9smKSh0DYO
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/AlexCKaufman/status/909408714758615041
Far-right party likened to Nazis to shake up German parliament https://t.co/MlZqoS1Rfb pic.twitter.com/ZooksVFvM8
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2017
Wife of ousted PM Sharif wins by-election in test of support for ruling party https://t.co/iQBsI7pFT9 pic.twitter.com/2TlatUXvn6
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 17, 2017
Pope Francis’s shrink and Catholicism’s uneasy relationship with Freud: https://t.co/3c65BebOGj pic.twitter.com/7cxajm1zLv
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 17, 2017
Despite warnings, there is no evidence that Washington ever moved with urgency to cut off N.Korea's access to a fuel https://t.co/9pS6IEDaHr
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 17, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Boris: so we're going in together on this
Gove: yes
…
Boris: what did we say we'd do
Gove: sorry[a year passes]
Boris: so we're going i pic.twitter.com/zz2XIwo5RG
— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) September 17, 2017
So @UKStatsAuth has succeeded in getting Boris Johnson to admit in writing that £350m/week was never going to available to public services
— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) September 17, 2017
By delaying, then offering a measly pay increase, the government may have made strikes more likely, not less https://t.co/WQzRIMeUcP
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 17, 2017
Asking prices for London homes record biggest falls this decade https://t.co/SwLDmsbx6K
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 17, 2017
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SPORTS
https://twitter.com/dabeard/status/909534539093090305
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MEDIA
"Cartoonists saw a reliable income dwindle to nothing." @sasimons @PasteMagazine #sundaymorning #cartoons https://t.co/tgsXIpSfaR
— Longreads (@Longreads) September 17, 2017
See the full list of tonight's #Emmys nominees (and winners!) here: https://t.co/buJQmeHo7u
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) September 17, 2017
but hey…
Apparently the world is going to end on 23 September https://t.co/LgJZmnCzQH
— The Independent (@Independent) September 17, 2017