Angela Merkel is set to win re-election as the anti-Trump. But is she ready to take enough risks as a world leader? https://t.co/4yXNbIua0f
— Financial Times (@FT) September 22, 2017
Angela Merkel was once the CDU's youngest cabinet minister; now she might win her fourth term as German Chancellor pic.twitter.com/IdcA5Dfar4
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 22, 2017
German opposition says Angela Merkel represents 'threat to democracy' https://t.co/V6p1j0OBQW
— The Independent (@Independent) September 22, 2017
German election polls confirm far-right @AfD AfD vying for third place, Merkel ahead #GermanyDecides https://t.co/KAgUBLGclQ pic.twitter.com/aVTRJjImBe
— dwnews (@dwnews) September 23, 2017
Angela Merkel, the most powerful woman in a world of unstable men. https://t.co/Z3DYzrTSIS
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 22, 2017
Germany’s economy has boomed under Merkel. Can it last? https://t.co/RFKFIG1xhF
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 23, 2017
When 900,000 refugees arrived in 2015, many predicted social chaos and Angela Merkel’s downfall https://t.co/j29VPA7AXY
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 23, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Theresa May agrees to pay £40bn bill for a Brexit transition deal that keeps Britain in the EU until 2021 https://t.co/IV5YCwfN3L pic.twitter.com/5nBoOD7A0G
— The Times of London (@thetimes) September 23, 2017
What Theresa May said in her Florence speech – and what she really meant. My translation for @Independent https://t.co/UUhfAiKPEc
— John Rentoul (@JohnRentoul) September 22, 2017
.
"Nothing has changed
Brexit remains as ill thought out & self-harming as ever
The EU is as unimpressed as ever"
.https://t.co/96qMT0slpG pic.twitter.com/nfnbz0RfxL— OliveClough (@CloughOlive) September 23, 2017
By @MarinaHyde in @guardian | Santa's dead: May's Brexit is a swindler's Christmas grotto https://t.co/Unj2Y70Tds
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 23, 2017
Theresa May's #florencespeech was essentially her saying 'nothing has changed' since her Brexit speech in January: https://t.co/3weMAiiuAl pic.twitter.com/JLemkxDEPN
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) September 22, 2017
Clown show…
NEW: Jacob Rees Mogg hits out at Theresa May's 'disappointing delay' to Brexithttps://t.co/OlfNT3YXO6
— PoliticsHome (@politicshome) September 23, 2017
Brexit is what happened when people were given a voice, writes columnist John Lloyd https://t.co/RD2QRlB70s pic.twitter.com/Kxw3FXRzeq
— Reuters Opinion (@ReutersOpinion) September 22, 2017
Moody's downgrade UK to lowest ever credit rating due to "Brexit challenges".
Brexit means…higher debt payments.https://t.co/INo3TQoG0k— James Melville (@JamesMelville) September 23, 2017
Brexit is basically Changing Rooms. Your home gets hideously "improved" by wide-eyed TV personalities who mess up everything, then walk off.
— Jeremy Cliffe (@JeremyCliffe) September 22, 2017
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WORLD
New Zealand polls open as record numbers of voters cast ballots in advance https://t.co/hu53tpXKxi pic.twitter.com/SWkR9opwVu
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 23, 2017
New Zealand votes in tight general election https://t.co/ZPWWcS62xa
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 22, 2017
"81 countries in the world have it as a right" Dáil committee to consider making housing a constitutional right https://t.co/WbOobpXMUX
— Professor Paddy Gray (@Paddygray1) September 23, 2017
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TRUMPWORLD
BREAKING: U.S. government tells election officials in 21 states hackers targeted their systems in 2016 but most systems not breached.
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 22, 2017
BREAKING: Sen. John McCain says he will not vote for the latest version of Republican health care legislation https://t.co/rvfznfwGU8 pic.twitter.com/YSqMrzFoT9
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 22, 2017
This bill is a national calamity. It should not even come to a vote. https://t.co/354FNna7Z1
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 23, 2017
The Graham-Cassidy Health-Care Bill Is a Clear Danger to People with Preëxisting Conditions https://t.co/MAbo1pHGSB
— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) September 23, 2017
Kimmel has now spent 24 minutes on national TV this week talking about health care — about 24 mins more than Trump has. https://t.co/tRyJ8s0qtA
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) September 22, 2017
Republicans are getting the comeuppance they deserve for purposefully deciding not to understand healthcare policy at all.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 22, 2017
.@washingtonpost editorial. Read to very end: Tom Price sure knows a lot about waste, fraud and abuse https://t.co/tZyIJ1E59B
— Jill Lawrence (@JillDLawrence) September 23, 2017
As 100% of Puerto Rico has no power, no clean water, no food, a broken dam… Trump is playing like a kid in Alabama and he could care less.
— Adam B. Bear (@democraticbear) September 23, 2017
WATCH: Trump says "fake news" won't show rally crowd as CNN shows rally crowd https://t.co/jd639Hv3GF pic.twitter.com/lQqnYBgZTP
— The Hill (@thehill) September 23, 2017
WATCH: Trump to supporters chanting 'lock her up': Go talk to Sessions about that https://t.co/GDPsBKS8iC pic.twitter.com/nh9mb4D50c
— The Hill (@thehill) September 23, 2017
The beautiful thing is no matter how many times Trump tweets #RussiaGate is a hoax or fake news, Bob Mueller doesn't care. – @TheRickWilson pic.twitter.com/IcuhqbykET
— Real Time (@RealTimers) September 23, 2017
The President of the United States advocating private businesses fire employees who express political views he doesn't like https://t.co/uJuY49KR0e
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) September 23, 2017
Kaepernick kneeled during a song,
it's not as if he's threatening to nuke a whole country & revoke access to healthcare for 32 million ppl.— Sesame Tweet (@SesameTweet3) September 23, 2017
Trump aides pleaded with him not to insult Kim Jong Un in UN speech: report https://t.co/d3ewnsTEQ0 pic.twitter.com/gwYZ8N0xjO
— The Hill (@thehill) September 23, 2017