Facebook, Twitter and Google are about to tell Congress how Russia meddled in the election https://t.co/fEYorsQXFq pic.twitter.com/dLvxmTYRDT
— Bloomberg (@business) October 31, 2017
Facebook says a Russian group made more than 80K posts during and after the election, reaching up to 126M users. https://t.co/XZtwnpZGUI
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 31, 2017
In other news…Facebook will tell Congress that 126 million people were served content from Russia-linked pages https://t.co/5cYdflGlOM
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 30, 2017
Facebook says ~126M U.S. users may have seen posts created by Russian government-backed trolls around Election Day: https://t.co/XuOCUBdTRu
— Recode (@Recode) October 30, 2017
One of the fake Facebook pages run out of Russia organized a Philando Castile rally in Minnesota, turning out some 300 people – the largest such rally uncovered thus far: https://t.co/hZ63TnS9lT pic.twitter.com/tHc9mYGWRY
— Casey Michel (@cjcmichel) October 31, 2017
Ukraine says it warned Facebook of Russia fake news in 2015 https://t.co/2syZ1oPAWA
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 31, 2017
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TRUMPWORLD
'Everyone is freaking out': How Trump responded after the worst day of his presidency yet https://t.co/QAPYBzeIk0
— The Independent (@Independent) October 31, 2017
Russia inquiry charges: how close does this get to Trump? https://t.co/rGthNSxlMU
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 31, 2017
NEW: Manafort now owes millions to lawyers; has told friends he regrets his work in Ukraine, but not joining Trump. https://t.co/KUD27JFX1k
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 31, 2017
Mueller's Message: People in Trump's orbit should not lie about contacts between campaign and Russians. https://t.co/SajbNkwVxu
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 31, 2017
11 times President Trump has sought to dismiss the Russia investigation as a "hoax" https://t.co/jl7p2g4XA5 pic.twitter.com/XiVGIRU1Bw
— ABC News (@ABC) October 31, 2017
"It may have come up from time to time" – Carter Page on whether he was on any email chains about Russia with George Papadopoulos #inners pic.twitter.com/JtchkNZ1uK
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) October 31, 2017
Chief of Staff John Kelly praises Robert E Lee as "honorable man," says "lack of an ability to compromise led to the civil war," not slavery pic.twitter.com/GSuVRrGKlQ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 31, 2017
Trump officials tell Congress not to mess with a 16-year-old 9/11 war law — or at least to impose no new limits https://t.co/eehLwE3nuL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 31, 2017
Judge: "There is absolutely no support for the claim that the service of transgender people would have any negative effect on the military." https://t.co/7HoJPrQmb8
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 30, 2017
Opinion: During his Asia trip, can Trump assuage doubts about America’s leading role in the region? https://t.co/odIqrQ6EL4
— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) October 30, 2017
Bone spur acting up. https://t.co/bwAJji3nq5
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 24, 2017
Trump will start his first Asia trip by golfing with Japan's prime minister https://t.co/7Tx34gEnUp pic.twitter.com/D9RIXZHjTa
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 24, 2017
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WORLD
European Parliament officials say the disputed Catalan president Carles Puigdemont will hold a press conference in Brussels at 11.30am
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) October 31, 2017
After a day of speculation over his whereabouts, the deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont turns up in Brussels https://t.co/4sqWpeFBc9
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) October 31, 2017
Gideon Rachman: Spain's Catalan crisis is challenging the idea of the EU as a 'safe space' for liberal values https://t.co/DorjbeZqT2
— Financial Times (@FT) October 30, 2017
What did Luther ever do for us? Not as much as we like to think https://t.co/fuKVixrDtv via @FT
— Andrew Jack (@AJack) October 31, 2017
Tsipras says Greece will exit bailout in August 2018 https://t.co/w8JPYBMwXb
— Euractiv (@Euractiv) October 31, 2017
Two dozen octopuses crawled to shore en masse and no one knows why https://t.co/fjUliF8xtc
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 30, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
UK's pre-summit push to 'divide and rule EU 27 impeded Brexit talks' https://t.co/nJKQlb7jTV Of course it did.
— 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙚 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 (@nwbrux) October 31, 2017
Brexit witch-hunt against universities reveals the right’s paranoid thinking | Stefan Collini https://t.co/C3DRqeUzbs
— Clarisse Berthezene (@C_Berthezene) October 31, 2017
Even a 'sensible' Brexit would cost us £15.2bn pa. A Hard Brexit or No Deal will have a "much bigger negative effect" says IFS. pic.twitter.com/gRhz22xb0Y
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) October 31, 2017
Bank of England sees up to 75,000 finance job losses after Brexit: BBC https://t.co/YqI1CRKVPW pic.twitter.com/ksDjct3ax3
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 31, 2017
Letter of the day on #Brexit Thank you https://t.co/BYqv9f4GFP
— Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) October 31, 2017
The Overnight Note 