China unveiled its new leadership, with Xi Jinping more powerful than ever and no clear successor in the lineup https://t.co/8XspV37y6A
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 25, 2017
Xi Jinping designates no successor, laying the foundation for a long reign https://t.co/SXKtPqWLaW
— TIME (@TIME) October 25, 2017
China unveils new top leadership under President Xi Jinping. Follow our live updates. https://t.co/mKcey6mO4I
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) October 25, 2017
China’s new leadership team unveiled, with Zhao Leji as anti-graft chief as Xi elevates deputy to top military role https://t.co/yGQnuiAnC5
— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) October 25, 2017
These are now the seven most powerful men in China: https://t.co/EJmAav5EKE
🇨🇳#19thCPC #19thCPCCongress #19thNationalCongress pic.twitter.com/zoaKnjOTgz
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 25, 2017
What you need to know about the 7 men who will rule China for the next 5 years https://t.co/Xf4Jaxgsof pic.twitter.com/WhQoxzLp2h
— Bloomberg (@business) October 25, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Michael Bloomberg: Brexit is stupidest thing any country has done besides Trump https://t.co/2Au9Q0UsU3
— John Authers (@johnauthers) October 25, 2017
Here are the five charts to help you understand the UK economic growth ahead of tomorrow's #GDP figures https://t.co/Aw8PiyROy9 – @bbckamal
— BBC Business (@BBCBusiness) October 24, 2017
This is one of the strangest political eras any of us will ever see https://t.co/CrIZ6YsI79 pic.twitter.com/ApjoAdTf60
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) October 24, 2017
Asked Leave.EU if they used bots during the Brexit vote. Got an…interesting…email back. So we published it in full. https://t.co/8xyu6Me1E4
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) October 24, 2017
Leave.EU response to our question about whether they used Twitter bots during the EU referendum. https://t.co/A2iY0aSt7T pic.twitter.com/InNAtF1MoR
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) October 24, 2017
This is what I object to with Leave.EU… It's a cozy crucible for utterly false (see Fig2) un-British sentiments being flooded with likes. pic.twitter.com/IcJiaxQlhw
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) October 23, 2017
MP wants details of anti-Brexit univ teachers. Decent folk deported on technicalities. Daily hate in press. Doesn't feel like my country now
— John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) October 24, 2017
It’s quite something when it falls to Lord Buckethead to defend uk universities against threatening demands from fatuous Brexit Tory politicians pic.twitter.com/6OGx1Fkqey
— Richard Bellamy (@rpbellamy1) October 25, 2017
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WORLD
Saudi crown prince pledges to 'end extremism very soon' https://t.co/LgLoJoA8NK pic.twitter.com/uinxk20wPW
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 24, 2017
Saudi Arabia is building a $500 billion mega-city that's 33 times the size of New York City https://t.co/YfcHCAXEUU pic.twitter.com/kIwOqa0Don
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) October 24, 2017
'We will be toasted, roasted and grilled': IMF chief sounds climate change warning https://t.co/SiMxUlRY4R
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 25, 2017
This may play well in the White House, almost everywhere else you sound insane. https://t.co/gqSj4G6oZN
— Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) October 25, 2017
Cyril Ramaphosa in firing line in latest probe request https://t.co/hXZTMDWs8b
— Business Day (@BDliveSA) October 25, 2017
The end of apartheid was supposed be a beginning. Two decades later, "you still are living in apartheid.” https://t.co/hmcjjnbken
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 25, 2017
Companies in the eurozone hiring at fastest pace in over a decade; France, Germany are top performers https://t.co/EaKsEhGeyT
— ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2017
Thousands of buildings across Australia likely used combustible panels, says the president of a construction grouphttps://t.co/gIBhTwcDnf
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 25, 2017
Members of #8Committee receive letter warning of 'excommunication' #Repealthe8th https://t.co/3Tr0cgBXt7
— Colm O'Gorman (@Colmogorman) October 25, 2017
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TRUMPWORLD
Sen. Jeff Flake: When behavior at top of government is "reckless, outrageous and undignified…it is dangerous to a democracy." pic.twitter.com/1JtIAXDkjX
— ABC News (@ABC) October 25, 2017
Thank you to my dear friend @JeffFlake for your honorable service to the state of #Arizona & the nation.
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) October 24, 2017
In retiring, Flake is saying that the only Republicans who can speak out against Trump are those who have abandoned any hope of a political future. That's the worst message that can possibly be sent: https://t.co/yBVGL7CHi7
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) October 24, 2017
A heckler throws Russia flags in the air as Trump walks by during a Capitol Hill visit for a lunch with GOP senators https://t.co/iGTPv3NAxX pic.twitter.com/hnku07PagN
— POLITICO (@politico) October 25, 2017
Republicans Need a Better Response Besides Quitting https://t.co/0JOBNG8yeS
— Esquire (@esquire) October 25, 2017
Personal responsibility is the kind of thing the GOP sees with better clarity when it’s someone else’s personal responsibility. https://t.co/QMgPiI7YJq
— E.J. Pettinger (@EpettingJ) October 25, 2017
WH briefing today simply incredible example of refusal to engage with facts. https://t.co/xgNKCOzXMI
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) October 24, 2017
He who must be named (@RonaldKlain – @washingtonpost) https://t.co/8pUJ1PD7Bp
— MediaREDEF (@MediaREDEF) October 25, 2017
We can’t let POTUS’s complete indifference to truth become ours. Constant barrage may be exhausting, but normalizing it is too dangerous.
— Sally Yates (@SallyQYates) October 24, 2017
Let's see: US troops dead in Niger…Russians hacking our grid…Puerto Rico relief a disaster…and GOP is investigating Clinton's emails! https://t.co/RHAXEv77Yi
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) October 24, 2017
Manafort under federal money laundering probe https://t.co/AlS9Jawwfr
— 🗽Jeffrey Levin 🗽 (@jilevin) October 25, 2017
.@SecretaryZinke funneled millions to questionable PACs https://t.co/V3rLDTv0C0 pic.twitter.com/rxilHHM1xk
— POLITICO (@politico) October 25, 2017
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier https://t.co/4KuTnzBep7 Curiouser and curiouser….
— John Authers (@johnauthers) October 25, 2017
When I tried to report this story, Clinton campaign lawyer @marceelias pushed back vigorously, saying "You (or your sources) are wrong." https://t.co/B5BZwoaNhI
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 24, 2017
Dossier fight could be first legal test for Hill Russia probes https://t.co/3r4VdTzA2a pic.twitter.com/0NELIrOSfq
— POLITICO (@politico) October 25, 2017
The Hillary Clinton campaign reportedly funded the salacious Trump dossier. Does it matter? https://t.co/NBOwAEALbd pic.twitter.com/9Nt16vitG6
— Slate (@Slate) October 25, 2017
Washington Post: Roy Moore is unfit to serve in the Senate https://t.co/NWKKnjERiD pic.twitter.com/bra5mR1RVF
— The Hill (@thehill) October 25, 2017
Senate Kills Rule On Class-Action Suits Against Financial Companies https://t.co/jehubKgHQ7
— 🗽Jeffrey Levin 🗽 (@jilevin) October 25, 2017
A onetime right-wing radio star ponders if conservatism was racist all along: https://t.co/OEfjzXo3Pw pic.twitter.com/RfblHm3NZs
— Slate (@Slate) October 25, 2017
Someone changed the paintings behind Donald Trump and it's a work of art https://t.co/fsf5bnw5uS pic.twitter.com/Q2qQAyrsAu
— The Poke (@ThePoke) October 24, 2017
Because such voters are dumb. There’s no nice way to say this. And the political system has so far actually protected them from themselves. https://t.co/sYy2pAHRTY
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 25, 2017
Imagine waking up every day hoping that this day is not the day you will have to discuss a pee tape on live television https://t.co/PzblnAd1Oj
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) October 25, 2017
Who doesn't rely on @markknoller's presidential statistics?
These in @brianstelter's newsletter are insane:https://t.co/jDm6PJNcrY pic.twitter.com/idCeRfqmoQ
— Taylor Popielarz (@TaylorPopielarz) October 25, 2017
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MEDIA
Breaking: EU Parliament's press room will be named after killed Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The right honour for a real hero!
— Sven Giegold (@sven_giegold) October 24, 2017
Facebook is telling news outlets how to do their job. Thanks, Facebook! https://t.co/AYKJWjq272 pic.twitter.com/9pVd8gP5YQ
— Slate (@Slate) October 25, 2017
.@wendellpotter on new site @TarbellOrg: "One of our objectives: bring back public confidence in the media." https://t.co/4n1GMqAp69
— BillMoyers.com (@BillMoyers) October 25, 2017
How have reporters around the world responded to the tech revolution? Read our results from 130 countries. https://t.co/ZhQWOJ0GYR pic.twitter.com/hMJj3BOAiT
— ICFJ (@ICFJ) October 25, 2017
People see dif btw fake news and news as one of degree rather than clear distinction,new @risj_oxford research shows https://t.co/ADufqj4aov pic.twitter.com/cHDg0KJndA
— Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (@rasmus_kleis) October 24, 2017
The truth and its pants: Have we reached a tipping point? @SteveMcGookin makes sense of our 'post-trust' environment https://t.co/TPBRm5u9Fp pic.twitter.com/3HKFTOvm2B
— Northern Slant (@NorthernSlant) October 24, 2017