Michael Flynn is the fourth member of Trump's campaign team to be criminally charged in Russia investigation https://t.co/iQsClaHe9B pic.twitter.com/jtmhCjYvdb
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 2, 2017
Jared Kushner is the “very senior” Trump transition official who told Flynn to contact Russia, sources tell @ABC. Flynn is also prepared to testify he was directed to contact Russia by Trump, initially as a way to work together to fight ISIS in Syria. https://t.co/JalkVUIdsa pic.twitter.com/6yaAYSnUI5
— ABC News (@ABC) December 1, 2017
Who can you trust? ABC retracts bombshell Trump report via @axios https://t.co/szybAfs6bi
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) December 2, 2017
“If you think he’s going to tie himself to the kid, you don’t know anything" https://t.co/rk1BafosH1
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) December 1, 2017
Jared right now, staggering into their D.C. home, races to the altar and screams:
"CLAMS!
CLAMS FOR THE CLAM GOD!
CLAM GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORASKEN ME?!" pic.twitter.com/PfpDGno8PZ
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 1, 2017
almost inevitably..
https://twitter.com/yuezhonghua/status/936781336840302593
Of all the Michael Flynn takes, this has to be the worst, right? pic.twitter.com/eQZ1YC81r2
— Julian Routh (@julianrouth) December 2, 2017
Yes, Fox News dot com is really leading with Hillary Clinton news right now pic.twitter.com/nQy0LNWBto
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/936722142061875200
Comey trolls Trump over Flynn guilty plea with Bible quote about justice https://t.co/ndxtYQo00R pic.twitter.com/26DzErpK2N
— The Hill (@thehill) December 2, 2017
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
On the Senate floor, @SenSchumer asked to adjourn until Monday so that senators & American ppl could read the 500 pg tax bill they just got 4 hrs ago. Republicans ALL VOTED NO. #NoVote #GOPTaxScam pic.twitter.com/EhOmopqRd5
— Reproductive Freedom for All (@reproforall) December 2, 2017
What you’re witnessing tonight in the United States Senate is the weaponization of pure, unmitigated greed. Lobbyists are writing the bill in pen at the last minute. And Republicans are no longer even pretending to care about anyone but the super rich. What a shameful night.
— Nope. (@JoyAnnReid) December 2, 2017
The United States Senate has gone completely off the rails. Lobbyists are writing the bill in secret and duly elected Democratic US Senators have no idea what's in it. The corruption of what used to be the worlds greatest deliberative body is a tragedy.
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) December 1, 2017
We’ve been in DC long enough to remember both Democrats & Republicans calling for legislation to be put online, in its final version, so that the public has time to #readthebill & let their representatives know where they stood. Good public policy can withstand public scrutiny. https://t.co/qPOLvTnOcl
— Sunlight Foundation (@SunFoundation) December 2, 2017
Future historians of the Trump era will rejoice over the conjunction of Senate passing tax bill and Flynn pleading guilty. The book almost writes itself.
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) December 1, 2017
Opinion: Think of tax reform as the Trump family’s Christmas list, writes Alan S. Blinder https://t.co/CYtY44mlna
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 2, 2017
4 big promises GOP made on taxes:
1) It won't increase the debt
2) It'll be aimed at the middle class
3) Wealthy people like Trump won't benefit
4) It will significantly grow the economyThe Senate bill breaks all 4 promises https://t.co/LQVk1nJXUE
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) December 1, 2017
We will all suffer due to this bill. It doesn't matter who you voted for. If you voted for Trump, unless you're obscenely rich, you will suffer too.
We all deserve better than this. This is taxation without representation — what the founders fought against.
Stop #GOPTaxScam
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) December 2, 2017
Donald Trump's tax bill could cause a recession, expert on the Great Depression warns https://t.co/9zWcSHOdi9
— The Independent (@Independent) December 1, 2017
The way this tax bill is about to pass the Senate–violating every legislative norm including those promised by the leadership–also explains why the Flynn story poses no mortal danger to Trump so far. There is nothing that cannot be brushed aside for the sake of party.
— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) December 1, 2017
John McCain, undergoing cancer treatment paid for by taxes, just voted to vote to end cancer treatment for taxpayers on Medicare. And we paid him to do it.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 1, 2017
There has never been a more outrageous, revolting, unfair process to pass a corrupted bill in the history of Congress. That Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Jeff Flake, John McCain, Lindsey Graham have endorsed this makes anything positive they have done get erased. Unconscionable
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) December 1, 2017
The tax money Trump has spent on golf carts could have bought 54,095 school lunches https://t.co/R21inpTKKa pic.twitter.com/4073bkOfqo
— Salon (@Salon) December 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/SethHanlon/status/936763487375757315
and because it’s only of apparently peripheral importance today..
This is not good news: https://t.co/czYvEHR69k
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 2, 2017
Rex Tillerson is increasingly alarmed by what he sees as secret talks between Jared Kushner and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — fearful that the discussions could backfire and tip the region into chaos, Bloomberg reports.https://t.co/NRoY8ZNVJg
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 2, 2017
Trump may move U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Here's why that would be a big deal https://t.co/bwLFQvtFTN pic.twitter.com/y3zAQxAl2e
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 2, 2017
Trump EPA ends Obama-era rule requiring hard-rock mining companies to pay for cleanup costs https://t.co/2gOLtaqWpd pic.twitter.com/tq5EmMheNl
— The Hill (@thehill) December 2, 2017
U.S. states gird for fight as Trump targets consumer finance watchdog https://t.co/fv8MCpbhOF pic.twitter.com/utBuqQjAWk
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 2, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Wow. Tusk announces in Dublin that Irish Government gets formal veto over Brexit sufficient progress – he will consult with Varadkar to sign off any move to next phase pic.twitter.com/nMpPqxpiQL
— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) December 1, 2017
Any UK offer to deal with Irish border after #Brexit must be acceptable to Ireland, EU's Donald Tusk says https://t.co/c8U5z0xZtC pic.twitter.com/JKfyTN7LZH
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 1, 2017
You know what, my spider senses are telling me that a United Ireland might be within reach sooner rather than later – and all thanks to the ugly flag-waving idiocy of the DUP and their British nationalist Brexit pals. Delicious glorious irony
— NeilMackay (@NeilMackay) December 1, 2017
Brexit may leave banks on the hook for impossible contracts https://t.co/YPU2mq4ygJ pic.twitter.com/yk9ANuZ8in
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) December 1, 2017
My piece in @FT: Brexit is like accession in reverse, the EU sets the terms and Britain has to take them if it wants a deal. https://t.co/boLJBdt52E @CER_EU
— Charles Grant (@CER_Grant) December 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/cliodiaspora/status/936694800455217152
Jacob Rees-Mogg held meeting with Steve Bannon in London https://t.co/coanwn6xr3
— Diane Hain (@dianehain) December 1, 2017
General Flynn.
A primer for Brits.
Had contract with Cambridge Analytica – now being investigated by Electoral Commission over Brexit role. In this extraordinary video he talks about ‘digital soldiers’ engaged in ‘irregular warfare’ run ‘like an insurgency’. https://t.co/BcJehBnDL9— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) December 1, 2017
Even more important in light of Flynn’s arrest. Britain deliberately ignoring Russian interference says intel expert @edwardlucas. Because: @theresa_may https://t.co/RH2sokNO8a
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) December 1, 2017
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WORLD
Adam and Kayla Burke from Middleton, Co Cork reunited with their dad Sergeant Graham Burke back from Mali where he has been completing his 6th tour of duty peacekeeping overseas #LateLateToyShow pic.twitter.com/HwqtCSwADR
— The Late Late Show (@RTELateLateShow) December 1, 2017
62 years ago today, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus & a revolution was ignited. Someday we’ll make this a national holiday- a reminder to all that to be an American requires resistance to injustice & madness. In 2017, we all must be Rosa Parks. pic.twitter.com/00QtKMza9A
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) December 2, 2017