NEW: Trump steps up attacks on his own FBI https://t.co/hInlfWMqpE pic.twitter.com/o7Vc6ytT23
— The Hill (@thehill) December 23, 2017
This right after he testified he’d corroborate Comey’s account of what Trump told him to do vis-a-vis Flynn: THE PURGE BEGINS!!!https://t.co/wlLd11ibV7
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 23, 2017
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2017
This might help explain POTUS’s tweets today: https://t.co/EiB0LJ5mO0
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 23, 2017
The FBI's deputy director, Andrew McCabe, is expected to retire. He has come under repeated criticism from Trump. https://t.co/VFeJQByHe6
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 23, 2017
Now if FBI’s Andrew McCabe and James Baker testify against Trump, he will claim it’s sour grapes because he forced them out of their jobs. This is an inversion of reality but it will satisfy Trump’s base.
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) December 23, 2017
If the president is going personally to attack career civil servants at the FBI, maybe its director should defend the bureau's integrity and tell the president to knock it off? What's the worst that can happen? You get fired. But you will have behaved honorably and admirably.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 23, 2017
My @amjoyshow segment from earlier today, in which we discussed how GOPers are trying to smear Mueller and the FBI. They care more about protecting Trump than investigating Putin's plot. https://t.co/SKYhj63qWG
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 23, 2017
Current and former FBI officials say Trump's criticisms have "damaged morale" https://t.co/d7Cf5s7yEt
— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) December 23, 2017
If Bill Clinton or Barack Obama slandered the FBI or any law enforcement officers the way Trump does, conservatives would have raised holy hell. Now most are accomplices with their silence.
Good luck in 2018, boys. #ByeBye— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) December 23, 2017
Email blast from Trump/RNC plays into insecurities about his low approval ratings versus Obama’s — the email asks supporters to “help us get REAL approval numbers out.” Huh? pic.twitter.com/e6mBsa4t7O
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 23, 2017
All the immigrants coming from Haiti “have AIDS” and Nigerians live “in huts,” are among the nuggets attributed to @POTUS in this piece on his immigration stance. https://t.co/Wiltyhhb0V
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) December 24, 2017
Donald Trump's day so far:
– Says Haitians "all have AIDS"
– Says Nigerians all live in "huts"
– Attacks FBI's Andrew McCabe
– Incriminates himself in process
– Doesn't know he demoted Baker
– Has no idea what he's doing
– He's still tweeting garbage
– It's only 6pm— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) December 23, 2017
This year, Trump has spent $91,655,424 of American taxpayer money on golf trips.
For that money, Meals on Wheels could've fed 33,117 seniors FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.
For that money, after school programs could've fed 635,936 poor kids FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.
Trump First. America Last.
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) December 22, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Wait. Brexit was bankrolled by tycoons with questionable tax arrangements? Quite the scoop from the Telegraph. Perhaps not entirely intentional, though. pic.twitter.com/5eIj9et88S
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) December 23, 2017
It's not just the European Union at risk from Brexit but the United Kingdom too. https://t.co/xzoQLU99ua
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) December 23, 2017
The whole blue passport affair may be a sign we are reaching point of no return with a new form of Brexit-based negative partisanship: where politics is as much about dislike of opponents as actual policy wins.
— Will Jennings (@drjennings) December 23, 2017
I’m glad you want to hear from us. (1) For as long as you support Brexit there is no future for the many. (2) There is no jobs first Brexit. (3) You are actively closing opportunities for the young. (4) The purpose of an opposition is to question the govt, not to enable it. https://t.co/loOYSOQt6n
— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) December 23, 2017
#Exclusive: @Nigel_Farage snubbed for a knighthood for services to Brexit – again #premium https://t.co/UW4dhDqAOI
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 23, 2017
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WORLD
Over 180 people have been killed and 160 people are missing from a tropical storm in the Philippines https://t.co/3J4yQqivoS pic.twitter.com/dcHorhrgGs
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 24, 2017
NATO official: Russian submarine activity is at highest levels since the Cold War https://t.co/QEn5qCpGDW pic.twitter.com/k1yoaEIbp0
— The Hill (@thehill) December 24, 2017
A glance at @MSNNews's equivalence equation. pic.twitter.com/t1RWBXe7Nn
— Clay Harris 🇪🇺 (@mudlarklives) December 23, 2017
When did news become so trivial? https://t.co/3Ll1EKoe6T via @medium pic.twitter.com/tan0O2ON7O
— Disrupt MediaLab (@dmedialab) December 23, 2017
This time lapse of the SpaceX launch over the LA skyline last night is 👽. pic.twitter.com/JguUCFDpOO
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) December 23, 2017
BREAKING: Coinbase, one of the biggest bitcoin marketplaces, says buying and selling temporarily disabled amid price rout https://t.co/3v9COm1C0C
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) December 22, 2017
This is either the start of a depressing news story or an amazing Disney film. https://t.co/OmcxBgyZA4
— Martin F. Robbins (@mjrobbins) December 23, 2017
This doesn’t have much to do with anything, but I had a Christmas-themed nightmare last night, and I just stumbled on the spitting image of the thing that was chasing me. Spat my coffee all over my laptop. pic.twitter.com/TJUGFOPG7N
— Carl Miller (@carljackmiller) December 23, 2017
Saw two emotional support dogs try to fight each other at the airport and I think we’re all ready for 2018.
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) December 23, 2017
The Overnight Note 