Russian officials bar opposition leader Navalny from running against Putin in 2018 election. https://t.co/l6kmWllRMp https://t.co/wcbtogr4PV
— Post World (@PostWorld) December 26, 2017
NEW: Russia's central election commission voted today to ban opposition leader and outspoken Putin critic Alexei Navalny from running in the upcoming Russian presidential election https://t.co/WwJtmje9xZ
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) December 25, 2017
It's official, @navalny has been banned from the race. "Elections now look like games of the Night Hockey League, where Putin, in the company of 10 lackeys, scores eight goals." @INechepurenko https://t.co/KK1cRuGQwo
— Alec Luhn (@AlecLuhn) December 25, 2017
Putin critic Navalny barred from Russian presidential election https://t.co/TC6LutTqeA pic.twitter.com/u8FLH0Tejw
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 25, 2017
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WORLD
— John Cusack (@johncusack) December 25, 2017
For Iraq's Christians, a bittersweet first Christmas home after Islamic State https://t.co/cmGeN5GRL1 pic.twitter.com/0Fihba0i5P
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 26, 2017
Some Saudi women are secretly deserting their country https://t.co/D8D2hXSfu8
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 25, 2017
1 year ago today, we lost one of the most exciting musicians on the planet, George Michael. He was also an active LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser, and is still greatly missed. pic.twitter.com/n3k9Edc3cU
— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) December 25, 2017
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TRUMPWORLD
OPINION: Is President Trump going far enough when it comes to Christmas?
https://t.co/Msm4LV3jkr— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 26, 2017
Ann Coulter rips Trump for failing to eliminate key deduction used by wealthy investment firms he had vowed to kill https://t.co/veeETmzpki pic.twitter.com/tH7gJXPrOO
— The Hill (@thehill) December 26, 2017
Los Angeles psychologist takes credit for Mnuchin manure gift https://t.co/na5dXMAUqE
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 25, 2017
At least four times in the past week, the Trump administration has linked financial support for the U.N. to compliance with U.S. demands https://t.co/mDTo2Bn70Y
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) December 26, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Because the Daily Mail never sneers. At anyone. Never, ever. pic.twitter.com/JR2UpuADtZ
— Martin Barrow (@MartinBarrow) December 25, 2017
Blue passport, black passport or burgundy passport … the #NHS only runs thanks to the support of staff from over 200 nationalities 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇺🇬 🇳🇬 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇮🇳 🇯🇲 🇿🇦 🇦🇺 🇰🇪 🇨🇳 🇰🇪 🇹🇷 🇮🇱 🇳🇱 🇯🇵 🇳🇴 🇸🇴 #MerryXmasNHS #ThankUNHS @NHSDigital pic.twitter.com/bZW743bLXy
— NHS England (@NHSEngland) December 24, 2017
The British cities that will be hit hardest by Brexit https://t.co/1UKnkKU3ub pic.twitter.com/np4EcHp8xP
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) December 25, 2017
"Murdoch, Desmond, Rothermere, the Barclay Brothers – Professors of Political Communications at Loughborough University analysed the referendum and found that 80% of these media were for Leave and only 20% for Remain"https://t.co/TVB2Uq4rzs
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) December 26, 2017
Excl: Government urges Prince Harry not to invite Obama to his wedding for fear of infuriating Trump;https://t.co/y7HhWzx4DB
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) December 25, 2017
A telly on the microwave and too much whisky for 3pm. Increasingly I feel Brexit was one man's existential cry for help. https://t.co/6Lx2nRnWS4
— @mrchrisaddison@dizl.de (@mrchrisaddison) December 25, 2017
The Overnight Note 