At least 41 people are dead in a suicide bombing that hit a social centre and a news agency in Kabul https://t.co/Ake1yTWyyI pic.twitter.com/vigRqjTduB
— Business Insider AUS (@BIAUS) December 28, 2017
Bombing Attack Kills 41 In Kabul; ISIS Claims Responsibility https://t.co/z9npHp5sEZ
— Shawn Holmgren (@holmgren85) December 28, 2017
Islamic State Claims Deadly Blast at Afghan Shiite Center https://t.co/XTwmiWf5Bf via @nytimesworld
— mexillennialjr (@mexillennialjr) December 28, 2017
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing in Kabul, which hit a Shia site and a news outlet. The first claim came out via their Amaq agency, followed by an official statement: pic.twitter.com/M2oJWU3EQc
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) December 28, 2017
#Kabul bombing: #ISIL claims responsibility for deadly attack, the latest in anti-#Shiite #terror campaign – The Washington Post https://t.co/FrgaK5W1bQ
— » ɱıƖƙყῳąყƈıɬıʑɛŋ « (@milkywayc1tizen) December 28, 2017
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WORLD
Another day, another Saudi-led attack on a Yemeni market, another 25 dead including children. https://t.co/MCwM6Ar1Jn
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) December 28, 2017
Putin says Russian campaign in Syria demonstrated the might of the nation's revamped military to the world. https://t.co/UbQGoWjfYZ pic.twitter.com/Ne0dwF0pFW
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 29, 2017
George Weah, former world footballer of the year, set to become president of Liberia https://t.co/301gV1zI1I
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 28, 2017
Italy to vote on March 4, with hung parliament feared https://t.co/taZp6pGBgC pic.twitter.com/4CVkqaaTDM
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 29, 2017
— Frank liddy (@liddyfank1) December 28, 2017
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TRUMPWORLD
How anger at NATO, awkwardness with allies and friendliness with autocrats have defined Trump's foreign policy https://t.co/nZQ8hGoWHd
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 28, 2017
Ahead of the 2018 midterms, American elections remain unprotected. @reidstan reports: https://t.co/aETjKqraR3 pic.twitter.com/xYji8DLgMS
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 28, 2017
The idea that the Russians had a laser-precision effect on 2016 swing voters is not supported by the available evidence. https://t.co/17wi5sUcwP
— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 28, 2017
Doug Jones’ win in Alabama Senate race is now official: https://t.co/YBLKItKy9E pic.twitter.com/6Bd0wK8e3C
— Slate (@Slate) December 28, 2017
An excellent column out of Alabama on the usefulness of Roy Moore's refusal to concede. https://t.co/DvW4QZE4w5
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 28, 2017
The website of Donald Trump, who has spent several days in a row at the golf course, is coded to serve up the following message in the event of an internal server error: https://t.co/zrWpyMXRcz pic.twitter.com/wiQSQNNzw0
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) December 28, 2017
The best comparison of Trump to a historical figure is one that won’t be too familiar to many Americans, and is frankly disturbing. https://t.co/WJ0zZ4xSib
— OBSERVER (@observer) December 27, 2017
U.S. to be coldest region in world relative to normal over next week. Please note rest of world will be much warmer than normal lest anyone try to claim pocket of cold in U.S. debunks global warming, which they will invariably and irresponsibly do. https://t.co/hzocqUrfKp https://t.co/4uA4fJUAyV
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) December 27, 2017
and, sure enough…
In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017
In the White House, it could be DUMBEST president on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Human Intellect that our Country, but not other countries, is going to pay THROUGH THE ASS for having voted against. Die of shame! https://t.co/JHrXKLYzUE
— David Simon (@AoDespair) December 29, 2017
Bishop of Liverpool criticises Christian Trump supporters https://t.co/D2WUZXu5nB
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 28, 2017
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
UK to sink to the bottom of OECD wage growth index in 2018 https://t.co/s6Beb0I2Gz
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 29, 2017
Clear and concise: Theresa May's Brexit Dilemma https://t.co/Z22hprOFdn via @ForeignAffairs
— Hugh O'Connell (@oconnellhugh) December 28, 2017
With a heavy heart, Tory grandee, Michael Heseltine, is effectively saying that voting for Corbyn / Labour is a better option to serve the national interest than a Tory-led Brexit.
All credit to him. He cares more about his country than his own party. pic.twitter.com/xRknukV91x
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) December 28, 2017
Why Brexit Keeps Drugmakers Up At Night https://t.co/bJWb49nNlv
— Anna Smith-Chasseuil (@annika1061) December 28, 2017
If you sent me this ‘birthday card’, it’s not my birthday and you don’t frighten me. Respectfully suggest you seek help and get a life. pic.twitter.com/iVoL5wjPSd
— Heidi Allen (@heidiallen75) December 28, 2017
Replacing Davis with an incontinent baboon would obviously be an improvement.
Replacing him with an ‘unelected bureaucrat’ is an irony no doubt lost on most Brexists. pic.twitter.com/2GivO7VRAt— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) December 28, 2017
— Accident Management (@AMLlegal) December 28, 2017
Government files being declassified in London & Belfast (from 1992) and Dublin (1987) at midnight under the UK's 20 & Irish 30 year rules. In relation to Northern Ireland, some of the most interesting material this year is emerging from Dublin. Nine pages in Friday's News Letter. pic.twitter.com/UZnrJS8hh7
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) December 28, 2017
Talk of talkzzzzzzzz….
DUP MP Gregory Campbell told BBC Radio Foyle he expects the date to be "within the next 10 days". But Sinn Féin said: "Another round of talks for talks sake have no political or public credibility." https://t.co/SfXrsHAHI7— Amanda Ferguson (@AmandaFBelfast) December 28, 2017
NOT REQUIRING FUNDING:
NHS
Social care
Schools
Emergency services
Prison services
Grenfell survivors
120000 homeless kids
Hundreds of thousands driven to foodbanks
The disabled
The vulnerable
Families having to choose between heating and eatingREQUIRING FUNDING:
The Queen pic.twitter.com/KEsqNFzp9u— David Schneider (@davidschneider) December 28, 2017
A simpler time…
On this day, 1918, the first ever woman is elected to the UK Parliament – for the constituency of Dublin St Patrick’s, with a majority of 4,083 and a 63% turnout. pic.twitter.com/o4KMkegXIK
— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) December 28, 2017
The Overnight Note 