— Advent Solutions (@adventsm) January 2, 2018
Eleanor storm warning – nicked from HSS – thanks. Isle of Wight firmly in the red zone. Take very good care on Wednesday people. pic.twitter.com/YsCLwdSZqn
— Needles NCI (@po_nci) January 2, 2018
#stormeleanor hits Clare. #weather #storm https://t.co/xzpXCojczj pic.twitter.com/he0biG4o3f
— The Clare Champion (@clarechampion) January 2, 2018
AA Roadwatch has advised motorists to avoid Galway city centre due to serious flooding https://t.co/wRWPSk4KAL pic.twitter.com/ibS04azm32
— RTÉ (@rte) January 2, 2018
High winds fell trees as #StormEleanor hits Northern Ireland https://t.co/M2VeALBDpg
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 2, 2018
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WORLD
long but useful thread on what's happening in Iran- what's behind the growing violence and its complex nature as well as the need to protect the protestors from state violence as a response #IranProtests2017 https://t.co/9Vc1OxRqPN
— stellacreasy (@stellacreasy) January 2, 2018
Why the Other Iran is taking to the streets —
@GissouNia on the slow-burning fury of marginalized Iranians outside Tehran https://t.co/IM1BZZNVFP— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) January 2, 2018
Haley: Freedom-loving countries 'must not be silent' on Iran https://t.co/EvrXnPSXih #TheLead
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 2, 2018
STATEMENT | West Bank Annexation Threat is Real: New Likud Party Vote is a Wake Up Call https://t.co/xLlDxaDDN3
— J Street (@jstreetdotorg) January 2, 2018
Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam has banned Bitcoin, in a statement issued on Monday.
(He must've *really* lost a bundle on it.)https://t.co/GA3WhSHTGg— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) January 2, 2018
"China has taken steps to accrue national power on a scale that no country has attempted since the Cold War, by increasing its investments in the types of assets that established American authority in the previous century" https://t.co/vT4fOifU4M
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) January 2, 2018
Why the U.S. spends so much more than other nations on health care https://t.co/NHvulgG6O3
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 2, 2018
Meanwhile…
A monster storm is headed for the East Coast, but don't worry, it's only expected to become a [squints at notes] "bomb cyclone" https://t.co/tLjbbRCQiD
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 2, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
Hatch retirement may lead to GOP civil war in Utah https://t.co/tDZXOt5gQF @SunlenSerfaty reports #TheLead
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 2, 2018
“The race to succeed Hatch in Utah could represent an irresistible challenge for Bannon, especially if Mitt Romney runs.”https://t.co/bdScOkDIXU
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) January 2, 2018
— Jesus Christ (@JesusOfNaz316) January 2, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence's previously postponed Israel trip vanishes from schedule https://t.co/EonSWr4FiK pic.twitter.com/F4O6BYkRHW
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 2, 2018
In tweets, President Trump says Palestinians no longer want to negotiate peace treaty with Israel, hints at pulling aid: “Why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?” pic.twitter.com/AwiN8Idsvo
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 2, 2018
Clapper: Trump calling DOJ ‘deep state’ is reprehensible https://t.co/o8kBqZOD7F #TheLead
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 2, 2018
Trump is ending safety regulations enacted after catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill: https://t.co/qYILX9AaNd pic.twitter.com/xqwUw1nonp
— Slate (@Slate) January 3, 2018
Is he kidding? The FAA Administrator was appointed by Obama. He has said and done nothing about commercial aviation. https://t.co/RWeB508i6H
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) January 2, 2018
Working 8-hour shifts at Walmart at age 79: A preview of the U.S. without pensions.
(Half of us are not saving for retirement. This is what that future looks like): https://t.co/EvfSgmiFPN— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiPrzybyla) January 2, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
New year and little cheer for Brexit Britain where a number of surveys point to a deteriorating outlook https://t.co/7udxl51EgB pic.twitter.com/t9t1aMQ2W5
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 2, 2018
My party, Labour, must do the right thing for the country – which is to demand a final say for the British people on Mrs May’s Brexit terms! https://t.co/WZkIPZzbn5
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) January 2, 2018
NEW: Starmer to force vote on UK's adoption of EU charter of rights
“This is not a party political issue. It is about the type of nation we want to be. Britain should be a proud advocate of human rights,” @Keir_Starmerhttps://t.co/RCu0qZFXad
— Shadow Brexit Team (@ShadowBrexit) January 2, 2018
Home Office went to trouble of rebutting Times reporting that many people assessing their own old passports concluded that they were black, not “iconic” blue… BUT 1/2 https://t.co/bCdIa1MULu
— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) January 2, 2018
People are saluting the unexpected twist at the end of this obituaryhttps://t.co/qwgNa9HmWx pic.twitter.com/nHJKKC3cBN
— The Poke (@ThePoke) January 2, 2018