More than 50 years ago, Martin Luther King said “Our goal is to create a beloved community . . . love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys.” We must take up Dr. King’s work and all help to build that beloved community in our own lives and the life of our nation. pic.twitter.com/Ox0pLe62by
— Ben Ray Lujan (@repbenraylujan) January 14, 2018
Sharing some of my favorite quotes from Dr. King this weekend. #MLK #MLKDay #MLK50 pic.twitter.com/eoereH2slz
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) January 14, 2018
Visiting the then-new MLK Memorial with @repjohnlewis at its opening in 2011 — https://t.co/0y4RkILBdn
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 14, 2018
This is the only time #MLK and Malcolm X met. Historians wonder what was lost https://t.co/VBeJZFEYIN @DeNeenLBrown #MLKDay2018 pic.twitter.com/TSWB6LyGn7
— David Beard (@dabeard) January 14, 2018
In honor of #MLK Day @dgjones and @marinamaral2, authors of @thecolouroftime, colorized this image. They describe their process and the image's history in this piece: https://t.co/4mmp0zkujH pic.twitter.com/DOFgs4Tuwo
— HISTORY (@HISTORY) January 14, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
Quite the frontpage today from the Honolulu @StarAdvertiser. pic.twitter.com/Yi3Q5FNf6e
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) January 14, 2018
I wrote about the Hawaii ballistic-missile false alarm, how the emergency alert systems work, and why they might be incompatible with the global, mobile media ecosystem. https://t.co/bWcFUC93g9
— Ian Bogost (@ibogost) January 13, 2018
It is time for all of us to confront honestly the myth that nuclear weapons protect us. Nuclear weapons are not our ultimate security; they are our ultimate threat. https://t.co/JJtpqP4udK
— Joe Cirincione (@Cirincione) January 14, 2018
Trump admin resumes accepting DACA renewals https://t.co/oxKJGjzd5r pic.twitter.com/hwIx6pqgC9
— The Hill (@thehill) January 14, 2018
Proud to welcome Maryland as the 16th member of the US Climate Alliance – the bipartisan coalition of states committed to honoring the Paris Accord.
If the Trump administration won’t act on climate change, the states will. pic.twitter.com/Sjys1ciH1f
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) January 13, 2018
WSJ hits back at Trump claim that he was misquoted, releases audio as proof https://t.co/eYfgN6jPql pic.twitter.com/Jpf0XJsEcv
— The Hill (@thehill) January 14, 2018
We have made it to a point in history where major publications have to use the word "shithole" to accurately… https://t.co/eDGN5G0Eqp
— robin bell (@bellvisuals) January 14, 2018
JUST IN: Lewandowski to testify before House Intel in Trump-Russia probe this week https://t.co/RHm0aTtptN pic.twitter.com/cQgxGEyxxF
— The Hill (@thehill) January 15, 2018
"The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board attacked Simpson and Fusion last week as 'political hit men' who produce 'dirt for hire'…This is the same Journal editorial page that repeatedly praised Simpson’s work when he was bringing down Democrats." https://t.co/3uNPg2JdCG
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 14, 2018
Kevin McCarthy described midterm scenarios to the president at Camp David, including a bloodbath where Republicans lost the House “and lost it big,” @michaelscherer @jdawsey1 & @WaPoSean https://t.co/NBWDVrIr42
— Amy Gardner (@AmyEGardner) January 14, 2018
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WORLD
Palestinian president unloads on Trump: Jerusalem decision was "slap of the century" https://t.co/sZ9rOJUd1K pic.twitter.com/sltEEwVud9
— The Hill (@thehill) January 14, 2018
Palestinian summit on Jerusalem: "This is a council that has not had elections in two decades, and whose legitimacy, like the legitimacy of Mahmoud Abbas, went away a long time ago" https://t.co/8cOHzyJH9x pic.twitter.com/akekutNN1I
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) January 15, 2018
Tonight Russian TV news had reports on:
Putin's election campaign
Putin visits tram factory
Putin visits monastery
Putin comments on drones, Ukraine, N.Korea
(5 other presidential hopefuls were squeezed into 1 report, none criticised Putin)
Fair election? pic.twitter.com/GkiYY2lmu2— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) January 14, 2018
► VIDEO: Oil tanker sinks off China after burning for more than a week https://t.co/ZBWdGqV3f2 pic.twitter.com/hQIDeE7qfU
— Irish Times Video (@irishtimesvideo) January 14, 2018
BA has a button *just for this* that plays a recording of Michael Caine saying ‘hang on a minute lads, I’ve got a great idea.’https://t.co/JhTZjzlgA4
— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) January 14, 2018
WATCH: Letterman lands Obama for the first episode of his new Netflix show. Read more: https://t.co/Od59sAMFan pic.twitter.com/oDVzTEn2jZ
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 14, 2018
Significant, this ….Foster willing to examine idea of special economic status for North https://t.co/yYSMUJ4fbP #brexit
— Mark Hennessy (@MarkHennessy) January 14, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Sturgeon: ‘More than 18 months from the Brexit vote, it beggars belief that the UK government is not only unable to say what kind of relationship it wants with the EU, but has also failed to produce any economic assessment of the different possibilities’ https://t.co/IWl8xCOIAy
— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) January 14, 2018
Johnson follows Farage. Not for the first time … https://t.co/gZcRIqIo5e
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) January 14, 2018
The Government hasn’t released impact assessments for Brexit – so I have. Govt must secure a deal that protects jobs, growth & investment by ensuring we remain in the single market and customs union. https://t.co/bTEgpUYDky pic.twitter.com/kIuNLSMDEG
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) January 14, 2018
The closest thing there is to an easy solution for Irish border is also the biggest obstacle to Global Britain-style Brexithttps://t.co/Na5TIEkL4w
— James Rothwell (@JamesERothwell) January 14, 2018
Genuinely baffled by Corbyn telling Peston "The single market is dependent on membership of the European Union" Norway is in single market but not in EU. The EU is based on a Treaty. It is perfectly possible to be out of EU but in SM. Political choice @GuardianHeather @PickardJE
— Denis MacShane (@DenisMacShane) January 14, 2018
‘When May and Hunt tell the public the NHS is not in crisis, that is a lie’ https://t.co/cNJnrOCk0C
— Society Guardian (@SocietyGuardian) January 14, 2018
Sickening racist abuse of Meghan Markle by British political leader's girlfriend: “Prince Harry’s black American fiancée will "taint" the Royal Family with "her seed" and pave the way for a "black king." https://t.co/rADpTKarNI
— Rula Jebreal (@rulajebreal) January 14, 2018
Well done everyone Brexit is cancelled. pic.twitter.com/DJGCZSIwpG
— Tom Hamilton (@thhamilton) January 14, 2018
Finally… a new era for The Graun
The Guardian front page, Monday 15 January 2018: Students drafted in to plug NHS gaps pic.twitter.com/5GF5cOpXU0
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 14, 2018
